![]() ![]() Throughout her childhood, she wrote and produced plays, using her siblings as the cast, and charging admission to any adults in the household (poets came often, visiting her father). Even at a young age, however, Bly was fascinated with romance. Robert often read to his children, exposing them to classics such as Beowulf. The Bly family did not own a television but did own more than 5,000 books. She has three younger siblings, Bridget, Noah, and Micah. Her godfather, James Wright, wrote a poem for her, which he included in his Pulitzer Prize-winning Collected Poems. She was the inspiration for her mother's essay "The Maternity Wing, Madison, Minnesota", which was published in the anthology Imagining Home: Writing From the Midwest. ![]() Mary Bly was born in Minnesota in 1962, the daughter of Robert Bly, winner of the American Book Award for poetry, and Carol Bly, a short story author. She is the daughter of poet Robert Bly and short-story author Carol Bly. She also wrote a bestselling memoir about the year her family spent in France, Paris in Love. Her novels are published in 30 countries and have sold approximately 7 million copies worldwide. She is a tenured Shakespeare professor at Fordham University who also writes best-selling Regency and Georgian romance novels under her pen name. Historical romance, specifically regency romance and Georgian romanceĮloisa James is the pen name of Mary Bly (born 1962). ![]()
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![]() ![]() Agricultural products were most of what was produced by human labour in the middle ages, and for that reason the control of these, ad by extension the land that produced them, was central. Most people, over four fifths of the population in the early middle ages.were peasants: that is to say, they worked directly on the land as subsistence cultivators. There was nothing which one could call a factory in the middle ages, or for a long time afterwards. The reason is simple: all pre-industrial societies are based on agricultural wealth above all. Medieval political communities based their coherence and their succeeds on the control of land. His approach echoes Marx (who he quotes in the introductory chapter) but probably shouldn't be described as "Marxist", perhaps a more structuralist approach. Wickham is concerned with the way the economic base of society creates a large political superstructure. Despite this, I recommend it for anyone trying to understand the trajectory of the medieval period and what this meant for the population of Europe as well as the legacy for the modern world. ![]() ![]() Despite being relatively short at 250 odd pages (excluding notes) it is dense and cannot really be described as a popular history of the period. ![]() In hindsight Chris Wickham's Medieval Europe was probably not an ideal choice for holiday reading. ![]() ![]() One could easily argue that the central thesis of this book is the idea that "faith begins precisely where reason ends." Haha, boy do i get ahead of myself sometimes! silly me! yes, that is what i say! i say, "silly me!" and i sit in the bathtub at night and i make tiny little cuts into the backs of my thighs and the bottom of my feet! the pain let's me know i am alive! anywho! today's book is a classic by the greatly pathetic soren kierkegaard, entitled "fear and trembling: who let the dogs out?" ok let's go! ![]() ![]() You don't even read this stuff anymore, do you?! i wouldn't if i were you! but that's the difference between me and you! you have no life, are pathetic, sit in front of your computer all day stalking your peers on various social networking sites, while i go on constantly mocking your efforts through half jest and utter disregard for the values you hold dear to your heart! ![]() ![]() Part new-kid-in-town coming-of-age story, part supernatural thriller, with a slow start and a mostly satisfying end. ![]() Unfortunately, this leaves less time to cultivate the mystery of the letters this storyline only really picks up around the halfway mark, and the resolution feels rushed. The plot is slow to build, taking time to establish the siblings’ relationship and the neighbors’ ostensible friendliness. Now, instead of being adversaries, the siblings must work together to solve the mystery behind their secretive community. ![]() Though at first mutually suspicious, James and Ava come to believe that neither one is behind the letters, but the erosion of trust caused by their rivalry leads their parents to believe it’s just another one of their elaborate hoaxes. Then creepy letters addressed to James from someone who signs off as “The Keeper” start appearing with warnings that he must prove himself as a member of his new community. Tensions are high with his parents and 10-year-old Ava, too, due in part to the siblings’ ongoing prank war. ![]() He misses his two best friends, and he especially misses Ita, his maternal grandmother, who passed away shortly before the big move. ![]() Twelve-year-old Mexican American James, who is Texas born and bred, has no interest in moving to cold and rainy Oregon. When James and his younger sister, Ava, move to a new town in a new state, they expect to encounter some differences-but their new neighborhood seems to be hiding dark secrets. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() You know the (Alison) Bechdel test, which observes that when any film/tv/comics stories are told with women talking, that they almost always talk about men? Well, generations later, some of them still talk nostalgically of men! But mostly it is about relationships, and a variety of women in various shapes and colors and sizes. The we-comic excerpts are loosely connected, with jokey punchlines to strips, but just okay jokes, usually. Can women live without men?! Will they suddenly be different? Will they have better relationships? Of course we know that W/W relationships already exist, so we have some data on that (and in comics, from work such as Dykes to Watch Out For), but what if NO men were around? Will this make women suddenly different? What if women ruled the world?ĭhaliwal's answers to these questions are lightly humorous, not (to me, at least) laugh-out-loud funny. A book based on/derived from Dhaliwal's web comic of the same name about a time in the future when men die out. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Some poems were written in a time of sorrow, others in joyous celebration. It was written with love and respect for others. This collection of 134 poems, provides a glimpse into my heart and mind. My collection of poems, entitled, “Poems About Life, Love, and Everything in Between,” spanned 30 years of writing. Her original paintings can be found at Books and Paintings by Joanne. ![]() She believes in family values and in following one's dreams. She is a member of the International Women’s Writing Guild, Savvy Authors, Coffee Time Romance, Paranormal Romance Guild, True Romance Studios, National Writers Association, the Hocking Hill's Arts and Craftsmen Association, The Hocking County Historical Society and Museum, and the Hocking Hills Regional Welcome Center. When not busy with hobbies or work, she spends time with relatives, her dog Jasmine, and volunteers within the community. She worked in the blue-collar industry most of her life, but she also has written and published several novels and paints with oil on canvas her favorite medium. JoAnne is a long-time resident of southeastern Ohio. It spurs your imagination and enables you to see the world from a different perspective. Quite simply, writing in a different form broadens your narrative horizons and helps you think outside the box. JoAnne Myers is here to give you some tips to do just that. ![]() The New Year has begun so why not try your literary hand at something a bit different like writing a poem. ![]() ![]() Suddenly faced with an uncertain future, Diane must choose a new path-and discover her own capacity for love. A multi-cultural anthology Us Against Alzheimer’s Stories of Family Love and Faith edited by Golden will be published in the fall of 2019. Her soon-to-be released book, The Strong Black Woman: How a Myth. Her most recent novel is The Wide Circumference of Love. Supporting her children in a changing landscape, Diane remains resolute in her goal to keep her family together-until her husband finds love with another resident of the facility. Her books include the novels The Wide Circumference of Love, After, and The Edge of Heaven. For her son Sean, it means finding a way to repair the strained relationship with his father before it's too late. For Diane' daughter Lauren, it means honoring her father by following in his footsteps as a successful architect. As a respected family court judge, she's spent her life making tough calls, but when her sixty-eight-year-old husband's health worsens and Diane is forced to move him into an assisted living facility, it seems her world is spinning out of control.Īs Gregory's memory wavers and fades, Diane and her children must reexamine their connection to the man he once was-and learn to love the man he has become. ![]() ![]() ![]() A 2018 NAACP Image Award nominee and an NPR Best Book of 2017, a moving African-American family drama of love, devotion, and Alzheimer's disease.ĭiane Tate never expected to slowly lose her talented husband to the debilitating effects of early-onset Alzheimer's disease. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unlucky enough to be born female, science-minded Faith, the heroine of this dark and captivating period novel, can't hope to follow in her naturalist father's footsteps. ![]() "In 19th-century Britain, the study of natural history was reserved for gentlemen. Or, it might lure the murderer directly to Faith herself, for lies-like fires, wild and crackling-quickly take on a life of their own. The tree might hold the key to her father’s murder. The fruit, in turn, delivers a hidden truth. A tree that bears fruit only when she whispers a lie to it. In pursuit of revenge and justice for the father she idolizes, Faith hunts through his possessions, where she discovers a strange tree. And that her father’s death was no accident. She keeps sharp watch of her surroundings and, therefore, knows secrets no one suspects her of knowing-like the real reason her family fed Kent to the close-knit island of Vane. But inside, Faith is burning with questions and curiosity. To most people, she is modest and well mannered-a proper young lady who knows her place. Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature and Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction.Īn ALA/ALSC Notable Children’s Book and an ALA/YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Top Ten selectionĪ teenage girl unravels lies and magic to solve her father’s murder in this unforgettable and thought-provoking YA historical fantasy from award-winning novelist Frances Hardingeįaith Sunderly leads a double life. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Nudity? Sex? Language? These are not taboos anymore in the comic world, but to actually kill a character, and in such a matter-of-fact, realistic way, that’s shocking. It is startling in its suddenness and its other-worldliness (at least for superhero comics). You know from the beginning, as stated in the introduction by Rolling Stone writer Mikal Gilmore, that something is different: the villain captures the heroine and, instead of revealing his plans to her, he kills her. ![]() Gaiman’s treatment of the superhero genre is similar to Alan Moore’s (“Swamp Thing,” “Watchman”)–much grittier, much more introspective than the usual porcelain doll pip-ups engaging in the endless slugfest. ![]() It was a whim purchase, based solely on my good impression of Gaiman from Good Omens (co-written with Terry Pratchett) and his comic series, “Sandman.” Black Orchid is a comic, and unlike “Sandman,” it is set in the superhero-populated DC Universe (Batman, Swamp Thing, and the current inhabitants of the Arkham Asylum feature prominently in the story). I picked this up for three dollars at a remainder fair in Denver while I was there for Anaconism, and read it on the plane coming home. Black Orchid, Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean, DC Comics Vertigo, 1991, ISBN 0-93, $19.95 ![]() ![]() ![]() The Obamas were, thus, positive that Hillary had a higher chance of clinching the presidency. Obama and Michelle hosted a farewell party in Washington after opinion polls showed that Hillary Clinton had attained a high level of support for her presidential bid against Trump, especially from Pennsylvania and Virginia. The author also discussed how the final days of the Obama’s administration looked like. Coates discusses that both Trump and Obama happened to have a clear understanding of America and both knew very well what the country was capable of, it is only that Obama never believed it could go back to where it had managed to come from. ![]() Obama’s team had a feeling within them that white people would be out to object Donald Trump’s bid for the presidency. Trump’s presidential bid, in 2016, came as a shock to Obama and many other people who were on his team. The author also indicates that Obama never believed that Trump would one time become president of the United States it was completely impossible for Obama to believe that this would happen. ![]() The chapter starts as Coates reiterates Obama saying that Donald Trump couldn’t win the presidency when he first spoke about him (Coates 375). ![]() |