Categoría: essay
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Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain by Robbie Cheadle
A fellow blogger introduced me to Vera Brittain, a feminist, writer, and poet, who lived through WW1 and lost her fiancé, brother, and two close friends. My own great aunt never married after losing her fiancé during WW1, so Vera’s feelings of loss and displacement after the war gave me a…
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READING A STORY ABOUT THE BLACK SEA by Nina Kossman
Translated from the Russian by NL Herzenberg When my students are seated, I give out copies of my book and tell that they’ll have to share their copy with their neighbor. “This book is about my childhood. Today we’ll be reading a story about my childhood. Read the name on…
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Eleanor Rigby by Luisa Zambrotta
“Eleanor Rigby” (released in 1966) was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon / McCartney The song continued the Beatles’ evolution from a pop, live-performance band to a more experimental, studio-orientated band It was a very important move forward. both musically and lyrically, marking a break with the optimism…
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Eternally Fascinating, the Vampire Endures by LindaAnn LoSchiavo
No creature of the night seems to excite writers,readers, goth fashion designers, audiences, and gamers like thevampire. While the luster of other humanoid monsters such as Frankenstein, the Mummy, and the Wolfman has faded, vampireshave retained such undying appeal that they’ve infiltrated some ofthe unlikeliest niche markets such as…
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Halloween: Dracula by Bram Stoker by Robbie Cheadle
What Amazon says The vampire count of Transylvania seeks his lost love and the conquest of Britain by plague. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola.» My review I listened to the audio book of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. It is one of the most amazing books I have ever read. I don’t…
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Books Review: The Very Last Production of King Lear: A Dwayne Finnegan Novel (The Dwayne Finnegan Series 3) by Richard Engling
By Olga Nuñez Miret Hi all: I bring you one of the books I’ve read and reviewed for Rosie’s Book Review Team. It is the third in a series I discovered through the group, and I eagerly look forward to. The Very Last Production of King Lear: A Dwayne Finnegan…
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Halloween month… Book review: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier by Robbie Cheadle
Introduction to Rebecca Rebecca is the story of a lonely and unnamed orphan (the narrator) who is the paid companion to a wealthy American women, Mrs Van Hopper (Mrs VH), at the beginning of the story. Mrs VH is rather nosy and interfering, she continuously embarrasses her English companion with…
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Creativity by María José Luque Fernández
A tinder spark ignites in our body, the flame turns into life, and the torrent of blood that runs through us in just 23 seconds, letting the heartbeat flow, marks the beginning of everything. That is where the capacity to make the world progress is born, the movement that may…
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Han Kang and the Silent Rebellion: when giving up meat becomes an existential cry by María José Luque Fernández
Sometimes life suddenly takes a turn and wakes you up just like that. You have a bad dream you can’t forget, that keeps grinding in your brain while you drink that coffee that’s supposed to wake you up. And the morning goes on, the afternoon passes, and you keep thinking…
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18 Nov. 1907: COMPAY SEGUNDO ‘s Birth by Luisa Zambrotta
Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz (18 November 1907 – 13 July 2003), known professionally as “Compay Segundo“, was a Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist He achieved great international fame in 1997, with the release of the Buena Vista Social Club album, and the film of the same title, made by Wim Wenders…
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Bitter and sweet by Susana Cabaço
When facing challenging situations, you may feel tempted to look back and conclude you have failed. You followed your intuition or your heart, but then you find yourself having less pleasant experiences. So, you assume you got it wrong and messed up your life through your “bad” choices. The truth…
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Halloween month… Book Review: Carmilla / J. Sheridan Le Fanu By Robbie Cheadle
Overview Carmilla is set in Austria during the late 1800s and is the original vampire story. Le Fanu’s writing is steeped in sexual tension and gothic romance as Carmilla, a female vampire who is later revealed to be Mircalla, Countess Karnstein, is a lesbian vampire and is romantically interested in…
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Review: Speak Flowers and Fans: A Dictionary of Floriography and Fanology (Author Tool Chest) / Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene by Olga Nuñez Miret
Hi, all: I bring you a non-fiction book by one of my favourite authors (and people). Speak Flowers and Fans: A Dictionary of Floriography and Fanology (Author Tool Chest) by Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene How could flowers or hand-held fans be used as a means of covert communications? It sounds odd,…
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Steven Tyler
All art copyright Resa McConaghy By House of Heart (Published with your permission) Many thanks to our amazing artist, Resa McConahy, who’s gift of art captures the soul of her subjects. Born in Yonkers, New York, Steven Tyler began playing drums at a young age, eventually switching to vocals after…
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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens: The mystery of two endings —03 by Robbie Cheadle
Did you know that Charles Dickens re-wrote the ending of Great Expectations? He made this change after he’d submitted the final chapters to the printers in June 1861. He was apparently persuaded to make the change by a close friend who felt he should end the book in a way…
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Book Bans Hurt Education by Edward Ortiz
This is not the first time I’ve commented on book banning in this country and my frustration with this insanity. Trying to change history or pretending that current events are not occurring by banning books is not going to succeed now, just as it didn’t succeed during the many attempts…
