Anita Jeram's watercolor renderings of this endearing pair add sweet humor to a finely crafted book. Sam McBratney's soft, repetitive text is reminiscent of classic tales by Margaret Wise Brown (Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny). For two decades, Sam McBratneys timelessly endearing story, beautifully rendered in Anita Jerams exquisite watercolors, has captured the deep and tender bond. Child Magazine The perfect bedtime story for sleepy little ones. Parent An extraordinary children's book that captures the unique dialogue between a parent and child. USA Today A well-written gem with sprightly illustrations. Booklist (starred review) Every parent will relate. She has also illustrated several books by Amy Hest, including Little Chick and a series about Sam and Mrs. There's not a wrong note in this tender tale, which should become an endearing bedtime favorite - right up there with Goodnight Moon. Anita Jeram is the illustrator of Guess How Much I Love You, the Guess How Much I Love You Storybooks, and You’re All My Favorites, all by Sam McBratney. Publishers Weekly (starred review) An endearing nursery game is beautifully revitalized in this comforting, sleepy-time picture book. Effused with tenderness, McBratney's wise, endearing, and droll story is enriched by the near-monochromatic backdrop of Jeram's pen-and-wash artwork, rendered earthy tones of moss, soft brown, and gray for a visually quieting effect just right for that last soothing tale before sleep.
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The same bishop, John, by his prayers, healed a sick maiden. How Bishop John cured a dumb man by blessing him. How Ethelwald, successor to Cuthbert, leading an eremitical life, calmed a tempest when the brethren were in danger at sea. Wallace-Hadrill Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Oxford Medieval Texts, 1988) have been added. Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation, Book V BOOK V Contents I. A number of printer's errors has now been corrected, and marginal cross-references to discussion in J. The present edition, first published in 1969, is recognized as standard and authoritative: its text is based on all the important early witnesses (including, for the first time, the 'Leningrad Bede'), and the Introduction contains Sir Roger Mynors's classic account of the work's complex manuscript transmission. From its pages we learn the stories of Edwin and Oswald, Cuthbert and Caedmon, and many more which have become an indelible part of English national consciousness. The work was read in every part of Europe throughout the Middle Ages, and today it still remains the best-known text to have survived from Anglo-Saxon England. Bede's clear narrative, his scrupulous sifting of evidence and his vigorous pursuit of information from many sources written and oral are all features which commend themselves to modern readers. Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People, completed in 731, is a masterpiece of historical writing. As the author says, ‘Welcome to His poem. The first thing Cyrus notices about him is that he is strange. It is a pretty boring place, the Archer Motel, until an unexpected guest shows up. These frequently humorous, and uniquely beautiful portraits express reality unknown to many Christians the reality of God’s story unfolding around and among us. The Dragons Tooth Cyrus Smith lives in a rundown motel along with his sister, Antigone, and his older brother, Daniel. He takes a whimsical, thought provoking look at everything from the ‘magic’ of quantum physics, to nature’s absurdities, to the problem of evil, evolution and hell. When Nate Wilson looks at the world around him, he asks ‘What is this place? Why is this place? Who approved it? Am I supposed to take it seriously?’ What could such an outlandish, fantastical world say about its Creator? In these sparkling chapters, Wilson gives an aesthetic examination of the ways in which humanity has tried to make sense of this overwhelming carnival ride of a world. Product Description A visual, poetic exploration of the narrative nature of the world and the personality of the Poet behind it all. From Publishers Weekly This theological ride thrills with a colorful whir of profound and profoundly amusing meditations on creation, existence and God. "A timely and poignant book about trauma, loneliness, and stepping outside of our comfort zones - literally. " Meredith, Alone is a touching contemporary fiction following one woman's journey back into the world." - Popsugar "A novel that examines our most private spaces and what it means to be alone versus lonely, this charming, thought-provoking debut novel will be a big hit."- Good Morning America "Executed with care, humor, and grace, this novel pokes at the bubble of solitude to show each of us that suffering has a sense of community and with that, the prospect of optimism."- Library Journal "A gorgeous, charming novel.Sweet, moving, funny and hopeful, with a courageous heroine who sweeps you up in her story."- Jennifer Saint, bestselling author of Ariadne "I laughed, I cried, and I bowed down to the brilliant author of this brilliant book."- Gillian McAllister, New York Times bestselling author of Wrong Place Wrong Time An optimistic, feel-good novel."- Kirkus Reviews Meredith, Alone: The hopeful and uplifting debut you’ll never forget Hardcover 9 Jun. "Alexander creates a winning heroine in Meredith and likable characters in her kind friends. The endearing characters offer a sensitive portrayal of what it means to live with mental health issues. 2022 by Claire Alexander (Author) 1,196 ratings Editors' pick Hand selected reads See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 2.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 11.99 12 Used from 1.73 15 New from 11. Very, very touching, sad, sweet and hopeful."