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Gifts (2004) is a young adult fantasy novel by Ursula K. Le Guin.It is the first book in the Annals of the Western Shore trilogy, and is followed in the series by Voices.The story is set in a fictional world, in a barren and poverty-stricken region called the Uplands, some of whose inhabitants have hereditary magical gifts.
Born in south-east London, Fanthorpe was the daughter of a judge, [1] or as she put it "middle-class but honest parents". [2] She was educated at St Catherine's School, Bramley, in Surrey, and at St Anne's College, Oxford, where she "came to life", [2] receiving a first-class degree in English language and literature.
Ursula Vernon (born May 28, 1977) is an American freelance writer, artist and illustrator. She has won numerous awards for her work in various mediums, including Hugo Awards for her graphic novel Digger, fantasy novel Nettle & Bone, and fantasy novella Thornhedge, the Nebula Award for her short story "Jackalope Wives", and Mythopoeic Awards for adult and children's literature.
The Earthsea Cycle, also known as Earthsea, is a series of high fantasy books written by American author Ursula K. Le Guin.Beginning with A Wizard of Earthsea (1968), The Tombs of Atuan, (1970) and The Farthest Shore (1972), the series was continued in Tehanu (1990), and Tales from Earthsea and The Other Wind (both 2001).
It was among the most popular names for newborn girls in Germany from the 1920s to the 1950s. [2] Ulla, Ursel, and Uschi are German short forms of the name. Ursula is a villain in the 1989 Disney animated film The Little Mermaid and its 2023 live-action remake The Little Mermaid. [3] [4] Other forms of the name include: Orsolya in Hungarian
Édouard Maunick grew up with his siblings Ursule, Jacques, Antoine (Tony RIP), Jean, Marie and Gérard in British Mauritius. Édouard Maunick's elder sister Lady Ursule Ramdanee is Kobita Jugnauth's mother. Jacques Maunick is a journalist, radio presenter and a former director of MBC Radio. [2]
The figure of Mother Shipton accumulated considerable folklore and legendary status. Her name became associated with many tragic events and strange goings-on recorded in the UK, North America and Australia throughout the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Many fortune-tellers used her effigy and statue, presumably for purposes of association marketing.
Ursule Molinaro (1916, Paris –10 July 2000, New York City) [1] was a prolific novelist, playwright, translator and visual artist, the author of 12 novels, two collections of short prose works, innumerable short stories for literary magazines and dozens of translations from the French and German.