Cornelia funke books5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Author linkĪfter repeated requests from young readers, bestselling author Cornelia Funke has returned to her Dragon Rider novel to pen an engaging new story for readers aged 9+, featuring the young dragon rider, Ben, and many of the characters we met in his first adventure. Her books have now sold more than 20 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 37 languages. ![]() Cornelia Funke is the highly acclaimed, award-winning and bestselling author of the Inkheart trilogy, Dragon Rider, The Thief Lord and numerous other children's novels and picture books.īorn in 1958 in the German town of Dorsten, she worked as a social worker for a few years before turning first to illustration and then to writing. ![]()
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Mary wollstonecraft's5/10/2023 ![]() From her reaction to this specific event, she launched a broad attack against double standards, indicting men for encouraging women to indulge in excessive emotion. Wollstonecraft was prompted to write the Rights of Woman after reading Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord's 1791 report to the French National Assembly, which stated that women should only receive domestic education. ![]() Instead of viewing women as ornaments to society or property to be traded in marriage, Wollstonecraft maintains that they are human beings deserving of the same fundamental rights as men. She argues that women ought to have an education commensurate with their position in society, claiming that women are essential to the nation because they educate its children and because they could be "companions" to their husbands, rather than mere wives. In it, Wollstonecraft responds to those educational and political theorists of the eighteenth century who did not believe women should receive a rational education. ![]() ![]() A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects at WikisourceĪ Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects (1792), written by British philosopher and women's rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797), is one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy. ![]() Wimsey gaudy night5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() And Harriet finds herself ensnared in a nightmare of romance and terror, with only the tiniest shreds of clues to challenge her powers of detection, and those of her paramour, the dashing private investigator Lord Peter Wimsey. When Harriet attends her Oxford reunion, known as the Gaudy, the prim academic setting is haunted by a rash of bizarre pranks: scrawled obscenities, burnt effigies, and poison-pen letters, including one that says, "Ask your boyfriend with the title if he likes arsenic in his soup." Some of the notes threaten murder all are perfectly ghastly yet in spite of their scurrilous nature, all are perfectly worded. A must-read for fans of Agatha Christies Poirot and Margery Allinghams Campion Mysteries, Lord Peter Wimsey is the immortal amateur sleuth created by. Now available as a limited Olive Edition from Harper Perennial. ![]() ![]() Harriet eventually calls in Lord Peter Wimsey to help resolve the mystery and in the last part of the novel the intellectual and emotional pas de deux between them, with a bit. Sayers’s Gaudy Night takes mystery writer Harriet Vane to Oxford University, Harriet’s alma mater, for a reunion, only to find herself the target of a nightmare of harassment and mysterious, murderous threats. These debates are not just tacked on, however, but turn out to be deeply entwined both with the mystery plot and with the other strand of Gaudy Night, which is a romance. And Miss Sayers has long stood in a class by herself.”- Times Literary Supplement (London)ĭorothy L. ![]() The romantic tensions between Harriet and Peter are explored. “ Gaudy Night stands out even among Miss Sayers’s novels. Lord Peter Wimsey also helps with the investigation by mid-book. ![]() Towards zero geraldine mcewan5/10/2023 ![]() The acting is mostly good too with Greg Wise giving the most intriguing performance. ![]() Sometimes the mystery is very compelling with some clever red herrings and okay character-work. The script and the direction have their moments. Everything looks good and the music, which creates an unsettling mood, is very haunting. The production values of "Towards Zero" are great as usual. ![]() ![]() Being a massive reader and huge fan of murder mysteries, I have always thought: " Agatha Christie is the best crime writer." Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple have always been my favorite sleuths to be honest (never really cared for Tommy and Tupence)."Towards Zero", which actually does not have Marple as the detective and is a stand-alone mystery book, was a pretty enjoyale read for me ( don't think it's one of the better Agatha Christie books though) and the adaptation of the novel is about on the same level as the book- it's fine. ![]() Saxon james roommate arrangement5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() I’ve had this book on my Kindle since it released, and for some reason never picked it up until the cute illustrated paperback cover came out… So then I bought it in paperback (despite owning it digitally already, yes, I know) and DEVOURED IT. OK, not that I’ve inhaled the next book ( Platonic Rulebook), I’ll take a moment to come back and review this one, haha. So when Payne gets back into town and needs somewhere to stay, I offer him my spare room with one condition: while he’s staying with me, I need him to help me become date-able.Īnd while he does that, I can focus on my other plan: ignoring that Payne is the only man I’ve ever wanted to date.