![]() ![]() Puritan communities blamed livestock deaths, miscarriages, and general illnesses on the presence of a witch. In their alignment with the supernatural and deals with the Devil, witches were believed to upset the natural order. Many in Puritan colonies feared witches’ power of maleficium, which allowed witches to exact harm on others because of greed, jealousy, and other dark emotions. Insisting that historians have neglected the essential gendered component of New England witch trials, Karlsen frames her research as a response to this gap in historical scholarship.Ĭhapter 1 gives a comprehensive overview of the figure of the witch, detailing her feared supernatural abilities and hated position in the community. For Karlsen, America’s witchcraft history is intrinsically linked to American women’s history. In The Devil in the Shape of a Woman, Carol Karlsen argues that the history of New England’s witchcraft trials in the 17th century is specifically gendered. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Unlike revolvers, which are typically limited to up to six or seven rounds, modern pistols can carry up to 17 rounds in a magazine. Although some single-shot pistols exist, most pistols these days are semi-automatic handguns that load cartridges from a detachable magazine located in the grip. ![]() Pistols are handguns that do not use revolving cylinders. Let’s talk about some of the most common gun types: Handguns are smaller-caliber weapons with shorter barrels and are meant to be fired using one or both hands. As a general rule, long guns fire large-caliber rounds from long barrels and are meant to be fired from the shoulder. There are many kinds of guns in circulation today, but they can be divided into two categories: long guns, including rifles and shotguns, and handguns, including revolvers and pistols. In order to better understand firearms, we’ve created this guide to how guns work, where we look at the weapon as a tool and study its history, in addition to how the different types of guns function. ![]() I’ve built several of my own rifles, enjoy shooting and tinkering with other types of guns, and have handled almost every major gun type built in the last 500 years. ![]() For many, gun ownership is a part of American life guns are woven into our history, from the time matchlock muskets armed the earliest colonies to the Colt revolvers and Winchester rifles of the Old West, to the Glock handguns of today. ![]() ![]() ![]() "I'd never finish my doctorate," Nussbaum writes. But she was right: her demons were real." What got Nussbaum was how the show treated Buffy not as eye candy but as the hero of her own story: "Like plenty of teenagers, Buffy believed what was happening to her was the end of the world. The particular episode featured a group of high-schoolers possessed by hyenas who eat - yes, eat - the principal. ![]() It was also bad for you - in "the much-quoted (although possibly apocryphal) words of '90s comic Bill Hicks," it was "a spiritually harmful act, like 'taking black spray paint to your third eye.' "īut Buffy "spiked my way of thinking entirely," Nussbaum writes. In 1997, Emily Nussbaum was a doctoral student at NYU, studying literature and "foggily planning on becoming a professor," when an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer changed her life.Īt the turn of this century, television was still considered unserious, "a disposable product, like a Dixie Cup," Nussbaum writes. ![]() ![]() ![]() Anyways, I’m so glad that Lenore from Celebrity Readers asked if I’d like to buddy read it with her because it would most likely still be on my TBR shelf if she hadn’t. This book has been on my TBR for what feels like years…because it was literally years. But they won't be the same people who landed on it. Lilac and Tarver may find a way off this planet. Then, against all odds, Lilac and Tarver find a strange blessing in the tragedy that has thrown them into each other's arms.Įverything changes when they uncover the truth behind the chilling whispers that haunt their every step. But with only each other to rely on, Lilac and Tarver must work together, making a tortuous journey across the eerie, deserted terrain to seek help. Tarver comes from nothing, a young war hero who learned long ago that girls like Lilac are more trouble than they're worth. ![]() Lilac is the daughter of the richest man in the universe. Lilac LaRoux and Tarver Merendsen are the only survivors. ![]() Then, catastrophe strikes: the massive luxury spaceliner is yanked out of hyperspace and plummets into the nearest planet. ![]() It's a night like any other on board the Icarus. The first in the New York Times bestselling author duo Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner's sweeping science fiction trilogy, These Broken Stars is a timeless love story about hope and survival in the face of unthinkable odds. Reviewing Audiobook, Kindle from Library, My Book Shelf Narrator: Cynthia Holloway, Johnathan McClain, Sarge Anton These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner ![]() ![]() I’ve loved the book since it was first published and though I’ve interviewed Thompson in the past, I wanted to talk about drawing from life, the practice of keeping a sketchbook, and how it’s unlike making a comic in many ways. The edition includes new pages drawn to give some background about Thompson’s first trip to France as well as a more recent one and gives some information about how the book was made. Since the book was initially released, Thompson has published Habibi and Space Dumplins, and now Drawn and Quarterly has published a new hardcover edition of Carnet. ![]() The book reproduces pages of Thompson’s sketchbook on a trip through Europe and North Africa following the release of Blankets