![]() A year later, Mattie's husband, Carl, returns from the Army Traumatized by her hospital work, she seeks refuge with her sister in a farmhouse on a Wisconsin lake. When we meet her at the end of World War I, Amanda is a once-capable Milwaukee nurse. ![]() In spite of Amanda's jealous guarding of the facts, the truth eventually emerges, revealing a story of deepįamily rivalries and of the consequences of such determined deception. Who was 3 when her mother died, remembers drowning too, but her Aunt Amanda insists she must be dreaming. Ruth.'' Amanda Starkey claims she ''lost'' her beloved and envied sister, Mattie, but after the drowning there's a human bite mark on Amanda's hand. Ne sister drowns in a frozen lake and the other won't tell how it happened: such is the premise of Christina Schwarz's first novel, ''Drowning A first novel tells a strange story of a sister who drowns mysteriously in a frozen lake. ![]()
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![]() ![]() While Erik is trying to convince his father of the future of television, he also succeeds in attracting Ida's attention. Erik Nielsen, the director's son, soon starts developing feelings towards Ida, which causes her to lose her job. She finds a job as a secretary at a radio factory. ![]() Her parents are unhappy with her choice, but Ida is determined on making it on her own in the big city. When she is told that she can not do both, she chooses the evening school. ![]() In 1949, the young Ida Nørregaard travels from Jutland to Copenhagen to enroll in a home-economics school and an evening-school programme. The series concluded with the 22nd episode airing on 1 January 2007 and watched by 2.4 million viewers. In 2004, the program was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Drama but lost to Waking the Dead. The first-season finale topped the list with 2,717,000 viewers. Five of the episodes were listed among the ten most watched television programs since records began in Denmark in 1992. The program's first season set popularity records. ![]() The 22-episode series relates the lives of two fictional families during the historical development of the Danmarks Radio television network from the 1950s to the 1970s.Ĭreated by Stig Thorsbøe for the DR broadcast- television network, the series debuted on 4 January 2004. Krøniken ( English: Better Times) is a Danish television drama which aired on Sunday evenings between January 2004 and January 2007. ![]() ![]() ![]() 'Brilliant' - Publishers Weekly 'I loved it' - Django Wexler 'An engrossing intoxicating delight' - Forbidden Planet 'An extraordinary debut that is well worthy of the hype. this quiet man of letters must become a man of action. And if he hopes to ever see his wife again, he will have to do more than just survive. To find her, Senlin must enter the Tower of Babel - a world of geniuses and tyrants, of menace and wonder, of unusual animals and mysterious machines. ![]() So when he loses his new bride shortly after embarking on the honeymoon of their dreams, he is ill-prepared for the trouble that follows. I can't wait for more.'Madeline Miller, New York Times bestselling author of Circe 'Senlin Ascends is one of the best reads I've had in ages. 'Gracefully written, deliriously imaginative, action-packed, warm, witty and thought-provoking' Madeline Miller, author of Circe 'One of my favourite books of all time' - Mark Lawrence, author of Prince of Thorns 'I'm wildly in love with this book' - Pierce Brown, author of Red Rising DISCOVER THE EXTRAORDINARY DEBUT THAT HAS GOT EVERYONE TALKING Mild-mannered headmaster, Thomas Senlin prefers his adventures to be safely contained within the pages of a book. His books are that rare alchemy: gracefully written, deliriously imaginative, action-packed, warm, witty, and thought-provoking. ![]() ![]() ![]() These bits of text, jotted in notebooks, typed on paper, or written on hotel letterhead, reveal a woman who loved deeply and strove to perfect her craft. This work is a collection of written artifacts, notes to herself, letters, even poems, in Marilyn's own handwriting, never before published, along with rarely seen intimate photos. Now, for the first time, we can meet this private Marilyn and get to know her in a way we never have before. ![]() To confront the mounting difficulties of her life, she wrote. Even as Hollywood studios tried to mold and suppress her, Marilyn never lost her insight, her passion, and her humor. But what of the other Marilyn? Beyond the headlines, and the too familiar stories of heartbreak and desolation, was a woman far more curious, searching, and hopeful than the one the world got to know. Her serious gifts as an actor were sometimes eclipsed by her notoriety, and the way the camera fell helplessly in love with her. Every word and gesture made headlines and garnered controversy. ![]() Marilyn Monroe's image is so universal that we can't help but believe that we know all there is to know of her. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Great Bridge (1972), his exhaustive account of the technology, personalities and politics involved in building New York Citys Brooklyn Bridge, was hailed as a monument in its own right. ![]() The Adams project took McCullough seven years, and Truman took him 10 (and when at last he showed his wife, Rosalee McCullough, the massive typescript, he said, she was amazed that it hadnt taken longer). His readers got a lot of work for their money. 1 in its first week and has since gone through dozens more printings. ![]() Truman topped The New York Times bestseller list for 43 weeks John Adams was No. ![]() He received National Book Awards for The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal (1977) and Mornings on Horseback (1981), about the young Theodore Roosevelt and his family.