![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If I were in this, I would have gone for the bat wings, missed opportunity Oliver. Twins, someone's way of saying, one of you is the rough draft and unfortunately our 'Warner Brothers' mother is blinded to the fact.Ī light and sweet, (especially Aunt Ellen), replete of two kids trying to keep a mystery transportation device away from a cast of hot pursuit wizards, and reunited love. A dark and creepy yarn about a tiny friendly golem doll that comes alive and becomes a little less tiny and a lot less friendly with a sinister purpose. Spooky is described in blurb and this one created by upcoming writer Emily Carroll takes the cake. With eye popping full colour art and palettes ranging from candy coloured to ethereal earth tones, this is both a visual feast for the eyes and a healthy helping of thought for the soul. This volume eloquently demonstrates how well short stories work in the comics medium, by cleverly applying the thematic catalyst, fending off staleness. Seven stories are contained within and focus on a central theme, a mystery box. A mystery box is the catalyst for imagination. ![]()
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![]() With the spirit of self-inquiry and empathy she’s known for, Smith interweaves snapshots of a life with meditations on secrets, anger, forgiveness, and narrative itself. The book begins with one woman’s personal, particular heartbreak, but the circles widen into a reckoning with contemporary womanhood, traditional gender roles, and the power dynamics that persist even in many progressive homes. ![]() In her memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful, Poet Maggie Smith explores the disintegration of her marriage and her renewed commitment to herself in lyrical vignettes that shine, hard and clear as jewels. ![]() “Life, like a poem, is a series of choices.” Maggie Smith, the Bestselling Poet and Author of the “powerful” (People) and “luminous” ( Newsweek) Keep Moving offers a lush and heartrending memoir exploring coming of age in your middle age. ![]() EVENT OVERVIEW: Maggie Smith will be In Conversation with Traci Brimhall, 2023 to 2026 Poet Laureate for Kansas, about Maggie's New Hardcover You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir on Sunday, April 23, 2023, at 2:00 PM.ĪBOUT THE NEW BOOK: “.reminds you that you can.survive deep loss, sink into life’s deep beauty, and constantly, constantly make yourself new.” ~ Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times BestsellingAauthor ![]() ![]() ![]() If it had been a better and more nuanced book, I could have accepted that, or taken it as a critique of the effects domestic violence can have (Stockholm syndrome, that kind of thing). so that it was STILL about what was best for him, rather than what was best for her. I was especially bothered by how Cassie's decision to "out" her husband as abusive was framed as her realizing that she had to make him hate her, because she would always love him. Disappointing (and a romance novel would have cost less, frankly). But toward the end I realized that it was basically just a romance novel dressed up to look like something more serious. ![]() I spent most of the book thinking that it was going to focus on how difficult it is to honestly connect with someone who is constantly acting, or even maybe something about how the romance novels Cassie read during her marriage had contributed to her putting up with abuse. Underwhelming treatment of domestic violence with a weak ending. ![]() ![]() ![]() His practice focuses primarily on issues of violence, sexual abuse, sexism, racism, and homophobia. He publishes and presents his work internationally. He is currently an editor for the Canadian Journal of Social Work. ![]() He works as a consultant on issues of domestic violence for both government and non-government organizations. He has taught at the School of Social Work at Dalhousie University in Halifax. is the program coordinator at Bridges - a domestic violence counselling, research, and training institute in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada. She conducts research in the area of women, eating disorders, body image, trauma and sexual abuse, depression, and alcohol use problems. She is the co-editor of Consuming Passions: Feminist Approaches to Eating Disorders and Weight Preoccupation. ![]() She is also a feminist psychotherapist in private practice with a focus on eating disorders. Catrina Brown, M.A., M.S.W., Ph.D., is an assistant professor at the School of Social Work at Dalhousie University in Halifax, cross-appointed to Women s Studies and Nursing. ![]() ![]() ![]() Oh god, oh god, it was weeks ago that I read Two Lives.īack when I read Two Lives I hadn’t restarted exercising, I hadn’t received any government money… it was a different world. My expectations were sky high, so although Two Lives was definitely good, I felt a little disappointed… Though it was great and very enjoyable, in comparison with the two Malcolm books I have read before, it was much simpler. ![]() I selected Two Lives by Janet Malcolm, a 200x non-fiction text about Gertrude Stein and Alice B. After reading the equivalent of eating only packets of crisps as the entirety of every meal, I decided to give myself something more worthy next, though still within the realm of biography. ![]() ![]() I listened to the Audiobook version of the book which was performed by the full cast and in my opinion it is a great rendition. I also loved the other characters in the book ( Especially Rose and Kara). Though I felt in the beginning that the interviewer is a narscisstic ass, he/she ended up being my favorite character. For the most of the book,an unknown interviewer questions the characters in the book. I was initially skeptical, however I enjoyed reading it and I felt that this type of narrative indeed helped to keep up the pace. In other words, the book is 100% dialogue. It’s told through a series of interviews, reports, journal entries etc. The book is narrated in a very unconventional way. How is it possible ? Aliens ? Time travel ? Now that the giant robot is found, how will world react to it ?This is what sleeping Giants is about and It is an incredible read throughout. ![]() ![]() As the research continues, they find more body parts and eventually build a giant robot.