![]() ![]() Montgomery was named an Officer of both the Order of the British Empire and the Literary and Artistic Institute of France. It has been adapted dozens of times in various mediums. Anne of Green Gables alone has been translated into at least 36 languages as well as braille. Her body of work has sold an estimated 50 million copies worldwide. ![]() Montgomery produced more than 500 short stories, 21 novels, two poetry collections, and numerous journal and essay anthologies. It has remained in print for more than a century, making the character of Anne Shirley a mythic icon of Canadian culture. ![]() Her first novel, Anne of Green Gables (1908), became an instant best-seller. Lucy Maud Montgomery is arguably Canada’s most widely read author. Lucy Maud Montgomery, OBE, writer (born 30 November 1874 in Clifton (now New London), PEI died 24 April 1942 in Toronto, ON). ![]()
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![]() ![]() It seems that the final days of the Gzilt civilisation are likely to prove its most perilous. She must find the oldest person in the Culture, a man over nine thousand years old, who might have some idea what really happened all that time ago. Aided only by an ancient, reconditioned android and a suspicious Culture avatar, Cossont must complete her last mission given to her by the High Command. Lieutenant Commander (reserve) Vyr Cossont appears to have been involved, and she is now wanted – dead, not alive. Now they’ve made the collective decision to follow the well-trodden path of millions of other civilisations: they are going to Sublime, elevating themselves to a new and almost infinitely more rich and complex existence.Īmid preparations though, the Regimental High Command is destroyed. It is, truly, the End Days for the Gzilt civilisation.Īn ancient people, organised on military principles and yet almost perversely peaceful, the Gzilt helped set up the Culture ten thousand years earlier and were very nearly one of its founding societies, deciding not to join only at the last moment. Banks, a modern master of science fiction. Banks with a 30 Day Free Trial Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet and iOS and. ![]() The tenth Culture book from the awesome imagination of Iain M. Listen Free to Hydrogen Sonata audiobook by Iain M. ![]() ![]() ![]() In Cinder, a teenage cyborg (half human, half machine) must deal with a wicked stepmother, start a rebellion against the evil Queen Levana, and decide how she feels about a handsome prince. The Lunar Chronicles are futuristic retellings of classic fairy tales. 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The desire to teach Nathaniel the pleasure men can share grows uncontrollable. Yet as days pass in close quarters, Nathaniel’s feisty spirit and alluring innocence beguile and bewitch. He has a score to settle with his captive’s father-the very man whose treachery forced him into piracy-and he’s sure Nathaniel is just as contemptible. Until pirates strike and he’s kidnapped for ransom by the Sea Hawk, a legendary villain of the New World.īitter and jaded, Hawk harbors futile dreams of leaving the sea for a quiet life. ![]() Under the thumb of his controlling father, he’s sailing to the fledgling colony of Primrose Isle, where he’ll surrender to a respectable marriage for his family’s financial gain. Nathaniel Bainbridge is used to hiding, whether it’s concealing his struggles with reading or his forbidden desire for men. Will an innocent captive surrender to this pirate’s sinful touch? ![]() ![]() What are you working on now, and where can readers find you? 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Cade Owen, the faerie in my story, “Selkskin Deep”, is a selkie (a seal who can shed his skin and become a man) and a Navy SEAL. ![]() ![]() Regardless of age, each person attending the performance must have a ticket "lap tickets" for infants may be purchased at the box office, 91. An usher will escort you to your seating area. General public seating is on a first-come/first-seated basis in sections to be determined. Large school groups receive priority seating. In I Love My Little Storybook, an eager little bunny lies on the grass and opens his book, and within moments, the story he’s reading comes alive in fascinating detail. Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia adapts this classic bedtime story. But Big Nutbrown Hare loves him as far as his long arms can reach and as high as his strong legs can hop. Little Nutbrown Hare loves Big Nutbrown Hare as far as he can reach and as high as he can hop. 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In their search for treasure and magic, Jarlaxle and Athrogate inadvertently set into motion a catastrophe that could spell disaster for the unsuspecting people of the city of Neverwinter-a catastrophe big enough to lure even the mercenary Jarlaxle into risking his own coin and skin to stop it. But before they even get close, another drow and dwarf pair stumbles across it first: Jarlaxle and Athrogate. Drizzt joins Bruenor on his quest for the fabled dwarven kingdom of Gauntlgrym: ruins said to be rich with ancient treasure and arcane lore. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But the constant surveillance is also opening his eyes to things about Rachel that he likes. Convinced she’s a corporate spy out to tank his company, Camden’s not letting her out of his sight. High-tech entrepreneur Camden Lewis must know: Who is this gorgeous, intelligent, and mysterious woman? Too good to be real. If Rachel can keep the very handsome and slightly too interested best man at bay, that is. 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