![]() The real world is still living in the BCE area) and it lends itself so well to the wild lives these gods and goddesses live. I loved the modernization (which is only within Olympus. However, I didn’t think it would be a modern take on this mythology. When I heard that this story was based on that, I was so ready for it. It centers around the love of Hades and Persephone and they’re probably my favorite couple from all of myths. Yep, if you needed a mythological romance between the most notorious couples of the Underworld, then this is the one for you. Ok, I’m going to keep this brief because I was really in love with the first volume of Lore Olympus enough that I went online and read the rest of the series on Webtoons. This volume collects episodes 1-25 of the #1 WEBTOON comic, Lore Olympus.įind it on Amazon | Find it on My thoughts ![]() ![]() Featuring a brand-new, exclusive short story, Smythe’s original Eisner-nominated web-comic Lore Olympus brings the Greek Pantheon into the modern age with this sharply perceptive and romantic graphic novel. Scandalous gossip, wild parties, and forbidden love-witness what the gods do after dark in this stylish and contemporary reimagining of one of mythology’s most well-known stories from creator Rachel Smythe. ![]() E xperience the propulsive love story of two Greek gods-Hades and Persephone-brought to life with lavish artwork and an irresistible contemporary voice. ![]()
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![]() ![]() This is the plot of William Styron's "Darkness Visible," a chilling, and groundbreaking, memoir, and until the publication earlier this year of Martha Manning's "Undercurrents" one of the few personal narratives of depression Kind of spiritual upward mobility), which derives from the Puritan conversion narrative: Once I was a sinner but now I am saved. There is the death-and-rebirth version (a There is the success version, in which the intrepid narrator ascends from illness to health through hard work, perseverance and the right mental attitude. Taking medication? What's the matter, can't you do it yourself?Īmerican stories of illness should be tales of triumph. ![]() Depressed? Can't get out of bed? Nonsense pull up your Perhaps that's because these are un-American inactivities, times when we are not busy and productive, engaging in what Benjamin FranklinĬalled "visible industry." Celebrating the values of a revolutionary and capitalist culture, we judge particularly harshly any illness that incapacitates the will. WE do not have enough stories to help us imagine our lives during periods of illness, chronic pain or depression. $23.95ĪN UNQUIET MIND By Kay Redfield Jamison. ![]() ![]() $23.95 THE BEAST A Reckoning With Depression. October 1, 1995, Sunday, Late Edition - FinalĪ SHINING AFFLICTION A Story of Harm and Healing in By Annie G. ![]() ![]() ![]() One of the guys Brad comes to get her luggage and takes her to her cabin. They are going up to a lodge at is only run by 6 guys. Her sister convinces her to take a vacation with them. When she was young she was taken advantage of by a guy. Cherry is a girl who has a few insecurities. The guys are Wolf shifters that need to find mates before their species dye. You will get a few surprises at the end saying Wow Kate Douglas This story starts off with 6 guys that opened up a resort out near some woods. Gary is trying to get to the bottom of it. Everywhere she turns or tries to clear her name she always gets framed. There is a fire at her apartment where the police thinks she set it. The dating and fooling around is done for him. ![]() Gary takes one look at her and he just knows. He gets a call to defend a lady (yes a lady wolf ) from a murder charge. Where a wolf knew who his live long partner is going to be. A very powerful lawyer that didn't believe in Mates. ![]() ![]() It is a horrifying story that is so outrageous because it is true. Leopoldo Gout: During many of what I call my “research wormholes” or journeys, I came upon a story that during the times of the Conquest in Mexico, some religious priests forced children to kick Piñatas, bearing symbols of their gods, then were made to eat the flesh - represented by the candy - inside of those receptacles. ![]() Can you talk about the inspiration or inspirations for Piñata? ![]() Superstition Review: In an interview on “Book Talk” with Doug Miles back in April, you talked about how your inspiration for your book Monarca came from visiting the sanctuary in Michoacán, both as it existed in your youth and as a tribute to your daughter’s first time there. In a genre that is seeing a resurgence in reclaiming what it means to have been made into a monster, Piñata commits to acknowledging the centuries of hurt and harnesses it to reveal a history oft overlooked.” In this interview, Leopoldo Gout talks about his research, the histories and memories that inspire his writing, and his hope for young people and the future. Of the process, they said, “Leopoldo Gout pulls no punches in imbuing the social outrage of the abject into his horror story. This interview was conducted via e-mail by Interview Editor Rich Duhamell. ![]() “Oceans and Oceans of Stories,” an interview with Leopoldo Gout ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He works construction with his brothers, loves his small-town life, and shares a close bond with his family, especially his grandmother. They're learning the hard way that "I love you" is when the real work begins. Something About You by Riley Hart by Riley Hart Views 10.8K Jno ratings Lucky Tyler Holloway has never felt particularly lucky. Lucky and Saint need to learn how to stand together, as well as apart, if they're to have any hope of making this last. The only time things feel right is when they lock themselves away from the world - when they're alone, everything is perfect.īut reality comes crashing back in to challenge them at every turn. ![]() Saint is still coming to grips with his recent loss while doing everything he can to keep Lucky happy. Tyler dislikes Saint on sight, but there's something about Tyler that gets under Saint's skin. Saint and Tyler couldn't be more different. They're infatuated, happy, and excited to start their life together in LA.