![]() ![]() Though Travis initially loathes the "rascal" and at first tries to get rid of it, the dog eventually proves his worth, saving the family on several occasions rescuing Arliss from a bear, Travis from a bunch of wild hogs, and Mama and their friend Lisbeth from a loafer wolf. The name has a double meaning: the fur color yellow pronounced as "yeller" and the fact that its bark sounds more like a human yell. When a " dingy yellow" dog comes for an unasked stay with the family, Travis reluctantly takes in the dog, which they name Old Yeller. In the late 1860s in the fictional town of Salt Licks, Texas, young Travis Coates has been working to take care of his family ranch with his mother and younger brother, Arliss, while his father goes off on a cattle drive. ![]() In 1957, Walt Disney released a film adaptation starring Tommy Kirk, Fess Parker, Dorothy McGuire, Kevin Corcoran, Jeff York, and Beverly Washburn. The title is taken from the name of the yellow dog who is the center of the book's story. ![]() Old Yeller is a 1956 children's novel written by Fred Gipson and illustrated by Carl Burger. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Thus, she was expected to comply with his orders not merely because he was a king but also because he had a superior position in the family and society as any other man. It means that since Antigone’s closest male relatives were dead and since she did not have a husband, Kreon became her guardian. Male relatives served as their guardians and usually made all legal and financial decisions for them (Rayor xxi). According to Rayor, women in Athenian society were “lifelong legal minors” without any political and financial rights (xx). It is possible to say that the courage of Antigone in her struggle to assert her beliefs resembles the bravery with which modern women strive to protect their interests and promote gender equality.īefore explaining how the theme of gender in Sophocles’ play is linked to the situation in modern society and before analyzing specific examples from the text, it is appropriate to discuss the role of females in ancient Athens. The defiance with social norms endows Sophocles’ character with feminist features. Such behavior was unconventional in ancient Athenian society in which women had limited rights and were submissive to and highly dependent on males that played superior roles in both the household and society. By doing so, the female protagonist showed that acting in accordance with own moral values and love for family is more important for her than obedience with authority. ![]() ![]() When that freedom is repeatedly denied her, Clariel chooses a dangerous path. Clariel is a young woman of noble family and great magical power, but all she wants is to escape the stifling capital city and live freely in the beloved forest of her childhood. The last book in the trilogy came out in 2003, but Nix is returning to that dangerous realm in his new novel, Clariel, set several hundred years before the events of the original books. Sabriel and its sequels Lirael and Abhorsen were set in two neighboring countries divided by a mysterious wall: to the south, unmagical Ancelstierre, roughly analogous to 1920s England - and to the north, the Old Kingdom, saturated by magic and menaced by the roaming Dead. How?Īustralian author Garth Nix anticipated the boom in young adult literature almost 20 years ago with Sabriel, a dark and delightful tale of a young woman from a long line of necromancers tasked with making sure the dead stay dead. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. ![]() Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Clariel Subtitle The Lost Abhorsen Author Garth Nix ![]() ![]() A rare offering of the classic title from the classic series from 1966. Offered here is one of the earliest Clifford titles and considered by many to be their favorite Clifford title Clifford's Halloween. The Clifford books have sold in excess of 150 million units and has been translated into 13 languages. After first being introduced, the Clifford series has spawned 75+ titles. Clifford the Big Red Dog was named the Official mascot of Scholastic Books. An incredibly difficult first edition to track down in hardcover without any library past. Rear panel shows light rubbing on panel as a result of no dust jacket. Illustrated black boards show light shelf-rubbing along edge tips. Book is clean no writing within no stamps etc. Hardcover copies from the Clifford the Big Red Dog Series published by Four Winds Press are virtually impossible to locate without a library past of some sort. ![]() Rectangular in shape approximately 6.25 inches tall, and 8.25 inches across. ![]() This is the rare original hardcover published by Four Winds Press Clifford's original publisher of hardcover editions. ![]() ![]() ![]() By day he works in the fact-checking department of a prestigious magazine, by night he’s out clubbing with his friend Tad and trying to “lose himself” in drugs and (possibly) sexual encounters of the one-night stand kind. ![]() He’s been dumped by his wife Amanda, a beautiful (and now famous) model, but is keeping this fact secret from his colleagues and family. The story revolves around a young man living a precarious existence in New York in the 1980s. And, like many books of that ilk, it’s