![]() With its intense warmth and charm, Wait for Me! is a unique portrait of an age and an unprecedented look at the rhythms of life inside one of the great aristocratic families of England. Her friendship with that family would last through triumph and tragedy. ![]() Her life would change utterly with his unexpected inheritance of the title and vast estates after the wartime death of his brother, who had married Kick Kennedy, the beloved sister of John F. ![]() Deborah Mitford, Duchess of Devonshire, is the youngest of the famously witty brood that includes the writers Jessica and Nancy, who wrote when Deborah was born, "How disgusting of the poor darling to go and be a girl." Deborah's effervescent memoir Wait for Me! chronicles her remarkable life, from an eccentric but happy childhood in the Oxfordshire countryside, to tea with Adolf Hitler and her controversially political sister Unity in 1937, to her marriage to the second son of the Duke of Devonshire. ![]()
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The crisis to which he refers was first and foremost a crisis of multiple dimensions in his own life. ‘ Human, All Too Human is the monument of a crisis.’ With these apt words Nietzsche began his own reflection, in his autobiographical Ecce Homo (1888), on this remarkable collection of almost 1,400 aphorisms published in three instalments, the first of which had appeared in 1878, ten years earlier. ![]() ![]() ![]() She's even less prepared for the arrival of Alistair's associate, rough, unsettling Matthew Ryder, also a veteran of the trenches, whose scars go deeper than Sarah can reach. But Sarah is unprepared to confront an angry ghost-real or imagined-on her own. Maddy hated men in life, and she will not speak to them in death. Alistair Gellis-rich, handsome, and scarred by World War I-has been summoned to investigate the spirit of the nineteen-year-old maid Maddy Clare, who is said to haunt the barn where she committed suicide. Sarah Piper's lonely, threadbare existence changes when her temporary agency sends her to assist an obsessed ghost hunter. ![]() A woman of limited means and even less experience must confront a vengeful spirit in this haunting novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Broken Girls and The Sun Down Motel.ġ920s England. ![]() ![]() ![]() Scholar-and very careful user of incorrect grammar. His great particular new chum is Japhy Ryder: fellow bhikkhu, poet, yab-yum expert, ex- logger, mountain climber, college graduate, Oriental ![]() The novel's hero, Ray Smith, obviously Kerouac himself, tells the story in the first person. Kerouac's Dharma Bums-future Bodhisattvas one and all, by their own admission-are members of a "rucksack revolution." Carefree wanderers, they compare themselves to those Zen Lunatics immortalized in classic Japanese sumi painting, caught in swift brush strokes as they gaily loaf, or stroll about laughing fit to kill at the whole ephemeral world of illusory phenomena. Satori of the Zen masters of Japan and China. "Sitting" has even beenĭiscovered to possess possible virtue, for Kerouac and his restive pals-now in search of Dharma, or "Truth"-are trying to learn to meditate in Buddhist style, their new goal nothing less than total self-enlightenment, the In the present book, however, not only are his "bums" considerably more respectable and articulate, but they are no longer merely moving for movement's sake. He novel by Jack Kerouac, "On the Road," was a chronicle of the hitch-hikers, hipsters, jazz fans, jalopy owners, drug addicts, poets and OctoBeat - and Buddhist By NANCY WILSON ROSS ![]() ![]() ![]() Gyasi's depiction of the women's dungeon at Cape Coast Castle is repulsive, and purposefully so. This unflinching depiction of ancient and contemporary racial issues makes the story vivid and powerful. The author does not play down or glorify any aspect of slavery, and is just as unsparing in her descriptions of prison labor and race-based discrimination by potential employers and romantic partners. in the morning.she wakes to fresh pain and festered sores" (p89). ![]() comes back with the roots and leaves and salves that are smeared into Ness’s back as she slips in and out of consciousness. For example, when Ness is harshly whipped by her plantation master for something she didn't do, Gyasi describes: "She is beaten until the whip snaps off her back like pulled taffy, and then she is kicked to the ground. ![]() Gyasi shows this by not holding back in her depictions of violence, especially that done by white men to black characters. In Homegoing, Gyasi shows the brutal way African and African-American people have been treated by white Westerners throughout history as Esi thinks, "white men smiling just meant more evil was coming with the next wave" (p56). ![]() ![]() ![]() Lost in the Snow: Ella falls in love with Fluff, the smallest kitten in the litter of farm cats, but her parents aren't sure she's ready for a pet. This gorgeous collection would make a fantastic birthday present for anyone who loves kittens. Holly Webb's Kitten Friends includes Lost in the Snow, Smudge the Stolen Kitten and The Kitten Nobody Wanted. Three heart-warming kitten stories to treasure in one book, from best-selling author Holly Webb. