![]() ![]() They all look like they were just made up," Van Duzer, a map historian at the Library of Congress, said in a talk about his book. However, many of the ocean’s creatures, including whales, walruses and squid were rarely seen and were considered monsters in medieval and Renaissance times. ![]() Many have assumed that these mythical creatures were the results of illustrators having a bit of fun or exerting their imagination in their work. Despite their wild appearance, most of the creatures were based on true encounters with sea animals, shedding light on how mythology and folklore can evolve from real events.Ĭhet Van Duzer's " Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps" (British Library, 2013) depict a range of ‘sea monsters’ which cartographers used to illustrate mysterious, unexplored regions of the globe and the possible dangers of seafaring. A recently published book published by the British Library charts the evolution of iconic sea serpents, mermaids and other mythical creatures found on world maps from the 10 th century through to medieval and Renaissance times. ![]()
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![]() ![]() They were a nice break in between chapters and really added a little something extra to the story. I can definitely see why so many people seem to love her books now! Radio Silence is a coming of age story that includes topics as LGBT, abuse, parental pressure and depression… Heavier topics are mixed with lighter moments and I especially loved the podcast bits with parts of the Universe City podcast episodes. I keep hearing fantastic things about Alice Oseman‘s writing and I’m still not sure why it took me this long to actually pick up one of her books… Thankfully my TBR jar thought it was about time I finally did! Radio Silence was my first experience with her writing, but it won’t be the last as I highly enjoyed my time with this story. “I wonder- if nobody is listening to my voice, am I making any sound at all?” ![]() Publisher: HarperCollins Children’s Books Time for another round of Yvo’s Shorties! This time around two contemporaries that both turned out to be excellent reads: Radio Silence and In Five Years. 2023 Netgalley And Edelweiss Reading Challenge.2017 Netgalley And Edelweiss Reading Challenge. ![]() ![]() ![]() Schwab! We love all of V's work, and this book is no exception. Our featured book this month is Gallant by V.E. Our March theme is A LIFE OF ITS OWN! Sometimes things don't act as you expect: sentient houses, skeletons that serve you Subscription spots for March will be offered exclusively to our waitlist.įebruary Illuminews: March Theme Reveal, The Love Hypothesis, and more: ![]() You can find a list of content warnings for the book on our website! ![]() ✨ All exclusive: redesigned cover, artwork endpapers by embossing on the hardback and digitally printed edges □ Nonverbal MC who communicates with sign language Our featured fandoms this month are Gideon the Ninth, Deathless, Murderbot, Other Words for Smoke and Howl's Moving Castle! This box contains the first rosiethorns88 mug of 2022 and is one of the most aesthetic boxes we've ever put together! Please note, this edition is not signed by the author. Our edition features all exclusive: redesigned cover, artwork endpapers by Rachel Bostick Illustration, embossing on the hardback and digitally printed edges (that wrap around all 3 edges of the book!). We absolutely inhaled this gothic tale of ghouls, mysterious doors, and the girl trying to find her place. ![]() Our March theme is A LIFE OF ITS OWN! Sometimes things don't act as you expect: sentient houses, skeletons that serve you breakfast, AI gone rogue. ![]() ![]() ![]() Thoughtful and moving, but with Fox's trademark sense of humor, his book provides a vehicle for reflection about our lives, our loves, and our losses. In No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality, Michael shares personal stories and observations about illness and health, aging, the strength of family and friends, and how our perceptions about time affect the way we approach mortality. ![]() His new memoir reassesses this outlook, as events in the past decade presented additional challenges. His two previous bestselling memoirs, Lucky Man and Always Looking Up, dealt with how he came to terms with the illness, all the while exhibiting his iconic optimism. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, the world's leading non-profit funder of PD science. Diagnosed at age 29, Michael is equally engaged in Parkinson's advocacy work, raising global awareness of the disease and helping find a cure through The Michael J. ![]() Keaton in Family Ties as Mike Flaherty in Spin City and through numerous other movie roles and guest appearances on shows such as The Good Wife and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Fox as Marty McFly, the teenage sidekick of Doc Brown in Back to the Future as Alex P. INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A moving account of resilience, hope, fear and mortality, and how these things resonate in our lives, by actor and advocate Michael J. ![]() ![]() Her debut novel, Me, the Missing, and the Dead, was a Morris Award finalist in America and won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. Jenny Valentine is an award-winning writer for Young Adults. Some of the twists are a little unbelievable, but the slow series of revelations, coupled with Valentine’s incisive exploration of identity and perception, add up to the kind of tense, nerve-wracking story that teens will race to finish. Her debut novel, Me, the Missing, and the Dead, was a Morris Award finalist in America and. Valentine ramps up the paranoia and mystery steadily, letting the story unfold with a grim inexorability. Now he’s caught in a delicate balance between knowing too little and asking the wrong questions. As he tries to pass in his new identity among the dysfunctional Roadnights, constantly fearful of giving himself away, Chapīegins to suspect that there’s more to Cassiel’s