![]() ![]() Here are some of the best books to read next if you liked Circe, featuring their own unique blend of magic, nature, myth, and strong women. Her island makes for the perfect retreat for us as reader, too. She transforms men into swine, creates powerful protective chants, and treats her ailments and those of others. With the unlimited time available to her as an immortal, her spells and tinctures grow more refined and potent. Her days become focused on honing the art of pharmaka – the magic of herbs – as she forages, picks, blends, brews, and experiments with what she finds. Rather than acting as her prison, Aiaia turns into her sanctuary. If I had known how beautiful the descriptions of nature would be, I’d have read Circe (and Madeline Miller’s other novel, The Song of Achilles) much sooner.Īfter unleashing magic that she never believed she could be capable of, Circe, the daughter of Helios, is banished to the island of Aiaia. ![]() It’s the perfect example of the Greek myth retold genre that’s been exploding in the last few years – what with The Silence of the Girlsby Pat Barker and The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood among others – but the reason I loved Circe goes deeper. If only there were more books like Circe by Madeline Miller…Ĭirce is a dream of a book. After thirteen years as a high school English teacher, she wrote ARIADNE which tells the legend of Theseus and the Minotaur from the perspective of Ariadne the woman who made it happen. When you buy through these links, I may earn a commission. Author: Jennifer Saint Language: English Genre:Sports Fiction Format: PDF/ePub Size: 1 MB. A quick note that some of my posts contain affiliate links. ![]()
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![]() ![]() I should confess that my total understanding of psychology is a college 101 class, so this is really not my world. I have a million other topics I need to study, but I've always been fascinated by Jung. Jung: Normal is the Ideal Aim of the Unsuccessfulįirst, I love this book because it's short. Tim Pigott-Smith did a great job narrating the book. Stevens did a great deal of research and has the magnificence ability to summarize a complex person and his ideas and system of psychology into understandable and interesting book for a lay person. He explains Jung’s relationship with Freud and refutes the anti-Semitism charges that floated around since before World War Two. Stevens’ book is a well written, comprehensive over view of Jung’s ideas and biography. He has co-author several books on evolutionary psychiatry. ![]() Anthony Stevens a British psychiatrist and Jungian analyst. ![]() Stone is the master of the biographical novel. The only thing I knew about Jung was what I had read back in 1971 when I read Irving Stone’s “The Passions of the Mind” about the life of Sigmund Freud. When I saw this short book I jumped at it, thinking I could learn a bit about Jung so I would not feel so stupid when we get together. I have a friend who is a Jungian scholar who is writing a book on some aspect of Jung. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jahrhundert mit Schwerpunkt im Nationalsozialismus, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Jürgen Zimmerer (professor of global history with a focus on Africa and colonial history at the University of Hamburg), moderation: René Aguigah (head of literature department at Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Berlin) ![]() 12 noon Panel Antisemitism and postcolonial research: A (global) history debate, Michaela Melián (artist and professor of Time-based Media, HFBK Hamburg), Miriam Rürup (Direktorin Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum, Professorin für europäisch-jüdische Studien, Universität Potsdam), Michael Wildt (Professor i.R.Nugroho (artist, member of Taring Padi, Berlin), moderation: Kate Brown (curator, art journalist and Europe editor, Artnet News) ![]() Talk documenta fifteen from Indonesian perspective, Reza Afisina (artist, member of ruangrupa and DAAD guest professor, HFBK Hamburg), Hestu A. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Please see extended rules for appropriate alternative subreddits, like /r/suggestmeabook, /r/whatsthatbook, etc. ‘Should I read …?’, ‘What’s that book?’ posts, sales links, piracy, plagiarism, low quality book lists, unmarked spoilers (instructions for spoiler tags are in the sidebar), sensationalist headlines, novelty accounts, low effort content. Promotional posts, comments & flairs, media-only posts, personalized recommendation requests incl. Please use a civil tone and assume good faith when entering a conversation. All posts must be directly book related, informative, and discussion focused. If you're looking for help with a personal book recommendation, consult our Suggested Reading page or ask in: /r/suggestmeabook Quick Rules:ĭo not post shallow content. It is our intent and purpose to foster and encourage in-depth discussion about all things related to books, authors, genres or publishing in a safe, supportive environment. Subreddit Rules - Message the mods - Related Subs AMA Info The FAQ The Wiki ![]() Join in the Weekly "What Are You Reading?" Thread!.Check out the Weekly Recommendation Thread.Tue at 7pm, Sue Lynn Tan Author of Daughter of the Moon Goddess. ![]() ![]() ![]() Meanwhile the now 19-year-old Anna is working sorting machine parts at the Brooklyn Navy Yards. Eddie is gone, having disappeared five years earlier. The question of what took place that day is thrown into stark relief in the novel's second part, which jumps forward to 1942. Yet he is eager to move on, partly because he wants to regain some semblance of his old life, partly because he requires money to pay for a special wheelchair for Anna's sister, the profoundly disabled Lydia. It's a job Eddie excels at, largely due to his easy charm. Once a stockbroker, Eddie has fallen on hard times, and is working as a bagman for the mobster who runs the waterfront. The purpose of the visit remains unclear, but as the opening chapters unfurl pieces begin to fall into place for the reader. Twelve year-old Anna Kerrigan has accompanied her father, Eddie, to the home of gangster Dexter Styles. ![]() ![]() ![]() The rest of Changing Our Mind, though - the book itself - was written by David Gushee. I’m just saying the tribal gatekeepers have a great deal of practice at not listening to them, and they’ve convinced many of their followers not to listen to them either. I’m not saying these gatekeepers have good reasons not to listen to any of these three people. But Vines is young, and gay, and for the past year the tribal gatekeepers have been ferociously trying to muzzle him by delegitimizing him as some kind of outsider or interloper or threat. Vines is whip-smart and undeniably reveres the Bible. The book’s introduction - yes, it has all three - is written by Matthew Vines. So the tribal gatekeepers won’t hesitate to pre-emptively dismiss and delegitimize whatever she has to say. But the emergent church, like McLaren, is officially suspect and controversial because it’s, like, postmodern or something, and therefore dangerous. Tickle is well-respected as a thoughtful leader and teacher in the emergent church movement. That’s by Phyllis Tickle, and that’s also pretty cool. McLaren, the tribal gatekeepers said, no longer counted as One of Us, and therefore whatever it was he had to say no longer mattered.