![]() ![]() The way that issue did perfect, by addressing past, future, present, feelings all at once. The flair is there no matter who they are or where they are in the dance, and that makes it worth it to me. I loved the issue with John/Dick, because they will always be a favorite pair. ![]() ![]() I love the things with her Dad and Bruce, but then I always do. Determined and amazing and forgetting to come down. I love that Bab's has a roommate, because she always needs someone to anchor her from being, well, you know, her. I think it's an important thing for people to think about and learn to see in how they talk. I love that there are ableism/disablism notices being put out their blatantly, even if its just in the monologuing. ![]() Things I did love about giving this first graphic novel a whirl. It has if nothing else quite a lot of potential to be something I could love, and while not yet my favorite Barbara of all the different Barbara Gordon versions out there (because BOP Oracle I still maybe love you best), I think she has the room to become someone I might love. Barbara Gordon, under the hands of Gail Simone, is always the most amazing and I was so happy to see her back in the best hands.Ģ013: Definitely interesting. 2015: Part of my massive Barbara Gordon Re-read which I had a glorious amazing time with. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Thorne must find a killer whose agenda is disturbingly unique, and Alison, the one person who holds the key to the killer's identity, is unable to say anything. Then DI Tom Thorne discovers the horrifying truth: it isn't Alison who is the mistake, it's the three women already dead. In leaving Alison Willetts alive, the police believe the killer's made his first mistake. She can see, hear and feel but she is completely unable to move or communicate. Alison Willetts has survived a stroke, deliberately induced by a skilful manipulation of pressure points on the head and neck. A stunning 20th anniversary paperback edition of the groundbreaking first Tom Thorne novel, a case that changed crime fiction forever. ![]() ![]() ![]() This month, Leadercast is focused on the theme of exploration, and we couldn’t help but think of it in the context of the self. (Think of it like the directions you receive on a plane for when the oxygen masks deploy: “Put on your own mask first before assisting others.”) You may recall in 2018, Leadercast took a deep dive into self-awareness for its Leading Yourself theme, which covered the idea that before a leader has the ability to lead others, they must first learn how to lead themselves. Billie Jean King once shared, “I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.” Self-awareness is key in anything you do, whether you’re a champion tennis player like Billie or a leader of an organization. ![]() ![]() The character of her mother-in-law, who is cruel and heartless, is also interesting. ![]() She really has to struggle a lot in life and makes the best of it. I found Koly's strength of character really admirable. How Koly overcomes all adversities in life through education and a passion for embroidery is what makes the plot of this book so interesting. Her husband is quite sick and dies very soon, and Koly is left alone in an unknown city to spend her life as a widow. It is about the life journey of a young girl called Koly who lives in a small village in India and gets married at the age of 13. Having said that, Homeless Bird has a beautiful story. So to some extent, the book portrays a slightly wrong impression of India. Well, let me tell you that in contemporary India, girls don't get married at 13, and are not left to fend for themselves in a "City of Widows." In today's world, child marriage in India is as rare as foot binding in China or witch hunting in Salem. Whelan herself admitted in an interview that she got the idea for this book after reading a story on child widows and seeing an exhibit on Asian embroidery in America. ![]() But many of the customs she talks about appear fake and outdated. ![]() Whelan deals with the delicate issue of child widows in India and how they are abandoned to live a life of poverty and loneliness – and she handles it with sensitivity. ![]() ![]() The Beast Within: A Tale of Beauty's Prince (Villains)Ī cursed prince sits alone in a secluded castle. Fairest of All takes readers on a journey through the origin story of the Wicked Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and uncovers what makes Her Majesty so vicious. Here's a hint: the creepy-looking man in the magic mirror is not just some random spooky visage-and he just might have something to do with the Queen's wicked ways! Now, for the first time, we'll examine the life of the Wicked Queen and find out just what it is that makes her so nasty. Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen (2009) The Beast Within: A. (And even if this sort of thing is a common urge, we don't know many people who have acted upon it.) The result is Serena Valentinos series of childrens novels published by Disney. ![]() ![]() For anyone who's seen Walt Disney's Snow White, you'll know that the Wicked Queen is one evil woman! After all, it's not everyone who wants to cut out their teenage step-daughter's heart and have it delivered back in a locked keepsake box. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() His dissertation is on the Sufis, with reference to Rumi. And so I think in lieu of a review in my words of Abandon, I would rather present you with a collection of quotes in his own words, after setting the scene: be warned, I will not be doing it justice.John MacMillan is an English graduate student in Divinity with a fellowship to study in California. In "A Note About the Author" at the back of Abandon, it is phrased this way: "Pico Iyer is the author of several books about the romance between cultures."He is a verbal virtuoso, and I found myself frequently scribbling quotes from Abandon into the nearest notebook. Most of his previous works have been categorized as travelogues, although when reading interviews with him, there is an impression that he is not entirely comfortable with the label. Pico Iyer has been called the poet laureate of travel writers. ![]() ![]() ![]() There are now over 300 Berenstain Bears books. They continued to live outside of Philadelphia in the country. ![]() They both wrote the stories and created the pictures. Stan and Jan planned all of their books together. It was about a family of bears, who later became known as the "Berenstain Bears." Inside, outside, upside down, by Stan and Jan Berenstain. Their first published children's book was called The Big Honey Hunt. This title was originally catalogued by the Library of Congress as follows: Berenstain, Stan. After having their two sons Leo and Michael, the Berenstains decided to write some funny children's books that their children and other children could read and enjoy. When the war was over, they got married and began to work together as artists and writers, primarily drawing cartoons for popular magazines. During World War II, Stan was a medical assistant in the Army, and Jan worked in an airplane factory. They liked each other right away, and found out that the both enjoyed the same kinds of books, plays, music and art. They didn't know each other as children, but met later at school, at the Philadelphia College of Art. Stan and Jan Berenstain were both born in 1923 in Philadelphia. ![]() ![]() The author interrogates the principal forms of economic organization over time, from slavery to “non-European trifunctional societies,” Chinese-style communism, and “hypercapitalist” orders, in order to examine relative levels of inequality and its evolution. Readers who like their political manifestoes in manageable sizes, à la Common Sense or The Communist Manifesto, may be overwhelmed by the latest from famed French economist Piketty ( Top Incomes in France in the Twentieth Century: Inequality and Redistribution, 1901-1998, 2014, etc.), but it’s a significant work. ![]() ![]() A massive investigation of economic history in the service of proposing a political order to overcome inequality. ![]() ![]() However, as Miyole becomes acquainted of the dangers that lurk in space, she must also deal with her past. Miyole who suffers from PTSD flashbacks regarding her mother's untimely death, feels a connection to Cassia and will stop at nothing to help her. Cassia's family has been attacked by pirates and her older brother kidnapped. When Miyole meets Cassia, things take a turn. ![]() Once on board, Miyole works as a bioengineer studying butterflies and bees. Sixteen year old Miyole has always been pegged as different in Mumbai and forges papers to work at a space research station. Miyiole Guiteau, a character of Haitian background that grew up in India, really stands out among other YA protagonists. It started yesterday, but I made Sound my Day 2 cover because it is such a great novel and I just UGH would love more people to check it out.Īs a reader, I love when a book surprises me, and Sound truly did that. ![]() Usually I stay away from that stuff, but it was to post the covers of seven books you love with no review. So a Facebook friend tagged me in a challenge. ![]() ![]() This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves. The Homeric hymn to Demeter shows the reader many stages of a womans life, from a young carefree Kore, to a worried mother, to a woman past the age of. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. ![]() ![]() This malleability nevertheless makes it, as Hayes notes, a palimpsest, for each time it is retold it reveals ‘vital changes in the relationship between human beings and the natural world, as well as major shifts in the economy of social power over the millennia’ (1994a, 2). Yet, as the myth appears in a range of cultural and political epochs, its original ‘meaning’ - intended or otherwise - remains contested. Linked to a significant ritual in ancient Greece - the Eleusinian mysteries - the Homeric Hymn to Demeter is an example of the way myths are ‘endlessly changed and reimagined for every generation by its artists and poets,’ where each successive generation ‘is left to fill in what we experience as the gaps and to explain the religious significance of the story in the context of his/her knowledge’ (Foley 1999, 84–5). ![]() Though myth formed part of Greek theology, it was a religion with no formal ‘divine scripture’ nor ‘priestly class of interpreters’ and was instead lived through ritual and mythic storytelling (Foley 1999, 84). The Homeric 'Hymn to Demeter', composed in the late seventh or early sixth century BCE, is a key to understanding the psychological and religious world of ancient Greek women. The myth of Persephone survives from at least 2000 BC and has informed art and storytelling in literature, poetry, dance, and theatre throughout the centuries (Foley 1999, 151–69). ![]() |