![]() ![]() This smart, sophisticated story harks back to the novels of Anne Rice, but it is as contemporary and sensual as the Twilight series-with an extra serving of historical realism. Diana is a bold heroine who meets her equal in vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont, and gradually warms up to him as their alliance deepens into an intimacy that violates age-old taboos. ![]() Debut novelist Deborah Harkness has crafted a mesmerizing and addictive read, equal parts history and magic, romance and suspense. It consists of A Discovery of Witches (2011). Diana has stumbled upon a coveted treasure lost for centuries-and she is the only creature who can break its spell. The All Souls Trilogy is a series of books written by American scholar Deborah Harkness. But her discovery sets a fantastical underworld stirring, and a horde of daemons, witches, and vampires soon descends upon the library. But she goes out of her way not to practice magic. ![]() Descended from an old and distinguished line of witches, Diana wants nothing to do with sorcery so after a furtive glance and a few notes, she banishes the book to the stacks. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness Diana Bishop is from one of the most powerful witch families known to exist, and she may be one of the family’s most powerful witches ever. Deep in the stacks of Oxford's Bodleian Library, young scholar Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript in the course of her research. ![]() A richly inventive novel about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, and the mysterious manuscript that draws them together. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Would I recommend it? Yes indeed! Please replace a certain large red dog with a giant panda named Stillwater, I promise life will get better. I’m not even sure what to say, it was a ghost story, sort of, and it was a zen-like-make-you-think-story, and once again Ivy enjoyed it more than I ever would have guessed she would have. I’d like to say it was just as wonderful as Zen Shorts but I can’t get my Halloween hating completely out of my system so I will just say that it is the only Halloween book that I have ever enjoyed. I was a little apprehensive since it did involve the word “ghost” but there was no big red dog or ugly drippy monsters on the cover so I thought it was worth a try. ![]() When I saw that Jon Muth who wrote Zen Shorts had a Halloween book out I pounced on it. I really don’t want to read about Clifford and Halloween in the same book. Normally I love the seasonal rack, but these are Halloween books, and I hate Halloween, I also hate Clifford. Muth Published by Scholastic Press(2010) ISBN 10: 043963430XISBN 13: 9780439634304 NewHardcoverQuantity: 8 Seller: Lakeside Books (Benton Harbor, MI, U.S.A.) Rating Seller Rating: Book Description Condition: New. Zen Ghosts Jon J Muth, Scholastic Press, 17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-4 In the third of Muth's contemplative series, Stillwater the panda comes dressed as a ghost to join Addy. I’ve mentioned this before here but hate it or not it’s coming up and as with all holidays the library has kept us on track with their rack of seasonal/holiday appropriate books. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Guelfs and the Ghibellines were the two major factions, and in fact that division was important in all of Italy and other countries as well. ![]() ![]() Renaissance Florence was a thriving, but not a peaceful city: different opposing factions continually struggled for dominance there. ![]() Politics as well as love deeply influenced Dante's literary and emotional life. Dante attributed all the heavenly virtues to her soul and imagined, in his masterpiece The Divine Comedy, that she was his guardian angel who alternately berated and encouraged him on his search for salvation. In fact, Beatrice married another man, Simone di' Bardi, and died when Dante was 25, so their relationship existed almost entirely in Dante's imagination, but she nonetheless plays an extremely important role in his poetry. He first saw the woman, or rather the child, who was to become the poetic love of his life when he was almost nine years old and she was some months younger. Dante Alighieri was born in the city-state Florence in 1265. Dante Alighieri, or simply Dante (May 14/J– September 13/14, 1321), is one of the greatest poets in the Italian language with the comic story-teller, Boccaccio, and the poet, Petrarch, he forms the classic trio of Italian authors. ![]() ![]() ![]() As Harvard professor Amy Cuddy's revolutionary book reveals, we don't need to embark on a grand spiritual quest or complete an inner transformation to harness the power of presence. ![]() ![]() Too often we approach our lives' biggest hurdles with dread, execute them with anxiety, and leave them with regret.īy accessing our personal power, we can achieve "presence," the state in which we stop worrying about the impression we're making on others and instead adjust the impression we've been making on ourselves. Have you ever left a nerve-racking challenge and immediately wished for a do over? Maybe after a job interview, a performance, or a difficult conversation? The very moments that require us to be genuine and commanding can instead cause us to feel phony and powerless. MORE THAN HALF A MILLION COPIES Learn the simple techniques you'll need to approach your biggest challenges with confidence. ![]() ![]() ![]() Well-told stories activate strong emotional reactions, the kind that inspire, motivate, or ignite passion.Given that vivid storytelling provides a kind of “direct eperience” through vicarious imagination, we can lead clients to places they could never otherwise visit on their own.They also access unconscious processes to enhance their potential for promoting change. Just as a picture is worth a thousand words, a metaphor can capture and hold complex ideas that can’t be merely described or explained. Therapeutic-type stories such as metaphors offer coded information in a much more efficient package.We tend to be more likely to hold onto ideas or experiences when they are imbedded in stories. Stories naturally follow the structural properties of memory.Stories are entertaining and provocative in ways that a mere conversation can’t touch. Just hearing the words, “Once upon a time…” puts us into a trance. ![]() ‘Why is storytelling such a critical part of what we do, and what functions does it serve within the therapeutic process, regardless of the particular approach? her is a list of features to consider: This is taken frrom the outstanding book on the work of psychotherapists by Jeffrey A. