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They say opposites attract. The only thing these two unlikely friends seem to be a magnet for is murder. When Maisie Mitchell sold her restaurant and retired to sunny Florida, she couldn't wait to get out of the kitchen and do absolutely nothing except enjoy lazy days by the pool. Thirty-five years with the Chicago Police Department was enough for detective Donna "Dot" Pinetta. She was ready to escape the daily stress of big city crime and retire under a palm tree with a tall glass of something cold and a little paper umbrella. But, as these two friends soon find out, retirement can get a little, shall we say, tiring? Sometimes you just need a vacation from your vacation. Maisie and Dot conc...
Examines the life and writings of Henry James including detailed synopses of his works, explanations of literary terms, biographies of friends and family, and social and historical influences.
Art Elfee may seem like just any other ordinary 16 year-old boy about to finish secondary school, but he has an amazing secret - he has discovered an opening to a world where the legend of Santa Claus is possibly very real indeed. He also has another secret - one of his best friends is one of the inhabitants of that world - a small feisty Sprite named Maga. As if trying to keep these secrets isn't hard enough, a dark, shadowy figure has followed him back to his own world; but when Art tries to discover who he is, he uncovers a shocking truth about someone very close to his heart, that may just tear his world apart ...Art And The Abductor is the second novel in the L-Shaped Village series, the sequel to the bestselling Art And The Artisans, where Art is unexpectedly catapulted to a strange world and a race of beings he doesn't understand. In this second novel, Art is unwittingly taught the ways of magic, under the watchful eye of someone who may be the key to everything ...
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
"A young British backpacker goes missing on the West Coast Trail. No one is sure whether she died or simply disappeared. Apart from Laura. Twenty years later, a body has been found. And there's only one person who could reveal the secret that Laura's been hiding all this time. But she knows that two can keep a secret - if one of them is dead."--Publisher.
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This volume explores the idea of age in American literature over the course of the nineteenth century and examines how writers such as Louisa May Alcott, Frederick Douglass, and Henry James used literature as a space to imagine alternative ideas about aging and to challenge conventional definitions of adulthood.