Charing cross road 845/29/2023 ![]() It was singing that kept up their morale through boredom or hardship and that bound them together in friendship and discipline during the long war years. Their captain, a young musician fresh from music school, had enthusiastically taught his soldiers how to sing. ![]() These men had had no extra rations, but had practiced choral singing throughout the Burma campaign. Everyone asked if they had received extra rations, since they seemed so happy. When they disembarked at Yokosuka the people who came to greet them were astonished. They were always singing, even difficult pieces in several parts and they sang very well. And some of them were invalids, drained of color and borne on stretchers.īut among the returning soldiers there was one company of cheerful men. Our Japanese soldiers who came back from overseas were a pitiful sight. Listen to The Literary Life: Commonplace Quotes: ![]() Angelina and Thomas talk about the characteristics of Helene as a reader and as a person seeking self-education.Ĭome back again next week for a special guest episode look at the literary life of Charlotte Mason! After that, we dig into George Eliot’s Silas Marner. Cindy talks about her deep identification with Helene the first time she read 84, Charing Cross Road and how much she dreamed of going to England. Angelina Stanford, Cindy Rollins and Thomas Banks share their first experiences reading this book of letters between Helene Hanff and Frank Doel. Today’s book discussion on The Literary Life podcast centers around the book 84, Charing Cross Road. ![]()
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The shadow glass by josh winning5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() Then, during a freak thunderstorm, the puppets in the attic start talking. ![]() In the wake of Bob’s death, Jack returns to his decaying home, a place creaking with movie memorabilia and painful memories. Now, the film represents everything Jack hated about his father, and he lives with the fear that he’ll end up a failure just like him. Back in the eighties, Bob poured his heart and soul into the creation of his 1986 puppet fantasy The Shadow Glass, a film Jack loved as a child, idolising its fox-like hero Dune.īut The Shadow Glass flopped on release, deemed too scary for kids and too weird for adults, and Bob became a laughing stock, losing himself to booze and self-pity. ![]() Jobless, jaded and on the “wrong” side of thirty, he’s facing the threat of eviction from his London flat while reeling from the sudden death of his father, one-time film director Bob Corman. Perfect for fans of Henson Company puppet classics such as Labyrinth, Dark Crystal and The Never-Ending Story. A thrilling race against the clock to save the world from fantasy creatures from a cult 80s film. ![]() I too had a love story 25/29/2023 ![]() ![]() He did his MBA at Indian School of Business in Hyderabad. Then he moved to Bhubaneshwar to work at Infosys Technologies for five years. He received a Bachelor of Engineering in computer science engineering from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College in Karnataka. ![]() He completed his schooling at Guru Nanak Public School, Sambalpur. Singh was born in a Sikh family in Calcutta, West Bengal and brought up in Burla, Orissa. This novel was reviewed by N R Narayana Murthy, Chairman Emeritus of Infosys Technologies, who called it "Simple, honest and touching". Writing the book helped him cope with the tragedy in his life. He adapted his own story into his first novel I Too Had a Love Story which was published in 2008. His girlfriend died in 2007 before they got formally engaged. ![]() He started his career as an IT professional in Infosys. Ravinder Singh (born 4 February 1982) is an Indian software engineer and author of nine novels - I Too Had a Love Story, Can Love Happen Twice?, Like it happened Yesterday, Love Stories That Touched My Heart, Tell Me A Story, Your Dreams are Mine Now, This Love That Feels Right, Will You Still Love Me? and The Belated Bachelor Party. ![]() Still Alice by Lisa Genova5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() Reminiscent of A Beautiful Mind, Ordinary People, and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Still Alice packs a powerful emotional punch and marks the arrival of a strong new voice in fiction. In turns heartbreaking, inspiring, and terrifying, Still Alice captures in remarkable detail what it's like to literally lose your mind. ![]() ![]() Fiercely independent, Alice struggles to maintain her lifestyle and live in the moment, even as her sense of self is being stripped away. Still Alice was adapted into an Oscar-winning film starring Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, and Kristen Stewart. As confusion starts to cloud her thinking and her memory begins to fail her, she receives a devastating diagnosis: early onset Alzheimer's disease. Acclaimed as the Oliver Sacks of fiction and the Michael Crichton of brain science, Lisa Genova is the New York Times bestselling author of Still Alice, Left Neglected, Love Anthony, Inside the O’Briens, and Remember. Now a major motion picture starring Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kate Bosworth, and Kristen Stewart!