![]() ![]() ![]() (Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. But, can she escape the curse, or is her own destiny also bound by violence? Review The youngest daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, Elektra is horrified by the bloodletting of her kin. She is powerless in her knowledge that the city will fall. Princess of Troy, and cursed by Apollo to see the future but never to be believed when she speaks of it. Her husband raises a great army against them, and determines to win, whatever the cost. ![]() The sister of Helen, wife of Agamemnon – her hopes of averting the curse are dashed when her sister is taken to Troy by the feckless Paris. This is the story of three women, their fates inextricably tied to this curse, and the fickle nature of men and gods. A bloodline tainted by a generational cycle of violence and vengeance. Keep reading this book review for my full thoughts. But what I got was something I was not expecting. And so after Ariadne, I was intrigued by Elektra. I’ve been, with everyone else, on this Greek Mythology kick. From the title alone, I was so excited for Elektra. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Slavery and its legacy of cultural rejection create trauma on individual, familial, and community levels, and parents unwittingly transmit their trauma to their children through repetition of their bodily stored experiences. With an innovative application of neuroscience to literary criticism, Schreiber explains how trauma, whether initiated by physical abuse, dehumanization, discrimination, exclusion, or abandonment, becomes embedded in both psychic and bodily circuits. ![]() Approaching trauma from several cutting-edge theoretical perspectives - psychoanalytic, neurobiological, and cultural and social theories - Schreiber analyzes the lasting effects of slavery as depicted in Morrison's work and considers the almost insurmountable task of recovering from trauma to gain subjectivity. In this first interdisciplinary study of all nine of Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison's novels, Evelyn Jaffe Schreiber investigates how the communal and personal trauma of slavery embedded in the bodies and minds of its victims lives on through successive generations of African Americans. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Inside the front cover I pasted a copy of the painting of Girl with a Pearl Earring. Tracy Chevalier: I chose an orange one, the size of my hand, with blank pages inside-I never write on lined paper. Will you describe the notebook you chose for "Girl with a Pearl Earring"? The Essential Vermeer: In a past interview you stated that before you begin writing something new, you habitually choose with care the notebook used for your research. Tracy Chevalier is also the author of The Lady and the Unicorn, Falling Angels and The Virgin Blue.His portrayal of the anonymous Girl with a Pearl Earring has exerted a particular fascination for centuries, and it is this magnetic painting that lies at the heart of Tracy Chevalier's second novel. Only a few meager facts of his biography have been gleaned from a handful of legal document and yet Vermeer's extraordinary renditions of domestic life, with their subtle play of light and texture, have come to define a good part of the Dutch golden age. With only 36 (37?) canvases to his credit, the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer represents one of the great enigmas of seventeenth-century art. ![]() Huerta John Michael Montias Susan Vreeland Randol Schoenberg Paul Taylor Jonathan Lopez Timothy Brook Louis Peter Grijp Ivan Karp Jørgen Wadum Albert Blankert Tracy Chevalier Lorenzo Renzi Ivan Gaskell Philip Steadman Robert D. ![]() ![]() Without Carmilla there would be no sensual or alluring vampires. ![]() Carmilla (our heroine), was the progenitor of the vampire romance movement. The story contained in this volume was a major source of inspiration for Bram Stoker, who later wrote Dracula. Sheridan Le Fanu has been said to be the father of the English ghost story, and is arguably one of the most important writers in modern history. This is an archival quality presentation of the original unabridged story. ![]() Over time Carmilla's lust for Laura and her soul overpower her caution, and the serenity of a life of seclusion becomes a nightmarish existence for Laura as her world unravels in ways that can never be repaired. ![]() Laura's innocence prevents her from seeing the obvious, that her new friend Carmilla is a demon of the highest order, and one who has fallen passionately in love with her. A lonely young girl living in a desolate forest is befriended by a young countess after what seems a chance encounter. ![]() A multi-layered story of love, loss, and a yearning for both a past and a future unobtainable, and finally of great sacrifice, Carmilla ranks as one of the world's great tragedies. She was the first romantic vampire, and after inspiring Bram Stoker's Dracula she has continued with us, always in the shadow, influencing culture with a subtlety that is as alluring as it is elitist. ![]() ![]() ![]() This will be a must-read for fantasy fans for years to come. Those who leave go in search of greener pastures, better jobs, and college. Novik's use of language is supremely skillful as she weaves a tale that is both elegantly grand and earthily humble, familiar as a Grimm fairy tale yet fresh, original, and totally irresistible. Uprooted: Recovering the Legacy of the Places We've Left Behind Grace Olmstead 3.88 356 ratings88 reviews In the tiny farm town of Emmett, Idaho, there are two kinds of people: those who leave and those who stay. ![]() Soon, Agnieszka's fabulous journey expands to encompass a deadly quest, the terrible glamor of a royal court, a true and unbreakable friendship, and just a touch of romance. ![]() She is disaster prone and homesick, but nonetheless steps up to the role of heroine when the situation demands it. Publishers Weekly (starred review) ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR, BuzzFeed, Tordotcom, BookPage, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly Agnieszka loves. When Agnieszka is chosen to serve the Dragon for 10 years, she finds within herself a rare and incredible talent for magic. The so-called Dragon is actually a man-a wizard who takes young women from a rural village as payment for protecting the region from the poisonous influence of the evil Wood. In this breathtaking departure from her Temeraire alternate history series, Novik drops readers into an instantly immersive Polish fairy tale. ![]() ![]() When I was starting on the voyage of the Beagle, the sagacious Henslow, who, like