![]() We know nothing of Boccaccio’s mother, though there has been speculation that she was French. ![]() The illegitimate son of a partner in one of the city’s most important banking companies, the Bardi, he began his life when Florence was well on its way to becoming the capital of international European finance. Giovanni Boccaccio was probably born in 1313 in Florence. Seven young women and three young men meet in a church in Florence during the Black Death and decide to flee the city for the countryside, where they pass the late afternoon telling stories.Įvents in History at the Time of the Novellas A collection of 100 novel as set throughout the medieval world, recounted in Italian outside Florence during the plague of 1348 published in Italian in 1349-51, in English in 1620. ![]()
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New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas delivers the unforgettable tale of a strong-willed beauty who encounters her match in one of London's most notorious-yet irresistible-rakes. ![]() ![]() ![]() In this world only 1% of the population can work magic but they have the power of nightmares. The White Cat is a stunning novel of a world changed by magic. His granddad has been driven to drink, his mother is in prison and his brothers detest him as the only one of their family who can't do magic.īut there is a secret at the centre of Cassel's family and he's about to inherit it. Many become mobsters and con artists, but. ![]() And since curse work is illegal, they’re all criminals. And while people still need their touch, their curses, their magical killings, their transformations, times have been hard. White Cat and Red Glove of The Curse Workers Series by Holly Black About White Cat Cassel comes from a family of curse workerspeople who have the power to change a person’s emotions, memories, or luck with the slightest touch of the hand. Ever since magic was prohibited in 1929 magic workers have been driven underground and into crime. No-one at home is ever going to forget that he isn't a magic worker.Ĭassel's family are one of the big five crime families in America. ![]() No-one at home is ever going to forget that Cassel is a killer. Cursed by the memory of the fourteen year old girl he murdered. Discover the dark and seductive realm of faerie in the first book of New York Times bestseller Holly Black’s critically acclaimed Modern Faerie Tales series, where one girl must save herself from the sinister magic of the fey courts, and protect her heart in the process. The extraordinary new adult fantasy of magic in our world and the price we pay for it by the author of THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES.Ĭassel is cursed. ![]() ![]() ![]() Why should people, and most importantly children, be penalised because they can't afford to pay £5,000 for a holiday in August? Rachel, from Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, said: "Although I have a good job, as a single working parent I just don't have the money to take my kids on holiday during the school holidays. They have been on four holidays so far during term time and are set for Mallorca next week on another adventure. ![]() While she regularly receives £60-per-child fines, she says the decision is a "no brainer" as "it's nothing compared to the cost of holidays in the school holidays". The single mum, who works in finance, said she saved £3,000 last year by taking her children to Majorca and Magaluf in May and June rather than peak-season August. Rachel Smith, 33, takes her two children Brayden, 11, and Elianna, nine, out of school every year during term time to go on holiday abroad. A mum who has saved almost £10,000 by taking her kids on holiday during term time says she "stands by" her decision - and will do it again this year. ![]() ![]() ![]() This odd little novel is like a homage to The Master and Margarita, except there are two cats and they are in Kosovo and in Finland. And it is this that, in turn, enables him finally, to open himself to true love-which he will find in the most unexpected place."- … ( more) It is this witty, charming, manipulative creature who starts Bekim on a journey back to Kosovo to confront his demons, and make sense of the magical, cruel, incredible history of his family. ![]() But during a visit to a gay bar, Bekim meets a talking cat who moves in with him and his snake. Aside from casual hookups, his only friend is a boa constrictor whom, improbably-he is terrified of snakes-he lets roam his apartment. Years later, her son, Bekim, grows up a social outcast in present day Finland, not just an immigrant in a country suspicious of foreigners, but a gay man in an unaccepting society. Soon thereafter her country is torn apart by war and she and her family flee. In 1980s Yugoslavia, a young Muslim girl is married off to a man she hardly knows, but what was meant to be a happy match goes quickly wrong. "Already an international sensation: a debut novel that tells a love story set in two countries in two radically different moments in time, bringing together a young man, his mother, a boa constrictor, and one capricious cat. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her father disapproved of her writings due to his strict views on women solely for domestic duties within a household. In 1797 at 18 years old, she published her first novel, Sense & Sensibility, under a pseudonym, as all women writers were expected to do at that time. Pride and Prejudice is one of Jane Austen’s most popular novels with love, Prejudice, marriage, family relationships, social class, courage in our convictions, and family loyalty. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: A Short Summary What Inspired Jane Austen to Write Pride and Prejudice? Despite already being engaged to another woman with whom he broke off after meeting Elizabeth Bennet at their house party earlier in the story. Bingley develops feelings for Elizabeth’s elder sister Jane. ![]() However, she is prejudiced against him due to his pride and haughty manners, which she considers rude and arrogant. Bingley to stay with them after meeting him at a ball. The story focuses on protagonist Elizabeth Bennet who learns that her mother has invited Mr. Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen that follows five sisters from wealthy families as they search for husbands. ![]() ![]() Some books can be quite ill-served by their title. ![]() Wyndham chillingly anticipates bio-warfare and mass destruction, fifty years before their realization, in this prescient account of Cold War paranoia. With society in shambles, they are now poised to prey on humankind. The Triffids can grow to over seven feet tall, pull their roots from the ground to walk, and kill a man with one quick lash of their poisonous stingers. He soon meets Josella, another lucky person who has retained her sight, and together they leave the city, aware that the safe, familiar world they knew a mere twenty-four hours before is gone forever.īut to survive in this post-apocalyptic world, one must survive the Triffids, strange plants that years before began appearing all over the world. ![]() Removing his bandages the next morning, he finds masses of sightless people wandering the city. Fifty-two years later, this horrifying story is a science fiction classic, touted by The Times (London) as having “all the reality of a vividly realized nightmare.”īill Masen, bandages over his wounded eyes, misses the most spectacular meteorite shower England has ever seen. In 1951 John Wyndham published his novel The Day of the Triffids to moderate acclaim. ![]() ![]() "Old Time Religion: A Country Gospel Program By Johnny D" (Alshire Records, 1972) (LP) ![]() Some players I recognize - Willie Rainsford on piano, Leo Jackson guitar, Jim Baker playing steel - but many of the pickers are more obscure, possibly from D's own band. D was from "the north country," which I guess maybe means Canada, though this album was recorded in Nashville, although not entirely with the A-list usual suspects. Comments, corrections and suggestions are always welcome.Īrthur D "Rocky Mountain Water" (Tad Records, 1975) (LP) These are the people who are often overlooked in the history books but who contributed their talents, hopes and dreams to the country music world, and the aim of this guide is to keep their memories and their work alive. Many of these musicians toured nationally or regionally while others were strictly hometown folks. They included longhaired country-rockers, red-dirt outlaws, Nashville hopefuls and earnest amateurs, as well as the more country-oriented artists in the bluegrass and southern gospel fields. LOCALS ONLY: This is a guide to independent and off-the-radar country musicians from the 1960s, 1970s and early 'Eighties, including hometown performers working in regional oprys, jamborees, dude ranches, casinos, pizza parlors and lounges. ![]() 1970's "Hippiebilly" Country Albums, Letter "D" - Joe Sixpack's Guide To Hick Music ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Instead of a grand summary, Burnett seems bent on meandering through neuroscience, following unexpected tangents, pointing out incongruent findings, and taking us through some unusual territory.įor example, I hadn’t thought much about the influence of “home” on our brains. ![]() “Just embrace the important point: The things that influence our brain’s ability to make us happy extend far beyond just our experiences and personal preferences,” warns Burnett. Much of it may be out of our conscious control. From the GGSC to your bookshelf: 30 science-backed tools for well-being.Īdd to that some pretty weird anomalies-like the neurotransmitter serotonin, which modulates mood, being produced primarily by our gut bacteria-and it becomes clear that we don’t understand everything about our brains and happiness. ![]() ![]() He earned his medical degree from SUNY Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine. Abraham Sanders is Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and Associate Attending Physician at NewYork-Presbyterian. 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