![]() ![]() ![]() But it is the wider lives of these two men, their background and differing characters (indeed, they only meet in the final third of the novel) that is the essence of the book. ![]() On meeting Edalji after his release, Doyle was convinced of his complete innocence and invigorated the existing campaign to exonerate the wronged man. ![]() Edalji, a solicitor in his twenties, was found guilty of, and served a three year prison sentence for, cruelly mutilating farm animals in Great Wyrley, near Birmingham. The novel is founded on historical events: the George Edalji case in the early years of the 20th century. Fictional and television portrayals of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (the Arthur of the title) seem to be a crowded field in recent years, but this is excellent historical fiction, with a story that both carries the reader along while the narrative is impeccably delivered and the historical context is sound. And indeed, his precise, measured and elegant writing did not disappoint. I should perhaps point out that as Julian Barnes is one of my favourite contemporary prose writers, I approached his new novel in a spirit of confident anticipation. ![]()
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![]() ![]() While the price above is for the single app, you can also buy the Bryon Barton Collection #1 from Oceanhouse Media which has Planes, Trains, Boats and Trucks for $4.99. Based on the print book, it translates beautifully into a vibrant app. ![]() ![]() This book is what made me want to do a plane storytime. Planes by Byron Barton from Oceanhouse Media ($1.99, iOS) I learned about this app at “Explore, Play and Imagine: Interactive Tech Time in Kids Library Programming” a presentation at ALA 2015 by staff from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburg. It’s a fun way to build shape recognition and puzzle solving skills. Build and Play 3D is an app that includes a bunch of different toys (trucks, airplanes, robots, etc) and then you “assemble” the parts of the toy by touching and dragging on your tablet. I just showed a few different pictures from the app, and then played a short video clip.īuild and Play 3D from Croco Studio ($2.99 iOS, Android, Samsung app)īefore we read stories about planes, I thought we should build our own. I wanted to use this as a started for what the theme of storytime was going to be. This simple app, part of the 100 things series, shows lots of pictures and has videos of all types of planes. In the midst of Summer, with everyone taking vacations, I thought it would be fun to feature airplanes in today’s eStorytime!ġ00 Planes from Michael Krynski ($2.99 iOS) ![]() ![]() ![]() The moon, on the breast of the new-fallen snow, Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash. I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter. When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads Īnd Mamma in her ’kerchief, and I in my cap, The children were nestled all snug in their beds, ![]() The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse ’Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Nicholas” (“The Night Before Christmas”). The poem was, of course, “A Visit From St. Written for his children in 1822, it was first published (anonymously) in the Troy, NY, Sentinel the next year. Yet his life would merit little more than a footnote in New York’s history - except for the one poem for which he is remembered. A noted lecturer and writer, he also generously supported theological education. 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Hex Hall is a trilogy of Young Adult fantasy novels by Rachel Hawkins. ![]() ![]() While this gentle, quiet cleric, with his ever furled umbrella, ‘face round and dull as a Norfolk dumpling’ and ‘eyes as empty as the North Sea’ is to all appearances unremarkable, he does solve some of the most bizarre crimes ever recorded including a killer who can’t be seen (‘The Invisible Man’) a man’s head virtually crushed by one blow of a small hammer (‘The Hammer of God’), and a famous man commits ‘a fearful sin’ by figuratively growing a forest to hide a leaf (‘The Sign of the Broken Sword’). ‘… there sprang up in my own mind the vague idea of… constructing a comedy in which a priest should appear to know nothing and in fact knew more about crime than the criminal.’ Chesterton was taken with Father O’Connor’s apparent innocence regarding worldly matters but he realised that actually, the priest had a great understanding of the dark way of human nature. He was based on a Roman Catholic curate, Father O’Connor, whom the author encountered on a walking holiday in Yorkshire in 1903. This fascinating character, the mild-mannered priest with a brain as sharp as a scythe, was the brainchild of G. Despite being created over a hundred years ago, Father Brown, the sleuthing cleric is once more in vogue as the very popular BBC television series starring Mark Williams has proved. ![]() Father Brown David Stuart Davies looks at the history of the ever-popular priest with a flair for detection. ![]() ![]() ![]() Maria Duenas holds a PhD in English Philology and is currently a professor at the University of Murcia. 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Have you ever stopped to consider how much originality and spontaneity emanate from these various individuals who, on the preceding evening, did not even know each other, and who are now, for several days, condemned to lead a life of extreme intimacy, jointly defying the anger of the ocean, the terrible onslaught of the waves, the violence of the tempest and the agonizing monotony of the calm and sleepy water? Such a life becomes a sort of tragic existence, with its storms and its grandeurs, its monotony and its diversity and that is why, perhaps, we embark upon that short voyage with mingled feelings of pleasure and fear.īut, during the past few years, a new sensation had been added to the life of the transatlantic traveler. 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It was a strange ending to a voyage that had commenced in a most auspicious manner. ![]() ![]() Good choice if you like: World War Z, David Sedaris This book is a how-to guide for manning up and hunkering down to wait out an apocalypse brought on by a nuclear blast, an asteroid attack, a Viking god war, and more, each life-ending scenario described in loving detail. ![]() Rewritten by a guy who wanted to make fighting men in cages his day Scenario" manifesto to "Fight Club" writer Chuck Palahniuk and then was Imagine John Rambo orated his "worst case Second opus is filled with an almost illegal amount of testosteroneĪnd, of course, comedy. Below, a few manly masterpieces to get your library started.īe Ready When the Sh*t Goes Down: Forrest Griffin's Survival Guide to the Apocalypseīy Forrest Griffin and Erich Krauss - Yes, just a year after his first masterpiece went live, Forrest Griffin penned another book to unveil even more of his uncommon self-help knowledge. The UFC Fan Expo in Boston August 27 and 28 - have Forrest sign your tome at the BSN booth or his own station track down Brian Stann for an autograph, then swing by the US Marines display to see a smidge of what he went through. There will be plenty of tomes on display at (literally) from Brian Stann and lunatic survival guides from Forrest, Straightforward fight-career bios by Chuck and Randy to war stories ![]() It, being a professional cage-fighter - or even the kind of person whoīecomes one - pretty much guarantees you've got some interesting ![]() ![]() ![]() Hobbie's paintings are masterful - and hugely inspiring to me. I work a lot in watercolour and know what an unforgiving (and happily haphazard) medium it can be. Her techniques for capturing light and shade and atmosphere is superb. I first discovered Toot & Puddle in the public library - and they blew me away! To say Hobbie is a skilled watercolourist is an understatement. It's their different personalities which form the basis for many of the stories, which all celebrate true friendship.Īs Publishers Weekly notes: ‘ Children will be reassured by the message that friends can have different interests and still enjoy one another.’ ![]() And having spent time with the books, I totally get it! Their home at Woodcock Pocket is 'such a perfect place to be that Puddle never wanted to go anywhere else'. Puddle, on the other hand, is a homebody. Toot loves to travel (fans of the series will spot him in such far-flung places as Mont Blanc, Egypt and the Solomon Islands). They are also very different from one another. The piglet pals have a ' caring, odd-couple rapport ' (think Frog and Toad or Chalk & Cheese) - and they are irresistibly charming. Because she went on to create the endearing book characters, Toot & Puddle! I am so glad the real-life Holly Hobbie didn't get pigeon-holed by the phenomenal success of her creation. ![]() The character (who bore her creator's name) was a 1970's sensation. For people of a certain age, the name Holly Hobbie instantly conjures up a cat-loving girl in an over-sized bonnet. ![]() |