![]() “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” ~ Dr.“Maybe we all have darkness inside of us and some of us are better at dealing with it than others.” ~ Jasmine Warga.“I do believe that if you haven’t learnt about sadness, you cannot appreciate happiness.” ~ Nana Mouskouri.It might be stormy now, but it can’t rain forever” ~ Anonymous “Be strong now because things will get better.“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.” ~ Zora Neale Hurston.“Sadness flies away on the wings of time.” ~ Jean de La Fontaine.“I know how to love you, but not how to stop loving you.” ~ Invajy. ![]() ![]() “I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.” ~ Charlie Chaplin.If, you will not respect your own decisions, who else will?” ~ Invajy ![]()
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![]() The winged steed Pegasus, after skimming the air all day, went every night to a comfortable stable in Corinth. The exact spot where Aphrodite was born of the foam could be visited by any ancient tourist it was just offshore from the island of Cythera. Read More : Read Now Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes Description For nearly seventy years readers have chosen this book above all others to discover the thrilling, enchanting, and. ![]() Hercules, whose life was one long combat against preposterous monsters, is always said to have had his home in the city of Thebes. ![]() Anyone who reads them with attention discovers that even the most nonsensical take place in a world which is essentially rational and matter-of-fact. It may seem odd to say that the men who made the myths disliked the irrational and had a love for facts but it is true, no matter how wildly fantastic some of the stories are. Includes a brief section on Norse mythology 'A Meridian book. The terrifying incomprehensibilities which were worshiped elsewhere, and the fearsome spirits with which earth, air, and sea swarmed, were banned from Greece. A collection of Greek and Roman myths from various classical sources arranged in section on the gods and early heroes, love and adventure stories, heroes before and during the Trojan War, and lesser myths. “That is the miracle of Greek mythology-a humanized world, men freed from the paralyzing fear of an omnipotent Unknown. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now she must choose between safety and love, but can she find the courage to be the person she was truly born to be? Zenia escapes to an English world of elegance and comfort, leaving behind the lonely, fearless man who has changed her life and conquered her heart.until he returns to invade her sanctuary. But in one night of terror, condemned to death, their lives are irrevocably bound. ![]() She wants only to reach England, far from the blood and sand of the desert. Zenia wants nothing of the danger that Lord Winter lives for. But hidden beneath the ragged costume of a Bedouin boy is a remarkable young woman: Zenia Stanhope, daughter of the extraordinary Queen of the Desert. In search of a legendary mare, Lord Winter enters the crucible of the red sands, forging unbreakable bonds of loyalty and trust with his young companion in the desert. ![]() ![]() ![]() Constantly struggling to support his wife and family, Carver enrolled in a writing programme under author John Gardner in 1958. ![]() He married at 19, started a series of menial jobs and his own career of 'full-time drinking as a serious pursuit', a career that would eventually kill him. ![]() Set in trailer parks and shopping malls, they are stories of banal lives that turn on a seemingly insignificant detai Carver was born into a poverty-stricken family at the tail-end of the Depression. Rejecting the more experimental fiction of the 60s and 70s, he pioneered a precisionist realism reinventing the American short story during the eighties, heading the line of so-called 'dirty realists' or 'K-mart realists'. He saw this opportunity as a turning point. Carver was born into a poverty-stricken family at the tail-end of the Depression. ![]() ![]() ![]() With her previous three novels, The Silent Companions, The Corset and Bone China, Laura Purcell proved that she has a unique gift for spinning a sophisticated, spine-tingling gothic mystery. ![]() But by opening up a doorway to the other side, Agnes and Pearl find themselves further consumed by the death and heartache they’re both trying to rid themselves of. ![]() Agnes hopes that if Pearl can contact her deceased clients, they might be able to reveal who killed them and why. When the police and her kindly brother-in-law fail to take her anxious pleas seriously, Agnes’ search for answers takes her to Pearl, an albino child spirit medium who lives with her half-sister, Myrtle, and her ailing father. ![]() And three? You might begin to believe that a killer is targeting Agnes’ business, which is exactly what’s happening. Life is a constant struggle for Agnes, both financially and physically, and when one of her clients is murdered shortly after sitting for her, it’s not long before the police arrive on her doorstep. The advent of the photograph has seen a dwindling interest in her art form but Agnes has an elderly mother and orphaned nephew to support. Set against the atmospheric historical backdrop of Victorian Bath, Laura Purcell’s The Shape of Darkness centres on silhouette artist