![]() ![]() The story’s central reference point is an arcane squabble called the Hesychast controversy that pitted humanist scholars led by the brilliant, acerbic intellectual Barlaam against the powerful monks of Mount Athos led by the stern Gregory Palamas, who denounced “pagan” rationalism in favor of Christian mysticism. ![]() ![]() Their heroic efforts inspired the Renaissance, the golden age of Islamic learning, and Russian Orthodox Christianity, which came complete with a new alphabet, architecture, and one of the world’s greatest artistic traditions. In Sailing from Byzantium, Colin Wells tells of the missionaries, mystics, philosophers, and artists who against great odds and often at peril of their own lives spread Greek ideas to the Italians, the Arabs, and the Slavs. The story of Byzantium is a real-life adventure of electrifying ideas, high drama, colorful characters, and inspiring feats of daring. Yet very few of us have any idea of the enormous debt we owe them. ![]() Without Byzantium, the works of Homer and Herodotus, Plato and Aristotle, Sophocles and Aeschylus, would never have survived. A gripping intellectual adventure story, Sailing from Byzantium sweeps you from the deserts of Arabia to the dark forests of northern Russia, from the colorful towns of Renaissance Italy to the final moments of a millennial city under siege….īyzantium: the successor of Greece and Rome, this magnificent empire bridged the ancient and modern worlds for more than a thousand years. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() This magical variation of Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice makes the land of Faerie as real as Regency London and Rosings Park, as bestselling author Abigail Reynolds presents new challenges for Darcy and Elizabeth in her longest and most enchanting story to date. That mission throws them into the middle of a chaotic power struggle between magicians whose power dwarfs their own, and everything Elizabeth has ever believed about her family, her friends, and her enemies will be called into question. He is the last man in the world she would choose to help her on a difficult and dangerous task.īut when a magical war looms between the land of Faerie and their world, a Lord of Faerie demands that Darcy and Elizabeth serve together as his emissaries to make peace with the other mortals. ![]() She detests his arrogance, and she fears he will expose her use of forbidden magic. But Darcy is also sworn to uphold the laws which forbid women to use magic, and Elizabeth knows it.Įlizabeth’s sentiments towards Darcy are quite different. Sourcebooks 14.95 (426p) ISBN 978-1-4022-1356-4 In this engaging love story, Austen enthusiast Reynolds (The Pemberley Variations ) brings. What he cannot control is his growing feelings for Miss Elizabeth Bennet. Pemberley by the Sea Abigail Reynolds, Author. In a Regency England where magic and faeries are real…įitzwilliam Darcy is a powerful magician who controls fire, water, and wind. ![]() ![]() This is Indigenous Gothic - spirits, ancient magic, deadly rites of passage - in a coming of age story unlike any you've ever seen. It turns out there's more than meets the eye to the place Jared grew up, the people he loves – and to Jared himself. At first, he thinks he's losing his mind, but to his relief, and terror, the supernatural events are all too real. Jared holds down an after-school job and cooks ecstasy on the side to support his separated parents - partying mum Maggie, who self-medicates an undiagnosed mental illness, and unemployable dad Phil, who has a painkiller addiction and a new girlfriend.īut when Jared starts seeing strange things - talking ravens, doppelgängers, skin monsters - his already chaotic life is turned upside down. ![]() Based on the bestselling trilogy of novels by Eden Robinson, Trickster tells the story of Jared, an Indigenous teen struggling to keep his dysfunctional family above water. ![]() ![]() In her latest collection of essays People Love Dead Jews, Horn draws on her own family’s life - trying to explain Shakespeare’s Shylock to a curious 10-year-old, her anger when swastikas are drawn on desks at her children’s school in New Jersey, the profound and essential perspective offered by traditional religious practice, prayer, and study - to assert the vitality, complexity, and depth of this life against an anti-Semitism that, far from being disarmed by the mantra of “Never forget,” is on the rise. ![]() 7, 2021 A guided tour of the hypocrisy that serves as the mechanism by which antisemitism rages on unchecked. Reflecting on subjects as far-flung as the international veneration of Anne Frank, the blockbuster traveling exhibition called “Auschwitz,” the Jewish history of the Chinese city of Harbin, and the little known “righteous Gentile” Varian Fry, Dara Horn challenges us to confront the reasons why there might be so much fascination with Jewish deaths, as emblematic of the worst of evils the world has to offer, and so little respect for Jewish lives, as they continue to unfold in the present. PEOPLE LOVE DEAD JEWS REPORTS FROM A HAUNTED PRESENT by Dara Horn RELEASE DATE: Sept. ![]() ![]() ![]() Add to Cart Buy now Item Price 2. Gift from the Sea, published in 1955, earned her international acclaim. Urn:oclc:808372117 Republisher_date 20131104074412 Republisher_operator Scandate 20131031031628 Scanner . Gift from the Sea: 50th Anniversary Edition by Lindbergh, Anne Morrow Condition Used - Very Good Binding Hardback ISBN 10 0679406832 Quantity Available 1 Seller World of Books Ltd GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR Seller rating : Description: Hardback. She married Charles Lindbergh in 1929 and became a noted aviator in her own right, eventually publishing several books on the subject and receiving several aviation awards. 