![]() All the events and characters are my inventions, yet they're steeped in Bulgarian myth and reality.The tales in this book belong to the 'quiet' horror category - more creepy than gory, rich in atmosphere and suspense. ![]() I've blended my personal experiences with Bulgarian folklore and mythology, and let my imagination roam. ![]() ![]() Welcome to Bulgaria, my adopted country in the south east of Europe, a land of snow-blanketed mountains and sun-baked plains, deep pine forests and fragrant rose plantations, studded with remnants of past eras - ancient Thracian and Roman, medieval, Ottoman and Communist.Join me on a fictional journey to remote villages where you'll meet native Bulgarians, travellers and expatriates, demons and ghosts. ![]()
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![]() But one immediately gets the sense that, for him, the American South is primarily a landscape of tragic memories. This essay, like much of the book, reveals Cole’s extraordinary talent and his capacious mind. In Teju Cole’s brilliant new book of essays, Known and Strange Things, he writes of a trip to Selma, Ala. But apart from his marketability-that people can use him as an avatar of supposed seriousness-what does Baldwin offer us in this moment? What does he force us, as Americans, to confront? ![]() His words inspire on social media his phrases speak from T-shirts his face covers a throw pillow on Etsy. ![]() ![]() To account for the latest disasters around race in this country-grief over the death of another black person at the hands of police the fact that we have vomited up the likes of Donald Trump-activists often reach for him. ![]() ![]() This is grand scale, big idea SF of the best possible sort. ![]() It's time for us to fight to take back control. But as we learn the true nature of the universe we also discover that we have countless pasts all meeting in this present and that our future is terrifyingly finite. And we discover that there are minds in the universe that are billions of years old and they have a plan for us. Now in ULTIMA the consequences of this new freedom make themselves felt. ![]() ![]() In PROXIMA we discovered ancient alien artifacts on the planet of Per Ardua - hatches that allowed us to step across light years of space as if we were stepping into another room. The mind-blowing, time-warping science fiction epic that puts grand scientific ideas into a thrilling page-turning narrativeįresh from his latest collaboration with Terry Pratchett on the Long Earth sequence Stephen Baxter now returns to the mysteries and challanges first hinted at in his acclaimed novel PROXIMA. ![]() ![]() Nicely paced, with just the right number of red herrings to keep readers thinking they will hope the number 1 on the spine indicates that this is the first of many Maya and Jerry mysteries.Ī new series for emerging chapter-book readers combines the allure of baseball parks with the challenge of solving a mystery. A map of Pleasant Valley and an illustrated cast of characters are provided in the early pages, allowing new readers an excellent reference tool to keep the many characters straight. ![]() Full-color cartoon illustrations add much to the story, helping readers to see what the young gumshoes do. Young mystery aficionados will enjoy solving the puzzle along with Maya and Jerry and will admire their observational powers. Jerry and Maya are hired to help out around the shop-washing windows, taking out the trash and so forth-but really they are there to watch the employees, both from inside the shop and from the church tower next door. Each employee is a suspect: Vivian is in money trouble, former owner Danny wants his store back, and Luke’s flashy spending is suspicious. ![]() His world-famous jewelry store is losing money apparently, one of his employees is stealing valuable diamonds and gems. Things are not so pleasant for Mohammed Carat, the richest man in Pleasant Valley. ![]() Jerry and Maya, classmates and friends, spend their spare time solving mysteries in their hometown of Pleasant Valley in this Swedish import. ![]() ![]() ![]() In my opinion, David, who was stifled by his overbearing parents was drawn to Clare because he knew his mother would disapprove. I'm all for falling in love fast, but their love just didn't seem real to me for most of their relationship. ![]() Mainly that the love story of Clare and David is not given enough time to develop in comparison with the rest of the book. My main issue seems to be one that is "echoed" forgive the pun, by many of my fellow reviewers. While her setting, cast of characters and storytelling abilities are as top-notch as ever, this book left me strangely unsatisfied. So, they may be surprised that I am only giving "Echoes" a 3 out of 5. Anyone who knows me knows that I am in love with the world that Binchy so easily creates. ![]() ![]() ![]() One Source Auction does not guarantee the validity of the Certificate of Authenticities provided. ![]() No statement regarding condition, kind, value, or quality of a lot, whether made orally at the auction or at any other time, or in writing in this catalog or elsewhere, shall be construed to be an express or implied warranty, representation, or assumption of liability. The absence of a condition statement DOES NOT imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. ![]() One Source Auction shall have no responsibility for any error or omission all lots are sold "AS IS". As a courtesy, One Source Auction makes condition reports available prior to the auction. This is a live auction, and the buyer is advised to inspect the items in person during the week prior to the auction. It is the buyer's responsibility to be knowledgeable about the condition of the property before bidding. ![]() Your bidding at this Auction indicates that you have READ AND ARE IN ACCEPTANCE of the following Terms & Conditions of Sale.