Īlice Howland, happily married with three grown children and a house on the Cape, is a celebrated Harvard professor at the height of her career when she notices a forgetfulness creeping into her life. Still Alice: Self-published novel, NYT Best Seller and Oscar-winning Motion Picture After a year of rejection letters from literary agents and being told that the audience for a book about Alzheimer’s disease would be too small, Lisa Genova decided she was going to publish her book herself. In Lisa Genova's extraordinary New York Times bestselling novel, an accomplished woman slowly loses her thoughts and memories to Alzheimer's disease-only to discover that each day brings a new way of living and loving. ![]() ![]() She graduated from New York University and has an MFA from Brooklyn College.ġ. ![]() Sara Shepard is the author of two New York Times bestselling series, Pretty Little Liars and The Lying Game, as well as the series The Perfectionists. Emma hasn't seen Becky in twelve years, but Becky recognizes Emma immediately as Emma. Then our birth mother, the woman who abandoned us, shows up in Tucson. The only thing she hasn't done is solve my murder. She's even repairing my relationship with my adoptive family. She tosses her hair with the signature Sutton Mercer flip and can lead a Lying Game prank with the best of them. But my twin sister has no choice.Īfter I died, my killer forced my twin sister to take my place or else. Turns out Sutton wasn't the only Mercer girl with dark secrets. ![]() As Emma gets closer to discovering what exactly happened the night Sutton was killed, she learns that Becky isn't all that she seems. ![]() And now someone else is back in town Becky, Sutton and Emma's birth mother. Includes excerpt from: Seven minutes in heaven (Lying game, book 6).Ĭross My Heart, Hope to Die is the fifth title in the suspenseful and twisted Lying Game series by Sara Shepard, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling series Pretty Little Liars.Įver since Sutton Mercer's murderer tricked her long-lost twin, Emma, into coming to Tucson, Emma has been trying to solve the mystery of Sutton's death. ![]() Freedom by Kara-Kae James5/29/2023 ![]() However, this shifted our culture, for better or worse. How about Rosie and the promotion of woman power and independent womanhood that escalate back in the 1940’s? Yes, I understand the demands and gaps left by the deployed men during WWII, and that women needed to step up and help out. ![]() Thanks to Beyonce (cringe) we all have had that Independent Ladies jingle on repeat in our heads at least once, and if we’re honest probably more than we care to admit. These areĭifferent concepts, but first let’s address the lies that have been pushed on Saying I am not enough is not me saying I’m not good enough. Of self-esteem or believing that you’re good enough at something. ![]() This has nothing to do with societies idea Many lies in fact, leading us toīelieve we are enough, and anyone who tells you otherwise is the liar or is Still maybe there are some of you who have fully acknowledged and accepted this truth and have found peace in it. That immediate protest “what do you mean I’m not enough?! Of course I am! I can do it all! I need to do it all!” Maybe some of you already fully acknowledge this truth, but have yet to fully accept it and find peace with it in a culture so driven by ego and “woman power”. Maybe some of you will have the same gut reaction to that statement as I did just a few weeks ago listening to the audiobook Mom Up by Kara-Kae James. ![]() Curious by Ian Leslie5/28/2023 ![]() Curiosity is a mental muscle that atrophies without regular exercise and a habit that parents, schools, and workplaces need to nurture.