![]() Now, fans can enjoy this iconic artwork as a beautiful limited edition giclée prints, signed by the artist and presented for the first time without cover text.Įxclusively available through Suntup Editions for your private collection, and limited to just 50 copies per size, worldwide. This stunning artwork by Kinuko Craft graced the first US edition of the novel in 1982, and was subsequently used for paperback release in the years that followed. Featuring four novellas - Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, Apt Pupil, The Body, and The Breathing Method - each with a more dramatic bent than his previous horror fiction, the book became an international bestseller with three out of its four stories adapted into major motion pictures. We are delighted to announce Different Seasons as our latest addition to The Covers Collection.ĭifferent Seasons was a departure from the norm for Stephen King. ![]() ![]() Remember to select your preferred print size option. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Never miss leisure news in Milton Keynes - Follow us on And on Facebook: www.facebook. ![]() for details of how to get a free tea or coffee plus 10% off any purchases on the night! ![]() If you are a member of the B.F.W.I., please contact your W.I. The event is free and runs between 6pm and 8pm. Brocket Hall, former home of Queen Victoria's favourite Lord Melbourne, was used as a maternity home for women from the East End of London, and the Rothschilds' magnificent French chateau-inspired Waddesdon Manor housed a hundred children under five. Julie Summers will give a fascinating behind-the-scenes glimpse of life with uninvited guests in some of Britain's greatest country houses: Blenheim Palace was colonised by schoolboys who slept in the Long Library Polish special agents trained in the grounds of Audley End House. ![]() 'Our Uninvited Guests' perfectly captures the spirit of upheaval at the beginning of the Second World War when thousands of houses were requisitioned by the government to provide accommodation for the armed forces, secret services and government offices as well as vulnerable children, the sick and the elderly, all of whom needed to be housed safely beyond the reach of Hitler's Luftwaffe. in the Second World War), as we discuss her brand new book. Through archive material and interviews with many WI members, Julie Summers takes us behind the scenes, revealing their nitty-gritty approach to the daily problems presented by the conflict. On Thursday (June 21), WaterstonesMK is holding an evening with Julie Summers, social historian and best-selling author of 'Jambusters' (the book that led to the TV drama series 'Home Fires' about the W.I. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hype man: Kincaid really is a perfect fit for what we need on offense. ![]() Buffalo Billsĭraft takeaway: With Dawson Knox and first-round pick Dalton Kincaid, no 12 personnel in the league has a scarier-sounding tandem of tight ends to the plucky young protagonist of an ‘80s movie. ![]() With free-agent departures and regression for older players, we might be worse than 2022 at defensive line, linebacker, cornerback, safety and offensive line, to say nothing of injury luck. Hype man: Have you seen the rest of the conference? This might be even easier than last year.ĭeVonta Downer: Aside from the stereotypical Super Bowl loser’s curse, we’re getting ahead of ourselves with the quality of the roster. Time will tell whether that bet pays off. Philadelphia Eaglesĭraft takeaway: The Eagles’ risk tolerance was greater than others in the top 10, as they became the rare team coming off a Super Bowl appearance to add arguably the most talented player in the draft after trading up one spot for Jalen Carter. Bengals draft ramifications: Who should feel pressure, who should be relieved 3. ![]() ![]() ![]() The changes between COBIT 4.1 and COBIT 5 include more emphasis on creating business value. COBIT was initially an acronym for "Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology," but with COBIT 5 the spelled-out version was dropped. The COBIT frameworks have become an industry standard for IT management and governance. Maintain compliance with relevant laws and regulations.Optimize IT services and technology costs.Keep IT-related risk at an acceptable level.Maintain operational excellence by using technology effectively.Achieve strategic goals by using IT assistance.Assure information is accurate to support business decisions.COBIT is also designed to help enterprises to: ![]() The goal of the COBIT frameworks is to provide a common language for business executives to communicate with each other about IT-related goals, objectives and results. COBIT 5 is a framework from the Information Systems Audit and Control Association ( ISACA) for the management and governance of information technology (IT). ![]() ![]() ![]() I came, as an older reader, to love language, and I often reread Derek Walcott and Jamaica Kincaid for that reason. ![]() ![]() They made me begin to write stories about people who looked like me and did things that I recognised, though a few of my characters continued to drink ginger beer! Achebe's Arrow of God was important to me because it transcended literature and became personal history – I read it as the story of a man who might have been my grandfather. Then I read Camara Laye and Chinua Achebe, who were a glorious shock of discovery for me. They stirred my imagination and opened up new worlds for me, but the unintended consequence was that I did not consciously, actively, know that people like me – little girls with skin the color of chocolate, whose kinky hair did not form ponytails – could also exist in literature. This despite the fact that I had never been outside Nigeria I lived in a world where the people were mostly black and ate mangoes and didn't have snow and never talked about the weather because there was no need to. My characters ate apples and played in the snow and talked about the weather, how lovely it was that the sun had come out. ![]() Never mind that I had no idea what ginger beer was. All my characters were white and drank ginger beer, because the British characters in the books I read drank a lot of ginger beer. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Long ago, a werewolf helped verify what Imogene had long since known to be true: she has no intention of marrying a man. She’s spent her entire young life fending off the boys in her village, and believes going to work as a servant in the big manor house the vampires occupy will be a two-ply blessing for her: they pay well, so she can support her family and since they’re vampires, they must have proclivities that can help her justify her own. Imogene Hale is young(ish), more than averagely pretty, and so not interested in you. Note: A review copy was provided at no charge by the author. Romancing the Inventor is the first book of the Supernatural Society, an LGBTQ+ focused novella series set in Gail Carriger’s Parasolverse. Romancing the Inventor Supernatural Society #1 ![]() ![]() Richard Fitzwarren is a Tudor nobleman with a dubious past who takes risks for a living. The story unfolds in 16th Century Tudor England ![]() A fascinating insight into Tudor England and the life of Elizabeth I before she sets foot on the steps to the throne. If you enjoy Tudor Fiction by Phillipa Gregory and Alison Weir then 'A Queens Spy' is perfect for you. Murder, Mystery & Intrigue with a Splash of Romance.īased on actual historical events, an epic tale of a young Tudor nobleman’s courage as he tries to keep his future Queen safe in one of England’s most turbulent eras. Enjoy either as a short read on its own, or as an introduction to the Mystery Trials Series.Ī gripping Historical Adventure set in 16th Century Tudor England. This short pre-quel sets the stage for the full length book - A Queen's Spy. A short story Introduction to the Tudor Mystery Trials ![]() ![]() ![]() And what if that family had itself suffered some tragedy, was itself in need of redemption? What if they were grieving, and the building itself played some role in allowing them to heal? I began imagining a loving family, maybe, purchasing the property and then restoring the building. Beneath a snow-cloud sky and surrounded by silence, a strange thought came to me, possibly because the place felt so shrouded in isolation: what if this beautiful building, for some reason, became abandoned? I took that image away with me, kept picturing the tower dilapidated and forlorn-and then, somehow, redeemed. Not a soul was in sight, and the tower itself, a museum now, was closed. Known as Vista House, the gray-skinned and green-capped stone building-constructed as a rest-stop-remains as lovely today as it was when it was dedicated back in 1918.Ĭrown Point draws plenty of sightseers, particularly during the warmer months but on one trek I made there several years ago in mid-winter, I was granted the gift of complete solitude. The spot is called Crown Point, and aside from the wondrous views in three directions, it’s notable for a four-story stone tower that commands the bluff like some distant outpost in a Wes Anderson film. ![]() ![]() ![]() Over many years and on several occasions, I’ve been fortunate to visit a spectacular overlook-not merely charming but, I feel, charmed-high above the Columbia River on the Oregon border. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() THERE ARE TOO MANY ANECDOTES AND THE CARTOONS ARE LAME. Because Covey has had such a gleeful, problem-less life, he looks at these problems with the most irritatingly shallow, optimistic "it's-all-unicorns-and-rainbows" approach and doesn't realize that the solutions, if any, to most real situations and problems aren't as straight-forward as he thinks.Ĥ. This is the number one issue with this book. Give me someone who's had no real problems but thinks he's eligible to preach about them and I'm going to tell him, "Go fuck yourself."Ģ. ![]() Give me someone who's endured problems or at least can empathize with them, and you'll immediate earn my respect. Has he had a child abusive life? Has he had verbally and physically abusive parents? Has he attempted suicide? No, no, and no. Covey constantly reminds us of the fantastic life he's had. The 7 Problems of Sean Covey's Highly Ineffective Book:ġ. This book would be terrible regardless of whether I was forced to read it or not. Now, one can definitely argue that these unfortunate circumstances have distorted my viewpoint, but that isn't the case at all. Due to issues that I will not speak of, a probation officer made me read this book (and also made me write an essay on it-you can bet that it was a strongly opinionated essay). ![]() ![]() ![]() There were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a plain face, on the throne of England there were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair face, on the throne of France. The next part requires some scholarship as well: You'll be happy to know that even native speakers have trouble understanding what this means. Is mostly poetic license, and relatively comprehensible - at least, up to "in the superlative degree of comparison only". ![]() ![]() We had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way - in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. Yes, but it takes some intelligence and considerable education to read it without any effort at all. ![]() |