- New York Times bestselling author Marian Keyes Meredith, Alone: The hopeful and uplifting debut you’ll never forget Hardcover 9 Jun. Dev Patel has been my recent Derek Craven-he plays brooding and edgy so well, and I could imagine him with a beard and a scar and it just… works. I love Daniel Sharman, an underrated smokeshow, and he played flirtatious scoundrel so well in Medici so he’s my Sebastian. With all that said, I’ve always liked the idea of Henry Golding as a Lisa Kleypas hero-initially I thought Sebastian but then I decided I’d like to see him try an uptight but simmering hero. Besides, none of it is going to happen, so why not go with a VIBE/how I’d picture actors I enjoy playing the role? Most high profile working actors today are also trending away from the type of masculinity you read about in HR, tbh Timothee Chalamet was just on Vogue and I’d have a hard time imagining someone that boyish portraying a Kleypas hero. Devon Ravenel, London’s most wickedly charming rake, has just inherited an earldom. I’m not a big “look” fancaster, a) because nobody is going to look exactly like what I picture in my head and b) almost everyone in HR is white and that’s just…. Lisa Kleypas is back with a stunning new historical romance Readers have long waited for the return of New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas to historical romanceand now she’s back with her most breathtaking yet. Hailed by critics as animating "the grand sweep and the intimate details that bring the distant past vividly to life" (Economist) in a way that makes "your hair stand on end" (Christian Science Monitor) and spanning nearly a thousand years of history, this "highly informative, highly readable" (Dallas Morning News) work examines not just how we think of ancient Rome but challenges the comfortable historical perspectives that have existed for centuries. In SPQR, an instant classic, Mary Beard narrates the history of Rome "with passion and without technical jargon" and demonstrates how "a slightly shabby Iron Age village" rose to become the "undisputed hegemon of the Mediterranean" (Wall Street Journal). New York Times Bestseller - National Book Critics Circle Finalist - Wall Street Journal Best Books of 2015 - Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2015 - Economist Books of the Year 2015 - New York Times Book Review 100 Notable Books of 2015 A sweeping, "magisterial" history of the Roman Empire from one of our foremost classicists shows why Rome remains "relevant to people many centuries later" (Atlantic). questions the idea that Bierce ever went to Mexico at all and advances another popular theory: that he committed suicide, perhaps by shooting himself while staying in the Grand Canyon. A number of scholars believe he may have been killed at the Battle of Ojinaga, won by Pancho Villa on January 11, 1914. Since then, a multitude of theories have been advanced, many of them beyond the realm of possibility. He was reported to have crossed the border into Mexico in late December 1913-and was neither seen nor heard from again. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.Ī century ago Ambrose Bierce carried out (intentionally or not) one of the most legendary disappearing acts in the history of literature. Previous Story of the Week selections by Ambrose BierceĪmbrose Bierce: The Devil’s Dictionary, Tales, & Memoirsĭetail from portrait of Ambrose Bierce by British painter John Herbert Evelyn Partington (1843–1899), whose daughter Blanche received the last known letter sent by Bierce before he disappeared. “ Devil in the Details: Why is ‘Talented Amateur Historian’ Leon Day obsessed with the death of Ambrose Bierce?” (James McWilliams, Austin Chronicle)įree video: Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, 1962 film by Robert Enrico winner of the 1963 Academy Award for Best Short, it aired as Twilight Zone episode #142 in 1964 ( Like Television) Is it possible for humankind to grow by the improvement of only one part while the other part is ignored? We did not win the war with prayers, but with the blood of our soldiers. Humankind is made up of two sexes, women and men. The nation has placed its faith in the precept that all laws should be inspired by actual needs here on earth as a basic fact of national life. Mankind is a single body and each nation a part of that body. Religions have been basis of the tyranny of kings and sultans. Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women. Heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives! You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Every man can follow his own conscience, provided it does not interfere with sane reason or bid him against the liberty of his fellow-men. My people are going to learn the principles of democracy, the dictates of truth and the teachings of science. Unless a nation's life faces peril, war is murder. Quotes Men, I am not ordering you to attack. However, all too often she’s dismissed as a writer of benign historical romances. Darkness comes to the fore in her macabre and chilling short stories, but also twists through each of her novels. Are his suspicions justified? Is she guilty or innocent? The reader, like Philip, is never quite sure.ĭu Maurier excelled at evoking a sense of menace. “The Menace,” du Maurier explains in her short story of the same title, “in movie language, and especially among women, means a heart-throb, a lover, someone with wide shoulders and no hips.” It’s a term that, for her, referred to sexual attraction – “being ‘menaced,’” du Maurier’s biographer Margaret Forster explains, “was being attracted by another person.” This take on sexual allure, as something tinged with a frisson of danger and threat, lies at the heart of Philip’s attraction to Rachel: evidence suggests Rachel murdered her husband Ambrose, Philip’s beloved uncle. Missing is the menace of the original, and I use this word thoughtfully. Interesting and intriguing to say the least! What remains is the suspicion that the author has much more to tell. There is a distinctly creepy and frightening flavour to each story which will leave the reader thinking and wanting more. Nevertheless, the author very capably manages to build up suspense and tension in her tales in a subtle yet powerful way. If you are looking for blood and gore, this is not the anthology for you. It takes bickering to a whole new level and much higher plane! Perhaps my favorite however is "Yew Tree Lane" which pits two servants of the Lord at odds with one another. There is also a very unusual entry about possessed teeth, and a heartwarming.yet eerie. We have a ghostly love story to begin the book, and finish it with quite the opposite. There are five tales in total, with the first and last entries being the longest. The book is presented as a collection of short stories which have been woven together into one book. Written by author Fiona Roberts, The Crystal Ball and Other Supernatural Stories can transform even the most skeptical individual into a believer of the hereafter and unexplained. What do a talking dog, chattering teeth and an evil crystal ball all have in common? Give up? They are all part of a collection of supernatural tales which will tingle your senses and curl your toes. |