![]() ![]() Most of all, there was the jungle-lyrical and alive-and there was Wayra, who would ultimately teach Laura so much about love, healing, and the person she was capable of becoming. There were animal whisperers, committed staff, wildly devoted volunteers, handsome heartbreakers, and a machete-wielding prom queen who carried Laura through. ![]() The humans, too, were cause for laughter and tears. They weren't alone, not with over a hundred quirky animals to care for, each lost and hurt in their own way: a pair of suicidal, bra-stealing monkeys, a frustrated parrot desperate to fly, and a pig with a wicked sense of humor. And in Wayra, she made a friend for life. Wide-eyed, inexperienced, and comically terrified, Laura made the scrappy, make-do camp her home. Fate landed her at a wildlife sanctuary on the edge of the Amazon jungle where she was assigned to a beautiful and complex puma named Wayra. ![]() Laura was in her early twenties and directionless when she quit her job to backpack in Bolivia. In this rapturous memoir, writer and activist Laura Coleman shares the story of her liberating journey in the Amazon jungle, where she fell in love with a magnificent cat who changed her life. ![]()
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![]() ![]() In this richly imagined international bestseller, Deborah Moggach has created the rarest of novels - a lush, lyrical work of fiction that is also compulsively readable. Ambitions, desires, and dreams breed a grand deception - and as the lies multiply, events move toward a thrilling and tragic climax. As the portrait unfolds, so a slow dance is begun among the household’s inhabitants. But as Van Loos begins to capture Sophia’s likeness on canvas, a slow passion begins to burn between the beautiful young wife and the talented artist. In a bid for immortality, he commissions a portrait of them both by the talented young painter Jan van Loos. ![]() Cornelis yearns for an heir, but so far he and Sophia have failed to produce one. She is the prize he desires, the woman he hopes will bring him the joy that not even his considerable fortune can buy. But for wealthy merchant Cornelis Sandvoort, it is his young and beautiful wife, Sophia, who stirs his soul. Everywhere men are seduced by the fantastic exotic flower. In 1630s Amsterdam, tulipomania has seized the populace. You can read this before Tulip Fever PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom.Ī tale of art, beauty, lust, greed, deception and retribution - set in a refined society ablaze with tulip fever. ![]() Here is a quick description and cover image of book Tulip Fever written by Deborah Moggach which was published in 1999–. Brief Summary of Book: Tulip Fever by Deborah Moggach ![]() ![]() London : New York: George Routledge and Sons, Limited E.P Dutton & Co, 1905. There are notes on the flyleaf and an attached postcard noting the provenance of the volume.Ĭhristina Georgina Rossetti. This volume is a first edition, advance proof copy sent to the Brownings. Cambridge, London: Macmillan and Co, 1862. The Armstrong Browning Library holds over thirty of Christina’s books and two letters.Ĭhristina Georgina Rossetti. ![]() Maria was distinguished by her study of Dante, Dante Gabriel by his poetry and painting, William Michael by his art and literary criticism, and Christina by her poetry. She wrote a variety of devotional, romantic, and children’s poems, and is perhaps most well-known for the lyrics of the Christmas carol “In the Bleak Midwinter,” her long poem Goblin Market, and her love poem “Remember.”Ĭhristina was the youngest child of an extraordinarily gifted family, Maria Francesca, Gabriel Charles Dante, William Michael, and Christina Georgina, all born between 18. After Barrett Browning’s death in 1861, readers saw Rossetti as Barrett Browning’s rightful successor. ![]() ![]() Written by Melinda Creech, Graduate Assistant, Armstrong Browning LibraryĬhristina Georgina Rossetti shared the limelight with Elizabeth Barrett Browning as the greatest female poet of the nineteenth century. ![]() ![]() If you’re anything like me you might need more than one book to get you through the month so here are the new September books that I loved: Last night I tried to make a ghost out of a mannequin and both his arms fell off. “ Everyone in Orange County’s Little Saigon knew that the Duong sisters were cursed.“Īnd if you’ve been waiting to join the Fantastic Strangelings this is the perfect time to do it because I’ve been a bit lonely so I’ve started doing ridiculous online crafting hours where you can zoom in and watch me glue myself to my desk. It was exactly the zany, dramatic, messy, hopeful tale that I needed and it had me hooked from the very first line: It’s September and that means I have a list of wonderful books you should read, including this month’s Fantastic Strangeling Book Club pick, The Fortunes of Jaded Women by Carolyn Huynh. ![]() ![]() I am religious and gay myself (that's why I picked up the book) but I have a hard time reading the negative aspects of the Baptist and gay experiences detailed in the book. Jo has strong faith that is an important part of her life. Am I the only one that has a hard time reading Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown It's in no way the fault of the author though. After emerging from Sephora and a (somewhat painful trip to the mall) with Three, "Joanna" is reborn as a "good, Southern girl". ![]() Jo agrees, under one significant condition, and her BFF Dana (wild-child from Atlanta) decides Jo should go completely undercover, make-over and all. The main character, lesbian-identified urban Joanna (Jo, back home in Atlanta) is confronted with a major choice when her radio-ministry father - who was previously supportive of her coming out and living her truth - asks her to go back into the closet for her final year of high-school, after he gets married to "Three" (wife #3) and they move back to her small town, spending time with Three's conservative parents and community. ![]() ![]() I really enjoyed this southern YA novel, for its integration of faith and queer identity. ![]() ![]() ![]() Twenty years ago, John Varty, co-owner of Londolozi Game Reserve on the border of the Kruger National Park, took in a pair of six-week-old leopard cubs that had been born in a private zoo in Zimbabwe. Right: Sky News presenter, Stephen Dixon.