It features a fortress near a waterfall, and is presented as the site of many important character shifts, such as loss of virginity, murder, and transformative religious experiences. It is where Alexander's childhood is spent and where most of the central relationships are formed.Īigi – the closing scene of the novel, the old capital of Macedon, located higher in the mountains. Pella is presented as a place of constant political struggles. Pella – the opening scene of the novel, capital city of Macedon. As a novel concerned with Alexander's youth, it does not deal with his conquest of the Persian Empire beyond foreshadowing. The novel deals with the relationship between Philip and Queen Olympias and Alexander's changing loyalties to them, Alexander's tuition under Aristotle, Alexander's sexuality and relationship with his friend and future General Hephaistion, and Alexander's growing prowess as a soldier during his father's conquest of the Greek states. ( August 2016) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)įire from Heaven begins with Alexander as a young child in the court of his father, Philip of Macedon, and closes with the immediate aftermath of his father's assassination at Aegae, the event which led Alexander to assume power. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed.
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They might even stand a chance of saving mankind from the Eaters - if they didn't hate each other quite so much.Īncient secrets will be uncovered. The most hated woman in the South, the most feared man in the North, and the most selfish boy in the Union make a strange alliance, but a deadly one. There is only one problem - he commands the worst-armed, worst-trained, worst-led army in the world.Īnd Bayaz, the First of the Magi, is leading a party of bold adventurers on a perilous mission through the ruins of the past. Crown Prince Ladisla is poised to drive them back and win undying glory. Northmen have spilled over the border of Angland and are spreading fire and death across the frozen country. How do you defend a city surrounded by enemies and riddled with traitors, when your allies can by no means be trusted, and your predecessor vanished without a trace? It's enough to make a torturer want to run - if he could even walk without a stick. The second novel in the wildly popular First Law Trilogy from New York Times bestseller Joe Abercrombie. In most cases the document that I've indexed names the child's mother. The mother's address, occupation and other details are sometimes shown. The original document gives the putative father's name and often other details, which may include his place of residence, occupation, age, nationality or place of origin, a detailed physical description or a photograph, or clues that will lead to Court or prison records. Names of mothers and children listed below came from many different series of records, some more informative than others. Family historians can sometimes identify the child's biological father by using various documents in record offices and libraries. No offence is intended.Īn illegitimate birth is not necessarily a 'dead end' in genealogy. This site uses terms that appear in historical records. Identifying a Child's Biological Father ('Illegitimate Index') You are here: Home › Indexes › Identifying a child's biological father Search this siteįamily tree | Links | Publications | Services | What's New In Queensland and other Australian States. Judy Webster's Genealogy Tips and Indexesįor local, interstate & overseas folk with historical records Identifying the biological father of an illegitimate child Discover your ancestors in our Australian Electoral Rolls with Findmypast In Irish journalism circles, it is known as the profile: a study of an individual who declines to be interviewed built with information gleaned from people who know the person best. In the United States, editors call the form of journalism that Radden Keefe specialises in “the write-around”. This collection of tales in his latest book, Rogues, are so expertly told because he has clearly spent an obsessive amount of time running down leads, sweating spurious angles and returning to the protagonists, or those closest to them, in the end with the toughest questions as he attempts to pull all the strings together. Put simply Radden Keefe is a brilliant storyteller. Thankfully, the world of long-form journalism is far better off this American writer found a home at The New Yorker magazine where his writing and investigative talents shine brightly. Had life taken a different course, journalist Patrick Radden Keefe might have ended up as a murder-squad detective, a code-breaking spy or a cross-examining pit bull lawyer given the evident skills he has. This family made turning to God for help their first go-to, not their last. What made me the most excited to see, though, was how Miralee wove faith in God into the story. She also presents longings of a young teen's heart well, plus the hazards of negotiating a recent move and new friendships, competition, and a new school. Obviously, she is familiar with someone who deals with that on a daily basis. I love her accurate portrayal of a family with an autistic child. I have not read her first, so there is enough back story for the book to stand alone.Miralee has done a fantastic job of presenting young teens with the realistic problems they can face. So