![]() ![]() ![]() This book, the fruit of half a lifetime’s study by three impassioned authors, brings every one of the published Diableries into the 21st century for the very first time. This 3-D phenomenon, which fascinated a nation for 40 years, is now yours to share. Guillermo del Toro Cabinet of Curiosities: My Notebooks, Collections, and Other Obsessionsĭiableries: Stereoscopic Adventures in Hellĭiableries: Stereoscopic Adventures in Hell Hardcover – October 19, 2013īy Brian May (Author), Denis Pellerin (Author), Paula Fleming (Author)Ī devilish 1860s sensation – finally unleashed on the 21st century! In France, around 1860, from the loins of a traditional national fascination with all things diabolical, was born a new sensation – a series of visionary dioramas depicting life in a strange parallel universe called ENFER – Hell – communicated to an eager audience by means of stereoscopic cards, to be viewed in the stereoscopes which had already become popular in the 1850s. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Each chapter is an amalgamation of vivid sightseer descriptions, interviews, and the kind of folklore only a local could know. Dickey, who holds a PhD in comparative literature from USC, leaves no gravestone unturned and no trapdoor unopened. Ghostland has its own unique history as a book, originating in lectures at Machine Project, Acme Studio, Odd Salon and Death Salon as well as essays in the Paris Review and the Virginia Quarterly Review. that reveals how Americans love to embellish history with the paranormal. How does an ordinary cemetery become the site of mysterious lights and whispered voices? What makes an abandoned farmhouse the perfect setting for a grizzly murder? When does a real-life abduction in the 1950s turn into a campfire tale of revenge? These questions comprise the skeleton of Colin Dickey’s Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places, a tight analysis of the most haunted houses, hangouts, institutions and towns in the U.S. ![]() ![]() ![]() After she tugs her underwear back up, she’s forced to hug and thank Uncle Zephaniah for the discipline, as she and all the other kids have been trained to do. Because Young runs over to her mother, she’s punished with nine swats instead of three. Her mother, with no warmth in her eyes, barks, “Get back in line.”Īt this moment and in similar moments, Young’s mother isn’t her mom but an “auntie,” someone in charge of all the children just like her stepfather Uncle Zephaniah is a punishment uncle, not a stepfather. Suddenly Young spots her mother, Kristie, and speeds over to her, instantly relieved. The kids are arranged from oldest to youngest, and Young stands at the end of the line, anticipating her turn. Young is 5 years old, the youngest of 22 commune kids in a community of 100. This man is not her blood uncle, but what the kids in the Children of God cult call the men in the community. ![]() Daniella Mestyanek Young’s powerfully immersive and exceptionally honest debut memoir Uncultured opens with a scene of Young standing in line to get spanked by Uncle Zephaniah. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I made myself finish it because I was hoping it would get interesting, and it did aruond page 250 when the hurricane came down, but the whole description of the events of the hurricane seemed rushed. This book was very slow and very boring and, it seemed like the author went off on tangents about irrelevant pieces of information. ![]() The constant references to greek mythology were unnecessary and random, it made no sense especially if you were not familiar with the particular greek story. They were interesting only because the author seemed to put more effort into developing them than the other characters in the book. The only two characters that were somewhat interesting was the girl, Esch and the dog owner, Skeetah. This book was about a poor family who unfortunately had to suffer through a natural disaster. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Arriving at the store, Bergie meets Judge Watkin Bassett, who fined him a few pounds a few days ago because Bertie stole a helmet from a policeman. ![]() Then Uncle Tom, who collects a collection of antique silver, they say, will buy it for cheap. She asks him to go to an antique shop where an old silver milk jug-cow is sold, and with the appearance of an expert, tell the owner of the shop that this is not an old work at all, but a modern one - he will begin to doubt and reduce the price. So in the Worcester Code, Bergie finds himself in a quandary while fulfilling the assignment of her aunt Dahlia. In the novels a kind of comedy of situations is presented, and the characters constantly fall into absurd situations, but with honor come out of them. The hero of a series of Woodhouse novels is the young Englishman Bertie Wooster, who is always accompanied by his servant Jeeves. British literature summaries - Short summary - The Code of the Woosters Pelham Grenville P. ![]() ![]() ![]() She won the Cardiff International Poetry Competition in 1990. ![]() Her poetry has appeared in leading periodicals and anthologies and her volume Immrama won the WAC Young Writers' Prize. She lives in Newport, Gwent.