William church and his former teacher’s brother. He worked closely with Ernest Munch, an organist at the St. There, he also studied piano and counterpoint with Professor Gustav Jacobsthal. He enrolled at the University of Strasbourg to study Protestant theology. He studied the organ with Eugène Munch, an organist with the Protestant Temple. In 1893, he received his secondary education certificate at Mulhouse High School. His childhood language was Alsatian, which was a German dialect. After World War I, this area was reintegrated into France. He spent his early years in Gunsbach, a village in Alsace. His father was a Lutheran-Evangelical pastor who taught him music. Schweitzer was born in Kaysersberg, Germany, into an Alsatian family. He founded the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in west central Africa and worked there until the end of his life. He is famous for his interpretive works on the life of Jesus. Born: in Kaysersberg, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany (now Haut-Rhin, France)įields: Medicine, music, philosophy, theologyįamous For: His interpretive works on the life of JesusĪlbert Schweitzer (1875-1965) was a German-born philosopher, theologian, physician, musician, and missionary in Africa.
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Lin brought a unique look into the competition with her writing.Īfter losing her mother, Ning can’t bear to lose her sister in the same fashion. In A Magic Steeped in Poison, I found the familiarity of this plot-line fun! I think Judy I. A competition where the main character must compete to save a loved one? This is a plot that many readers are familiar with. This book is full of tropes that we’ve seen countless times in a YA fantasy series. But between the backstabbing competitors, bloody court politics, and a mysterious (and handsome) boy with a shocking secret, Ning might actually be the one in more danger. The winner will receive a favor from the princess, which may be Ning’s only chance to save her sister’s life. When Ning hears of a competition to find the kingdom’s greatest shennong-shi - masters of the ancient and magical art of tea-making - she travels to the imperial city to compete. She was the one who unknowingly brewed the poison tea that killed her - the poison tea that now threatens to also take her sister, Shu. Lin’s writing is just as stunning as the beautiful cover artwork!įor Ning, the only thing worse than losing her mother is knowing that it’s her own fault. After reading it, I’m happy to report that Judy I. I’m not one to judge a book by its cover, but when I saw the cover of A Magic Steeped in Poison I knew that I had to read this story. Every other paragraph has a quotable line or two, this one is my favorite: Keyed up as we are by the incessant din of causes, we have lost composure and the ability to think our own thoughts. I absolutely love it! Behn came from another time-a time when poets and poetry still had a presence in American life. It is a series of short essays on Behn's life, children, and poetry. Only one library in NH still had it listed in our state system! I received the book last week and started right in on it. It sounded interesting, so I put in an interlibrary loan request for it since it is out of print (published in 1968). In my search I found mention of another Behn title, Chrysalis: Concerning Children and Poetry. I thought about the book the other day and went looking for it again. Many years ago when I first became interested in haiku, I came across a book by Harry Behn called Cricket Songs: Japanese Haiku. He reveals a nose for the scent of lost pets, and together they help neighbors and strangers in their searching. While Susannah studies animal behavior, lost-pet search tactics, social media strategies, and the psychology of loss, Ace also steps up for training. The mission to reunite lost pets with their families starts with Susannah’s own shelter rescue, Ace, a plucky Maltese mix who narrowly survived months wandering lost. In Where the Lost Dogs Go, Susannah Charleson, author of Scent of the Missing, dives headlong into the world of missing dogs. But amid these grim statistics, countless happy endings are forged. One in six dogs goes missing at some point, leaving bereft owners to search high and low, hang Missing posters, check shelters, and hope for good news. From a New York Times best-selling author, an important and heartfelt exploration into the world of lost dogs and the power of reunion His first book, Poor Folk, did very well but on 23rd April 1849 he was arrested for subversion and sentenced to death. He graduated from the St Petersburg Academy of Military Engineering in 1846 but decided to change careers and become a writer. He had six siblings and his mother died in 1837 and his father in 1839. Translated by Ronald Wilks with an Introduction by Robert Louis Jackson Read more Detailsįyodor Dostoevsky was born in Moscow on 11th November 1821. Like Notes from Underground, this is a masterly tragi-comic study of human consciousness. The seemingly ordinary world of St Petersburg takes on a nightmarish quality in The Double when a government clerk encounters a man who looks exactly like him - his double perhaps, or possibly the darker side of his own personality. With bitter irony, he describes his refusal to become a worker in the 'anthill' and his gradual withdrawal from society. 