Excited to Find This Horse Series for Kids!!Wow!! I have to say I am very excited about Miralee Ferrell's new series for kids, Horses and Friends, after reading Silver Spurs, her second book. Soon he will leave the confines of his family life for the cosmopolitan city of Cape Town, where loyal friends, hormone-saturated parties, adventurous conquests, and race controversies await. One might as well start with Séraphin: playlist-maker, nerd-jock hybrid, self-appointed merchant of cool, Rwandan, stifled and living in Namibia. The most one can do is make some sort of start and then work toward some kind of ending. Nobody ever makes it to the start of a story, not even the people in it. “Meet the future of African literature” ( Mukoma Wa Ngugi, author of Nairobi Heat) with this “gorgeous, wildly funny, and, above all, profoundly moving and humane” (Peter Orner, author of Am I Alone Here) coming-of-age tale following a young man who is forced to flee his homeland of Rwanda and make sense of his reality. Meeting another Pinkwater fan is always a sign that you are among good people.” Reading Daniel Pinkwater-as a kid and as an adult-was hugely important to my development as a writer and a human being. “Adventures of a Dwergish Girl is a book with every single thing I love about Pinkwater novels. Charlie Jane Anders, author of The City in the Middle of the Night We’re so lucky to have him as a guide to all the realms of the beautifully weird and whimsical.” “Daniel Pinkwater helped to shape me as a storyteller and his books have delighted generations of young readers. “The most perfect manufacturer of weird and absurd stories this side of Karel Čapek (with whom he seems to share a thing for lizards) or maybe Douglas Adams (with whom he shares an interest in sardonic aliens and travel through space-time).” “Daniel Pinkwater is, in my opinion, not only one of the best YA writers ever, but also a life-changing force in the life of a reader.” “I do believe that Daniel Pinkwater is my favorite writer, living or dead.” “Daniel Pinkwater is so obviously the funniest writer of children’s books that he should be made a Living National Treasure.” When the idea of the book club came up it was another lightbulb moment where I knew this wasn't only going to be a success but really fun. We grew up together and you learn very quickly that when she gets an idea in her head, you would be an idiot not to back her to see it through. I have known Linda for a very, very long time. I love reading novels like this that really make you think about what family really is and what identity means.Īka Mimi. The experience in Kenya and the characters are so vibrant. There is so much history that travel has been able to unravel for them, and as some truths are uncovered their relationship becomes strained and Kiama has to go through a different kind of grieving process. How do you decide where "home" is? The perspective of the two characters jumps back and forth in time as you piece together the connection between Yvonne and Kiama. This book is all about what makes a family, a family. She was best friends with his mother but has not featured heavily in his life. The connection between Kiama and Yvonne is complex. Kiama is a slightly spoilt young adult going back to reconnect with the mother that he lost by going back to Kenya, where she lived but also died. One of the best novels I have read so far this year! The older Annabelle recalls how, during a few momentous months, she was forced to reconsider both her place in the world and her understanding of other people. The story, told in the first person, is narrated by a mature female voice, reflecting on a time when she was younger. She transforms from a happy, innocent child into a more wary, but stronger and independent, young person who’s had first-hand acquaintance with the underbelly of humanity. It is a coming-of-age novel, a Bildungsroman, in which the protagonist goes through a period of intense psychological change over a matter of a few months. Set in rural Western Pennsylvania, USA, in 1943, Wolf Hollow (2016) tells the story of 12-year-old Annabelle’s bruising experiences with an ‘incorrigible’, ‘dark-hearted’, older girl, Betty. They wanted the same amenities men had at men’s clubs. And, the owners knew young women wanted a safe place to call home where they could have maid service and meals, without having to cook. They wanted to experience a job in New York. Young women wanted to go to New York City for many reasons. Beginning in the 1920s, they capitalized on dreams. The advertisements for the Barbizon Hotel were shrewd. She’s forced to talk about the building in relationship to several of the companies that used the hotel to house young women Katharine Gibbs School for Secretarial and Executive Training for Young Women (Gibbs girls), John Robert Powers Modeling (Powers models), and Mademoiselle. But, she admits in the introduction that there is actually little history of the hotel. Bren is a historian, and she does cover the history of the hotel for women only, from its construction in 1927 until its conversion to condos in 2007. While it was a fascinating cultural study of a hotel, it was possibly even more of a study of Mademoiselle magazine and its college guest editors who all stayed at the Barbizon during June. The subtitle of Paulina Bren’s nonfiction book, The Barbizon: The Hotel that Set Women Free, is somewhat misleading. |