![]() There, Alyssa must pass a series of tests, including draining an ocean of Alice's tears, waking the slumbering tea party, and subduing a vicious bandersnatch, to fix Alice's mistakes and save her family. The real Wonderland is a place far darker and more twisted than Lewis Carroll ever let on. When her mother's mental health takes a turn for the worse, Alyssa learns that what she thought was fiction is based in terrifying reality. Alyssa might be crazy, but she manages to keep it together. ![]() This family curse stretches back to her ancestor Alice Liddell, the real-life inspiration for Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers-precisely the affliction that landed her mother in a mental hospital years before. ![]() This stunning debut captures the grotesque madness of a mystical under-land, as well as a girl's pangs of first love and independence. ![]()
0 Comments
![]() ![]() The band was quickly signed to Rise Records imprint, Velocity Records. They reformed as Secrets in 2010 and added Richard Rogers as their clean vocalist and rhythm guitarist. However, the original lineup dispersed after they were involved in a serious car accident, which left one member in a coma. Secrets was formed from ex-A City Serene members Xander Bourgeois, Marc Koch, Joe English, and Michael Sherman. History Formation and The Ascent (2010–2012) The album was a success, selling over 10,000 copies in the first month and charting at No. 185.Īfter going through line-up changes in 2013, the band released their second album Fragile Figures in July. 3 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart and became the first Velocity Records release to appear on the Billboard Top 200, debuting at No. After being signed to Rise Records in 2011, Secrets released their debut full-length album The Ascent in January 2012. Secrets (stylized as SECRETS) is an American metalcore/ post-hardcore band formed in San Diego, California in 2010. ![]() ![]() ![]() Heiser focuses on loyal, holy heavenly beings because the Bible has a lot more to say about them than most people suspect. Heiser reveals what the Bible really says about God’s supernatural servants. In his latest book, Angels ( Amazon), Dr. In The Unseen Realm ( Amazon), Michael Heiser opened the eyes of thousands to see the Bible through the supernatural worldview of the ancient world it was written in. It’s a book about the loyal members of God’s heavenly host, and while most people associate them with the word “angel,” that’s just one of many terms the Bible uses for supernatural beings. This book was written to help change that. ![]() What the Bible really says about angels is overlooked or filtered through popular myths. If you read Luke 1:26–38 and imagine the angel Gabriel standing before Mary with neatly folded white wings, you’re not getting that picture from anything the Bible itself says. Heiser: Įveryone knows that angels have wings, usually carry harps and that each of us has our guardian angel, right? We all have some preconceptions about angels from movies, television shows, and other media, but you might be surprised to know that a lot of those notions aren’t based on anything from the Bible. Pick up your copy of Angels by Michael S. What does the Bible really tell us about the heavenly host? ![]() ![]() ![]() He would have to force his way through it if he were to be delivered to the aboveground world. Sam didn’t care for crowds-being in them, or whatever foolishness they tended to enjoy en masse. He had a meeting with his academic adviser that he had been postponing for over a month, but that everyone agreed absolutely needed to happen before winter break. On a late December afternoon, in the waning twentieth century, Sam exited a subway car and found the artery to the escalator clogged by an inert mass of people, who were gaping at a station advertisement. on the hall of fame of his grandfather’s Donkey Kong machine, but mainly Sam. She lives in Los Angeles.īefore Mazer invented himself as Mazer, he was Samson Mazer, and before he was Samson Mazer, he was Samson Masur-a change of two letters that transformed him from a nice, ostensibly Jewish boy to a Professional Builder of Worlds-and for most of his youth, he was Sam, S.A.M. She has also written books for young readers, including the award-winning Elsewhere. ![]() ![]() Her novels have been translated into thirty-nine languages. Zevin is the New York Times and internationally best-selling author of several critically acclaimed novels, including The Storied Life of A.J. The following is from Gabrielle Zevin's Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. ![]() ![]() In Nessie’s company, they’re at their best, the problems in their relationship made distant by her innocence and excitement. This is her first graphic novel and it impresses from the moment we first meet Bron and Ray, a couple who relish their role as wild, alternative aunties to Ray’s six-year-old niece, Nessie. Lee Lai is an Australian cartoonist who lives in Montreal her short comics have appeared in the New Yorker. ![]() There is something intensely bleak at its centre: a sense, perhaps, that while blood is not always thicker than water, even happily chosen families may not be able to withstand certain kinds of emotional inheritance.