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But first he must put an end to the treachery and peril that could destroy them both. With the intoxicating force of Siri’s love, Hunter’s legacy is at last revealed. What begins as a test of strength becomes an epic battle to save a beautiful woman born out of legend. Slika ikone Summer of the Unicorn: A Novel. His birthright as protector of the planet comes at a heavy cost, for now his only choice is to defeat his own brother. Kay Hooper is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of the Bishop/Special Crimes Unit series. ![]() Hunter comes from a world at war, with machines, with reality, with itself. For the man called Hunter Morgan is more powerful than even he knows. Only one has the strength to capture a legend with love-a forbidden passion that could save or destroy all that Siri protects. Both seek the prize Siri guards, but only one possesses the heart and courage to win that prize. She was born to fulfill her destiny, but now this once peaceful world she loves is in danger, threatened by the arrival of two men: brothers, rivals, and heirs to a doomed kingdom. ![]() Warrior, sorceress, and siren, Siri is the guardian of the last herd of golden unicorns. In a thrilling romance from New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper, a sensual enchantress shows an earthbound adventurer how to harness the power of fate. ![]() ![]() ![]() Poisoning Eros I&II – Wrath James White and Monica J. The Kenilworth Arms is a mongrel apartment building in down-town Chicago, built and re-built, its rooms divided and sub-divided in some ways it seems to have a strange life of its own - a very strange life. I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream – Harlan Ellison The Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories – Edited by Christine BernardĪlfred Hitchcock presents Stories They Wouldn’t Let Me Do on TV The 8th Pan Book of Horror Stories – Edited by Herbert Van Thal ![]() Tales of Mystery and Imagination – Edgar Allen Poe Still Dead – Edited by John Skipp and Craig Spector ![]() The Bridge – John Skipp and Craig Spectorīook of the Dead – Edited by John Skipp and Craig Spector The Scream – John Skipp and Craig Spector The Cleanup – John Skipp and Craig Spector The Light at the End – John Skipp and Craig Spector We promised it and here it is, the FULL LIST of books mentioned in John Skipp’s class ‘In Your Face Til Your Face Comes Off: The History of Splatterpunk and the Triumph of the Overt’ at Miskatonic LA in March 2019, everything from BARTHOLOMEW AND THE OOBLECK to NIGHT OF THE ASSHOLES! Note these are not in alphabetical or even necessarily chronological order, but the order in which they were mentioned in John’s presentation. ![]() ![]() ![]() She digs up every past brutal act she can find from Wolf Ridge's past-from car wrecks, suicides, and unnamed victims turning up in rivers-and even reaches out to an out-of-state journalist that seems to believe her. Wyatt is going to prove it, and find her mother's murderer in the process. Every November, every teen is overwhelmed with a hunger for violence.at least, that's the urban legend.Īfter Wyatt Green's mother was brutally murdered last Fall, she's convinced that the November sickness plaguing Wolf Ridge isn't just a town rumor that everyone 's a palpable force infecting her neighbors. There is something terribly wrong in Wolf Ridge. The unputdownable debut thriller you will never forget. ![]() ![]() Many viewers love my new Crystal Wire Web Lights. ![]() It has black and champagne-colored fall foliage dusted in glitter, mini metallic rubbed pumpkins, and 30 LED lights.īoth the wreath and this five-foot Lit Gilded Fall Pumpkin Garland can be used indoors or out and has a six-hour on/18 hour off built-in timer. To match the owls, here is my 24-inch Lit Gilded Fall Pumpkin Wreath. Made to be heavy enough to sit on your front porch or stand alone by the hearth, this piece comes with its own LED candle. These are my Cast Iron Indoor/Outdoor Owls with LED Candles. In the living room, we decorated the mantel and fireplace with many of my new Halloween and Harvest pieces from QVC. At my farm, I dedicated the first floor of my guest house as a studio space where I can do various remote appearances, shoots, Zoom meetings, podcasts, and other work related projects. ![]() ![]() ![]() One believes that the changes on earth happen in a gradual manner as the results of numerous other previous changes the other, as the name suggests, that extinctions are due to some major catastrophes. Two contradicting theories about extinction are uniformitarianism and Catastrophism. In our current time, extinction doesn’t seem like a fancy term, even kids can talk about how the dinosaurs and their extinction, but up until the 18th century, people have not considered the fact that “what existed may have vanished into thin air”. Some part of the book was somewhat history heavy, talking about the discoveries scientists made leading up to the concept of “extinction”. When I decided to read this book, I had in mind a book with graphs and percentages to give out stunning information about how human activities have killed off many animals on earth and I was ready to feel guilty but this book,with factual details woven into deftly written language, gives me a feeling that is quite indescribable: it’s like standing on a remote island in isolation to realize that whatever I had is probably gone or in the process of disappearing. Available in: Hardcopy (Maybe consider used book?), ebook, audiobook. ![]() |