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. ![]() Three heart-warming kitten stories to treasure, from best-selling author Holly Webb: Lost in the Snow, Smudge the Stolen Kitten and The Kitten Nobody Wanted Illustrator(s): Williams, Sophy. Description for Holly Webb's Kitten Friends: Lost in the Snow, Smudge the Stolen Kitten, the Kitten Nobody Wanted (Holly Webb Animal Stories) Paperback. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And, at the end of the day, our genes and life experiences govern our desire to form relational bonds with others. It's the age-old "nature and nurture" answer. Where Does Our Need For Relationships Come From? So if you need to understand why some relationships don't work out, or want to bring more happiness and fulfillment into your current relationships, then this is a very worthwhile read.īriefly, we'll unpack the science of adult attachment, and the tips and tricks we can use to better navigate our relationships, by deciphering our attachment style, and that of our partners. Attached gives us the scientific foundation of romantic relationships, how our evolutionary past defines our present experiences regarding romantic relationships, and how we seek out certain relationships based on our attachment style. Heller graduated from Columbia University with a master's degree in social-organizational psychology. Levine is a psychiatrist and neuroscientist. Heller collaborated to write a book, to help us make better choices regarding love. Close friends and authors Amir Levine and Rachel S. Can we use science to improve our relationships?Īttached gives us the scientific story behind adulthood attachment, and how this understanding can help us find and keep love.Īttachment is just a fancy word for love. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Excerpts from Knipper's memoirs and brief footnotes offer further insight. Although the repetition of pet names and small talk on the weather wears thin, such minutiae help bring the letters-and the principles-alive. ![]() Benedetti's translations have a welcome contemporary flair and provide an enjoyable, romantic read. Later, the letter writing became a form of therapy for Knipper as she continued to address Chekhov in a journal following his death. Their bond sustained the couple through several theater seasons, increasingly serious bouts of illness and a miscarriage. Olga Knipper was born September 21st, 1868 in Glazov, Russia to German parents, but moved to Moscow at the age of 2. Chekhov supplied her with the calming, encouraging antidote of his sweet and sensitive comments. Knipper's dramatic descriptions of life in Moscow were frequently awash with her insecurities about her stage performances of Chekhov's work or her relationship with his mother and overbearing sister. Love blossoms long-distance between the sickly playwright, forced to stay in the warmer regions of Yalta for his tuberculosis, and the rising star of the Moscow Art Theater. Benedetti (Stanislavski) delivers an illuminating and heartfelt volume of the correspondence between Chekhov and his friend, lover and, eventually, wife, Olga Knipper, from 1899 to Chekhov's death in 1904. Dear Writer, Dear Actress : The Love Letters of Anton Chekhov and Olga Knipper Dear Writer, Dear Actress : The Love Letters of Anton Chekhov and Olga Knipper. ![]() ![]() ![]() But at the back of my mind, I knew it needed more, it needed finishing. ![]() Many times I'd considered shelving it altogether. I have fought many internal battles trying to convince myself that this book was worth all the effort, and financial resources, I had put into it. To say it's been a frustrating, sometimes depressing ordeal getting this particular book together is an understatement. After many drafts, oh, let's round it off at seven.or was it eight, and many beta reads and edits, even a couple of rewrites, Bengaria's War finally came together into something I was happy with, my editor was happy with, and hopefully, my readers are happy with.Īfter eight years, it is now released for all the world to see. The seeds of this story actually started Christmas 2011, but it wasn't until the following year that I decided it needed to be written. ![]() ![]() ![]() Yet, certain common experiences and phenotypical traits have contributed, most of the times, to the emergence of a national consciousness and to an ethnocentric/eurocentred vision of the world. As a matter of fact, identities are hybrid, dynamic, often fractured and even imagined in nature. No longer, if ever, can we speak of “pure” cultures rooted in one particular geography, because cross-cultural interactions have been challenging one’s sense of identity. This phenomenon has been changing the way in which communities function and, besides economic and social implications, political and cultural conditions follow a parallel course. It has become commonplace to assert that we are living in a time of rapid economic transformation and social mobilisation, which leads to a massive flow of people and goods across borders. ![]() Paper presented at “8th Global Conference: Interculturalism, Meaning and Identity”, Lisbon. Textbooks as a basic resource for the promotion of intercultural coexistence? – A case study. ![]() Literature of Portuguese-speaking countries for children and young adultsĪmante, S., Pinho, S., & Balula, J. Textbooks as a basic resource for the promotion of intercultural coexistence? – A case study Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: ![]() |