Ī ranger’s efforts to raise a pair of orphaned leopard cubs makes a heart-breaking tale. Set in the bushveld of South Africa and the pristine wilderness of Zambia’s South Luangwa Valley, My Life with Leopards is a story of love, triumph and, ultimately, heartbreak. ![]() ![]() When, a year later, Graham and the leopards moved to the remote South Luangwa Valley, a heavy-hearted Graham knew it was the beginning of the end and that soon it would be time to let them go. ![]() Her complex character and strong reservations appeared to persist, despite Graham’s efforts to win her trust.Įventually Poepface relented and so began a love story a powerful bond between a man and a young female leopard. His sister Poepface however was not that easily swayed. Boycat, the slightly bigger male cub proved to be an easy-going character and, after his initial reservations, he soon settled in. Establishing himself and his charges in a small tented camp in the middle of the South African bush, Graham set about his task of habituating the cubs to the dangers of the wild in preparation for their eventual release into the bush.īut first he had to gain the young leopards’ trust. In 1993 game ranger Graham Cooke was given the opportunity to parent two six-week-old leopard cubs. ![]() ![]() ![]() Iyengar was born into a poor Hebbar Iyengar family. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1991, and the Padma Bhushan in 2002.ī.K.S. Iyengar yoga centers are located throughout the world, and it is believed that millions of students practice Iyengar Yoga. He has also written several definitive yoga texts. ![]() He has written many books on yogic practice and philosophy, and is best known for his books Light on Yoga, Light on Pranayama, and Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. He is considered one of the foremost yoga teachers in the world and has been practicing and teaching yoga for more than 75 years. Iyengar) (Born Decemin Bellur, Kolar District, Karnataka, India) is the founder of Iyengar Yoga. ![]() ![]() ![]() Warren waited afterwards to shake hands with Criswell, who focused on Warren, stating, "I feel led to lay hands on you and pray for you!" ĭuring his time at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Warren worked at the Texas Ranch for Christ, a ministry facility of Billie Hanks Jr., where he began writing books. Criswell preach at the Jack Tar Hotel in San Francisco. In November 1973, he and a friend skipped classes and drove 350 miles to hear W. Warren says he was called to full-time ministry when he was a 19-year-old student at California Baptist University. He also studied at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California and earned a Doctor of Ministry. ![]() He studied at California Baptist University in Riverside, California and earned a Bachelor of Arts, then he studied at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas and earned a Master of Divinity in 1979. He was raised in Ukiah, California, and graduated from Ukiah High School in 1972, where he founded the first Christian club on the school's campus. His father was a Baptist minister, his mother a high-school librarian. Warren was born in San Jose, California, the son of Jimmy and Dot Warren. ![]() He is the founder of Saddleback Church, an evangelical Baptist megachurch in Lake Forest, California. Richard Duane Warren (born January 28, 1954) is an American Southern Baptist evangelical Christian pastor and author. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() His remarks, in an interview with European broadcasters, were aired shortly before Britain said it has sent Ukraine air-launched cruise missiles that would allow pilots to extend their reach farther than possibly any other weapon in their arsenal, to locations deep behind the front line.Ī Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russia’s more than 14-month-old invasion has been expected since warmer weather improved battlefield conditions, and Zelenskyy said it’s possible that “we can go forward and be successful,” the BBC reported. KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in remarks broadcast Thursday that Kyiv is delaying its long-awaited counteroffensive against Russia’s occupying forces because Ukraine lacks enough Western weapons to succeed without suffering too many casualties. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Now a new evil is on the horizon, and her granddaughter, Elloren, is believed to be Carnissa's heir-but while she is the absolute image of her famous grandmother, Elloren is utterly devoid of power in a society that prizes magical ability above nearly all else. ![]() Carnissa Gardner, the last prophesied Black Witch, drove back the enemy forces and saved her people during the Realm War. So foretells the greatest prophecy of the Gardnerian mages. And just as Night slays Day, and Day slays Night, so also shall another Black Witch rise to meet him, her powers vast beyond imagining. A Great Winged One will soon arise and cast his fearsome shadow upon the land. ![]() |