Ĭatherine has won many awards and much critical acclaim for her work. She leads sessions for teachers and librarians and is an experienced broadcaster and adjudicator. She is a Fellow of the Welsh Academy.Ĭatherine is an acclaimed poet and novelist, regularly lecturing and giving readings to groups of all ages. She has worked in education and archaeology and as a lecturer in creative writing at the University of Glamorgan. She graduated from the University of Wales with a degree in English and a fascination for myth and history. Catherine Fisher was born in Newport, Wales. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A modern classic, this stunning debut marked #1 bestselling author John Green's arrival as a groundbreaking new voice in contemporary fiction. The unmissable first novel from bestselling and award-winning author of THE. Looking for Alaska Paperback Apby John Green (Author) 31,181 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 10.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 14.89 Other new, used and collectible from 1.59 Paperback 6.99 Other new and used from 5. Looking for Alaska brilliantly chronicles the indelible impact one life can have on another. Buy Looking for Alaska by John Green for 24.00 at Mighty Ape NZ. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet Francois Rabelais called the "Great Perhaps." Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young, who will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps. Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words-and tired of his safe life at home. Printz Award * A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist * A New York Times Bestseller * A USA Today Bestseller * NPR's Top Ten Best-Ever Teen Novels * TIME magazine's 100 Best Young Adult Novels of All Time * A PBS Great American Read Selection * Millions of copies sold! First drink. The award-winning, genre-defining debut from John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and The Fault in Our Stars Winner of the Michael L. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her second husband has died, and her first husband, with whom she has two grown daughters, turns to her for help when he starts to have night terrors. ![]() The new novel picks up Lucy’s story when she is in her 60s. “Oh William!” returns to the first-person perspective of 2016’s bestselling “My Name is Lucy Barton,” narrated by Lucy as she slowly recovers from what should have been a routine operation and her mother, from whom she’s been estranged, comes to see her in New York.Ī year later, Strout published “Anything is Possible,” a collection of linked stories told in the third person about the characters in Lucy’s hometown of Amgash, now reconciling their memories of her poor and abusive childhood with her newfound fame as a writer. “Oh William!” by Elizabeth Strout (Random House)Įlizabeth Strout has written another voice-driven novel, the third in a series of books about the fictional writer Lucy Barton and the people she grew up with in a small town in rural Illinois. This cover image released by Random House shows "Oh William!" by Elizabeth Strout. ![]() ![]() What she finds is a new community in a flourishing group of online fans who support her.Īt first, it feels like it used to-the fandom, the adoration, the community that takes her side-but when her online advocates start targeting other Black girls, Naema will realize that-for Black girls like her-even the privilege of fame has its limits. to her family, her real self, and the truth about her magic. Villified by those closest to her, Naema heads to the Southwest where she is determined to stage a comeback. Everyone loves her-until she's cast as the villain who exposed a Siren to the whole world.ĭragged by the media, and canceled by her fans, no one understands her side: not her boyfriend, not her friends, not even her fellow Eloko. ![]() Teen influencer Naema Bradshaw has it all: she's famous, stylish, gorgeous-and she's an Eloko, a charismatic person gifted with a melody that people adore. ![]() ![]() Meet Naema Bradshaw: a beautiful Eloko, once Portland-famous, now infamous, as she navigates a personal and public reckoning where confronting the limits of her privilege will show Naema what her magic really is, and who it makes her. THE LATEST NOVEL FROM YA SENSATION BETHANY C. ![]() ![]() The Birth House is the story of Dora Rare, the first daughter. She opens her home as the birth house, a free home for any women who need help. Read 2,924 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. 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