![]() The publisher focuses on classic books and has produced hundreds of titles over several years. Purple House Press was founded by Jill Morgan. The reprint edition published by Bethlehem Books has sold more than 50,000 copies and has been optioned for television rights. ![]() The Borrowed House is an urban equivalent, based in Amsterdam, to The Winged Watchman (Farrar, 1962) which is based in a rural Dutch community and is kept in print by Bethlehem Books. In 2016 the English-language rights reverted to the Estate. Bethlehem Books (2000), which reprinted the book with a new cover. In 2006 the author died and all publication rights passed to the author's estate. Publication rights then reverted to the author. The first two publishers were:įarrar Straus (1975), which kept the book in print until the 1990s. Purple House Press will be the third publisher of the book, in addition to the Dutch translation, under the title Het Gestolen Huis ("The Stolen House"). ![]() ![]() to publish a new edition of The Borrowed House. The Estate of Hilda van Stockum has just signed a contract with Purple House Press of Cynthiana, Ky. ![]()
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![]() Kid Muscle' s only hope: form a team that' s even wilder. The punks on the DMP are the weirdest, nastiest, most outlandishly powerful musclebound freaks the galaxy has ever known. What do you do when a team of evil superpowered wrestlers from another planet threatens the health and safety of the Earth? Organize a team of GOOD superpowered wrestlers, of course Kid Muscle, the son of legendary wrestler King Muscle, rockets to Earth and finds an evil wrestling gang called the DMP tearing the place apart. Heck, even 'Kid Muscle' beat Barrierfreeman. ![]() Meat' s chances don' t look good. In the other corner: 90 pounds of fury in an adult diaper. In one corner: a wall of tattooed muscle with a bag of ingenious Edo-themed tricks-and a giant gun in his arm if the subtle approach doesn' t work. But can Barrierfreeman, the half-young, half-old wrestler who spends more time groping girls than grappling opponents, really hold his own in battle? Especially when his dirty-old-man half insists on doing most of the fighting?The Muscle League finds out the hard way when Barrierfreeman faces the Tattooman at historic Goryokaku Fortress. That' s all well and good when the Idols in question are Mars, the Fire Challenge phenom, or Kevin Mask, champion of the Superhuman Olympics. ![]() Since Kid Muscle' s not a bad enough dude to save his friend Meat, the Army of Idols-a gang of former villains-has vowed to fight the evil Demon Seeds on their own evil turf. ![]() ![]() John’s University in New York in 1957 as a speech and English major and began teaching junior high school English and social studies. During the required months of bed rest, she recalled, she fell in love with both reading and music. ![]() 21, 1936, in Brooklyn, the third of four children of Fred and Jessie (Gould) Martin. Reviewing “Emma Dilemma and the Soccer Nanny” in 2008, Booklist noted the title character’s “desire to be best at something” and the book’s “messages about the importance of honesty and communication as well as the challenges and unexpected rewards of compromise.” ![]() One of her favorite series, she once said, were the seven Emma Dilemma books, about a trouble-prone girl with four siblings and numerous pets. “Freedom’s Wings: Corey’s Underground Railroad Diary” (2001), for instance, was narrated by a young black man. They include “Salem Witch” (2006), written from the viewpoints of two children living through the 17th-century Massachusetts witch trials, and “The Brothers’ War” (2005), about Virginia cousins on opposite sides of the Civil War.įrom 2000 to 2003, she wrote six books in the “My America” series, including “Our Strange New Land” and “The Starving Time,” both subtitled “Elizabeth’s Jamestown Colony Diary.” Her narrators were most often girls or young women, but not always. Among them were contributions to the “My Side of the Story” series, which recounts historic events from two points of view. ![]() ![]() Hermes was the author of some 50 books during her four-decade writing career. ![]() ![]() ![]() But instead of propositioning her, Montcroix makes Nève an offer she would be a fool to refuse: act as his fake fiancée in exchange for fortune enough to start over. When she accidentally saves the life of a handsome duke, she doubts the encounter will go any better than her last brush with nobility. After refusing to become a wealthy patron's mistress, Nève was promptly shown the door to the streets. Once an up-and-coming ballerina, Miss Geneviève Valery is now hopelessly out of work. But when his reputation for being heartless jeopardizes a new business deal, he finds himself seeking a most unusual-and alluring-solution. Money, after all, can't break a man's heart-or make promises it can’t keep. After a series of betrayals, he keeps his emotions buried deep. ![]() ![]() Lord Lysander Blackstone, the stern Duke of Montcroix, has only one interest: increasing his considerable fortune. Pretty Woman meets the Bridgertons in this witty, vivacious historical take on 90s romcoms by USA Today bestselling author Amalie Howard. ![]() ![]() ![]() Pick up a copy and meet Odysseus, Homer’s timeless hero. Will Odysseus ever get home? And what will he find once he does? Within the pages of this ancient Greek classic are the origins for many of the myths we’re familiar with today. As if that wasn’t enough, the gods take their grudges out on him, adding obstacles to suit their whims. But before he can confront his enemies at home, Odysseus must fight a cyclops, escape after being imprisoned by a lovesick nymph, and confront the twin terrors of Scylla and Charybdis. During his absence, hundreds of suitors have eaten his food, lived in his home, and even plotted to kill his son. Odysseus has been gone for 20 years, and he longs to reclaim his role as king and reunite with his beloved, faithful Queen Penelope. ![]() But above all, The Odyssey is a story of adventure-and true love. The Odyssey By Homer Written 800 B.C. Homer’s work was intended to be performed out loud, so it’s a masterful example of poetic meter and rhythm. Knowing Odysseus as well as she does, Circe realizes that his intellectual curiosity must be satisfied he has to hear the Sirens song. Circes solution is realistic and simple: Odysseus men stop their ears with beeswax. It tells the story of Odysseus, who journeys by ship for 10 years after the Trojan War, trying to make his way back home to Ithaca. Once again, Homer has touched on a universal truth, mankinds struggle with deadly but irresistible appeal. Homer’s eighth-century epic poem is a companion to The Iliad. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Wicked Witch of the West is not the only character who undergoes a massive transformation in audience perception in the novel. For the most part, her adventures in Oz do play out as in the movie, but the machinations behind the scenes are far more sinister. She is certainly not at the center of the narrative as in the beloved film adaptation. Dorothyĭorothy does appear in the story and showing up in Oz does change everything, but she is not what one would normally refer to as a major character. She is the younger sister of Elphaba: the Wicked Witch of the East. ![]() Nessarose is the character that is much better known to longtime fans of the famous 1939 musical film as the poor witch upon whom Dorothy’s house lands when it is transported to Oz from Kansas. She is also revealed to be longtime friends with Elphaba in relationship that begins in college, although the friendship is prickly at best. The character more familiarly known as Glinda the Good Witch does not begin with that particular spelling and pronunciation. Her name was conceived by the author of the book from the letters of that creator of the character: L-F-Ba. She is the protagonist in this retelling of the familiar stories conceived in the children’s novels of L. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.Įlphaba is the now-famous name given to the character previously known only as the Wicked Witch of the West. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]() ![]() ![]() The mythic ancestor turned the nobleman's estates into an impressive source of income for himself and his employer, and in his later years began traveling the world and teaching wisdom from the Torah. The mythic ancestor used to work for a goyische (non-Jewish) Russian nobleman who would get crazy-drunk and burn down villages for fun.This mythic ancestor is of course dead but basically a character in the novel given how much Asher dreams about him. ![]() We also learn about Asher's mythic ancestor, which is another name for Asher's great-great-grandfather on his dad's side.And we meet his father, Aryeh, who is always busy traveling for the Rabbi and telling Asher to drink his orange juice before the vitamins go out of it. We meet his mother, Rivkeh, whom Asher draws falling backwards in a rowboat. Then Asher gives us a glimpse into his early childhood in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.The chapter starts with Asher Lev narrating in the first person, telling us that yes, he is the controversial creator of the painting Brooklyn Crucifixion, and no, he's not gonna apologize for it. ![]() ![]() He began writing science fiction, but soon started to invade other fields of writing, with some 40 books out now, including the clasic horror novel Vampire Junction, which defined the "rock and roll vampire" concept for the 80s, the Riverrun Trilogy ("the finest new series of the 90's" - Locus) and the semi-autobiographical memoir Jasmine Nights. ![]() His avant-garde compositions caused controversy and scandal in his native country, and a severe case of musical burnout in the late 1970s precipitated his entry into a second career - that of author. In the 1970s (while he was still in college) his works were being performed on four continents and he was named representative of Thailand to the Asian Composer's League and to the International Music Commission of UNESCO. Somtow was educated at Eton and Cambridge, and his first career was in music. His grandfather's sister was a Queen of Siam, his father is a well known international lawyer and vice-president of the International Academy of Human Rights. He was Somtow Papinian Sucharitkul in Bangkok. ![]() Somtow is an author, composer, filmmaker, and international media personality whose dazzling talents and acerbic wit have entertained and enlightened fans the world over. Called by the Bangkok Post "the Thai person known by name to most people in the world," S.P. ![]() ![]() Merricat naturally hates Charles, as he represents a threat to her carefully conceived order of the house. But Sebastian Stan, as the dashing cousin Charles who shows up at the house to woo Constance and make a stab at the family fortune, is never quite able to pull off the duplicitous charm of this strange new interloper. Two men are also in the picture: Crispin Glover is always halfway to disturbed, so he makes a fine Uncle Julian, the girls' dithering relative who was paralyzed by the poison attack and now spends his days obsessively recreating that deadly dinner in his memoirs. Taissa Farmiga plays Merricat with her anxieties front and center, blindly battling a world she doesn't understand, while Alexandra Daddario makes Constance into a beautiful, naive waif whose cluelessness practically renders her a ghost. ![]() ![]() It's a shame, then, that director Stacie Passon (who previously helmed the erotic drama Concussion) makes the creepy stuff too low-key, less a case of building dread than growing impatience. ![]() But any adaptation that can't sell this central hook will put the story's other elements - Constance's sexual repression and the public's simmering hatred of the Blackwoods chief among them - out of whack. This mystery is tough to render on film, because it's so dependent on the inner mindsets of the characters. ![]() ![]() ![]() If you let yourself get excessively hungry, then you are likely to overeat. Respond to your early signs of hunger by feeding your body. The diet mentality is the idea that there’s a diet out there that will work for you. In their book on intuitive eating, Tribole and Resch lay out 10 basic principles of the philosophy. Eating should satisfy physical hunger without causing guilt. Intuitive eating is based on physical hunger rather than prescriptions from diet books and experts. Eating then causes guilt and self-hatred. ![]() Sadness, loneliness, and boredom are some of the feelings that can create cravings for food, often comfort foods. It builds gradually and has different signals, such as a growling stomach, fatigue, or irritability. This biological urge tells you to replenish nutrients. To do that, you need to distinguish between physical and emotional hunger: To eat intuitively, you may need to relearn how to trust your body. ![]() Trusting diet books and so-called experts about what, when, and how to eat can lead you away from trusting your body and its intuition. Though this should be an intuitive process, for many people it’s not. The idea is that you should eat when you’re hungry and stop when you’re full. Intuitive eating is an eating style that promotes a healthy attitude toward food and body image. ![]() |