In this week’s Dispatches from The Secret Library, Dr Oliver Tearle explores the meaning and origins of a famous Shakespeare phrase ‘Hoist with one’s own petard’. The expression is well-known, and its meaning is fairly clear to most people: it describes someone who has been scuppered by their own schemes, […] The post The Curious…
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This quarantine I lost a few things. The struggle of locating car keys in the morning got replaced by a quiet cup of tea while dad read the morning news out loud. The scramble to cook and pack breakfast and lunch into multiple tiffin boxes सlowed down into serene hours spent in the kitchen learning […]
Lungs, give me time To say I’m sorry. To my parents who will grieve for me To my children who will suffer for me To any children who might have been if they had had the chance of life. To my friends whose life I changed for the worst. To my mind Tortured beyond endurance […]
via LUNGS – a poem by Lorrine A Graham… — Chris The Story Reading Ape’s Blog
In einem idyllischen Dorf in Oberösterreich trifft sich die große Welt im Kleinen. Dominik Barta nimmt die heile Welt in seinem Debütroman Vom Land (Zsolnay) maßgerecht auseinander, und zwar mit einer guten Portion Wut und Liebe. Es gibt eine Tendenz zum Mikrokosmos. Das Geschehen der großen weiten Welt im Brennglas eines klitzekleinen Fleckens zu zeigen,…
By Bibiana Krall “I have never danced in the rain,” she said. Her words transported me back in time to my childhood. Woods protected our farm, a fragrant mystery of spruce, maple and oak. The rain gutter on the barn perched so high, hawks nested there. Providence was a hole in the eavestrough the size […]
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Elwyn Brooks White, American writer, author of popular children’s books, including “Stuart Little” and “Charlotte’s Web”, was born on 11 July 1899 ( and died in 1985) Here are three of his quotes: 🎉 I have one share in corporate Earth, and I am nervous about the management. 🎉 Prejudice is a great time saver. […]
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Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis: This is a guest post by Daniela McVicker. Daniela is a contributor to Essayguard. She has a master’s degree in English Literature and is truly passionate about learning foreign languages and teaching. Daniela works with the students to help them reveal their writing talent and find their one true…
via 7 Tips to Write a Killer Book Presentation — Chris The Story Reading Ape’s Blog
They call them Savages. Brutal. Efficient. Expendable. The empire relies on them. The Savages are the greatest weapon they ever developed. Culled from the streets of their cities, they take the ones no one will miss and throw them, by the thousands, at the empire’s enemies. If they live, they fight again. If they die,…
via Matt Wallace: Five Things I Learned Writing Savage Legion — Chuck Wendig: Terribleminds
This book is a rich resource of well researched historical facts and a concise re-telling of the story of one of many Mayflower pilgrims. Noelle describes the characters in a series of narratives that depict the crossing with its difficulties, the landing, the search for a suitable location, the troubles establishing themselves as a village, […]
via Book Review: The Last Pilgrim by Noelle Granger — writerchristophfischer
“Love is like the wind, you can’t see it, but you can feel it” – Nicholas Sparks Love is one of the most beautiful emotions we experience as humans. Though we can invite it into our lives, we do not have the control over the how, when and where love starts to express itself. The […]
via Beautiful moments while falling in love — International Journal of Research (IJR)
Pliny, Natural History, 26 3 “This plague didn’t exist among our ancestors. It first invaded Italy during the principate of Tiberius Claudius when some Roman knight from Perusia, secretary to a quaestor, brought the infection with him after he had been serving in Asia Minor. Women, enslaved people, and those of the low or humble […]
There are times when you need an escape from your life and your time frame. Books are the best escape, the best time travel and the best indulgence. The world right now is going through a lot, and it wouldn’t be wrong to say that it is the toughest time for the humanity. From being […]
via Top 5 books to read — International Journal of Research (IJR)
Happy Friday my bookworms! For those of you from the great white north, you’ll know that this week Wednesday was Canada Day. I think it’s important to acknowledge and educate yourself about the history of oppression and genocide that Canada has every day, but especially to make note of that on the day we celebrate […]
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As we reach the halfway point of the year I have been prompted to look back at the books I have read and enjoyed over the last six months. As the year began I was savouring a beautiful illustrated book, a present from my sister, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and The Horse by […]
via Celebrating Picture Books – my favourites of 2020 so far — Library Lady
Phil Slattery, Writer, Publisher 