6/28/2023 0 Comments Mummies by Christopher Sloan![]() Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. Even libraries that own these titles should find room on their shelves for Sloan's well-written, heavily illustrated glimpse into the world of after-death preservation, either by accident or design.–Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY. A bibliography of adult material and three websites are included, but there are no suggestions for further reading that might list Sandra Markle's fine Outside and Inside Mummies (Walker, 2005), Shelley Tanaka's more difficult Mummies: The Newest, Coolest & Creepiest from Around the World (Abrams, 2005), Kelly Hall's more tightly focused Mysteries of the Mummy Kids (Darby Creek, 2007), or, on a different slant altogether, Philip Manning's intriguing Dinomummy: The Life, Death and Discovery of Dakota, a Dinosaur from Hell Creek (Kingfisher 2007). ![]() An excellent appendix includes a map, a time line, and a glossary. ![]() From the dried Beauty of Krorän in China to the bundled Lady of Cao in a Peruvian pyramid or the familiar Boy King Tut in Egypt, a global variety is offered to fascinated readers. ![]() Gr 5-7–A gratifyingly grisly album of choice photos accompanies Sloan's lucid, informative text as he describes not only the mummification processes but also individual mummies produced whether by intent or by chance. ![]()
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6/28/2023 0 Comments Rebel Spirits by Lois Ruby![]() But one day Anna returns to the island, exiled there by her family. But at seventeen, he had resigned himself to only seeing Anna in magazines. The only happiness he knew was when he played with the heiress Annabel Leighton as a child. Crippled from birth, he is shunned by the other inhabitants and haunted by the wails of Bean Sidhes. ![]() ![]() Liam has lived a hard life on the island of Dochas. I love Poe and I love retellings, so a retelling of Poe's poem Annabel Lee with Celtic mythology added in sounded like the recipe for a great book. I wanted to read Ashes on the Waves from the first time that I heard Mary Lindsey talk about it. Frustrated, the creatures put the couple through one last trial - and this time it’s not only their love that’s in danger of being destroyed.īased on Edgar Allan Poe’s chilling poem Annabel Lee, Mary Lindsey creates a frighteningly beautiful gothic novel that glorifies the power of true love. But the tragedies draw Liam and Anna even closer. They make a wager on the couple’s love, testing its strength through a series of cruel obstacles. ![]() ![]() With Anna, Liam finally finds the happiness he has always been denied but, the violent, mythical Otherworlders, who inhabit the island and the sea around it, have other plans. Haunted by the wails of fantastical Bean Sidhes and labeled a demon by the villagers of Dòchas, Liam has accepted that things will never get better for him-until a wealthy heiress named Annabel Leighton arrives on the island and Liam’s fate is changed forever. Goodreads Summary: Liam MacGregor is cursed. ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay![]() ![]() Gay critiques a number of books, movies, and television shows written by, for, and about women. Part Two focuses on issues of gender equality and sexual violence. She writes about her experiences as a first-year teacher as well as finding a sense of community through competitive Scrabble. She is a tenure-track professor living in a small town. Although she is a member of several minority groups, Gay acknowledges that she is privileged in many ways. In Part One, Gay writes about her identity as a black woman and the struggle to find representations of people like her in academia and the mainstream media. Gay rejects essential feminism which implies that there are right and wrong ways to be a feminist and advocates for an inclusive, intersectional feminism which supports the rights of all women. ![]() Gay recognizes that many women likely feel similarly, as demonstrated by their resistance to the movement. Gay identifies as a bad feminist because she is imperfect and cannot live in total accordance with the so-called rules of mainstream feminism. The following version of this book was used to create this study guide: Gay, Roxane. ![]() ![]() She wrote 20 stories about Dorrie and her adventures as a little witch over the next 30 years, ending with Dorrie and the Haunted Schoolhouse in 1992.Ĭoombs has also illustrated for other authors and contributed to Poetry Magazine.įrom: Major Authors and Illustrators, pp. The book was highly praised by the New York Times Book Review, and Coombs went on to create the "Dorrie the Little Witch" series. In 1962, Coombs wrote and illustrated Dorrie's Magic, inspired by her two daughters and their Siamese cat named Dingbat. She also studied poetry at New York University. ![]() ![]() She attended DePauw University, Michigan State University, and received her bachelor's and master's degrees in English from the University of Washington. ![]() She was always reading books and would hide in unusual places to avoid getting caught reading instead of playing. Patricia Coombs was born on Jin Los Angeles, California and during her school age years lived in Hawaii, Boston, New York, and San Francisco. ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments Queen of the damned books in order![]() ![]() ![]() The first novel in the series, Interview with the Vampire (1976), was made into a 1994 film starring Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas, Christian Slater and Kirsten Dunst. As of November 2008, The Vampire Chronicles had sold 80 million copies worldwide. ![]() ![]() The homoerotic overtones of The Vampire Chronicles are also well documented. Rice said in a 2008 interview that her vampires were a "metaphor for lost souls". Some characters from Rice's Lives of the Mayfair Witches trilogy cross over to The Vampire Chronicles, specifically in Merrick (2000), Blackwood Farm (2002), and Blood Canticle (2003). The series primarily follows the antihero Lestat de Lioncourt, a French nobleman turned into a vampire in the 18th century, and by extension the many humans and vampires whose lives he has touched in his own long existence. The following is a list of characters from Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles, which began with the 1976 novel Interview with the Vampire. Includes dates of vampiric embrace and, if applicable, dates of eternal death. A complete, visual genealogical record of all vampire characters found in Anne Rice's series: The Vampire Chronicles and The Lives of the Mayfair Witches. ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments Blindness vintage saramago![]() ![]() ![]() After a lengthy and traumatic quarantine in an asylum, the group bands together in a family-like unit to survive by their wits and by the good fortune that the doctor's wife has escaped the blindness. ![]() The ophthalmologist's spouse, "the doctor's wife," is inexplicably immune to the blindness. The novel follows the misfortune of a handful of unnamed characters who are among the first to be stricken with blindness, including an ophthalmologist, several of his patients, and assorted others, who are thrown together by chance. ![]() Blindness was adapted into a film of the same name in 2008.īlindness is the story of an unexplained mass epidemic of blindness afflicting nearly everyone in an unnamed city, and the social breakdown that swiftly follows. Ī sequel titled Seeing was published in 2004. In 1998, Saramago received the Nobel Prize for Literature, and Blindness was one of his works noted by the committee when announcing the award. It is one of Saramago's most famous novels, along with The Gospel According to Jesus Christ and Baltasar and Blimunda. Blindness ( Portuguese: Ensaio sobre a cegueira, meaning Essay on Blindness) is a 1995 novel by the Portuguese author José Saramago. ![]() ![]() ![]() Little does Amy know that her helper is Leo, Rolf's older brother and a prince in his own right. When Jo decides to host a "Heaven and Hell" fancy dress party, their flat is crashed by Rolf, a drunk European prince, and his entourage - which includes a sober and very handsome man who helps Amy repair a little of the damage done by royalty. I gulped the book down as fast as I could.Īmy Wilde is a London-based gardener whose speciality is wildflowers (I see what you did with the name there, Browne.) She lives in a flat with her mad posh friend Jo, who never met a social occasion she didn't like and couldn't conquer. ![]() ![]() Her writing is warm, and funny, and real. I loved Hester Browne's voice in this book. So I was reluctant to read THE RUNAWAY PRINCESS, but it was at my library and I needed something to read so. I tried to read Hester Browne's first book and put it down after, oh, 20 pages or so. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I do list books I read, and they're all automatically marked as 5 stars. From the author: Goodreads Peeps! Please note I no longer review the books on my shelf, "stars"-wise. Margaret Stohl is the #1 New York Times, PW, USA Today, LA Times and Internationally bestselling co-author or author of twelve books, including the BEAUTIFUL CREATURES NOVELS, the DANGEROUS CREATURES NOVELS, the ICONS NOVELS, MARVEL'S BLACK WIDOW NOVELS, ROYCE ROLLS & CATS VS ROBOTS THIS IS WAR (forthcoming!) She writes the MIGHTY CAPTAIN MARVEL comic for Marvel Comics (ongoing) and has contributed to countless videogames currently, she is a Narrative Director at Bungie. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Book similar to eat pray love![]() ![]() On her journey, she begins to discover herself and gain confidence to set herself free from the major challenges in her life. ![]() Wild is a thought provoking movie that stars Reese Witherspoon as Cheryl.Īfter her divorce, Cheryl decides to kickstart her new life by hiking 1100 miles along the Pacific Crest Trail in the U.S. In short, Nomadland will inspire you to embark on a journey of self-discovery. The people she meets on the way, the jobs she does to satisfy her needs, and the lessons she learns about life and love are some of the best takeaways from this film. Following her husband’s death and losing her little town in the Great Recession, Fern decides to leave home and set off to the American West. This American drama film stars Frances McDormand as a woman named Fern. If you’re looking for some inspiration to hit the road, the 2021 Academy Award winner is an excellent choice. Or get the book here (I preferred the book actually) Movies like Eat Pray Love to Inspire Your Voyage of Discovery Solo travel movies like Eat Pray Love: Nomadland ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Nancy drew author carolyn![]() The yellow spine and “flashlight editions” of Nancy Drew are mostly Harriet Adam’s work or revisions by the Syndicate of the earlier ghostwriters (sometimes substantial changes were made). Later, Stratemeyer’s daughter, Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, became the main writer under the name Carolyn Keene, in addition to have all of the earlier books revised and running the Syndicate. The first ghostwriter for the series was Mildred Benson (then known as Mildred Augustine and later Mildred Wirt). There have been many ghostwriters to work under the name of Carolyn Keene, both during the time of the Stratemeyer Syndicate and even today under Simon & Schuster, who currently publish the new books and own the rights to Nancy Drew after they bought the Syndicate in 1985. ![]() The Stratemeyer Syndicate worked by having Edward Stratemeyer (or later, his daughters and their employees) write an outline and then hire a ghostwriter to write the story based on the outline under the pseudonym. ![]() ![]() After all, Carolyn Keene’s books have been highly influential to millions of children across the world. Although Benson went on to write numerous other books for youth on her own, including the Penny Parker series, the bulk of her career was devoted to journalism. Courtesy of Nicole DiMella Bensons Career. ![]() Telling people that there is no Carolyn Keene can sometimes be akin to telling people there is no tooth fairy or questioning the existence of Santa Claus. 'Carolyn Keene' is listed as the author of all books in the Nancy Drew series. ![]() |