Ĭhanging Our Mind also has a preface. ![]() ![]() His arguments weren’t rejected, they were simply dismissed without being heard. For years now, white evangelicals have been told that McLaren is someone they shouldn’t listen to - someone they’re not allowed to listen to. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Illusions, on the other hand, is much more direct in its teachings. He goes on to meet a guide who teaches him lessons beyond flying-lessons about reality and potential. For that, he is outcast but continues practicing flight. This book tells the story of a gull obsessed with learning to fly high, fast, and precisely. While Jonathan Livingston Seagull presents some amazingly essential and powerful metaphysical concepts, it does so in a very subtle manner. I saw the book on a table in a bookstore and purchased it. I had fond memories of reading Jonathan Livingston Seagull and the impact its lessons had on me when I read it around the age of 16. I first purchased Illusions simply because it was written by Richard Bach. And I remembered exactly how I felt when I first read Illusions and why this book changed my life. ![]() This discussion sent me to my bookshelf to find my copy of both books and begin rereading them. Two of us immediately mentioned books by Richard Bach: Jonathan Livingston Seagull and Illusions. However, during the first session of the Inspired Creator Community, our conversation turned to books that set us on the metaphysical or spiritual path. I’ve meant to write a post about why this book changed my life, but I wanted to reread it first. Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach. Every once in awhile, someone asks me to name a book that changed my life. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If the crew cannot uncover the secrets of the hidden island city before the wrath of its ancient guardians falls upon them, the fate of Roshar and the entire Cosmere hangs in the balance. With the help of Lopen, the formerly one-armed Windrunner, Rysn must accept Navanis quest and sail into the perilous storm from which no one has returned alive. Now Rysns pet is ill, and any hope for Chiri-Chiris recovery can be found only at the ancestral home of the larkin: Akinah. Shipowner Rysn Ftori lost the use of her legs but gained the companionship of Chiri-Chiri, a Stormlight-ingesting winged larkin, a species once thought extinct. Knights Radiant who fly too near find their Stormlight suddenly drained, so the voyage must be by sea. ![]() When a ghost ship is discovered, its crew presumed dead after trying to reach the storm-shrouded island Akinah, Navani Kholin must send an expedition to make sure the island hasnt fallen into enemy hands. Taking place between Oathbringer and Rhythm of War, this tale (like Edgedancer before it) gives often-overshadowed characters their own chance to shine. ![]() Book Synopsis From Brandon Sanderson-author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive and its fourth massive installment, Rhythm of War -comes a new hefty novella, Dawnshard. About the Book Originally published by Dragonsteel Entertainment in November 2020-Copyright page. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() in anthropology, does an excellent job creating alien cultures and thinking through the conflicts and misunderstandings that might result when very different cultures meet. The characters-a mix of Jesuit priests, scientists of varying faiths, and the aliens they meet-are well-drawn and almost universally sympathetic. I’ve always loved books that begin by showing a tragedy and then gradually reveal how it happened, and Russell executes that perfectly here as the plot builds to its riveting conclusion. I first read this book for a book club about fifteen years ago, and it’s been one of my favorites ever since. Emilio’s account is interspersed with flashbacks to paint a heartwrenching picture of a project that started out with the best intentions but ended in death and scandal. He is forced to give his superiors an analysis of the mission’s failure. Emilio Sandoz, a priest and linguist who is the only survivor among the mission’s crew, has just returned to Earth physically mutilated and spiritually broken. ![]() ![]() The Sparrow (1996), by Mary Doria Russell, opens in 2059, in the aftermath of a disastrous Jesuit mission to make first contact with an extraterrestrial civilization. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() For everyone has come to the Bellweather with a secret, and everyone is haunted.įull of knowing nods to the shivery pleasures of suspense and the transporting power of music, this is a wholly winning new novel from a writer lauded as "charming" ( Los Angeles Times), "witty" ( O, The Oprah Magazine), and "whimsical" ( People). The search for answers entwines a hilariously eccentric cast of characters - conductors and caretakers, failures and stars, teenagers on the verge and adults trapped in memories. Is it a prank, or has murder struck the Bellweather once again? Then one of the orchestra's stars disappears - from room 712. Now hundreds of high school musicians, including quiet bassoonist Rabbit Hatmaker and his brassy diva twin, Alice, have gathered in its cavernous, crumbling halls for the annual Statewide festival the grown-up bridesmaid has returned to face her demons and a snowstorm is forecast that will trap everyone on the grounds. Her third novel, Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts, will be published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2019. She is the author of the novels This Must Be the Place and Bellweather Rhapsody, winner of the American Library Association’s Alex Award. Fifteen years ago, a murder/suicide in room 712 rocked the grand old Bellweather Hotel and the young bridesmaid who witnessed it. Kate is a novelist living in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. ![]() |