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Mackey, Mary Lou was born on January 21, 1945 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Daughter of John Edward and Jean (McGinness) Mackey.
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The Last Warrior Queen
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The Fires Of Spring
(In the year 4300 B.C., a young woman named Keshna comes o...)
In the year 4300 B.C., a young woman named Keshna comes of age as a female warrior and daring avenger. When the nomad diviner Changar kidnaps Queen Marrah's son Keru, Keshna vows to hunt Changar down, but Changar has put Keru into a trance, taken possession of his soul, and turned him against his own people. Volume three of The Earthsong Trilogy."Mackey combines a researcher's precision with storytelling magic."-Marija Gimbutas, author of The Civilization of the Goddess."Heart-pounding "-Thomas Moore, author of Care of the Soul.
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Breaking the Fever
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Fierce, compassionate, unflinching, beautifully crafted, and completely accessible, the fifty poems in Mary Mackey’s new collection Breaking the Fever combine intense lyricism with sharp insights. Mackey puts no limits on her subjects: everything from the mystical visions of a sick child to global warming interests her. Sometimes the poems are comic (as when a disillusioned Leda dishes the dirt on the great white swan who claimed to be Zeus); sometimes they are tragic (a massacre in Mexico that Mackey witnessed, longing for a second chance to speak to dead relatives, grief for young men who fall in battle). Whatever the topic, readers will find themselves entranced by the sheer lyricism of Mackey’s style and her lushly crafted imagery, both reminiscent of the great poets of Latin America (whom Mackey cites as major influences). Here are moving love poems made more powerful by the fact that Mackey has written them to her husband of twenty years, a sensual samba that sets galaxies dancing, a vision of a world in which racial prejudice no longer exists because everyone has miraculously turned blue. In short, Mackey has an imagination that defies categorization. Belonging to no particular school of poetry, she offers us lyric moments in a unique style that deftly combines passion and intelligence.
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The Horses at the Gate (Paperback) - Common
(And the Winner is: Love - Sieg f?r die Liebe: ab 4 Jahren...)
And the Winner is: Love - Sieg f?r die Liebe: ab 4 Jahren Englisch
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Season of Shadows
( From the first day that polar opposite friends Lucy and...)
From the first day that polar opposite friends Lucy and Cassie meet at prep school, they are inseparable through Vietnam and Civil Rights marches to falling in love for the first time. Lucy emerges from the turmoil engaged to the crown prince of Patan, poised to become the Princess of Paradise, while Cassie marries Lucy's college flame, David, and struggles to balance married and working life. When David rises to fame as a rock star, Cassie's whole world shifts dramatically while, in the Himalayas, Lucy slips into the rhythm of a lifestyle that hasn't changed in centuries. That is, until she realizes that her gilt palace is no better than a prison - complete with guards. For both, escape is the only answer, but nothing comes without a price.
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The Last Warrior Queen THE LAST WARRIOR QUEEN By Mackey, Mary ( Author )May-06-2003 Paperback
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Grand Passion, 1st Edition
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Kindness of Strangers, The
(A romantic saga moving from New York in 1912 to Berlin, P...)
A romantic saga moving from New York in 1912 to Berlin, Paris, London and finally California in the 1970s. The story concerns Viola Kessler, a brilliant actress who rises to stardom in the 1920s, her daughter, Kathe and Kathe's daughter, Mandy, a talented film star.
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The Fires of Spring: The EarthSong Trilogy, Book 3
( In prehistoric Europe, Keru, the son of the Queen of Sh...)
In prehistoric Europe, Keru, the son of the Queen of Shara, has been kidnapped by a nomadic diviner wishing to turn him against his own people. A band of warriors led by Keru's sister, Luma, and her best friend, Keshna--who is passionately in love with Keru--set out to find him before his soul is completely corrupted by the nomads.
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The Horses at the Gate: A Novel (Earthsong Trilogy)
(As nomad invaders ride south to attack the peaceful, godd...)
As nomad invaders ride south to attack the peaceful, goddess-worshipping people of Shara, the priestess Marrah is initiated into the cult of the Dark Mother. Armed with powerful magic, she and her nomad lover, Stavan, must fight for the survival of their children and their people. Volume two of The Earthsong Trilogy."A heart-pounding evocation whose lessons lie in the hearts of the characters."-Thomas Moore, author of Care of the Soul."Literary grace and powerful storytelling."-Theodore Roszak
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Breaking the Fever by Mary Mackey (2006) Paperback
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The Year the Horses Came
(Volume One of The Earthsong Trilogy evokes the moment in ...)
Volume One of The Earthsong Trilogy evokes the moment in pre-history when marauding nomads brought horses, male gods, and war to a goddess-worshipping Europe that had known peace for thousands of years. Against this perilous backdrop, a passionate, dangerous love develops between Marrah, a gifted priestess, and Stavan, one of the invading warriors."A researcher's precision combined with storytelling magic."-Marija Gimbutas, author of The Civilization of the Goddess"Vivid, dramatic, compelling."-Marge Piercy, author of Woman on the Edge of Time
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The Dear Dance of Eros
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The Year the Horses Came THE YEAR THE HORSES CAME By Mackey, Mary ( Author )Mar-08-2004 Paperback
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A Grand Passion
( From the Maryinksy Theatre in pre-Revolutionary Russia ...)
