![]() This authentic English mystery, reminiscent of the work of Dame Agatha Christie, is brought to life with an outstanding performance by the very talented Joel Leslie. A person who burns his identity after every job can't put down roots.Īs he starts to untangle the mess of secrets and lies that lurk behind the lace curtains of even the most peaceful-seeming of villages, Leo realizes that the truths he's about to uncover will affect his future and that of the man he's growing to care about. He's in danger of feeling things he has no business feeling. ![]() After a week of helping old ladies wind balls of yarn and flirting with a handsome doctor, Leo is in danger of forgetting what he really is and why he's there. ![]() When his boss orders him to cover up a murder, Leo isn't expecting to be sent to a sleepy village. The war may be over for the rest of the world, but Leo Page is still busy doing the dirty work for one of the more disreputable branches of the intelligence service. It certainly doesn't help that this stranger is the first person James has wanted to touch since before the war. The last thing in the world he needs is a handsome stranger who seems to be mixed up with the first violent death the village has seen in years. ![]() All he wants is to retreat to the quiet village of his childhood and enjoy the boring, predictable life of a country doctor. James Sommers returned from the war with his nerves in tatters. ![]() A jaded spy and a shell-shocked country doctor team up to solve a murder in postwar England. ![]()
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![]() ![]() "but at that point my attention was arrested by the appearance of a speckled woodpecker who busily climbed up the slender stem of a birch-tree and peeped out uneasily from behind it, first to the right, then to the left, like a musician behind the bass-viol." (Summary by Martin Geeson)įor further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats or languages (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.įor more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit. As a sixteen-year old, he is obsessed with an older woman, Zinaida, who holds court with a drawing room full of suitors. Even the nature symbolism is rescued from triteness by lovely poetic similes - e.g. Vladimir Petrovich Voldemar, a 16-year-old, is staying in the country with his family and meets Zinaida Alexandrovna Zasyekina, a beautiful 21-year-old woman, staying with her mother, Princess Zasyekina, in a wing of the manor. In Ivan Turgenev's novella, First Love, a much older Vladimir Petrovich recounts the first love that has haunted him into later life. First Love is given its originality and poignancy by Turgenev's mastery of the piercing turning-point (akin to Joyce's "epiphanies") that transforms the character's whole being, making a tragic outcome inevitable. Ivan Turgenev, 1880 Fathers and Sons (' '), Turgenevs most famous and enduring novel, appeared in 1862. ![]() The "boy-meets-girl-then-loses-her" story is universal but not, I think, banal - despite a surprise ending which notoriously turns out to be very little of a surprise. The title of the novella is almost an adequate summary in itself. LibriVox recording of First Love, by Ivan Turgenev, translated by Constance Garnett. ![]() ![]() ![]() But first, he must locate his late half brother’s missing will, then meet his late brother’s widow, too…Īndrew Charles Storme-ninth Earl of Hadleigh-has been in a monstrous temper for the better part of two years. Determined to discover her identity, he plans to scour the streets of London until he finds her. When she suddenly turns and leaves without introducing herself, Christian is surprisingly devastated. ![]() ![]() That is…until he catches a glimpse of her, the woman with a handkerchief in hand, walking to his front door. Their first meeting shouldn’t be at a solicitor’s office, after all.Įven though he’s just returned home from the war, Christian Vareck, the Duke of Randford, is quite tired of all the ladies vying for his attention by throwing handkerchiefs his way. Though the errant duke has never bothered to write or see her, Katherine decides to go to his house and introduce herself. And meet her departed husband’s half brother, the popular war hero duke, who seems to be everywhere, including her daydreams. ![]() Katherine, Lady Meriwether Vareck, dreads attending the reading of her husband’s will, but she’s hoping she’ll at least have her dowry returned. In Where There’s a Will, a short story that kicks off A Duke in Time, first in a brand-new series from Janna MacGregor, a recent widow and her despicable, late-husband’s brother meet, with sparks flying almost instantly. ![]() ![]() ![]() All three works feature Woolf as a central character and emulate the themes of “Mrs. “The Hours” is based on Michael Cunningham’s novel, which appeared in 1998, and on Stephen Daldry’s film adaptation of the book, which was released in 2002. ![]() Her husband, Leonard, tells her, “You’ll find it again.” Later, we see Woolf struggling to recall that opening line, which came to her as she was waking up. Dalloway,” her most famous novel, in 1923. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.” This, we are meant to think, is the creative subconscious of Virginia Woolf as she works on “Mrs. Over this wash of sound, the chorus sings fragmentary phrases that coalesce into a familiar sentence: “Mrs. ![]() Kevin Puts’s “The Hours,” which had its première last month at the Metropolitan Opera, begins with a prologue marked “Dreamily, from the depths.” Woodwinds skitter about and trill harps glissando mysteriously strings sustain a distant dissonant chord brass emit softly clashing tones. ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() When you finish reading or listening, make sure to sum up the story, so that everyone knows what’s happened in Ulthar. Make sure to stop once in a while and ask questions to check your students’ comprehension, as the language will probably be somewhat unusual to them – but hey, that’s the beauty of the story! ![]() It’s time for the story – you can use my recording:īut you can also use the written story (available here: click!) and read it individually or aloud. Explain that today you will become familiar with a gothic story by Howard Phillips Lovecraft, one of the most important authors of weird fiction (in case your students don’t know this genre, explain what weird fiction is). You will probably end up with a cat, as you’ll have them in old tales (like Puss in Boots) and their modern counterparts (like Tom & Jerry or the Lion King). Ask about stories with animal protagonists and make a short brainstorm on the most popular animal which appears in stories. Start your lesson with talking about stories and animals. ![]() Maybe you’ve used it in your classroom, but in case you haven’t, I’ve decided to tie up loose ends and make a simple lesson plan.Īreas covered: storytelling, past tenses Introduction (10 mins) Last year, I recorded my reading of one of my favourite Lovecraftian stories, the Cats of Ulthar. ![]() ![]() ![]() Mann is represented by Gagosian Gallery, New York. Comprised of 109 prints and several videos, A Thousand Crossings addresses complex issues relating to the American South and will travel internationally until the beginning of 2020. The National Gallery of Art presented a critically lauded show, Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings, in 2018. In 2016 Hold Still won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. Her bestselling memoir, Hold Still (Little, Brown, 2015), received universal critical acclaim, and was named a finalist for the National Book Award. A 1994 documentary about her work, Blood Ties, was nominated for an Academy Award and the feature film, What Remains, was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2008. ![]() In 2001 Mann was named “America’s Best Photographer” by Time magazine. Her many books include At Twelve (1988), Immediate Family (1992), Still Time (1994), What Remains (2003), Deep South (2005), Proud Flesh (2009), The Flesh and the Spirit (2010), Remembered Light (2016) and Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings (2018). ![]() She has received numerous awards, including NEA, NEH, and Guggenheim Foundation grants, and her work is held by major institutions internationally. Sally Mann (born in Lexington, Virginia, 1951) is one of America’s most renowned photographers. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Heroic Assault: The Kelvin Incident is here. The free update was announced on Twitter, Discord, and the game’s Steam page, and is the biggest addition of new content since the Heroic Assault game mode was introduced all the way back in November 2022. Gotham Knights released “The Kelvin Incident” today, a massive update that adds plenty of new content, bug fixes, fresh cosmetics, and accessibility options to the game. How to Unlock Heroic Assault & Showdown.Mission 1.2 – Disturbance at Dixon Docks.Mission 7.2 – Talia Al Ghul Menu Toggle.Case 07: The League of Shadows Menu Toggle.Mission 6.2 – The Voice of the Court Menu Toggle.How to Find a Way Out of the Owl Sphere Room.Mission 5.2 – Inside Gotham’s Walls Menu Toggle.Mission 4.2 – The Orchard Hotel Menu Toggle.Mission 3.2 – Chelsea Tunnel Menu Toggle.Mission 2.2 – The Powers Club Menu Toggle.Mission 2.1 – AKA Oswald Cobblepot Menu Toggle. ![]() Mission 1.4 – Blackgate Blues Menu Toggle.Mission 1.2 – The Langstrom Drive Menu Toggle.Mission 1.1 – Kirk Langstrom Menu Toggle.Case 01: Batman’s Last Case Menu Toggle. ![]() ![]() She appeared in department store catalogs and television commercials, and as an extra in a television film. She initially aspired to become a rabbi, but she began modeling during her junior year in high school. Schaeffer was raised in Portland, where she attended Lincoln High School. ![]() Schaeffer was born November 6, 1967, in Eugene, Oregon, the only child of Jewish parents Danna (née Wilner), a writer and instructor who taught at Willamette University and Portland Community College, and Dr. Schaeffer’s death helped lead to the passage in California of legislation aimed at preventing stalking. At the age of 21, she was shot and killed by Robert John Bardo, a 19-year-old obsessed fan who had been stalking her. The series was canceled in 1988, and she appeared in several films, including the black comedy Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills. ![]() ![]() In 1986, she landed the role of Patricia "Patti" Russell in the CBS comedy My Sister Sam. She began her career as a teen model before moving on to acting. Rebecca Lucile Schaeffer (Novem– July 18, 1989) was an American actress and model. ![]() ![]() ![]() Much better.Contact me for any questions: He thinks she's a seriously sexy woman, and would like to get to know her better. Especially since he doesn't agree that she's fat and unattractive. He doesn't want to get into trouble with work, but equally he can't stand to see Adele treated in such a horrible way. ![]() Adele rises above it all, and simply enjoys her secretive glances at the center's hunky lifeguard, Oliver.As the bullying of Adele becomes worse, Oliver finds it increasingly difficult not to intervene. Much healthier than the mean girls at the leisure center that point and stare and say spiteful things about her. She may be Rubenesque, but she's healthy, too. But she's gotten to the stage where she doesn't care. She knows it, and she's been picked on all her life because of it. Go to Title: Mean GirlsAuthor: Lucy FelthouseNarrator: Xanthia BloomFormat: UnabridgedLength: 1 hr and 56 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 07-03-17Publisher: Lucy FelthouseRatings: 4 of 5 out of 22 votesGenres: Erotica & Sexuality, FictionPublisher's Summary:Adele Blackthorne is a big girl, a curvy chick. ![]() Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. ![]() |