![]() ![]() But what makes Jesus Feminist so fantastic, so challenging is Bessey's ability to be both the friend who tells us the truth about womanhood inside our churches, and the sage who shows us how Jesus embraced equality and how we can do it better. "Sarah Bessey is so gifted a writer, so smart and welcoming and humble, the Church might not even notice how often it gets kicked between its 'doctrinally sound traditions,' where it hurts. "Never strident, Bessy's approach is instead solid and clear.An excellent choice." (Booklist) Her approach and style offer a unique addition to literature on womens role in Christian churches." (Publisher's Weekly) ![]() ![]() "Bessey's warm and intimate writing sets this book apart from others focused on similar topics. ![]()
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![]() ![]() His dislike of ritualism in the church caused Milton to abandon his plans to enter the ministry. This led to his controversial pamphlets which upheld the morality of divorce. In 1643 he married Mary Powell, a woman half his age, who left him the same year. In his return to England, he lent his support to reformation of the Church of England, with pamphlets that attacked the episcopal form of church government. Milton traveled and studied in Italy, where he met many notables, including Galileo. It was not long after that he penned his famed L'Allegro and Ill Penseroso.Īfter leaving Cambridge, Milton retired to his father's estate, where he produced the masque Comus (1634) and Lycidas (1638), one of his greatest poems. ![]() There he wrote poetry in both Latin and English, including the ode: On the Morning of Christ's Nativity (1629). Paul's school and, at the age of fifteen, entered Christ College, Cambridge, with intentions of becoming a priest in the Church of England. The son of a wealthy scrivener, Milton was educated at St. ![]() All rights reservedĮNGLISH POET and political activist John Milton was born on December 9, 1608. John Milton, author of Paradise Lost: A Short Biography (Switch to desktop view) ![]() ![]() ![]() These books indelibly scarred me by establishing deeply bizarre expectations for a particularly unrealistic adolescence that I am still trying to come to grips with missing. In retrospect, Jessica's teenage life looks like a lot more fun, while Elizabeth seems a bit like a neurotic, miserable, misplaced martyr figure with sparkling aquamarine eyes and a red Spider Fiat, but hey. ![]() ![]() Elizabeth would never have been friends with cruel, spoiled, predestined cocaine addict Lila Fowler! Elizabeth's finer nature meant she hung around with poor bespectacled Enid, even though she was ugly and boring. O, Jessica! O, Elizabeth! How unjust it seemed at the time that I must share my name with the wanton airhead twin, while brainy, responsible, wonderful Elizabeth wrote for the school newspaper, and clearly had all her kind, charitable, writerly priorities in perfect place. As it is, I cannot hold an informed conversation with members of my cohort about the Snorks or Family Ties, and I spend all my free time on a book-themed social networking site. ![]() Nancy Drew was my angel in first grade by third, the Wakefield sisters were my guiding light, and if it weren't for them, I'd be television literate today. "Francine Pascal," or whoever actually wrote these books, taught me how to read. ![]() ![]() ![]() The nephew dislikes Steppenwolf immediately because he seems shy, unsociable, and snobbish. The nephew meets Harry Haller, or Steppenwolf, when he rents rooms at the aunt's boarding house. Steppenwolf begins with a preface narrated by the nephew. The Role of the Immortals in Steppenwolf.Harry Haller's Records: Magic Theater, Galleries 5-7 (death of Hermine, Mozart, & Steppenwolf's punishment).Harry Haller's Records: Magic Theater, Gallery 4 (lovers). ![]() Harry Haller's Records: Magic Theater, Gallery 3 (taming the wolf).Harry Haller's Records: Magic Theater, Gallery 2 (playing chess). ![]()
![]() ![]() ‘Infectious, charming and full of heart’ GILLIAN MCALLISTER WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB SERIES But can the gang solve the mystery and save Elizabeth before the murderer strikes again? Her mission? Kill…or be killed.Īs the cold case turns white hot, Elizabeth wrestles with her conscience (and a gun), while Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim chase down clues with help from old friends and new. A decade-old cold case leads them to a local news legend and a murder with no body and no answers. ![]() It is an ordinary Thursday and things should finally be returning to normal.Įxcept trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club is concerned. ![]() ‘Infectious, charming and full of heart’ Gillian McAllister ‘Full of Osman’s trademark charm, insight and intelligence’ Lee Child THE THIRD NOVEL IN THE RECORD-BREAKING, MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING THURSDAY MURDER CLUB SERIES BY RICHARD OSMAN Children’s Comic Strip Fiction & Graphic Novels. ![]() ![]() Their targets are the small and secretive Protestant community and Kingsbridge foremost merchant family, the Willards.