![]() My favorites don't necessarily lend to the parallel motif, but here they are. In many photos, it's difficult to tell the difference between the US and the USSR. The elements of propaganda emerged later when the government editors selected only the images that told their story, much the same way ad agencies choose from stock images today. Staging a shot was considered a mortal sin. These pioneering photographers felt empowered, and themselves insisted on truth and kept each other honest. ![]() Camera companies introduced more portable models and equipment. Both American and Soviet photographers developed unique styles of shooting still used today. Regardless of these parallel movements and their propagandizing functions in the media, the art of photography made tremendous strides during the 30s. In the USSR, the purpose was to show that the poor were working very hard and enjoying it. ![]() ![]() In the US, it seems the purpose was to show that the poor were doing well, living active lives. Their purposes were not so very different, and they were both heavily edited and profiled for a specific message. In the US, government economic recovery agencies offered photographers regular pay to shoot images of Americans. The first half is mostly text, with few images, describing two seemingly opposing movements of the 30s. ![]()
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![]() One day, a disheveled white man walks out of the sea and onto the shores of Desperance, after a storm destroys all of his memories. ![]() ![]() Norm disowns his son, Will Phantom, when Will goes to live on the Eastside with Hope, a member of Joseph Midnight's clan. The Phantoms and the Midnights have warred with each other for centuries, while the white residents of Desperance continue to treat both Aboriginal settlements with disrespect and violence. The Phantoms live on the Westside of Desperance, while Joseph Midnight and his family set up a camp on the Eastside of town. Angel eventually leaves Norm to be with Mozzie Fishman, the leader of a spiritual convoy. The chaotic, quarrelsome family live in a swampy area on top of the nest of a serpent spirit, which is the ancestral creation spirit for Aboriginal people in the region. Norm and his wife Angel Day have seven children. ![]() Norm lives with his family on the outskirts of Desperance, a white settler town in the Gulf of Carpentaria, in northern Queensland, Australia. Normal Phantom is an old Black Aboriginal man known far and wide as the best fisherman. ![]() ![]() As they walk home in the cold after the reading, her father’s health worsens and he dies shortly after, leaving Eliza blaming Dickens for his death. It begins in London with a public reading by Charles Dickens, attended by young schoolteacher Eliza Caine and her invalid father, a big admirer of Dickens. This House is Haunted is a wonderful Victorian-style ghost story and a perfect October read. And throughout it all there is but one thought running through my mind.” ![]() ![]() “I wake up at Gaudlin Hall, I spend most of my day there, I sleep there at night. A lonely mansion, a young governess, two young children in white nightgowns, servants who seem to vanish into thin air, villagers who refuse to answer any questions, gusts of wind that blow up out of nowhere and disappear as suddenly as they came… ![]() ![]() ![]() Shortly after her husband Rupert’s funeral, Elsie attempts to learn more about the house she has inherited. The meager staff comes from a village farther afield. The people of the nearby village are frightened of the house and will not work there. She is accompanied only by her husband’s cousin, Sarah. Before her marriage, Elsie and her younger brother Jolyon, owned and ran a match factory in London. ![]() ![]() Her recent widowhood, and the fact that this rural abode is far, far different from her life in London, makes Elisabeth “Elsie” Bainbridge miss her late husband all the more. The societal norms of the time dictate that she wear black for a year. The novel then takes us back one year as we join a young, pregnant widow as she travels to her country house for the first time. ![]() It is the year 1866 and the conditions in the asylum are abhorrent. Mute and badly scarred, she exists in a tragic hell, both physically and in her own mind. With two historical timelines, set around two hundred years apart the novel begins with an inmate of an insane asylum. And WOW, what a ghost story! Creepy, gothic, and utterly unique, this novel will remain in my memory for years to come. I just had to end the month of October with a ghost story. