![]() The les filles du roi arrived in the wilderness, intended to be the intendeds of fur-traders and colonists. The good news is that you had plumbing and heat and a chance to know your beloved before the ceremony, unlike 737 women who traveled from France to New France (now Canada) in 1670. Just like every couple starting out, you had bumpy spots. But pity the Chinese bride, who was often raised by her in-laws to ensure that she was familiar with their “personal needs.” ![]() Hundreds of years ago – and, indeed, until relatively recently – boy met girl in preschool.Ĭhild marriages, says Abbott, were one way to cement social relationships and to prevent scandalous out-of-wedlock pregnancies. Whether you had a quiet religious ceremony or televised nuptials, whether you wore frippery or flip-flops, your wedding probably started like nearly everyone else’s: boy meets girl, boy dates girl, boy marries girl.īut it wasn’t always a grown-up affair. ![]() ![]() So why did you do it? Was love the sole reason for the ceremony, the ring, the best man, or the wedding whoop-it-up? Find out in “A History of Marriage” by Elizabeth Abbott. And you ended that day with a celebration that friends and family are still talking about. Oh, you’ll never forget that ceremony! There you stood, promising to cherish your beloved always. ![]() It’s a beautiful ring, sparkly and just as meaningful as the ceremony at which you got it. The diamond is firmly on your finger, third from the thumb, left hand, snuggled next to your pinky. ![]()
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Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more. ![]() This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history.#WTFact Videos In #WTFact Britannica shares some of the most bizarre facts we can find.Demystified Videos In Demystified, Britannica has all the answers to your burning questions.Britannica Classics Check out these retro videos from Encyclopedia Britannica’s archives.Britannica Explains In these videos, Britannica explains a variety of topics and answers frequently asked questions. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When a rebellion rises and rogues attack Koral to try and force her to drop out, she must choose―her life or her sister’s―before the whole island burns. Koral’s only choice is to do what no one in the world has ever dared: cheat her way into the Glory Race.īut every step of the way is unpredictable as Koral races against contenders―including her ex-boyfriend―who have trained for this their whole lives and who have no intention of letting a low-caste girl steal their glory. When the last maristag of the year escapes and Koral has no new maristag to sell, her family’s financial situation takes a turn for the worse and they can’t afford medicine for her chronically ill little sister. The winning contender receives gold and glory. In an oceanic world swarming with vicious beasts, the Landers―the ruling elite, have indentured Koral’s family to provide the maristags for the Glory Race, a deadly chariot tournament reserved for the upper class. They have to, or else their family will starve. Sixteen-year-old Koral and her older brother Emrik risk their lives each day to capture the monstrous maristags that live in the black seas around their island. ![]() ![]() ![]() Shakyra Dunn: The Keeper of Callister Space…"Magic meets meticularity." Victoria Raschke: A Wand Needs A Witch…"A witch doesn't need a wand, but sometimes a wand needs a witch." Steven Young: The Wand Whisperer…"Wizardry and Wonder…from a Wand's Point of View."ĭevorah Fox: An Ill Wind…"When your world has been blown apart and you must bring the magic that puts it back together." Clark: The Dragonbone Wand…"I always said I didn't want to be a dragon. Krista Gossett: Gretel's Gift…"An old man buries his wife and uncovers a long-buried secret life."Į.P. Rick Haynes: The Wand of Luminance…."Wand maker seeks to repair the Wand of Luminance but will he survive the wrath of the Gods?" Williams: The Enchanted Sword…"The death of a young boy's father and a greedy stepmother and stepbrothers, what could go wrong?" We present to you, The Magical Book of Wands with stories by: ![]() They run the gamut from Epic Fantasy, to Urban Fantasy, to Fairytales and everything in between. Now, for your reading enjoyment, here is a compilation of a wide range of stories featuring this magical tool. Step into worlds filled with magic and wands.įrom days of old to today, many a tale has been told about wands and their magical nature. ![]() ![]() While the Holly we met in Mr Mercedes is anxious to a worrying degree, Erivo's take on the character is more confident and her autistic tendencies are emphasised with some savant-like abilities. This new version of the character is also written somewhat differently. The characters summarize all the evidence and what’s going on routinely enough so that even if you stop paying attention for a minute, you’ll soon be caught up. Once the case opens up, Cynthia Erivo joins three episodes in as private investigator Holly Gibney, which positions The Outsider as a semi-sequel of sorts to another Stephen King adaptation, Mr Mercedes.