![]() ![]() This volume also contains the 'Letter from a Young Worker', a striking polemic against Christianity written too in letter form. Over the course of six years, Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, suffering and the nature of advice itself these profound and lyrical letters have since become hugely influential for writers and artists of all kinds. These letters were in Rilke’s work, entitled, Letters to a Young Poet. Rilke wrote ten letters in order to provide assistance to the needs of Kappus. ![]() Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil. Kappus solicited the advice and critique of Rainer Maria Rilke, a pioneer Austrian poet (Rainer Maria Rilke: Letters to a Young Poet 1). Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.Ĭelebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. ![]()
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The Club by Anthony Hulse5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() There were some super old boy schools’ tennis teams in the D’Abernon Cup in 2013, as was highlighted in our royal battle in the semi final against a strong Old Bromsgrovians team. It is a testament to the strength of KCS Old Boys that they had a settled team all season, and Chris Diacon, KCS Old Boys long standing stalwart and KCS Old Boys captain commented: “Unlike the last couple of years the KCSOB D’Abernon Cup campaign found us with sufficient player availability that we have been able to select the side that played on each occasion, and especially so in the final at the All England Lawn Tennis Club. Saturday, 14th September saw KCS Old Boys beat UCS Old Boys 6-0, and win the final of the D’Abernon Cup 2013 played at the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club.Ī strong KCS Old Boys team featuring Blake Hutchins, Peter Dowdeswell, Scott Lloyd, Steve Morris, James Mustoe, Chris Clarke proved too strong for a plucky UCS Old Boys team of Jonathan Sumner, Tudor Rowe, Alex Dillon, Jonathan Dean, Anthony Hulse, Edward Haygarth. ![]() Astonishing x men joss whedon run5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() While all the Hellfire Club to-do is taking place, Whedon has a second plot running in the background. We have the savage Beast, the skimpering, timorous Wolverine, and the vengeful Kitty Pryde, even throwing in a homage to a classic scene from the Chris Claremont and John Byrne X-Men. Much of the story requires him to illustrate unusual facets of the core X-Men team, and he manages this without skipping a beat. John Cassaday continues his visually impressive run. Sebastian Shaw is the only original member, although other familiar faces play a part. ![]() ![]() This, though, is a reconstituted Hellfire Club, deliberately distanced from the fetishists of old and returned to their original agenda. Emma Frost has always been presented as morally ambivalent, and we have an indication of her real character as the X-Men are again challenged by her first allies, the Hellfire Club. After the comparative disappointment of Dangerous, Joss Whedon reapplies his full attention to the X-Men with Torn, starting off by displaying exactly what it is one of the world’s most powerful telepaths brings to the team and to a relationship. ![]() Rivers of london books5/29/2023 ![]() Ben has also worked with a talented team to produce comics, graphic novels, and audiobooks which support the main storyline by expanding out the worldview of the Rivers of London series, fleshing out the characters, introducing new characters and providing explanations for character traits and back history.īen Aaronovitch is a British screenwriter and novelist. One of the things which makes this such a great series is the fact that the story is not limited to the main novels of the series. It basically has all the bases covered, and if you listen to the unabridged audiobooks then you also get the brilliantly vast and extensive talents of Kobna Holbrook-Smith as he seamlessly rattles off the many and varied accents which Ben Aaronovitch has given his characters. ![]() This is a great series for anyone who enjoys a good mystery, comic timing, magic, fantasy, sci-fi, police procedural novels, London and it’s history and architecture. ![]() He becomes an apprentice to the magic practitioner, Nightingale, after being caught up in a magical case. ![]() The Rivers of London is a series of books based on the life and career of one Peter Grant, a police constable who is thrown into the world of Newtonian magic. ![]() Christina schwarz books5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() On one terrible night almost a year later, Amanda loses nearly everything that is dearest to her when her sister mysteriously disappears and is later found drowned beneath the ice that covers the lake. But very soon, Amanda comes to see that her old home is no refuge she has carried her troubles with her. Finding herself suddenly overwhelmed, she flees Milwaukee and retreats to her family’s farm on Nagawaukee Lake, seeking comfort from her younger sister, Mathilda, and three year old niece, Ruth. Amanda Starkey spends her days nursing soldiers wounded in the Great War. A mesmerizing and achingly beautiful debut. ![]() Performance by Blair BrownDeftly written and emotionally powerful, Drowning Ruth is a stunning portrait of the ties that bind sisters together and the forces that tear them apart, of the dangers of keeping secrets and the explosive repercussions when they are exposed. ![]() I am that book by nisargadatta maharaj5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() The stern, bare-bones talks of the last year of his