“You know how New Zealanders are about compliments,” she says, too. I know how New Zealanders are about compliments. I don’t needle Smythe about all that too hard. Rachel Smythe and her book, Lore Olympus (Image: Supplied) It is a bona fide cultural phenomenon, inspiring tens of thousands of fanworks, innumerable cosplays, a television adaptation in the works, and now a book. Published on the Webtoon platform, the comic boasts over five million subscribers and has been viewed over 300 million times. It’s a sprawling story about complicated families, the pressures women face when coming of age in a world that wants them to be many contradictory things at once, a comedy about messy gods and goddesses interfering with one another’s lives and, of course, romance. Although really, that’s a gross simplification. Lore Olympus is a modern-day retelling of the classic myth of the abduction of Persephone.
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Booklist (starred review) Painted landscapes conjure the soft haze of forest waterfalls, mountain vistas, watery strokes of tree branches, small details of flowers, woodland creatures, and the warm expressions between parent and child. A memorable picture book on enjoying the natural world. Kirkus Reviews (starred review) The handsome digital artwork clearly expresses the characters' emotions as well as the beauty and majesty of the natural world.A near-wordless book seems a particularly appropriate way of communicating the quiet yet powerful experience of walking through a wilderness area. Like the woods, this book is an immersive experience that invites repeated visits. Publishers Weekly (starred review) The relationship between the father and child makes this not just a picture book set in the outdoors, but a warm expression of how memories are created and bonds form. On the way home, their eyes meet in the rear-view mirror they know they've shared something special, a moment underscored by a final spread of the two cuddling on the sofa. The beauty of the natural world is viewed through the lens of the relationship between parent and child their closeness is what gives this outdoor experience meaning. Fung - whose groundbreaking work in the treatment of obesity and diabetes has won him international acclaim - suggests that the primary disease pathway of cancer is caused by the dysregulation of insulin. Fung identifies the medical community's many missteps in cancer research - in particular, its focus on genetics, or what he terms the seed of cancer, at the expense of examining the soil, or the conditions under which cancer flourishes. 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The live recording was then released on the third volume of the station's Like a Version compilation CDs. The song was recorded in 2007 by Australian artist Josh Pyke for radio station Triple J.It appears on his album of the same title. In 1994, Loggins re-recorded the song (with an additional verse) under the title "Return to Pooh Corner", a duet with Amy Grant, featuring backing vocals from Grant's then-husband, Gary Chapman.In 1977, CCM singer Scott Wesley Brown covered the song for his album I'm Not Religious, I Just Love the Lord.Milt Holland - shakers, temple blocks, congas, cabasa, gong.Michael Omartian - Moog synthesizer, Hammond organ, piano.Jim Messina - harmony vocals, acoustic guitar.Kenny Loggins - lead vocals, classical acoustic guitar.It was later recorded by Loggins and Messina on their 1971 album Sittin' In. Loggins was a 17-year-old senior in high school when he wrote the song. It is told from the perspective of both Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin, and serves as an allegory for loss of innocence and nostalgia for childhood. It was first performed by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on their 1970 album Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy. " House at Pooh Corner" is a song written by Kenny Loggins, based on the children's book of the same name. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band singles chronology 1971 single by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band "House at Pooh Corner"įrom the album Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy This lesson can be continued as you wish back in the classroom. This could take some time and you may not finish this in the library today. Use the visualiser to read through the story in pictures. In the library today you will only scratch the surface of this truly amazing work of art. He uses visual elements to convey feelings of the characters and the mood of the story. Shaun Tan is a brilliant author, using the medium of art to tell the story. It often requires many readings to really grasp all that is happening and you will often discover new things every time you read it. Why might people say this?Ī graphic novel is often a very rich and layered text with many interpretations, depending on who is 'reading' the text. Some people say that a graphic novel is a book that is for everyone. Is there only one interpretation of a graphic novel? What are the elements of a graphic novel? You may have seen it in our library before.ĭiscuss with the students what they think is a graphic novel? We are going to start with an amazing, awarding winning, graphic novel by Shaun Tan. Some of these will be picture books and others will be novels. This term we are going to explore the themes of migration and refugees through literature. At the age of 33, she moved to New York City, her primary home for the rest of her life, though she also traveled widely and spent considerable time at her summer residence on Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick. Shortly after graduating from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Cather moved to Pittsburgh for ten years, supporting herself as a magazine editor and high school English teacher. The family later settled in the town of Red Cloud. Willa Cather and her family moved from Virginia to Webster County, Nebraska, when she was nine years old. In 1923, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours, a novel set during World War I. Willa Sibert Cather ( / ˈ k æ ð ər/ born Wilella Sibert Cather Decem – April 24, 1947) was an American writer known for her novels of life on the Great Plains, including O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, and My Ántonia. But since we have such similar and complimentary styles – lots of sweet with the hot, a ton of humor, and very happy endings – we decided to give it a try. Plus, Eli and I live in the same time zone and some of the most successful collaborations are between authors in different time zones – one writes while the other sleeps! LOL. When she called me and proposed we write a Nerds vs Jocks romcom series together, I was skeptical because I have a day job I work in 3 days a week and that makes my schedule difficult. I’ve been a huge admirer of her work for even longer. Hi and welcome! Guess what? I have coauthored by first book! After 57 romances written over 10 years, I finally have written a book with another author – the amazing Eli Easton.Įli and I have been friends for years. In the midst of the drinkers two officers in full uniform dazzled all eyes with their glittering gold lace. Their faces were gilded, their black hats and clothes took on purple tints, the patent leather of their shoes cast bright reflections on the asphalt of the sidewalk.īefore the cafes a mass of men were drinking opalescent liquids that looked like precious stones dissolved in the glasses. The gay, animated crowd went by in this golden mist and seemed to be glorified. The whole sky was red, blinding, and behind the Madeleine an immense bank of flaming clouds cast a shower of light the whole length of tile boulevard, vibrant as the heat from a brazier. The boulevard, that river of humanity, was alive with people in the golden light of the setting sun. "This last operation was very long,because the horses used were not accustomed to drawing consequently,instead of four, six were needed and when that did not suffice, theywere forced, in order to cut off the wretch's thighs, to sever thesinews and hack at the joints. "Finally, he was quartered," recounts the Gazetted'Amsterdam of 1 April 1757. On 1 March 1757 Damiens the regicide was condemned "to make the amende honorable before the main door of the Church of Paris",where he was to be "taken and conveyed in a cart, wearing nothing buta shirt, holding a torch of burning wax weighing two pounds" then,"in the said cart, to the Place de Grève, where, on a scaffoldthat will be erected there, the flesh will be torn from his breasts,arms, thighs and claves with red-hot pincers, his right hand, holdingthe knife with which he committed the said parricide, burnt withsulphur, and, on those places where the flesh will be torn away,poured molten lead, boiling oil, burning resin, wax and sulphurmelted together and then his body drawn and quartered by four horsesand his limbs and body consumed by fire, reduced to ashes and hisashes thrown to the winds" ( Pièces originales.,372-4). Excerpt, Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punishįrom Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. |