![]() Uther Pendragon, king of Britons, and defender of Britain against the Saxons has died. He drew from many other medieval sources, but mainly Malory, particularly so in the last section of the book. Green attempted to tell a cohesive story with beginning, middle, and end. Thinking that Malory's work was more of a loose collection of separate stories. Green set out to weave together the many legends surrounding King Arthur into a single narrative. In 2008, it was reissued in the Puffin Classics series with an introduction by David Almond (the award-winning author of Clay, Skellig, Kit's Wilderness, and The Fire-Eaters), and the original illustrations by Lotte Reiniger. ![]() It was first published by Puffin Books in 1953 and has since been reprinted many times. King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table is a retelling of the Arthurian legends, principally Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, by Roger Lancelyn Green. ![]()
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![]() “A luminous novel of buried secrets.”- New York Times bestselling author Caroline Leavitt **Chosen by Ladies Home Journal as a Great Summer Read** Against her daughters wishes, Hannah offers to take Dylan in until hes ready to reveal his own troubling secrets. Now, for Dylans sake as well as their own, Sydney and Hannah must confront the devastating events that tore them apart and answer the questions that still haunt their familyand the suspicious surrounding communityabout what really caused two people to die on their farm those many years ago. Sydney returns to Haven Lake for the first time in twenty years to coax the boy home. Now a child psychologist engaged to marry a successful surgeon, Sydney has worked hard to build a relationship with Dylan, her fiancés teenage son, so she feels nothing but empathy when he runs awayuntil she discovers that his hitchhiking journey has led him to Haven Lake and her mother Hannahs sheep farm. Sydney Bishop hasnt returned to Haven Lake, her idyllic childhood home, since a pair of shocking, tragic deaths shattered her family when she was only sixteen. ![]() A natural-born storyteller presents a gripping story about grief, anger, and the healing power of love. New from the author of Beach Plum Island. ![]() ![]() A famous chemist who finally recognizes not only Elizabeth’s beauty and magnetic personality, but her genius and scientific talent as well. Our heroine finds herself fighting against a biased system to mark her place in her field, advance her own research, and leave her own mark without the assistance of a male counterpart.Įnter Calvin Evans. ![]() Unfortunately, she is a very talented woman in field dominated by men in a time when her male colleagues at Hastings Research Institute don’t exactly have the hang of equality of the sexes. ![]() Actually, it’s the 1960’s and Elizabeth Zott is a brilliant chemist. It’s the 1960’s and Elizabeth Zott is a chemist. Looking for your next read? Check out Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, reviewed by Fulco Library staff, Mary I.įrom the moment I was introduced to Elizabeth Zott in Bonnie Garmus’s incredible book, I was sure I was going to love her.
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The mother (neither of the main characters is given a name) was born in war-shattered Riga in 1944, but shortly afterwards her father was beaten up by the soldiers plundering his crops and taken away, leaving his wife and baby to fend for themselves. ![]() Set between 19, the novel is narrated alternately by a mother and daughter who both grow up in a Latvia under Soviet rule. Soviet Milk is her most recent, and won the 2015 Annual Latvian Literature Award for Best Prose. Nora Ikstena’s first novel was published in 1998 and she has written over twenty books since. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() However, a pack of probational prisoners and their supervisor Kang Taeshik provide an unexpected threat to their work.Īs part of their deal, Jinwoo and Jinho form a ragtag raid party so that they can start legally clearing C-Rank dungeons. ![]() ![]() Jinwoo reunites with the other survivors of the Double Dungeon, including Lee Joohee and Song Chi-Yul, for one last raid. 