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The Silent Bells
''Ashtown Burials'' is a young adult fantasy series by N. D. Wilson. It consists of three published novels: ''The Dragon's Tooth'' (2011), ''The Drowned Vault'' (2012), and ''Empire of Bones'' (2013), as well as a fourth book, ''The Silent Bells'', which as of 2021 is being published in serial format. The series follow Cyrus Smith, who – along with his sister Antigone – is a member of the Order of Brendan the Navigator, Brendan, a secret organization that is under threat from ''transmortals'', characters from history who have become immortal. Marilyn E. Burton notes that in this series, "character of myth and legend from every culture and era populate our world." This makes us "reconsider the boundary lines between story and history, fact and fable." Jeremy Larson calls the series a "mythological and historical bricolage". Transmortals Transmortals are a group of beings appearing in the series. A transmortal is simply an ordinary mortal who somehow becomes immortal. Thus they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Young Adult Novels
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novels By N
A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and Publication, published as a book. The word derives from the for 'new', 'news', or 'short story (of something new)', itself from the , a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning 'new'. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek novel, Ancient Greek and Roman novel, Medieval Chivalric romance, and the tradition of the Italian Renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, in the historical romances of Walter Scott and the Gothic novel. Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, and John Cowper Powys, preferred the term Romance (literary fiction) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serial (literature)
In literature, a serial is a printing or publishing format by which a single larger Creative work, work, often a work of Narrative, narrative fiction, is published in smaller, sequential instalments. The instalments are also known as ''numbers'', ''parts'', ''fascicules'' or ''fascicles'', and may be released either as separate publications or within sequential issues of a periodical publication, such as a magazine or newspaper. Serialisation can also begin with a single short story that is subsequently turned into a series. Historically, such series have been published in periodicals. Popular short-story series are often published together in book form as collections. Early history The growth of moveable type in the 17th century prompted episodic and often disconnected narratives such as ''L'Astrée'' and ''Artamène, Le Grand Cyrus''. At that time, books remained a premium item, so to reduce the price and expand the market, publishers produced large works in lower-cost Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canon Press
Canon Press is a Christian publishing house in Moscow, Idaho. It was founded by Douglas Wilson (theologian), Doug Wilson in 1988 as a literature ministry of his Christ Church (Moscow, Idaho), Christ Church. It has published more than 100 books by Wilson and his family members. Canon Press was sold in 2012 and continues to operate as a private company owned by Aaron Rench and N. D. Wilson. Two books published by Canon Press were found to contain significant portions of uncited work by other authors and were subsequently retracted and remaindered: ''Southern Slavery As It Was'' (1996), co-authored by Doug Wilson and J. Steven Wilkins, Steve Wilkins and ''A Justice Primer'' (2015), co-authored by Doug Wilson and Randy Booth. In 2021, the company said that its opposition to identity politics and COVID-19 pandemic restrictions allowed its workforce to be "free to work", and that it had tripled in size since 2019. As a marketing initiative, Canon Press put up billboards across the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transmortals
''Ashtown Burials'' is a young adult fantasy series by N. D. Wilson. It consists of three published novels: ''The Dragon's Tooth'' (2011), '' The Drowned Vault'' (2012), and '' Empire of Bones'' (2013), as well as a fourth book, '' The Silent Bells'', which as of 2021 is being published in serial format. The series follow Cyrus Smith, who – along with his sister Antigone – is a member of the Order of Brendan, a secret organization that is under threat from ''transmortals'', characters from history who have become immortal. Marilyn E. Burton notes that in this series, "character of myth and legend from every culture and era populate our world." This makes us "reconsider the boundary lines between story and history, fact and fable." Jeremy Larson calls the series a "mythological and historical bricolage". Transmortals Transmortals are a group of beings appearing in the series. A transmortal is simply an ordinary mortal who somehow becomes immortal. Thus they have transformed f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novel
A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book. The word derives from the for 'new', 'news', or 'short story (of something new)', itself from the , a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning 'new'. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, Medieval Chivalric romance, and the tradition of the Italian Renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, in the historical romances of Walter Scott and the Gothic novel. Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, and John Cowper Powys, preferred the term ''romance''. Such romances should not be con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures. The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, which later became fantasy literature, fantasy literature and drama. From the twentieth century onward, it has expanded into various media, including film, television, graphic novels, manga, animation, and video games. The expression ''fantastic literature'' is often used for this genre by Anglophone literary critics. An archaic spelling for the term is ''phantasy''. Fantasy is generally distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror fiction, horror by an absence of scientific or macabre themes, although these can occur in fantasy. In popular culture, the fantasy genre predominantly features settings that reflect the actual Earth, but with some sense of otherness. Characteristics Many works of fantasy use magic (paranorma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirkus Reviews
''Kirkus Reviews'' is an American book review magazine founded in 1933 by Virginia Kirkus. The magazine's publisher, Kirkus Media, is headquartered in New York City. ''Kirkus Reviews'' confers the annual Kirkus Prize to authors of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers' literature. ''Kirkus Reviews'', published on the first and 15th of each month, previews books before their publication. ''Kirkus'' reviews over 10,000 titles per year. History Virginia Kirkus was hired by Harper & Brothers to establish a children's book department in 1926. In 1932, the department was eliminated as an economic measure. However, within a year, Louise Raymond, the secretary Kirkus hired, had the department running again. Kirkus, however, had left and soon established her own book review service. Initially, she arranged to get galley proofs of "20 or so" books in advance of their publication; almost 80 years later, the service was receiving hundreds of books weekly and reviewing about 100. Ini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Publishers Weekly
''Publishers Weekly'' (''PW'') is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers, and literary agents. Published continuously since 1872, it has carried the tagline, "The International News Magazine of Book Publishing and Bookselling." With 51 issues a year, the emphasis today is on book reviews. History Nineteenth century The magazine was founded by bibliographer Frederick Leypoldt in the late 1860s and had various titles until Leypoldt settled on the name ''The Publishers' Weekly'' (with an apostrophe) in 1872. The publication was a compilation of information about newly published books, collected from publishers and from other sources by Leypoldt, for an audience of booksellers. By 1876, ''The Publishers' Weekly'' was being read by nine tenths of the booksellers in the country. In 1878, Leypoldt sold ''The Publishers' Weekly'' to his friend Richard Rogers Bowker, in order to free up time for his other bibliographic endeavors. Augu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transmortals
''Ashtown Burials'' is a young adult fantasy series by N. D. Wilson. It consists of three published novels: ''The Dragon's Tooth'' (2011), '' The Drowned Vault'' (2012), and '' Empire of Bones'' (2013), as well as a fourth book, '' The Silent Bells'', which as of 2021 is being published in serial format. The series follow Cyrus Smith, who – along with his sister Antigone – is a member of the Order of Brendan, a secret organization that is under threat from ''transmortals'', characters from history who have become immortal. Marilyn E. Burton notes that in this series, "character of myth and legend from every culture and era populate our world." This makes us "reconsider the boundary lines between story and history, fact and fable." Jeremy Larson calls the series a "mythological and historical bricolage". Transmortals Transmortals are a group of beings appearing in the series. A transmortal is simply an ordinary mortal who somehow becomes immortal. Thus they have transformed f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
