![]() ![]() Go, Went, Gone is a scathing indictment of Western policy toward the European refugee crisis, but also a touching portrait of a man who finds he has more in common with the Africans than he realizes. Curiosity turns to compassion and an inner transformation, as he visits their shelter, interviews them, and becomes embroiled in their harrowing fates. His wife has died, and he lives a routine existence until one day he spies some African refugees staging a hunger strike in Alexanderplatz. ![]() The novel tells the tale of Richard, a retired classics professor who lives in Berlin. Go, Went, Gone is the masterful new novel by the acclaimed German writer Jenny Erpenbeck, “one of the most significant German-language novelists of her generation” ( The Millions). New York Times Notable Book2018 Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2018 Lois Roth Award WinnerĪn unforgettable German bestseller about the European refugee crisis: “Erpenbeck will get under your skin” ( Washington Post Book World ) ![]()
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![]() ![]() More recently he has adapted Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novels Kidnapped and Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde in Graphic Novel format with artist Cam Kennedy. Mega-City One: the future metropolis bustling with life and every crime imaginable. Volume 20 in the bestselling series of Judge Dredds collected cases, from the pages of 2000 AD. ![]() Outside the Galaxy's Greatest Comic, Grant is well-known to Batman fans following a lengthy run on various incarnations of the title. 21: The Complete Case Files Paperback January 1, 2013. Outside of 2000 AD his credits include Star Wars, Lobo, The Punisher and the critically acclaimed A History of Violence.Alan GrantWith over 300 2000 AD stories to his name - not to mention over 250 Daily Star Judge Dredd strips - Alan Grant's prolific creative record speaks for itself. His creations include Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, Ace Trucking, Al's Baby, Button Man and Mean Machine. Biography: John Wagner has been scripting for 2000 AD for more years than he cares to remember. The best-selling Complete Case Files series continues with Judge Dredd taking on terrorist organisations, hunting down PJ Maybe who has taken on a new.Series: Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files. ![]() ![]() Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.Īll rights reserved. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. (A small-town STAND-ALONE CONTEMPORARY Romantic Comedy. Only, Remington Key does not make me feel very Christ-like… No matter how committed I am to being a responsible employee. He needed help, and it was the Christian thing to help a man in need. And when he scoops up his adorable four-year-old daughter Lillie and blows raspberries on her tummy while she squeals with delight, my ovaries literally explode.īumping into him at our local pub that night slightly drunk and overly frustrated was a total accident. Ruby Banks: Remington Key is distant, brooding, and ridiculously sexy. So what if I’ve been alone since forever? I’m focused on launching my new business, not bedding the sexy siren who sleeps down the hall.Īt least that’s what I keep reminding myself… I was clearly drunk the night I offered a gorgeous girl in a bar $500 a day to be my live-in nanny. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Happily ever after, right?įast-forward four years, and I’m alone, raising my daughter, caring for my mother-in-law, and trying to keep my stuff together. Remington Key: I left the Navy, scored a billion in tech, got married, and had a baby. He’s a billionaire single dad who needs help. ![]() ![]() In support of this argument, I will outline the social hierarchies in Der Verschollene, focusing particular attention on how these power structures affect the novel's immigrants. The term stands in broadly for the extreme inequalities of a markedly stratified society characterized in part by the exploitation of immigrant workers, a theme taken up not only in Kafka's Nature-Theater scenes, but throughout the novel. While not refuting any of these in particular, I suggest that Kafka's use of "Negro" in Der Verschollene in this perplexing and intriguing scene marks a critique on American society that is not restricted to race relations between blacks and whites in the early twentieth century. Kafka's cryptic inclusion of the pseudonym "Negro" in his America-novel Der Verschollene, presented during the European immigrant Karl Rossmann's application process at the traveling Oklahoma Nature Theater, has prompted a variety of deliberations and interpretations. ![]() Er nannte daher, da ihm im Augenblick kein anderer Name einfiel, nur den Rufnamen aus seinen letzten Stellungen: 'Negro'. ![]() ![]() It's the only one the Garretts will ever take, but its effects will ripple through the generations.įor the first time in years, the beautiful Robicheaux sisters are returning to their childhood home. For Mercy it all begins in 1959, with a holiday to a cabin by a lake. But it turns out family life is impossible to escape - particularly when it's in your past. ![]() When Mercy Garrett moves herself out of the family home, everyone determines not to notice. Something tells her that the next thirty days might just change everything. But Juliet has also been keeping a secret for over two decades - and she begins to realise it's impossible to move forwards without first looking back. Arriving at the Gare du Nord, the memories come flooding back: bustling street cafés, cheap wine in candlelit bars and a handsome boy with glittering eyes. Years ago, Juliet left a little piece of her heart in Paris - and now, separated from her husband and with her children flying the nest, it's time to get it back! So she puts on her best red lipstick, books a cosy attic apartment near Notre-Dame and takes the next train out of London. If you loved this heartwarming contemporary, check out these recommendations below - simply click on the title of each one to pick up your own copy! ![]() We adored this multi-perspective look into three women’s lives, and how they are brought together by a yellow dress. ![]() Have you seen our recent interview with Libby Page, author of The Vintage Shop of Second Chances? ![]() ![]() What kinds of behavior does she tend to criticize even in male characters she does not portray as out-and-out villains? What traits does she celebrate most in her male characters? Why do you think she ends up with Rolf as her lover instead of Huberto?