She persevered, and for thirty-four years the government, foreign policy, cultural development, and welfare of the Russian people were in her hands. Reaching the throne fired by Enlightenment philosophy and determined to become the embodiment of the “benevolent despot” idealized by Montesquieu, she found herself always contending with the deeply ingrained realities of Russian life, including serfdom. She knew or corresponded with the preeminent historical figures of her time: Voltaire, Diderot, Frederick the Great, Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, Marie Antoinette, and, surprisingly, the American naval hero, John Paul Jones. Possessing a brilliant mind and an insatiable curiosity as a young woman, she devoured the works of Enlightenment philosophers and, when she reached the throne, attempted to use their principles to guide her rule of the vast and backward Russian empire. The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at fourteen and rose to become one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in history.īorn into a minor noble family, Catherine transformed herself into Empress of Russia by sheer determination.
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It's exciting at first-but when Peter Pan announces that he needs new Lost Boys, he whisks away Jonah and Jonah's friends. Although, I enjoyed Mlynowski's idea to take over this story I found that compare to the other books in the series, this one fell flat. It's Tinkerbell! She's come to their window with none other than Peter Pan. Follow Abby and Jonah as they embark on a thrilling journey through Neverland-meeting pirates, mermaids, the Lost Boys, Tinkerbell, and Peter Pan himself- in this third Special Edition of the dazzling New York Times best-selling Whatever After series.Ībby and Jonah are at home with Jonah's friends and their fairy friend, Maryrose, when they receive a visit from another fairy-a famous one. Cambridge centenary ulysses6/9/2023 These richly informative pieces discuss the novel's plot and allusions, while also explaining crucial questions that have puzzled and tantalized readers over the last hundred years. Absorbing and accessible The Cambridge Centenary Ulysses can profitably be read by anyone with an interest in Joyce. Each of the eighteen chapters of Ulysses is introduced by a leading Joyce scholar. Featuring a facsimile of the historic 1922 Shakespeare and Company text, this version also includes Joyce's own errata as well as references to amendments made in later editions. Copiously equipped with maps, photographs, and explanatory footnotes, it provides a vivid and illuminating context for the experiences of Leopold Bloom, Stephen Dedalus, and Molly Bloom, as well as Joyce's many other Dublin characters, on June 16, 1904. This new edition - published to celebrate the book's first publication - helps readers to understand the pleasures of this monumental work and to grapple with its challenges. The Cambridge Centenary Ulysses: The 1922 Text with Essays and Notes. This book was released on with total page 225 pages. 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Klara and sun6/8/2023 Though much is familiar here-the restrained language, the under-stated first-person narration-the new book is much more overt than its predecessors about its concerns. Most of Ishiguro’s novels are slender books that are more complicated than they at first seem Klara and the Sun is by contrast more simple than it seems, less novel than parable. Few writers who’ve ever lived have been able to create moods of transience, loss and existential self-doubt as Ishiguro has - not art about the feelings, but the feelings themselves. But these minor criticisms glance off Ishiguro’s work like bullets off the hull of a battleship. And he’s never been strong with dialogue (his books are so profoundly interior). a distinctly 'mature' novel - as assured as ever, but slapdash in places compared to the author’s meticulous earlier work. With just a few words he creates ambiguities that make most of his books feverish reads, one-sitters. 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Exploring this new freedom, Kit chances to peek at the hidden recesses of her parents’ marriage, but how to interpret the scene is a puzzle that will consume her. One night Kit, the introspective narrator of Rowan Hisayo Buchanan’s third novel, rises from her bed in the room shared with younger brother Leo, but realises with a shock that her unresponsive body is still tucked up. W hat would you do with the ability to slip out of your body and prowl the world undetected? The possibilities for crime, mischief or adventure seem limitless, especially for a restless teenager. |