5/13/2023 0 Comments Berlin lutes![]() ![]() ![]() An encounter that presages a relationship fraught with both intimacy and conflict. It is, more importantly, an encounter set up by Lutes between words (journalist Severing) and images (artist Mueller). The encounter between key protagonists, journalist Kurt Severing and art student Marthe Mueller, in the compartment of a Berlin-bound train in the September of 1928, is not simply meant to be a first meeting between a man and a woman. One does not, however, need to get to the middle of Lutes’ yarn about Berlin in the twilight years of the Weimar Republic to figure that such a stock opening has not been forced upon the artist by an imagination overwhelmed and exhausted by the stereotypes of mass culture. ![]() And yet the manner in which it unfolds into the larger narrative of Berlin – the third part of which is yet to appear and which is currently made up of City of Stones and City of Smoke respectively – serves to brush it against its own banal grain. The encounter between a man and a woman in a railway carriage with which the first book of his graphic-novel trilogy opens is an archetype. Jason Lutes, Berlin (Book 1): City of Stones, Drawn & Quarterly, Montreal (2001, Reprinted 2009) & Berlin (Book 2): City of Smoke, Drawn & Quarterly, Montreal (2008) ![]()
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5/12/2023 0 Comments Melmoth legend![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Death, she realizes, has its imprint on him, “like a watermark on empty sheets of paper.” Fighting panic and paranoia (“Is it her - has she come? Do you see her?”), Karel tells Helen a story about a man called Josef Hoffman who died in the library and left behind a strange manuscript. One snowy day after Christmas she encounters one of those friends, Dr. Small, sad and insignificant, she has few friends and many secrets, remaining tight-lipped about her past and the reasons for “her exile, her self-punishment.” Perry’s protagonist is Helen Franklin, a translator who left England for Prague 20 years earlier. ![]() Perry’s version constitutes an ingenious rewrite: She sets events in present-day Prague, swaps macabre acts for uncanny happenings and, most significantly, transforms Maturin’s itinerant bogeyman into a bogeywoman. “Melmoth” sees Perry channeling Charles Robert Maturin’s diabolical masterpiece from 1820, “Melmoth the Wanderer.” That book’s eponymous drifter was a man who exchanged his soul for immortality in a pact with the devil and then hunted out innocents to tempt into damnation. Her eagerly awaited follow-up revolves around another fiendish legend - not the resurfaced “scarebeast” of that previous novel but the return of a tormented villain condemned to ceaselessly roam the Earth. Last year, Sarah Perry captivated readers with “The Essex Serpent,” a marvelous mock-Victorian tale about religious faith, supernatural myth and the mystery of the human heart. ![]() ![]() ![]() The salary he earns through his spywork allows him to mount his first play, and over the following years, he becomes the toast of London’s raucous theater scene. The ripple effects of his service to the Crown are far-reaching and leave Kit a changed man. While observing Mary, Kit learns more than he bargained for. Kit is dispatched to the chilly manor where Mary, Queen of Scots is under house arrest, to act as a servant in her household and keep his ear to the ground for a Catholic plot to put Mary on the throne. Kit, a scholarship student without money or prospects, accepts the offer, and after his training the game is on. Her Majesty’s spies are in need of new recruits, and Kit’s flexible moral compass has drawn their attention. In Kit Marlowe’s last year at Cambridge, he receives an unexpected visitor: Queen Elizabeth’s spymaster, who has come with an unorthodox career opportunity. ![]() ![]() A many-layered historical thriller combining state secrets, intrigue, and romance.Įngland, 1585. ![]() Christopher Marlowe, a brilliant aspiring playwright, is pulled into the duplicitous world of international espionage on behalf of Queen Elizabeth I. ![]() ![]() If You Give a Mouse A Cookie comes with cute illustrations that include an adorable little mouse that children love. Which leads us back to the mouse wanting a cookie. When he sees the refrigerator, he gets thirsty, so the mouse asks for a glass of milk. This is followed by drawing a picture, and then hang the drawing on the refrigerator. After doing all that the mouse wants to take a nap, which of course means he will want a story read to him. He then requests a straw to drink the milk, a mirror to see his milk mustache, nail clippers to trim his hair in the mirror, and a broom to sweep up the hair he cut. ![]() The book tells the story of a boy who gives a mouse a cookie, and it is off to the races after that. The fun thing about this book is that it uses methodical logic to solve a silly situation. ![]() ![]() If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is a lovely children’s book that follows a formula for making a mouse happy. ![]() ![]() Watson) baffled policemen and became famous worldwide for his remarkable observations and even more eccentric habits.įeaturing a foreword from renowned Holmes scholar Daniel Stashower, (author of A Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes in America), The Complete Sherlock Holmes contains every known Sherlock Holmes tale ever written. From his home-221B Baker Street in London- the legendary Sherlock Holmes (accompanied by his loyal companion and chronicler, Dr. ![]() Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle between the years 18, the legendary Sherlock Holmes employed his mastery of deductive reasoning and expert sleuthing to solve an array of complex and harrowing cases. ![]() For Sherlock Holmes fans worldwide, this stunning hardcover edition is perfect for gift giving. Part of the elegant Timeless Classics series, The Complete Sherlock Holmes is comprised of 4 full-length novels and 56 short stories featuring the world's most famous pipe-smoking detective. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Orwell a collection of essays![]() ![]() This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an introduction by Bernard Crick. Displaying an almost unrivalled mastery of English plain prose, Orwell's essays created a unique literary manner from the process of thinking aloud and continue to challenge, move and entertain. With great originality and wit Orwell unfolds his views on subjects ranging from a revaluation of Charles Dickens to the nature of Socialism, from a comic yet profound discussion of naughty seaside postcards to a spirited defence of English cooking. This outstanding collection brings together Orwells longer, major essays and a fine selection of shorter pieces that includes My Country Right or Left. This outstanding collection brings together Orwell's longer, major essays and a fine selection of shorter pieces that includes 'My Country Right or Left', 'Decline of the English Murder', 'Shooting an Elephant' and 'A Hanging'. ![]() 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. The articles collected in George Orwell's Essays illuminate the life and work of one of the most individual writers of this century - a man who elevated political writing to an art. A Collection of Essays (Paperback) Published 1981 by Harcourt, Brace & Company. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Urraca of León and Castile, Empress of Spain Sorghaghtani Beki ( Empress Xianyi Zhuangsheng), Minister of Trade and Daughter-In-Law to Genghis Khanĭido Elizabeth Belle, Scottish AristocratĮtruscan Warrior Prince “Really” A Princess (cissexism) ![]() Queen Charlotte of Great Britain and Ireland Xipaguazin Moctezuma, Aztec Princess in Renaissance EuropeĬhing Shih, Possibly the Most Successful Pirate in History The Trung Sisters, Warleaders of Medieval Vietnam ( more here) Women of Color at the Medical College of Philadelphia, 1885 I encourage the addition of links, book recommendations, oral history, and any other materials my readers have found or would recommend to others. Some of these links are external, and although Women’s History is a massively written-on topic, the work regarding the unique and particular contributions and achievements of women of color leave rather much to be desired. This requested compilation ranges a bit further afield than is usual for this blog, in an attempt to bring you some of the lesser-known women of color from the history of warfare and politics. (I listed this link under supplies because it has to be purchased)īest of 2013: Women of Color- Queens, Kings, Warleaders and Diplomats. ![]() Links & resources about crinolines and bustle cages, as requested by gruntpuff-blargh ![]() ![]() ![]() To date, he's published nearly 200 short stories in the horror, science fiction, western, fantasy, and mystery fields. He made his first professional fiction sale, "Amymone's Footsteps," to Twilight Zone's NIGHT CRY in 1985 and has been writing and selling steadily ever since. When he's not out and about accosting strangers to forgive him for his sins, he can usually be found holed up in his office, writing, which everyone agrees is best not only for him, but society at large. He's worked at a variety of occupations over the years, including actor (stage, television, one movie), musician, a carny "stick," animal groomer, short-order cook, bartender, janitor (six stints at that one), newspaper reporter, and habilitation supervisor for developmentally disabled adults. After surviving eight years of Catholic school, he studied for the priesthood until he didn't anymore. ![]() Braunbeck was born in Newark, Ohio in the Year of the Rat and has been apologizing for it ever since. ![]() ![]() ![]() But she senses that behind the fast cars, fancy suits, and posh apartment, he’s aching inside.To have him, body and soul, she’ll have to brave his dark secrets. 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When he walks out the door, she thinks she’ll never see him again. All he wants is one night to worship her. He’s heart-stoppingly stunning, with a blue-eyed gaze so piercing she’s almost too distracted to take his order. Livy notices him the moment he walks into the coffee shop. ![]() ![]() Frank Dobie asked him to contribute a tale, "The Devil's Grotto," to the next publication of the Texas Folklore Society. Boatright began his career as a folklorist in 1925, when J. Except for one year, 1934–35, when he was at the College of Mines and Metallurgy (now the University of Texas at El Paso), he remained at the University of Texas until he retired in 1968, rising through the ranks from junior instructor to full professor and chairman of the English department. ![]() He taught at Sul Ross State Teachers College from 1923 until 1926, when he joined the staff of the University of Texas. He received his master's degree at the University of Texas in 1923 and his Ph.D. He finished his high school education at West Texas State Teachers College (now West Texas A&M University), where he earned a delayed bachelor's degree in 1922, after serving two years in the army in 1917–19. In early years he was educated alternately by a governess on the ranch and at school in town. He was the youngest of ten children in a ranching family and the grandnephew of pioneer cattlemen and merchants Mody and Sam Coggin of Brownwood. ![]() Mody Boatright, folklorist and educator, the son of Eldon and Frances Ann (McAuley) Boatright, was born in Mitchell County, Texas, on October 16, 1896. ![]() |