![]() ![]() Stephen Cohn, the distinguished artist and teacher, has worked for over three years to complete this outstanding new translation. ![]() The Duino Elegiesaroused real excitement among English readers when the now-dated Leishman/Spender versions first appeared in the 1930s. He was devoted to the three A's: Architecture, Agriculture, Aristocracy. Begun in 1912 but not completed until 1922, they are 'modern' in almost every sense the word has acquired yet Rilke was by temperament anti-modern, a snob and a romantic. ![]() With all his contradictions, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is one of the fathers of modern literature and the Duino Elegiesone of its great monuments. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Maier’s observant eye as an unknown outsider and as a woman make her work a significant addition to the canon of photography. A genre mainly dominated by photographers such as Robert Frank, Joel Meyerowitz and Lee Friedlander. Mostly known for her black and white photography, Vivian Maier is an icon in American street photography. Join Foam for an exclusive live stream this Thursday as they unveil the first works of their upcoming exhibition: Vivian Maier: Works in Color.Īs Foam safely build up the exhibition in the coming weeks, their head of exhibitions Claartje van Dijk will show you the first pieces, answer your questions and talk us through the works to give you a sneak preview.⠀Īll images 1959-1962 © Estate of Vivian Maier, Courtesy Maloof Collection and Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York.⠀ Image: © Estate of Vivian Maier, Courtesy Maloof Collection and Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York.⠀ ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I love getting to speak to scientists in many different fields and learn about their research. I also write news and features for Science News for Studentsand the Chinese language kids’ magazine Front Vision. I am a contributing editor at Muse magazine with a monthly technology column and regular feature articles. My books cover a wide variety of topics including robots, video games, artificial intelligence, energy technology, and dinosaurs. I have published numerous educational books for kids with ABDO, Capstone, Cavendish Square, National Geographic Kids, and more. When I returned home, I began writing for children’s magazines and educational publishers. I served two years in the Peace Corps in Kyrgyzstan, where I taught English and lived without the internet. STRANGE BUT TRUE (2019) explains the science and history of ghosts, UFOs, psychics, and other paranormal mysteries. My book WELCOME TO THE FUTURE (2021) explores ten technologies that may change the world, including robots, virtual reality, and fusion energy. Ever since I was eight years old, I knew I wanted to become an author. ![]() ![]() My family and relatives occupy three of them. It’s a three story walk-up, a modest building fronted with brown tarred shingles like you only see on roofs nowadays. SAFINA: We live in a tenement flat in Brooklyn. ![]() From WaitWhat and Thrive Global, this is Meditative Story. In this series, we blend immersive, first-person stories with mindfulness prompts to give you a deep sense of wellbeing at any time of the day. In today’s Meditative Story, Carl draws on his decades of studying and living with animals, and touches on the question that has fascinated him from a young age: How different are they from us really? But more importantly his work has brought the majesty and mystery of nature to countless people of all ages. ROHAN GUNATILLAKE: With an expertise in ecology, Carl Safina has written extensively about the living world over the years, and has won a whole host of awards and recognition. We are, simply and innocently, seeing eye to eye, recognizing the “each” in each other. ![]() My father reads the sign to me: “This is a Steller’s sea eagle.” This is not a fierce, mindless creature. Struck by its piercing eyes, gigantic feet and claws, and enormous brown and white feathers. As we stroll through the exhibits, I find myself standing beside a large cage with an eagle almost my size perched inside. CARL SAFINA: One weekend my parents take me to the Bronx Zoo. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Just when it all seems too much, the cause of her original trauma shows up at her door. ![]() But as the disease rages on, so does an unexpected tension as Lil is torn between an old ex and a new romantic interest. With friends and neighbors dying all around her, Lil does everything she can just to survive. ![]() Now, she’s more alone than she’s been since the incident” at her school months ago. With her parents called away on business before the contagious outbreakher father in Delaware covering the early stages of the disease and her mother in Hong Kong and unable to get a flight back to New JerseyLil’s town is hit by what soon becomes a widespread illness and fatal disaster. When people begin coming down with a quick-spreading illness that doctors are unable to treat, Lil’s worst fears are realized. Only a few people know what caused her sudden change from model student to the withdrawn pessimist she has become, but her situation isn’t about to get any better. Unfortunately, Lilianna’s circumstances are anything but normal. The 2015 SCBWI Crystal Kite Winner for the Atlantic region!