I absolutely adore this book! It’s just so great that something like this even exists. Ann Shen’s signature watercolors make Legendary Ladies a unique, gift-worthy homage to the mighty women within. These powerful deities and many more are celebrated in gorgeous artwork and enlightening essays that explore the feminine divine and encourage readers to empower themselves. Lakshmi, the Hindu provider of fortune and prosperity. Mazu, the Chinese deity who safely guides travellers home. Aphrodite, the Greek goddess whose love overcame mortality. A physical copy of this book was kindly provided by the publisher and Raincoast Books, in exchange for an honest review.įrom the beloved author and artist behind Bad Girls Throughout History comes this lushly illustrated book of goddesses from around the world.
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Ackroyd is just the man to puncture the whoppers with which Chaplin embroidered his past, without being too much of a scold." "Ackroyd has turned in the best account of Chaplin's formation beneath the teetering chimney stacks of Victorian London, fragrant with the odours of dung, smoke and beer. The luxury of a short book about a vast life cannot be overestimated." - Financial Times (UK) Ackroyd acknowledges Chaplin's many human failings, while at the same time giving us a vivid sense of what made the man a genius." - The Telegraph (UK) "Chaplin's rise makes an enthralling story, and it's one perfectly suited to Peter Ackroyd's prodigious and idiosyncratic talents. " A comprehensive look at Chaplin the man but lacking as a portrait of the artist and his legacy." - Kirkus An exceptional read for those who love Chaplin, film, history, and gossip." - Library Journal "Award-winning author Ackroyd exposes the hidden truths in Chaplin's life that help us to understand the artist both personally and professionally. Ackroyd's book introduces the Little Tramp in such a charming and candid fashion that it will drive movie buffs to watch Chaplin on screen once again." - Publishers Weekly Expect plenty of interest in this fine biography."- Booklist Detailed yet breezy, full of sharp insights into Chaplin's public and private personas. And we gain fresh understanding of Jane Seymour's circumspect wisdom, the touching dignity of Anna of Cleves, and the youthful naivete that led to Katherine Howard's fatal indiscretions. Under Antonia Fraser's intent scrutiny, Catherine of Aragon emerges as a scholar-queen who steadfastly refused to grant a divorce to her royal husband Anne Boleyn is absolved of everything but a sharp tongue and an inability to produce a male heir and Catherine Parr is revealed as a religious reformer with the good sense to tack with the treacherous winds of the Tudor court. 32 pages of illustrations.īook Synopsis The New York Times bestselling history of the legendary six wives of Henry VIII-from the acclaimed author of Marie Antoinette. "Admirably succeed(s) in bringing to life the six women who married England's ruler. About the Book The six-week New York Times bestselling history of the legendary six wives of Henry VIII-from an acclaimed biographer. The book focuses not only on the classic systems of proportioning, such as the golden section and root rectangles, but also on less well known proportioning systems such as the Fibonacci Series. Explanations and techniques of visual analysis make the inherent mathematical relationships evident and a must-have for anyone involved in graphic arts. Geometry of Design-the first book in our new Design Briefs Series-takes a close look at a broad range of twentieth-century examples of design, architecture, and illustration (from the Barcelona chair to the Musica Viva poster, from the Braun handblender to the Conico kettle), revealing underlying geometric structures in their compositions. Kimberly Elam takes the reader on a geometrical journey, lending insight and coherence to the design process by exploring the visual relationships that have foundations in mathematics as well as the essential qualities of life. At last, a mathematical explanation of how art works presented in a manner we can all understand. It is the end of the book (83%) before we get Wakefield's POV during any sexual contact with Artemis, including kissing. In this case, though, there is a pretty basic element that I think is a real problem, and here it is: So I got up at midnight to read this because of course I did.Įven with a wondrous thing like Thief of Shadows, I do always feel a little letdown with this series, but I think it's because I am looking forward to each release so much that I'm bound to feel that way. Now that she has the tiger by the tail, can she withstand his ire-or the temptation of his embrace? But blackmailing a powerful duke isn't without risks. Īrtemis makes a bold move: she demands that Maximus use his influence to free her imprisoned brother-or she will expose him as the Ghost. She's even more intrigued when she realizes who exactly the notorious Ghost is by day. Giles rescues her from footpads, she recognizes a kindred spirit-and is intrigued. Īrtemis Greaves toils as a lady's companion, but hiding beneath the plain brown serge of her dress is the heart of a huntress. One night he finds a fiery woman who meets him toe-to-toe-and won't back down. Giles, ever on the hunt for the murderer. But by night, disguised as the Ghost of St. Now the autocratic Duke of Wakefield, he spends his days ruling Parliament. Twenty years ago Maximus Batten witnessed the brutal murders of his parents. “Is that yours?” the trader asked, pointing.