life are collected in Consciousness and the Absolute. I Am That is a good introductory collection of Maharaj’s dialogues from the early 1970s. It is the primary, the unborn, the ancient source of all that is. ![]() M: Truth is not a reward for good behaviour, nor a prize for passing some tests. Does it mean that I am not eligible for truth? I know it and I can convey it, but only if you are open to it. M: Truth can be experienced, but it is not mere experience. Q: Experience is subjective, it cannot be shared. Here are a few Nisargadatta Maharaj quotes: His style is straightforward with emphasis on the earnestness of the disciple. No ashram formed around him, and he appointed no successor, so his teaching is preserved in a series of dialogues collected into books. Nisargadatta Maharaj died on September 8, 1981. ![]() I could not forget his words and by not forgetting - I have realized. Don’t doubt my words, don’t disbelieve me. My guru, before he died, told me: Believe me, you are the Supreme Reality. Simply by following his guru’s advice, Nisargadatta discovered his true nature as described here: A giant among spiritual teachers, he was an uneducated shopkeeper when a friend introduced him to his guru. Nisargadatta Maharaj, like Ramana Maharshi, is often described as a simple, humble and enlightened man. ![]() The silent companions review5/29/2023 ![]() It tells the story of Elsie who, after moving into her husband’s ancestral home, is haunted and stalked by strange figures. The Silent Companions is a historical novel split between two eras: 1865/18. ![]() ![]() The residents of The Bridge are terrified of the figure, but Elsie tries to shrug this off as simple superstition–that is, until she notices the figure’s eyes following her. Inside her new home lies a locked door, beyond which is a painted wooden figure -a silent companion -that bears a striking resemblance to Elsie herself. But with her husband dead just weeks after their marriage, her new servants resentful, and the local villagers actively hostile, Elsie has only her husband’s awkward cousin for company. ![]() Summary: When Elsie married handsome young heir Rupert Bainbridge, she believed she was destined for a life of luxury. ![]() Wishing for tomorrow by hilary mckay5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() The novel begins with the final days of Sara’s tenure at Miss Minchin’s, where the loss of her fortune has the former star pupil paying for her keep by working as a maid. McKay has won acclaim for novels like Saffy’s Angel and Forever Rose, and here she has created a worthy successor to A Little Princess. ![]() Whatever happened to mischievous Lottie, supercilious Lavinia and Sara’s very best friend, Ermengarde? Those questions and more are answered in Hilary McKay’s delightful new book for middle-grade readers, Wishing for Tomorrow. After going from riches to rags, she was rescued from Miss Minchin’s Select Seminary for Young Ladies by her father’s business partner.īut the fates of the other girls weren’t so neatly tied up. ![]() Readers of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s A Little Princess didn’t have to worry about the fate of its optimistic heroine, Sara Crewe. ![]() Mrs dalloway cliff notes5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() Prior to the war, Septimus was a young poet and loved Shakespeare which is likely why much of his hallucinations involve Romantic imagery. They await his appointment with a psychiatrist to treat his shell shock. We are first introduced to Septimus Smith here who is with his wife at Regent’s Park. He had proposed to her several years ago but Clarissa had refused, leading to him asking if she was happy with her husband Richard. When she returns home she finds Peter Walsh at her place. Virginia Woolf’s 1925 novel follows the titular character, Clarissa Dalloway over the span of a single day as she prepares for a party she is hosting that evening. Let’s get into it! Mrs Dalloway Summary Key Characters in Mrs Dalloway Context Themes Explored in Mrs Dalloway Analysis of Mrs Dalloway Studying this Text for the HSC Summary of Mrs Dalloway ![]() ![]() We’ve put together this guide to make writing your essay on Mrs Dalloway a breeze and have even included a TEE table to help you with analysis and a sample paragraph. With our help, you’ll learn about Mrs Dalloway through our summary, list of key characters, explanation of themes, and more! In the very first sentence of Mrs Dalloway, our protagonist declares that “she would buy the flowers herself” and perhaps, in a bout of self-pity, you find yourself wishing that she may write this English essay analysis herself too. ![]() The underground railroad full book5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() But the city's placid surface masks an insidious scheme designed for its black denizens - and Ridgeway, the relentless slave-catcher sent to find her, arrives in town. Cora and Caesar's first stop is South Carolina, where both find work in a city that at first seems like a haven. In Whitehead's ingenious conception, the Underground Railroad is not a metaphor - a secret network of tracks and tunnels has been built beneath the Southern soil. Matters do not go as planned - Cora kills a young white boy who tries to capture her - but they manage to find a station and head north. Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, and they plot their escape. Life is hellish for all the slaves, but Cora is an outcast even among her fellow Africans, and she is coming into womanhood even greater pain awaits. Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. ![]() |