Ī giant robot buried in the Earth? Probably several years ago ? And it’s technically Advanced and stronger than any weapon available on the Earth ? ( This is the part that reminded of ” sphere” ) Seventeen years later, now as a highly trained physicist, Rose and her top secret team try to find more about the hand. When she was 14, Rose Franklin discovers a giant hand near her hometown in deadwood, South Dakota. It somehow reminded me of Michael Crichton’s ” Sphere” though both are completely different. Sleeping Giants ( Themis Files 1) by Sylvain NeuvelĪ Sci Fi novel that I read after a long time. ![]() ![]() ![]() She’s used to the brutality and perversion of the men and is expected to entertain them. He strains, suppressing his emotions since the wolf den is not a place for sentiments or romance. He’s a man shaped by his traumatizing past, but there’s something human about him underneath his cruelty. ![]() She’s a prostitute and one of the ‘she wolves’ Owned by one harsh master named Felix. She starts setting up plans and ways to add her earnings while keeping safe and finding time to be happy and at peace with her friends. Now she can see that it’s almost impossible to get her freedom from the little money she earns from the tips. Amara is a smart and educated girl just that her fortunes were reversed after the death of her father She’s now enslaved in Pompeii’s notorious brothels, where she recalls her past life in Greece and the dreams she had to be a free woman. Left with nothing after her father’s death, Amara’s mother gave her out as a concubine before being sold to Felix as a prostitute. The Wolf Den is the debut in the Wolf Den Trilogy. Elodie’s novel The Wolf Den narrated women’s lives in ancient Pompeii and was position one in Sunday Times bestseller. Before then, she was a producer for Channel 4 News. She’s a journalist and presenter at ITV News Anglia. She won the 2016 Bazaar of Bad Dreams short story competition for her Wild Swimming story. Elodie Harper is an award-winning Historical and mystery author. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Vengeful Vampire is a gripping second-chance retelling of the classic Nosferatu & Dracula tale and is intended for mature listeners. As history begins to repeat itself, will he get another chance at love? Or is he forever doomed to be alone with nothing but the corpses he leaves in his wake for company?Ĭaught in the alluring web of the unknowable creature, Mina has to choose between her friends … and the man with the red eyes who seems to call out to her very soul. The vampire is ancient, seemingly unstoppable, and claims to know Mina from another life. A monster is now loose and has his sights set squarely on her. ![]() Mina Harker bit off more than she could chew the night she and her fellow treasure hunters opened up a tomb with more in it than just some dusty family relics. Listen to them, the children of the night… ![]() ![]() ![]() With unprecedented access to the SAS secret files, unseen footage and exclusive interviews with its founder members, SAS: Rogue Heroes tells the remarkable story behind an extraordinary fighting force, and the immense cost of making it a reality.įascinating story of determination, bravery & unorthodox thinking And so begins the most celebrated and mysterious military organisation in the world: the SAS. ![]() In the summer of 1941, at the height of the war in the Western Desert, a bored and eccentric young officer, David Stirling, has a vision for a new kind of war: attacking the enemy where they least expect it - from behind their own lines.ĭespite the intense opposition of many in British High Command, Winston Churchill personally gives Stirling permission to recruit the toughest, brightest and most ruthless soldiers he can find. ![]() The book behind the hit BBC series SAS: Rogue Heroes, starring Connor Swindells, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Allen and Dominic West.įrom the secret SAS archives and bestselling author Ben Macintyre: the first ever authorized history of the SAS, read by the author. ![]() ![]() They don't make good characters of books," Allende says. ![]() "I'm not interested in people who have easy lives. Reflecting on her historic career, Allende identified the trait that all of her characters share: They're prone to making interesting decisions-not necessarily good ones. They are all around," Allende, 78, says in a video created by her U.S. "Those strong women? I don't make them up. She's best known for her tales of strong (and occasionally supernatural) women, including the famous Truebas of The House of the Spirits. With 24 books that have sold over 70 million copies, Allende is considered the most widely-read Spanish language author alive. Throughout her decades-spanning career as a writer, Allende has been working her own kind of magic-of the storytelling variety, of course. 8 Books by Latinx Authors to Read Right Now. ![]() |