ĭeep research and lively readability were hallmarks of his books and so was their tendency to leap off the shelves. McCullough won Pulitzer Prizes for two presidential biographies, Truman (1992) and John Adams (2001). The death was confirmed by his daughter Dorie Lawson. David McCullough, who was known to millions as an award-winning, bestselling author and an appealing television host and narrator with a rare gift for re-creating the great events and characters of Americas past, died Sunday at his home in Hingham, Massachusetts, southeast of Boston. ![]() ![]() ![]() Transposition and description are phrase to-phrase translations. Borrowing and calque are used to translate words into words, which is a characteristic in translating. The result is the use of the techniques such as borrowing, calque, transposition, description, generalization, compensation, and established equivalence are all translation techniques. The linguistic data was collected through data analysis and translation. The data includes linguistic and statistical data in translation. ![]() ![]() The documents are a novel entitled Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk and its English translation. This research is a descriptive-qualitative study that uses documents in both of the novels as data sources. The translator faces a significant challenge in transferring Javanese cultural terms into English. The Javanese terms found in the novel are essential to reveal further. Novel Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk was originally published in Bahasa Indonesia. The goal of this study is to outline the translation strategies used in The Dancer, the translation of Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk. Translation Techniques, Novel, Ronggeng Dukuh Paruh Abstract ![]() ![]() ![]() She brought the plates to four men wearing polo shirts the one closest to her caught her eye and smiled. Carrying three plates in her left hand and another in her right, she wore jeans and a T-shirt that read Ivan's: Try Our Fish Just for the Halibut. ![]() and that in the darkest hour, love is the only true safe haven.Īs Katie wound her way among the tables, a breeze from the Atlantic rippled through her hair. With Jo’s empathetic and stubborn support, Katie eventually realizes that she must choose between a life of transient safety and one of riskier rewards. a past that set her on a fearful, shattering journey across the country, to the sheltered oasis of Southport. ![]() Despite her reservations, Katie slowly begins to let down her guard, putting down roots in the close-knit community and becoming increasingly attached to Alex and his family.īut even as Katie begins to fall in love, she struggles with the dark secret that still haunts and terrifies her. ![]() Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships: one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two young children and another with her plainspoken single neighbor, Jo. When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. ![]() ![]() ![]() But how many of us can actually claim to understand it? With characteristic clarity and a narrative peppered with anecdotes and personal histories of those who have struggled to understand creation, Simon Singh has written the story of the most important theory ever. Simon Singh, renowned for making difficult ideas much less difficult than they first seem, is the perfect guide for this journey.Everybody has heard of the Big Bang Theory. ![]() It will also tell the story of the scientists who fought against the establishment idea of an eternal and unchanging universe. We all can.As well as explaining what the Big Bang theory actually is, the book will address why cosmologists believe that it is an accurate description of the origin of the universe. The best selling author of FERMAT'S LAST THEOREM and THE CODE BOOK tells the story of the brilliant minds that deciphered the mysteries of the Big Bang.Albert Einstein once said: 'The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible.' Simon Singh believes geniuses like Einstein are not the only people able to grasp the physics that govern the universe. ![]() ![]() ![]() His hair a rich, dark brown, and even back then there were burnished highlights in his hair like he went to Betsy’s Salon. ![]() ![]() So by the time I got to high school, a freshman to his senior, I was gone for him. He was just one of those boys who started out gorgeous and just got better. I’d started crushing on Raiden Miller when I was six and he came to Grams’s annual picnic. I brought my coffee cup to my lips and took a sip, hiding my disappointment. The bell over the door rang, and having months of practice in not letting my hope and eagerness show, I slowly lifted my eyes to look, my heart skipping a beat. If my back was to the door, maybe one day, if he noticed me, he wouldn’t think I was looking for him, waiting, hoping for a glimpse. I tried to switch it up so he wouldn’t know. ![]() ![]() And during this labyrinthine investigation, Strike’s own life is far from straightforward: his newfound fame as a private eye means he can no longer operate behind the scenes as he once did. Trying to get to the bottom of Billy’s story, Strike and Robin Ellacott – once his assistant, now a partner in the agency – set off on a twisting trail that leads them through the backstreets of London, into a secretive inner sanctum within Parliament, and to a beautiful but sinister manor house deep in the countryside. ![]() But before Strike can question him further, Billy bolts from his office in a panic. While Billy is obviously mentally distressed, and cannot remember many concrete details, there is something sincere about him and his story. ![]() When Billy, a troubled young man, comes to private eye Cormoran Strike’s office to ask for his help investigating a crime he thinks he witnessed as a child, Strike is left deeply unsettled. ![]() |