disappearance than meets the eye. Homeless, 16-year-old Chap is killing time in a London hostel when he’s presented with a coincidence-born opportunity of a lifetime: if he pretends to be Cassiel Roadnight, a teen who has been missing for two years and who looks just like Chap, Chap can have the life and family he’s always dreamed of. What starts as a case of mistaken identity turns into a bizarre mystery in this exhilarating thriller from Valentine (Broken Soup). ![]() ![]() ![]() Among the joys (especially for a writer, and exuberantly communicated on every page): An inexhaustible trove of words to collect and treasure the possibility of accessing a completely novel way of understanding the world and the possibility of fashioning a completely novel self in that world. Among the difficulties: How language learning outside the ultra-plastic state of childhood places one in the posture of perpetual code-cracking sleuth the way in which new grammars may also present unfamiliar ways of understanding time and how even conversational facility, once achieved, gives one little purchase on written fluency. Originally written in Italian and translated by Ann Goldstein, the book describes Lahiri’s decades-long quest to learn that language, distilling from the experience some universal truths. ![]() In Other Words, Jhumpa Lahiri’s new memoir, is first and foremost a rare record of the joy and difficulty of learning a foreign language as an adult. In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri, translated by Ann Goldstein ![]() ![]() ![]() Nick's unexpected reappearance at a time of new professional crisis shocks both women into a deeper look at the difficult choices they made at the beginning of their careers. ![]() Their lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, are chaotic but fulfilling, until the return of a former colleague unearths a secret one of them has been harboring for years.Īs chief resident, Nick Xenokostas was the center of Zadie's life-both professionally and personally-throughout a tragic chain of events during her third year of medical school that she has long since put behind her. Now they're happily married wives and mothers with successful careers-Zadie as a pediatric cardiologist and Emma as a trauma surgeon. ![]() Zadie Anson and Emma Colley have been best friends since their early twenties, when they first began navigating serious romantic relationships amid the intensity of medical school. A powerful debut novel, praised by The New York Times, Bustle, and Hypable, that pulses with humor and empathy as it explores the heart's capacity for forgiveness. ![]() ![]() The stories contained herein are a selection of Katherine Mansfield's "best" works from across her career as such, the content slightly differs from the celebrated 1922 edition of the same name. Though printed in 1939, the outbreak of the Second World War delayed publication until 1947. This edition is beautifully illustrated with "queer femme illustrations with a Gallic twist" by the important Parisian Cubist artist Marie Laurencin (1883-1956) (Pilcher). ![]() The total edition was of 1,200 copies, designed and printed by the elite printer Hans Mardersteig of the Officina Bodoni. ![]() First Laurencin edition, copy 8 of 30 deluxe copies specially bound and signed by the artist (this copy signed in pencil on both the Colophon page and the limitation page overleaf). ![]() ![]() ![]() When her mother insists on treating the same white women who recoil at Libertie’s dark skin, she believes her mother “gave up co-conspirators for customers.” Desperate to secure a future for Libertie, her mother sends her off to Cunningham College in Ohio, but Libertie turns away from her studies after she meets fellow students Experience and Louisa: “When I sang with them, my whole history fell away. In her poetic narration, she gives testimony to the injustices of white supremacy she witnesses and reflects on colorism, “colorstruck” misogyny, and the potential shackles of marriage, all the while turning over the question of what freedom is. But Libertie, whose day-to-day experience differs from her mother due to her darker skin, is more interested in music and wants to follow her own path. Libertie Sampson, a freeborn Black girl in Reconstruction-era Brooklyn, is pushed by her mother, a doctor, to follow in her footsteps. ![]() Greenidge ( We Love You, Charlie Freeman) delivers another genius work of radical historical fiction. ![]() ![]() It’s not like I could ever fall for a jock. ![]() ![]() If all we can have is quick thrills, I’m okay with that. Puck Drills & Quick Thrills by Eden FinleySaxon James Audiobook Listen to a sample Listen to a sample Description Creators Details Westly: The fall from NHL superstar to domestic disaster was swift and painful. It's not because a hockey player broke my nose in high school.īut when Westly Dalton bursts into my office like a hurricane, all my principles fly out the window.Īfter one explosive night together, I want more, but his home life is a mess, and I don't want to get in the way. Download or Read EPUB Puck Drills & Quick Thrills (CU Hockey, 5) by Eden Finley Online Full Format. No matter how entitled jocks think they are, I refuse to give them special treatment. Download or Read EPUB Puck Drills & Quick Thrills (CU Hockey, 5) by Eden Finley Online Full Format. One minute I’m confronting the notorious hockey-hating professor, and the next I’m agreeing to be his date to his twenty-year high school reunion. Even if it’s going head-to-head with Jasper Eckstein. Editions for Puck Drills & Quick Thrills: (Kindle Edition published in 2021), (Audible Audio published in 2022), (Paperback published in 2021), 192274319. ![]() But when our star forward is failing math, I have to do what it takes to keep him on the team. When I became the legal guardian of my five younger siblings, I had no idea what I was doing.Ĭoaching CU’s hockey team might be the only thing I’m excelling at. The fall from NHL superstar to domestic disaster was swift and painful. ![]() |