5/19/2023 0 Comments Bambi a life in the woods book![]() ![]() Salten published a sequel, Bambi's Children, in 1939. An English translation by Whittaker Chambers was published in North America by Simon & Schuster in 1928, and the novel has since been translated and published in over 30 languages around the world. ![]() The novel traces the life of Bambi, a male roe deer, from his birth through childhood, the loss of his mother, the finding of a mate, the lessons he learns from his father, and the experience he gains about the dangers posed by human hunters in the forest. ![]() The book: Rare and Attractive First trade edition in a beautiful binding of Bambi, a Life in the Woods (German title: Bambi: Eine Lebensgeschichte aus dem Walde) - a 1923 Austrian coming-of-age novel written by Felix Salten and originally published in Berlin by Ullstein Verlag. Illustrations: Complete with all the beautiful illustrations by Kurt Wiese. A very nice binding for this beautiful first edition!Ĭontent: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, original illustrated endpapers bound into preliminaries - as shown, rare light foxing or staining - as shown). First trade Edition.īinding: Attractive and fine green half calf leather binding, with gilt titles and deer stamping to spine, raised bands, and green cloth over boards (hinges fine) under a protective removable mylar cover. Publisher: New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1928. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Her novel Ash, a lesbian retelling of Cinderella, was a finalist for the William C. ![]() Malinda Lo is the critically acclaimed author of several young adult novels, including most recently A Line in the Dark, which was a Kirkus Best YA Book of 2017 and one of Vulture’s 10 Best YA Books of 2017. ![]() With deportation looming over her father, Lily and Kath risk everything to let their love see the light of day. Red-Scare paranoia threatens everyone, including Chinese Americans like Lily. Lily Hu can’t remember exactly when the question took root, but the answer was in full bloom the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club.Īmerica in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown. It was about two women, and they fell in love with each other.” And then Lily asked the question that had taken root in her, that was even now unfurling its leaves and demanding to be shown the sun: “Have you ever heard of such a thing?” Malinda Lo’s bestselling and National Book Award longlisted masterpiece is a gripping story of love and duty set in San Francisco’s Chinatown during the 1950s. Winner of the 2022 Asian/Pacific American Award for Youth Literature! Winner of the 2022 Stonewall Book Awards for Young Adult Literature! ![]() ![]() Sherwood Anderson investigates the issues and plights of women in his Winesburg Ohio. The theme of alienation marks the works of many modern novels such as Sherwood Anderson's novel Winesburg, Ohio. ![]() While it leaves its deep effects upon the female and male characters, women suffer more because of their gender. Estrangement is a modern feature which emerges as a result of the innovations in technology and the lack of faith in the late nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries. These issues characterize the content of their literary products. Many mainstream writers start to break with the norms of their times and they depict the plights of women as well as their miseries. INTRODUCION Modern Western literature witnesses iconoclastic changes in the content which, in turns, have their profound impacts on the literary canon. Thus, estrangement deepens women's and plights in a non-feminist world. The research moreover, sheds light on alienation a major concept in modernism the era in which the setting of the stories takes place. In addition, it points out to the traditional portrayal of female characters, the role of patriarchy and the different forms of discrimination which social practices against women: a mother, a wife, and a girl in these stories. This study investigates the image of the woman in many short stories such as, "Mother", "Death", "Tandy". ![]() This paper aims at a feminist reading of Sherwood Anderson's novel Winesburg, Ohio, which addresses the themes of alienation and estrangement and pursues their profound effects on women. ![]() 5/19/2023 0 Comments The diabolic the empress![]() ![]() But she cannot protect him by being the killing machine she once was. He is the love of her life, and they are partners in this new beginning. The ruling class, the Grandiloquy, has held control over planets and systems for centuries-and they are plotting to stop this teenage Emperor and Nemesis, who is considered nothing more than a creature and certainly not worthy of being Empress. ![]() One where creatures like Nemesis will be given worth and recognition, where science and information can be shared with everyone and not just the elite.