![]() ![]() |a Palestine |0 |x Civilization |0 |v Juvenile literature. |a Philistines |0 |v Juvenile literature. ![]() |a Phoenicians |0 |v Juvenile literature. |a Philistines |0 |x History |0 |v Juvenile literature. |a Phoenicians |0 |x History |0 |v Juvenile literature. |a Examines the ancient cultures of the Israelites, the Philistines, and the Phoenicians, focusing on art, architecture, food, clothing, writing, history, religion, and work. |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-137) and index. |a xix, 140 pages : |b illustrations (some color), color map |c 22 x 28 cm |a Ancient Israelites and their neighbors : |b an activity guide / |c Marian Broida. |a DLC |b eng |c DLC |d OCL |d BAKER |d IG# |d BTCTA |d YDXCP |d E3V ![]()
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![]() ![]() As tension mounts, and Agnes and Zoe’s relationship turns from banal banter to desperate intimacies, the assumed inevitability turns out to be nothing that anyone could have imagined-it’s as horrific as is it impossible to look away from. ![]() ![]() LaRocca’s ( Starving Ghosts in Every Thread) combination of structure, adept pacing, and masterful language is more complex than meets the eye. Readers are privy to the interior life of each woman only through what they can glean from their emails and instant messages. THGWSWLS ( no fucking way Im typing that every time I mention it) is the second of his books I’ve read. But rather quickly-check the timestamps-this innocuous exchange escalates into a macabre affair, fueled by a toxic cocktail of the desire to control and the need to submit. Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke Covering my year in horror: 2023 John Cramer Jan 4 1 Eric LaRocca (rock-uh) has caused quite a stir in the horror community with his intense and stark novellas. In the kind of exchange that might be familiar and perhaps even nostalgic to readers, Agnes and Zoe proceed to converse with the lack of restraint encouraged by a digital barrier. ![]() Zoe expresses interest and appreciation for the item’s backstory. It’s May of 2000, and Agnes, a lonely young woman in need of funds, lists a family heirloom for sale on a queer message board. ![]() ![]() ![]() The downside was that every time you made a friend, you had to move away.” And her friend Vivian adds, “My mother thinks I’m having this great international experience, but changing schools all the time is just the same horrible experience over and over.” The constant moving of military families is an important theme in Second Fiddle and the book does a great job of capturing the sense of loss, while at the same time, even the thirteen-year-old characters appreciate that they are also receiving a gift.Īs the main character, Jody says near the beginning, “The upside of being a military kid was that you got to see a lot of cool places. And I have the annoying habit of being able to trump just about anyone’s extreme temperature stories, having lived in both one of the hottest cities in the world, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and one of the coldest, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. But the appeal of exotic travel chronicles only part of the experience. It is accurate that I have lived in six countries and four states. From the outside it may seem that this is always true of military family life. Second Fiddle is a story of adventures in exotic locales. ![]() ![]() ![]() Books did not care who was reading them or rather one read them or not. ![]() “The appeal of reading, she thought, lay in its indifference. The Queen simply replies that she is setting a good example then, and later she considers that Certainly, the Queen’s private secretary – the horrible Sir Kevin – expresses concern about her new pursuit arguing that it is somehow elitist because not everyone reads. Firstly there is discussion around whether reading is a solitary and selfish exercise. She becomes an avid reader discovering author after author, with one book leading her to another, so much so that her passion takes over somewhat and she finds growing opposition to her new ‘hobby’ in the Palace.Īs well as writing a beautiful little snapshot of imagined royal life, Bennett covers a surprisingly wide range of quite serious themes in The Uncommon Reader. Not wanting to seem rude, she borrows a book and although she gets off to a bit of a drab start with Ivy Compton Burnett, is soon hooked on books. ![]() What a little gem! Almost a short story at only 128 small pages, this was the perfect book to help me catch my breath after reading Celine Curiol’s intense Voice Over and Peter Carey’s 2001 Booker prize-winning True History of the Kelly Gang.Īn unexpected but quite believable premisem The Uncommon Reader tells how one day Queen Elizabeth is out walking her corgis and stumbles upon a mobile library. I am so grateful to Simon ( Savidge Reads) for giving me a copy of The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett. ![]() ![]() ![]() An expensive book for collectors looking to line their bookshelves with the complete series.