![]() ![]() ![]() He was a man beset by contradictions, torn between his ideals and his loyalty to the Empire. Raffles was more complicated – and more interesting – than the cardboard caricatures invoked by devotees and detractors alike. Gazing down at sweltering passersby with imperial hauteur, aloof in his monumental marble, Raffles has become a quasi-mythological figure, a convenient symbol both for those who would celebrate the British Empire and for those who would damn it.Īs Victoria Glendinning points out in her perceptive and engaging new biography, Raffles and the Golden Opportunity, this is all rather a shame. No guidebook fails to mention him no whirlwind tour is complete without a pilgrimage to his statue, located near the mouth of the Singapore River, not far from where he landed in 1819 to found the original settlement. The name of Raffles is everywhere in Singapore – shopping centres, schools, streets, companies and, of course, the legendary Raffles Hotel, purveyor of the Singapore sling and allied tropical delights. Raffles and the Golden Opportunity 1781–1826īy Victoria Glendinning | Profile Books | $39.95 ![]()
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![]() ![]() Andy realizes that nothing-not her husband, nor her beloved career-is as it seems. And when she discovers a secret letter with crushing implications, her wedding-day jitters turn to cold dread. The morning of her wedding, Andy can't shake the past. Their wedding will be splashed across all the society pages as their friends and family gather to toast the glowing couple. Max Harrison, scion of a storied media family, is confident, successful, and drop-dead gorgeous. Even better, Andy has met the love of her life. Now they get to call all the shots: Andy writes and travels to her heart's content Emily plans parties and secures advertising like a seasoned pro. Andy and Emily, her former nemesis and co-assistant, have since joined forces to start a high end bridal magazine, The Plunge, which has quickly become required reading for the young and stylish. With brand-new scenes, The New York Times bestseller and sequel you've been waiting for-the sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller, The Devil Wears Prada! Almost a decade has passed since Andy Sachs quit the job "a million girls would die for" working for Miranda Priestly at Runway magazine-a dream that turned out to be a nightmare. ![]() ![]() ![]() A French ?migr? fallen on hard times, Laura took to the stage to support her struggling family, but now they want her to turn respectable. Actress Laura Edwards has always concealed her past, but when a London rake tumbles on her secret she finds herself in a new kind of trouble. Ī dangerous bargain sparks a scandalous affair in the latest Fairchild novel from Amazon bestselling author Jaima Fixsen. ![]() To keep her hard-won independence, Laura will have to appease her brother, outsmart a vengeful duke.and guard her. ![]() A dangerous bargain sparks a scandalous affair in the latest Fairchild novel from Amazon bestselling author Jaima Fixsen. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But fiction has the unique power to take you beyond their biography, and bring you closer to your favorite authors' lives than ever before.Īll of these books blend fact and fiction to immerse you in the world of literature's greatest. From devastating tragedies to heart-wrenching love affairs to sizzling friendships, the lives of these authors were filled with drama. They say art imitates life, so it's no wonder that many authors of classic literature led intriguing and tumultuous lives. ![]() But what if I could step into their world? Good news: with the magic of fiction, you can easily travel to the hearts and minds of literature's greats and imagine what it was like to be in their inner circle. Sometimes it feels like my favorite novelists and authors know me better than anyone, even though we've never met. ![]() ![]() ![]() As Rachel delves deeper into Nick’s family history, she is encumbered in jealousy and classism perpetuated by Nick’s relatives. In fact, many call him the Prince William of Asia. To her astonishment, when both of them arrive in Singapore for a wedding, Rachel quickly realizes that Nick’s standard of living is on an entirely different level. The story follows Rachel Chu, a professor of economics, who falls in love with her boyfriend, Nick Young. In the case of most book-movie adaptations, the book has more substance it provides more context to plot points, lets the reader glimpse the thoughts of characters and let’s not forget that the reader gets to inhale the smell of books everytime we open the front cover.Ĭrazy Rich Asians is written by Kevin Kwan, who is Singaporean American. ![]() As one who devoutly supports this well-known phrase and hates to be wrong, reading Crazy Rich Asians after seeing the movie was agony. “The Book is Better than the Movie” is printed on t-shirts, laminated on pins, and even plastered on coffee mugs. ![]() ![]() ![]() The deeper they get into their charade, however, the more they start to doubt their convictions. Yet their survival banks on mastering the holy mech they are supposedly destined for, and convincing the Emperor of the Faithful that they are the real deal. ![]() Their angel is a delusion, brought on by hereditary space exposure. Raised on a remote moon colony, they don’t believe in any kind of god. It’s a story you think you know: a young person hears the voice of an angel saying they have been chosen as a warrior to lead their people to victory in a holy war.