Plague war and hellfire5/28/2023 With flair and style, 1666 shows a city and a country on the cusp of modernity, and a series of events that forever altered the course of history.Ĭover image: The Great Fire of 1666, detail of a coloured woodcut by Matthaus Merian the Younger, courtesy of Swiss Re Company Archives, SRCA 10.122.727.01. It was in this year that John Milton completed Paradise Lost, Frances Stewart posed for the now-iconic image of Britannia, and a young architect named Christopher Wren proposed a plan for a new London - a stone phoenix to rise from the charred ashes of the old city. While the central events of this significant year were ones of devastation and defeat, 1666 also offers a glimpse of the incredible scientific and artistic progress being made at that time, from Isaac Newton's discovery of gravity to Robert Hooke's microscopic wonders. Based on original archival research and drawing on little-known sources, 1666: Plague, War and Hellfire takes listeners on a thrilling journey through a crucial turning point in English history, as seen through the eyes of an extraordinary cast of historical characters. Shedding light on these dramatic events, historian Rebecca Rideal reveals an unprecedented period of terror and triumph. With an OverDrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for at-a-glance information about availability. 1666: Plague, War, and Hellfire ebook By Rebecca Rideal. The outbreak of the Great Plague, the eruption of the second Dutch War and the Great Fire of London all struck the country in rapid succession and with devastating repercussions. An outbreak of the Great Plague, the eruption of the second Dutch War.
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The damnation game by clive barker5/27/2023 New cover art by: Christian Francis/Awesome Monkey UK With hope still left to save Carys, Marty Strauss, although reluctant to get involved in the old man Whiteheads deserved punishment, decides to get involved and attempt to save the innocent gifted addict from being another victim to the damnation game. Eventually Whitehead decides to escape his fate after a few encounters with Mamoulian and having his wife, former bodyguard, and now his daughter Carys taken away from him. The job proves more complicated and dangerous than he thought, however, as Marty soon gets caught up in a series of supernatural events involving Whitehead, his daughter (who is a heroin addict), and a devilish man named Mamoulian, with whom Whitehead made a Faustian bargain many years earlier, during World War II.Īs time passes, Mamoulian haunts Whitehead using his supernatural powers (such as the ability to raise the dead), urging him to complete his pact with him. Marty Strauss, a gambling addict recently released from prison, is hired to be the personal bodyguard of Joseph Whitehead, one of the wealthiest men in the world. Tales of the mystery and imagination5/27/2023 However, after the point that the horse enters the show, the episode slows right down and drags out tediously. Vadim offers up a promisingly decadent opening with his then wife Jane Fonda lording over various cruelties and pleasures. The first segment of the film, Roger Vadim’s Metzengerstein, is unfortunately the worst. Among the more interesting copies was this continental production that united the talents of three top Euro directors of the era – Roger Vadim, the French director of And God Created Woman (1956), Blood and Roses (1960) and Barbarella (1968) Louis Malle, then renowned for Les Amants (1958) and Elevator to the Scaffold/Frantic (1958) and Federico Fellini, Italy’s hottest new talent with the likes of La Dolce Vita (1960) and 8½ (1963). With the success of Roger Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe films in the early 1960s, beginning with The House of Usher (1960), others soon climbed on the Poe bandwagon. Miranda beverly whittemore5/27/2023 Her carefully walled life is torn open by threatening letters. Two decades later, Saskia is shuttered in her Connecticut estate, estranged from the others. But most of all she was taken with Abraham, Home's charismatic leader, the North Star to Saskia and the four other teens who lived there, her best and only friends. She was entranced by the tang of sourdough starter the midnight call of the loons the triumph of foraging wild mushrooms from the forest floor. Saskia was a damaged, lonely teenager when she arrived at the lakeside commune called Home. Highly recommended.” ―New York Journal Review of Books “Captivating, thoughtful, and tense, a great read for those who enjoy psychological thrillers and complex puzzles. “A Secret History -esque tale.All the ingredients for the perfect summer read.” ―The Millions The humans haig5/27/2023 The narrator went into a bookstore and saw a book by Isobel Martin, Andrew’s wife, briefly reading it. He ran away from the gas station and went to the campus of Cambridge University. He walked into a gas station where the clerk called the police on him, while he read a magazine in order to gauge the language. He tried to make his way to Cambridge but was hit by a car, then when taken into an ambulance reacted with horror towards the humans and jumped out of the ambulance. The narrator awakened in his human body, naked and on a motorway, confused by everything but observant of what was going on. The narrator described himself as being non-human and Andrew as being more alien than human from the little time the two spent interacting before Andrew was taken away. The Humans is a tale of discovery, connection and the meaning of life, told from the perspective of an alien visitor to Earth who is