įilled with inspiring stories, case studies, and practical advice, Curious will change the way you think about your own mental life, and that of those around you. Ian Leslie is the screenwriter and host of the BBC radio comedy show. ![]() It provides practical advice to help you change your understanding of curiosity, and stay curious. In Curious, Ian Leslie makes a passionate case for the cultivation of our "desire to know." Drawing on fascinating research from psychology, economics, education, and business, Leslie looks at what feeds curiosity and what starves it, and finds surprising answers. This book, CuriousThe Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It, draws on a wealth of research in psychology, economics, education, and business. But at the very moment when the rewards of curiosity have never been higher, it is misunderstood and undervalued, and increasingly monopolized by the cognitive elite. Those who do so tend to be smarter, more creative, and more successful. But only some retain the habits of exploring, learning, and discovering as they grow older. ![]() ![]() A fun yet provocative look at the importance of staying curious in an increasingly indifferent worldĮveryone is born curious. ![]() ![]() ![]() Peppa Pig is at it again in this Scholastic book about losing her first tooth. The story provides a lovely, watercolor glimpse inside the world of the mysterious-and sometimes mischievous-sprite.ģ. They’ve never met the Tooth Fairy, so they’re unfamiliar with her abilities. What Does The Tooth Fairy Do With Our Teeth, Denise Barryįor kids who still have all their baby teeth intact, the title of this Tooth Fairy book is a serious question. Moore, this picture book is fun to read to or with young children excited to learn more about what happens to loose teeth.Ģ. This illustrated journey through the anxiety that comes with a little one’s first loose tooth is a Tooth Fairy book worth picking up. The Night Before The Tooth Fairy, Natasha Wing Here are 5 of the best books about the Tooth Fairy to help you out:ġ. The concept may seem complicated, but these Tooth Fairy books can do the explaining while enchanting your little ones. Why? Parents have a lot to learn when it comes to teaching kids about that “magical being” that takes teeth and exchanges them for presents. Move over princesses and dinosaurs-Tooth Fairy books are the new stars in town. ![]() ![]() By Caroline Jacobson on Januin Just for Kicks ![]() Mary boleyn by alison weir5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() Most historians suggest that she was the eldest of the three surviving Boleyn children. There is no evidence of Mary's exact date of birth, but it occurred sometime between 14. She was the daughter of a rich diplomat and courtier, Thomas Boleyn, later Earl of Wiltshire, by his marriage to Elizabeth Howard, the eldest daughter of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk and his first wife Elizabeth Tilney. Mary was probably born at Blickling Hall, the family seat in Norfolk, and grew up at Hever Castle, Kent. ![]() She died seven years later, having spent the remainder of her life in obscurity. This secret marriage to a man considered beneath her station angered both King Henry VIII and her sister, Queen Anne, and resulted in Mary's banishment from the royal court. ![]() Mary Boleyn was married twice: in 1520 to William Carey, and again, secretly, in 1534, to William Stafford, a soldier from a good family but with few prospects. Mary was also rumoured to have been a mistress of Henry VIII's rival, King Francis I of France, for some period between 15. It has been rumoured that she bore two of the king's children, though Henry did not acknowledge either of them. Mary was one of the mistresses of Henry VIII for an unknown period of time. ![]() Coats of arms of Mary's paternal (Boleyn) and maternal (Howard) families ![]() Sarah parcak archaeology from space5/28/2023 ![]() As an archaeologist, she has worked on remote sensing projects across twelve countries and four continents, using multispectral and high-resolution satellite imagery analysis to identify thousands of potential archaeological sites. ![]() ![]() Chris Anderson, Head of TED National Geographic Fellow and TED Prize-winner Sarah Parcak pioneers the young field of satellite archaeology, using futuristic tools to unlock secrets from the past and transform how discoveries are made. This book will awaken the explorer in all of us. ![]() A Science Friday Best Science Book of 2019 - An Amazon Best Science Book of 2019 - A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2019 - Nature's Top Ten Books of 2019 - A Science News Best Book of 2019Ī crash course in the amazing new science of space archaeology that only Sarah Parcak can give. ![]() |