'That sense of the meaninglessness of existence that runs through much of twentieth-century writing - from Conrad and Kafka, to Beckett and beyond - starts in Dostoyevsky's work' Malcolm BradburyĪlienated from society and paralysed by a sense of his own insignificance, the anonymous narrator of Dostoyevsky's Notes from Underground tells the story of his tortured life. Bc this is an adult world that rarely forgets to remind our few teens how young they are, and that is the opposite of what YA is. And honestly, even the 3 teens in the cast of 9 MCs and the occasional YA-ish plot clarifications can’t stop me from saying this should just be Adult. I’ve always found Aveyard’s tendency toward detailed exploration of intricate politics, plot movements, and character motivations to be misplaced in YA, weighing down what her audience would expect to be a more breezy, fun read. “Is it monstrous to want what is owed you?”īefore I say anything about what this book is or how I wanted to pull its fabric apart and drown in its strings of layered characters and delicious world, I just have to say: Why is this series Young Adult? His scant writings about his childhood are short on Proustian yearning and long on wry literalness. Born in 1933, Portis grew up in several small Arkansas towns-El Dorado, Hamburg, and Norphlet, where his father was a school superintendent. He had, of course, witnessed many other ages. Nevertheless, I do not imagine that Portis witnessed much in our age to make him regret withholding his private life from the scrutiny of strangers. Portis’s aversion to publicity perhaps explains why he never found a wider readership, and why all of his books but “True Grit” were for a time out of print, until the Overlook Press began reprinting his novels, in 1999. Before the release of the Coen brothers’ adaptation of “True Grit,” in 2010, he amiably consented to talk with a Times Magazine writer who had pursued him to Little Rock, on the condition that the writer not actually quote him for the piece. This earned him, unfairly, a reputation as a recluse, though he was reportedly an approachable presence at the Little Rock, Arkansas, beer joints he frequented. He spent much of his career dodging the press and literary society. When “True Grit,” published in 1968, was turned into a movie starring John Wayne and became a best-seller, a low-amplitude course through the world became something Portis had to work at. When a teenager carves a hateful message into Red’s trunk, she worries about its effect on Samar and her family. Samar, a recent Muslim refugee, is lonely and in need of a friend. The pacing starts out slowly, with early chapters focused almost entirely on the natural world, but eventually we get to meet the human at the novel’s center. “Two hundred and sixteen rings, and I still haven’t figured them out.” She knows well the habits of creatures in her world and treats readers to an insightful analysis - though the habits of humans could be a bit trickier for her. It’s easy to suspend disbelief with her wise voice, active mind and caring soul. Red is a caring oak who describes her life as a leafy shelter for generations of animals, and as a wishtree for humans. With Red, Katherine Applegate introduces another quiet, resilient protagonist who - like the caged gorilla in “The One and Only Ivan,” - speaks movingly to a noisy, belligerent world. CHiCO with HoneyWorks / iは自由で、縛れない。 / CHiCO with HoneyWorks / i wa Jiyuu de, Shibarenai. (shelved 7 times as rent-a-girlfriend) avg rating 4. CHiCO with HoneyWorks SMCL-790~3 Vocal, Live Event 2 Kanojo, Okari shimasu 2 (Rent-A-Girlfriend, 2) by. Japanese: English: Rent-a-Girlfriend German: Rent-a-Girlfriend. CHiCO with HoneyWorks / iは自由で、縛れない。 / CHiCO with HoneyWorks / i wa Jiyuu de, Shibarenai. Looking for information on the anime Kanojo, Okarishimasu (Rent-a-Girlfriend) Find out more with MyAnimeList, the worlds most active online anime and manga community and database. Rent a Girlfriend 2 Character Situation CD / 彼女、お借りします 2 キャラクターシチュエーションCD / Kanojo, Okarishimasu 2 Character Situation CD N/A Drama Rent a Girlfriend 2 GAMERS Only Original Character Song Extra / 彼女、お借りします 2 GAMERS Only Original Character Song Extra / Kanojo, Okarishimasu 2 GAMERS Only Original Character Song Extra N/A Vocal Theme Song Assistance: Takuya Oohama (Sony Music Entertainment) "Favorite Lover" - Episode 12 Insert Song "Sakura selfish" - Episode 11 Insert Song Jane Purdy is a typical fifteen-year old girl who just wants to meet a boy, and she does. Want to know just how narrow a woman's place was in the world in the 1950's? Read this. This is a fascinating glimpse of the 1950's. One might think that a 60 year old Young Adult book would be dated. Her characters, including Beezus and Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ralph, the motorcycle-riding mouse, have delighted children for generations. Henshaw won the Newbery Medal, and Ramona Quimby, Age 8 and Ramona and Her Father have been named Newbery Honor Books. Cleary's books have earned her many prestigious awards, including the American Library Association's Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, presented to her in recognition of her lasting contribution to children's literature. And so, the Klickitat Street gang was born! She based her funny stories on her own neighborhood experiences and the sort of children she knew. When a young boy asked her, "Where are the books about kids like us?" she remembered her teacher's encouragement and was inspired to write the books she'd longed to read but couldn't find when she was younger. Before long, her school librarian was saying that she should write children's books when she grew up. But by third grade, after spending much time in her public library in Portland, Oregon, she found her skills had greatly improved. As a child, she struggled with reading and writing. Beverly Cleary is one of America's most beloved authors. |