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her mother, Linda Eastman McCartney, was of Jewish ancestry. She is named after her maternal great-grandmothers (both of Linda's grandmothers were named Stella). McCartney was born on 13 September 1971 at King's College Hospital in Camberwell, London. Since 2005, she has designed an activewear collection for Adidas. Like her parents, McCartney is a firm supporter of animal rights and environmentalism, and is particularly known for her use of vegetarian and animal-free alternatives in her work. She is a daughter of British singer-songwriter Paul McCartney and the late American photographer and animals rights activist Linda McCartney. Stella Nina McCartney CBE (born 13 September 1971) is an English fashion designer. Beatrice McCartney (paternal half-sister) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Nordeuropaforum 23: 23-53.īarraclough, E. Der übernatürliche Norden: Konturen eines Forschungsfeldes. Saga-Book of the Viking Society 36: 79-101.īarraclough, E. ![]() Naming the landscape in the Landnám narratives of the Íslendingasögur and Landnámabók. Journal of the North Atlantic 7(018): 1-12.īarraclough, E. Sailing the Saga Seas: Narrative, Cultural, and Geographical Perspectives in the North Atlantic Voyages of the Íslendingasögur. Inside Outlawry in "Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar" and "Gísla saga Súrssonar": Landscape in the Outlaw Sagas. This project also incorporated my own fieldwork in locations including Greenland, Arctic Norway, Iceland, Sweden, Orkney, Rome, and Istanbul. What emerges is a fluid, fragmented, multidimensional picture that provides insights into how the world was remembered and imagined by a unique culture from the edge of medieval Europe. In Beyond the Northlands: Viking Voyages and the Old Norse Sagas I examine the medieval world through the lens of the far-travelling Norse and their saga storytelling culture, establishing an unfamiliar, distinctive approach to global history. ![]() I have focused most recently on the history of Norse far-travellers who made their mark on the great civilizations of the Middle Ages. Much of my research explores the history, cultures, languages and literatures of the medieval Nordic world. ![]() ![]() ![]() The paper is thick, and not glossy, and four silky, color-coded ribbons that align with the book’s Foundations of the Faith approach guide readers through Catholicism’s normative teachings.Īscension Press’s Foundations of the Faith approach uses a color-coding system to show how topics of the Catechism of the Catholic Church fit into four broad categories: what Catholics believe (teal) how Catholic worship (red) how Catholics live (green) and how Catholics pray (purple). Somehow, however, Ascension Press has achieved the impossible, because even after a week of moderate use, the volume still looks pristine. White is an especially bold color choice for a book of this size and importance as it tends to quickly show wear, tear, and dirt. ![]() Ascension Press’s Catechism of the Catholic Church includes color-coded ribbons that work with its Foundations of the Faith approach ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Haddish focuses a lot on the relationships in her life. In my life, and I hope in yours, I want us to grow roses out of the poop.” ― Tiffany Haddish, The Last Black Unicorn That’s why my comedy so often comes from my pain. You can find beauty in it, and you can get better. No matter how bad things go, no matter how dark your life is, there is a reason for it. To show people that no matter what, they matter, and they can succeed. ![]() “ I believe my purpose is to bring joy to people, to make them laugh, and to share my story to help them. I wouldn’t be surprised if Haddish told her story to a co-writer who transcribed everything and helped edit it to make it into a cohesive book. The book feels very conversational and works perfectly as an audiobook. For example, one section of the book may be about her dating life starting from a young age to the present time and the next chapter will be about her career from the beginning to the present. In The Last Black Unicorn, Tiffany Haddish tells her life story, but rather being told in chronological order as per tradition, she tells it by topic. Though there’s laughter throughout, there are some serious moments in the book as well, owed to Haddish’s rocky life. The book, though, is definitely funny, one of the funniest reads I’ve had. Some people think Tiffany Haddish is funny and some don’t. ![]() ![]() ![]() The motley crew of boarders may have changed, but the creepy goings-on at Howliday Inn have not. The Monroes have gone on vacation, once again leaving Harold, Chester, and Howie at Chateau Bow-Wow, which Chester aptly dubbed "Howliday Inn" during their last stay there. 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The story revolves around Althalus, a professional thief with a gift for storytelling and a reputation for uncanny luck. Its main character is Althalus, a professional thief enlisted by the Goddess Dweia to save the world from the desolations of her evil brother Daeva and his henchman Ghend. ![]() The Redemption of Althalus is a stand-alone fantasy novel by David and Leigh Eddings. ![]() |