![]() ![]() Currently, he holds the record for most Grand Slam titles among men. Though he has struggled with injuries in the middle of his career, Nadal has still managed to maximize his on-court performance giving his heart and soul into every point. His Uncle Toni served as his longtime coach, and Nadal later added fellow Spaniard and Grand Slam champion Carlos Moya to his support team. He first won the French Open in 2005, and has won all three other majors at least once. Known for his heavy topspin and complete domination of clay courts, Rafael Nadal Parera or Rafa is one of tennis’ most successful and beloved champions. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Permanent installations include murals at Charlotte Public Library, Charlotte, NC, Children's Museum of Indianapolis, and National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, OH. Joseph, MI and Muscatine Art Center, Muscatine, IA. Exhibitions: Works have been shown in many galleries, including Kimberly Gallery, New York, NY Artist's Proof, New England Society of Illustrators, New York, NY Chowan College, NC Elizabeth Stone Gallery, Birmingham, MI African-American Museum of Fine Art, CA Sterling Creations, NJ Essex Community College, NJ Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI Greenwich Academy, Greenwich, CT National Civil Rights Nuseum, Memphis, TN Eric Carle Museum of Picture-Book Art, Amherst, MA Krasl Art Center, St. Speaker at schools, conferences, and workshops. ![]() Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, professor, 2000-03 Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, professor, 2006. (illustration) studied at Art Students League. Born September 25, 1961, in Rich Square, NC married Lesa Cline (a teacher and writer), Septemchildren: Jaime, Maya, Malcolm, Leila. ![]() ![]() Along the way, Anse and the five children encounter various difficulties. The family's trek by wagon begins, with Addie's non-embalmed body in the coffin. ![]() The night after Addie dies a heavy rainstorm sets in rivers rise and wash out bridges that the family will need to cross to get to Jefferson. Anse, Addie's husband, waits on the porch, while their daughter, Dewey Dell, fans her mother in the July heat. She expects to die soon and sits at a window watching as her firstborn child, Cash, builds her coffin. ![]() In the novel's first chapters, Addie is alive but in ill health. It is the story of the death of Addie Bundren and her poor, rural family's quest and motivations-noble or selfish-to honor her wish to be buried in her hometown of Jefferson, Mississippi. The book is narrated by 15 different characters over 59 chapters. The novel uses a stream-of-consciousness writing technique, multiple narrators, and varying chapter lengths. The title is derived from William Marris's 1925 translation of Homer's Odyssey, referencing the similar themes of both works. ![]() ![]() Faulkner's fifth novel, it is consistently ranked among the best novels of 20th-century literature. As I Lay Dying is a 1930 Southern Gothic novel by American author William Faulkner. ![]() ![]() Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! 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Vanitha Sankaran, PhD, is a medical writer, a journalist, and a novelist. She lives on a farm in Virginia with her family and a spoiled rotten German Shepherd. ![]() In addition to history and books, Jenny loves traveling, comfort food, music, and craft beer. She also co-founded the Historical Novel Society Romance Chapter. Jenny has been volunteering at HNS conferences since 2015 and served as chair for the 2021 HNS Virtual Conference. She has also been an ardent supporter of historical fiction through her book blog, Let Them Read Books. As the founder of Historical Editorial and Historical Fiction Book Covers, she has helped hundreds of authors achieve their publishing goals and now manages a team of dedicated editors. ![]() Jenny Quinlan, aka Jenny Q, is an independent editor and cover designer specializing in historical fiction and romance. ![]() ![]() Henry Prize Stories, the Financial Times, and Zoetrope. 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Actress Persephone Jones’s finest performance takes place offstage, where she hides her true identity as the missing Lady Temperance Hartwood, daughter to a marquis. The Regency theater world takes center stage in the delightful finale to Enoch’s Wild Wicked Highlanders series (after Scot Under the Covers). ![]() ![]() ![]() But although she is willing to be his partner in a daring business venture, she is unwilling to take the passion he offers. With her outspoken ways and flashing eyes, Jessye Kane is more than tempting. Then he arrives in Texas, never expecting that a sassy saloon keeper’s daughter would capture his eye. ‘Harrison Bainbridge, the second son of an English earl, left his home seeking a scandal free life away from society’s stuffy restraints. On love.’I would not make a good husband. And Jessye vows to do anything to make him whole again forcing this rugged scoundrel who claims he has no heart to take the greatest risk of all… Then he’s suddenly injured, risking his life to save her from mortal danger. ![]() Jessye knows that noble born Harrison isn’t for the likes of her, but beneath his devil may care exterior, she senses a deeper vulnerability. ![]() ![]() ![]() Those drawings further contribute to the satirical way this book is written in. Second, A Tramp Abroad contains various drawings made by the author himself to support his stories with some sort of 'proof'. ![]() Twain manages to tell his stories in a lighthearted fashion that actually makes you laugh out loud at times. First, there is Twain's gift for humorous depictions of people and places. Just imagine an American traveling through Europe at the end of the 19th century.To my mind there are certain things that make this book an interesting, if unconventional, read. I decided to leave it for the interested readers to explore. You'd either have to tell it all or just leave it. ![]() With a book as this you cannot really tell what exactly it is about apart from saying what I just said. 'Tramping' here includes the ascent of Mont Blanc by telescope. It is one of the author's travelogues in which he shares his observations while 'tramping' through Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy. A Tramp Abroad gives an account of one of Mark Twain's journeys through Europe. ![]() |