![]() ![]() The first of Swedish author Sven Nordqvist's many picture-books devoted to the madcap adventures of Pettson the farmer, and his feline companion, Findus, The Birthday Cake is an entertaining tale of two friends and the extraordinary lengths to which they will go, in order to make that all-important birthday cake for Findus! (Well, I suppose it's not that extraordinary - I've been known to go pretty far out of my way for cake myself, from time to time). The Birthday Cake - 1999 Michael Rollerson translation of Pannkakstårtan. ![]()
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![]() ![]() An active approach to real-life issues will ensure that individuals don’t fall victim to thinking people make up or exaggerate pressing issues like fairy tales. ![]() She therefore has different characters emphasize the reality of the story in order to ground it gently in real American cultural, historical, and political context-and to enjoin her reader to apply its lessons to real life. And Applegate’s message about loving and accepting cultural difference is an unabashedly political one, and an intervention against the increasing cultural and racial polarization of contemporary American life. Samar’s struggle with Islamophobic harassment is something very real and pressing-not at all fairy tale fodder. ![]() Applegate wishes for the story to function not as fantasy but as a parable of contemporary American issues. Applegate’s repeated assertion, then, may seem tongue-in-cheek, but it is also apt. ![]() Every May 1, on Wishing Day, townspeople make a pilgrimage to. The story takes place in an unnamed American town, where Red is a wishtree. Red is a dioecious tree who has both male and female characteristics, so refers to themself with the pronoun they. It’s a fair assertion, as she populates the story with talking animals. This book’s narrator is a 216-year-old northern oak tree named Red. Applegate reminds her young audience throughout the narrative that this story is not a fairy tale. ![]() ![]() Moving, fun, and intimate, My Cross to Bear, the enhanced e-book, is essential for everyone who loves the Allman Brothers. ![]() This dynamic, interactive feature allows you to explore the Big House's extensive collection of Allman Brothers memorabilia on your device through memorabilia pop-ups and a video tour with the museum's curator.Īlso included here are three classic Allman Brothers songs It's Not My Cross to Bear, Statesboro Blues, and Whipping Post, for all who want to listen while they enjoy this amazing book. ![]() Once home base for the band and the scene for some of their most legendary jam sessions, The Big House is now a year-round museum dedicated to all things Allman Brothers and an indispensable destination for fans the world over. This enhanced e-book also features an interactive blueprint of The Big House Museum, in Macon, Georgia, a museum entirely devoted to the Allman Brothers Band. Featuring 11 never-before-seen video interviews with Gregg, the enhanced e-book offers a candid conversation with him, as he talks about his early days playing music, discusses his struggles with drug addiction, reflects on memories of his beloved brother Duane, opens up about his brother's early death, and shares how playing music has shaped his life. A must-have for every Gregg Allman fan, My Cross to Bear, the enhanced e-book, contains a treasure trove of exclusive material. ![]() ![]() ![]() Read all the books in the New York Times bestselling Splintered series: Splintered (Book 1 ), Unhinged (Book 2 ), Ensnared (Book 3 ), and Untamed (The Companion Novel ). And it would be much simpler if the mysterious Morpheus didn’t show up for school one day to tempt her with another dangerous quest in the dark, challenging Wonderland-where she (partly) belongs.Ĭould she leave Jeb and her parents behind again, for the sake of a man she knows has manipulated her before? Will her mother and Jeb trust her to do what’s right? Readers will swoon over the satisfying return to Howard’s bold, sensual reimagining of Carroll’s classic. That would be easier without her mother, freshly released from an asylum, acting overly protective and suspicious. Now all she has to do is graduate high school. ![]() She saved the life of Jeb, the boy she loves, and escaped the machinations of the disturbingly appealing Morpheus. ![]() She was crowned Queen of the Red Court and faced the bandersnatch. Genre: Fantasy,Books,Young Adult,Fiction,Īlyssa Gardner has been down the rabbit hole. ![]() ![]() Atwood’s Gilead is referenced by someone almost on a daily basis when discussing international outrages or abuses of power. ![]() ![]() Dystopian fiction has become very popular of late – almost everyone is reading, re-reading or watching The Handmaid’s Tale. I was also worried that there might be a tiny bit of band-wagon jumping going on with the claim of it being a re-imagining of The Handmaid’s Tale. The cover has excerpts of reviews from Elle and Prima – ok you can call me a literary snob if you like – but that worried me a little. Touted as a feminist, dystopian novel for the #Metoo generation – it seemed a pretty good fit for a feminist book group. It will give us, I think, plenty to talk about. Vox was chosen by my very small book group as our November read, we don’t actually meet until next Wednesday to discuss it. “Think about waking up one morning and finding you don’t have a voice in