īut Misery Nomaki (she/they) knows they are a fraud. A mind-blowing rollercoaster ride of a space opera, propulsive and strange in the best way." - Rebecca Roanhorse, New York Times bestselling author "This is Joan of Arc meets Gideon the Ninth with a touch of Pacific Rim thrown in as a treat. ![]() A Goodreads Best Science Fiction Choice Award NomineeĪ New York Public Library Top 10 Book of 2022Īn immersive, electrifying space-fantasy, Neon Yang's debut novel The Genesis of Misery is full of high-tech space battles and political machinations, starring a queer and diverse array of pilots, princesses, and prophetic heirs. ![]() ![]() I don't know why people want to rot her like that. Speaking in 2019, Princess Margaret's close friend and lady-in-waiting Anne Tennant, Baroness Glenconner, described Ma'am Darling as "that horrible book, we won't mention the name of the somebody who wrote it. It was well received by literary critics, with review aggregator Bookmarks reporting zero negative and two mixed reviews among 14 total, indicating "rave" reviews. The book won the 2018 James Tait Black Memorial Prize in the biography category. The book consists of "essays, lists, catalogues, diaries, palace announcements, newspaper cuttings and interviews, as well as parodies". To order a copy for £14.44 (RRP £16. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It was published in the United States in 2018 as Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret. Ma’am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret is published by 4th Estate. Maam Darling: Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret is a 2017 book on the life of Princess Margaret, sister of Queen Elizabeth II, written by Craig Brown. Combining interviews, parodies, dreams, parallel lives, diaries, announcements, lists, catalogues and essays, Ma’am Darling is a kaleidoscopic experiment in biography, and a witty meditation on fame and art, snobbery and deference, bohemia and high society. Ma'am Darling: Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret is a 2017 book on the life of Princess Margaret, sister of Queen Elizabeth II, written by Craig Brown. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The author doesn't gloss over the brutalities and continues to use the hangman for comic relief. ![]() Imagine being on the run with slave-catchers and dogs hunting you, and your guide or abductor falls asleep in the middle of it! Yet, Harriet was one of the most successful abductors and when she did nod off she'd wake up and tell people she had a vision from God and usually it was a warning that danger was ahead. The injury left her with narcolepsy, a disease where she nods off to sleep. Speaking of messed up neurons, zappings, and lightning, Harriet was a bit scrambled in her brains too after an angry overseer accidentally fast-pitched several pounds of lead into her skull while she was protecting another black man. Wherever your lightning bolts zap, make sure they hit this winner. Toss in a 20 hour door-to-door trip with a 12 hour time gain and my brain responds like a zapped zapata. black woman on cover with the word, "underground." Duh. ![]() I didn't even realize this book was about Harriet Tubman. How the heck he takes grizzly information and makes it entertaining is the work of an author that knows his craft. This guy just nails 'em every time infusing humor with his own creative juices to create a fictional account of history that is loaded with accurate facts. I can't recall a graphic novel series where I've read five books and given them all four or five stars. ![]() ![]() ![]() Is a pictur' that no painter has the colorin' to mock. Of a crisp and sunny morning of the airly autumn days ![]() ![]() ![]() Of course we miss the flowers, and the blossums on the trees,Īnd the mumble of the hummin'-birds and buzzin' of the bees īut the air's so appetizin' and the landscape through the haze When the heat of summer's over and the coolin' fall is here. They's something kindo' harty-like about the atmusfere When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock. With the risin' sun to greet him from a night of peaceful rest,Īs he leaves the house, bareheaded, and goes to feed the stock, O, it's then's the times a feller is a-feelin' at his best, When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock,Īnd you hear the kyouck and gobble of the struttin' turkey-cock,Īnd the clackin' of the guineys, and the cluckin' of the hens,Īnd the rooster's hallylooyer as he tiptoes on the fence We recommend this YouTube video of Kent Risley reciting this poem. On Any Ordinery Man in a High State of Laughtur and Delight Purchase AO's Volume 2 poetry collection, which includes de la Mare, Field, Riley, and Rossetti in paperback or Kindle ( $amzn) ( K)ġ2. AmblesideOnline has a resource page about dialect poetry to help with poetry using regional dialect. We compiled a brief biography of Riley for you. Home > By Subject > Poetry > Poems of James Whitcomb Riley, 1849-1916 Poems of James Whitcomb Riley, 1849-1916 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It stars Gary Oldman as Count Dracula, Winona Ryder as Mina Harker, Anthony Hopkins as Professor Abraham Van Helsing, and Keanu Reeves as Jonathan Harker. As one would expect, this is where all the running, screaming and bleeding starts, but while both vampires and space are exciting and terrifying on their own, Dracula 3000 winds up being neither, instead leaving audiences with one of the worst ripoffs of Alien(which is truly saying something) and the single worst Dracula movie. Bram Stoker's Dracula is a 1992 American Gothic horror film directed and produced by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. Van Helsing and friends soon learn that the Demeter has a small vampire problem, with the source being none other than Count Orlock, better known as Nosferatu, the first (unauthorized) movie Dracula. Before the crew can begin to drag the poor guy's space crypt back to earth, their ship mysteriously decouples, leaving them stranded without any chance of rescue. But not after finding the previous captain dead, tied to a chair, and clutching a crucifix, as well as a closet full of shiny sand-filled coffins (Craigslist sure is sketchy in the future). The fun begins when the team comes across a derelict ship called the Demeter, and Van Helsing decides to keep it. Set in the year 3000 (hence the title), the movie follows a group of space salvagers led by one Captain Van Helsing. ![]() |