![]() ![]() ![]() “Absolutely stunning! With memorable, passionate detail, Leah Lax recounts a unique search for wholeness and healing that paradoxically plunged her into the quicksand of shame. Mark Doty, National Book Award author of Fire to Fire, Firebird, and Deep Lane “Aching, absorbingly told, and with genuine tenderness toward the damaged, struggling, and sometimes helpful souls who populate a life, Uncovered is a marvelous memoir, one in which any reader will find echoes of our own quests for an authentic life.” It's been said that, if one woman told the truth, the world would split open. Leah Lax lived that life, yet has the spirit, courage and honesty to tell her story. All over the world are women whose bodies are covered, not by their own decision, but by one of the many patriarchal religions that by definition rule their wombs. ![]() “In Uncovered, Leah Lax tells a personal story that millions of women can recognize. Lax tells a story that resists codified narratives and breaks through to a new way of understanding the world.” ![]()
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![]() ![]() Of his fantasy series, of greatest (if somewhat limited) sf interest may be the Age of Discovery sequence beginning with A Secret Atlas ( 2005), set in after a vast polar Disaster, in an Alternate World where Magic works and the Crown Colonies sequence beginning with At the Queen's Command ( 2010), set in a "New World" which glancingly resembles North America, and involving conflicts glancingly evocative of the American Revolutionary War, though with Zombies added to the mix. ![]() His two main series, however, are Ties to sf universes: the Battletech sequences beginning with Battletech: The Warrior Trilogy, Volume One: En Garde ( 1988) (for the Wargame, see BattleTech), and the Star Wars sequences beginning with Star Wars: X-Wing: Rogue Squadron ( 1996) (see Star Wars Star Wars: X-Wing and other linked entries). (1957- ) US designer of Role Playing Games from around 1978 and author, much of whose work has been related directly or indirectly to his design work, much of it being fantasy. ![]() ![]() But as the first of a set, such a visceral response is a testament to its success. Were it a standalone novel, I would have thrown it across my apartment for its unanswered questions. The Frozen Crown, Greta Kelly’s debut and the first installation of her Warrior Witch duology, builds an evocative setting, a tantalizing magical system and a compelling and complex set of protagonists so well that it feels like a full story with some missing pages. ![]() Writing is hard enough without these added difficulties. Then there’s the problem of the ending: Is it better to end with a cliffhanger halfway through a high-stakes scene or in the proverbial calm before the storm? Amid all this, writers must craft a compelling narrative out of a partial story. After all, stories that unfold over multiple volumes often need quite a bit of exposition, so first books run the risk of spending too much time laying the groundwork and losing the reader halfway through. ![]() Starting a book series is among the trickiest things for a writer to do. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() On March 1, 2023, Shannon Messenger announced that the book would be delayed due to her second baby but confirmed that the book will eventually be released, which is contrary to what several internet users claim. ![]() I’m incredibly grateful that my publisher and fans gave me the freedom, support, and enthusiasm to let the story unfold at its own pace.” Messenger writes, “Now I have the space to reveal all of the secrets that readers have been dying to know since book one, and I can’t wait for everyone to read the final conclusion. ![]() Messenger has said multiple things about this book in an AP news article, stating, “I knew from the very beginning that Sophie’s story was huge, but it was hard to tell at that point how many books it would take to do the Keeper series justice. She is still figuring out if this is necessary because while she originally planned for the tenth to be the final book, there are enough unrevealed secrets and events that haven't happened yet that she may need another to complete the complex plot of the Keeper series in the best way possible. However, on her Stellarlune tour, she announced that an eleventh book was a possibility. Messenger previously confirmed that this would be the final book in the series and it would be the conclusion. 2 days ago Stellarlune is the ninth book in the Keeper of the Lost Cities series. On October 13, 2021, Shannon Messenger via AP News and Instagram revealed that there would be a tenth book in the Keeper series. Shannon Messenger has said there may be an 11th book. ![]() ![]() Still, that such comparisons could be made raises intriguing questions about the place of Christ Jesus in the early church. These comparisons begin, so far as the evidentiary record goes, with the patristics, all of whom strongly rejected the comparisons. Unlike some other treatments, his is sympathetic.