What I Loved: The Penny Pinchers Club was better written than I’d expected, with very real characters, backstory, description, depth, and some funny scenes that literally made me laugh out loud. But when her rich ex-fiancé turns up with a tempting bargain, she’ll have to decide whether love conquers mall… Suspecting her spending habits may be driving him away, Kat’s determined to save her marriage by saving some money. Now it looks like her husband Griff is having an affair…and setting up a secret bank account in preparation for a divorce. I expected a light and quick book, but The Penny Pinchers Club really made me think about how money impacts our lives.įrom the Cover: Living in suburban New Jersey, Kat has a pretty serious retail habit.
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Show All Hide News/Rumors Hide Releases Hide Teasers Hide Performances Hide Variety Hide Discussions Subreddit Rules Link to Rules. News & Rumors Releases Teasers Performances Variety Discussions Filter by Flair This is the past as we've never seen it before. A book of almost unimaginable riches' Sunday Times 'The best book on the history of life on Earth I have ever read' Tom Holland WATERSTONES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONĪ BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE SUNDAY TIMES, TELEGRAPH, PROSPECT, THE NEW YORKER AND BBC HISTORY THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING - HIGHLY COMMENDED Aircraft & Spacecraft: General Interest.Ships, Boats & Waterways: General Interest.Road & Motor Vehicles: General Interest.Fishing, Field Sports & Outdoor Activities.Sports Studies & PE: Textbooks & Study Guides.Literary Studies: Textbooks & Study Guides. Anthologies, Essays, Letters & Miscellaneous.Inventions & Technology: General Interest.Environment & Ecology: General Interest.Popular Culture & Media: General Interest.Politics & Government: Textbooks & Study Guides. These moving stories speak to the rich mythology of the diverse peoples of Burma, the spirituality of humankind, and the profound social impact of Buddhist thought. Since 1995 Jan-Philipp Sendker has visited Myanmar (Burma) dozens of times, and while doing research for his novels The Art of Hearing Heartbeats and A Well-Tempered Heart, he encountered numerous folktales and fables. Coming OctoThe Long Path to Wisdom: Tales from Burma by Jan-Philipp Sendker with Lorie Karnath and Jonathan Sendkerįrom the author of the internationally bestselling The Art of Hearing Heartbeats comes this charming collection of folktales that offer a window into Burma’s fascinating history and culture. Jonathan Howard of The King's Singers tells us about the recent cancellation of a concert they were due to perform at Pensacola Christian College in Florida, over what the group says were "concerns related to the sexuality of members." Stallings talks about living in Greece, drawing on classical mythology, making art out of the minutiae of life, and the joy of rhythm and rhyme. Manchester-based publisher Carcanet is putting this right with This Afterlife, her Selected Poems. Stallings has won her prizes in the US, but until now she has not been published in the UK. The finely wrought rhyming and metrical poetry of A. Do reactions in the auditorium differ from those watching it online? Melanie Abbott investigates, talking to Iain Gilchrist from University of Bristol, Mike Richardson from University of Bath, Charlotte Geeves from Bristol Old Vic, actor Sophie Steer and Emma Keith, Director of Digital Media at the National Theatre. Tracy Chevalier discusses a historic Vermeer exhibition at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, the largest collection of his paintings ever assembled including Girl with a Pearl Earring, which was celebrated by Chevalier's 1999 novel of the same name.īristol Old Vic is collaborating with four universities in the West Country for a major study into audience reactions in the theatre. Suitors trying to gain her hand and the throne, her land being pressured to take a new King, and all sorts of trickery and manipulation that accompanies these stories and mythologies. The plot is as expected, Penelope’s experience of Odysseus’ absence. While I enjoyed Hera’s perspective and narration, at times it felt a little repetitive. It was a nice choice that helped maintain some pace in this book – which is otherwise rather slow paced. This was an interesting choice that lent a blunt and cynical humour to the book, while also not shying away from her own brutal view of some of the men, and the Gods. Despite Penelope being the eponymous character, the book is told from the perspective of the Goddess Hera. It tells the story of Penelope in Odysseus’ absence and sticks close to Odysseus’ original tale.