The Alchymist's Cat by Robin Jarvis7/8/2023 ![]() ![]() (And illustrator) The Alchmyst's Cat, Simon & Schuster UK ( Hemel Hempstead, England), 1991, published as The Alchemist's Cat, SeaStar ( San Francisco, CA), 2004. ![]() The Final Reckoning, Simon & Schuster UK ( Hemel Hempstead, England), 1990, SeaStar (New York, NY), 2002. The Crystal Prison, Purnell (London, England), 1989, SeaStar ( New York, NY), 2001. The Dark Portal, Purnell (London, England), 1989, SeaStar ( New York, NY), 2000. ![]() The Dark Waters of Hagwood, Puffin (London, England), 2008. The Thorn Ogres of Hagwood, Puffin (London, England), 1999, Silver Whistle ( San Diego, CA), 2002.ĭeathscent, Collins (London, England), 2001. Nestlé Smarties Book Prize shortlist, 1989, and Booklist Editors' Choice designation, 2000, both for The Dark Portal Lancashire Libraries Award, for The Whitby Witches. Previously worked as a model-maker for television programming. Education: Graduate of Newcastle Polytechnic (now Northumbria University). ![]()
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Black red necks white liberals7/8/2023 ![]() Through a series of essays, Sowell presents an in-depth look at key beliefs behind many mistaken and dangerous actions, policies, and trends. This explosive new book challenges many of the long-held assumptions about blacks, Jews, Germans and Nazis, slavery, and education. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.īlack Rednecks and White Liberals is the capstone of decades of outstanding research and writing on racial and cultural issues by Thomas Sowell. ![]() You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. 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Hercules was required to steal that cattle as part of his penance for slaughtering his own wife and children. ![]() Geryon was a monster with three bodies who tended cattle. Now, in case your Greek mythology is a little dusty, let me bring you up to speed. And I'm here to tell you its sequel has just been published, and that it's pretty much the biggest event of the year.Īutobiography of Red was a novel written in verse, a crossbreed of poetry and prose that retold the myth of Geryon and Herakles, aka Hercules. But if there is one book I've pressed on more people in the past decade, it is Anne Carson's Autobiography of Red. I'm not going to make you feel bad about that. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Red Doc Author Anne Carson ![]() ![]() ![]() In Harini and Padmini Say Namaste written by Amy Maranville and illustrated by Tim Palin (Bharat Babies), Padmini’s two moms bring her to her first yoga class, where the teacher, Miss Janani, teaches her and her friend Harini about the history of yoga as a Hindu spiritual practice, and shows them some poses. It is implied, but never stated, that the grandfathers are a couple (although they could be from different sides of the family). Little Pig Saves the Ship, by David Hyde Costello (Charlesbridge), is an adorable tale of a pig too young to join his siblings at camp, but who spends the day with his two grandfathers instead. ![]() They also interact with their gay neighbors. Mouse is gender creative in his play, wearing both cowboy boots and a tutu. Check them out!Ĭharlie & Mouse, written by Laurel Snyder and illustrated by Emily Hughes (Chronicle Books) won the prestigious Theodore Seuss Geisel Medal in 2018 for being “the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English.” The sweet book, with echoes of the classic Frog and Toad tales, relates the adventures of two brothers throughout their day. The past year or so has seen several LGBTQ-inclusive kids’ books that may have flown under your radar because the queerness of the characters is not a big part of the storyline. ![]() The cat who came for christmas7/8/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() But despite numerous ""man-to-cat talks,"" even such affable cat fanciers as Walter Cronkite (who gets down on all fours to make Polar Bear's acquaintance under the bed) are given the cold shoulder. ""I became convinced,"" says Amory, ""that a cat.ranked as a fellow traveler on long trips somewhere above an alligator and orangutans, but well below cross servants, quarrelsome children, sick goldfish, and compact automobiles."" A responsive chord is sure to be struck in cat lovers as Amory tries to relieve Polar Bear's anxieties toward household guests. ![]() Vacuum cleaners, strangers (both two- and four-legged), and airplane travel top the list. ![]() But his focus is primarily on the warm relationship that develops between him and the cat, whom he dubs ""Polar Bear,"" and on his attempts to help the animal overcome his many fears. Amory, an ardent animal-fights activist, touches here on his efforts to save Canadian seals and stop illegal whaling. This is the engaging story of their first year together, as the lives of man and cat intertwine. Everything changes one fateful Christmas Eve, however, when Amory rescues and brings home an injured, terrified cat, and finds that he can't part with it. apartment-homeless dogs, cats, and birds, but he never allows himself to keep one as a pet because of his heavy travel schedule. In the course of his work as head of the Fund for Animals, Amory is forever saving-and temporarily housing in his N.Y.C. ![]() ![]() ![]() Overall, “this one wild and precious life” provides a much needed sense of hope of how we can get back to feeling connected and move towards