![]() She examines the rituals honoring the lares, their cult sites, and their iconography, as well as the meaning of the snakes often depicted alongside lares in paintings of gardens. ![]() She makes the case that they are not spirits of the dead, as many have argued, but rather benevolent protectors-gods of place, especially the household and the neighborhood, and of travel. Weaving together a wide range of evidence, Flower sets forth a new interpretation of the much-disputed nature of the lares. In this comprehensive and richly illustrated book, the first to focus on the lares, Harriet Flower offers a strikingly original account of these gods and a new way of understanding the lived experience of everyday Roman religion. These shrines were maintained primarily by ordinary Romans, and often by slaves and freedmen, for whom the lares cult provided a unique public leadership role. ![]() Throughout the Roman world, neighborhood street corners, farm boundaries, and household hearths featured small shrines to the beloved lares, a pair of cheerful little dancing gods. The most pervasive gods in ancient Rome had no traditional mythology attached to them, nor was their worship organized by elites. ![]()
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This eclectic work of memoir, fiction and poetry begins from the front cover with artwork from Ambelin Kwaymullina’s painting Voices from the Intersections. Rebecca Lim and Ambelin Kwaymullina (eds.) Meet Me at the Intersection, Fremantle Press, Sept 2018, 296pp., $19.99 (pbk), ISBN: 9781925591705 ![]() ![]() ![]() Neil Gaiman called her ‘the best writer of Magic there is’. Jones’s numerous awards include the Guardian Award for Children’s Fiction, two Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards and a Life Achievement Award at the World Fantasy Convention 2007. ![]() It broke all box-office records in Japan at the time and was nominated for an Oscar. In 2004 Howl’s Moving Castle was made into an animated film by Hayao Miyazaki for Studio Ghibli, Japan. Among Jones’s best-loved books are the Chrestomanci series and Howl’s Moving Castle (The Folio Society, 2019) and its two sequels. Her magical adventures have enthralled children and adults ever since. She never ceased writing, and from 1973 onwards published many titles, which have been released worldwide in 30 languages. She and her two sisters were deprived of books but, armed with a vivid imagination and an insatiable appetite for stories, Jones wrote them herself to read to her sisters. Castle in the Air: Jones, Diana Wynne: 9780006755302: : Books Books Teen & Young Adult Buy new: 9.48 3.99 delivery April 20 - May 5. ![]() Her family moved frequently, finally settling in rural Essex. Diana Wynne Jones had an unsettled childhood against the background of the Second World War. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() For information about upcoming novels and appointments for readings, visit her Web site at . Contemporary Women, Mystery & Detective / Cozy, Mystery & Detective /. Buy Abby Cooper: Psychic Eye: A Psychic Eye Mystery Mass Market Paperbound Book By: Victoria Laurie from as low as 2.99. ![]() She lives in Arlington, Massachusetts, with her two spoiled dachshunds, Lilly and Toby. About the Author Real-life professional psychic Victoria Laurie drew from her career as a gifted clairvoyant and police psychic to create the character of Abigail Cooper. ![]() Now, with the police suspicious of her abilities and a killer on the loose, Abbys future looks more uncertain than ever. But her insight failed her when she didnt foresee the death of one of her clients-or that the lead investigator for the case is the gorgeous blind date she just met. Book Synopsis Abby Cooper is a P.I., psychic intuitive. Turns out she knows too many details about the murder for her own good. But when a client turns up dead, the clues start pointing toward Abby. Abbys work as a psychic intuitive can be rewarding. About the Book Psychic Abigail Cooper makes her debut in this first title of a new chick lit mystery series. ![]() ![]() From 1983 to 1995, I worked as a massage therapist, English teacher and freelance journalist, writing mostly for Plexus, the San Francisco Chronicle and The Slant, a Marin County LGBT newspaper that I helped launch and edit. ![]() That same year, Holt, Rinehart and Winston published M arin: The Place, The People, a profile of Marin County, California, with photography by Robert Conover. Little, Brown and Company, published Crush in 1981. There, I wrote Crush on a Hermes typewriter at an oak table by my window on Webster Street. In 1973 I moved to New York City to work at Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., where I produced multi-media programs for school audiences. ![]() ![]() My first paid writing job was creating live, multi-media high school assembly programs for Rick Trow Productions in Philadelphia. Louis, Missouri, and grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. ![]() ![]() Unless I come back through the woods, by Blackwater Lane.” “I’ll be fine, it’ll only take me forty minutes. ![]() “I don’t really like going to bed without knowing you’re back safely.” I thought I’d go and