![]() According to this version, after his first choice was rejected the official wrote to federal authorities that if his original request could not be used, he preferred for the post office to be nameless. In the 1982 book Blue Highways: A Journey Into America, William Least Heat-Moon reported a variant explanation in which the residents themselves decided that the community should be "nameless" after one of them said "This here’s a nameless place if I ever seen one, so leave it be." Another variation of the story was provided in a 1933 article in the Jackson County Sentinel newspaper, which said that a local official had initially sought to name the post office "Morgan" for county attorney general George Morgan, but the Post Office Department had rejected that name, possibly because the name "Morgan" was still associated in people's minds with the Confederacy, including Confederate Army General John Hunt Morgan. ![]() Post Office Department returned the application with "Nameless" stamped on the form. One version of the name's origin holds that when residents applied for a post office, the place for a name on the application was left blank, and the U.S. ![]() The community's unusual name has attracted attention from writers. Nameless is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Tennessee, United States. ![]()
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![]() Lacking the understanding that the hurt they feel will end soon (assuming it will), they know only that their world has suddenly become a world of pain, permanently for all they know. Lacking, for example, the word “betrayal,” they nevertheless often feel betrayed, and their inability to say so makes them cry all the harder. ![]() Lacking the ability to put matters in perspective, they understand only the hurt they feel, which, while it lasts, defines their existence, and against which they are defenseless. But of course, they are children, they don’t understand, and that is the whole point. Usually, perhaps in part to protect ourselves, we dismiss the crying of children as unimportant because the things they cry about are trivial, as they would understand if only they weren’t children. I find it harder, as I get older, to hear children cry. ![]() I BEGIN THIS ESSAY on Toni Morrison’s 11 novels with a personal confession, if that’s the right word. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As the chilling mysteries of Cliffside Manor unravel and the eerie sins of the past are exposed, Eleanor must fight to save the fellows-and herself-from sinister forces. Her second and third novels, The Fate of Mercy Alban and The Vanishing, established her as a leading suspense. After the arrival of the new fellows-including the intriguing, handsome photographer Richard Banks-she begins to suspect that her predecessor chose the group with a dangerous purpose in mind. Publication Order of Standalone Novels The Tale of Halcyon Crane, (2010) The Fate of Mercy Alban, (2013) The Vanishing, (2014) The End of Temperance Dare, (. When Eleanor Harper becomes the director of a renowned artists' retreat, she knows nothing of Cliffside Manor's dark past as a tuberculosis sanatorium, a "waiting room for death." After years of covering murder and violence as a crime reporter, Eleanor hopes that being around artists and writers in this new job will be a peaceful retreat for her as much as for them.īut from her first fog-filled moments on the manor's grounds, Eleanor is seized by a sense of impending doom and realizes there's more to the institution than its reputation of being a haven for creativity. Haunting and atmospheric, The End of Temperance Dare is another thrilling page-turner from the author reviewers are calling the Queen of the Northern Gothic. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As they continue to meet each year, Fallon learns that she is connected to Ben in a way that makes her question everything she believed about him and everything he taught her. Ben challenges Fallon to date and audition for roles in plays, even though she is self-conscious about the severe scarring on the left side of her body as a result of a house fire. November 9 is the day they first met and the anniversary of tragedies in both their lives. She and Ben agree to meet every year on November 9 and spend the day together. In the romance/psychological thriller November 9 by Colleen Hoover, O’Neil believes she could fall in love with Benton “Ben” James Kessler, but she has decided to follow her mother’s advice not to date seriously until she is 23. ![]() The following version of the novel was used to create this study guide: Hoover, Colleen. ![]() ![]() Sophie also gets swept up in a love triangle involving Archer, the school's resident bad boy, and Cal, her betrothed. An awkward, sarcastic girl, she becomes best friends with her vampire roommate, Jenna Talbot, who is an outcast like her. The trilogy follows the exploits of Sophie Mercer, a young witch, who is sent to Hecate Hall ("Hex Hall"), a boarding school for Prodigium juvenile delinquents. ![]() While there, she gets caught up in the ongoing war between the Prodigium and the human organizations who seek to eradicate them from the world. ![]() The trilogy is centered on Sophie Mercer, a sixteen-year-old witch who is sent to Hecate Hall (nicknamed "Hex Hall"), a boarding school for magical beings, after a string of disastrous spells gone wrong. ![]() Hex Hall is a best-selling trilogy of young adult paranormal romance novels by American author Rachel Hawkins. ![]() ![]() The duo will have three children together. However, it’s one that’s not approved of by the Bridgerton brothers, as it takes place in an unchaperoned manner, and it is demanded that the pair marry to protect Eloise’s honor. Eventually, he proposes marriage, to which Eloise suggests an in-person meeting - a seemingly reasonable request. ![]() As they spend more time together, Phillip shares the traumas of his childhood and his marriage to Marina with Eloise. Nonetheless, she takes it in her stride and cares for him and the children. Eloise, who is Marina's true cousin in the series, sends her condolences, and Sir Phillip responds in kind. Eloise Bridgerton couldnt marry a man she had never met But before she knew it, she was in a hired carriage in the middle of the night, on her way to meet. Eloise decides to surprise Phillip at his home, where she is shocked to discover he has children. The printer’s assistant with a passion for feminism seems like an ideal mate for Eloise, but it’s actually Sir Phillip Crane - the elder brother of Marina Thompson’s true love, Sir George - who wins her heart in the books.