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The secret museum molly oldfield7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() However, her star faded with the emergence of modern art movements in the early 20th century. ![]() Blessed with an extraordinary work ethic, considerable artistic talent, a pleasing manner and a good business sense, she amassed considerable wealth, more than fulfilling her teenage promise to her artist-father to support the family through her art. Schwartze made her name as a celebrated portraitist of the well-to-do, with clientele extending even to members of the Dutch Royal Family. This book is an outstanding contribution to our knowledge of the life and works of the talented Dutch painter, Thérèse Schwartze - an artist who achieved the peak of fame and success just over a century ago, only to fall back into deep obscurity, like so many women artists before her. Cora Hollema & Pieternel Kouwenhoven‚ Thérèse Schwartze, Painting for a Living, 2nd edn Amsterdam, 2021 ![]()
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The retreat sarah pearse book review7/6/2023 ![]() And she’s very good on the relationships within the group as tension builds.” Pearse smartly reworks Christie’s setting, making her island at once a gothic throwback, with caves and talk of a curse, and a very 21st-century escape, with green values and holistic therapy. “Well-written fusion of psychological thriller and whodunnit. But why would someone target the guests at this luxury resort? Elin must find the killer-before the island’s history starts to repeat itself. And when someone else drowns in a diving incident, Elin begins to suspect that there’s nothing accidental about these deaths. ![]() ![]() The longer Elin stays, the more secrets she uncovers. But Detective Elin Warner soon learns the victim wasn’t a guest-she wasn’t meant to be on the island at all. Once the playground of a serial killer, it’s rumored to be cursed.Ī young woman is found dead below the yoga pavilion in what seems to be a tragic fall. David Baldacci, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Long ShadowsĪn idyllic wellness retreat has opened on an island off the English coast, promising rest and relaxation-but the island itself, known locally as Reaper’s Rock, has a dark past. “The suspense inexorably builds to a stunning climax.” From the New York Times bestselling author of The Sanatorium, a Reese’s Book Club pick, here, Detective Elin Warner uncovers the truth behind the suspicious deaths on a stunning island getaway ![]()
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Hard Bitten by Chloe Neill7/6/2023 ![]() She's about to learn that you can't be a vampire without getting a little blood on your hands. It's not long before Merit finds herself in the dark, heady heart of Chicago's supernatural society - which seems to be full of vampires ready to fulfill the human's worst fears. Behind its doors, things between Merit and her Master, green-eyed heartbreaker Ethan Sullivan are. So she goes outside Cadogan House, secretly calling in a favour from someone who's tall, dark, and part of an underground vamp group which might be able to shed some light on the attack. ![]() Merit needs to get to the bottom of this crime, but it's not easy when she can't tell who's on her side. The mayor's message is simple: get your House in order. But they have to work together when the mayor of Chicago calls Merit and Ethan to a clandestine meeting: there's been a violent vampire attack which has left three women missing. ![]() ![]() Ever since shapeshifters announced their presence to the world, humans have been rallying against supernaturals - and they're camping outside Cadogan House with protest signs that could turn to pitchforks at any moment.īehind its doors, things between Merit and her Master, green-eyed heartbreaker Ethan Sullivan are. Times are hard for newly minted vampire Merit. ![]()
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Mike todd on relationships7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() How do our spiritual lives affect our life as a couple?. ![]() How do we find healing for deep-seated issues?.How are we going to fight well, with our greater purpose in mind?. ![]()
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The Wolf's Capture by Jenika Snow7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() This is kinda what happens when you purposely write a short story and throw away any effort of depth-ness to the story out the window and rather just do a ‘wham-bam-thank you-ma’am’ type instead. I hated the fact I found myself chuckling at just how ‘easy going’ everything went, cause it was just made to be an easy read rather than have the reader engrossed and on the edge of their seat. That’s what I got here, I personally love over aggressive assertiveness type of alpha males that don’t accept ‘no’ in any form, and Wolf well.he’s kinda like the dollar store version rather then the genuine kind, a true knock off. Oh dang it.ya know those books you highly anticipated to read, especially sense it’s one of your favorite type of genres.then when you finally get the ’s just plain.satisfactory? ![]()
