Books with author Elizabeth Haydon

Charles Magnus Ven Polypheme—known as Ven—is the youngest son of a long line of famous shipwrights. He dreams not of building ships, but of sailing them to far-off lands where magic thrives. Ven gets his chance when he is chosen to direct the Inspection of his family’s latest ship—and sets sail on the journey of a lifetime.Attacked by fire pirates, lost at sea and near death, Ven is rescued by a passing ship on its way to the Island of Serendair. Thankful to be alive, little does Ven know that the pirate attack—and his subsequent rescue—may not have been an accident. Shadowy figures are hunting for the famed Floating Island, the only source of the mystical Water of Life. They think Ven can lead them to this treasure and will stop at nothing to get it—even murder….

She is a painter. He is a poet. Their art bridges time. It is 1978. Merle is in her first year at the Corcoran School of Art, catapulted from her impoverished Appalachian upbringing into a sophisticated, dissipated art scene. It is also 1870. The teenage poet Arthur Rimbaud is on the verge of breaking through to the images and voice that will make his name. The meshed power of words and art thins the boundaries between the present and the past - and allows these two troubled, brilliant artists to enter each other's worlds. Radiant Days is a peerless follow- up to Elizabeth Hand's unforgettable, multiply starred Illyria.

Excerpt from An Account of the Captivity of Elizabeth Hanson, Now or Late of Kachecky, in New-England: Who, With Four of Her Children and Servant-Maid, Was Taken Captive by the Indians, and Carried Into CanadaOur lodging was {till on the cold ground, in a poor little Wigwam, which is a kind of fmall ihelter, made with rinds of trees and matts for its covering, after the manner of a tent. _thefe are fo eafily fet up and taken down, that they often remove them from place to place: Our ihoes, fiockings, and other clothes being worn out in this long journey through bufhes and fwamps, and the feafon coming on very {harp and cold, we were poorly defended from the injuries of the weather; which now grew fo fevere, that one of my own feet, one of my babe's, and both my little boy's, were frozen with the cold. But although this brought no fmall exercife upon me, yet through mercy we all did well.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This book is addressed to all women who have ever felt that if, without a vacation of some sort, they must wash that dish, iron that shirt, cook that meal, see that child, kiss that husband again, they would go mad. It is also addressed to all the women who fear they will go mad if ever they have to wash the dishes, iron their husbands shirts, do all the cooking, and take full care of their children every day.This book is for those women. And for all the men who are thinking about marrying, or are married to such women.Maybe the book is even a little more for those men than for the women. Because a great many men have never thought about these homely matters - and if they don't start thinking soon, they may very well be overtaken by a major revolt on the part of their wives and prospective wives. A lot of men already have found their homes being run a little unsatisfactorily. They have found their wives a trifle glum and their children a bit quarrelsome.

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[Read by Jennifer Woodward, John Telfer, Dan Morgan, Emma Fenney, Simon Victor, Kris Dyer, Charlotte Strevens, David Thorpe] In the aftermath of the mysterious death of their lead singer, the young members of a now-legendary British acid folk band hole up at Wylding Hall, an ancient English country house with its own dark secrets. There they record Wylding Hall, the album that makes their reputation-- but at a terrifying cost, when Julian Blake, their new lead singer, disappears within the mansion and is never seen again. Now, years later, each of the surviving musicians, their friends and lovers, meets with a young documentary filmmaker to tell their own version of what happened during that summer. But whose story is the true one? And what really happened to Julian Blake?

Madeleine and Rogan are first cousins, best friends, twinned souls, each other’s first love. Even within their large, disorderly family—all descendants of a famous actress—their intensity and passion for theater sets them apart. It makes them a little dangerous. When they are cast in their school’s production of Twelfth Night, they are forced to face their separate talents and futures, and their future together. This masterful short novel, winner of the World Fantasy Award, is magic on paper.

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