a sense of wholeness that has been lacking in our world for so long. If you can get 3.5 per cent of a population to participate in sustained, non-violent protest, change happens. Walking in nature reconnects us with ourselves, and with our true purpose. ![]() How to have an active practice – beyond the ‘lite’ ‘rainbows and unicorns’ – and use it to change the world. Book Synopsis This One Wild and Precious Life by : Sarah Wilson. Embrace poetry, deep reading, art, and classical music to light up your intellect. This One Wild and Precious Life opens our eyes to how we got here and offers a radically hopeful path forward. Break the cycle of mindless consumption and get light with your life. Sarah Wilson argues that this sense of despair and disconnection is ironically what unites usthat deep down, we are all feeling that same itch for a new way of living. ![]() Do what scares you and embrace discomfort daily. This one wild and precious life opens our eyes to how we got here and offers a radically hopeful path forward, leading us through a series of practices for reconnecting again that include: “ Sarah Wilson argues that this sense of despair and disconnection is ironically what unites us – that deep down, we are all feeling that same itch for a new way of living. ![]() ![]() Without her-well, without her, Claudia might never have found a way to go home. An in-classroom recording of Miss Forte reading of the fifth chapter of 'From The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. But once the fun of settling in was over, Claudia had two unexpected problems: She felt just the same, and she wanted to feel different and she found a statue at the Museum so beautiful she could not go home until she bad discovered its maker, a question that baffled the experts, too. She saved her money, and she invited her brother Jamie to go, mostly because be was a miser and would have money.Ĭlaudia was a good organizer and Jamie bad some ideas, too so the two took up residence at the museum right on schedule. And she would go in comfort-she would live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She would be gone just long enough to teach her parents a lesson in Claudia appreciation. When Claudia decided to run away, she planned very carefully. Konigsburg’s beloved classic and Newbery Medal–winning novel From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with E. Now available in a deluxe keepsake edition! ![]() ![]() Are there negative consequences to dark therapy?.How do you distinguish just-in-case items from just-for-when items when it comes to packing go-bags?.How do you transition from being a night owl to an early bird?. ![]() How do you convince someone that “antique” is not a synonym for “junk”?.What are the benefits of consuming coffee?.What do you consider the differences between justification and introspection?.What do you think of our current coffee culture?.What are your opinions regarding journaling?.How do we respectfully set boundaries with others?. ![]() ![]() This series is a loose retelling of the King Midas myth. ![]() However, I do not feel that this is a problem seeing that the book opens with a trigger warning note and the characters who behave as such are in no way glorified. Is there sexual violence and misogyny in this book? Yes, heaps of it. ![]() I’m not easily shocked, so you won’t hear the same rant from me as you’ll read elsewhere. I really liked this first part of the Plated Prison Series. Until war arrives on the borders of the kingdom and a dangerous deal is struck with another king. Nevertheless, her trust in king Midas is without question. But even a golden cage is still a cage, so Auren soon starts to dream of a life outside of the palace. When this talent earns him the hand of the crown princess, he decides to take Auren with him to the palace, turning her golden and naming her his favourite concubine. ![]() Gild tells the story of Auren, an orphan girl who is rescued from a violent life by a young man with the remarkable ability to turn anything he touches into solid gold. Plated Prisoner Series Review Overview Book 1: Gild ![]() ![]() Some of the comparisons with Bach’s contemporaries, though almost always adequately explained, may prove to be less than illuminating to those of us who are unfamiliar with their music. It is filled with un-translated German titles and Latinisms, as well as technical musical terminology (ever heard of an appoggiatura, ritornello, or a vokaleinbua ?) Thankfully, there is a glossary. It is incredibly detailed – a strength of the book to be sure, but at times it can be overwhelming. I must warn you, it is not always an easy read. ![]() ![]() ![]() For those interested in learning more about Bach the man through his music, I warmly recommend Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s new biography entitled, Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven. However, many of us are exceedingly unfamiliar with the man behind the music. And – for good or ill – Bach’s music is used to sell all sorts of things from life insurance to luxury cars. After Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March,” no piece of wedding music is more popular than “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring.” Many of our hymns, including such Good Friday classics as “O Sacred Head, Now Wounded,” are set to his tunes. Most evangelicals, even extremely non-musical evangelicals, are familiar with the music of J. ![]() |