Īway from home for the first time and feeling like he has to compete with Saint's experienced and cultured friends, Lucky is a fish out of water. Until he gets an email from some guy named Tyler, revealing the existence of a grandmother he's never met, prompting Saint to drop everything and drive across the country. It also doesn't matter that this is Saint's first real relationship and Lucky's first with a man. It doesn't matter that they met only a few months ago. Lucky and Saint are head over heels for each other. ![]() ![]() With deft plotting and an unforgettable climax, this tour de force that Stephen King called 'An eerie epic' is sure to win Due a legion of new fans. ![]() Harrowing, engrossing and skillfully rendered, My Soul to Keep traps Jessica between the desperation of immortals who want to rob her of her life and a husband who wants to rob her of her soul. Instead, David vows to invoke a forbidden ritual to keep Jessica and his daughter with him forever. Now, his immortal brethren have decided David must return and leave his family in Miami. Soon, as people close to Jessica begin to meet violent, mysterious deaths, David makes an unimaginable confession: More than 400 years ago, he and other members of an Ethiopian sect traded their humanity so they would never die, a secret he must protect at any cost. ![]() ![]() Yet she still feels something about him is just out of reach. When Jessica marries David, he is everything she wants in a family man: brilliant, attentive, ever youthful. This November we read My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due. ![]() When Jessica marries David, he is everything she wants in a family man: brilliant, attentive, ever youthful. We all have very different tastes and can expose and recommend new books to the others, and we all benefit (and suffer from the extra weight of our TBR piles) from it. The award-winning master of horror, acclaimed author, screenwriter, and scholar Tananarive Due's classic African Immortals series starts with an electrifying piece of dark fantasy, My Soul to Keep. ![]() ![]() ![]() Many of North America’s most beloved regions are artfully celebrated in these board books designed to soothe children before bedtime while instilling an early appreciation for North America's natural and cultural wonders. This book is part of the bestselling Good Night Our World series, which includes hundreds of titles exploring iconic locations and exciting, child-friendly themes. Young children are invited to explore the wonders of America's most iconic landmarks and attractions before bedtime with this beautifully illustrated board book. ![]() Good Night America explores the Everglades, Niagara Falls, the Grand Canyon, redwood forests, Statue of Liberty, Washington DC, Mississippi River, Golden Gate Bridge, farms, bison, bears, sea lions, cowboys, tropical islands, and more. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() You will especially want to hear Tripp remind us that biology is not destiny, and that the power that raised Christ from the dead is strong enough to enable parents to respond wisely to lively teenagers. Cameron and Anna interview Paul Tripp in this special episode of the Rooted Parent podcast. The sovereignty of God and His gracious gospel are more than powerful enough to meet the needs of parents and kids during this exciting time of growth into adulthood. Paul Tripp pushed back against this notion, arguing that the teen years are in fact a marvelous opportunity for us to peer into our children’s hearts - and our own. Our culture tends to see teenagers as problematic: hormones, inexperience, and expanding freedom create a potentially combustible mix in a young person’s life, and parents can only hope that they, and their children, can survive the teenage years with a measure of sanity intact. Paul Tripp’s name is synonymous with wise Christian parenting practices, and his book Age of Opportunity: A Biblical Guide to Parenting Teens is one of the most hopeful, practical resources available today. ![]() ![]() ![]() But they'll be back next week as we go down to the woods for a bit of a bear hunt. Download this stock image: 1990s UK The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman Book Cover - EXRPE0 from Alamys library of millions of high resolution stock photos. That's it for now from the children's reading session. Let's have a look in the book (flicks through pages), yes she does get killed. There's something you've missed – what's that?Ĭ. That little girl is rolling a hula hoop and she's late for something. She lives in one of the houses at the very end, so she has to run very quickly because it's night time and she's supposed to be in bed. I was intrigued to see what sort of story it would tell the children.Ĭ There is a little girl running down the street. ![]() My favourite was The Subtle Knife, which used 'The Melancholy and Mystery of a Street' by Italian Surrealist painter by Giorgio de Chirico. This was partly because the kid's copies had dreadfully boring fantasy style artwork, but mainly because the publisher picked some fantastically evocative images that caught the mood and subject of the books perfectly. But I had to make an exception for this print run of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. Now I've had a little dig at 'adult crossover' children's fiction before, and the sort of people who buy the editions with the 'grown up', i.e. ![]() ![]() ![]() The presence of growth factors and extracellular matrix proteins during wound healing of the tail and limb is introduced. The importance of the nervous system in stimulating tail regeneration in lizards is emphasized. ![]() In fact the experimental induction of a strong inflammation in the tail also leads to scarring. The comparison stresses the scarse to absent inflammatory reaction present in the tail vs the massive inflammatory response in the limb leading to scarring. The histological and ultrastructural processess occuring during blastema formation and tail regeneration and during limb cicatrization are presented. The formation of the tail in the embryo and the possible accumulation of stem cells in autotomous planes of the tail are discussed. The review begins with some evolutive considerations on the origin of tail regeneration in comparison to the failure of limb regeneration, a unique case among amniotes. ![]() These reptiles are considered as a model to understand the process of tissue regeneration in all amniotes. Deals with the analysis of the cytological processess occurring during tissue regeneration in the tail and limb of lizards. ![]() |