Įven under the most normal circumstances, high school can be a painful and confusing time. ![]() ![]() ![]() It includes spankings, sexual scenes, elements of BDSM, and more. Publisher’s Note: Becoming Daddy’s Girl is a stand-alone prequel set in the world of the Daddy’s Girl series, and it incorporates characters from the first three books in the series, Daddy Morebucks, Daddy’s Game, and Poor Little Daddy’s Girl. What listeners say about Poor Little Daddys Girl Average Customer Ratings. ©2015 Normandie Alleman and Stormy Night Publications (P)2015 Normandie Alleman. Meet Shane, Chase, and Jenn, a trio who’s passion burns as brightly as their strong-willed spirits. ![]() But when duty sends Charles back overseas, will it tear them apart or can Kimberly’s love for her daddy withstand the storms of war until he comes home and she can be his little girl again? Become engrossed with this steamy MMF ménage box set. She responds beautifully to his dominant lovemaking, and her willingness to submit to him only increases his desire for her. ![]() Wounded or not, Charles isn’t going to let a girl like Kimberly slip through his fingers, and he doesn’t hesitate to let her know how he feels. ![]() When Kimberly’s boss, Charles, deploys to Iraq before she can admit that she’s fallen in love with him, she intends to do her best to let him go and move on with her life, but everything changes after Charles suffers a near-fatal injury and comes home temporarily to recuperate. ![]() ![]() ![]() With honesty, humor and soulfulness, the author chronicles her year-long effort to "desire, ask, believe, receive," exploring the ancient mysteries of wishing, facing her ambivalence about desire and negotiating the intricacies of focus and receptivity. She openly, though doubtfully, plunges into "wishcraft" and declares three desires: to purchase a house, find a new man and heal her soul. The Wishing Year: A House, A Man, My Soul follows a year in the author's life as she decides to try "Putting It Out There." An essayist and Buddhist practitioner, Oxenhandler is facing 50, with a painful divorce and spiritual upheaval behind her, when she finds herself ready for change. For true believers who wish confidently upon stars and blow out their birthday candles with sure expectation, Noelle Oxenhandler's new memoir will surely please – while perhaps winning over a nay-saying wish skeptic or two. ![]() ![]() ![]() He dreams of someday exploring the New World he’s heard about in snippets of sailors’ stories on the docks of the fishing villages where he was raised and his good fortune leads him to rise in the court of Elizabeth I, becoming a most trusted friend and advisor to the power players of the day. Raleigh knew from the time he was a boy that his life would be exceptional. ![]() In one of her earliest works, beloved author Norah Lofts brings us her riveting and romantic account of Sir Walter Raleigh and the court of Elizabeth I.
![]() Little does she know what her marriage holds in store for her. Kate is happy as a bride can be on her wedding day, as she’s marrying Hugo, the man she loves. Sally Wentworth always wrote very well, her prose attentive and skillful, but this was truly bizarre. The craziness level can only be ratcheted up so far before the hero becomes irredeemable. Where thick historical romances like Stormfire have 400-500+ pages to deal with insane villainous heroes and their co-dependent heroines, a category romance is limited to 60,000-70,000 words. However, in this Harlequin Presents what the hero does to the heroine seems more repulsive perhaps due to its condensed nature. Take the bodice ripper great Stormfire, for example. It’s extremely violent, although I’ve read books where far worse events occur to the heroine. Sally Wentworth‘s Shattered Dreams is terrible, for all the wrong reasons. ![]() Then Kate overheard her husband’s grim plan for their future together–a plan of revenge against Kate! Desperately hurt and afraid of the stranger who was her husband, she ran away to Majorca, to heal her broken heart in safety and solitudeīut she underestimated the power of Hugo’s will and the compulsion that drove him to reclaim her–for better, or for worse! Shattered Dreams by Sally Wentworth The Book As Hugo’s wife, she knew the rest of her life would be blessed ![]() On her wedding day, Kate felt how miraculous was to truly love and beloved. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Tod, The Tale of Pigling Bland, Appley Dapply’s Nursery Rhymes, The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse, Cecily Parsley’s Nursery Rhymes, The Tale of Little Pig Robinson, Three Little Mice, The Sly Old Cat, The Fox and the Stork and The Rabbit’s Christmas Party. Tittlemouse, The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher, The Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit, The Story of Miss Moppet, The Tale of Tom Kitten, The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, The Tale of Samuel Whiskers, The Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies, The Tale of Ginger and Pickles, The Tale of Mrs. ![]() Tiggy-Winkle, The Tale of The Pie and The Patty-Pan, The Tale of Mr. The stories inside are: The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, The Tailor of Gloucester, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, The Tale of Two Bad Mice, The Tale of Mrs. Beatrix Potter is one of the worlds best-loved childrens authors of all time. with wicker baskets, small wood boxes, and old books to complete the cottagecore look. This edition includes a section at the end that contains four additional works by Beatrix Potter that were not published in her lifetime. Elegant Summer Slim Sleeveless Floral Cottagecore Tale Dress. The tales are arranged in the order in which they were first published. This complete and unabridged collection contains all 23 of Beatrix Potter’s tales in one deluxe volume with all their original illustrations. A perfect gift to introduce children to the world of Beatrix Potter, The Complete Tales is a timeless and classic essential for any nursery shelf. ![]() |