![]() ![]() ![]() But when Ariel discovers that her father might still be alive, she finds herself returning to a world-and a prince-she never imagined she would see again. Ariel is now the voiceless queen of Atlantica, while Ursula runs Prince Erics kingdom on land. and took King Tritons life in the process. Book Synopsis The 5th installment in the New York Times best-selling A TWISTED TALE series asks: What if Ariel had never defeated Ursula? Its been five years since the infamous sea witch defeated the little mermaid. About the Book The latest Twisted Tale novel explores what may have happened to Atlantica and King Triton had Ariel never defeated Ursula the sea witch. ![]()
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![]() ![]() In Joe Kavalier, Chabon, writing "like a magical spider, effortlessly spinning out elaborate webs of words that ensnare the reader" (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times), has created a hero for the century. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is a stunning novel of endless comic invention and unforgettable characters, written in the exhilarating prose that has led critics to compare Michael Chabon to Cheever and Nabokov. ![]() The golden age of comic books has begun, even as the shadow of Hitler falls across Europe. ![]() Inspired by their own fantasies, fears, and dreams, Kavalier and Clay create the Escapist, the Monitor, and the Otherworldy Mistress of the Night, Luna Moth, inspired by the beautiful Rosa Saks, who will become linked by powerful ties to both men. His cousin, Brooklyn's own Sammy Clay, is looking for a partner in creating the heroes, stories, and art for the latest novelty to hit the American dreamscape: the comic book. 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Look no further than Scotland, a country with a rich history and culture that has produced some truly distinctive and masculine names. ![]() ![]() ![]() He spent a brief period attending the Charles-Ferdinand University in Prague, but he soon left school and moved to Munich, where he became acquainted with other writers and started working seriously on his own writing. ![]() It was during this period that he wrote his first collection of poetry, Life and Songs, which was published in 1894. He lasted for five years at the school before leaving to attend trade school, from which he was expelled in 1892. In fact, he had such a hard time at military school that he later suggested that it was necessary for him to completely block out the memory of his experience there in order to make anything of himself as an artist. He detested his time there, as he was brutally bullied for his sensitivity. In 1886, at the age of 11, Rilke attended a military academy in the Austrian city of Sankt Pölten. As a result, she often treated Rilke as if he were the little girl she’d lost. Rilke had a somewhat strained relationship with his mother, who was in mourning during his childhood because her daughter had died in infancy before Rilke was born. His father worked for the railroad after a failed stint in the military. Rainer Maria Rilke was born in Prague in 1875. ![]() |