all other geologists believed at that time in successive cataclysms, advised me to get and study the first volume of the Principles, which had then just been published, but on no account to accept the views therein advocated. The science of Geology is enormously indebted to Lyell-more so, as I believe than to any other man who ever lived. Murray, 1830) , adding the warning that he should not accept its views. Shortly before the Beagle expedition (1831-1836) sailed to South America, the Cambridge professor and botanist John Stevens Henslow (1796-1861) advised Darwin to read the first volume of Charles Lyell’s (1797-1875) Principles of Geology (London: J. While the impact of Darwin’s theory has been thoroughly studied and debated for decades, less attention has been paid to the account of how this revolutionary thesis was originally conceived and, particularly, how it found its way into print. Our Collection Highlight is the first edition of Charles Darwin’s scientific masterpiece, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, perhaps the most important book of biology ever written. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. London: John Murray, 1859. ![]() More features from our Rare Book Collection ![]() ![]() ![]() That leaves a spot for Jazmine, who was already one of Olivia's good friends. He leaves his best friends for James, the top quarterback in the entire school. Development & Resources Library TDRL Graphic Novels (JuvGn Chmakova ). He soon realizes that he's completely speechless when he's around her, and he has no idea why, until he realizes that he likes her.Īs the story goes on, Garrett, Jorge's friend seems to separate from the group. Read 'Brave' by SVETLANA CHMAKOVA available from Rakuten Kobo. Svetlana Chmakova 1979- author, illustrator Melissa McCommon colorist. He's a middle schooler, like everyone else, but everyone knows not to mess with him because of his size.īut one day, Jorge runs into Jazmine, a girl from the drama club. Jorge is the bully-preventor at Berrybrook Middle School. ![]() But when the group dynamic among the boys starts to shift, will Jorge be able to balance what his friends expect of him versus what he actually wants? The only time he ever really feels off his game is when he crosses paths with a certain girl. He's big enough that nobody really messes with him. ![]() Following the overwhelming success of Awkward and Brave, Svetlana Chmakova's award winning Berrybrook Middle School series continues with its next installment - CRUSH! ![]() ![]() Others, seemingly those already suffering from mental instability, come to revere the Creatures in an almost holy manner, referring to them as "Beautiful" and helping them in hunting down other humans, usually by persuading them to look at the Creatures, and when they cannot, killing them. ![]() This drives the victims to commit suicide by any means available. The damage they inflict is not biological, but rather mental.Īny human who looks at the Creatures immediately suffers from severe psychological damage, apparently entering a trance evidenced by the victim's eyes turning grey. Although this is never confirmed, it is shown that they have the ability to produce human voices to its mesmerized victims. Charlie, a store clerk, theorizes that they are demons capable of assuming the appearance of a target's worst fears. However, beside that, they appear unable to affect anything physically. ![]() Their physical presence involves a shadowy wind that blows and sweeps over leaves where they pass. ![]() The origin, motives, intent and appearance of the Creatures are unknown. ![]() ![]() It used the limited technology of 1983 to create its own sort of distortion, and it was one of the first video game songs that really sounded like good music. Eduard Khil decided to perform the song with nonsense syllables, believing that the melody would touch people, anyway. ![]() But in 1976, in the Soviet Union, certain lyrics got censored, especially if they involved cowboys from the United States. “Your Lie in April” was one of my main emotional inspirations for writing this book. “Capriccioso Rondo and Introduction” – Camille Saint-Saens Shigatsu Wa Kimi No Uso Soundtrack Also, whenever I face a blank sheet of paper, this is one of the songs that makes me look forward to the trip.Ģ. Very few songs do a better job of putting you in Los Angeles. In her own words, here is Ryka Aoki's Book Notes music playlist for her novel Light From Uncommon Stars: ![]() Diving into the tough subjects, Aoki's book emerges with a joyful, queer, radical ballad of a story." "Aoki's novel is an exciting, wild web of an adventure, an unputdownable book about music, found family, and identity. Ryka Aoki's novel Light From Uncommon Stars is a moving and poignant book of friendship and love. Boyle, Dana Spiotta, Amy Bloom, Aimee Bender, Roxane Gay, and many others. ![]() Previous contributors include Jesmyn Ward, Lauren Groff, Bret Easton Ellis, Celeste Ng, T.C. In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Or, choose a significant incident in the book and write a journal entry from a character’s point-of-view.Be prepared to share the chapter with your classmates. Students can Predict what will happen in the next chapter and craft a chapter from a character’s perspective in first person point of view.Create interview questions, practice and be prepared to present in front of the class. Another journal response can be to Create a mock interview between yourself and a character.This puts the students through the thought process of what empathy is like. Tell them something you admire about them and why. Tell them how you are similar or different. ![]() Some of the examples are to write a letter to a character.Second, I have multiple journal responses that I use throughout the unit that are engaging and assess student comprehension. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak: How to Teach It! Journal Responses I like to keep definitions as simple as possible because when you use long definitions there is a low chance of student retention. Students are to write a simple synonym for the definition. I start by passing out a vocabulary sheet in which students have the page number and the vocabulary word. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak: How to Teach It! Vocabulary The Book Thief is about a young man who barely survives the Holocaust amongst the many who perish in the novel and in history. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is a heart wrenching novel about the horrors of the Holocaust. Teach The Book Thief by Markus Zusak What It’s About? 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