Bøger af Mary Flannery

With 366 days of inspiring prompts, exercises and tips on self-care, this journal can help you focus on your journey to become the best you.

A new critical biography of medieval England's most famous poet. For over six centuries, Chaucer has epitomized poetic greatness, though more recent treatments of The Canterbury Tales' lively and often risqué style have made his name more synonymous with bawdy humor. But beyond his poetic achievements, Chaucer assumed various roles including those of royal attendant, soldier, customs official, justice of the peace, and more. In this book, Mary Flannery chronicles Chaucer's life during one of the most turbulent periods of English history, illuminating how he came to be known not only as the father of English poetry but also as England's "merry bard."

A JANE AUSTEN novella. 5 STAR AMAZON REVIEW Jane Austen has come a long journey from 1816 to 2016. A guest of NY-based Time Travel Tours, she visits Limerick, Ireland, the home of her onetime love Tom Lefroy. She wonders how her work has endured through the centuries, and judging by the lukewarm - or biting - reviews of some of her 19th Century Author companions, she is not hopeful. However, she has plenty to distract her as the young tour guide, New Yorker Gina, confides her romantic troubles. Can Jane and the other lady authors, all of whom wrote about the heart, help Gina? Whenever Jane and her sister Cassandra were apart, they wrote to each other. Using her 'pen that inks itself', Jane writes her impressions of 2016, of Gina's predicament, and what she has uncovered about the Lefroys that the Austens of Hampshire never knew. And there is Limerick, old and new, to be explored - much of which would have been familiar to Lefroy, which must allow her to wonder about what might have been...

When Frances Whittier's tea planter husband died, she lost all, for he left her in desperate circumstances. She returned to England from India in 1956 with a broken heart, no money and only memories of seven years filled with colour, warmth and plenty. Even if she had become unhappy with the enigmatic Alec whom she had married at the age of eighteen, she had loved India and felt the loss of her adopted country and her home very keenly. Having spent a great deal of her time alone while Alec was away, she'd had her strong Faith and her music to console her, especially a melody her grandmother used to play, the name of which she didn't know, until a new tea planter arrived in Sundarpur. Hugh Anderson was also a pianist whose talent was in demand in the small community of ex-patriates. As Alec's life had escalated into realms of grave risk, Hugh helped Frances to find her way, but having lost India, she lost Hugh also. Will she ever find him, or happiness, again?

It's easy to get wrapped up or lost while trying to achieve a goal, no matter what it is--always thinking about the finish line without appreciating the journey there. The steps you take along the way may be challenging, but if you take pride in each step you take, then the progress itself becomes as good as, if not better than, the goal. This timely 366-day journal includes simple prompts to help you learn to take it day by day; set realistic goals; identify constructive actions; and reframe past mistakes as progress. At the end of each week, take stock by tracking your thoughts. Inspirational quotes are interspersed throughout a cool two-color design.

Find your "unicorn magic" with this fun self-help guide - and make your world more wonderful!