![]() ![]() Promoted to Commodore, Jack prepares to lead a squadron of ships against the French. Starring David Robb as Jack Aubrey and Richard Dillane as Stephen Maturin, with other cast including Adjoa Andoh. HMS Surprise - 1804, and the dauntless duo face sea battles, political intrigue and romantic rivalry, as Aubrey tackles a secret mission. Returning home for a short spell as country squires, Jack and Stephen meet two beautiful women who will change their lives forever. ![]() Following the Treaty of Amiens, England is at peace. Michael Troughton stars as Aubrey, with Nigel Anthony as Stephen Maturin. Newly commissioned Commander Jack Aubrey anxiously awaits the verdict in his court martial for the loss of his ship. Included here are BBC radio adaptations of the first seven thrilling stories. Widely regarded as the most engaging historical novels ever written, the 21 books in Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series have garnered millions of fans since the publication of the first volume over 50 years ago. BBC Radio productions of the first seven books in Patrick O'Brian's hugely popular Napoleonic naval series - plus bonus material. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() I have read woefully little by Australian authors so it was no shock that this title was new to me. Well, in a move akin to a benevolent arms race between our two countries Jill upped the ante by sending me a copy of A Fortunate Life by A.B. I chose two of my favorite, and very different, American novels, The Professor’s House by Willa Cather and The Inn at Lake Devine by Elinor Lipman. Feeling like the cost of that volume would barely cover Jill’s postage cost for sending me her copy of A Shropshire Lad let alone the cost of the book itself, I felt inclined to send her a couple of additional titles to thank her. ![]() She picked out Henrietta’s War by Joyce Dennis. In exchange, I told her to pick out a book from The Book Depository and I would have it sent to her. Thankfully Jill, a lovely woman in Australia, came up with a copy she was willing to send me. So I appealed to Karen at Cornflower Books to see if any of the participants in her online book club had a clean copy they were willing to part with. ![]() The provenance and review of a hard to obtain memoir that reads like a novel.Įarlier this year as I attempted to collect all 20 of the Penguin English Journey series, one volume, A Shropshire Lad, was on back order and seemed unlikely to be available with any timeliness. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Why should she enjoy a snail? How could she look after it when she couldn’t look after herself? She couldn’t even return it to the woods. She is left bemused, wondering what on earth she is to do with it. One day a friend brings her a potted field violet on which she has purposefully put a woodland snail for Bailey. Confined to bed, she experiences a loneliness that chronic illness can bring, when friends are unsure how to be around you, and she starts slipping into a dark place in her mind, experiencing panic attacks and great despondency. She has to move from her farm house into a studio flat to be closer to help, leaving her dog and her outdoor lifestyle behind. ![]() In her 30s, Bailey contracts a debilitating neurological disorder that leaves her bedridden, barely able to sit up, let alone stand. This is one of the most enchanting books I have read a gentle, contemplative book that chronicles Elisabeth Tova Bailey’s year-long relationship with a snail. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “Thank you for sharing your gift and love of God.” -S. The Scripture verses used throughout the story are well placed and fit the story masterfully.” -K. “You have an amazing ability to weave a tale about Christians struggling to make sense out of their lives and the curveballs they’re thrown. “My husband is in the Air Force, so it is nice to read military stories that are based in reality!” -R. “ has created a truly stunning tale of love and devotion to God, country, and to those left behind when the missions are done.” “Dee Henderson delivers an uncommonly good story with grace and style.” ![]() Her books shine with believable facts and descriptions while her characters think and act like the professionals they are.” “The name Dee Henderson is synonymous with authenticity. Her mainstream crossover appeal makes this a necessary addition to all collections.” “Henderson continues to delight readers with her romantic thrillers, and her popularity continues to soar. Dee Henderson is a fantastic storyteller who knows how to keep and maintain reader interest from the very first page.” “True Honor will appeal to the patriotism of every American. “The absorbing third entry in Uncommon Heroes series exemplifies why Henderson, a wildly successful CBA novelist, is dominating this market’s paperback fiction best-seller list.” ![]() ![]() But in the movie he's much more human: he's afraid, venerable and not that strong physically. The Dolf from the book was almost a super being. ![]() But what are the real plans of the people who organized this crusade? And why are they heading for Genoa in Italy instead of Israel? Compared to the book director Sombogaart took the liberty of changing a lot. He joins a children's crusade heading for Jerusalem and with his modern wit and responsibility he becomes the actual leader of the group. He almost gets mugged by two thieves but he's rescued by Jenne (Stephanie Leonidas). Unfortunately he types in the wrong data and arrives in the year 1212. He just screwed up an important soccer match and wants to use the scientific experiment of his mother - a time machine - to go back in time to fix it. Even more praiseworthy: the budget was only about 10 million euros (12 million dollars)! This English spoken movie is about 16 year old Dolf Wega (a great Joe Flynn). Ben Sombogaart, Foreign Movie Oscar nominee for Twin Sisters, directed a solid, exciting and even moving version of the book. ![]() There have been plans for a movie for several years now, but due to the budget it was never realized. ![]() Crusade in Jeans is one of the most popular Dutch children's books. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When the autopsy of Matilda's sovereign reveals a surprising link between his death and her mother's suicide some quarter-century before, Aster retraces her mother's footsteps. On its way, the ship's leaders have imposed harsh moral restrictions and deep indignities on dark-skinned sharecroppers like Aster, who they consider to be less than human. For generations, the Matilda has ferried the last of humanity to a mythical Promised Land. If she were truly a monster, as they accuse, she'd be powerful enough to tear down the walls around her until nothing remained of her world, save for stories told around the cookfire.Īster lives in the low-deck slums of the HSS Matilda, a space vessel organized much like the antebellum South. She's used to the names she only wishes there was more truth to them. ![]() Odd-mannered, obsessive, withdrawn, Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. ![]() ![]() Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder died on February 10, 1957. Rose helped with all future Little House books, though the level of her contribution, whether minor or dominating, is not clear. Little House in the Big Woods was published in 1931 with the help of Laura's daughter, Rose Wilder Lane (born December, 5 1886). Before the success of the Little House series, Laura served as a columnist and editor for the Missouri Ruralist between 1911 until the mid-1920s. After years of hardship in South Dakota and brief stays in Florida and Minnesota, the Wilders settled in Mansfield, Missouri. Laura married Almanzo Wilder, age 28, on August 25, 1885, at the age of 18. This cabin is a reproduction of the Ingalls cabin, a travel stop near Independence, Kansas.Īlthough not graduating from high school herself, Laura Ingalls taught three terms of classes in a one-room schoolhouses in South Dakota. ![]() Laura's early life experiences in the homestead near Independence, Kansas, provide the basis for Little House on the Prairie. Over the course of her childhood, the Ingalls family made their home in Wisconsin, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, and the Dakota Territory. Laura was born to Charles and Caroline Ingalls near the small town of Pepin, Wisconsin, as the second of five children. Gained renown for her Little House series of books detailing her childhood years spent as a pioneer in the Great Plains. Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (FebruFebruary 10, 1957) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I thought the author did everything almost pitch perfect. Jim with his sense of adventure and Garth with all his knowledge of the Book of Mormon made this team priceless. I absolutely thought that the main characters, Jim and Garth, were the perfect match to go back to the time of the Nephites and Lamanites. A lot of the funny moments wouldn't make sense and it's always a shame not to get a good joke. Of course you can read it if your aren't but I doubt that it would be as entertaining. I should also mention that this is really a book for people who already are LDS members. It's geared towards middle school aged boys, but I can say (at least in my case) it didn't lessen my enjoyment of the book. Granted this book really isn't for everybody. This was the first word that came to my mind when I finished. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is a scene that blurs a boundary that many writers may not wish to cross themselves: the boundary between eroticism and much darker intentions. I like to think they were engaged enough to feel empathy with the Ben in that moment. In fact, I can honestly say that I am glad to have made a few reviewers feel equally dirty for having enjoyed that scene. I think anybody would feel disgusted in themselves, considering the combination of factors that declare this scene inappropriate. He becomes immediately overwhelmed by shame for having performed this act within a shared space, while simultaneously being in another relationship with his bed-ridden boyfriend, Gabriel. ![]() On achieving climax, Ben immediately feels crushing guilt, but this is more to do with the knowledge that he took advantage of a situation for his own selfish, lustful gratification. There is one particularly voyeuristic scene where Ben subtly pleasures himself under the surface of the water, much to Leo's obliviousness. ![]() Leo's adolescent beauty is constantly being played off against his advanced understanding of life. ![]() In fact, aside from the physical numbers attributed to Ben and Leo's respective ages, there is a heavier focus on the maturity levels of both characters. ![]() |