Īnother tiny, expensive paperback with two short stories linked to the Shatter Me series – this time from Kenji’s point of view. Juliette’s journal provided a deeper insight into her state of mind at the start of the series, but again there were no new elements for the reader. ![]() I’m glad I read the short stories ( Destroy Me and Fracture Me), but I was disappointed that there were no dramatic revelations from these two important characters. Juliette’s journal was interesting, but we’ve read some of it before, and most (if not all) of it features in the fourth novel in the series. While it was interesting to read sections of the story with Warner and Adam as narrators, I didn’t think the book contributed much to the series. ![]() This is an tiny, expensive paperback featuring two short stories that link to the first three books of the Shatter Me series, along with the contents of Juliette’s journal. ![]() ![]() He lives a solitary existence centred around his floating bookstore, the local cafe and a tiny, barely furnished apartment. ![]() He prescribes books for the souls who venture aboard Perdu is an occasionally empathetic, but usually grumpy, middle-aged man who knows books and the human psyche. George’s principal inspiration and main character is a bookseller named Jean Perdu (John Lost.) Perdu is a literary therapist: he runs la pharmacie littéraire (The Literary Apothecary) from his péniche, a barge-like riverboat, moored along the Seine in central Paris. the experience of profound grief might also make you a candidate. If you also love bookstores, fine food, good wine, dare to think about death and believe in the redemptive power of human love, you are quite likely in for a treat. If you are inclined to be a Francophile, you’ll likely savour this book. It became a bestseller in Germany and elsewhere in Europe and has been translated into more than 25 languages. The German author’s novel The Little Paris Bookshop was originally published in 2013, but is only recently published in English. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s a mighty trick to imbue Paris and the countryside of Provence in southern France with additional magic but Nina George has pulled it off. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In Sheridan Le Fanu's 1872 short story “Green Tea,” the Reverend Mr. Check our website Cambridge Core for details. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Ultimately, Hudson argues that this so-called excess was a driving force in fictional experimentation and the advertising and publication practices that shaped the genre's reception. ![]() Using paratextual materials including reviews, advertisements, and authorial prefaces, this book establishes the ubiquity of Romantic anxieties about literary 'excess', showing how beliefs about fictional overproduction created new literary hierarchies. With particular focus on the infamous Minerva Press, the most prolific fiction-producer of the age, Hannah Hudson puts its popular authors in dialogue with writers such as Walter Scott, Ann Radcliffe, Maria Edgeworth, and William Godwin. This book draws on evidence from over one hundred Romantic novels to explore the changes in publishing, reviewing, reading, and writing that accompanied the unprecedented growth in novel publication during the Romantic period. Jane Austen's ironic reference to 'the trash with which the press now groans' is only one of innumerable Romantic complaints about fiction's newly overwhelming presence. ![]() ![]() Prior to Saussure, language was perceived as just nomenclature, i.e. ![]() The very first chapter of the Course in General Linguistics is about Nature of the Linguistic Sign. Saussure’s Course in General Linguistics contains five parts: General Principles, Synchronic Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Geographical Linguistics, and Questions of Retrospective Linguistics Conclusion. The very first part of this book by Saussure explains the nature of the linguistic sign.Ī linguistic sign can be anything that informs us something other than itself. It was translated into English in 1959 by Wade Baskin as the Course in General Linguistics. The book was so seminal that it was translated in seven languages between 19. It was prepared by Charles Bally and Albert Séchehaye. ![]() Cours de linguistique générale was published in French in 1916 (almost three years after his death), and was a compilation of notes taken by Saussure’s students based on his lectures. ![]() ![]() Together they share a dream - to restore the majesty of the Pharaoh of Pharaohs on the glittering banks of the Nile. They often take as much pleasure in tearing down. ![]() Beside Taita stand his proteges, Lostris, the beautiful fourteen-year-old daughter of his master Lord Intef and Tanus, proud, young army officer, who has vowed to avenge the death - at Intef's hand - of his father, and seize Lostris as his prize. Fame and popularity breed envy in high places, and the adulation of the mob is fickle. But Taita - a wise and formidably gifted eunuch slave, sees him only as a symbol of a kingdom's fading glory. In the city of Thebes at the Festival of Osiris, loyal subjects of the Pharaoh gather to pay homage to their leader. ![]() A newly graduated police officer from London, he is recruited in the first book by. Now the Valley of the Kings lies ravaged by war, drained of its lifeblood as weak men inherit the cherished crown. Rivers of London is part urban fantasy, part police procedural, centring on detective constable Peter Grant. River God, the first in Wilbur Smith's blockbusting Egyptian Novels, is a thrilling adventure set amid the mysteries of ancient Egypt. ![]() ![]() Her first book was the young-adult novel Faking 19, which explores the lifestyles of teens today. She was inspired to become an author after reading Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume in the sixth grade. She has spent most of her free time traveling and getting away from the suburban lifestyle. ![]() She has had a variety of jobs such as babysitter, department store sales clerk, administrative assistant, office manager, jewelery maker, t-shirt painter, front desk hotel clerk, flight attendant for Delta Air Lines, and is now an author. She now lives in Laguna Beach, California. Afterward, she moved to Manhattan, New York where she worked as a flight attendant for a major airline. ![]() She lived in Mykonos, Greece after leaving her high school, Troy High School (California). She was raised in Orange County and attended Richard Nixon Elementary School for two years. ![]() |