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Petzold code second edition7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() It's a cleverly illustrated and eminently comprehensible story-and along the way, you'll discover you've gained a real context for understanding today's world of PCs, digital media, and the Internet. Using everyday objects and familiar language systems such as Braille and Morse code, author Charles Petzold weaves an illuminating narrative for anyone who's ever wondered about the secret inner life of computers and other smart machines. And through CODE, we see how this ingenuity and our very human compulsion to communicate have driven the technological innovations of the past two centuries. What do flashlights, the British invasion, black cats, and seesaws have to do with computers? In CODE, they show us the ingenious ways we manipulate language and invent new means of communicating with each other. ![]()
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The wild robot story7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() Roz finds herself in an island that is deserted except for wild animals. ROZZUM Unit 7134, or Roz, is the only robot that survived after a ship carrying robots gets wrecked in a storm. ![]() ![]() What makes The Wild Robot by Peter Brown all the more interesting is that beside the robot, the story has animals as the main characters, making the interaction between technology and nature just what is needed to hold the attention of young readers. There are so many TV programmes and movies on robots, and even books where robots help out humans in so many ways, but this is the first time that I have come across a storybook where the main character, that too a heroine, is a robot and we see the story from her prospective. ![]()
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The witches by stacy schiff7/4/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() TWO ADDITIONAL CHILDREN, a ten-year-old son and a four-year-old daughter unafflicted and lost to history. BETTY PARRIS, nine, the sole Parris child to suffer symptoms of enchantment never attends a trial. The Parris family : ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, eleven, a fair-haired niece who interrupts sermons and catapults herself, barking, across rooms. Father and uncle of the first bewitched girls master of the first confessed witch in the Salem pulpit from 1688 to 1696. PARRIS, SAMUEL, thirty-nine, the beleaguered clergyman at the center of the diabolical invasion. LAWSON, DEODAT, Burroughs's mannerly, smooth-talking successor, village minister from 1684 to 1688. Father of seven combative and controlling. Departs abruptly in 1692 a minister on the Maine frontier. Thomas Putnam's brother-in-law writhing, yelping Ann Putnam Jr.'s uncle.īURROUGHS, GEORGE, forty-two, Bayley's beguiling, independent-minded successor in the village pulpit, 1679 to 1683. BAYLEY, JAMES, Salem village's first minister, 1673 to 1679. ![]()
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The revenge tijan7/4/2023 ![]() ![]() They’d be at Manny’s when she showed up.īecca sidled up next to us. He moved back, pulling out his phone to call the rest. “On it.” He radioed ahead for the guys at the gate to let her through, and for two to follow right away. The truck lurched, rocking on its tires, and then Heather accelerated again. Her eyes held mine, and she mouthed “I love you” just before her hands tightened on the wheel. I knew the second she was going to whip the truck around. I stood in the middle of the road and watched as she continued backing up. She hit the pedal and the truck shot backward. Heather’s mouth flattened in a determined line. She was still planning something.Ī second later, she said, “They’ll still come.” “Are you kidding me?” Her eyes narrowed, and she closed her mouth, thinking. ![]() She jerked back in her seat, hitting the brakes. She’d crash through the barricade even, but this was my ace. If I ran outright, she’d gun the engine and go. “If you call them, I’ll tell Mason what’s really going on.” “I’m going to call them.” She began edging backward again. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() If you enjoyed this episode or this series, do let me know. So, I hope you forgive the audio and focus on the words. It was a real honour to speak to Kier-La about her programming, her writing and the legacy of the book. Now, this episode is taken from a live recording of a conversation we had at Matchbox Cine’s Weird Weekend, so the quality of the audio is not the greatest, but the conversation itself was, in my opinion, outstanding. And now, it’s time to talk to the author herself, Kier-La Janisse. I’ve spoken to Prano Bailey-Bond, Alice Lowe, Deborah Haywood, Hannah Barlow and Kane Senes. I’ve been talking to film-makers whose films have a psychotic woman at the heart of them about a film featured in the book that’s inspired their own in some way. ![]() Over this mini-series, we have been interrogating the House of Psychotic Women – a book of film criticism, a memoir, and a topography of female neuroses on screen. But it’s difficult! Don’t you understand me? It’s difficult! I didn’t want it to happen but it’s happened, and now… ![]() You know, these women wrestling in an arena of mud. What do you think? Go ahead, be honest, just tell me. In this mini-series, we’re exploring and celebrating the House of Psychotic Women, the seminal book by Kier-La Janisse. I’m Anna Bogutskaya, and as ever, I’m your podcast host. ![]() |