![]() Rosenbloom's engaging and elegant prose makes Alone Time as warmly intimate an account as the details of a trip shared by a beloved friend-and will have its many readers eager to set off on their own solo adventures. In chapters about dining out, visiting museums, and pursuing knowledge, we begin to see how the moments we have to ourselves-on the road or at home-can be used to enrich our lives. Walking through four cities-Paris, Florence, Istanbul, and New York-and four seasons, Alone Time gives us permission to pause, to relish the sensual details of the world rather than hurtling through museums and uploading photos to Instagram. Rising to the challenge, travel writer Stephanie Rosenbloom explores the joys and benefits of being alone in four. Stephanie Rosenbloom Alone Time: Four Seasons, Four Cities, and the Pleasures of Solitude Paperback Jby Stephanie Rosenbloom (Author) 166 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 11.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 22.98 1 New from 22. Through on-the-ground reporting, insights from social science, and recounting the experiences of artists, writers, and innovators who cherished solitude, Stephanie Rosenbloom considers how traveling alone deepens appreciation for everyday beauty, bringing into sharp relief the sights, sounds, and smells that one isn't necessarily attuned to in the presence of company. Yet a little time to ourselves can be an opportunity to slow down, savor, and try new things, especially when traveling. ![]() ![]() ![]() In our hectic, hyperconnected lives, many people are uncomfortable with the prospect of solitude. A wise, passionate account of the pleasures of traveling solo ![]()
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![]() ![]() Merely glancing through it, you’ll be surprised by the sheer number of things you don’t know about yourself – let alone by the fact that cleanliness was not exactly next to godliness! “I Contain Multitudes” is a book about the microbes which live inside your body, which means that it’s basically a book about you. ![]() Of course it’s a book about microbes! Who Should Read “I Contain Multitudes”? And Why? Well, Ed Yong borrows it to talk about something much more literal. ![]() “ I Contain Multitudes” is a verse written by Walt Whitman, used, obviously, in a strictly metaphorical sense. 6 min read ⌚ The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life ![]() ![]() ![]() Can Ravager protect a young Rose Wilson without losing her own identity? Why does the Murder Man seem so familiar, and how does he know so much about Rose? $3.99 US | 32 pages | 1 of 2 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)ĭefend your life, Rose Wilson! Ravager is separated from Stormwatch and trapped in a nightmare world where she must protect her younger self from being consumed and corrupted by the Murder Man and his blood-crazed Slaughter Squadron. ![]() ![]() I honestly don’t know how to feel about this book, aside from being excited that Dexter Soy (“Captain Marvel,” “Red Hood and the Outlaws”) is on pencils, but at least it is not an expected take. This time, Ravager, aka Rose Wilson, is one of the members, and that could be very fun. However, everything old is new again, and therefore we’re getting another attempt at Stormwatch in the DCU. Notice I said “potentially inspired,” because there’s almost nothing that worked out well in that run. One of the potentially inspired ideas of the New 52 was bringing Stormwatch into the DC Universe. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A competition where her identity as a fate could be revealed at any moment If that weren't enough, Clotho must face up to an old mistake she made several years ago that broke one of Zeus's other rules: Never interrupt the telling of a fate. During a secret trip to the Immortal Marketplace-where there is always a chance to run into mortals, too -Clotho finds herself in over her head as she gets swept up in a competition to celebrate the opening a new store. After Clotho discovers letterscrolls from unhappy mortals who don't love their fates, she wishes there was a way to try and earn their respect. Clotho the Fate (Goddess Girls 25) by Joan Holub (Goodreads Author), Suzanne Williams 4.26 Rating details 126 ratings 13 reviews Get to know Clotho, one of the Three Fates, in this twenty-fifth Goddess Girls adventure Eleven-year-old Clotho is always linked with her two big sisters. ![]() There are a few rules that the all-powerful Zeus has decreed for them, including a strict no-mingling with mortals policy. Together, they are all the Three Fates, with abilities to predict events in mortals' lives. Get to know Clotho, one of the Three Fates, in this twenty-fifth Goddess Girls adventure Eleven-year-old Clotho is always linked with her two big sisters. ![]() ![]() ![]() Blue-gray waves shimmering with dappled gold. Bloodred clouds bursting against the pale orange sky. Not to lust over the panorama that is coming alive in front of me. It is a gala art opening, after all, and my boss brought me here to meet and greet and charm and chat. Of course, I could leave the balcony and go back inside to the party. LA Lesson Number One: Always carry a sweater if you’ll be out after dark. Not so in California, at least not by the beach. In Dallas, June is hot, July is hotter, and August is hell. I arrived in Los Angeles only four days ago, and I haven’t yet adjusted to the concept of summer temperatures changing with the setting of the sun. A cool ocean breeze caresses my bare shoulders, and I shiver, wishing I’d taken my roommate’s advice and brought a shawl with me tonight. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Hogg’s novel filters this commentary on taste through a pattern of sensuous overdescription, a fractured narrative structure, the conflation of bodies and texts, and a necrophilic Editor with a case of textual indigestion, elements that reviewers fail to read within the discursive context of Hogg’s ongoing engagement with the Blackwood’s circle on questions of taste and class identity. Hogg interrogates the linking of good taste to authenticity, cerebral apprehension, and delicacy, whereas bad taste is linked to inauthenticity, bodily sensations, and excessive affect. The reviewers, however, fail to recognize how the novel issues a challenge to culturally dominant notions of taste, policed in literary periodicals as a symptom of class anxiety. Contemporary reviews of Hogg’s The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner attack the author’s taste and decorum, filtering their language through culinary metaphors that conflate aesthetic discrimination with the embodied act of consumption. ![]() ![]() ![]() Massie won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Biography for Peter the Great: His Life and World. In 1975, Robert Massie and his then-wife Suzanne chronicled their experiences as the parents of a hemophiliac child and the significant differences between the American and French healthcare systems in their jointly written book, Journey. In 1995, in his book The Romanovs: The Final Chapter, Massie updated Nicholas and Alexandra with much newly discovered information. In 1971, the book was the basis of an Academy Award–winning film of the same title. Robert Kinloch Massie, who suffers from hemophilia, a hereditary disease that also afflicted the last Tsar's son, Alexei. Massie's interest in the Tsar's family was triggered by the birth of his son, the Rev. ![]() Massie went to work as a journalist for Newsweek from 1959 to 1964 and then took a position at the Saturday Evening Post.Īfter he and his family left America for France, Massie wrote and published his breakthrough book, Nicholas and Alexandra, a biography of the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, his wife, Alexandra of Hesse, and their family and cultural/political milieu. ![]() ![]() He studied American history at Yale University and modern European history at Oxford University on his Rhodes Scholarship. Robert Kinloch Massie was an American historian, writer, winner of a Pulitzer Prize, and a Rhodes Scholar.īorn in Versailles, Kentucky, Massie spent much of his youth there and in Nashville, Tennessee. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Charger had been reported stolen in Markham, a southern suburb of Chicago, earlier Wednesday and a long rifle was found inside the vehicle, Brown said.Ĭhicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot urged drivers to slow down on city streets. Ten-month-old and 4-year-old girls and a 6-year-old boy were among those hospitalized. ![]() By Thursday morning, 11 people still were in hospitals – six in fair condition, and five in good condition, police said. The 16 people injured were taken to area hospitals, he said. The Charger hit seven other vehicles when it entered the intersection and burst into flames following the collision, Brown said. Wednesday, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said at a news conference. The vehicle, a Dodge Charger, was traveling “at a very high rate of speed” the wrong way northbound in a southbound lane in Chicago’s South Side around 5 p.m. A car speeding down a Chicago street in the wrong direction Wednesday slammed into several other vehicles at an intersection, killing its two occupants and injuring 16 other people, including seven children, police said. ![]() ![]() I think Mephisto’s character grew and matured in this book too. He has long questioned whether she was truly happy with Clayton, essentially being his sex toy only. Mephisto has wanted Molly for many years, wishing he had taken her as his own slave instead of guiding her toward Clayton. This is a very emotional time for Molly, and for Mephisto as well. ![]() She goes through a growth period where we really see the depth of her character as she discovers who she is and what she wants. Now that Molly’s Master is gone, the plan is for her to go to Mephisto, the owner of a BDSM club and close friend of Clayton’s, however, things don’t go exactly as planned. They had a very rigid 24/7 total power exchange relationship, and Molly was so immersed in her role as Clayton’s sex slave, it seemed that the other parts of herself were almost obliterated, or at least kept well hidden below the surface. Molly is devastated and scared after losing Clayton, her husband and Master of eight years. ![]() ![]() She is strong and passionate, and she has the heart of a devoted slave. It was a bumpy road, but I’ve made peace with Molly. BURN FOR YOU is the enthralling conclusion of Mephisto and Molly’s love story, which began with CLUB MEPHISTO and MOLLY’S LIPS. ![]() ![]() After the Time Traveller saves her from drowning, Weena keeps him company and tries to keep him safe and comfortable – in her own way. She has retained certain feelings that the other Eloi seem to have lost – gratitude, for instance. She's graceful and childish.īut at the same time, Weena has her own personality. She's amused by matches and frightened of the dark. ![]() Weena is like the other Eloi in many respects. If that were all she was good for, she wouldn't be a very interesting character – she'd just be a prop to show off the Time Traveller's heroism (or his lack thereof). Weena seems to keep getting into these dangerous situations, which the Time Traveller tries to rescue her. The Time Traveller is relieved when he thinks the forest fire got her before the Morlocks (9.16) – and he's her friend! ![]() Weena is one lucky Eloi – she gets burned to death rather than eaten. ![]() |
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