6/25/2023 0 Comments The tale of luthien and beren![]() Journeying through the horrors and terrors of Ered Gorgoroth and Nan Dungortheb he came at length, by paths untrodden, to Doriath, where no mortal had yet been before. Thus Beren roamed Dorthonion, slaughtering many servants of Morgoth, and so a bounty was set upon his head, and Sauron's armies hounded him to such an extent that he was forced to flee Dorthonion. He buried his father, and slew the band of orcs responsible, reclaiming from them the Ring of Felagund. Alas, he came too late and found his kin slain. Coming to Beren in a dream, a wraith of Gorlim told him all and urged him to return in haste. All perished, except Beren, son of Barahir, who was away on a perilous errand at the time. Through Sauron's devices, a member of the group named Gorlim was deceived into revealing the retreat of Barahir, and the company was slain by Sauron's Orcs. Morgoth could not discover it, and he ordered Sauron to eliminate them. It was to Tarn Aeluin, a lake in the east of that country, that they made their abode. įollowing the Dagor Bragollach, Barahir and his companions continued to defend their land, Dorthonion. Tolkien considered the tale to be the kernel of his legendarium. ![]() It tells of the love between the Elf-maiden Lúthien and the mortal Beren, and their Quest for the Silmaril. ![]() Of Beren and Lúthien is the nineteenth chapter of the Quenta Silmarillion section within The Silmarillion. For the the book published in 2017, see Beren and Lúthien. This article is about the chapter in The Silmarillion. ![]()
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6/25/2023 0 Comments Kitchen by banana yoshimoto![]() ![]() Death, the occult, sexual ambiguity, love, physical beauty, and the trials and tribulations of young adults living in the big city are themes that present themselves, to varying degrees, in most of her works of fiction. In the novella Kitchen, the elements of a typical Banana Yoshimoto work can be found. ![]() Yoshimoto's fans tend to be fanatical in their ardor, exchanging testimonials and gossip about the author on the Internet and anxiously speculating about which novel will be the next one translated into their own language. The book went on to be a major best-seller and "Banana-mania" eventually spread across the globe. ![]() publisher gambled a fortune on pre-publication publicity, having posters of the author plastered on walls in major American cities. With the English release of Kitchen in 1992, her U.S. When the book was published in Japan in 1988, it was an immediate success, propelling its author to a superstar status in the literary world that she has managed to maintain since then, due in part to her tremendous output, averaging a book a year. Kitchen is the title of a novella by Mahoko ("Banana") Yoshimoto, and it is also the name of the book containing that novella along with the novella Moonlight Shadow. ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments White house diary carter![]() ![]() Carter’s obsession with Kennedy stems from his belief that Kennedy divided the Democratic Party, resulting in Carter’s loss to Reagan in the 1980 presidential election. No one in Carter’s book is granted more ink than Ted Kennedy-Carter’s rival for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1980. Jimmy and Ted’s (Not So) Excellent Adventure (485) Still, Carter is (slightly) remorseful, stating: “I still have deep regrets about the fact that I alienated many American Jews during my time as president, and over many years I have attempted to understand the reasons.” “I would have been better off if I had ignored them,” said Carter. Carter also seemed angry that he tried so hard to win over the Jewish vote prior to the 1980 presidential election, yet only managed about 45 percent of the vote. Carter says he was “really disgusted with the American Jewish community” after Alfred Moses, who served as special adviser and special counsel to Carter from 1980-81, urged Carter on November 15, 1980, to not sell weapons to the Saudi Arabians. ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments Big friendship![]() ![]() I’ve explained it, but the seriousness of my suffering is dismissed. Due to my mental illness, our lives look extremely different. We’re both aware of our fundamental differences. I’m having a serious dilemma about whether or not to continue this casual long-term friendship. Whereas I’m fascinated by all cultures, she’s openly prejudiced although she knows this bothers me a lot. ![]() ![]() She’s mocked me behind my back, and says, “It’s all in your head.” Though I’ve tried to explain the complexities of mental illness, my friend maintains that I just need to get outside. ![]() She practically spit the word “socialist” when I revealed my stance.įor about six years, I’ve been more open about my mental illness after receiving a late diagnosis and beginning my healing journey. She wouldn’t even discuss COVID and all of its mandates she was against it all. I’m further left politically I got vaccinated, and the NDP would be my political party. She’s a COVID denier and a Trump supporter. We get together two to four times a year.