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In 1925, Harold Ross hired Katharine Sergeant Angell as a
manuscript reader for The New Yorker. Within months she became the
magazine's first fiction editor, discovering and championing the
work of Vladimir Nabokov, John Updike, James Thurber, Marianne
Moore, and her husband-to-be, E. B. White, among others. After
years of cultivating fiction, she set her sights on a new genre:
garden writing. On March 1, 1958, The New Yorker ran a column
entitled "Onward and Upward in the Garden," a critical review of
garden catalogs, in which White extolled the writings of "seedmen
and nurserymen," those unsung authors who produced her "favorite
reading matter." Thirteen more columns followed, exploring the
history and literature of gardens, flower arranging, herbalists,
and developments in gardening. Two years after her death in 1977,
E. B. White collected and published the series, with a fond
introduction. The result is this sharp-eyed appreciation of the
green world of growing things, of the aesthetic pleasures of
gardens and garden writing, and of the dreams that gardens inspire.
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Heartstone (Paperback)
Elle Katharine White
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A debut historical fantasy that recasts Jane Austen's beloved Pride
& Prejudice in an imaginative world of wyverns, dragons, and
the warriors who fight alongside them against the monsters that
threaten the kingdom: gryphons, direwolves, lamias, banshees, and
lindworms. They say a Rider in possession of a good blade must be
in want of a monster to slay-and Merybourne Manor has plenty of
monsters. Passionate, headstrong Aliza Bentaine knows this all too
well; she's already lost one sister to the invading gryphons. So
when Lord Merybourne hires a band of Riders to hunt down the horde,
Aliza is relieved her home will soon be safe again. Her relief is
short-lived. With the arrival of the haughty and handsome
dragonrider, Alastair Daired, Aliza expects a battle; what she
doesn't expect is a romantic clash of wills, pitting words and wit
against the pride of an ancient house. Nor does she anticipate the
mystery that follows them from Merybourne Manor, its roots running
deep as the foundations of the kingdom itself, where something old
and dreadful slumbers ...something far more sinister than gryphons.
It's a war Aliza is ill-prepared to wage, on a battlefield she's
never known before: one spanning kingdoms, class lines, and the
curious nature of her own heart. Elle Katharine White infuses
elements of Austen's beloved novel with her own brand of magic,
crafting a modern epic fantasy that conjures a familiar yet
wondrously unique new world.
Monsters, manners, and magic combine in this exciting final volume
in the Heartstone Trilogy-an exhilarating blend of epic fantasy and
Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice-in which a fearless healer and
her dragon-riding husband must stop a reawakened evil from
destroying their world. "The summons comes for the House of Edan
Daired. Debts must be paid." Tristan Wydrick, sworn enemy of House
Daired, is back from the dead. Possessed by a ghast and sharing its
shadowy unlife, he commands not only the soul-sucked ghastradi, but
also the monstrous Tekari forces bent on Arle's destruction. As
their enemies begin amassing, desperate Arleans look to their
greatest defenders. But Aliza and Alastair Daired, along with their
dragon Akarra, are far from home, trapped in the icy northern
wastes by Wydrick's treachery. Fighting their way through
blizzards, haunted forests, and their own growing fears, the
Daireds find a new battle awaiting them in the capital, for the
Tekari and ghastradi are not the only forces converging on the
heart of the kingdom. Another moves toward Arle, riding the winds
from the south: an ambassador from the Silent King of Els. Unknown
enemy? Or unexpected ally? Plunged into the dangerous world of
royal intrigue and ancient grudges, Aliza and Alastair soon realize
it will take more than steel and dragonfire to save their kingdom,
for the silence of Els hides a secret that could shake House Daired
to its foundations. And silence, it seems, is about to be broken.
"White's 2017 debut, Heartstone, fused epic fantasy with the
manners of Jane Austen so perfectly, she basically created a whole
new sub-genre. The sequel picks up the charm offensive where the
first book left off." - B&N Sci-fi & Fantasy Blog The
author of Heartstone once again infuses elements of Jane Austen's
beloved novel with her own brand of magic in this addictive fantasy
that brings back sparring lovers Aliza and Alastair: fierce
warriors who match wits, charm, and swords as they fight an epic
war to save their world. The Battle of North Fields is over-or so
Aliza Bentaine, now a Daired, fervently wants to believe. But
rumors are spreading of an unseen monster ravaging the isolated
Castle Selwyn on the northern border of the kingdom. When she and
Alastair are summoned from their honeymoon by the mysterious Lord
Selwyn, they must travel with their dragon Akarra through the
Tekari-infested Old Wilds of Arle to answer his call. And they are
not alone on this treacherous journey. Shadowing the dragonriders
is an ancient evil, a harbinger of a dark danger of which the Worm
was only a foretaste. And soon Aliza realizes the terrible truth:
the real war is only beginning.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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