Īhhhhhhhhh *immediately gets the next book* I’m naturally chaotic, make terrible decisions, and scare off potential dates with my “weirdness”. Since my career took off, I barely have time to breathe, let alone keep my life in order. Room payment to be made in meal planning, repairs, and dumb jokes. And not leave his door ajar when he’s in compromising positions … When my little brother’s best friend offers me a place to stay in exchange for menial duties, I swallow my pride and jump at the offer. There’s nothing sadder than moving back to my hometown newly divorced, homeless, and lost for what my next move is. Preferably dirt cheap as funds are tight (nonexistent). Must ignore the patheticness of a forty-year-old roommate. ![]() ![]() Romance, Adult contemporary romance, M/M romance ![]() God of malice by rina kent5/10/2023 ![]() In a conclusion, the book is knowledge-giving and interesting at the same time. ![]() Here the author tells us that our nutritional advice is outdated and what was suitable fifty years back is not suitable today and the reason that we are crowded with chronic diseases is that we are following outdated information for our nutritional problems. ![]() In this book, the author tells us that according to the advice of medical professionals, and other health committees we are cutting down the number of saturated fats but they are not much dangerous in fact they are beneficial, and excessive marathon running is also not as beneficial as it is considered. He is of opinion that it is the need of the hour that we should educate people about why to do and then how to do. Mike Sheridan has been advising people on nutrition for decades and has written many other books in this regard. Mike Sheridan is the author of this marvelous book. ![]() “Eat Meat and Stop Jogging: Common Advice On How to Get Fit is Keeping You Fat and Making You Sick” is a wonderful book in which the author reveals the wrong beliefs about nutrition, diet, fitness, and health goals. ![]() Salafi-Jihadism by Shiraz Maher5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Instead, he introduces key thinkers from a wide spectrum of opinions within Islamic history that aims to clarify core concepts of the mainstream tradition of Salafi-Jihadi thought that has mobilized masses around the world. Maher does not directly provide answers to the questions he postures in his book. In addition, he is an assiduous writer for the New Statesman, frequently writing on the Islamic State and the broader Middle East his knowledge of the subject can be observed as he guides specialists in his field, as well as informed readers, to trace the evolution of the key ideas of Salafi-Jihadism. Radicalisation (ICSR) at Kings College London, and teaches at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. ![]() The peripheral book series5/10/2023 ![]() The story of a young woman caught between two worlds, The Peripheral interweaves two futures - pre-apocalypse USA and post-apocalypse London - to tell a story which gets right to heart of the way we live now. Soon after she gets word that it isn't a game after all - the future she saw is all too real, she's the only witness to a murder and someone from that unreal tomorrow now wants her dead. One night, working a game set in a futuristic but puzzlingly empty London, she sees a death that's unnervingly vivid. In the near future in a broken down rural America, Flynne Fisher scrapes a living as a gamer for rich players. The Peripheral by William Gibson is a thrilling new novel about two intertwined futures, from the bestselling author of Neuromancer ![]() Laurel thatcher ulrich well behaved5/9/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() History has given us extraordinary women. The trail that was blazed by disobedient women is still being cleared today. That women who dare to be heard and dare to pursue accomplishment were considered to be disobedient is not just a part of history. The earliest evidence of a version of this phrase according to Quote Investigator appeared in an academic paper in the journal “American Quarterly” in 1976 by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, a Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian whose approach to history has been described as a tribute to “the silent work of ordinary people.” It has been attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, Anne Boleyn, Marylyn Monroe and, of course, Unknown. ![]() “Well-behaved women rarely make history,” is one of my most loved quotes. ![]() It has always fascinated me that what was considered well-behaved for women generally meant that they stayed unseen and silent. Yet there are women who refused to stand quietly. It’s now known that being unknown was often the only way a woman could have her words heard. Unknown has motivated and inspired people for centuries. Some of the best quotes are attributed to Unknown. A few words strung together in a simple sentence can elicit complex feeling, inspire us to accomplish great deeds and, at times, be downright revolutionary. ![]() Holy Week by Louis Aragon5/9/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In the 19th century, the private mansion was divided into various apartments. Sneak into a courtyard Ile Saint Louis is full of surprises!ĭuring your wanderings, don’t miss Hôtel de Lauzun (17 Quai d’Anjou). Spot lovely details on doors and façades. Flâner means “to wander aimlessly through a city,” and it is a concept so French that there’s no word equivalent in English.Įnjoy Ile Saint Louis’ narrow cobblestones and elegant architecture. If you are planning your next holiday to Paris and want to know all about the best things to do, where to eat, and where to sleep, then this quick guide to Ile Saint-Louis, Paris, is for you.įlâner is an art in Paris. Ile Saint-Louis has no great monuments, but it is incredibly charming and a must-see for every first trip to Paris. Elegant aristocratic mansions and narrow streets with restaurants and lovely cafés make Ile Saint-Louis one of the most romantic places in Paris. ![]() Designed by the architect Christophe Marie, Ile Saint-Louis was named after Saint-Louis (King Louis IX), who brought the relics of Christ from the Holy Land and placed them in the Sainte-Chapelle on Ile de la Cité. Surrounded by the Seine River, Ile Saint-Louis is newer than its neighbor island ( Ile de la Cité), as it was created only in the 17th century. Located right in the middle of the city, in the 4th arrondissement, you will find Ile Saint-Louis, one of Paris’ three islands. Paris is an incredible city with so much to discover. This article may contain compensated links. ![]() |