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Her feeling of abandonment is as sharply felt as Jake’s need to test his independence. Lily tries to find out who she is without her brother, but it’s hard work, and most of her attempts are unsuccessful. But their bond seems to be weakening as, at age 11, Jake starts spending more time with new friends than with Lily upset and rejected, Lily has no one to confide in except her ex-hippie grandfather. For almost as long as they can remember, Jake and Lily have shared a “special sense,” which they call “goombla.” Each knows what the other is thinking and if the other is in trouble. Spinelli (Wringer) adroitly balances emotional tension with introspective moments in this smart and funny story about a pair of twins growing apart. ![]() ![]() ![]() In Daughter of the Siren Queen, Tricia Levenseller brings together the perfect mix of thrilling action, tense battle scenes, and a heart-pounding romance. after all, she is the daughter of the Siren Queen. Despite the danger, Alosa knows they will recover the treasure first. When Vordan exposes a secret her father has kept for years, Alosa and her crew find themselves in a deadly race with the feared Pirate King. And she takes great comfort in knowing that the villainous Vordan will soon be facing her father's justice. ![]() Still unfairly attractive and unexpectedly loyal, first mate Riden is a constant distraction, but now he's under her orders. Not only has she recovered all three pieces of the map to a legendary hidden treasure, but the pirates who originally took her captive are now prisoners on her ship. The capable, confident, and occasionally ruthless heroine of Daughter of the Pirate King is back in this action-packed sequel that promises rousing high seas adventures and the perfect dash of magic. ![]() ![]() Arapuke Forest Park just outside of Palmerston North is an amazing place for mountain biking. ![]() There are two places that are important to me – one close by and one further away. Tell us a bit about the places and people important to you. Learn more about Captivate Technology here, and at their website. He is a Professor of Chemistry at Massey University, and runs the Telfer Lab, a research group focusing on the use and development of porous materials to selectively capture CO2 for climate change remediation. Professor Shane Telfer is the founder and CEO of Captivate Technology. MUF-16 achieves CO2 absorption as a solid-state material, which enables improved outcomes to existing sequestration technologies, including higher energy-efficiency, increased ease of handling, longer product life cycles, and more environmentally friendly. Captivate is able to target emissions at the point of production to sequester greenhouse gas emissions in hard-to-abate industries. ![]() ![]() Their technology, MUF-16, is a porous material consisting of linked metal ions that act as ‘sponges’ for specific molecules. Senior Analyst Kiri Lenagh-Glue talks to Professor Shane Telfer:Ĭaptivate Technology has developed novel Metal-Organic-frameworks (MOFs) for capturing carbon dioxide at the point of release. We’re thrilled to welcome a new founder into the Matū portfolio, and to kick off a new series highlighting founders and management teams in the Matū Karihi portfolio, understanding what makes them tick. ![]() ![]() On June 27, 1996, thirty-year-old Anne Marie Fahey, who was the scheduling secretary for the governor of Delaware, had dinner with a man she had been having a secret affair with for more than two years. Now, in the most complex and shocking book of her long career, she delves into the motivation that drove a seemingly successful man to kill, and she explores heretofore unknown aspects of a fatal affair between a beautiful young woman who moved confidently in the heady world of the upper echelons of government and a widely admired millionaire attorney who was an immensely popular political figure. ![]() The author of fifteen New York Times national bestsellers, Ann Rule, a former Seattle policewoman, has researched thousands of homicides and understands every facet of murder investigation. From America's most celebrated true-crime writer comes the heartbreaking real-life drama of a doomed young woman hopelessly trapped in a web of sexual intrigue, political manipulation, and emotional deception by her charming and successful-but ultimately deadly-lover. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Following school, he became an intern for the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics, working under Editor Shelly Bond, among others. While studying creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College, Tynion met and began studying under Scott Snyder, in the nascent years of his comic book writing career. James Tynion IV was born December 14, 1987, and grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he attended Marquette University High School. He is also a nine-time nominee for the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book, the most nominations of any writer, winning once in 2016. In 2022, he won three Eisner Awards for his work. ![]() He is best known for his work on the Batman franchise at DC Comics, his DC Black Label series The Nice House on the Lake and his independent series Department of Truth and Something Is Killing the Children. Tynion IV (born December 14, 1987) is an American comic book writer. ![]() |