essentially a black comedy - and one that felt very close to my heart. First published in 1985, I’d long written Jay McInerney’s Bright Lights, Big City off as a “drugs novel” - but how wrong could I be? Yes, there’s a little bit of cocaine use in it, but this is a brilliant and memorable novel about one of my favourite subjects in fiction: journalism. What a joy this Bloomsbury classic proved to be. Fiction – hardcover Bloomsbury 240 pages 1992. ![]() ![]() ![]() "Several Internet writers have speculated on a perceived similarity between Under the Dome and The Simpsons Movie, where, Springfield is isolated inside a large glass dome. The excerpts served also to document how long ago King had developed the idea of the Dome as a narrative device. A further sixty pages were posted on 4 October. On 15 September 2009, King's official site posted a 61-page facsimile excerpt from King's original novel The Cannibals, consisting of the first four chapters of the original typescript. In September of 2008, King mentioned in a " self-interview" that the manuscript for Dome is "over 1500 pages " he later mentioned the novel in his Entertainment Weekly column on 23 January 2009 noting that "it's over a thousand pages long," and that the final novel runs 1,072 pages. ![]() ![]() Other people, including her father, don't have this problem and can see her normally.Īt the meeting, Iwata reveals that he believes he's been abducted by aliens. Somehow, she began disappearing whenever she was in physical proximity to the men. Her father didn't approve of this and wanted to shut the society down, but Mariko talked him out of it. Eventually, all the women in the society left, so now the group consists solely of Mariko's admirers. He, Kurata, Inoue, and a number of other men are all in love with her and joined the UFO Research Society to get close to her. Iwata reflects that this has been going on for some time: Mariko is visible from a distance, but disappears whenever she comes near. ![]() It vanishes just as quickly, and Mariko excitedly comes downstairs to talk to the men, but she becomes invisible and they can no longer see her. ![]() When Iwata and the others arrive for a meeting of the society, Mariko is on her balcony, just at the moment a UFO appears. ![]() The three all belong to the Nanzan UFO Research Society, which is run by Professor Shono and his daughter Mariko. ![]() Iwata, Kurata, and Inoue live in Nanzan, a town famous for UFO sightings. Venus in the Blind Spot, also titled Disappearing Venus or Vanishing Venus, is the fourth story featured in the collection Venus in the Blind Spot. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I'm not usually a fan of multiple perspectives, especially more than two, but it worked well here. Killman Creek differs from the first in that it is more action-packed, more full of pulse-pounding moments of terror, and there are four perspectives. In many ways, it's a horrible book full of moments that made me feel furious and sad and helpless. I did not imagine how dark this book would become. I really enjoyed the first book but I figured, given how things were left at the end, this sequel would be a standard game of cat and mouse until eventually the bad guy was caught and everyone lived happily ever after. ![]() Going into Killman Creek - the sequel to Stillhouse Lake - I wasn't that excited about it. Blink, and he's walking up the stairs of the motel to the second floor's open walkway. 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You must be 21 years of age to order wine or liquor.Purchases from Parcelle Wine are subject to the following terms and conditions: ![]() We are certain that you’ll find this collection to fit any occasion you may have. Our selection of wines are curated by Parcelle Wines in New York City. Wine and Liquor - Provided by Parcelle Wine. ![]() ![]() ![]() The second book isn’t necessarily action packed, it more just escalation and preparation for the final war that happens in Dreams of Gods & Monsters. Laini Taylor is a master of world building. The book alternates betwen Karou, Akiva and a handful of other characters. Karou is chimaera’s only real hope of survival. ![]() At the opening, Akiva just gave his seraphim brotherhood all the tools to destroy chimaera, and chimaera are almost completely eradicated as a nation. She is also dealing with the knowledge that she loved the enemy, Akiva, and he betrayed her and a world suffered for it. A war between angels and demons has raged for 1000 years in another world.ĭays of Blood and Starlight picks up after Karou has discovered who she really is. ![]() Karou is a blue-haired art student raised by demons and Akiva is a broken angel avenging the death of his true love. “Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love and dared to imagine a world free of bloodshed and war.”įor those not already familiar with Daughter of Smoke and Bone, this is the age-old take of forbidden love with a beautifully constructed twist. When that book ended on a cliff hanger, I did what any other bookworm would do at midnight – downloaded the next book to my Kindle and stayed up the rest of the night finishing it! ![]() I loved Laini Taylor’s Daughter of Smoke and Bone and was excited to dig into Days of Blood & Starlight, the second book in the trilogy. ![]() |