Claire heywood daughters of sparta5/31/2023 ![]() Alka Joshi, New York Times bestselling author of The Henna Artist " gorgeous retelling of the classic Greek myth. ![]() ![]() Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue ![]() Required reading for fans of Circe, and a remarkable, thrilling debut. Yet even as Queens, each is only expected to do two things: birth an heir and embody the meek, demure nature that is expected of women.īut when the weight of their husbands' neglect, cruelty, and ambition becomes too heavy to bear, Helen and Klytemnestra must push against the constraints of their society to carve new lives for themselves, and in doing so, make waves that will ripple throughout the next three thousand years.ĭaughters of Sparta is a vivid and illuminating reimagining of the Siege of Troy, told through the perspectives of two women whose voices have been ignored for far too long. While still only girls, the sisters are separated and married to foreign kings of their father's choosing-the powerful Agamemnon, and his brother Menelaos. With their high birth and unrivaled beauty, they are the envy of all of Greece. Daughters of Sparta is a tale of secrets, love, and tragedy from the women behind mythology's most devastating war, the infamous Helen and her sister Klytemnestra.Īs princesses of Sparta, Helen and Klytemnestra have known nothing but luxury and plenty. ![]() For millennia, men have told the legend of the woman whose face launched a thousand ships-but now it's time to hear her side of the story. ![]()
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Off campus series the legacy5/31/2023 ![]() "Hilarious and heartwarming! This collection of follow-up novellas is a blast! You won't believe what the Off-Campus crew is up to" - USA Today bestselling author Sarina BowenĪ New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Elle Kennedy grew up in the suburbs of Toronto, Ontario, and holds a B.A. Catch up with your favorite Off-Campus characters as they navigate the changes that come with growing up and discover that big decisions can have big consequences…and if they’re lucky, big rewards.*THE LEGACY is an 85,000-word novel that is made up of four novellas. And it turns out, for these four couples, love is the easy part. Sure, they have each other, but they also have real-life problems that four years at Briar U didn’t exactly prepare them for. ![]() ![]() ![]() Three years of real life after graduation…A wedding.A proposal.An elopement.And a surprise pregnancy.Life after college for Garrett and Hannah, Logan and Grace, Dean and Allie, and Tucker and Sabrina, isn’t quite what they imagined it would be. The international bestselling Off-Campus series returns with a collection of four novellas by New York Times bestselling author Elle Kennedy! This brand-new installment provides the much-anticipated answer to the question: where are they now?Four stories. ![]() The sun also rises 19265/31/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() For example, the characters engage in bull-fighting, which is presented as an idealized drama: The matador faces death and, in so doing, creates a moment of existential nothingness, broken when he vanquishes the possibility of death by killing the bull (Stoltzfus, 2005). Naturally, themes of love, death, renewal in nature, and the nature of masculinity are heavily investigated. Hemingway proposes that the "Lost Generation," considered to have been decadent, dissolute and irretrievably damaged by World War I, was resilient and strong. The fictional plot depicts a love story between war-wounded and impotent Jake Barnes and the promiscuous divorcà e Lady Brett Ashley, but the novel is a roman à clef the characters are based on real people and the action is based on real events. ![]() Though it initially received mixed reviews, it is now "recognized as Hemingway's greatest work" (Meyers, 1985). The Sun Also Rises was published by Scribner's in 1926, and a year later in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape under the title Fiesta. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, Hemingway signature in gilt to the front panel, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. First edition, early printing of Hemingway's first major novel. ![]() ![]() ![]() Click the card to flip □ Flashcards Learn Test Match Created by Pandabutterfly Terms in this set (222) Hemlock NounA home in an old tree-trunk, foraging for every meal and living off his wits are just part of Sam's new life in his mountain-side home. ![]() A deadly drug or drink made from this plant. She has also received 20 other …My Side of the Mountain Vocabulary Term 1 / 222 Hemlock Click the card to flip □ Definition 1 / 222 Noun a.An evergreen tree with soft wood. Filled with authentic woodland lore and exciting adventure, On the Far Side of the Mountain takes listeners back to Sam Gribley's treehouse in the Catskill Mountains, where he begins a dangerous fight for his pet falcon's freedom.My Side of the Mountain, the story of a boy and a falcon surviving on a mountain together, was a 1960 Newbery Honor Book. My side of the mountainThe classic story of wilderness survival continues in this action-packed sequel. ![]() |