Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.37 | Fiction literature | 10 October 2011
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Red Sails
This novella is compelling from beginning to end; from Captain Vigoreaux's origin story, to the stranded men's discovery of native girl Sampari and her people, to the numerous fights between captives, natives and pirates in various combinations. My only complaint about Red Sails is that it should have been a novel. The story was over too quickly and could have easily held it's own over the course of a three-hundred page book with the addition of some subplots and modifications to the storyline. I really hope Erdelac finds time to revisit Vigoreaux and his crew.
Bluebeard's Legacy - Death and Secrets from Bartok to Hitchcock
The tale of the serial wife-murderer Bluebeard, his defiant, and surviving, final wife, a bloodied key and a secret chamber of horrors, has fascinated writers, composers, artists and film-makers throughout modern times. It is a unique story that dares to disclose and explore masculine violence: the homme fatal.
"I have a dog. Nothing exotic or special, just an ordinary dog. In fact, I always thought he was a boring dog. What I mean is, he can fetch, roll over, and shake hands, but mostly he sleeps and eats." Or so the little boy in this story thinks, until one morning when he opens the door a little early and sees his dog jump out of a limousine. That night he decides to follow his dog, and that's when the fun starts. Before he knows it, he has entered the little known world of doggy glamour. A terrific read aloud, Nina Laden's story will have everyone captivated by the coolest dog around. Reading Level: Grades K - 4
The candles dripped onto the icing as Robin deliberated. What could she possibly wish? She wanted to wake up the next day and learn all her problems were gone. But since her problems weren’t going to disappear, she didn’t want to be Robin anymore. “I wish I was somebody else,” Robin wished. And in that moment, she meant it. She blew out the candles.
This is the first novel in Jean M. Auel's epic of life 35,000 years ago when two kinds of human beings, Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon, shared the Earth. It follows the story of Ayla, who is adopted by a group of Neanderthals.