ĭuring COVID, we realized our politics are quite opposite. Q I have a friend who I met at work 30-plus years ago. ![]() 6/24/2023 0 Comments Invincible troy denning![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But as the disorder was instigated and exacerbated by the Sith, he dies playing a fool's game. We never knew what Jacen wanted, beyond bringing order to the galaxy. How does it feel when one of these Dark Lords leaves the force? How does it feel to a family member? How does it feel to the Sith himself? What happens to Jacen in the force? Was he redeemed by his last minute thought for his daughter? Does he become a ghost, like his grandfather? What's the reaction on Coruscant? On Corellia? On Korriban? Among the Jedi? How does Luke feel? How about Tenel Ka? Allana? Ben? Tahiri? We can only imagine. The major event of the book, and perhaps the series, is the death of a Sith. It reads like an extended outline - all plot, no character, no theme. One is left with the impression that the manuscript was completed in a rush. The epilogue attempts to tie things up with a couple of quick stitches, a hastily tacked-on conclusion that leaves the nine-volume saga incomplete. Weighing in at a slight 299 pages, Invincible consists largely of two long duels between Jaina and Jacen, interspersed with a pair of subplots involving Ben. What strikes you most about this final volume of the Legacy of the Force is how little there is to it. ![]() ![]() Nonetheless, the 35-year-old Du Bois writes as if he has full authority to lecture white America. This, at a time when the white majority expected, demanded, Blacks to be quiet, humble and subservient. In it, a Black man lectured white America about the realities of the color line - “the Veil” - particularly the southern states. The Souls of Black Folk was extraordinary when published and remains a key document of American literature today. Indeed, in 1903, the year he published the book, and the three previous years, an average of 95 African Americans were violently tortured and killed throughout the South, often in a festival-like atmosphere.īorn in 1868 in Great Barrington in far western Massachusetts, of Dutch, African and English ancestry, Du Bois was living in the Deep South, teaching at Atlanta University, when his book was published. It was courageous of Du Bois to address head-on “the problem of the color line” in America at the dawn of the 20 th century - audacious, even dangerous. Actually, “chutzpah” is too light-hearted a word. ![]() ![]() Du Bois in putting together this collection of essays and sketches. ![]() Rereading The Souls of Black Folks, I am struck by the sheer chutzpah of W.E.B. ![]() ![]() ![]() She also formed a chamber opera company called Strawberry where she sang the part of a young Roman soldier in a Mozart opera. She formed a classical singing ensemble called The Lyric Quartet which sang everywhere from prisons to concert halls, produced a Renaissance Faire in Central Park, and a music/dance series in Bryant Park in the center of the city. By age twenty she had twice won the national Seventeen award for short stories.īut she diverted into music and as a high soprano, sang over thirty roles in small opera companies and traditional songs with guitar. Born in New York City to a painter and a well-known fashion artist, Stephanie began scribbling stories as soon as she could write and later, on adolescent sleepover weekends with her friends, shared them. ![]() 6/24/2023 0 Comments The sandman brief lives![]() ![]() BRIEF LIVES tells the tales of Delirium and older brother Dream on a mission to find their missing sibling, as they encounter immortal humans and various deities while trying to locate the prodigal Destruction. ![]() But three hundred years ago, one of the mythical beings gave up his duties and left his realm, never to be seen again. Older and more powerful than the gods themselves, the Endless are a dysfunctional family of cosmic beings that have ruled over the realms of dream, desire, despair, destiny, destruction, death, and delirium since the beginning of time. Gaiman created an unforgettable tale of the forces that exist beyond life and death by weaving ancient mythology, folklore and fairy tales with his own distinct narrative vision. NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Neil Gaiman's transcendent series SANDMAN is often hailed as the definitive Vertigo title and one of the finest achievements in graphic storytelling. ![]() 6/23/2023 0 Comments The young elites series book 4![]() They literally lied and talked behind her back and kicked her out of the damn Dagger society and they had the nerve to blame her for stuff. They had a lot of nerve talking about Adelina and her lies the way they did when they are no better. He genuinely wants to help and care for her but she makes it so hard for anyone to do that. I felt bad about some of the time Adelina snapped at him for caring or getting to close to her. I honestly think he was my favorite character in this book. We finally meet and get to spend time with the famed Magiano. I'm not super excited about the fact she's literally letting her powers corrupt her mind over believing those around her that are trying to help and care. She is constantly letting the voices influence her actions and decisions, even though she knows her sister and her new friends are right. I wasn't super keen on the fact she let the voices in her head outway the actual people in her life.She embraces it fully and uses it without much regret to what she causes with it. Her darkness in The Young Elites was only scratching the surface compared to what we see in this book. I definitely thought it was interesting to see Adelina go even darker in this book. ![]() 6/23/2023 0 Comments The untelling book![]() ![]() He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. In An American Marriage, newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. Silver Sparrow was named a #1 Indie Next Pick by booksellers in 2011, and the NEA added it to its Big Read Library of classics in 2016. A member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers, she has also been a recipient of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, Lifetime Achievement Award in Fine Arts from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, United States Artist Fellowship, NEA Fellowship and Radcliffe Institute Bunting Fellowship. Her writing has appeared in Tin House, The Believer, The New York Times, and Callaloo. ![]() Jones is the author of four novels, including Silver Sparrow, The Untelling, and Leaving Atlanta. Critically acclaimed and award-winning novelist Tayari Jones provides a masterpiece of storytelling, asking brave questions about race and class in her instant bestseller and 2018 Oprah Book Club selection An American Marriage. ![]() |