"The Sunday Times" bestseller "The Postmistress" by Sarah Blake is a heart-rending and profoundly moving story of love and loss in World War II. It is 1940, and bombs fall nightly on London. In the thick of the chaos is young American radio reporter Frankie Bard. She huddles close to terrified stran[...]
Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1794) is William Blake's best-known work, containing such familiar poems as 'London', 'Sick Rose' and 'The Tyger'. Evolving over the author's lifetime, the collection was printed by Blake himself on his own press. This Reader's Guide: * explains the unique dev[...]
It is 1940, and bombs fall nightly on London. In the thick of the chaos is young American radio reporter Frankie Bard. She huddles close to terrified strangers in underground shelters, and later broadcasts stories about survivors in rubble-strewn streets. But for her listeners, the war is far from h[...]
Pliny's "Natural History" (A.D. 77-79) served as an indispensable guide to and exemplar of the ideals of art for Renaissance artists, patrons, and theorists. Bearing the imprimatur of antiquity, the "Natural History" gave permission to do art on a grand scale, to value it, and to see it as an incomp[...]
By the author of the "New York Times" bestseller "The Postmistress"
Maisie Thomas spends every summer at Grange House, a hotel on the coast of Maine ruled by the elegant Miss Grange. In 1896, when Maisie turns 17, her visit marks a turning point. On the morning after her arrival, local fishermen[...]
It is 1940. While war rages in Europe President Roosevelt promises he won't send American boys to fight. In the small Cape Cod town of Franklin postmistress Iris James firmly believes that her job is to deliver and keep people's secrets. Meanwhile seemingly fearless American radio gal Frankie Bard i[...]
1940: Iris James er postbudet i Franklin, Massachusetts. Iris vet mer om innbyggerne i småbyen enn hun noen gang vil innrømme. En dag gjør hun noe utenkelig: hun legger et brev i lommen, leser det og sender det aldri videre. På den andre siden av Atlanteren er Frankie Bard radioreporter. I henne[...]
Franklin, Massachusetts, 1940. Postbudet Iris James legger et brev i lommen, leser det, og lar være å sende det videre. Samtidig, på den andre siden av Atlanteren, jobber Frankie Bard som radioreporter. De fleste av Franklins innbyggere tror ikke krigen vil berøre dem, men de to kvinnene vet bed[...]
Året är 1940. Europa slits i stycken av kriget, i USA lovar presidenten att inga amerikanska pojkar ska sändas till striderna.
Iris James, postmästare i den lilla staden Franklin på Cape Cod, levererar nyheter om kärlek och sorg, glädje och förluster till ortsbefolkningen. Hon kä[...]
Året är 1940. Europa slits i stycken av kriget, i USA lovar presidenten att inga amerikanska pojkar ska sändas till striderna. Iris James, postmästare i den lilla staden Franklin på Cape Cod, levererar nyheter om kärlek och sorg, glädje och förluster till ortsbefolkningen. Hon känner till [...]
Vuonna 1940 Iris James työskentelee postineitinä kotikaupungissaan Franklinissa Yhdysvalloissa. Hänen tehtävänään on välittää ihmisille tietoa - ja salaisuuksia.Samaan aikaan Frankie Bard lähtee kirjeenvaihtajaksi keskelle Lontoon pommituksia. Euroopan sota tulee lähelle amerikkalaisten [...]