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  Lammas - 1588: A Calendar of...

  Shirley McKay

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  A serving girl vanishes in this mystery story set in sixteenth-century Scotland . . . Elspet, a serving girl at the harbor inn, has been told for years by the inn’s owner, Walter Bone, that she is ugly and that no man will ever want her. Then, after years of being shut away from the world, she unexpectedly catches the attention of a young laborer and realizes she has been lied to all these years. She meets her lover in secret at the Lammas day fair, but her dalliances do not go unnoticed . . . Now Hew Cullan finds himself retained by a man with a mind for murder. Walter Bone makes clear his intent to kill Elspet’s lover, and seeks Hew’s help to ensure his will is upheld when he is inevitably hanged for the act. But his jealousy has unexpected consequences. When Elspet disappears without a trace, several innocent fair-goers and patrons are dragged into a web of suspicion, rumor, and accusation. It falls to Hew to unravel the twisted threads and figure out the truth of the matter. “McKay is to be congratulated for the continued quality and inventiveness of her tales.” —The National

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  Claire of the Sea Light

  Edwige Danticat

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  MacArthur Fellowship recipient Edwidge Danticat has received a host of honors, including a National Book Critics Circle Award for Brother, I'm Dying. An undeniably affecting tale of love and heartbreak, Claire of the Sea Light takes place in a seaside town in Haiti. There, widower Nozias finally makes the gut-wrenching decision to give up his daughter Claire so she can have a better life. But when the girl goes missing, the resulting search unearths long-hidden secrets that cast a startling new light on those in town.

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  The Track of a Lie

  J. R. Kipling

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  Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English poet, novelist and short-story writer and, as often regarded, a major innovator in the art of the short story. He became famous because of his poems of British soldiers in India and stories for children. Kipling’s most distinguished works include The Jungle Book, Kim, and short stories like “The Man Who Would Be King”. His books for children became classics of children’s literature.  The story goes about the author and a friend of him named Blawkins. They were discussing an interesting little piece of misinformation which the former had printed in his newspaper. It turned out that it was an arresting quotation that was repeated by newspapers around the world and returned to the author after more than a year. What consequences will he face?  Find the answer by reading this exciting story.A SmartTouch Media production.

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  Lets Roll Out A Circle

  Shobha Viswanath

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  "Rosa, Gulla, their cousins, and uncles are going to make rotis with Amma. But can any of them get
  the correct shape? See if you can identify the shapes of their rotis. The Rosa Gulla series introduces
  early-learning concepts to children. With cheerful illustrations and relatable characters, this book
  introduces children to shapes."

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  Mary E Mann - A Short Story...

  Mary E. Mann

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  Mary Rackham was born in Norwich on 14th August 1848 to a merchant family.  Little is known of her early life and her biography only re-appears in September 1871 with marriage to Fairman Joseph Mann, a farmer with 800 acres.   
   
  Mary moved to Shropham, Norfolk and became involved with the workhouse, visiting the sick and other unfortunates of the parish, her observations and experiences a valuable source for her later stories.  
   
  She took up writing, partly to offset the dreary village life of her surroundings, in the 1880s and published her first novel, ‘The Parish of Hilby’ (1883) at her own expense. It was well received by the critics.  
   
  Thus began a career that spanning three decades provided thirty-three novels, hundreds of short stories, and fourteen plays.? Her work was largely focused on rural life in Norfolk and centered on the fictional town of Dulditch, with grim but authentic accounts of poverty and deprivation.  
   
  Her marriage produced one boy and three girls. With her husband's death in 1913, she moved to Sheringham.  
   
  She is regarded as a major contributor to East Anglian literature with particular praise given to her short stories. 
   
  Mary E Mann died on 19th May 1929.  She was 80.  Her grave-marker is a carved open book with the epitaph ‘We bring our years to an end, as if it were a tale that is told’. 
   
  1 - The Short Stories of Mary E Mann - An Introduction 
  2 - Wolf Charlie by Mary E Mann 
  3 - Ben Pitcher's Elly by Mary E Mann 
  4 - Some of the Shipwrecked by Mary E Mann 
  5 - Rats by Mary E Mann 
  6 - Clomayne's Clerk by Mary E Mann 
  7 - The Country Doctor by Mary E Mann 
  8 - Little Brother by Mary E Mann

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  Wine of Wizardry

  George Sterling

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  A dark and moody collection of poems, influenced by the author's experience of nature, rather than an idealized notion of it. "The uncrowned King of Bohemia," as his friends called him, published this work against much public criticism. Summary by Assaf Koss.Cast List for The Triumph of BohemiaNarrator: MaryAnnSpirit of Bohemia: Kristin GjerløwMammon: David LawrenceSpirit of Time: Ian KingSpirit of the North-Wind: Larry WilsonSpirit of the East-Wind, Second Tree Spirit: April WaltersSpirit of the West-Wind: Mary KaySpirit of Fire: Shakira SearleFirst Woodman: Beth ThomasSecond Woodman, Spirit of the South-Wind: James KossFirst Tree Spirit: ToddHWThird Tree Spirit: Lydia

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