![]() Nanny Ogg, one of Discworld's most famous witches, is passing on some of her huge collection of tasty and above all interesting recipes. ![]() 'They say that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach which just goes to show they're as confused about anatomy as they gen'rally are about everything else, unless they're talking about instructions on how to stab him, in which case a better way is up and under the ribcage.' Nanny Ogg 'Probably the best and certainly the tastiest of the Discworld spin-offs' - The Times ![]() Steel yourselves - Nanny Ogg is passing on some of her most interesting recipes and her most refined wisdom. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() His poems speak of the sad fate of the people, and his deep hatred of war.īroken clouds darken after thinning away.Īnd beyond - white birds blaze in flight. Li Po, a legendary carouser, was an itinerant poet whose writing, often dream poems or spirit-journeys, soars to sublime heights in its descriptions of natural scenes and powerful emotions. Li Po was a spiritual poet whose verse deals with consciousness and the human mind, whilst Tu Fu was a chronicler of the everyday life. Li Po (AD 701-62) and Tu Fu (AD 712-70) were devoted friends who are traditionally considered to be among China's greatest poets. Tu Fu was deeply moved by the sorrow of his troubled times. Li Po (AD 701 - 762) and Tu Fu (AD 712 - 770) are regarded as the two greatest Chinese poets. While Li Tai-po was Taoist in spirit Tu Fu remained devoutly Confucian. As a result he spent much of his youth travelling, during which he met the famous poet Li Tai-po. His poetry stands as a great record to Chinese history, life and his own view of morality, which is closely linked to the more formal morality of Confucianism.īorn into a scholarly family Tu Fu received a Confucian education but failed in the Imperial examination. Along with Li Bai (Li Po), he is one of the greatest classical Chinese poets. Du Fu (712–770) was a prominent Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty. ![]() ![]() Please see extended rules for appropriate alternative subreddits, like /r/suggestmeabook, /r/whatsthatbook, etc. ‘Should I read …?’, ‘What’s that book?’ posts, sales links, piracy, plagiarism, low quality book lists, unmarked spoilers (instructions for spoiler tags are in the sidebar), sensationalist headlines, novelty accounts, low effort content. Promotional posts, comments & flairs, media-only posts, personalized recommendation requests incl. Please use a civil tone and assume good faith when entering a conversation. 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It is our intent and purpose to foster and encourage in-depth discussion about all things related to books, authors, genres or publishing in a safe, supportive environment. ![]() Subreddit Rules - Message the mods - Related Subs AMA Info The FAQ The Wiki ![]() ![]() Dangerous criminals are also seeking the holy water, and Ellen soon learns they will go to any lengths to get the powerful drug-including sending her back into the past to find it for them.īestselling and award-winning author Jody Hedlund plunges you into the swiftly flowing river of history in a race against the clock in this breathtaking, emotional second Waters of Time story. ![]() In an effort to convince her to take it, Harrison ingests the contents first, and when Ellen witnesses the effects, she can no longer deny the power of the substance in the bottles. When he locates two flasks, Ellen refuses to drink one of them because she believes the holy water killed her sister and father. However, he's desperately trying to save her by finding the holy water that is believed to heal any disease. Harrison cares deeply for Ellen, but as a wheelchair-bound paraplegic, he's never allowed himself to get serious in a relationship. In the last stages of a genetic disease, Ellen Creighton has decided to live out her remaining days at the estate of her longtime friend Harrison Burlington. ![]() In the last stages of a genetic disease, Ellen Creighton has decided to live out her remaining days at the estate of her longtime friend Harrison Burlington. ![]() ![]() ![]() The use of multiple POV characters might have contributed to my problems - having spent 5 (and most of the next) inside Atticus’ head, spending as much of this book outside of it gives added distance to those events not from Atticus’ POV in a way it wouldn’t have if we’d been bouncing between Atticus’ and Granuaile’s viewpoint from the beginning. In the end, I think Hearne tried to do too much in too little space, hurting the overall book - think Spider-Man 3. I’m not going to be one of those, I really want to be - I spent most of the novel thinking I would be - but in the end, I have to settle with a 4-star. The last two lines of his retelling should earn him a few more. If there’s any justice left in this world, Hearne’s inclusion of a 3 page “The Story so Far” recounting the main events from every book in the series should earn him many 5 star ratings, it’s something that more people should do. Mystery/Detective Fiction/Crime Fiction/Thriller. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Moreover, his resentment of being recognized as the dog-man is evident when he later articulates that he is no longer the dog-man as he embarks on celebrations of land transfer that will turn him into a rich and great man. This is evident in the manner in which he appears to reflect it in a tune that prompts him of his current occupation, who he is, and the future that he expects. Petrus does not appear to enjoy his identification as the dog-man (Coetzee 48-54). Petrus is recognized as a dog-man in the novel, but following the land he acquired from Lucy, he turns out to be an illustration of the varying fortunes of the people of South Africa subsequent to Apartheid. ![]() After reflecting for a while, he reaffirmed working for the dog-man, this time savoring his expression. Petrus states that he looks after the dogs and undertakes garden work when he says that, “I am the gardener and the dog-man” (Coetzee 17). Petrus expresses himself to David with respect to his livelihood, which is centered particularly on rural tasks. Having a face that has been weather-beaten by the outdoors, it seems challenging to estimate his actual age precisely. In a given instance, David instantly recognizes his physical features as having a wrinkled, worn face and astute eyes, and estimated his age to be between forty and forty-five years. ![]() When the reader comes across Petrus, there is the development of the assumption that one is reading concerning a delegate of the countryside. ![]() ![]() During this time, Lavinia is courted by Turnus, a king of a nearby region. ![]() Her mother, Amata, has come to resent her motherhood and her marriage to Latinus after her two sons die of sickness in their childhoods. ![]() Her father, Latinus, is an aging king, who in his younger years was secured his kingdom through war, but who now rules with prudence, diplomacy, and peace. Then follows an account of Lavinia's girlhood. Latinus remarks that he did not realize they would come so soon, implying foreknowledge of the arrival of these ships. When she returns home, she tells what she saw to her father, Latinus, who is the king. During her trip to the salt beds she witnesses a fleet of warships entering the Tiber. The novel opens with Lavinia gathering salt for a religious ceremony at the mouth of the Tiber river. These breaks indicate a variety of shifts in the scene, mood, location, and time. New sections of the text are indicated by a double-space between the new section and the one preceding it, and the new section of the text will feature a lead-in, in which the first several words are written in all capitalized letters. Le Guin's novel presents a continuous text that does not feature numerical or otherwise definite chapter divisions. ![]() ![]() The following version of this book was used to create the guide: Le Guin, Ursula K. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jake, Bertrand and Lakrisha are his top three candidates, but he’s conflicted because each candidate presents different problems for him. Tupac is a CEO who has to decide which of his employees should be promoted. Tupac wants to help out all three people since he can only give them one job each, so he thinks about which of them would make him feel better if he gave them this opportunity: Jake because he’s in such bad shape or Bertrand because being depressed makes him feel worse than anyone else does or Lakrisha for her medical care? The first person is Jake, who’s in the worst situation Bertrand just became poor and isn’t handling it well and Lakrisha has a bad limp from an injury she got during a mugging. There are three people nearby who want a job, but they can only do one of the jobs that Tupac has available. Tupac needs to hire someone to clean his pool. ![]() 1-Page Summary of Development As Freedom The Parable ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It evolved into a world of exclusive sororities, fraternities, networks, and clubs-a world in which skin color and hair texture were relentlessly evaluated alongside scholarly and professional achievements, where the Talented Tenth positioned themselves as a third race between whites and “the masses of Negros,” and where the motto was “Achievement. Negroland’s pedigree dates back generations, having originated with antebellum free blacks who made their fortunes among the plantations of the South. Her father was head of pediatrics at Provident Hospital, while her mother was a socialite. Margo Jefferson was born in 1947 into upper-crust black Chicago. Jefferson takes us into an insular and discerning society: “I call it Negroland,” she writes, “because I still find ‘Negro’ a word of wonders, glorious and terrible.” An extraordinary look at privilege, discrimination, and the fallacy of post-racial America by the renowned Pulitzer Prize–winning cultural critic. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Michele is soon leading a double life, struggling to balance her contemporary high school world with her escapes into the past. And she finds herself falling for him, into an otherworldly, time-crossed romance. There, in the midst of the glamorous Gilded Age, Michele meets the young man with striking blue eyes who has haunted her dreams all her life – a man she always wished was real, but never imagined could actually exist. In their old Fifth Avenue mansion filled with a century’s worth of family secrets, Michele discovers a diary that hurtles her back in time to the year 1910. When tragedy strikes Michele Windsor’s world, she is forced to uproot her life and move across the country to New York City, to live with the wealthy, aristocratic grandparents she’s never met. Enjoy this chapter sampler for Timeless written by Alexandra Monir. ![]() |