![]() ![]() ![]() During three years of solitary confinement, he delves into the classics of Japan and China. The lovely Otsu, seeing in Musashi her ideal of manliness, frees him from his tortuous punishment, but he is recaptured and imprisoned. On his way home, he commits a rash act, becomes a fugitive, and brings life in his own village to a standstill - until he is captured by a weaponless Zen monk. Lured to the great Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 by the hope of becoming a samurai - without really knowing what it meant - he regains consciousness after the battle to find himself lying defeated, dazed, and wounded among thousands of the dead and dying. Miyamoto Musashi was the child of an era when Japan was emerging from decades of civil strife. The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman. ![]()
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R/RomanceBooks is a discussion sub for readers of romance novels. ![]() ![]() ![]() PS: The audio version was over 22 hours, so thankfully this book kept my attention. I was beyond impressed with the narrator Christopher Ragland and this rich, attention grabbing (and holding) story. ![]() ![]() Lucky for me, I also made the wise decision to use one of my monthly Audible credits and listened to this over audio. I happened to be in the mood for something outside of my normal reading genres, so I decided to pick this book up as my next read. On a recent episode of WSIRN, Anne recommended I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes. Anne also hosts one of my all time favorite Podcasts called What Should I Read Next which I HIGHLY recommend. I follow a wonderful blog called Modern Mrs. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. ![]() ![]() ![]() Not so much in just the number of pages (only 862) as in the scale of the story. ![]() In the first instance, the “it” in Neal Stephenson has done it again is Stephenson’s new book, Seveneves. If not, just go read Seveneves and you probably will be. It will help a great deal if you are a Neal Stephenson fan. Ultimately, that dance is the “it” we will be spending the most time with. He keeps denying it all, but he keeps dropping in words that belong to established religions, especially Christianity. No, this essay is about Stephenson and religion. ![]() It isn’t about his characters which-especially the seven women who serve as the “Eves” of the human race-really hold the book together when the technovision does not. It isn’t about Stephenson’s technical vision, which is daring. It is not a spoiler any more than the dust jacket description is a spoiler. There is a cluster of notions swirling around and I am counting on “it” to hold still so I can capture a few of them.īefore we get into that, I want to tell you what kind of essay this is. ![]() The key word in this essay is going to be “it,” apparently. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He marries the captain's daughter, a brave English girl named Mary. Professor Bhaer's nephew Emil is now a sailor, and takes off on his first voyage as second mate and shows his true strength when he is shipwrecked and the captain badly injured. Tommy becomes a medical student to impress childhood sweetheart Nan, but after "accidentally" falling in love with and proposing to a sweet girl named Dora, he joins his family business. The book takes place ten years after Little Men.ĭolly and George are college students dealing with the temptations of snobbery, arrogance, self-indulgence and vanity. The book mostly follows the lives of Plumfield boys who were introduced in Little Men, particularly Tommy, Emil, Demi, Nat, Dan, and Jo's sons Rob and Teddy, although the others make frequent appearances as well. The book follows Josephine Bhaer's "children", now grown, as they are caught up in real world troubles. It is the only Alcott novel that has not had a film adaption. Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out: A Sequel to "Little Men", more commonly known simply as Jo's Boys is generally regarded as the fourth book in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women series. ![]() ![]() ![]() A must for all libraries. Carbonel The King of Cats by Barbara Sleigh. ![]() How she does this will enthrall children. Carbonel by Barbara Sleigh, October 31, 2004, NYR Childrens Collection edition, Hardcover in English. But Carbonel was magic, and at his behest she set out to acquire a witch's hat, pot and spell to disenchant him. When Rosemary acquired a black cat and an old broom, she thought she had a pet and a means of earning money for widowed mother. "A delightful fantasy of real literary merit. ![]() "Magic and everyday life blend smoothly in this highly enjoyable fantasy, perfect for reading aloud." -Terri Schmitz, The Horn Book They have a healthy interest in food and a ruthless interest in the logical working-out of the implications of magic.These books have moved me to laughter and tears." -Pamela Dean "The Carbonel books are excellent stories, imbued with wonder and practicality in equal measure, dry humor, and a clear-eyed and sometimes sardonic love of cats. "A truly bewitching story reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland." - New York Journal American ![]() ![]() But in a wild world plagued by prejudiced animals, feather-raising environments, new threats so terrifying they make zombies look like baby bunnies, and a horrendous dearth of cheesy snacks, what’s a crow to do? stumbled upon something so rare-and so precious-that he vowed to do everything in his power to safeguard what could, quite literally, be humanity’s last hope for survival. ![]() S.T., the intrepid crow, alongside his bloodhound-bestie Dennis, had set about saving pets that had become trapped in their homes after humanity went the way of the dodo. When the world last checked-in with its favorite Cheeto addict, the planet had been overrun by flesh-hungry beasts, and nature had started re-claiming her territory from humankind. Once upon an apocalypse, there lived an obscenely handsome American crow named S.T. . In this stunning follow-up to Hollow Kingdom, the animal kingdom’s “favorite apocalyptic hero”is back with a renewed sense of hope for humanity, ready to take on a world ravaged by a viral pandemic (Helen Macdonald). ![]() ![]() Morgan: GERVASE YOU SHITHEAD WE ARE DONE! AND BY DONE I MEAN BETROTHED. Wulfric: I mean Gervase is a rapist and a thief and I kicked his ass. Morgan: Bro, you're hot, but not that hot - besides, don't you have a sequel coming up. ![]() Wulfric: Sis, Gervase is only trying to get at me through you. ![]() Morgan: You're such a dear, dear friend! *in head* A dear, dear, HAWT friend. *in head* Muaha.ha ha.who am I kidding? She's amazing. ![]() *in head* REVENGE! MUAHAHAHAHAHA!īattle of Waterloo: *WAR! DEATH! INJURY!* Will she still love him when the truth of their initial meeting comes out? The Rub: Only trouble is, he doesn't spend that much time in her company before he falls head over heels. While in Brussels, when he spots Lady Morgan Bedwyn in a ballroom - he discovers a way to get revenge. He spent nine years in exile for a crime he didn't commit, thanks in part to the Duke of Bewcastle's refusal to believe his side of the story. The Dude: Gervase Ashford, Earl of Rosthorn. ![]() Does this mean their every tender moment since then was a lie? The Rub: Her trust is shattered when she discovers the Earl of Rosthorn holds a bitter grudge against her brother Wulfric, and that his introduction to her had been motivated by vengeance. The youngest of the Bedwyns, barely out of the schoolroom, she won't have anyone call her "naive" or "innocent." When her brother Alleyne's declared MIA at the Battle of Waterloo, she turns to a surprising source for comfort - the rakish Earl of Rosthorn. Alternate Title: All's Fair in Love and War ![]() ![]() Good Reasons for Bad Feelings will fascinate anyone who wonders how our minds can be so powerful, yet so fragile, and how love and goodness came to exist in organisms shaped to maximize Darwinian fitness. Taken together, these insights and many more help to explain the pervasiveness of human suffering, and show us new paths for relieving it. Other mental disorders, such as addiction and anorexia, result from the mismatch between modern environments and our ancient human past. ![]() ![]() ![]() Low mood prevents us from wasting effort in pursuit of unreachable goals, but it often escalates into pathological depression. Anxiety protects us from harm in the face of danger, but false alarms are inevitable. Drawing on revealing stories from his own clinical practice and insights from evolutionary biology, Nesse shows how negative emotions are useful in certain situations, yet can become excessive. Instead of asking why certain people suffer from mental illness, Nesse asks why natural selection has left us with fragile minds at all. Now he returns with a book that transforms our understanding of mental disorders by exploring a fundamentally new question. With his classic book Why We Get Sick, Randolph Nesse established the field of evolutionary medicine. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is important to be faithful to the tasks that God gives each of us, and the eternal value of parenting our children cannot be underestimated. I often forget that my role as father is one of the most important things in this life. Principle 1: Calling - Nothing is more important in your life than being one of God’s tools to form a human soul. Let me review briefly each principle and give you my personal thoughts and application. He then reviews relevant Bible verses and passages that apply. He begins most chapters with a parenting dilemma where there is opportunity to apply each principle. He summarizes each principle in one or two sentences. Tripp devotes each of his 14 chapters to a specific gospel principle. But like Give Them Grace by Elyse Fitzpatrick and Jessica Thompson, Tripp’s book will encourage you to apply the Christian gospel to parenting. Having finished the book, I don’t feel this book is a must–purchase. Since I have enjoyed many of his other books, I decided to read this latest offering. Recently, Paul Tripp added his second contribution to this genre, entitled Parenting. On Amazon, you can find dozens of parenting books published within the last 10 years. ![]() Paul Tripp organizes 14 principles of the gospel for Christian parents to apply that can radically change their family. ![]() |