Agnes Darken who, still recovering from a serious illness, is struggling to keep her business afloat. ![]() ![]() ![]() Following this, he started his career as a journalist in 1995. Salam pursued his undergraduate study in History from St. He started his formal education at the Bluebells School International until the tenth grade and later at a convent school. Salam has a sister, who works as a doctor. His father, Mufti Abdul Dayem Sahab, an Islamic scholar, had written several scholarly works on Islamic sciences in Urdu and Arabic and also worked as a hadith translator, while his mother is a housewife. ![]() Since this, he has worked for several newspaper, including The Hindu, The Pioneer, The Statesman and The Times of India. ![]() Stephen's College, he decided to work as a journalist in 1995. ![]() īorn in Rampur, his father was Islamic scholar Mufti Abdul Dayem Sahab (died 1983) while his mother is a housewife. In addition to serving as the associate editor for magazine Frontline, he also wrote several columns on sociocultural issues and book reviews for the magazine. Ziya Us Salam (born 1970) is an Indian author, literary critic, journalist and social commentator, who has worked for The Hindu Group since 2000. Author, critic, journalist, social commentator ![]() ![]() ![]() In 2008, Harper Children's published Terry's standalone non-Discworld YA novel, Nation. The first of these, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, won the Carnegie Medal.Ī non-Discworld book, Good Omens, his 1990 collaboration with Neil Gaiman, has been a longtime bestseller and was reissued in hardcover by William Morrow in early 2006 (it is also available as a mass market paperback - Harper Torch, 2006 - and trade paperback - Harper Paperbacks, 2006). There are over 40 books in the Discworld series, of which four are written for children. Terry worked for many years as a journalist and press officer, writing in his spare time and publishing a number of novels, including his first Discworld novel, The Color of Magic, in 1983. His first novel, a humorous fantasy entitled The Carpet People, appeared in 1971 from the publisher Colin Smythe. ![]() ![]() Born Terence David John Pratchett, Sir Terry Pratchett sold his first story when he was thirteen, which earned him enough money to buy a second-hand typewriter. ![]() ![]() ![]() She was an eyewitness to the 1993 constitutional crisis in Russia and the street fighting in Moscow. Born into a family that had survived Soviet and Nazi terror, she first saw the corrosive effect of corruption in Somalia while cutting her teeth as a diplomat in the male-dominated world of the 1980s State Department. Yet Yovanovitch was no stranger to instability and injustice. It was a time of chaos and pain, for her and for the nation. In the months that followed, she endured personal tragedy while simultaneously being pulled into the blinding lights of the first impeachment inquiry of Donald Trump. ![]() In the middle of her third ambassadorship-a rarity in the world of diplomacy-she was targeted by a smear campaign and abruptly recalled from her post in Kyiv, Ukraine. Marie Yovanovitch was at the height of her diplomatic career when it all came crashing down. ambassador to Ukraine-a pioneering diplomat who spent her career advancing democracy in the post-Soviet world, and who electrified the nation by speaking truth to power during the first impeachment of President Trump. Produktbeschreibung INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An inspiring and urgent memoir by the former U.S. ![]() ![]() ![]() It offers a clear survey of the basics of Coptic grammar and the exercises necessary to master those basics. ![]() The concept of the book allows for a systematic use, as well as for didactic purposes. The Coptic learning Grammar is not only a teaching method for Sahidic, the 'classical' Coptic dialect, it can also be used as a reference tool for students who are already familiar with the language. The student gradually learns the Coptic constructions (nominal articulation and different kinds of sentences) with reference to the elements that are relevant for each construction. ![]() The book consists of two main parts, elements and constructions, followed by application exercises and a selection of texts. The approach allows for classroom teaching as well as for private study. Neuware -This textbook is written for students who are new to Coptic and for those who already have a first understanding of the language. ![]() ![]() "There’s power enough in Heaven," he finishes the quote as he contemplates the quiet village, "to cure a sin-sick soul." And then he gets up. Having finally found sanctuary, Gamache feels a near revulsion at the thought of leaving Three Pines. Failed to show up as promised on the first anniversary of their separation. Peter, her artist husband, has failed to come home. While Gamache doesn’t talk about his wounds and his balm, Clara tells him about hers. ![]() "There is a balm in Gilead," his neighbor Clara Morrow reads from the dust jacket, "to make the wounded whole." ![]() On warm summer mornings he sits on a bench holding a small book, The Balm in Gilead, in his large hands. Happily retired in the village of Three Pines, Armand Gamache, former Chief Inspector of Homicide with the Sûreté du Québec, has found a peace he’d only imagined possible. ![]() |