īut having power isn't the same thing as keeping it, and change isn't always welcome. Tyrus has ascended to the throne with Nemesis by his side and now they can find a new way forward-one where they don't have to hide or scheme or kill. Kincaid's New York Times bestselling novel, The Diabolic that called "the perfect kind of high-pressure adventure." ![]() 5/19/2023 0 Comments Carve the mark book series![]() ![]() I’ve had Carve the Mark for over a year now but I admit I waited for The Fates Divide to be released this year before putting it on my to-read schedule. The whole city celebrated the day the bundle of petals peeled apart into rich red – partly because the hushflowers were their nation’s lifeblood, and partly, Akos thought, to keep them all from going crazy in the cold. Hushflowers always bloomed when the night was longest. So today, for FLF, I picked one of the books on my TBR. I was able to finally get back to reading and am finally almost finished with Fiona Davis’ The Masterpiece, which I will try to review this Sunday if things go as planned. ![]() It was very routinary – home, work then home again – but I welcome it especially after the craziness of July. The week has mostly been uneventful for me. First Line Fridays is a weekly feature hosted by Hording Books. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, there is also an unclear risk contingency about the way of integration of AI into planet-scale of actions. Rather than a group of humans' biased deficient actions and anthropocentric development strategies to reach a more sustainably designed future, AI is the one possible game-changer that may be the way of activating an alternative ecocentric mindset. ![]() Artificial intelligence is yet a beneficial agent for sustainable development actions by providing unique contributions to technological advancements focused on various wicked problems, such as the depletion of natural resources, social inequality, climate crisis and neoliberal growth policies. ![]() ![]() ![]() Progress no longer depended on genetic evolution but cultural evolution. The Great Leap Forward occurred 40,000 years ago with the emergence of spoken language. ![]() Cro-Magnons and Neanderthals co-existed 100,000 years ago (from 130,000 years ago until 40,000 years ago). Hunter-gatherers were probably poor hunters. We descended from Cro-Magnons, not Neanderthals. Chimps are more closely related to humans than to gorillas. We share 98.4% of DNA with common chimps. Our ancestors diverged from other apes around 7 million years ago. Not at all a comprehensive outline, but may be of interest to some people. Here are my favorite bullet points from The Third Chimpanzee. I find that his books have so much information that it is helpful for me to outline them as I go. I found this to be just as engaging as Guns, Germs, and Steel, and also an easier read. ![]() 5/18/2023 0 Comments The unlikely spy book review![]() Introducing the MIT Walker Collection - bringing innovative new STEAM books written by experts.25 books about the outdoors to inspire your green-fingered kids for National Gardening Week.Announcing the Children's and Young Adult Jhalak Prize Shortlist.Empathy Day steps up a gear as it returns for its seventh year – at a time of great need.20+ Brilliant Books Featuring Unforgettable Deaf or Hard of Hearing Characters for Deaf Awareness Week.Celebrate King Charles III and his Coronation with these Majestic Children's Books.New imprint, Pineapple Lane, launches with seven Ukrainian picture books. ![]() Sally Anne Garland and The Art of the Every Day.Fit for a King and May Day Madness! Topical themes to inspire aspiring young writers.The year’s outstanding debut authors for children: shortlist for the 2023 Branford Boase Award announced.Jacqueline Wilson - our Guest Editor of the Month. ![]()
5/18/2023 0 Comments Duke of Desire by Elizabeth Hoyt![]() ![]() AND DESIRE Much to Raphael's irritation, Iris insists on being the sort of duchess who involves herself in his life - and bed. But now with the Lords out to kill them both, he has but one choice: marry the lady in order to keep her safe. ![]() Rescuing Lady Jordan was never in his plans. A DUKE IN DEEPEST DARKNESS Cynical, scarred, and brooding, Raphael de Chartres, the Duke of Dyemore, has made it his personal mission to infiltrate the Lords of Chaos and destroy them. only to find she may have been a trifle hasty. When one of the masked - and nude - Lords spirits her away to his carriage, she shoots him. ![]() Her captors are the notoriously evil Lords of Chaos. An instant USA Today bestseller A LADY OF LIGHT Refined, kind, and intelligent, Lady Iris Jordan finds herself the unlikely target of a diabolical kidnapping. ![]() |