įans of that show might not realise this at first, though, as Holly was originally played by a white actress called Justine Lupe. The book is very suitable for audiobook, since it’s plot heavy and easy to follow. ![]() He's joined by a number of other impressive character actors including Julianne Nicholson and AHS alum Mare Winningham, who both flesh out female roles that would too often be thankless in other crime shows of this nature. Captain Marvel star Ben Mendelsohn grounds the outlandish nature of the case through his melancholic turn as detective Ralph Anderson, conveying the often overwhelming weight of grief through just a mere glance or gesture. ![]() ![]() ![]() Also, anecdotally, while Molly seems to identify as straight and allo in the book, as an ace/aro-spec individual I found her anxieties about crushes/dating/relationships and how they work in practice to be really relatable! So while I wouldn’t call her a queer character, she (to me, from my own personal reading) feels queerer than I anticipated, which was a lovely surprise. Mina’s on-the-page pansexual identity is refreshing, as is the rest of the diverse identities of the cast of characters (including but not limited to Molly being fat and the Peskin-Susos being both a Jewish and multiracial family). The Peskin-Suso moms feel real and relatively developed, as does the entire family’s dynamics. Molly feels like her family is changing so fast she’s not sure how to keep up–or if she wants to in the ways her sister is encouraging her. On top of this, as soon as marriage equality is legalized nationally, their moms decide to hold a summer wedding. Her twin sister Cassie, on the other hand, is diving into a full-fledged relationship with a pansexual girl, Mina, throwing a wrench in their twin dynamics. ![]() I love it so! Molly Peskin-Suso has had 26 unrequited crushes on boys. The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli ![]() But here’s a shout-out to 2017’s books with queer supporting characters. Honestly, in a year that has so many great books with queer main characters, we hope none of these win, no matter how much we love them. ![]() ![]() ![]() Purchasing your copy of THE MONSTERS WE DEFY or any of the author’s other available books through Mysterious Galaxy will get you a ticket for the priority signing line after the author discussion has concluded. ![]() For enabling captions, please follow this guide. Accessibility : Real-time captioning for all Crowdcast events is available via Google Chrome. Click here to register for the event and here to view our virtual code of conduct. Mysterious Galaxy's virtual events are hosted on Crowdcast. This is a free in-store event that will also be streamed on Crowdcast, featuring Leslye Penelope! It will consist of a 30-minute discussion with the author, followed by a book signing line. Leslye Penelope discussing THE MONSTERS WE DEFY ![]() ![]() ”Everything you want in a work of historical fiction: fascinating, rich in period detail, and propelled by a compulsively engaging story. ![]() It's that rare thing: a well-written, historically accurate thriller.” (Historical Fiction Notebook) ”Holsinger is…a fantastic historical novelist….This book has everything - Chaucer, cryptography, murder, Katherine Swynford, the Southwark stews, English royalty, prophecy. He succeeds in elevating the missing manuscript genre to new heights that will entertain readers of both fiction and nonfiction.” (Library Journal) Holsinger is at his best describing the everyday lives and privations of the lower classes. ”Medieval England never tasted so rich nor smelled so foul as in this descriptive and intricately layered mystery. A highly literate thriller from medievalist Holsinger.” (Kirkus Reviews) ![]() ”… a fascinating overview of pre-Renaissance London at its best and worst. Excellent historical fiction.” (Harry Sidebottom, bestselling author of the Warrior of Rome series) A deep understanding of the period combines with sophisticated writing to create a richly imagined world. ![]() “A murder, a verse and a whore the prologue of Bruce Holsinger`s A Burnable Book draws the reader in and does not let go. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Daniel Pennac’s The Rights of the Reader, in a seamless translation from French and wittily illustrated by Quentin Blake, is a humorous yet serious attack on the negative effects of institutional (mis)education, which condemns kids to a hatred for books. Altogether, this is a wonderful book, packed with fascinating anecdotes and reflections – and beautifully illustrated. The opening chapter, ‘The Last Page’, is a highly evocative account of the author’s own reading history. A History of Reading ranges over the physical shapes of books, the places people have read in and how, the power of scribes, the role of libraries, censorship, the author as public reader, the translator as reader, and much more. Virtually all aspects of the history of reading are covered: how it moved from reading aloud to silent reading, from the elite to the masses, from orality to text, from scholastic to individual, from literal to allegorical/interpretative. ![]() He deploys an impressively encyclopaedic knowledge with elegant eloquence. ![]() I will discuss five non-fiction books, one memoir and two novels, all of which have reading as a central theme.Īlberto Manguel’s monumental A History of Reading is a must for anyone interested in how reading evolved. Given that this series of articles is about the kinds of reading teachers can do outside their professional interests, it seems appropriate to review a few titles which touch on the nature of reading itself. Alan Maley has some suggestions for reading about reading. ![]() ![]() ![]() She’s a pegasus, after all, and the sky is where she belongs. Nimbus has always lived among the clouds. ![]() TolkienĪ lonely pegasus looks for the perfect friend in this sweet and adorable picture book companion to the bestselling Not Quite Narwhal ! Lewis George Orwell Mary Pope Osborne LeUyen Pham Dav Pilkey Roger Priddy Rick Riordan J. ![]()
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