waylaid on his mission by the various unexpected details involved in the typical human life. Published by Canongate, Great Britain, 2014. NOTE: The following version of this book was used to create this Study Guide: Haig, Matt. Danielewski books5/27/2023 Light wavers and pomegranates reveal their price as the effects of a great transition start to reverberate around everyone, Shnorhk’s efforts to resume playing music cannot escape history’s ghosts. Jingjing must contend with a rival he could never have anticipated, while Xanther must relinquish all she thought she knew as a far greater responsibility is set before her. The astonishing series about a young girl who befriends a cat hunting humanity continues with Volume 5, and the Season One finale, in which the consequences of how we encounter one another come into poignant and terrifying relief-especially on one September night, when an unexpected phone call demanding the return of the little white cat challenges everything the Ibrahims hold dear. The Familiar Volume 5 Wherein the cat is named. The Familiar Volume 4 Wherein the cat is toothless. The Familiar Volume 3 Wherein the cat is blind. The Familiar Volume 2Wherein the cat is hungry. The Familiar Volume 1Wherein the cat is found. The Season One finale of this riveting multisensory masterpiece from the visionary author of House of Leaves. The finale of Season 1 of this riveting multisensory masterpiece from the visionary author of House of Leaves. Possum magic book5/27/2023 The Royal Canadian Mint has said that its lawsuit is aimed at protecting what sets it apart on the global market. In recent years, the Canadians’ list of clients has ranged from Indonesia to the United Arab Emirates. The duelling mints are also business rivals who rely on developing new technologies in order to secure contracts around the world. Their demands have been countered with another lawsuit – this week the Australian government filed a counter claim asking that the Canadian patent be declared invalid on the grounds that it is not enough of a “novelty” over what has been done previously. While the coins in question include 12 colourful designs printed on an estimated 15m coins, the Canadian mint said it is not seeking the destruction of any coins already in circulation. Recently, the Canadian mint expanded its lawsuit to include several other $2 coins, including a 2017 release featuring designs from Possum Magic and Olympic-themed coins. The Royal Australian Mint’s Possum Magic coins. King of the World by David Remnick5/27/2023 Ali was far from perfect he was completely human. He was a man of convictions and I find the honorable and courageous. In addition, his refusal came before the war lost support at home, and Ali's reputation suffered as a well. He paid a dear price for his recalcitrance - a forfeiture of his title, and millions of dollars in revenue from prospective fights/endorsements. During this time, there was talk of getting Ali a cushy non-combat job, but he still refused. His refusal to being drafted was an inspiration to many African Americans. His membership in the Nation of Islam, his friendship, and then estrangement to Malcolm X, his refusal to be drafted in Vietnam, his scathing lip, all clearly defined Ali during his early days. Both of these opponents go on to play significant roles in Ali's life, and both left indelible marks on Ali's career.Īli's was a product of his time. The book starts out by describing Patterson's and Liston's tough childhoods, and their rise to fame in the chaotic boxing world. This book covers Ali's childhood through his Patterson/Liston fights. One does not need to be knowledgeable about the sport of boxing, nor a particular fan of boxing, to find this book entertaining and enlightening. The prose is pure butter: elegant, but also smooth and riveting. Wow, this has to be one of my favorite all-time sports biographies. Dorothy l sayers mysteries strong poison5/27/2023 Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations that were broadcast between 19.Īdapted for radio in six episodes by Chris Miller.įirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1976.īill Rumm/Captain Tommy Bates/Pond …. Strong Poison was first published in 1930.Ĭlassy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World War. The evidence against her seems overwhelming, but the shrewd, debonair sleuth harbours doubts over her guilt.īritish gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a number of detective novels and short stories by English crime writer, Dorothy L. Lord Peter Wimsey attends the trial of Harriet Vane, a young mystery writer accused of poisoning her former lover with arsenic. Strong Poison - A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery For the last thirty years of her life, writing and illustrating gave place to a second career as a sheep farmer and countryside conservationist. As she became financially independent, she was able to buy some land in the Lake District and in 1913, on her marriage to solicitor William Heelis, she moved to live there permanently. In the years before the First World War, demand for her work was so great that she was publishing an average of two new stories a year. She started her career as children's author and illustrator in 1901 when she was thirty-five. She acquired her love and knowledge of the countryside during family holidays, at first in Scotland and then in the Lake District. During her rather lonely childhood and later, as a young woman, she studied art and natural history. Beatrix has created some of the best-loved characters in children's literature.īeatrix Potter was born in London in 1866. |