ģ. ![]() An avowed feminist, Isabel Allende often critiques male dominance in her fiction, but she generally balances favorable with unfavorable male characters. ![]() 1991 Allende defined Magic Realism as “a literary device or a way of seeing in which there is space for the invisible forces that move the world: dreams, legends, myths, passions, history.” Why do you suppose she includes history in this list? Where do you see evidence of Magic Realism in Eva Luna? Do you think this technique or “way of seeing” makes her writing more “literary” (that is, more likely to be regarded as “serious fiction”) than would otherwise be the case?Ģ. ![]() ![]() “I had someone breaking into my house, messing with my phones, and writing me letters,” said Brotherton. The subject matter for her first book “The Obsession” was inspired by an unfortunate stalking incident that she experienced first-hand while stationed at her first assignment on Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri. Perpetually goal driven, she obtained an undergraduate degree in psychology from Ohio State University and then a graduate degree from the University of Central Missouri while she was serving as a second lieutenant. Air Force to reap the benefits of a fully funded college education perk that came with enlistment. Navy and, when push came to shove, Brotherton put coaching on the back burner and decided to enlist in the U.S. Both of her parents enjoyed careers in the U.S. ![]() ![]() Dawn Brotherton spent her childhood years dreaming of one day landing a job as a softball coach. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Anda's design is a total breath of fresh air as she doesn't fall into the narrow traditional western beauty standard, and the design really helps in both Anda's relatablity and her believability - namely as a girl that might want for some escape from real life. Excelling particularly at character expressions and body language, Wang brings a real emotional heart to the story. Easily at home both in Anda's real life and in her more creative game life, Wang maximizes the contrasts between the two worlds but also manages to root everything nicely so the book still feels like one consistent volume. ![]() An immensely talented illustrator, Wang has an obvious animation background that shows in the energy, craft, and movement she brings to her character design and storytelling. Wang is the perfect artist for this project. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “Captivating, inventive storytelling along with beautiful live music and songs - it's highly recommended that you climb aboard and set sail!” ★★★★★ Edinburgh Festivals for Kids “There’s real charm in this production.” ★★★★★ The Scotsman Together they go on an amazing journey, brought vividly to life through live music, storytelling, and lots of laughs - but when the whale gets beached, how will the snail save him? A heart-warming adventure for everyone aged four and up, from Tall Stories, the Olivier Award-nominated company that brought you ‘The Gruffalo’ and ‘Room on the Broom’ live on stage. Longing to see the world, a tiny sea snail hitches a lift on the tail of a great big, grey-blue humpback whale. Join an adventurous young girl and her seafaring father as they reimagine the story of a tiny snail’s incredible trip around the world, inspired by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s much-loved picture book. The Snail & The Whale Live on Stage! at The Theatre - Mall of the EmiratesĪ play with music inspired by the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. ![]() ![]() ![]() Inej earned Nina's trust, being just a few months younger than Nina and also from Ravka, and convinced Nina to join the Dregs. When Nina Zenik arrived in Ketterdam, Inej climbed to Nina's room at the Emerald Palace in the middle of the night and offered her membership in the Dregs. Over time, Kaz gave Inej her first knife, taught her to crack safes and pick pockets, and named her the Wraith. Inej joined the Dregs just days after her fifteenth birthday. Kaz returned the next night to buy her contract from Heleen and gave Inej the choice to join the Dregs. Inej later approached Kaz and offered to help him but he did not respond and walked away. ![]() When Inej first met Kaz Brekker, she overheard him asking Heleen for information about the brothel's clients. She was awakened from a nap and captured by slavers early one morning and subsequently sold to Tante Heleen, the owner of a pleasure house in Ketterdam, where she was forced to work in the Menagerie as an indenture. When she was fourteen, Inej was with her family on the west coast near Os Kervo performing in a summer carnival. Inej was more comfortable on the high wire than even other members of her family and loved the freedom of walking in the air. She learned to walk the high wire barefoot as a young child with her father and cousins, and she only fell once. Inej grew up traveling around Ravka in Suli caravans and performing acrobatics with her family. ![]() |