5/13/2023 0 Comments The little book of hygge book![]() I was truly tired of the word hygge and all its variations by the time I finished reading this. A game night or potluck is more personal. We tend to meet everyone at restaurants, which limits our time together. The one idea that I really hope to incorporate when my husband and I stop traveling with his job is hosting a regular night for friends to come over. I’m apparently already living a hygge lifestyle. My list of close friends is small but I try to see them every time I visit home. I love candles (although not to the extent that Danes apparently do), sweets, comfort food, and Christmas. I try to maintain a cozy, welcoming home and I’ve always preferred low lighting. ![]() The Little Book of Hygge was pleasant enough, but as an introvert, I found very little new information here. Covering topics from lighting to food, and including recipes and twelve must-have Christmas traditions, Wiking shares the concept of hygge (pronounced hoo-ga) with the rest of the world. ![]() ![]() Meik Wiking, CEO of Copenhagen-based Happiness Research Institute, outlines why Danes are some of the happiest people in the world. Title: The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well ![]()
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5/13/2023 0 Comments The birchbark house online![]() ![]() ![]() When Great Aunt Reba dies, she leaves some money to the family. ![]() The Heffley family’s house undergoes a disastrous attempt at home improvement. Omakayas cannot find her way back to happiness until an odd old woman tells her the truth of her past, in a novel that is by turns charming, suspenseful, and funny, and always bursting with life. ![]() But in winter smallpox again affects her life: Neewo dies, and Angeline is scarred for life. Omakayas works and plays through the summer and fall, learning the ways of her people she has a frightful adventure with bears and adopts a young raven as a pet. Omakayas, now seven, adores baby brother Neewo, detests rambunctious five-year-old brother Pinch, and worships her beautiful teenage sister, Angeline. After that stinging beginning, an unexpectedly enjoyable story follows, replete with believable characterizations, humor, family love, and misadventures. With this volume, Erdrich ( Grandmother’s Pigeon, 1996, etc.) launches her cycle of novels about a 19th-century Ojibwa family, covering in vivid detail their everyday life as they move through the seasons of one year on an island on Lake Superior.Ī baby girl crawls among the bodies of her family, dead from smallpox. ![]() ![]() ![]() "The Yellow Wallpaper" dramatically narrates what she knows would have happened to her had she not escaped from her husband and doctor. She received the "rest cure" of a noted neurologist, extended bedrest and total inactivity, after which she was sent home and told to live as domestic a life as possible and "never touch pen, brush, or pencil as long as you live." Charlotte, who believed work was essential to personal dignity, came close to insanity after a month of domesticity and finally left her husband. After the birth of their child, Charlotte suffered from nervous exhaustion and a debilitating depression. Charlotte married an artist after a lengthy courtship of conflicting emotions. Written in 1890, the story, which closely parallels the author's own life, vividly chronicles a woman's descent into madness. "The Yellow Wallpaper," by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is a remarkable piece of history and sociology, as well as a feminist story concerning the search for self. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Ghosted darhower![]() ![]() ![]() But Jonathan is desperate to make amends, and at the top of his list is the woman who gave up everything for him and the little girl he hasn't yet met. Now, years later, the only thing they share is a daughter-one who has no idea her father plays her favorite superhero. ![]() With stars in his eyes, and her heart on her sleeve, the pair ran away together to follow their dreams.īut dreams, sometimes, turn into nightmares. When Kennedy Garfield met Jonathan Cunningham back in high school, she knew he had all the makings of a tragic hero. Once, they were just a boy and a girl who bonded over comic books and fell in love unexpectedly. Every day when she goes to work, lurid tabloids surround her, the face of a notorious bad boy haunting her from their covers.Ī man and a woman, living vastly different lives, but that wasn't always the case. ![]() She's a single mother, assistant manager at a grocery store, existing in monotony with her five-year-old daughter. She's a single mother, assistant manager at a grocery store. Through scandal after scandal, addiction on top of addiction, a flurry of paparazzi hunt him as he fights to conquer his demons. Through scandal after scandal, addiction on top of addiction, a flurry of paparazzi hunt him as he fights to conquer his demons. He's a troubled young actor, Hollywood's newest heartthrob, struggling with fame as the star of the latest superhero franchise. He's a troubled young actor, Hollywood's newest heartthrob, struggling with fame as the star of the latest superhero franchise. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Bear by Ben Queen![]() Onlookers roared as the queen finally, after years of mystery, revealed the purpose of her ever-present leather handbag: it’s where she hides her secret stash of marmalade sandwiches. ![]() The mischievous, computer-animated character, voiced by actor Ben Whishaw, delighted the crowd with his typical, chaos-inducing antics - glugging tea straight from the spout and splattering cream all over a poker-faced Palace footman. “The opportunity to invite a famous bear to tea was just too much fun to miss,” a palace spokesman told the Sunday Times of London. The beloved 96-year-old monarch opened the royal shindig with a surprise pre-recorded video in which she shared high tea with another beloved British celebrity - Paddington Bear. ![]() ![]() Queen Elizabeth II took center stage at the star-studded “Platinum Party at the Palace” tribute concert outside Buckingham Palace Saturday night - and stole the show even though she wasn’t