![]() There’s also a very nice edge in how she writes certain characters into getting their just desserts. In The One Dollar Horse, Lauren St John has done all this and she’s also thrown a hot trainee farrier into the mix. They’re tales of how when you do the right thing, when you’re kind to animals, and when you believe in yourself, you can achieve great things. The joy of horse stories is that, when done well, they’re world-class. Rescuing this horse proves the first step in fulfilling her dream of competing at Badminton – and it’s not an easy ride (both literally and metaphorically) for Casey to get there. That is, until she comes across a wild horse destined for the knackers yard in the back streets of Hackney. ![]() She writes with a thrilling competency that reminded me of some of the greats of horse fiction – Caroline Akrill, Ginny Elliot and Patricia Leitch.Ĭasey Blue is a fairly typical horse-mad teenager. It’s written by the superb Lauren St John (author of the amazing Laura Marlin series) and St John knows her horse world. ![]() ![]() Full of urban edge, and yet never quite losing that fairytale element all good horse stories have, The One Dollar Horse is a book that pony lovers will adore. ![]() The One Dollar Horse provides a much needed twenty-first century spin to the horse story. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Each portfolio contained six 11x16 inch plates. To help fund this labor of love, Wrightson released three portfolios of his Frankenstein illustrations in 1977, 1978, and 1980 in advance of the publication of the full book in 1983. I would take three days here, a week there, to work on the Frankenstein volume. I would do the drawings in between paying gigs, when I had enough to be caught up with bills and groceries and what-not. It was not an assignment, it was not a job. ![]() I've always had a thing for Frankenstein, and it was a labor of love. Wrightson has said that it was an unpaid project: Wrightson also used a period style, saying "I wanted the book to look like an antique to have the feeling of woodcuts or steel engravings, something of that era" and basing the feel on artists like Franklin Booth, J.C. The illustrations themselves are not based upon the Boris Karloff or Lee films, but on the actual book's descriptions of characters and objects. ![]() The book includes an introduction by Stephen King and from Wrightson himself. Wrightson spent seven years drawing approximately 50 detailed pen-and-ink illustrations. This edition reprints the full novel by Mary Shelley (1831 edition), with illustrations by Wrightson. In 2008, a new edition was released by Dark Horse Comics for the 25th anniversary. Bernie Wrightson's Frankenstein is an illustrated edition of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus, first published in 1983 by American company Marvel Comics, with full-page illustrations by Bernie Wrightson. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Runaway Princess is a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year. Kate Coombs weaves a magical tale full of pesky princes, enchanted frogs, a beady-eyed scarf, and invisibility juice – a tale of wonder, but a story familiar to all who struggle to find their own place in the world. In the tradition of so many monarchs, I offer my daughter's hand in marriage and half my kingdom to the prince who can rid us of these evils, restoring peace and prosperity to our realm. Does Meg find her distinct place in the kingdom, or is she doomed to fulfill her royal duties? The Runaway Princess A dragon darkens our dells. Instead, she sets out to win the contest herself by enlisting the help of her good friend, her loyal maid, an eager guardsman, a young wizard, and a tenacious witch. Meg firmly objects to her parents' giving her away, and she certainly has no intention of remaining in the tower where she is sequestered. But Princess Margaret is not your traditional princess. "In the tradition of so many monarchs, I offer my daughter's hand in marriage and half my kingdom to the prince who can rid us of these evils, restoring peace and prosperity to our realm."Īnd so the contest in the Kingdom of Greeve begins. ![]() ![]() ![]() Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! ![]() ![]() Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more.This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history.#WTFact Videos In #WTFact Britannica shares some of the most bizarre facts we can find.Demystified Videos In Demystified, Britannica has all the answers to your burning questions.Britannica Classics Check out these retro videos from Encyclopedia Britannica’s archives.Britannica Explains In these videos, Britannica explains a variety of topics and answers frequently asked questions. ![]() ![]() I felt like I got a lot of facts about Rin Tin Tin and his owners, producers, etc., but not nearly enough about why he matters or why he was interesting enough to write a book about. "I am a fan of Susan Orleans, but this book was not very interesting. ![]() ![]() Almost ten years in the making, Susan Orlean's first original book since The Orchid Thief is a tour de force of history, human interest, and masterful storytelling - the ultimate must-read for anyone who loves great dogs or great yarns. But it is also a richly textured history of twentieth-century entertainment and entrepreneurship and the changing role of dogs in the American family and society. The canine hero's legacy is cemented by Duncan and a small group of others who devote their lives to keeping him and his descendants alive.