![]() ![]() Disillusioned by the drudgeries of academia and realities of adulthood, Van Hemert and husband Pat commit to traveling north from Bellingham, WA, to the upper reaches of Alaska and then across the Alaskan wilderness eschewing motorized transportation of any kind. “In her first book, Van Hemert embarks on an epic journey toward understanding the concept of zugunruhe, the German word for migratory restlessness most markedly seen in certain bird species. She leaves nature lovers with a story-of adventure, of environmental awareness, and of personal discovery-worth savoring.” -Publisher’s Weekly (starred review) “Van Hemert proves equally adept at exploring the inner dialogue that accompanied the harrowing physical feats, touching on love and loss, new parenthood, and the struggle to combine her passions for scientific inquiry and adventure. ![]() One follows this engrossing adventure feeling as eager as the travelers to see what's around the next bend in the river, on the next island, across the next coastal passage, or over the next mountain pass. “For all the readers' vicarious thrills and Van Hemert's admirable writing, it is the author's candor regarding her doubts and her appealing vulnerability that make this memoir so resonant. ![]()
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Reasons to Stay Alive is a Sunday Times number 1 bestseller and was in the top ten charts for 49 weeks. ![]() ![]() ![]() Translated from the French by Naomi Lewis. Professors Ferrante & Hanning have not only given us a marvelous new translation of Marie's stories but have provided as well an informative introduction, an enterpretative essay for each tale & a set of footnotes that explain medieval concepts and details to the modern reader." Contents include: Intro / Prologue / Guigemar / Equitan / Le Fresne / Bisclavret / Lanval / Les Deus Amanz / Yonec / Laustic / Milun / Chaitivel / Chevrefoil / Eliduc / Selective Bibliography. ![]() She composed the lais (short verse stories that resemble fairy tales) sometime between 1160 & 1199. She might have been the illegitimate sister of Henry II and hence the sister-in-law of Eleanor of Aquitaine or she might have been the abbess of Reading. "We know very little about Marie de France besides her name, her work & her position as the first major woman writer in medieval Europe. The scan you see is the book you get, Large soft cover (roughly) 9" by 6" (inches), flat uncreased spine, clean square & tight, 238 pages, Near Fine condition. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The 23-year-old quarterback is now 7-0 in starts this season, with 14 touchdowns and two interceptions, and has a legitimate claim to being the 49ers' starting quarterback next season. Last week Purdy became the first rookie to throw for 200 yards with no interceptions in a postseason game and he backed that up again. Purdy, who only got his chance as starting QB following injuries to Jimmy Garoppolo and Trey Lance, completed 19 of 29 passes for 214 yards, with the 49ers focusing on their run game to combat the Cowboys' strong defense. The 49ers advanced to their second-straight NFC Championship Game, and third in the past four seasons, with the victory. Christian McCaffrey says rookie quarterback Brock Purdy no longer surprises him after another standout display in the San Francisco 49ers' 19-12 win over the Dallas Cowboys in Sunday's NFC Divisional Round game. ![]() ![]() ![]() Wells’s 1898 novel The War of the Worlds. The Martian Chronicles Ray Bradbury is a. Each wave different, and each wave stronger. ![]() The whole of The Martian Chronicles can be viewed as Bradbury’s imaginative response to, and inversion of, the greatest tale of Martian invasion ever written: H. Mars was a distant shore, and the men spread upon it in waves. ![]() And Bradbury also uses the word ‘invasion’ to describe the arrival of the rockets.īut what suggested this image of a swarm of locusts to Bradbury, or was it simply an inspired piece of imaginative writing? We might grant the latter while nevertheless seeking an answer to the former. Although it is the rockets rather than the people inside them which are branded as ‘like locusts’, it is a telling simile nonetheless. Ray Bradbury is an American author known for his highly imaginative short stories and novels that blend a poetic style, nostalgia for childhood, social criticism, and an awareness of the hazards of runaway technology. The series starred Rock Hudson, Darren McGavin, Bernadette Peters, Roddy McDowall, Fritz Weaver, Barry Morse, and Maria Schell. It is revealing that Bradbury chose the title ‘The Locusts’ for this little interim piece in the larger story, with the image of a swarm of dangerous insects – pests, we might say – portraying the rockets bringing the Earthmen and women to Mars painting the settlers in a negative light. The Martian Chronicles is a 1980 television three-episode miniseries based on Ray Bradbury's 1950 book The Martian Chronicles 1 and dealing with the exploration of Mars and the inhabitants there. 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In 1937, George Macy found the Heritage Club along with the Heritage Press to print more affordable and unlimited reprint of great books previously published by The Limited Editions Club. ![]() ![]() This extraordinary debut, full of unexpected humour and emotional truth, marked the arrival of a thrilling and significant talent. In Porters superb first novel, Grief is the Thing With Feathers (2016), a father and his two young sons are unmoored by the sudden death of their mother. This sentimental bird is drawn to the grieving family and threatens to stay until they no longer need him. In this moment of despair they are visited by Crow – antagonist, trickster, healer, babysitter. Their father, a Ted Hughes scholar and scruffy romantic, imagines a future of well-meaning visitors and emptiness. In a London flat, two young boys face the unbearable sadness of their mother’s sudden death. They find consolation in a big black crow. 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