![]() ![]() ![]() It's not entirely twee - it definitely has its dark moments (animals will die) but it was just so… much. Individually, all those things are great, but there's a point where it just becomes too much - a quirky overload a birthday party where manic children hopped up on frosting throw whimsy at the wall to see what'll stick. ![]() This book is like being forced to watch amelie on a loop while bjork makes you snort pixie stix. ![]()
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![]() With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. In War and Peace, Tolstoy entwines grand themes-conflict and love, birth and death, free will and fate-with unforgettable scenes of nineteenth-century Russia, to create a magnificent epic of human life in all its imperfection and grandeur.įor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. The stories of quixotic Pierre, cynical Andrey, and impetuous Natasha interweave with a huge cast, from aristocrats and peasants, to soldiers and Napoleon himself. Terror swiftly engulfs the country as Napoleon's army marches on Russia, and the lives of three young people are changed forever. Petersburg in 1805, conversations are dominated by the prospect of war. 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It is so rare to find a signed copy of this book and in fact, any WWII Japanese pilot. (Courtesy Zenji Abe) Zenji Abe, one of the pilots who bombed Pearl Harbor, was born in 1916 in a small mountain village in Yamaguchi prefecture on the southern tip of the island of Honshu, the son of a sake brewer. It is also signed by the translator and Abe's daughter, Naomi Shin. Imperial Japanese Navy Lieutenant Zenji Abe poses on the deck of the aircraft carrier Akagi sometime in late 1941 or early 1942. To further the rarity of this signature, Abe has added his personal hanko stamp-a stamp traditionally used in Japanese culture to sign important documents and one that is unique only to him. The signature has been replicated in both English and Japanese-very rare. 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A book of her photography titled Vivian Maier: Street Photographer was published in 2011. Her photographs have been exhibited in the US, England, Germany, Denmark, and Norway, and have appeared in newspapers and magazines in the US, England, Germany, Italy, France and other countries. Following Maier's death, her work began to receive critical acclaim. Her photographs remained unknown and mostly undeveloped until they were discovered by a local Chicago historian and collector, John Maloof, in 2007. During those years, she took about 100,000 photographs, primarily of people and cityscapes in Chicago, although she traveled and photographed worldwide. After returning to the United States, she worked for about forty years as a nanny in Chicago, IL. Vivian Dorothea Maier was an American amateur street photographer, who was born in New York City but grew up in France. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the tantalizing finale to the Truly Devious trilogy, New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson expertly tangles her dual narrative threads and ignites an explosive end for all who've walked through Ellingham Academy. It's time to stay on the mountain and face the storm-and a murderer. Obviously, it's time for Stevie to do something stupid. This is too much for the parents and administrators. Then another accident occurs as a massive storm heads toward Vermont. Somewhere in this place of riddles and puzzles there must be answers. ![]() ![]() The missing Alice Ellingham and the missing David Eastman. Stevie is sure that somehow-somehow-all these things connect. Not only has someone died in town, but David disappeared of his own free will and is up to something. With this latest tragedy, it's hard to concentrate on the past. 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She feels strangely adrift and without purpose, and she can’t figure out what to do to help herself feel better. ![]() Ireland is everything Anne dreamed it would be, and yet she can’t shake the deep feelings of loss she’s carried with her since her grandfather died. Perhaps she’ll even feel closer to him once she actually sets foot on Irish soil for the first time. Now though, Eoin has died, and Anne is determined to honor his last request that she travel to Ireland to spread his ashes, even though she’s not sure how she’ll cope without him in her life. Throughout her childhood, her grandfather Eoin, who is Anne’s only living relative, has told her countless stories of the land of his birth, but no matter how much Anne begged, he always refused to accompany her on a trip there. ![]() However, when I learned that Amy Harmon, who happens to be one of my very favorite authors, was coming out with a new novel that happened to feature time travel, I knew I had to read it.Īll her life, Anne Gallagher has felt strangely connected to Ireland. Time travel romances aren’t always my cup of tea – strange as it may seem, Outlanderwas just okay for me. ![]() ![]() In other words, the first appearing prepares us for the second. “Paul says that the grace of God appeared the first time to bring into being a people who would eagerly wait for Christ’s second appearing with uprightness and godliness. Hopefully what is offered in this article will stir you up sufficiently to get a copy of th is book for yourself. This piece will not be a proper review of the volume, but just a collection of some of the many significant quotes that can be found in it. It is all about ‘loving his appearing’ as 2 Timothy 4:8 speaks of. But the subtitle explains why this is the case: “Meditations on the Second Coming of Christ.” So it is more of a devotional work, but certainly not devoid of theological depth. One reviewer complained that it did not cover all the usual theological debates about the millennium, and so on. One that I want to highlight here is the latest work by John Piper: Come Lord Jesus (Crossway, 2023). Of course many more good books have appeared since then. Over a decade ago I did provide a list of some of the better books that are available on these related themes and topics: Sometimes we need to separate fact from fiction as we read these books. ![]() Prophecy buffs have made a killing of course on adding speculation and melodrama to what we do know from Scripture on these matters. ![]() ![]() There is a never-ending supply of books on eschatology, the last things, the return of our Lord, heaven and hell, the future state, and so on. Some inspiring quotes from his important new book: ![]() |