![]() I’ve been reading it for more than 10 years and am still genuinely in awe of how this webcomic consistently excels both in its writing and art. When it comes to webcomics it’s hard to find a better equalizer than Nicholas Gurewitch’s Perry Bible Fellowship. Nicholas Gurewitch’s Notes on a Case of Melancholia, or: A Little Death is a very darkly amusing tale which you can read in no time at all, both of which fit with Gorey’s style, and may not leave much of an impression story-wise but the art. The whole book looks like this:Īnd it’s a good thing the art’s so good because that’s pretty much all there is - this is a mostly silent comic so there’s not much to read! The designs of Death’s family members were cool, Little Death was very cute and the use of the colour purple was masterful. Scratchy, spindly, spidery-black art fill the pages - the gothic look of this one is perfect. I loved the art so damn much - it’s a gorgeous-looking book, perfect for the season. ![]() I’ve never understood the appeal of Edward Gorey and can’t say I’ve enjoyed any of his books but I quite liked Gurewitch’s pastiche of his style here. ![]() ![]() Like he did in his previous book The Perry Bible Fellowship, Nicholas Gurewitch adopts the artistic and storytelling style of a recognisable comics talent - in this instance Edward Gorey - for his latest comic, Notes on a Case of Melancholia, or: A Little Death. A father seeks out a psychiatrist to unburden himself of his fears for his child - do they have what it takes to follow in his, and his family’s, footsteps? Also the father is DEATH! ![]()
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![]() She’s promised to let the entire class of Indian children go early if someone can name the “past four US presidents.” He knows the answer, and his classmates know he knows. Young Ohiyesa (Chevez Ezaneh) is facing down his white teacher. Daniel Giat, screenwriter, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee ![]() Charles Eastman, The Soul of the Indian: An InterpretationĮveryone felt very strongly that we needed a white character or a part-white, part-Indian character to carry a contemporary white audience through this project. ![]() Believing that the deliberate liar is capable of committing any crime behind the screen of cowardly untruth and double-dealing, the destroyer of mutual confidence was summarily put to death, that the evil might go no further. ![]() It is said that, in the very early days, lying was a capital offense among us. ![]() ![]() In 1952, upon completing what he considered to be his best work, Mahfouz tried to publish it as a single novel. Having already spent over a decade examining contemporary national issues, particularly the confl ict of the aspiring individual against a convulsively changing society, Mahfouz wrote The Cairo Trilogy with the intent of tracing this tension on a broader scale. The work has been hailed for its depiction of the changing conditions of Egypt’s urban society as it underwent political, social, and religious struggles during the turbulent interwar period following the end of World War I, producing a confl ict between Egypt’s nationalist aspirations and Great Britain’s imperialist and colonial power. The trilogy is considered by many to be Naguib Mahfouz’s magnum opus, written at the peak of his realist phase. ![]() ![]() The titles of the trilogy’s three novels- Palace Walk ( Bayn al-Quasrayn, 1956), Palace of Desire ( Qasr al-Chawq, 1957), and Sugar Street ( Al-Sukkariyya, 1957)-are taken from actual street names in the Al- Jamaliyya district of Cairo. The first great family saga of modern Arabic literature, The Cairo Trilogy tells the story of patriarch al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad and his family over the course of more than 30 years, from World War I to eight years before the overthrow of King Farouk in 1952. Analysis of Naguib Mahfouz’s The Cairo Trilogy ![]() ![]() While they are seasonal, they're still fun to read throughout the year. All of the following books reference the Easter Bunny, egg-gathering, bountiful baskets, or biblical stories. There are tons of books that feature rabbits - shoutout to perennial favorite, Pat the Bunny - but for this list, we're spotlighting solely books with Easter themes. Is your baby more likely to gnaw on a board book than read it? Toss Peek-a-Flap Hop or Babies Love Easter Lift-a-Flap Book in their Easter basket. Then, there are books that feature every character your toddler loves to watch on your streaming device Pete the Cat, Bluey, Elmo, and Mickey Mouse all have their own Easter tales. ![]() There are books that focus on the religious origins of Easter, like God Gave Us Easter and The Story of Easter, which might be more appropriate for kids past toddlerhood. While the selection may not be as grand as it is for the other holidays, books about Easter are available for every age range. ![]() Who says Christmas and Halloween should have a monopoly on seasonal children's books? The Easter Bunny is every bit as cool as Santa and some spooky ol' ghosts, and these best Easter books for kids can prove it. ![]() ![]() ![]() The same can be said for the physics of the time portal, which are hardly explained at all, and if you're a stickler for logic, I'm afraid to say no answers will ever come in that respect. The reason why is disappointingly half-baked, but Al's vague explanation is enough for Jake to believe him, so we as viewers go along with it too - at least for the time being. To do this, he teams up with a diner owner, Al Templeton (Chris Cooper), who shows him a mysterious time portal in the backroom-closet of his eatery and urges him to save JFK in 1963. In the premiere, we meet Jake Epping (Franco), an English teacher who goes back in time to 1960 and attempts to stop JFK from being assassinated three years later in