while he was on an extended book tour and vacation. When Craig Thompson’s Carnet de Voyage was released in 2004 it was a book that was immediately beloved by a lot of readers, and by a lot of artists as well. ![]() ![]() Features “I’m Sick of Graphic Novels”: An Interview with Craig Thompson ![]() ![]() ![]() He attends the exclusively rich private school named after his Grandmother. He’s being groomed to take over his father’s hotel dynasty in after college, which of course he’s trying to rebel against. Xander (Logan) - is the filthy rich love interest that Caymen begins to hang out with behind her disapproving mom’s back. She’s studious and into STEM, particularly on the path for crime scene investigation, but she plans to defer to help out her mom. ![]() She attends the local public school and has been taught that the rich are a certain breed you don’t want to get messed up with. As a massive Gilmore Girls fangirl myself, this actually made me happier rather than upset, so it was a complete guilty pleasure! *Sheepishly grins from ear to ear* Caymen (Rory) - is extremely close with her mom, but things have been stressful financially lately (always). Wow! I thoroughly enjoyed The Distance Between Us! First of all, this has ‘fanfic’ written all over it. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is home to a new form of authoritarianism, far subtler than 20th century strains, and which is rapidly expanding to challenge the global order.Īn extraordinary book - one which is as powerful and entertaining as it is troubling - Nothing is True and Everything is Possible offers a wild ride into this political and ethical vacuum. Peter Pomerantsev is a Senior Fellow at the LSE and a Research Fellow at Johns Hopkins University, studying twenty-first-century. This is a world erupting with new money and new power, changing so fast it breaks all sense of reality, where life is seen as a whirling, glamorous masquerade where identities can be switched and all values are changeable. An extraordinary book one which is as powerful and entertaining as it is troubling Nothing is True and Everything is Possible offers a wild ride into this political and ethical vacuum. 'Seductive and terrifying in equal measure.' The TimesĪ journey into the glittering, surreal heart of 21st century Russia: into the lives of Hells Angels convinced they are messiahs, professional killers with the souls of artists, bohemian theatre directors turned Kremlin puppet-masters, supermodel sects, post-modern dictators and oligarch revolutionaries. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Discworld novels can be listened to in any order, but Reaper Man is the second book in the Death series. Particularly when they discover that life really is only for the living… You can't have the undead wandering about like lost souls-there's no telling what might happen. If Death doesn't come for you, then what are you supposed to do in the meantime? Which leads to the kind of chaos you always get when an important public service is withdrawn. He's got the scythe already, after all.Īnd for humanity, Death is just…gone. ![]() ![]() Sent to live like everyone else, Death takes a new name and begins working as a farmhand. 'Inside every living person is a dead person waiting to get out.'ĭeath has been fired by the Auditors of Reality for the heinous crime of developing…a personality. Featuring a new theme tune composed by James Hannigan. BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actor Bill Nighy ( Love Actually Pirates of the Caribbean Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) reads the footnotes, and Peter Serafinowicz ( Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Shaun of the Dead) stars as the voice of Death. The audiobook of Reaper Man is narrated by the BAFTA award-winning actor Sian Clifford ( Fleabag Vanity Fair Quiz). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A perfect housewarming gift, holiday gift, or inspirational gift for lovers of fine art, photography, nature, and the outdoors.Spectacular views from Yosemite National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, and many others.Spacious 9" x 9.4" week-by-week format.Fifty-two spectacular black and white landscape photographs by legendary artist and environmentalist Ansel Adams, including some previously unpublished images.The superior reproduction quality has been supervised by the artist’s estate each page is designed to be framed at year’s end.Īnsel Adams' "Authorized Edition" calendars have been a beloved annual tradition for almost 40 years. Enjoy Ansel Adams' iconic photographs all year long with this hard-working, wire-bound desk planner featuring smudge-proof writing paper and generous room for organizing weekly schedules. ![]() ![]() ![]() Like all middle-school aged kids, she just wants to find her place in her class group, and the book explores the challenges of being different and discovering your inner super powers.Īll the children joining in are asked to: In El Deafo, Bell shares her experiences of hearing loss as a child and the subsequent hearing aid which she uses, called the Phonic Ear. We have some great artists in our club too who I think will enjoy the abundance of illustrations. With a range of ages in our book club we have children with different levels of reading confidence, so we’re starting with a choice that I think everyone will find easily accessible. You can join in with us online, here in the comments and on Instagram using #nurturestorebookclub. ![]() We’re meeting in a local cafe to chat about the book and share our opinions. I’m running a real-life tween book club with my daughters and some of their home-educating friends. ![]() This month we’re reading the funny and honest graphic novel El Deafo by Cece Bell. ![]() |