Īfter the leader of the Protestants is burned at the stake and Ned Willard’s mother Alice is bankrupted by Sir Reginald’s backhanded business dealings, Ned sets out to Hatfield to work towards securing Princess Elizabeth’s ascension to the throne. The town’s secular and religious government is dominated by Catholics – Sir Reginald Fitzgerald, the mayor, and Bishop Julian, both greedy and vengeful. Kingsbridge, like the rest of England, is being torn apart by religious strife. The novel opens in the final year of the reign of Queen Mary I. ![]() History fans know this period as the last few turbulent decades of the Tudor era, marked by religious and dynastic conflicts. A Column of Fire, true to form, delivers an epic tale that effortlessly weaves several storylines following the lives of the descendants of the previous novels’ protagonists. ![]() After the runaway success of Pillars of the Earth and World Without End comes the third part in the Kingsbridge series. ![]() Of course, Ken Follett needs no introduction. This is a review I have wanted to post for months, but this book is MASSIVE at over 900 pages. ![]() ![]() ![]() The book literally dragged for me and then ended up in a cliffhanger. ![]() The last quarter of the book seemed to have new events but it was really abrupt like I was still reading what was mentioned in book 1 and boom suddenly Chloe is in a club on her birthday and her friends are asking her to dance? What happened in between and how did it reach to that point where Amo and Chloe became that comfortable? It seems the book was in a constant turmoil what to do with remaining stuck in the last 2 installments and adding bits and pieces of present here and there. Other than home life of Chloe there isn't much of anything new. The first half drags like that while I kept hoping for new details. Had it been more from Chloe's perspective instead of the same old event narration it might have been more interesting. It had most details from the first book which were repeated in nearly the same manner making the book boring. What I did not like about the book was the fact that almost 60% of it was redundant. ![]() ![]() ![]() I left the book dissatisfied, still hungry, but quite unable to tell anyone what of substance I had just consumed. Reminded me very much of food from a so-so Chinese restaurant. So as not to appear too fawning, I can't say the same about the still available first volume (and which apparently will be the only volume available in English) of The World of the Bach Canatas, which Dr. And I'm glad he was the one to point out diplomatically that the emperor has no clothes. ![]() A real shame, I believed, since the erudition and sense of scholarship of Dr. Wolff's rather traditional interpretation of the use of multiple voices in what purport to be HIP recordings/performances. For the most part, the nay sayers could not abide Dr. ![]() The Bach-Newton analogy was a bit strained fortunately, it does not permeate the book. If my memory serves me correctly, a number of list members panned this text on several grounds. I am so glad to see someone else on the list (especially someone of Mr.Braatz' knowledge) opine that this is a definitive biography. Just some comments from a very timid lurker The Bach biography entitled "Johann Sebastian Bach - The Learned Musician" by Christoph Wolff is now available at a lower cost (paperback c. Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musicianĭefinitive Bach Biography now in Paterback Johann Sebastian Bach - The Learned Musician ![]() ![]() ![]() Things only get more interesting when an eccentric Frenchman, Michel Ardan, asks them to shoot a hollow projectile where he can travel to the moon. The club members propose various wacky schemes, up to starting a new war, until one of them suggest doing something that sounds impossible: shooting a giant bullet towards the moon, for no reason other than to show they can do it. ![]() Some time after the American Civil War, members of a certain social club in Baltimore, called The Gun Club (because it consists largely of Civil War artillery officers and various defense industrialists) starts wondering what can they do in these times of peace - during the war they entertained themselves building guns that kept going bigger and bigger, but that's an expensive hobby in a peacetime. ![]() From the Earth to the Moon (French: De la Terre à la Lune) is a novel published in 1865, written by Jules Verne about making a trip from the earth to the moon. ![]() ![]() However, when she hears the words ‘aromantic asexual’ for the first time, she begins to consider a different option. Georgia battles with her lack of romantic or sexual feelings towards people, believing that she just needs to try harder and eventually she’ll find ‘the one’. But when she tries to kiss someone, she is immediately filled with fear and disgust. She is obsessed with romantic movies and fan fiction, and she supposedly desires a Hollywood romance. Throughout this book, Georgia constantly struggles with her identity. But of course, the real world doesn’t work like that. ![]() Georgia has never been in a relationship and fears that she may never be, so with the help of her new roommate Rooney, she decides that university will be where her love story begins. Loveless is a fact-paced, emotional story about Georgia and her two best friends Pip and Jason going to university and discovering themselves. ![]() The most recent addition to her portfolio is Loveless. At 25, she has published physical copies of her comic, as well as four YA novels. I first became a fan of her work when I discovered her web comic, Heartstopper, about two English grammar school boys who fall in love. ![]() It seems that YA, (young adult), author and illustrator Alice Oseman’s career can only go in one direction: up. ![]() What does it mean to feel ‘Loveless’? Daz Skubich finds out in Alice Oseman’s fourth novel. ![]() |