![]() Still, all I really needed was to be stricken with some mysterious thyroid condition, a really good one that would cause me to wake up and weigh 120 pounds. Normally, I’m not a materialistic sort of person, but let’s just say this was one disappointing Christmas.Īt least Miss Bertha gave me something thoughtful, a complete collection of Emily Dickinson poems (so far my favorite is I’m Nobody!), and Grandma Georgia sent money. Aunt Mary gave me two stupid diet books and three tickets for the upcoming conference at Columbia State called “Healing the Fat Girl Within” (I’m sensing a theme here). I won’t walk three blocks when I actually want to get somewhere, much less run three miles on a strip of black rubber only to end up where I started out in the first place. ![]() Mother spent $700 on a treadmill “from Santa” that I will never use. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Aimee takes moments of her life and juxtaposes them with passages that recall the beauty of animals and plants. It's a quick and easy read, and for the most part, I enjoyed it. I usually don’t gravitate toward nonfiction, but since World of Wonders is Barnes and Nobel's Book of the Year for 2020, I decided to give it a go. ![]() For it is this way with wonder: it requires that we are curious enough to look past the distractions in order to fully appreciate the world's gifts." -Goodreads Review ![]() Even in the strange and the unlovely, Nezhukumatathil finds beauty and kinship. But no matter where she was transplanted-no matter how awkward the fit or forbidding the landscape-she was able to turn to our world's fierce and funny creatures for guidance." What the peacock can do," she tells us, "is remind you of a home you will run away from and run back to all your life." The axolotl teaches us to smile, even in the face of unkindness the touch-me-not plant shows us how to shake off unwanted advances the narwhal demonstrates how to survive in hostile environments. "As a child, Nezhukumatathil called many places home: the grounds of a Kansas mental institution, where her Filipina mother was a doctor the open skies and tall mountains of Arizona, where she hiked with her Indian father and the chillier climes of western New York and Ohio. ![]() ![]() ![]() In this classic of modern children's literature, beloved by generations of readers and listeners, the quiet poetry of the words and the gentle, lulling illustrations combine to make a perfect book for the end of the day. And to all the familiar things in the softly lit room - to the picture of the three little bears sitting in chairs, to the clocks and his socks, to the mittens and the kittens, to everything one by one - he says goodnight. In a great green room, tucked away in bed, is a little bunny. Together in the decorative box, this makes a thoughtful gift. ![]() ![]() These board books feature sturdy pages, just right for babies and toddlers. These beloved bedtime classics have lulled generations of children to sleep with their soothing sounds and are now packaged together in one must-have gift set. This gift set includes Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny. Perfect for baby showers and other special occasions. Two classic, bestselling books by beloved author Margaret Wise Brown and illustrator Clement Hurd in one lovely gift set. Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product. ![]() ![]() In this tense, twisty modern gothic set in England from bestseller Ware (The Lying Game), Harriet "Hal" Westaway receives a letter stating that her grandmother, Hester Westaway, is dead, and that Hal is a beneficiary of her will. 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It took me about an hour to complete 25-pages on average. The amount of information per page in this book is staggering. But this book is filled with information. The length of the book is about 700 pages (including the introduction). The book I got (and is the most common one) is Penguin’s Vintage edition. Sapolsky has effortlessly elucidated complex ideas by using simple explanations. This is not because the language is tough or the style is difficult to understand. The same goes for people who are venturing into the world of non-fiction for the first time. If you are a newbie in reading, this is not the book for you. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Main image: Muriel Spark (1918 - 2006) (1960 Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Now in a special edition marking the 100th anniversary of the authors birth, Muriel Sparks classic novel, widely hailed as one of the 20th centurys best. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie was a seven-part adaptation by STV of the Muriel Spark novel of the same name, broadcast on Sunday late-nights on network ITV. Philip Dodd is joined by novelists Ian Rankin, Louise Welsh and former Bishop of Edinburgh Richard Holloway to examine this acclaimed and disturbing portrait of adolescent trauma and lost innocence. However, her passionate relationship with her pupils gradually deteriorates from the eccentric and enriching, to the damaging and politically vicious. Miss Jean Brodie was an unusual teacher at the Marcia Blaine School for girls, in Edinburgh. When she decides to transform a group of young pupils into the crème de la crème of Marcia Blaine school, 'the Brodie Set' feel honoured and privileged - but in return she expects their undivided loyalty: "give me a girl at an impressionable age and she is mine for life". ![]() She's a dangerously confused woman, headstrong and left single by the holocaust of young men in the First World War, and forced to work out her frustrations as a teacher in a conventional Edinburgh school for girls. ![]() Its heroine Jean Brodie, is a schoolmistress with a difference - proud, cultured and romantic, her ideas are progressive and radical. Philip Dodd presents a Landmark edition examining Muriel Spark's 1961 novel The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie It's a fierce assault on the smug, joyless and sexless quality of Edinburgh middle-class life in the 1930s. ![]() ![]() The series chronicles the adventures of Lestat and other characters he influenced or just met. Also known as The Brat Prince, Lestast is an antihero at the beginning, but he doesn’t see himself as monstrous as people might have described him. ![]() The story of The Vampire Chronicles is about Lestat de Lioncourt, a French nobleman turned into a vampire in the 18th century. But first… What is The Vampire Chronicles series about? So I did some research to build a reading order and this is what I found, if you have some modifications to suggest, you are welcome to do so in the commentary section, of course. Nevertheless, I thought that it may be the right time to read more than the first book of the series (I never got the courage to do so sooner). Now, we are talking about television, there’s a long way to go before the project become something real. ![]() Since the first Interview with the Vampire adaptation, there are talks about doing more movies and some novels did get bad big-screen versions. ![]() I’ve read that there will be a TV Show based on Anne Rice’s novels, The Vampire Chronicles series. Affiliate disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, we may earn commissions from qualifying purchases from Amazon. ![]() ![]() ![]() imitated and practised the form and poetical style propounded by him. His contribution to classical criticism and poetry is very significant, many later Roman and English poets like Milton, Pope, Marvell, Sidney, etc. ![]() His views on literature are scattered through his other works but Ars Poetica includes major observations on literature and criticism. His fame as a literary critic rests upon his seminal treatise Ars Poetica or Art of Poetry (19 BC), later this title is given by Quintilian, originally it was Epistle to Pisos-a letter composition in verse form. The views of Plato and Aristotle are centred on philosophy, as basically they were philosophers but Horace was a practising poet who composed odes and satires including Satires Book I (35 BC), Satires Book II (30 BC), Epodes (29 BC), Odes Book I-III (23 BC), Epistles Book I (20 BC), etc. ![]() Horace was a close friend to the greatest contemporary Roman poet Virgil and is remembered for his contribution to creative literature i.e. It was the glorious and golden age of Augustan, named after the first Roman emperor Octovian Augustus, the great patron and sympathiser of arts and literature. With Horace, the scene of classical criticism turned from 4th century BC to 1st century BC, from Greek to Roman masters. Quintus Horatius Flaccus better known as Horace (65-8 BC), a distinguished practising Roman poet and literary critic has an influential imprint on the classical literary criticism after Greek masters Plato and Aristotle. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Both at opposite ends of the social scale, they fall in love, unable to fight this feeling, unable to protect their hearts, although they realize that they live two parallel lives. Pattini d’Argento focuses primarily on a sometimes taboo love story between a young man Matvey and beautiful Alice. With the arrival of a frosty winter, the city turns into a kind of fairy-tale scene with frozen rivers and streets completely covered with snow, which turn into natural skating rinks. Producer Michael Lokshinthe film takes place during the Christmas holidays in a very cold St. Pattini d’Argento, a film broadcast on Rai 1: what the plot is about The action of Pattini d’Argento takes place in Russia at the end of the 19th century, namely in 1899, and thanks to the ice, a fairy tale scenario accompanies a love story that is destined to collapse from the very beginning. Also inspired by Shakespeare’s tragic story of Romeo and Juliet, the film tells a love story that defies all restrictions and overcomes the social barriers imposed by time. Mary Mapes Dodge but, unlike the original production, this transposition has been moved from the Netherlands to St. The film is based on the novel of the same name. ![]() Even if the Christmas break programs are almost over, Rai 1 does not want to give up on romance and offers prime TV and prime time. ![]() |