īlue-gray eyes flashed. A quiver filled with long arrows hung on her back, a bow rested in her hand, unstrung. A soft, full mouth said she was vulnerable her chin was entirely stubborn. Brown curls tamed by a head-scarf fell to thin shoulders. I’m”-she paused, then went on-“a fair hand with animals, all kinds.” She waited as Onua looked her over: a girl in a green wool dress, skirts short enough to show leggings and boots. “Excuse me-Trader Onua?” The speaker was a girl, shy and country bred. The prospect of taking her animals south, with no one to help, was an unpleasant one. By the end of her fifth day at the fair, it seemed she would never find the assistant she required. This year she had another transaction to make and was having no luck with it. Like thousands of others in the Eastern Lands, Onua Chamtong went there to do business: buying ponies, in her case. Each year, at the end of March, a great fair was held in Cría, the capital of Galla. Flashbacks and letters of Otto's time in World War I play out on the current landscape of the aging trio's lives. Otto, on the other hand, stays at home, baking and making paper-mache animal figures while he waits for Etta's return. When he does catch up with Etta, she advises him to follow his own path and create his own journey which he does. Russell chooses to go after Etta, whom he has loved since he met her sixty years ago. Etta has trouble remembering who she is and her present soon blends into Otto’s past. Otto enrages their close friend, Russell, when he declares that Etta should be allowed her independence. The lines between her identity and Otto's blend as the story extends. Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper(Goodreads Author) 3.67 Rating details 11,741 ratings 2,089 reviews A gorgeous literary debut about an elderly woman’s last great adventure walking across Canada. But with Etta gone, the memories come crowding in and. Etta struggles with early stages of dementia. Otto has seen the ocean, having crossed the Atlantic years ago to fight in a far-away war. Along the way, Etta is joined by a talking coyote named James as well as other people who gain notice of her journey. Etta leaves a note for her husband, Otto, takes his gun, a few personal items, and some food. In Etta and Otto and Russell and James, a novel by Emma Hooper, an 83-year-old woman named Etta leaves her farm home in Saskatchewan early one morning on a trek to see the ocean she has never viewed. NOTE: This study guide refers to Etta and Otto and Russell and James, by Emma Hooper, the Kindle Edition, Copyright 2015. Also, the whole concept behind what happened to these 10 people isn’t something that had ever even crossed my mind until I saw this movie. There are some great performances given by Bronson Pinchot (Balki from Perfect Strangers) and Dean Stockwell (Al from Quantum Leap). If I tell much more plot, it’ll give away the neat parts of the movie, but this is definitely one of my favorite Stephen King movies. They also start to realize that there’s no one on the ground, because the radio only picks up static and the lights of major cities, like Denver, can’t be seen from the plane. At first they assume that the plane landed and everybody else got off, but the pilot points out that there’s no way a plane could land or take off without a pilot. The plane is fine and luckily one of the survivors is a pilot. All the other passengers are gone - as are the crew and the pilots. In the movie, 10 strangers awaken amidst their flight from LA to Boston. It’s based on a Stephen King novella and, as with any King book made for TV, the acting isn’t the greatest and the ending isn’t that great, but the overall premise is very cool and it does have some really great parts to it. While rewatching it, I forgot how eerie it is. “You could say that the Langoliers are purpose personified.”Īndie’s rating: 5 out of 5 scampering little boysĪndie’s review: The Langoliers is a made-for-TV-movie which came out in 1995 and I just recently purchased. Because her life has been nothing but a lie-an elaborate enchantment meant to conceal the truth: Selkie is a half-faerie princess.And her mother wants her dead. 'Claudia Gray, New York Times bestselling author of the Evernight series In Selkie's family, you don't celebrate birthdays. And you never, ever reveal your birth date."Until now.The instant Selkie blurts out the truth to Ben in the middle of Boston Common, her whole world shatters. The Girl Who Never Was: Otherworld Book One by Skylar Dorset ( 67 ) 3.88 'Romantic, suspenseful, and witty all at once Alice in Wonderland meets Neverwhere. But the instant she blurts out the truth, her whole world shatters.Because the world she's known is only an elaborate enchantment designed to conceal the. All she wanted a simple 'Happy Birthday' from her secret crush, Ben. "Romantic, suspenseful, and witty all at once-Alice in Wonderland meets Neverwhere."-Claudia Gray, New York Times bestselling author of the Evernight series"Today is my birthday."In Selkie's family, you don't celebrate birthdays. And you never, ever reveal your birth date.Until now.On Selkie's seventeenth birthday, Selkie finally understands why. Favorite quotes and passages from True Believer Carr’s second installment differs from the first though: the setting is global, the pacing is more varied and more time is spent on character development with James Reese. True Believer is a fast and furious follow up to The Terminal List, and if you loved that one, you’ll likely love this one also. Sometimes, the most tumultuous action occurs inside a character, rather than in the world around them. Everything in the book has purpose and moves not just the story, but the character of James Reece, forward. Some have critized this book as too long, or lacking pacing in the middle portion. Reese’s journey, spanning numerous countries, comes with many twists, turns, travels, and, of course, plenty of violence. This story spills overseas, as Reese is given a path forward to a presidential pardon in exchange for hunting down a deadly Iraqi terrorist. Once a celebrated SEAL, Reece is now America’ most-wanted domestic terrorist, thanks to the events in Carr’s first book, The Terminal List. No fictional characters lives than more than James Reese in True Believer, the second book in Jack Carr’s series which chronicles the adventures of the former Navy SEAL commander. “Your life can change overnight” goes the old saying. |