Ĭlaire North’s prose is gorgeous and lyrical. Ithaca by Claire North is a beautiful retelling of Odysseus with it’s lens fixed on Penelope. But with suitors vying for the throne, pirates attacking her Kingdom, and threats looming all around her, she must use her wit to keep Ithaca intact.ĬW/TW: Sexism/Misogyny/Rape/Death/Murder/Sacrifice/Death of a child/Slavery/others may be present. Synopsis: Odysseus has not returned home and Penelope must must maintain a fragile balance in his absence. Of course, the flock had been diminished, and recently, by one very important head, and those reading Seneca’s treatise knew it. “If the gods today ask me for an accounting, I stand ready to tally up the whole human race,” Seneca/Nero concludes-meaning that, as shepherd, he has not allowed his flock to diminish by even a single head. Whether dealing with foreign foes or the troublesome mob of his fellow citizens, he keeps “harshness sheathed, but mercy battle-ready,” an instance of Seneca’s favorite metaphor, moral effort as hand-to-hand combat. Principles of justice, mercy, and restraint guide his every move. Like a modern teenage superhero, the princeps knows that great powers confer great responsibilities. Seneca depicts Nero as an omnipotent but morally serious adolescent. Seneca opens De Clementia, “On Mercy,” by giving voice to Nero’s thoughts, a new device for allowing Rome once again to hear his words issuing from the emperor’s mouth. “Have I, out of all mortals, found favor, and have I been chosen to take the role of gods here on earth? Am I the judge who marks out nations for life or for death?” Such are the awestruck words of eighteen-year-old Nero looking out upon his realm, as Seneca imagines them. Angélique has a keen mind, remarkable beauty, and an envelope of money her father pressed upon her. But when he dies, her half-brothers brutally turn her out, denying her very existence. At eighteen she is her father’s closest, most trusted child, schooled in managing their grand estate. The incomparable Danielle Steel breaks new ground as she takes us to nineteenth-century England, where a high-born young woman is forced out into the world-and begins a journey of survival, sensuality, and long-sought justice.Īngélique Latham has grown up at magnificent Belgrave Castle under the loving tutelage of her father, the Duke of Westerfield, after the death of her aristocratic French mother. “What counts for the reader is the ring of authenticity.” - San Francisco Chronicle “Steel pulls out all the emotional stops. “Few modern writers convey the pathos of family and material life with such heartfelt empathy.” - The Philadelphia Inquirer “Steel is one of the best!” - Los Angeles Times Opponents were accusing them of being man-haters, socialists, atheists, and dykes, among other things. In the late 1960s and ’70s, the overwhelmingly white, straight, middle-class-and-up leaders of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and other mainstream feminist organizations didn’t want to hear it. Need I say that many feminists don’t practice witchcraft, oppose capitalism, or become lesbians, but over the decades the feminist movement has encouraged women to explore and develop religious traditions that don’t put men first pay closer attention to how current economic systems support patriarchy and white supremacy (and vice versa) and come out and/or become more visible as lesbians. To which my stock response has long been “I never had a husband to leave, ‘kill your children’ is total BS, and the last three are fine with me.” It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.” He’s the white televangelist who very famously said that “the feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. True, without context, it does sound right out of the Pat Robertson quote book. "The Enigma of Amigara Fault," tells of weirdly alluring holes that are shaped for specific people. In "How love came to Professor Kirida," an obsessed student violates Kirida's privacy and wishes. The story of "Master Umezz and me," gives us a glimpse into Ito's own life and his inspiration for writing horror stories. Then, there's "The licking woman," with a monster who has a poisonous tongue. "Venus in the blind spot," this volume's namesake, was one of the more creative stories surrounding a woman who disappears when she gets too close to men who adore her. "The human chair" has a creepily obsessive love story. In "Billions Alone," there are people being sewn together. Like much of Ito's other work, these stories are creepy and capitalize on our sense of propriety to give us the heebie-jeebies. This volume is a collection of short stories, some of which have been published before, or the first time published for a majority of them. |