lie down in the spare room that way, if I do fall asleep, you won’t disturb me when you come in.” “Yes, but it doesn’t seem to be shifting. I feel the air heavy on my skin and think of the storm looming no rain has arrived yet but instinct tells me it won’t be far behind. It started about an hour ago and it’s getting steadily worse. “Yes, it’s just that I’ve got an awful migraine. “I was, but the thought of you waiting for me was too tempting,” I tease. “I thought you were going back to Connie’s.” ![]() “Already?” His voice comes down the line. “I’m on my way,” I tell him, fumbling for the door handle in the dark. ![]() From the ringtone I know that it’s Matthew. As I reach it, my mobile starts ringing, its sound muffled by my bag. John laughs, the hot air dense around us. A loud crack echoes off the ground, making Connie jump. The thunder starts as we’re saying goodbye, leaving each other for the summer holidays ahead. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jeff Garlin Cast in 'Never Have I Ever' Season 4, His First Role After 'The Goldbergs' Misconduct Allegations HBO Max's 'Velma' Can't Scare Up a Reason to Exist: TV Review How 'Velma' Star Mindy Kaling and Creator Charlie Grandy Found a 'Worthy Origin Story' in the Scooby Characters' Love Lives ![]() The book was published by Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House, and HQ, a division of HarperCollins UK. “No one is more curious than a suspicious Chinese mother with time on her hands, so Vera decides to start her own investigation,” reads the description. The novel follows Vera Wong, a lonely widow living in San Francisco’s Chinatown who wakes up one morning to find a dead body on the floor of her struggling tea shop. Mindy Kaling’s Kaling International, which is currently under an overall deal with WBTV, is attached to produce alongside Harpo Films. Sutanto’s novel, “Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers,” the studio announced on Monday. TV has acquired the book rights to Jesse Q. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hank’s had a thing for Olive for as long as he could remember. But when Hank finds out about her secret career, how could she turn down the offer for a hands-on research partner for her books? Now Olive has to deal with the guy that’s teased her their entire life. Then her best friend and roommate announced she’s moving out, and her older brother was moving in. She’s worked hard to achieve a zero-human interaction life and wants to keep it that way. Olive’s content living her anti-social existence, letting the characters she writes about fulfill her wild side. From USA Today bestselling author Molly O’Hare comes an enemies-to-lovers, older brother’s best friend, romantic comedy with a curvy, anti-social, supernatural-obsessed, all-year-round holiday-loving, secret romance author, and a hunky firefighter who is more than willing to be her new research partner. ![]() ![]() ![]() “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” – Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of SkyĤ. It has to deal with the male one.’" – Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicalsģ. "‘The female mind is certainly a devious one, my lord.’Vetinari looked at his secretary in surprise. If music were the food of love, she was game for a sonata and chips at any time.” – Terry Pratchett, MaskeradeĢ. Pratchett tends to focus on our ability to control only our own choices in the face of this inconsistent, confusing-but often delightful-world, making for some truly inspiring turns of phrase.ġ. Quotes about Life and LoveĮach of Terry Pratchett’s titles contains nuggets of wisdom on what life is all about and what to do when it doesn’t go the way we expect (which, according to him, is most times). Dive into the quotes below to experience Pratchett’s singularly affecting blend of humor, magic, and heart. Marked by his ability to make the mundane extraordinary and build continually unfolding fantasy worlds, Pratchett’s hilarious novels are deservedly beloved. As the author of more than 50 best-selling titles, Sir Terry Pratchett is still influencing the hearts and minds of children and adults alike, even after his passing in 2015. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fakat şu unutulmamalıdır ki, söylencelerde tanrıların doğum yapmaları, çocuk üzerinde mutlak hak sahibinin ve de çocuğun gerçek ebeveyninin kadın değil erkek olduğunu meşrulaştırma girişimleriydi. Deriu, Lukianos’un Ay’da kadın yok ve Aylı erkekler doğum yapar demesiyle, tanrıların doğum yapmasını alaya aldığını ileri sürer. Lukianos, erkeklerin kendi çocuklarını doğurması fikrini Yunan söylencelerinden almıştır. Morena Deriu’nun da haklı olarak ifade ettiği üzere bu durum, o dönemde kadının kamusal alandan dışlanmasının bir hicvi olarak görülebilir. Bu hikayeyi bizim açımızdan ilginç kılan ise, Lukianos’un Aylılar arasında dişi cins olmadığını ve çocukları erkeklerin doğurduğunu söylemesidir. Bu hikayede Lukianos Ay’a yolculuk yapmakta, Aylılar ile Güneşliler arasında yapılan savaşa katılmaktadır. Kendisi, bildiğimiz en erken bilim kurgu romanı olan Gerçek Bir Öykü’nün yazarıdır. ikinci yüzyılda yaşamış bir hicivci ve retorikçidir. ![]() |