Īt its heart, Rin Tin Tin is a poignant exploration of the enduring bond between humans and animals. Rin Tin Tin's improbable introduction to Hollywood leads to the dog's first blockbuster film and over time, the many radio programs, movies, and television shows that follow. ![]() ![]() From the moment in 1918 when Corporal Lee Duncan discovers Rin Tin Tin on a World War I battlefield, he recognizes something in the pup that he needs to share with the world. So begins Susan Orlean's sweeping, powerfully moving story of Rin Tin Tin's journey from orphaned puppy to movie star and international icon. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Should you wish to maintain the sanctity of your internal imagery of Jane Austen, turn back now, before you step into the not-so-forgiving light of real history. His novel A Tale of Two Cities starts with celebrated words: ‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.’ This is a succinct summary of Jane Austen’s England, on which we are about to eavesdrop.” p. It would be left to the genius of the next generation, Charles Dickens, to write novels about the poor, the workers and the lower middle classes. ![]() “In her novels Jane Austen brilliantly portrayed the lives of the middle and upper classes, but barely mentioned the cast of characters who constituted the bulk of the population. ![]() ![]() Rand started her writing career in Hollywood though, and her hatred of communism was never more clearly visible than when she happily testified against her Hollywood colleagues in front the U.S. Her plays, such as The Unconquered, usually included anti-communist and pro-capitalist themes as well. In addition to writing novels, she was also a playwright. This experience can be seen clearly in her first fiction novel, We the Living, which was published in 1936. Her family experienced great financial loss after her father’s business was confiscated by the Bolsheviks. Rand’s philosophy of promoting individualism over conformity, and her love of capitalism, were formed during her childhood in Russia. ![]() “Individualism will be my theme until I die,” Rand stated while writing Atlas Shrugged. ![]() Despite these reviews, the dystopian novel that railed against government and idolized capitalism would grow to become a conservative favorite. ![]() One review described prose “ladled from a bottomless vat of molten lead” and “delivered at the piercing, relentless pitch of a shriek” ( Evening Star). Her work always received mixed reviews in the press, and this time was no different. ![]() 65 years ago, prolific author and philosopher Ayn Rand published her longest fiction novel, Atlas Shrugged. ![]() ![]() COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more.This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history. ![]()
![]() ![]() ![]() The copying and translation of this ancient book-the greatest discovery of the greatest book-hunter of his age-fueled the Renaissance, inspiring artists such as Botticelli and thinkers such as Giordano Bruno shaped the thought of Galileo and Freud, Darwin and Einstein and had a revolutionary influence on writers such as Montaigne and Shakespeare and even Thomas Jefferson. That book was the last surviving manuscript of an ancient Roman philosophical epic, On the Nature of Things, by Lucretius-a beautiful poem of the most dangerous ideas: that the universe functioned without the aid of gods, that religious fear was damaging to human life, and that matter was made up of very small particles in eternal motion, colliding and swerving in new directions. Nearly six hundred years ago, a short, genial, cannily alert man in his late thirties took a very old manuscript off a library shelf, saw with excitement what he had discovered, and ordered that it be copied. ![]() ![]() One of the world's most celebrated scholars, Stephen Greenblatt has crafted both an innovative work of history and a thrilling story of discovery, in which one manuscript, plucked from a thousand years of neglect, changed the course of human thought and made possible the world as we know it. Winner of the 2011 National Book Award for Non-Fiction A highly-placed papal scribe, Poggio Bracciolini, who was secretary to the Pope - in fact, to eight popes over his long career - was also a book hunter. Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt is the story of a dedication that was tantamount to obsession. ![]() ![]() They share everything without filter and I loved how they connected. But, their friendship is unique and they have the most relaxed and open relationship. Molly is a lawyer and Andrew is a photographer and their lifestyles couldn’t be more opposite. What follows is a zany flight plan that has them seeing each other outside of the friend zone for the first time. It doesn’t bother Molly that much but for Andrew, being home for Christmas means everything so she’ll do whatever it takes to get them home. This yearly trek has become sort of a tradition but now, ten years later, a sudden snowstorm grounds their flight and threatens to wreck their plans. ![]() Her family lives in Dublin and his in Cork and they first met ten years ago when he was dating her awful friend who broke up with him while she was sitting next to him on their first flight together (a complete coincidence). Molly Kinsella and Andrew Fitzpatrick are friends who only see each other once a year when they both travel from Chicago back to their native homeland in Ireland for Christmas. ![]() |