Dallas. ![]() ![]() ![]() At home she is a wife to Preston and mommy to Eden, Autumn, and Sage. Since becoming a Christian, she has been compelled to use her speaking and teaching gifts to share the light of the gospel of God as authentically as she can. There are summaries for each chapter as well as tests and puzzles. About the Author: Jackie Hill Perry is an author, poet, Bible teacher, and artist. This is a great workbook for Holier Than Thou by Jackie Hill Perry. As it turns out, God being "holier than thou" is actually the best news in the world, and it's the key to trusting Him. And that's exactly what makes Him trustworthy. ![]() In these pages, we will see that God is not like us. In Holier Than Thou, Jackie walks us through Scripture, shaking the dust off of "holy" as we've come to know it and revealing it for what it really is: good news. If He can't sin against you, shouldn't that make Him the most trustworthy being there is? Bestselling author Jackie Hill Perry, in her much anticipated follow-up to Gay Girl, Good God, helps us find the reason we don't trust God- we misunderstand His holiness. If God can't sin, then He can't sin against you. ![]() ![]() ![]() Themes include bullying, body image, socio-economic status, and mental health. I was glad to be reading this during the daylight hours. The 21 chapters are just the right length and the action unfolds with visits to the town’s ghostly cemetery and some nasty red-eyed hounds. And all three of them-Zee, Elijah, and Nellie-will have to work together if they want to give their ghost story a happy ending. Everyone’s most selfish wishes start coming true in creepy ways. To fight for what’s right, Zee will have to embrace what makes her different and what makes her Ghost Girl. Worse, mean girl Nellie gives Zee a cruel nickname: Ghost Girl. But whatever the storm washed up isn’t going away. When she tells her classmates, only her best friend Elijah believes her. And Zee is seeing frightening things: large, scary dogs that talk and maybe even. There’s a creepy new principal who seems to know everyone’s darkest dreams. When the skies clear, everything is different. It all starts with a dark and stormy night. ![]() She just never expected to be living one. ![]() ![]() That drives everything we do – it’s what guides each and every one of us at Guinness every day.’’ What we’re about today is the same as it’s always been: improving people’s lives and creating possibilities for them. ‘’At Guinness we have a strong sense of our social purpose, which has endured for over a century. ![]() Setting the scene for our new strategy, Guinness 2023, our Group Chief Executive Catriona Simons, talked about our commitment to our social purpose. We have brought the organisation together and invested significantly in technology so we are able to provide a better and more responsive service – including giving customers more choice about how they access our services. Behind the scenes, we have worked with our customers and our people to transform the way we do things. ![]() ![]() We talked about what we have achieved, including our investment in existing and new homes, improvements in our customer service, as well as our growth through merger. The event was attended by senior representatives from across the housing world. Last week we held a special event to launch our strategy, Guinness 2023, and to share some of our achievements over the last year. ![]() ![]() No matter what Anna-Marie writes, I will read it! I had been looking forward to this book for so long & now that I’ve finished it I’m not entirely sure I can form coherent thoughts about how amazing Blanca & Roja was! ![]() My Thoughts: Blanca & Roja is magnificent tale that weaves in beautiful prose, powerful themes of family, sisterhood, and identity! As the del Cisne sisters attempt to break free from the bonds of a generations-long spell and when 2 boys become tangled in it, they know this will not be an easy game to win! Blanca & Roja is the captivating story of sisters, friendship, love, hatred, and the price we pay to protect our hearts. They know that, one day, the swans will pull them into a dangerous game that will leave one of them a girl, and trap the other in the body of a swan.īut when two local boys become drawn into the game, the swans’ spell intertwines with the strange and unpredictable magic lacing the woods, and all four of their fates depend on facing truths that could either save or destroy them. They know that, because of a generations-old spell, their family is bound to a bevy of swans deep in the woods. ![]() The del Cisne girls have never just been sisters they’re also rivals, Blanca as obedient and graceful as Roja is vicious and manipulative. ![]() ![]() Summary: The biggest lie of all is the story you think you already know. ![]() ![]() ![]() Some readers may feel Lessons is too stingy with drama, particularly given the book’s length, but I think it demonstrates the peculiar power of the novel form. Roland may be imaginary, but he’s thickly woven into the social and political developments that shaped all our lives. Indeed, even more than McEwan’s previous novels, Lessons is a story that so fully embraces its historical context that it calls into question the synthetic timelessness of much contemporary fiction. progresses in time the way a rising tide takes the beach: a cycle of forward surges and seeping retreats, giving us a clearer and fuller sense of Roland’s life. an extraordinarily deft portrayal of the way a too-early sexual experience permanently stains Roland’s romantic expectations. ![]() Here, finally, McEwan luxuriates in all the space he needs to record the mysterious interplay of will and chance, time and memory. While the story shares a few tantalizing similarities with the author’s life, it’s no roman à clef. a profound demonstration of his remarkable skill. ![]() |