there. Who will wear Queen Elizabeth’s most fabulous jewels at the coronation ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Poirot murder on the nile![]() ![]() This was enough for the studio at the time (20 th Century Fox) to move forward with a follow-up adventure of Christie’s Poirot detective. While this wasn’t the first adaptation Christie’s famed, this version of Murder on the Orient Express boasted a solid cast and the production value and, while some drew criticism on the feature’s screenplay and sluggish pacing, the film still managed to collect over $350 million at the global box office against its $55 million production budget. ![]() Directed and starring in the lead role by Branagh himself, the film, which also had the talents of Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Michelle Pfeiffer, Judi Dench amongst several others, followed the exploits of one eccentric, yet super sleuth detective Hercule Poirot as he pieces together a murder case that occurred upon the Orient Express train. In 2017, actor / director Kenneth Branagh brought the classic and beloved murder mystery drama of novelist Agatha Christie to the silver screen with the release of Murder on the Orient Express. ![]() ![]() ![]() Steven Hoggett, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ![]() Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Stephen McKinley Henderson and Victor Almanzar in Second Stage’s Between Riverside and Crazy on Broadway. ![]() Private collectors of Ken’s work include Angela Lansbury, Harold Prince, Darren Criss, Matthew Broderick, Bradley Cooper, Barbra Streisand, Bernadette Peters, Sarah Paulson, Frank Langella, Sir Patrick Stewart, Warren Buffett, and Sir Cameron Mackintosh. Ken has chronicled the New York Theatre scene for over ten years in various publications and websites Original pen and ink drawings now hang in the venerable Players Club, as well as a permanent exhibit at New World Stages. Ken has several posters in the permanent poster collection of London’s Victoria & Albert Museum. Ken has produced illustrations for HBO, Showtime, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Metropolitan Opera, American Express, Belvedere Vodka, CBS News, Walt Disney Productions, The Peter Norton Foundation, and Microsoft.Īn Emmy nomination was received for Ken’s work on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” TV ad. ![]() Ken’s illustrations have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, In Style Magazine, The New Yorker, The Hollywood Reporter, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, Politico, and PLAYBILL Ken Fallin began his career creating caricature drawings for the long-running satirical revue, “Forbidden Broadway”. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Gadarene by Unpossible![]() ![]() He’s confused but she explains that she’s going to buy his textbooks. She turns around to him and, out of nowhere, demands that he put his textbooks on the counter. Then this kid, who’s been up my counter a few times to gather his school textbooks, comes up in line behind her (we’re connected to a major university in the city so we have a lot of harried students pass through). ![]() They’re thrilled about everything and they’re comfortably bananas. ![]() Awesomely happy, weird little old ladies are my favorite kind of customer. She effuses how much she loves the store and how she wishes she could spend more time in it but her husband is waiting in the car (OH! I BETTER BUY HIM SOME CHOCOLATE!), she piles a bunch of art supplies on the counter and then stops and tells me how my bangs are beautiful and remind her of the ocean (“Wooooosh” she says, making a wave gesture with her hand) Any who, middle of the day this little old lady comes up. It’s a great job 99% of the time and a lot of our customers are pretty neat people. I work in a decent sized, local, indie bookstore. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Marathon man novel![]() ![]() ![]() The film was a critical and commercial success, though a number of changes from Goldman’s original intentions–the removal of scenes deemed excessively violent, and how Szell dies at the end of the film–brought the film down a few notches…in Goldman’s own assessment, too. The line “Is it safe?” ranked #70 on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes. Christian Szell, who was ranked #34 on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Heroes & Villains list. Olivier was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his portrayal of the antagonist, Dr. ![]() The film stars Dustin Hoffman and costars Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane, and Marthe Keller. Marathon Man is a 1976 thriller film directed by John Schlesinger and written by William Goldman, an adaptation of his 1974 novel. ![]() ![]() ![]() See our Remarkables Archive list for what is no longer in print, but which we are happy to track down. Due to limited print runs and rare editions, many remarkables are no longer readily available. ![]() Remarkables REMARKABLES Intriguing, stunning, or otherwise remarkable books These include fine editions, foreign publications exceptional for their interest or production, special editions and some first-rate books from very small publishers.Prices include UK postage postage to other parts of the world will be added when we confirm the details of your order. Our packages are wrapped in brown paper and tied up with coloured paper ribbons. We aim to provide choice for the giver and relish to the recipient. Book Bundles Book Bundles For discerning and inquisitive minds These bundles are a natural extension of recommendations that we might give in the shop – a balance of recent publications and titles from our rich backlist.Biography, Letters & Diaries BIOGRAPHY, LETTERS & DIARIES.Window Box OUR WINDOW BOX Spilling with new favourites, old friends, and pleasures to come Temptations from the shop window, a show case for the new and outstanding, and a handful of surprises.Perennials PERENNIALS constant friends A selection of novels, memoirs and more by some of our favourite authors.New Paperbacks NEW PAPERBACKS A selection of recent paperbacks.Dip Into NEW PAPERBACKS A selection of recent paperbacks. ![]() |