![]() ![]() Pratchett's Watch has been described as part of a longstanding fantasy tradition where the characters of the city watch would "rush in and die, or run away", with Pratchett's approach to that tradition ranging from parody in the earlier novels to "deeper satire" in the later ones. ![]() The Watch is also the loose inspiration for the 2021 fantasy police procedural television series, The Watch. Besides these main stories, the Watch, and individual members thereof, appear in some form in many of the other Discworld novels, especially those set in Ankh-Morpork. In order of publication, they are Guards! Guards! (1989), " Theatre of Cruelty" (1993) (a short story), Men at Arms (1993), Feet of Clay (1996), Jingo (1997), The Fifth Elephant (1999), Night Watch (2002), Thud! (2005) and Snuff (2011). These novels generally feature as the protagonist, the Watch Commander Sam Vimes, and take on the general shape of a crime novel, in which the Watch are called on to solve a mysterious crime. The Watch, its growth and development, and its inner workings are explored through a series of eight fantasy novels and one short story. The Ankh-Morpork City Watch is the police force of the fictional city of Ankh-Morpork in the Discworld series by the English writer Terry Pratchett. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) ( January 2012) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help rewrite it to explain the fiction more clearly and provide non-fictional perspective. This article describes a work or element of fiction in a primarily in-universe style. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Ethel Turner died in 1958, leaving as her memorial a book that is now regarded as a classic in children's literature. Seven Little Australians has been read and loved by children all over the world, and it has been continuously in print for over 100 years. ![]() Ethel Turner went on to write over 40 books in her lifetime, including children's stories, short stories and poems, many of which appeared in the Town and Country journal and in the Sun Herald newspaper. It has been translated into at least 11 languages, performed as a stage play, and been made into a film, a BBC television series in 1953, and a 10-episode television series for the ABC in 1973. Since then the book has sold over 2 million copies in the English language and has been reprinted over 50 times. ![]() In January 1893 she recorded in her diary, "Night started a new story that I shall call Seven Little Australians." Later that year, she finished the book, parcelled it up and sent it off to a publisher in Melbourne. Ethel kept diaries for a remarkable 62 years, recording the details of her full and eventful life. She showed a great love of literature while at school and in her late teens launched a literary and social magazine in Sydney with her sister Lilian Turner. Born in England in 1870, Ethel Turner came to Australia with her mother and sisters when she was 10 years old. ![]() ![]() With his beloved home under threat from the notorious Chief Weasel and his gang of sinister Wild Wooders, Toad must attempt a daring escape leading to a series of misadventures and a heroic battle to recapture Toad Hall. Toad, whose antics land him in serious trouble. This riotous comedy follows Mole, Rat, Badger, and the impulsive Mr. ![]() There are great parts for girls, boys and can include any sized ensemble/chorus, who appear throughout the show. 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When her partner of over a decade suddenly ends things, Laurie is left reeling-not only because they work at the same law firm and she has to see him every day. If faking love is this easy… how do you know when it’s real? If I Never Met You is a sweet, but very angsty, fake-relationship romance that is let down terribly by its advertising and blurb: Genre: Contemporary Romance, Romance, Women's Fiction ![]() ![]() At last she will learn what freedom truly means and understand the real purpose of the role she was always destined to play. ![]() In order to unlock the secrets within her, she must embark upon a quest to explore long-forgotten sexual rituals and discovers that there is still so much more to learn. But now, at least, she knows it is she alone who holds the key to the answers so desperately sought by both her lover, Jeremy Quinn, and her captors. Strangely empowered, her feelings of pleasure and exhilaration are tinged with fear. Some features have failed to load due to an internet connectivity. ![]() ![]() Destined to fly / Indigo Bloome Book Bib IDĪlexandra has returned to the world after her captivity and is left with a heady mix of emotions. Product details page for Destined to fly by Indigo Bloome is loaded. ![]() ![]() ![]() Miss Spider's New Car, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1999. Little Miss Spider, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1999. Miss Spider's ABC, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1998. Miss Spider's Tea Party: The Counting Book, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1997. Miss Spider's New Car, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1997. Miss Spider's Wedding, Scholastic ( New York, NY), 1995. Miss Spider's Tea Party, Scholastic ( New York, NY), 1994. Writings SELF-ILLUSTRATED "MISS SPIDER" SERIES Parents magazine named Miss Spider's Wedding to its list of top-ten children's picture books, 1994. Toy store owner and founder of Ovicular Toys and Hoobert Toys, 1979 cofounder of Callaway & Kirk Company developer of "Sunny Patch" line of apparel for Target executive producer of Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids, an animated television series that appears on Nick Jr. Agent -c/o Author's Mail, Scholastic, Inc., 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. Education: Graduated from Cleveland Institute of Art, 1977. Born 1955, in Columbus, OH married wife's name, Kathy children: Violet, Primrose, Wisteria. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the course of preparing a reprint of Tuke's book recently we were privileged to have access to the privately printed Memoirs of Samuel Tuke, London, 1860, 26 copies “for the use of the family only”, edited in two volumes of together more than 1,000 pages. “To those two great and good men, society is indebted for nearly all the improvements which followed their essays” said John Conolly, the third of the triumvirate who inaugurated the modern mental hospital era (1). Tuke achieved in England and America what Philippe Pinel did in France, and their names remain coupled in history as they were by contemporaries. ![]() Containing an account of its origin and progress, the modes of treatment, and a statement of cases, York, 1813. In 1963 there fell to be celebrated the 150th anniversary of a modest book giving an account of the new mild or “moral” treatment of the insane at the Asylum opened by the Quakers in 1796, Samuel Tuke's Description of The Retreat, an institution near York for insane persons of the Society of Friends. ![]() ![]() ![]() But the play Mimi thought she knew takes an unexpected twist when Romeo and Juliet don’t meet at the dance and Juliet is engaged to marry the Paris within a week’s time! Though Mimi’s regarded as a ‘relative Capulet,’ Benvolio’s got his eyes on her, Tybalt’s out for her neck, Lady Capulet wants her dead, and is that a superstar actor/Romeo sneaking along the streets? It’s going to take more than just some good acting for Mimi to save Juliet and find her way back home. There she meets Juliet Capulet as well as the entire ‘cast’ of the play that she’s rehearsed for. ![]() Right before her final performance as Juliet, she is transported by magic to Shakespeare’s Verona. In her current play of Romeo and Juliet, she’s stuck with superstar Troy Summers playing Romeo: He seems to do all he can to put her down. Unlike her ancestors, Mimi has an extreme case of stage fright whenever she’s about to go on. ![]() Mimi Wallingford is sick of Shakespeare theater, and even more sick of being recognized solely by the prestige of her last name. Staff Writer Kirsten Rice continues her Book Nook segment with Saving Juliet by Suzanne Selfors. ![]() ![]() ![]() The ghosts are on assignment to help those living they have been paired with, similar to that of a guardian angel. There are a couple more ghosts, as well as a few living characters. Many of the same characters appear within the story. They are to return to Hawthorne High and are assigned people from their past, but are not informed what it is they are suppose to do exactly. The call centre group are informed by their instructor they have one last assignment. As the prospect of her call centre career comes to the end, excitement and anxiety begin to build. Love is not something that happens in the afterlife it seems, but there is a boy, and Charlotte is not one to give up on romance and trying. Being dead is starting to have some perks, as she is reunited with her parents and experiencing the daughter parent relationship. But when her ticket to the afterlife means having to face the dreaded, all-too-familiar pains of being invisible, it may be too much for her to withstand.”Ĭharlotte is continuing her afterlife in the call centre a sort of guardian angel hotline. She still has one last assignment to complete, but no one explained what happens if you fall in love with your class project. ![]() ![]() “Before she can rest in peace, Charlotte Usher must return to the tragic site of her death: high school. ![]() ![]() ![]() The challenge was to write three chapters of a novel in exchange for dinner at one of her favorite restaurants. But after being fired from her current position at the time, she accepted a writing challenge from her friend. As the story goes, her professional career started in the fashion industry where she worked for several years. Lisa Jewell’s first book was published in 2000, and, although she wasn’t always known for her mysteries and thrillers, she’s earned a solid reputation in that genre now.Īnd she wasn’t always an author either! I particularly love her story of how she got started writing novels. She lives in London with her family, and her books have been published worldwide in over 25 languages. In case you’re not yet familiar with Lisa Jewell, she is a #1 New York Times and Sunday Times, bestselling British author. The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell was published in 2019 and is the first in a two-book series. The Family Upstairs – Read, ReRead or Reconsider?. ![]() ![]() The Family Upstairs – What I Didn’t Like.Publishers Synopsis of The Family Upstairs. ![]() |