Īlso of interest were the comparisons drawn between the figure of Antinous, who died in 130 C.E., and Jesus. ![]() Not only does he manage to make sense of it, he also fairly distinguishes between its practice and social roles in Greek and in Roman cultures. Most interesting, and very well done, was Lambert's succinct treatment of pederasty in the classical world. Other aspects of the book were of much greater interest. ![]() Lambert reads a heck of a lot into the pieces, aspects of meaning that often were not suggested to me at all by the photographic plates provided for some of the items. I found the lengthy discussions of art, mostly sculptural, to be rather boring and suspiciously subjective. In addition, the text pays a great deal of attention to the many and varied artistic representations of Antinous. While virtually everything is in doubt author Lambert does adduce a series of plausible hypotheses regarding the nature of their relationship and the circumstances of the youngster's death. ![]() This book appears to cover everything there is to cover about the relationship of the Roman emperor Hadrian and his early-deceased, then immortalized, young male companion (probably lover) Antinous. ![]() ![]() She and others in her community are not to read newspapers from London, ride in English cars or watch English movies. ![]() ![]() ![]() Though not herself a militant “renouncer,” she governs her life by a set of unwritten laws, which she recites with comic specificity. She’s lost loved ones in street battles against British security forces. “Milkman,” which in October earned Burns the prestigious Man Booker Prize, is set in late 1970s Belfast, a time and a place “of not letting bygones be bygones.” The Troubles - a period of deadly unrest stemming from Northern Ireland’s fraught relationship with Britain - have raged for a decade, and our unnamed protagonist has fallen into a circumscribed routine.Īn 18-year-old student, she’s from a big Catholic family with ties to the Irish Republican Army (or a related splinter group). “If you didn’t,” she says, “you were left with a curtailed route owing to religious geography” and the “psycho-political atmosphere, with its rules of allegiance, of tribal identification, of what was allowed and not allowed.” Before lacing up her sneakers, she carefully charts her course, choosing safe stretches of road and avoiding no-go zones. The main character of Anna Burns’ vibrant new novel is an avid runner, but she can’t get her miles in just anywhere. ![]() ![]() ![]() And as a science, we expect medicine to uphold the principles of evidence and impartiality. 'We are taught that medicine is the art of solving our body's mysteries. 'UNWELL WOMEN is a powerful and fascinating book that takes an unsparing look at how women's bodies have been misunderstood and misdiagnosed for centuries.' Lindsey Fitzharris 'One of the most important books of our generation' Fern Riddell ![]() ![]() 'A searing, brilliant investigation, an intricate and urgent book on how women's health has constantly been misunderstood and miscast throughout history' Kate Williams 'A passionate and indignant history' The Times Unwell Women is not just a compelling investigation, but an essential one' Observer 'A richly detailed, wide-ranging and enraging history. 'Seamlessly melding scholarship with passion, Unwell Women is the definition of unputdownable' Telegraph ![]() ![]() Pretend Soup lets young children put on the chef's hat with a grown-up there to help and guide. With Salad People and a little time in the kitchen, budding chefs will cheer: I like it because I made it myself! Designed as do-together projectswith the child as chef and the adult as assistantthese kitchen adventures will give children confidence in their cooking skills and inspire a life-long healthy relationship with food. Each illustrated recipe offers the child chef the opportunity to count, measure, mix, assemble, and most important, have fun. In this sequel to her classic Pretend Soupconsidered by many to be the gold standard of childrens cookbooksaward-winning author/illustrator Mollie Katzen works her magic with 20 new, child-tested recipes including such delicacies as Counting Soup, Chewy Energy Circles, and Polka Dot Rice. Overview of Pretend Soup and Other Real Recipes: A Cookbook for Preschoolers and Up ![]() ![]() ![]() Were you a fan of Cheryl Strayed before this project? This interview has been edited for length and clarity. ![]() Tigelaar, who was the showrunner on “Little Fires Everywhere” (which starred Witherspoon), apologized for being frazzled during our recent video interview by saying, “I definitely have a lot of Claire in me,” though she comes across as warmer and more together than Claire. This time, Strayed and fellow executive producers Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern (both of whom starred in the movie version of Strayed’s smash hit memoir, “Wild”) brought in Liz Tigelaar as the showrunner. Strayed and husband Brian Lindstrom tried creating a “Tiny Beautiful Things” series for HBO back in 2015 but the show never got off the ground. But the older Claire veers away wildly, having had none of the success and stability that Strayed has achieved. ![]() The framework of younger Claire’s life – growing up working class and estranged from her father, losing her mother, getting married and divorced young, diving into drugs – is often taken directly from Strayed’s life. ![]() ![]() ![]() Still, she can barely contain her excitement when she hears of the arrival of one Alexander Hamilton, a mysterious, rakish young colonel and General George Washington’s right-hand man. ![]() Descended from two of the oldest and most distinguished bloodlines in New York, the Schuylers are proud to be one of their fledgling country’s founding families, and even prouder still of their three daughters-Angelica, with her razor-sharp wit Peggy, with her dazzling looks and Eliza, whose beauty and charm rival that of both her sisters, though she’d rather be aiding the colonists’ cause than dressing up for some silly ball. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Witches of East End and The Descendants comes the love story of young Alexander Hamilton and Eliza Schuyler.Īs battle cries of the American Revolution echo in the distance, servants flutter about preparing for one of New York society’s biggest events: the Schuylers’ grand ball. ![]() |