![]() ![]() I had the privilege of meeting Caroline Lawrence about two years ago, and I went and bought this, the first of her books, at once, which is something I nearly always do after meeting an author. ![]() I guess serious study of the Roman triumphs will just have to wait for a while. There are 16 of these books so far, they've been made into a BBC series that's in at least its second year, and I liked this first one well enough to start the next one almost immediately. ![]() The kids are very appealing, and there is just enough real violence to keep the stakes high. There is a cliffhanger at the end of each chapter (she calls them "scrolls"), and she smuggles in quite a lot of lore about Roman life in general and the Latin language in particular. Aimed at 10-13 year olds, the series recounts the adventures of four children in 79AD, running around helping each other solve mysteries. So I immediately tried the first one, and it really was quite a treat. So I eagerly went there and found that she mentioned this excellent series by her old classmate in classics Caroline Lawrence, and highly recommended it. I noted in her bio that she has a fairly entertaining blog titled A Don's Life, to which she adds something about once a week. So I've been reading a book on Roman triumphs by one of the best classicists writing today, Mary Beard, who holds the chair in classics at Cambridge. ![]()
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The D- in 403B by Jess Bryant5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() He’s a dickhead and Brett has the letters to prove it. It doesn’t matter that the guy in 403B is the best-looking man Brett has ever laid eyes on. He doesn’t get into arguments and he doesn’t name call like a kid on the playground. ![]() ![]() But when he gets into a war of words with his neighbor, he earns a new nickname and this time, it’s one he likes, one he decides he should definitely live up to.Īfter all, the new guy never actually said what it was the D stands for in his letters, but Declan has a few ideas and would be more than happy to show him.īrett Coburn is a mature, respectable adult. As a child in foster care, he heard it all and as an adult he knows better than to worry about what other people think of him. Drug baby, delinquent and dirty little gay boy just to name a few. Sometimes a change of address can change your whole life.ĭeclan Ward has been called a lot of things in his life. ![]() Civilwarland in bad decline review5/22/2023 ![]() I’m not going to argue against it, either. I’m not going to proclaim him the most emulated story writer of that period– the most emulated story writer since Raymond Carver. Now, I’m not going to say that George Saunders is the most influential short story writer of the past decade-plus. ![]() In the fall of 1992, the Kenyon Review published Saunders’ “Civilwarland in Bad Decline.”īy the time the title story of Saunders’ first book was published in the KR he’d already had his first story accepted by the New Yorker it was noted in his bio in that issue. But I’d like to reclaim, in my view, the most important major-journal literary debut in the recent history of the Kenyon Review: My first response: Whoo-hoo! My second: the Kenyon Review frequently touts having published Flannery, Ha Jin, Delmore Schwartz. ![]() ![]() In his post last week, Kenyon Review managing editor Tyler Meier noted that the KR archive is now available on JSTOR–and so we can now do Boolean searches to find stories by Flannery O’Connor, poems by John Ashberry, essays by Lewis Hyde. ![]() Mind the gap dash & lily5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() Couples who’ve been together fifty or sixty years? They’re Yoda, Dash. Timed to coincide with the new Dash and Lily series on Netflix comes a new helping of love - with best-selling authors Rachel Cohn and David Levithan bringing Dash and Lily to England A heart-warming wintry read that is guaranteed to be a favourite Christmas book for years to come. ![]() And the cool thing is, you don’t even die when you get to year fourteen or fifteen-no, when your relationship really works, it can live until you’re hundreds of years old. But if you keep going, get to year ten-you’ve made it to old age. It’s awkward, there’s rebellion, and most of all you’re just trying to figure out the relationship’s identity, right? Then around years three and four you get your jobs, you start to really work it. Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake. Then you get to where we are, around the second year? Adolescence, man. Allen & Unwin, Young Adult Fiction - 240 pages. The first year? You’re toddlers and then young kids, enjoying things and also slowly figuring them out. “Just take how long you’ve been together and multiply it by seven, and that’s how old your relationship feels. Mind the Gap, Dash & Lily (Dash & Lily Series) Library Binding Novemby Rachel Cohn (Author), David Levithan (Author) 614 ratings 3.6 on Goodreads 4,823 ratings Book 3 of 3: Dash & Lily See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. “It’s a theory I came up with,” he continued. ![]() “Relationships are measured in dog years,” Boomer said. ![]() Thankful by Eileen Spinelli5/22/2023 ![]() Like the gardener thankful for every green sprout, and the fireman, for putting the fire out, readers are encouraged to be thankful for the many blessings they find in their lives. Appreciate essential workers and what people in our everyday lives provide: “Like the gardener thankful for every green sprout, and the fireman, for putting the fire out. Eileen Spinelli, bestselling and award-winning childrens author, charms with rhymes and whimsy in Thankful, perfect for any young reader and their family. Focus on the blessings that we tend to take for granted Thankful by Eileen Spinelli takes us on a celebration of blessings in different lives from comfortable shoes for a waitress to a honey bee for the beekeeper. ![]() ![]() ![]() Thankful is a heartwarming picture book that teaches children ages 4–8 to: From the local reporter to the doctor and pastor, children will delight as they explore the people of their town and what they are thankful for. Little ones will snuggle up close as they enjoy this charming, cozy book about being thankful. Eileen Spinelli, bestselling and award-winning children's author, charms with rhymes and whimsy in Thankful, perfect for any young reader and their family. Celebrate everyday blessings, practice thankfulness, and observe the wonderful acts of