![]() ![]() It celebrates witches past, present, and future, and reveals the critical role they have played-and will continue to play-in the world as we know it. ![]() Part cultural analysis, part memoir, Waking the Witch traces the author’s own journey on the path to witchcraft, and how this has helped her find self-empowerment and purpose. From the idea of the femme fatale in league with the devil to the bewitching pop culture archetypes in Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Harry Potter from the spooky ladies in fairy tales to the rise of contemporary witchcraft, witches reflect the power and potential of women. In Waking the Witch, Pam Grossman explores the impact of the world’s most magical icon. ![]() But witches in various guises have been with us for millennia. When you think of a witch, what do you picture? Pointy black hat, maybe a broomstick. From the podcast host of The Witch Wave and practicing witch Pam Grossman-who Vulture has dubbed the “Terry Gross of witches”-comes an exploration of the world’s fascination with witches, why they have intrigued us for centuries and why they’re more relevant now than ever. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Rumors spread about the origins of this mansion throughout the various books until one day R. At the end of the street lie a burnt out shell of a once magnificent mansion. On this street, families would constantly be moving in and out of the various homes strewn up and down the street. ![]() Now back then, the Fear Street and The Ghosts of Fear Street series surrounded this mysterious street located in the fictional town of Shadyside, Ohio. Today, he is actually re-kindling this series and attempting to transform it to fit audiences of today’s generation. Even today, he still thrills kids with his Goosebumps series in his books and they are on the silver screen starring Jack Black! For teenage audiences, he thrilled us with the Fear Street series. ![]() Basically he is the Stephen King of children horror books. ![]() Stine was the true master of children and teen horror when I was a kid. Stine! If you do not recognize his name, I feel sorry for you. Amongst those, there are plenty more I could name but today I want to discuss one particular author. Christopher Pike (The Chain Letter, Remember Me), the various ghost authors of the “Buffy The Vampire” slayer series books, Debbie Dadey & Marcia Jones (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids) you know the books about monsters attempting to blend into regular society and not doing a very good job. During that time, there were various authors I loved to read. ![]() ![]() ![]() Casey, a card-carrying member of the Irish Republican Army, who must face the fact that five years away has left him a stranger, a misfit in his own neighborhood where not everyone is sympathetic to a convicted rebel. They come from disparate backgrounds - Jamie a wealthy aristocrat whose life is like an imperfect but multi-faceted jewel-brilliant, flawed and with a glitter that is designed to distract the observer. ![]() All three lives are on a collision course with each other against the backdrop of the burgeoning civil rights movement and a nation on the brink of revolution. ![]() It is the spring of 1968 in Belfast and James Kirkpatrick has just lost his father under suspicious circumstances, Casey Riordan is released from prison after five years and Pamela O'Flaherty has crossed an ocean and a lifetime of memories to find the man she fell in love with as a little girl. In this sweeping and powerful epic the journey begins in the "terrible beauty" of Northern Ireland during a time when conflict reigns and no one is spared from tragedy and sorrow, the time known as The Troubles. ![]() ![]() ![]() He made many far and dangerous journeyings in the wild distant lands and among the fierce tribes of Cathay, Thibet, India, and Abyssinia. A young Venetian of the thirteenth century, brought up amid luxury and wealth, of a bold spirit and a curious mind, went forth from his home in the beautiful Queen City of the Adriatic, and for many years lived among a far-off Asiatic people, and at a court of barbaric and yet splendid pomp. The reader is carried back, in the present volume, to a period two centuries previous to the discovery of the route to India by Vasco da Gama, and to the conquest of Peru by Pizarro. ![]() Marco Polo's Travels in CathayĬhapter 11. Marco Polo's Travels in Persia and TurkistanĬhapter 9. This edition has modern place names and weekly divisions added by AmblesideOnline for use with Year 3.Ĭhapter 4. Home > Resources > Book Helps > Marco Polo: His Travels and Adventures Marco Polo: His Travels and AdventuresĪuthor of "Vasco de Gama," "Pizarro," "Magellan," etc. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is a book that takes its time sinking in its fangs, but once it did, I sacrificed sleep and sanity to finish reading it. Something about the synopsis called to me, even though I’ve never purchased a book this way. I happened upon Sometimes I Lie thanks to a Facebook advertisement, of all things, and I prepared myself for the worst. Alternating between her paralyzed present, the week before her accident, and a series of childhood diaries from twenty years ago, this brilliant psychological thriller asks: Is something really a lie if you believe it’s the truth? Via Goodreads Review: Amber doesn’t remember what happened, but she has a suspicion her husband had something to do with it. ![]() She can hear everyone around her, but they have no idea. There are three things you should know about me:Īmber wakes up in a hospital. ![]() ![]() ![]() He has also always been a reader, writer, and TV and film watcher par-excellence. ![]() ![]() Throughout his adventures, in spite (or because) of bad livers, broken hearts, and other ailments common to the modern world, Ensley has managed to marry well, and to help raise one of the great American mutts, and two cats of indeterminate, though likely royal, lineage. In recent years he has become an academic late bloomer, and in a burst of energy has completed his AA, BA, and earned his MA in history, specializing in historical memory and American popular culture. Guffey has at one time or another been a chef, waiter, bartender, bouncer, car rental agent, cardiac model, restaurant manager, gas station attendant, electronic gambling associate, and ditch-digger third class. ![]() ![]() The surprise ending, then, is even more affirming after all of Choco’s rejections. Choco greets each potential mother, excitedly points out a physical characteristic which they have in common, and asks with great hope, “Are you my mother?” In response each mother draws attention to a way in which they differ, and Choco moves on, dejectedly. Literary elements at work in the story: Kasza uses the sort of repeated parallel dialogue that young children love as a device to advance this simple plot. Discouraged to the point of tears, Choco finally finds a very unconventional mother to call his own. Though bits of him match other mothers in his neighborhood, no one looks just like him. ![]() Summary: Choco is a little bird who lives all alone and who sets off one day to find his mother. ![]() ![]() ![]() In a world where humans and praeterns conspire for the ultimate power, violence is a way of life.and death. Lara, born to fight in service to the Were alpha, finds herself caught between two worlds, belonging to neither, and her unexpected obsession with an enemy Alpha puts ancient loyalties to the test. ![]() Francesca’s enforcer Michel, with a secret sexual conquest in Sylvan’s Pack and a Were centuri newly-turned Vampire, Lara under her command, may have divided loyalties, too. Sylvan must confront the Vampire Chancellor Francesca, a one-time lover, about her part in a recent attack on Mir Laboratories-a confrontation that will test Sylvan’s alliance with the Vampires and lead to war. Wolf Were Alpha Sylvan Mir wants nothing more than to keep her pregnant mate Drake safe in their secluded stronghold, deep in the heart of the Adirondack Mountains, but enemies, political and praetern, force her into battle. A world of violent passions and inhuman hungers explodes as ancient taboos and primal desires collide. ![]() ![]() She has to deal with two warring tribes, the Blue Stripes and the Grey Beards, who are in Aria’s way when it comes to completing her mission.Īll right, stories about people who are living alone after the Apocalypse are very common and ApocalyptiGirl isn’t without the trappings that come with this genre. Her only companion is a white cat named Jelly Beans, who she considers to be her boyfriend. But she’s been looking for this relic for the past six years. ![]() If she finds it, she completes her mission and gets to go home to her own planet. ![]() Every day she treks through an overgrown city looking to find an ancient relic of immeasurable power. ![]() ApocalyptiGirl: An Aria for the End Times is about Aria, a woman living on earth after civilization, as we know it, has died. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Partnerships Learn about our partners and collaborators.Meet the Team Meet the host and team behind Closer To Truth.The TV Series Where to watch on PBS stations nationwide.About Closer To Truth We are a digital-media nonprofit and TV series.Perspectives Read essays and articles from our community.Book Excerpts Explore recently authored books from our contributors.All News Stay up-to-date with the latest from Closer To Truth.Meaning Seek whether God exists through diverse perspectives.Neuroscience/Cognitive Science of Music.Consciousness Search mysteries of mind and individual awareness. ![]() Fine-Tuning the Universe for Life & Mind?.Cosmos Explore cosmology, physics, and the fundamentals of existence.Cosmos, Consciousness, Meaning: Explore the fundamental questions of existence.Roundtable Archives View roundtable discussions from our early years.CTT Chats Watch candid conversations with the brightest minds on the boldest ideas.Contributors Meet the greatest thinkers exploring the deepest questions.Projects Discover collaborations with leading institutions.Curated Playlists Explore collections of videos curated by our team.Seasons & Episodes Watch complete episodes as aired on public television. ![]() |