Anne rice vampire novels6/29/2023 ![]() In some of the earlier volumes, Rice’s bratty, glamorous bloodsucker has been moonlighting as a rock star inspired by Jon Bon Jovi. Now, after more than a decade away from vampires, she is revisiting the genre for which she is best known with Prince Lestat, the 11th in her Vampire Chronicles series. And I thought, Wow, that never interested me.”īesides, Rice says she stopped watching the show once she returned to supernatural fiction in 2012 with a werewolf tale, The Wolf Gift. ![]() “They made him the guy next door, the guy at the corner bar. ![]() True Blood “domesticated the vampire,” she says. She only got around to watching Twilight this summer, and although she says she found HBO’s True Blood “pretty funny,” as a writer famous for her broodingly sensitive immortals who are more at home in European capitals than in casual dives, she doesn’t understand the more down-market bloodsuckers. ![]() Not that Rice sees much of her approach to vampires reflected in the popular breeds of the 21st century. ![]()
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Eugene onegin by alexander pushkin6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() We must, I think, in this of all books with its various different levels of irony, learn to distinguish between Alexander Pushkin the narrator, and Alexander Pushkin the author: the author Pushkin has created the narrator Pushkin as a sort of alter ego of himself – not entirely separate from himself, but not entirely the same either. But here’s the point: a poet as harsh and as insensitive as these lines suggest would not have been capable of writing a poem so delicate and so sensitive as Eugene Onegin. But given the situation, this is hardly, one might feel, the right time for literary criticism, and Pushkin’s scathing lines do seem harsh and insensitive. He possibly wasn’t even a very good poet. Lenski may not have been a great poet, as Pushkin undoubtedly was. That’s how he wrote, “obscurely”, “limply”,īut then, who cares?) As dawn approaches … ![]() Elephant and piggie ice cream book6/29/2023 ![]() Willems's simple text allows beginning readers independent success, although the text and illustrations also work well as a read-aloud. "Not my plan," thinks Gerald, but he also realizes that this arrangement is fine. By the time he decides in favor of sharing, it has melted into a puddle at his feet, and Gerald realizes that he "blew it." But timing is everything, and Piggie shows up at that moment with a cone of her own and happily shares it. But worry sets in with thoughts of his best friend, Piggie should he share his treat with her? As Gerald wrestles with the pros and cons, observant readers will notice that the ice cream is melting fast. Gerald is excited about his "awesome, yummy, sweet, super, great, tasty, nice, cool ice cream" cone. ![]() Children will delight in this perfect drama for hot weather. ![]() The street a novel by ann petry6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() To this day, few works of fiction have so clearly illuminated the devastating impact of racial injustice." - Coretta Scott King "A classic of American realism. ![]() A truly great book." The Los Angeles Times "Overflows with the classic pity and terror of good imaginative writing." The New York Times "A powerful, uncompromising work of social criticism. To this day, few works of fiction have so clearly illuminated the devastating impact of racial injustice." - Coretta Scott King, "A major literary invention. The Street rushes toward its fatalistic climax like a train toward a washed-out bridge." -Newsday, "A powerful, uncompromising work of social criticism. To this day, few works of fiction have so clearly illuminated the devastating impact of racial injustice." -Coretta Scott King "A classic of American realism. A truly great book." -The Los Angeles Times "Overflows with the classic pity and terror of good imaginative writing." -The New York Times "A powerful, uncompromising work of social criticism. ![]() The Street rushes toward its fatalistic climax like a train toward a washed-out bridge., "A major literary invention. ![]() Joan of arc regine pernoud6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() If you read this book and Pernoud's other great biography, Joan of Arc: By Herself and Her Witnesses, you should come away knowing most of the known history of Saint Joan of Arc. ![]() That said if you can get though the dry parts you will have a great understanding of Saint Joan's life as well as some idea about the people in which she interacted during her life. The old phrase "loses something in translation" comes to mind. Pernoud was the founder of the Centre Jeanne dArc at Orléans, France, and a noted historian. The translator, Edward Hyams, won the 1965 Scott Moncrieff Prize for his work on this book. Joan of Arc: Her Story - Régine Pernoud, Marie-Véronique Clin - Google Books The peasant girl who led an army against the English and placed Charles VII on the French throne has inspired. I think the problem comes from it being a translation. Joan of Arc By Herself and Her Witnesses (ISBN 0-8128-1260-3) is a translation of a 1962 book about Joan of Arc by Régine Pernoud. The one problem I have with this biography is that it is a little tough to read in places. Her writing style is straightforward and honest and, most importantly, made heavy use of historical documentation. She spent her life researching Joan of Arc and being French she was able to utilize all of the original source materials that still exist. Régine Pernoud was considered to be one of the great authorities on medieval history and Joan of Arc. This biography is a great choice for both new students of Saint Joan of Arc as well those already familiar with her story. ![]() Tressie thick6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() Thick "transforms narrative moments into analyses of whiteness, black misogyny, and status-signaling as means of survival for black women" ( Los Angeles Review of Books) with "writing that is as deft as it is amusing" (Darnell L. In eight highly praised treatises on beauty, media, money, and more, Tressie McMillan Cottom-award-winning professor and acclaimed author of Lower Ed-is unapologetically "thick" deemed "thick where I should have been thin, more where I should have been less," McMillan Cottom refuses to shy away from blending the personal with the political, from bringing her full self and voice to the fore of her analytical work. ![]() " Thick is sure to become a classic." - The New York Times Book Review ![]() As featured by The Daily Show, NPR, PBS, CBC, Time, VIBE, Entertainment Weekly, Well-Read Black Girl, and Chris Hayes, "incisive, witty, and provocative essays" ( Publishers Weekly) by one of the "most bracing thinkers on race, gender, and capitalism of our time" (Rebecca Traister) ![]() In Pale Battalions by Robert Goddard6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() A suspense-filled novel that doesn’t disappoint. ![]() At last the time has come when secrets can be shared and explanations begin. For me there was no question of not turning the page, of not wanting to know what truly happened that could have guided Leonora’s life along its path, right down to the last revelation. In Pale Battalions Robert Goddard In Pale Battalions Ebook Shop Now Summary Six months after the sudden death of her husband, Leonora Galloway sets out on a trip to France with her daughter Penelope. ![]() The language of the narratives is precise and captivating. Robert Goddard tells this story in a style and with details that evoke a sense of the period and the characters. But the book’s journey is more than a simple explanation of a child’s illegitimacy. Begun by Leonora to her daughter, Penelope, on a visit to the Thiepval Memorial, the story is taken up in Hampshire, England, by a friend of Leonora’s father. The story is told in multiple parts, set across separate time points and is narrated by different characters. In Leonora’s case, her father cannot be her father: her date of birth is nearly a full year after her father’s disappearance. The novel itself is dedicated to the memory of Frederick John Goddard who, like Leonora’s father, was declared missing in action and presumed dead in World War I. The tale seemingly begins with the death of Leonora’s father in April 1916. ![]() Feet-Ishism by Hans-Jürgen Döpp6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() It was in 1946 that the world first came to hear of a coral atoll in the Marshall Islands called Bikini. ![]() In a lively and comprehensive text, Professor Hans-Jürgen Döpp reveals the ancient rules that govern relationships between men and women in the Far East – while not ignoring the importance of Love. This book – richly illustrated with colourful Chinese and Japanese prints and ivory carvings, some of considerable antiquity – thus figuratively comprises an Oriental hymn to carnal pleasures and to the Game of Love. It was part of their upbringing, quite different from the moral taboos decreed on the subject by our Western civilization. Historically, in the traditions of both China and Japan, women have been required to respond at least acquiescently to men’s desires. Thus arose the myth that she, of all women, was in possession of the knowledge of certain refined pleasures. Seafaring explorers, military adventurers and simple travellers from Europe over the centuries have all been enthralled by the exotic nature of the oriental woman, her foreignness accentuated by the gentle pallor of her skin. ![]() Since The Turkish Bath (1863) by the French painter Ingres, the Far Eastern woman has to many been a symbol of pleasures out of reach or forbidden. ![]() Wouk war and remembrance6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() When the Torah was given at Sinai, the narrative describes the awesome sounds that coincided with The Revelation (Exodus 19:19): But I would like to explore some of the similarities of the themes of the two holidays and why it is fitting to celebrate both holidays together. And I do not plan on trademarking the name “Shavumorial” as the Gitells did. Now this is not as big of a coincidence as Thanksgiving and Channukah falling out together. This weekend we are encountering a similar, but more common, convergence of holidays, namely Shavuot and Memorial Day, which occur during the same weekend. It was only a decade ago when we were all excited about the rare convergence of the holidays of Chanukah and Thanksgiving, which many referred to as “Thanksgivukkah.” According to Wikipedia, the term “Thanksgivukkah” was trademarked by Dana Gitell, a Boston-area resident along with her sister-in-law, Deborah Gitell. ![]() Kitchen yoshimoto6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() "Banana Yoshimoto's Kitchen is an enchantingly origional and deeply affecting book that juxtaposes two tales about mothers, transsexuality, kitchens, love, tragedy, and the terms they all come to in the minds of a pair of free-spirited young women in contemporary Japan. Kitchen won two of Japan's most prestigious literary prizes, climbed its way to the top of the best-seller list, then remained there for over a year and sold millions of copies. Kitchen juxtaposes two tales about mothers, transsexuality, bereavement, kitchens, love and tragedy in contemporary Japan. |a When Banana Yoshimoto's Kitchen was first published in Japan in 1988, "Banana-mania" seized th country. ![]() |a Kitchen / |c Banana Yoshimoto trabskated frin tge Haoabese bt Negab /bacjys, Earnest, straightforward, and enchanting, Banana Yoshimotos novella, Kitchen, spins a wondrous tale about grief, love and renewal. ![]() |