service that keep us going each and every day. ![]() Freud and civilization5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() Psychoanalysis is the therapeutic intervention that contributes to lessening not only (through active therapy) the unease in individuals but also (through the applied analysis of “cultural pathology”) the additional unease created by social institutions. But Freud adds a corollary to this: our dissatisfaction is increased by what he called the “unpsychological” proceedings of society, particularly its commands and institutions, of which religion stands at the forefront. Humans are dissatisfied and uneasy in civilization for the same reasons we have already seen: our innate aggressive instinct makes us asocial. Even so, what Freud really meant by Unbehagen becomes clear only as his argument unfolds. The preliminary title was Das Unglück in der Kultur, which translates best as “The Unhappiness in Civilization.” Unglück was then replaced by Unbehagen, which is hard to find an English equivalent for and, unfortunately, was eventually translated as “Discontents.” A better rendering would have been discomfort, unease, dissatisfaction, or the French word malaise. ![]() Freud’s final choice for naming what many consider to be his most famous cultural work is quite revealing. ![]() Every last word book about5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() So when Sam meets Caroline, she has to keep her new friend with a refreshing sense of humor and no style a secret, right up there with Sam's weekly visits to her psychiatrist.Ĭaroline introduces Sam to Poet's Corner, a hidden room and a tight-knit group of misfits who have been ignored by the school at large. Yet Sam knows she'd be truly crazy to leave the protection of the most popular girls in school. ![]() Second-guessing every move, thought, and word makes daily life a struggle, and it doesn't help that her lifelong friends will turn toxic at the first sign of a wrong outfit, wrong lunch, or wrong crush. ![]() But hidden beneath the straightened hair and expertly applied makeup is a secret that her friends would never understand: Sam has Purely-Obsessional OCD and is consumed by a stream of dark thoughts and worries that she can't turn off. Samantha McAllister looks just like the rest of the popular girls in her junior class. If you could read my mind, you wouldn't be smiling. Silver Linings Playbook meets Before I Fall in this New York Times best-selling novel about understanding and accepting your unique self. ![]() Centipede press book of the new sun5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() This towering achievement is a legacy that readers of fantasy, readers of science fiction, and readers, full stop, will continue to appreciate for generations to come. Book of the New Sun, FOLIO SOCIETY, Signed - Gene Wolfe & Neil Gaiman (UNOPENED) 4,250.00 + 5.00 shipping Signed CLAW of the CONCILIATOR Gene Wolfe Centipede Press 1/100 1,750.00 + 25.00 shipping Hover to zoom Image not available Have one to sell Sell now Shop with confidence eBay Money Back Guarantee 4284) 99. While Weber’s artwork enriches the reading experience, Neil Gaiman’s exclusive Folio introduction reiterates Wolfe’s literary prowess. It’s a knife-throwing act, and like all good knife-throwing acts, you may lose fingers, toes, earlobes or eyes in the process. Weber throws light and shadow onto a haunted world and adds another layer of meaning to this already multifaceted work. Weber’s love for, and deep connection with, the work is evident in the detail and intimacy of his illustrations, where every component – from the decorative initials to the muted palette of the colour illustrations – nods to the complexity of the novel. ![]() Describing The Book of the New Sun project as ‘a dream come true’, award-winning illustrator Sam Weber relished the opportunity to illustrate writing that was ‘so nuanced, rich and mysterious’. ![]() The omen by david seltzer5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() This is the first signed limited edition of The Omen by David Seltzer. The novelization contains a handful of notable differences from the movie, and it also offered Seltzer an opportunity to expand his story in certain areas. While novelizations of screenplays and teleplays had long been a part of the publishing landscape, the art form hit its peak with The Omen when the paperback sold three and a half million copies, an unprecedented achievement at the time, making it one of the bestselling books of the year.” Suntup explains, “First published as a Signet paperback in June 1976, David Seltzer’s novelization hit bookshelves two weeks before the movie’s release. As always from Suntup, the edition is highly limited with a very low print run, and is now available for pre-order.Ī terrifying thriller of supernatural evil, The Omen by David Seltzer is the novelization of his screenplay for the film that spawned one of the most successful horror franchises of all time. ![]() The edition features a new exclusive afterword by the author, and six full color illustrations by Juliana Kolesova. ![]() With a brand new prequel movie on the way, Suntup Editions has just announced a signed limited edition of The Omen by David Seltzer. ![]() Shadowhunters city of lost souls5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() Numbly he put his hand to the metal mezuzah affixed to the right side of the doorway. A hamesh, the Hand of God, covered the peephole. Tefillin were bound to the doorknob and knocker. ![]() The door was covered with signs-Stars of David splashed on in paint, the incised shape of the symbol for Chai, life. ![]() As he stood in the cold autumn air, staring in front of him, he knew it had not lasted long enough. He had made her forget that he was a vampire, using glamour, but he had not known how long the glamour would last. The last time he had seen his mother, she had called him a monster and prayed at him that he would go away. He had never imagined a day when the door of the house would be closed to him. Here he had kissed Clary for the first time. In this house his whole family had sat shivah after his father had died. He’d played on the street under the leafy shade of the trees in the summer, and had made improvised sleds out of garbage can lids in the winter. He had grown up within the walls of the Brooklyn row house. This was the place his parents had brought him home to when he was born. Simon stood and stared numbly at the front door of his house. ![]() |