![]() ![]() As growing urban wildlife populations bring humans and skunks ever closer, Miller’s book will help us understand-and appreciate-these beautiful, intriguing, and wholly distinct animals. Moving from nature to culture, Miller delves into the long line of skunks that have played parts in literature, film, and folklore, from the antics of Pepe Le Pew to the role of skunks in Native American spiritual beliefs. More than being unappreciated, skunks, Miller reveals, have a long history of persecution: killed off as smelly nuisances, they have also been hunted for their fur and, yes, their unique musk, which has found a perhaps unexpected use in perfume. ![]() and oh, boy, when they do it, no one can ignore them.īut there’s far more to skunks than their stench, and with this beautifully illustrated entry in Reaktion’s Animal series, Alyce Miller gives these furry scavengers their due. Solitary, nocturnal creatures, skunks generally go about their business unnoticed. ![]()
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I picked this up because it was on the Horror Writers' Association list of horror must-reads. ![]() ![]() ![]() Nathan, Bub and Nathan’s son return to Cameron’s ranch and to those left behind by his passing: his wife, his daughters, and his mother, as well as their long-time employee and two recently hired seasonal workers. ![]() But something made him head out alone under the unrelenting sun. Cameron was the middle child, the one who ran the family homestead. In an isolated belt of Australia, their homes a three-hour drive apart, the brothers were one another’s nearest neighbors. Their third brother, Cameron, lies dead at their feet. Two brothers meet in the remote Australian outback when the third brother is found dead, in this stunning new standalone novel from Jane Harperīrothers Nathan and Bub Bright meet for the first time in months at the remote fence line separating their cattle ranches in the lonely outback. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This volume, like all others in the Critical Insights series, is divided into several sections. It also considers Douglass’ writings alongside the works of his contemporaries and explores his continuing literary legacy in the global twenty-first century. In addition to offering new perspectives of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Written by Himself, this volume contains critical essays about “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?, ” The Heroic Slave", and Douglass’ later autobiographies. ![]() A CHOICE Top 75 Community College Resource for July 2021Īs a former slave who became a powerful writer, orator, rhetorician, social critic, and abolitionist leader, Frederick Douglass is one of nineteenth-century America’s most important figures. This essay collection focuses on Douglass’contributions to American and African American literature. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unique and really took a different spin on the Greek minotaur myth. Uses the Greek sirens myth to such good effect. and hotter than the sun.ĭemons, Banshee, sirens, incubus, minotaur, vampire, nymphs, Artemis, stags, goddess, time travelers From the tantalizing tale of a conflicted psychic vampire driven by a powerful, savage love to the strange saga of a Greek warrior woman battling to save the world, these are stories outside the limits, as hypnotic as the full moon. Hotter Than Hell gathers together a baker's dozen of today's boldest and best authors of supernatural fiction and paranormal romance in a breathtaking anthology that blends black magic with red-hot desire. Get ready to give in to your craving for something exquisitely dark. ![]() Here passion has a face and form both titillating and terrifying-and love has teeth and claws. Your demon lover is waiting for you in the shadows, ready to fulfill your secret wishes and most dangerous fantasies. Banks, Susan Krinard, Keri Arthur, Heidi Betts, Lilith Saintcrow, Denise Little, Susan Sizemore, Carrie Vaughn, Linda Winstead Jonesīeyond the boundaries of the everyday is an unseen realm where anything you imagine is possible. Contributors: Kim Harrison, Tanya Huff, Marjorie M. ![]() ![]() ![]() These are more than just rules of engagement they're rules for creating a happier, more fulfilling life. Written by a kabbalistic teacher who regularly provides counsel to hundreds of individuals and couples, and who is happily married himself, the book will resonate with people of all backgrounds. You'll learn the true meaning of the term "soul mate " and why it is that your soul mate has to find you, not the other way around. They have to work: They are the Laws of the Universe. Apologies, but the question prompted me to look at the thing, and it’s not going down well. ![]() ![]() ![]() Although not a book of dating tips, its rules do work. Does The Power of Kabbalah (the Yehuda Berg book) accurately represent the kabbalistic teachings - Quora Answer (1 of 11): It’s horrible. The book explains the spiritual reasons behind the way in which men and women think and act differently. The Spiritual Rules of Engagement describes how Kabbalah views relationships and what makes them work (or not work) and reveals that it is the woman who holds the power to determine the outcome. These rules are based on the timeless wisdom of Kabbalah and the very nature of the Universe itself. Right," it's time for a new set of rules that takes a more spiritual approach. More than a decade after the runaway bestseller The Rules advised women on how to land "Mr. His book, Kabbalah for the Layman, was the revolutionary step that made Kabbalah accessible to every person. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “Blair provides plenty of action, twists, and duplicity as the story unfolds, incorporating a complicated romance and even discussion of religion along the way.” - ALA Booklist ![]() “This story of magic, hope, death, friendship, and family.offer a taste of the mystical, a great voice and dialogue, and well-written questions that address teen angst.” - School Library Journal ★“Interweaving excellent worldbuilding with the uncertainties of discipline, friendship, and taking ownership of one’s decisions, Blair’s debut will entrance and delight in equal measure.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review) ★“An extraordinary debut packed with richly drawn characters in a sure-to-entertain storyline.” - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ![]() ![]() ![]() I would stare out at the grey Champaign, Illinois snow as though marooned inside a house on the moors. And it was, at least, in keeping with my historical preoccupations I liked to imagine myself a Victorian lady or waif. The stationary was far too ornate for me at eleven years old, but I was also tall for my age and timelessly unhip in my Lands’ End shirts and dresses. ![]() ![]() Centered on the top of the page, in the same dark teal of the thin-lined borders, “Jackie Hedeman” presided over the letter in a printed approximation of script. The envelopes came with gem-toned paisley interior print. I wrote it on thick, expensive stationary, a gift from my grandmother. I am standing at Lizza Aiken’s door because, more than fifteen years ago, I wrote a letter to her mother. Sign up for our newsletter to get submission announcements and stay on top of our best work. ![]() ![]() ![]() Have you ever been referred to as a difficult woman? Oh, definitely. We talked more about Gay’s outlook on 2017 and beyond, and about the stories in Difficult Women: dark, yes, difficult, yes, but also luminous, transporting, and totally worth the effort. It’s like: Why so dark? I mean, have you seen the world? It’s an appropriate response.” “But when women write dark, all of a sudden it’s a thing. ![]() ![]() Dark stories, then, reflect dark times? “Men write dark stories all the time, and rarely is that darkness obsessed over,” she offers. “I think books come out when they’re supposed to, even if they don’t come out when you want them to,” Gay insists. She shelved the project until the success of An Untamed State, and Bad Feminist allowed her to revive it. “I told one, ‘That’s exactly what I’m going for.’” “A lot of editors thought it was too dark and depressing,” she remembers. Difficult Woman proved difficult to sell. These stories actually predate all that: She wrote them mostly during her days as a graduate student at Michigan Technological University on the Upper Peninsula. ![]() ![]() ![]() John and Jenny were just beginning their life together. Is it possible for humans to discover the key to happiness through a bigger-than-life, bad-boy dog? Just ask the Grogans. Lewis George Orwell Mary Pope Osborne LeUyen Pham Dav Pilkey Roger Priddy Rick Riordan J.
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