From the Maryinksy Theatre in pre-Revolutionary Russia to the Lincoln Center in New York during the 70s, this is a generational story of three great ballerinas. Natasha Ladanova, a ballerina who has excelled in the Imperial Ballet with the help of the Grand Duke Alexis, a great admirer of Natasha's. Nevertheless, even his great wealth cannot convince her to be with him, and she falls passionately in love with Sergei Maximov, who fathers her daughter, Tatiana Trey - and then breaks Natasha's heart. Tatiana, equipped with her mother's talent, moves to Hollywood in the 50s and struggles to dance in the heyday of silver screen ballerinas while fighting with polio. She passes her talent for the stage to her daughter, Alysa. Alysa Rochina, dances a major role in one of Maximov's production. Will her performance finally bring her family to terms with their heritage of love and betrayal?
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- The Year the Horses Came. Prehistoric Europe,4372 BC.
- THE LAST WARRIOR QUEEN (Like Jean Auel and Marion Zimmer Bradley, Mary Mackey tak...)
- The Year the Horses Came: A Novel (Marrah, a brave and gifted priestess, journeys across war...)
- The Horses at the Gate (The Earthsong Trilogy) (Hardback) - Common (As nomad invaders ride south to attack the peaceful, godd...)
- A Grand Passion by Mary Mackey (1986-05-03)
- The Kindness of Strangers (A romantic saga moving from New York in 1912 to Berlin, P...)
- Season of Shadows (Chums at a Colorado prep school, Lucy and Cassandra must ...)
Mary Lou Mackey
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Mary Lou Mackey, American writer, poet, educator. Fellow Northern California Book Reviewer Association(poetry committee since 1987); member Feminist Writers Guild (founder, executive board directors 1977-1979), Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association West (president 1989-1992), Authors Guild, Writers Guild American-West, National Book Critics Circle.
Education
Bachelor, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy in English, French, Spanish, Comparative Literature, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1970.
Career
Poet,, since 1964; novelist, since 1972; screenwriter,, Los Angeles, Sacramento, since 1974; Professor of English, writer-in-residence, California State University, Sacramento, since 1972.
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Season of Shadows
(Chums at a Colorado prep school, Lucy and Cassandra must ...)
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The Year the Horses Came: A Novel
(Marrah, a brave and gifted priestess, journeys across war...)
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The Year the Horses Came
(Volume One of The Earthsong Trilogy evokes the moment in ...)
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Breaking the Fever
(Fierce, compassionate, unflinching, beautifully crafted, ...)
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Season of Shadows
( From the first day that polar opposite friends Lucy and...)
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A Grand Passion
( From the Maryinksy Theatre in pre-Revolutionary Russia ...)
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The Horses at the Gate: A Novel (Earthsong Trilogy)
(As nomad invaders ride south to attack the peaceful, godd...)
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The Horses at the Gate (The Earthsong Trilogy) (Hardback) - Common
(As nomad invaders ride south to attack the peaceful, godd...)
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The Fires of Spring: The EarthSong Trilogy, Book 3
( In prehistoric Europe, Keru, the son of the Queen of Sh...)
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Kindness of Strangers, The
(A romantic saga moving from New York in 1912 to Berlin, P...)
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The Kindness of Strangers
(A romantic saga moving from New York in 1912 to Berlin, P...)
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THE LAST WARRIOR QUEEN
(Like Jean Auel and Marion Zimmer Bradley, Mary Mackey tak...)
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The Horses at the Gate (Paperback) - Common
(And the Winner is: Love - Sieg f?r die Liebe: ab 4 Jahren...)
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The Fires Of Spring
(In the year 4300 B.C., a young woman named Keshna comes o...)
- The Last Warrior Queen
- The Year the Horses Came. Prehistoric Europe,4372 BC.
- The Last Warrior Queen THE LAST WARRIOR QUEEN By Mackey, Mary ( Author )May-06-2003 Paperback
- Grand Passion, 1st Edition
- Breaking the Fever by Mary Mackey (2006) Paperback
- A Grand Passion by Mary Mackey (1986-05-03)
- The Dear Dance of Eros
- The Year the Horses Came THE YEAR THE HORSES CAME By Mackey, Mary ( Author )Mar-08-2004 Paperback
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Season of Shadows
Membership
Fellow Northern California Book Reviewer Association(poetry committee since 1987). Member Feminist Writers Guild (founder, executive board directors 1977-1979), Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association West (president 1989-1992), Authors Guild, Writers Guild American-West, National Book Critics Circle. Clubs: Harvard, Radcliffe (San Francisco).
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1966
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1970