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Rebecca's writing has been translated into Korean, Italian, Slovakian, Spanish, Finnish, Mandarin and Norwegian. ![]() Rebecca's nonfiction essays have been shortlisted for the Australian Book Review Calibre Prize and the Woollahra Digital Literary Award a number of these works are currently taught in universities around Australia. Fathoms was additionally shortlisted for the 2021 Stella Prize - Australia's most notable literary award for writing by women and non-binary authors - and, in the UK, the book was distinguished as 'Highly Commended' in the shortlist for the 2021 Wainwright Prize for Writing on Global Conservation. In Australia, Fathoms won the 2020 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Prize for Literature, the Royal Zoological Society's Whitley Award for Popular Zoology, and the Western Australian Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer. ![]() The book also listed as a finalist in the Kirkus Prize and the PEN/E.O. ![]() In the US Fathoms was awarded the prestigious 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. Her first book is Fathoms: The World in the Whale. ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() However, it isn’t written explicitly so you can choose how much focus you wish to take. Other information you think a teacher should know: There are themes of sexual abuse on a child that is a difficult read. Morrison uses language in the most perfect way and presents a story that is real, harsh and beautiful. ![]() She received the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and in 1993 she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. The text has a non-linear structure and fragmented narrative that is a challenge to follow (great practice for students who are analysing structure). Toni Morrison is the author of eleven novels, from The Bluest Eye (1970) to God Help the Child (2015). ![]() But where and what is home Frank is already back from the fighting when we. NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A New York Times Notable Book - From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner: an emotional powerhouse of a novel about a modern Odysseus. Notable reasons for recommending this book: The text includes harsh themes but themes that are important for students to read and understand. It tells the story of Frank Money, a 24-year-old Korean War veteran, as he embarks on a reluctant journey home. Recommended by Robbie Bond Toni Morrisonīrief synopsis: Follows the story of Vietnam War Veteran Frank Money who ,whilst in the search of his sister Cee, begins to also look for his own identity and masculinity.Īge recommendation and challenging content: Contains offensive language, racism, sexual abuse and themes of suicide. ![]() ![]() ![]() He and his family were killed during a major magical war decades ago, and his grief and rage drove him to come back from the dead and commit terrible crimes against humanity. Skulduggery has over four centuries' worth of Tragic Backstory(TM) to be sad about. His sheer power level combined with a snarky-yet-gentlemanly attitude and dapper appearance make him an extremely popular character. Throughout the course of the books he serves as a mentor and friend to Valkyrie Cain, the main character, as they team up to save the world from magical threats. ![]() He's a brilliant detective, a powerful sorcerer, and a living skeleton. Skulduggery Pleasant is one of the major characters in the book series of the same name. Suffice to say, the author managed to get the film rights back and was working on an adaption of the first film. A film adaption was considered under Warner Brothers but the author considered their script "the worst thing he had ever read" and would've had Skulduggery be a skeleton body who retained his head and face and the film would've had a musical number where he'd dance to Micheal Jackson's Man in the Mirror. ![]() Though popular in his native country of Ireland, as well as the United Kingdom, he sadly wasn't as popular in the US, with the publisher ceasing to release the series in that country after the third book. Although he's responsible for a lot of thirst in his fandom, he's relatively unknown outside of it. Skulduggery Pleasant is (unsurprisingly) one of the main characters in Derek Landy's Skulduggery Pleasant series. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Atlantic called the book "a defense of hard work." Publishers Weekly criticized the book for skirting major issues such as her mother's death and relationship with B. The book received mostly positive reviews. The final chapter of the book is a transcript of Kaling's 2014 speech at Harvard Law School. ![]() The book also contains a chapter that is a work of fiction about an alternative world where Kaling is a Latin teacher in a prep school on the Upper East Side of New York. In Why Not Me, Kaling shares her ongoing journey to find contentment and excitement in her adult life, whether it’s. ISBN-13: 9780804138147 Summary A collection of essays that are as hilarious and insightful as they are deeply personal. Carina Chocano of The New York Times noted that the book was "loosely fashioned around themes of approval and entitlement." Why Not Me Mindy Kaling, 2015 Crown/Archetype 240 pp. The book is a collection of anecdotal essays written by Kaling about her experiences and observations about Hollywood. The book spent 16 weeks on The New York Times Best Sellers list. The book consists mostly of humorous observational essays based on Kaling's life, and it also includes one chapter of fiction. Why Not Me? is a 2015 humor book by actress and writer Mindy Kaling. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) ![]() |