Īs the story of To Sir Phillip, With Love goes, Eloise and Sir Phillip become pen pals after Marina passes away. Not only does she not end up alone, but she also winds up with a totally different character than the one we see her developing feelings for in season two, Theo Sharpe. ![]() ![]() While early fans of the series might have expected Eloise to become a (gasp!) husband-less spinster, content with her books as her companion, the sassy middle child of the family’s storyline is surprising in several ways. A New York Times Bestseller From 1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the story of Eloise Bridgerton, in the fifth of her beloved Regency-set novels featuring the charming. ![]() ![]() ![]() This policy of objectivity and impartiality survived for a very long time. One of the things stressed in that course was that ABC staff do not express personal opinions on the air. When I joined the ABC (admittedly many years ago) we were put through an induction course. ![]() The ABC knew what they were doing when they invited Stan Grant to join their commentary team for the coronation of King Charles, writes Kel Richards. They were sticking their hand on the end of their nose and wriggling their fingers at the rest of us in utter contempt. And we will push it whenever we want to.” The message the ABC was sending was: “We have our own agenda. ![]() That’s what they were saying in their defiant, arrogant coverage of the coronation. The ABC is now beyond the reach of Australia’s democratic political institutions. They are given an annual budget of about one billion dollars (taxpayers’ money) - and if any politician tried to cut it back the ABC knows they have the media clout to orchestrate such a howl of protest the cuts would be dropped. The message the ABC was (deliberately and intentionally) sending in their coronation coverage was: “You can’t stop us. They gave the middle finger to you and me and all the people of Australia. They knew what they were doing - there is no way they could have failed to know - and they did it anyway. ![]() The ABC's panel during King Charles III's coronation featured co-chair of the Australian Republic Movement Craig Foster, Liberal MP Julian Lesser, presenters Jeremy Fernandez and Julia Baird and Q+A host Stan Grant. ![]() ![]() ![]() Five years after the success of A Gentleman in Moscow, Towles made his long-awaited comeback with his third novel, The Lincoln Highway, which hit the stands in late 2021. The detour that Towles took in his life was depicted in his latest novel. ![]() His second novel, A Gentleman in Moscow (2016), was equally successful, further consolidating his status as a rising literary star. It was a commercial and critical success, establishing Towles as a writer to watch out for. In 2011, he finally published his first novel, The Rules of Civility. Inspiration was hard to come by but eventually came. It was after a decade of working in the corporate world that he realized that the desire to write still burns within him. However, his dream of becoming a writer took the backseat as he had to earn a stable salary in order to support himself and his family. He credited novelist Peter Matthiessen, a naturalist and one of the founders of the popular magazine The Paris Review, as his inspiration for his writings. A series of his short stories were even published in The Paris Review in 1989. While he was studying, he used his breaks to write. ![]() This can be gleaned from the story of American writer Amor Towles. The journey towards our destination is not always straightforward. ![]() ![]() ![]() Other than that, they take place in the same order they were released. 19 on Amazon Prime Video, bringing new audiences and longtime fans alike to an. New Spring, the 11th book in the series, is a prequel set 20 years before the events of The Eye of the World. The Wheel of Time, a fantasy TV show based on the novel series of the same name by Robert Jordan, premiered Nov. Want to join them? These are all the books in the Wheel of Time series in the order they were released: ![]() What’s more, we have a fresh batch of new photos, seen above and down below. ![]() Book readers know pretty much everything that’s gonna happen. Based on the Robert Jordan fantasy series, Wheel of Time follows a Prime Video’s The Wheel of Time, which unspooled Season 1 back in November/December 2021, has at long last set a release date for Season 2: Friday, Sept. ![]() And not to shade Game of Thrones or anything, but this series is actually finished! If The Wheel of Time gets renewed for more seasons, they aren’t in danger of the show catching up to the books ending. If you’re intrigued by the show and you’ve been itching for a new fantasy series to read, I’ve got great news for you. ![]() ![]() ![]() Archaeologists who think they can recover the world of Boudicca, the queen of the Iceni who rebelled against Roman occupation, grossly overstate their insights: “despite their scientific advantages, they have not done much better…than their antiquarian, or pre-antiquarian, predecessors”. Several essays demolish previous scholarship: Sir Arthur Evans and his team of architects, Beard observes, built up the Minoan ruins in Crete, with plenty of “embarrassing mistakes”, and fed “to the early-twentieth century exactly the image of primitive culture that it wanted”. ![]() ![]() The collection offers short, thought-provoking pieces on a wide range of subjects, with an emphasis on ancient Rome (Greece is less well represented). Reviews have been an important part of Mary Beard’s career, both as a classical scholar and a public figure, and it is fitting that they are collected here as a testament to this aspect of her work. Confronting the Classics brings together 31 reviews and essays originally published as stand-alone pieces in The Times Literary Supplement, the London Review of Books and The New York Review of Books, dating back to 1990. ![]() |