![]() ![]() ![]() Ligotti's prefatory essay on ``The Consolations of Horror'' broods wittily about the kind of person who enjoys this sort of thing, advising helpfully that, in reading such material, ``for a little while we can pretend to stare the very worst right in the rotting face.'' Of the new stories, ``Teatro Grottesco'' and ``Severini'' portray with perhaps excessive flamboyance the neurotic sources and feverish aftermath of artistic creation. Poe and Lovecraft are the obvious influences in these richly atmospheric (and often funny) tales of introversion blossoming into obsession, and of antiquarian scholars unwisely uncovering things that really ought to have been buried. ![]() A large and generally very impressive gathering of imaginative and stylish horror fiction, adding several new stories to those culled from Ligotti's previous collections Songs of a Dead Dreamer (1990), Grimscribe (1991), and Noctuary (1993). ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Here are the 10 most famous nature poets and their best known works. The theme of nature was one of the prominent themes in the poetry of several major 19th century poets including Alfred Lord Tennyson and Emily Dickinson while the most important nature poets of the 20th century include Robert Frost and Mary Oliver. ![]() Among the best known nature poets, including William Wordsworth, Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Keats were part of the Romantic movement. Among other things, glorification of nature was an integral part of Romanticism. Romanticism was an influential artistic and literary movement that originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century and peaked in the first half of the 19th century. Its various landscapes, its changing seasons, its creative as well as destructive power, its beautiful phenomenons have fascinated poets of every generation stimulating them to create verses on it. Nature has been a recurring theme in poetry through the ages. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Lights is highly entertaining literary fiction, excelling at sleight of hand with arch humor and misdirection. Himself a Michener fellow, McGreevy is also cocreator of The Son, a recent television adaptation of Philipp Meyer’s novel of the same title for AMC, starring Pierce Brosnan. ![]() The Lights: A Novel is the second novel from Brian McGreevy. As Leda and Harry compete for influence over Jason, we come to understand Leda is a predator who preys mostly upon herself. Leda falls in with fellow students and best friends Harry and Jason (“imaginary Norman Mailers and George Plimptons toasting their defiant political incorrectness”), forming a dysfunctional threesome. Physical and emotional dislocation, combined with the fierce and paranoid competition among her fellow writers, bring out the worst in Leda, an academic overachiever (“Lisa Simpson–ing”) and insecure twenty-something who drinks too much and believes in portents. In this instance, “Hogwarts” refers to the Michener Center for Writers (MCW), the prestigious graduate program in creative writing at the University of Texas at Austin. Leda and Mark relocate from New York City to a gentrifying East Austin when Leda receives her Hogwarts letter. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now leader of the UK himself, Boris Johnson explores what makes up the 'Churchill Factor' - the singular brilliance of one of the most important leaders of the twentieth century. ![]() Aircraft & Spacecraft: General InterestĪs the country navigates a national crisis once again, read how Britain's Prime Minister was inspired by Winston Churchill.Ships, Boats & Waterways: General Interest.Road & Motor Vehicles: General Interest.Fishing, Field Sports & Outdoor Activities.Sports Studies & PE: Textbooks & Study Guides.Literary Studies: Textbooks & Study Guides. ![]() ![]() ![]() But unbeknown to Stryker, someone else is also closing in on his quarry, someone whom Stryker has sworn to kill: Captain Eli Makepeace, his nemesis, the man who nearly destroyed him. Lightly armed and with only a handful of men, Stryker must journey across a country riven by bitterness and beset by marauding bands of soldiers in a race against time. ![]() ![]() ![]() But when the existence of a dangerous spy at the heart of the Royalist establishment is discovered, it is Stryker whom Prince Rupert chooses to capture the man before he realises the game is up. He has no truck with aristocracy, preferring the company of a handful of trusted men, including sometime actor Lancelot Forreseter and his foul-mouthed sergeant, Skellen. Stryker is driven by loyalty rather than conviction to serve King Charles's cause. A hardened veteran of the wars in the Low Countries, he has come home to England to seek revenge on the man who left him for dead and scarred him for life. Once seen in the heat of battle, Captain Stryker is never forgotten. ![]() ![]() ![]() Under Díaz’s pen, the Monster of “Islandborn” comes to represent larger political implications. “I was hoping it would also be something of a dialogue about what children’s literature is capable of.” Children’s books are no strangers to monsters or antagonists, the building blocks to many self-sustaining plots. “I was hoping this book wouldn’t just be a comment on little Lola and her lovely family and this larger island community from which she comes,” Díaz says. She tracks details through memories from family and friends, all of which are vividly illustrated by Leo Espinosa in brightly colored pages-that is, until a dark, shadowy “Monster” interrupts Lola’s cheerful narrative. ![]() ![]() His first venture into the genre, “Islandborn,” follows a young girl named Lola as she tries to remember the Island, the country she left as a baby. Junot Díaz wants you to know what children’s books can do. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Under his gentle tutelage, she learns about the complex family dynamics of the hive, the role of the queen and what happens to a bee colony when everything goes wrong. ![]() All she knows for sure is that her grandfather, a beekeeper, is there to take her hand and immerse her in the astonishing world of the honeybee. When they arrive at her grandparents’ home and her mother goes straight to the bedroom-where she stays for days, weeks, months, even years-we don’t know why. When a 5-year-old Meredith gets on a plane with her mother and brother, leaving her father at the airport, readers are just as perplexed as she is. With a voice that is at once as innocent as a young child’s should be and yet as preternaturally mature as children from dysfunctional homes often have to be in order to survive, Meredith May invites us into the inexplicable yet strangely hopeful world of her California childhood in this moving memoir. ![]() ![]() Tutankhamun became pharaoh around 1333 BC and ruled for about ten years. One of the most amazing items was King Tutankhamun's golden mask, which weighed a whopping ten kilograms and was found on his mummified body in the innermost coffin. The tomb had four chambers, each filled with a huge range of objects including gold jewellery, chariots, model boats, a tiny thrown and paintings. In total, there were over 5,000 objects in that tomb which took eight years for Carter and his team to remove and catalogue. In 1922 - after searching for six years - a team led by the British archaeologist, Howard Carter, discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun.Īnd inside they found more than four hundred shabti. They were made holding little tools, so they'd look like mini servants and agricultural workers and that's because the people at the time believed that the statues would come to life in the afterworld and do all the work that was needed. ![]() Shabti were buried in tombs with important members of Egyptian society. ![]() ![]() It's called a shabti and this little statue tells us about the beliefs and rituals of the Ancient ![]() ![]() ![]() I finally read A Darker Shade of Magic, friends (and all credit for it finally happening goes to my friend Lili)! Like all V.E. All in all, I can certainly see why so many people absolutely love this series - and I can now be counted among their ranks. But my favorite thing about it has to be the characters, because I fell in love with the whole gang (who all basically sprang right out of the pages and into my heart, save for one who had to grow on me) and just wanted to see their story through. I'm happy to be able to say that I ended up really enjoying A Gathering of Shadows and A Conjuring of Light! This series has a great setting (which helped me feel really grounded in the world and the magic), as well as a great set of plots (which were fun to witness unfold). ![]() ![]() It did work really well as a standalone story though, so I ended up going months before I finally decided to finish the series. I was a little nervous going into it because there had been so much hype, but I ended up really enjoying the book. ![]() I actually started reading the Shades of Magic series last year, as A Darker Shade of Magic was the book my friend Lili chose for me to read. ![]() ![]() Oh my gosh, “Filthy” absolutely tore at my heartstrings and brought on all the emotions. No cliffhangers.)ĭownload today or read for FREE with Kindle Unlimited! It contains a fierce, wounded alpha-protector and the filthy girl he’s hired to protect… No cheating. (FILTHY is a stand-alone, bodyguard, romantic suspense novel. Together, we’re filthy, but together, we can find our way through the flames. I was hired to keep her safe.īut every day it gets harder, then she starts sneaking into my bed. I shouldn’t touch her with my filthy hands. ![]() What I don’t expect to find in my hiding place is her–broken, beautiful, so damn tempting. At any time, I could be taken down for what I owe. Instead, I served evil men, until I risked it all by walking away. Once upon a time I was a hero, until the sins of my father caught up with me, and I was forced into darkness. ![]() He makes me feel something I lost years ago: Safe.Īnd he thinks he can keep me at arm’s length. ![]() Then he appeared–dark, dangerous, tormented, and always just within reach. ![]() Good girls are saved by princes, but my savior is a monster.Īfter my father died and my family splintered, I became a target, a pawn in a game I didn’t know I was playing. ![]() |