anything.” ![]() ![]() From there, the suit takes on a life of its own, and the ghost grows stronger along with it. He leaves his room to find the suit’s owner seated in his hallway. He quickly forgets about the purchase until he is roused in the night by a strange sound. When his assistant, Danny, receives an email from a second-tier auction website about a suit that comes with its very own ghost, Jude buys it without a second thought. Jude is in his fifties who goes through twenty-something girlfriends like water. Trigger warnings for repeated references to sexual assault and rape committed against children, repeated references to suicide and SI, violence toward animals, graphic injuries. TL DR: Scary story with lots of tension and a satisfying resolution. ![]() Synopsis: Judas Coyne, lead singer of a passe rock band, buys a ghost through an online auction and comes to find that the spirit has malicious intent. ![]() ![]() ![]() Usually books like this one, that are beginning to redefine both paranormal fantasy and the bodice ripper genre, are written so that I just want them to be over with so I can enjoy the good bits and stop cringing in between. ![]() This is not the first time I've looked over at my partner in the middle of a book and declared "This is Porn.", but this is probably the best time. (I have since listened to all the books in this series and was gutted when I finished the last one, I miss my daily dose of the Phoenix Pack and hope Jill manages to come up with some more books asap) I would recommend this series strictly for adults as there is a fair bit of rompy pompy and phwooooaarr! it is really good stuff!! Let alone the characters you get to know - awesome start to a great series. If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be? ![]() Have you listened to any of Jill Redfield’s other performances? How does this one compare? Jill builds up characters so well, it's great getting to know them The humour between Taryn and other packmates. The suspense and humour portrayed by the strong female character, Taryn. ![]() What made the experience of listening to Feral Sins the most enjoyable? ![]() ![]() However, Irma finds out from a postcard that Mrs Herriton wasn't able to get to in time, and becomes curious about her new brother. When news comes through that Lilia has died in childbirth, Mrs Herriton goes to great lengths to keep news of her baby from Irma, Lilia's young daughter who has remained at home. Unfortunately by the time he arrives Lilia is already married to Gino, the 21-year-old son of a provincial dentist, and Philip and Caroline return to England. Her mother-in-law, anxious to preserve the good name of the family, hopes that the trip will civilise her become concerned when she decides to stay in Italy, and send her brother-in-law Philip to fetch her home. Lilia Herriton, an impulsive young English widow, travels to Italy with her companion, Caroline Abbott. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is a dark comedy about a clash of cultures between the staid English middle class and the more ebullient Italians. ![]() ![]() I've always loved the waves and want to be in them, beside them, listening to them all the time, if I could. I was pleased that he mentioned that the sound of the waves is very much like the sound babies hear in the womb. ![]() It was interesting, but nothing I didn't know or couldn't figure out. I really think this author had the equivalent of a half hour documentary (it reads like a documentary) or a presentation and he had to fill to get a whole book out of it. Maybe you know someone who could benefit by this information. Water is good for - all types of people - diseases - addictions - on and on. **We need to drink more water, but not too much too fast. Lots of information on happiness, which I have in several other books, only in less detail. ![]() Lots of stuff on the brain and neuroplasticity how the brain works (very basic stuff) and more statistics and studies. **Water and the color blue have positive effects on our human brains. Lots of personal stories of people in water, fishing in water, boating in water, etc. Humans love water and water is good for us. ![]() ![]() ![]() In this classic account of his life, Nabokov writes about his idyllic Russian childhood in an aristocratic family, the Bolshevik revolution that led to his exile from Russia, and the path that would eventually lead him to live in America. JOAN WICKERSHAM, author, The Suicide Index Vladimir Nabokovs Speak, Memory is one of the most critically acclaimed memoirs of the twentieth century. ![]() This is a supremely alert book about a supremely alert book. This is reading as high art, exhilarating and wise.-CHRISTOPHER BENFEY, author, Red Brick, Black Mountain, White Clay Much more than an exercise in literary criticism, this short book increasingly reads as a profound, sensitive, insightful meditation on family, history, time, language, the nature of artistic inspiration, and, in the end, even the meaning of life.-OLGA GRUSHIN, author, The Dream Life of Sukhanov and Forty Rooms Like Nabokovs, Birkerts book is both a nuanced excursion into the nature of memory and a reminder that reading and writing are acts of noticing. Book Synopsis Birkerts reads Nabokov even as he allows Nabokov to read him. About the Book One of the most acclaimed authors on the meaning of reading and writing takes on Nabokovs classic memoir. ![]() |