You could say that Pratchett was a master of quirk-each central character possesses an attribute or attitude to help them stand out from a crowd. Pratchett had a knack for imbuing all of his characters with unique bits of pathos, even the most minor players who appeared in the background from time to time. One of the leading factors that makes the 40-some Discworld books so wonderful is the recurring characters. Those novels, coupled with his 1990 co-authorship of Good Omens with Neil Gaiman, earned Pratchett a permanent place in my heart. I read his Discworld books voraciously, amazed by the way he was able to keep the series going while still generating compelling stories that never bogged down into mediocrity. It’s now been a few years since the last time I picked up a book in his seminal Discworld series, but for perhaps a five-year stretch, I wouldn’t have hesitated in calling the British fantasist my favorite author. Thursday afternoon’s news of fantasy author Terry Pratchett’s passing hit me hard-very hard, as few author obituaries have in some time. Note: This piece was originally published in 2015, following the passing of prolific fantasy author Terry Pratchett.
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This stunning new edition of the classic children's book The Little Prince, includes the classic English translation by Katherine Woods and original colour illustrations which will capture the hearts of readers of all ages. and thus begins this wise and enchanting fable that, in teaching the secret of what is really important in life, has changed the world forever for its readers. And the pilot realises that when life's events are too difficult to understand, there is no choice but to succumb to their mysteries. A pilot stranded in the desert awakes one morning to see the most extraordinary little fellow standing before him. A beautiful gift edition of this touching and wise classic children's book, with the original translation by Katherine Woods and full-colour illustrations. Few books have been as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince. I’m hoping THE BLACK HOUR will be stored in the mystery sections of bookstores and libraries, but as for what I call it, I’ve adopted “crime fiction.” It seems the most broadly defined. Here’s another marketing term: discoverability. With so many books being published, helping readers find your book is a real hurdle. I get why we need them-they’re in service of helping readers find the books they’ll like. The greatest mystery in mystery writing is where the lines occur between marketing terms. I’ve heard “psychological suspense” a couple of times. THE BLACK HOUR straddles two genre categories, psychological thriller and crime fiction. I recently talked to Lori Rader-Day about her riveting debut novel, THE BLACK HOUR. And then there is the haunting question in your own head: Why? Why did that young man shoot me? But what if your colleagues assume you are somehow to blame, that the true motivation for the attack was something you had done? One of the cruelest injuries of the attack is the callous blackening of your name by vicious gossip. Somehow you survive the attack and manage to pull through months of surgeries and rehab and return to your job. And imagine that your assailant promptly turns the gun on himself, depriving you of any chance of knowing why he did it. Imagine being shot at point-blank range in a darkened hallway by someone you’ve never met. The winning moment Keri Hulme was away in America when she won the Booker Prize in 1985, so the award was collected on her behalf by Irihapeti Ramsden, Marian Evans. 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The third poem, “The Dry Salvages,” (beginning at 24:17) is associated with Water and is named for a treacherous cluster of rocks off Cape Ann that was among the hazards Andrew Eliot’s ship needed to avoid in order to safely reach the coast of Massachusetts. “East Coker” (which begins above at 10:46) is associated with Earth, and takes its name from the village in Somerset, England, from which the poet’s ancestor, Andrew Eliot, set out for America in 1669. It is named for an English manor house Eliot visited in the 1930s. The first poem, “Burnt Norton,” is associated with the element of air. “In The Waste Land the waste was place, the ‘Unreal City,'” writes Eliot’s biographer, Lyndall Gordon “here, the waste is time–time unredeemed by a sense of the timeless.”Īs in The Waste Land, Eliot uses the four classical elements as a structural device in the Four Quartets. Each one is a meditation on time, mixing Christian and Hindu imagery with personal and historical events. The Four Quartets are perhaps the most mystical and religious of Eliot’s poems. I enjoy books that use instant messaging and emails to tell the story (ever since reading Meg Cabot's Boy series that uses this method, I've looked for books that include things like this. Lauren Myracle did an excellent job on this book and I will pick up the other books in the series soon. I finished the book a few hours later and thought about it and I like all three characters a lot. Review: When I got this book I thought that a book in instant messenger sounded interesting. Will the winsome threesome make it through the year? Then a jerky boy sends peppy Angela into the dumps,tough Maddie makes a mistake that has the whole school talking,and good girl Zoe gets in over her head with a flirty teacher. But as the weeks pass and the instant messages accumulate, it's clear that tenth grade will be a roller coaster ride of boy temptation, math torture, donut emergencies, and Queen Bee encounters. On the first day of tenth grade, best friends Maddie (madmaddie) Angela (SnowAngel), and Zoe (zoegirl) vow not to let school stupidness get them down. Summary from back of book: Told entirely in instant messages, this smart, funny novel is about humor, hangovers, and heartaches of high school, and the friendships that get you through it all. Title: TTYL Author: Lauren Myracle Publisher: Amulet Number Of Pages: 229 With their two young sons, Helen and Hugh reside in Dublin in a comfortable, middle-class house. Her career serving as Ireland’s youngest school headmistress is impressive, and her husband, Hugh, is easy-going and affectionate. Thirty-something Helen is, by all appearances, successful. During this short reunion, longstanding grievances come to light that afford Helen newfound understandings of love and family. At his request, Helen joins Declan and their estranged mother, Lily, at their grandmother’s home for five days. Helen O’Doherty’s younger brother, twenty-eight-year-old Declan, is dying. Now one of them – the Blackwater Lightship – is gone, and its absence resonates with the loss that haunts the family at the center of the story. Two lighthouses once stood within view of the house. Colm Tóibín’s 1999 novel, The Blackwater Lightship, is set in 1990s Ireland and takes place, predominantly, in an old house perched on a crumbling, seaside cliff in County Wexford. With potential to reduce complexity for those tasked with testing and auditing standards for compliance. In some instances, businesses come together forming alliances or coalitions, also referred to multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSI) with a belief that harmonization could reduce compliance costs and simplify the process of meeting requirements. The goal for standard harmonization is to find commonalities, identify critical requirements that need to be retained, and provide a common framework for standards setting organizations (SSO) to adopt. Harmonization involves a reduction in variation of standards, while standardization entails moving towards the eradication of any variation with the adoption of a single standard. Harmonization is different from standardization. The name is also an analogy to the process to harmonizing discordant music. Harmonization is the process of minimizing redundant or conflicting standards which may have evolved independently. For other uses, see Harmonisation (disambiguation). This article is about harmonization in standards. Admirers of Huckleberry Finn will embrace a new millennium version of that unforgettable character… a version with a surprise twist. They will also appreciate the life lessons learned by Bill Willy and his neighbors. 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