īut I don’t want to put you off. ![]() But you finish it with no hope at all that its characters will ever be able to resolve their difficulties. Granted, its treatment of the unfathomable silences that can often be found at the heart of a family is magnificently unvarnished if its minimalist, indie-film tone is ever downbeat, it’s also, at moments, highly affecting. L ee Lai’s graphic novel, Stone Fruit, named after a nectarine on which one of its characters chips a tooth, is not much of a book for spring. ![]() ![]() ![]() The people find themselves in a society where gender roles are reversed. Play - A good fairy sends people forward to the year 7603 AD. L'An 2440, rêve s'il en fut jamais ( Memoirs of the Year Two Thousand Five Hundred)Īn unnamed man falls asleep and finds himself in a Paris of the future. ![]() It describes a utopian society from an outsider's point of view and often pokes fun at diverse cultural and social topics. Niels Klim's Underground Travels ( Nicolai Klimii Iter Subterraneum) Works created prior to the 18th century are listed in Time travel § History of the time travel concept.Ī guardian angel travels back to the year 1728, with letters from 19. This list describes novels and short stories in which time travel is central to the plot or the premise of the work. See also: Category:Novels about time travel ![]() ![]() ![]() He was a tyrant of sorts, with a wicked temper and little appreciation for his son's creative side. Kafka's father had a profound impact on both Kafka's life and writing. He was a success in business, making his living retailing men's and women's clothes. Kafka's father, Hermann, had a forceful personality that often overwhelmed the Kafka home. His mother, Julie, was a devoted homemaker who lacked the intellectual depth to understand her son's dreams to become a writer. Kafka had a difficult relationship with both of his parents. Franz's two younger brothers, Georg and Heinrich, died in infancy by the time Kafka was six, leaving the boy the only son in a family that included three daughters (all of whom would later die in Nazi death camps or a Polish ghetto). Writer Franz Kafka was the eldest son of an upper middle-class Jewish family who was born on July 3, 1883, in Prague, the capital of Bohemia, a kingdom that was a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. ![]() His friend Max Brod published most of his work posthumously, such as Amerika and The Castle. ![]() ![]() In 1923, he moved to Berlin to focus on writing, but died of tuberculosis shortly after. After studying law at the University of Prague, he worked in insurance and wrote in the evenings. Author Franz Kafka grew up in an upper middle-class Jewish family. ![]() ![]() ![]() (Spoken) All this time, I thought my dad was some dead-beat. But, that's impossible ! See you at dinner, Percy! (Spoken) Tough first day? I'm Luke. He's got a lot to answer for (Sung) He showed no sign that he ever existed No sign he might actually care My mom raised me all on her lonesome When I would reach out No one else would be there Well I want my birthday cards and fishing trips Child support and homework tips Don't mean to whimper or whine The guy didn't need to be "Dad of the Year" But it's clear he could've shown us a sign (Spoken) So. ![]() (Sung) You have to be patient A sign that the gods have a plan I know that the future looks blurry But, not to worry, just do what you can Yes, the gods are very real Though they often won't reveal Who they are, what they want, their design Have faith, keep your chin up We'll help you adjust And trust you will see their sign (Spoken) So if my dad's a god, I'd like to know which one. The hunted elephant (pictured by its hunters) was in its early-50s and killed with a single shot Kachelhoffer reposted a Facebook story describing his controversial conquest and appeared on a. ![]() (Spoken) I'm afraid there are some questions only the gods themselves can answer. ![]() ![]() If you are looking for a read that disquieting, amusing at times, and frightening at others this could be a book for you this Halloween. Who will enjoy this collection of stories? King has spoken of it in the past and I encourage you to seek out his own account for more details. As this is Halloween it might be pertinent to mention that one particular story was inspired by paranormal events experienced by him and his spouse in a hotel in Colorado. Some people describe him as the King of Horror and it is hard to deny with his sky-high book sales. At the time of writing, Stephen King’s name is synonymous with the horror theme. He sold his early works for a pittance but as his skill and reputation continued, he became a much-loved horror writer of modern times. Whilst in academia he began writing professionally. This compulsion continued through-out his life and even directed his choice of study as a young man. Stephen King consumed literature like a man possessed. ![]() King who encouraged all of her children to read. Stephen King, is the child of a school teacher. King, the author of a library of horror genre literature really needs no introduction, but just in case you spent the last 50 years on a meteor traversing the universe, I will give you the press junket introduction. ![]() ![]() Krishna was the only person, says Osho, who accepted both the world and God. As Osho points out, religious people accept god but not the world they live in, while atheists accept the world they live in but not the concept of God. He accepted the world and life itself at its own terms. In Osho’s view, Krishna is a man who lived life as it should be lived. He says to the readers that in Krishna they can see themselves, if they are willing to shed their preconceived notions and inhibitions. ![]() Taking in all aspects of Krishna’s life, Osho portrays him as a liberated soul, a man far ahead of his times. Even to non-believers, he is a figure who cannot be ignored. ![]() Krishna is one personality who never fails to intrigue people who learn about the culture of India. ![]() Treating Krishna not as a piece of myth or the product of a poet’s imagination, but as a real historical figure, Osho answers several questions put forth by his disciples about Krishna. This book, Krishna: The Man & His Philosophy, gives wonderful new insights into the character of the mysterious and intriguing Krishna. ![]() |