Ģ. ![]() ![]() ![]() The filmmakers likely changed this element in the story in order to make the movie appeal more to the common person in 2013, and to thicken the plot. In the same way, Cheryl is one of the causes of Walter’s chronic daydreaming for example, when he daydreams about saving Cheryl and her dog from a burning apartment building. Throughout the movie he pursues a woman he works with Cheryl Melhoff. In the movie adaptation however, Walter is single. Mitty is one of the reasons that Walter spends much of his time daydreaming to escape his wife’s constant nagging. It appears that his failing relationship with Mrs. Mitty criticises Walter for the way he did his errands. ![]() Their relationship appears to be strained at some times, for example when Mrs. In the short story, Walter is married to who we know as Mrs. These changes were made to make Mitty’s story more interesting to the common person in 2013, and arguably made the plot more interesting. The theme of the story of Walter Mitty remained the same, however, there were a few major additions and cuts to the plot, and to the character base. 74 years later, in 2013, Thurber’s legacy was continued when the short story was adapted into a Hollywood film. ![]() In 1939, James Thurber wrote a captivating story entitled The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. ![]() ![]() Includes bibliographical references and index.Ĭhristine, de Pisan, approximately 1364-approximately 1431. Throughout, she shows how feminist historians, by challenging traditional accounts of both men's and women's histories, have stimulated more vibrant and better-documented accounts of the past.-From publisher description. Ulrich uses examples of influential women from history and employs the rhetorical appeals of pathos, ethos and logos to create an extremely effective argument for the support of the statement Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History. ![]() She uses daybook illustrations to look at women who weren't trying to make history, but did. This book features personal essays and poems, mostly written in the 1970s and 1980s. ![]() She contrasts Woolf's imagined story about Shakespeare's sister with biographies of actual women who were Shakespeare's contemporaries. And then she added a phrase that has since gained widespread currency: "Well-behaved women seldom make history." Today those words appear on T-shirts, bumper stickers, and more-but what do they really mean? Here, Ulrich ranges over centuries and cultures, from the fifteenth-century writer Christine de Pizan, who imagined a world in which women achieved power and influence, to the writings of nineteenth-century suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton and twentieth-century novelist Virginia Woolf. "They didn't ask to be remembered," historian Ulrich wrote in 1976 about the pious women of colonial New England. Broken link? let us search Trove, the Wayback Machine or Google for you. ![]() ![]() Penric is accidentally imbued with a demon, which is a kind of elemental that’s been handed down from person to person. ![]() I’m all for projects in retirement, but this certainly isn’t the one I would have expected, feeling, as it does, exceedingly young/new adult style with themes that feel very familiar to memories of thirteen year-old carol.Īt any rate, Penric and the Demon feels both young and familiar a largely pleasant and annoyance-free journey down memory lane (as opposed to some of the more unconsidered tropes about race and gender that come with the aforementioned books). ![]() Bujold, for some odd reason, decided Penric was the story waiting for her in retirement. The format is always the same, likely all based on Tolkien or Jung or someone really, just classic coming-of-age hero’s quest. ![]() I grew up reading Brooks’ Shannara series, soon followed by Eddings’ Belgarion. ![]() ![]() ![]() Not only will you learn more about yourself, but you will also start to see the world through other people's eyes, understanding how and why people think, feel, and act the way they do.īeginning with changes you can start making today, the wisdom of the Enneagram can help take you further along into who you really are-leading you into places of spiritual discovery you would never have found on your own, and paving the way to the wiser, more compassionate person you want to become. ![]() Witty and filled with stories, this book allows you to peek inside each of the nine Enneagram types, keeping you turning the pages long after you have read the chapter about your own number. This book is a must-read for those who seek to not only understand themselves better, but those closest to them, as well. In The Road Back to You Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile forge a unique approach-a practical, comprehensive way of accessing Enneagram wisdom and exploring its connections with Christian spirituality for a deeper knowledge of ourselves, compassion for others, and love for God. 'As a newbie to the Enneagram, The Road Back to You offered a delightful and accessible way to honestly examine my own motivations and consider the best path toward growth and flourishing. The Enneagram is an ancient personality typing system with an uncanny accuracy in describing how human beings are wired, both positively and negatively. Do you want help figuring out who you are and why you're stuck in the same ruts? What you don't know about yourself can hurt you and your relationships-and even keep you in the shallows with God. Ignorance is bliss-except in self-awareness. Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist /rebates/2fip2fThe-Road-Back-to-You-An-Enneagram-Journey-to-Self-Discovery-Hardcover-97808308461912f51798608&. ![]() |