![]() ![]() This photograph is far from the traditional nude photography from the late 1950s and illustrates Beksinski’s desire to distort and disfigure reality which follows through in his artwork until his death.īeksinski’s passion of experimenting with the abstract possibilities of photography made him a controversial figure in the Polish photography scene. One of his only named pieces, “Sadist Corset”(1957) exhibits Beksinski’s wife’s body wrapped in black string. To put simply, Beksinski’s artwork is unsettling to look at. His artwork followed the abstract, surrealism and magic realism art movements while depicting macabre figures and otherworldly architecture and spaces. ![]() Beksinski said “ didn’t know could make living painting pictures” until a successful exhibition in Warsaw in 1964 which allowed him to realize his hobbies could become a career. He spent his time after college building up a career in construction – which Beksinski said “ really didn’t enjoy” – while maintaining photography, sculpting and painting as hobbies which relaxed him. In 1952, Beksinski graduated from Cracow University of Technology after studying architecture. ![]() To see the Google Slides version of Beksinski’s artwork and sources for this presentation click here.Ī couple of days ago, I discovered an amazing artist named Zdzisław Beksiński (1929-2005). To see the Google Drive version of Beksinski’s artwork click here. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Yesterday, I reviewed Open Fire for The Pirate Tree, and today, Amber has come onto the blog to talk about her inspiration for the book, her research process, and what it means to write about war and revolution in our current situation. ![]() Her protagonist, Katya, enlists in the First Russian Women’s Battalion of Death commanded by Maria Bochkareva and goes from making grenades at a munitions factory to launching them at German soldiers on the Eastern Front of World War I. For the tsar and his supporters, it was the chaotic and violent end of an era, but for for revolutionaries of various stripes - communists, democrats, supporters of women’s suffrage and equality - the chaos of the present raised hopes for a better future.Īmber Lough captures that fateful year in Russia in all its complexity, confusion, and peril in her new historical novel Open Fire. Russia in 1917 was a difficult place to be, with losses on the World War I battlefield and revolution at home. We currently live in a time of great danger, but books set in the past show us that we’re not the only ones to experience danger and societal upheaval. We can travel to places that no longer exist or that were very different years ago. ![]() Armchair Traveler Through Time: An Interview with Amber LoughĪs armchair travelers during this pandemic, we visit faraway places through books - not only real places but also ones imagined, full of magic. ![]() ![]() ![]() "An aunty is any older woman who thinks she knows what's best for you," Qamar tells me. If, on the other hand, you're wondering what "desi" means, Qamar has the answer - along with advice on how to dodge a chappal, shape the perfect roti and cope with the meddling older women in your life. ![]() With Trust No Aunty, her new book of Pop Art and satire, the 26-year-old Pakistani Canadian brings the experience of desi girls into the comedy limelight.Īnd if you know Hatecopy, Qamar's Instagram feed, you've already seen her take on the irritation of getting set up with the neighbors' eligible son, or seeing white girls sporting bindis at Coachella. ![]() If you think the new wave of South Asian humor is led by men - from The Big Sick's Kumail Nanjiani to Master of None's Aziz Ansari to No Man's Land's Aasif Mandvi - it's time to reckon with women like Qamar. She tweets at beware - Maria Qamar's got your number. Etelka Lehoczky has written about books for The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and. ![]() ![]() His best friend, Bongo, is a crow, and a variety of critters, including opossums, skunks, raccoons, and owls, live in and around Red. Wishtree is the story of Red, a 216-year-old Northern Red Oak living in a diverse suburban neighborhood. The girls may or may not have had cereal for dinner that night so I could keep reading instead of cooking them a real meal. ![]() I read it to them the next day as soon as they got home from school. I read it straight through one evening after my daughters were in bed. When I learned that PJ Our Way had selected Wishtree as well, I decided to check it out. ![]() ![]() Why would a Jewish day school select a book about a talking tree? When I first saw Wishtree by Katherine Applegate on my daughters’ summer reading list, I thought it was an odd choice. ![]() ![]() Page count varies on each edition/reprint ![]() Killer, Come Back To Me Book Information:Īy Bradbury's centenary, this collection commemorates his finest crime stories tales as strange and wonderful as his signature fantasy.Time travellersdark carnivalsliving automataand detectives? Honouring the 100th birthday of Ray Bradbury, renowned author of Fahrenheit 451, this new, definitive collection of the master's less well-known crime fiction features classic stories and rare gems, a number of which became episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Ray Bradbury Theater, including the tale Bradbury called one of the best stories in any field that I have ever written.Is it murder to destroy a robot if it looks and speaks and thinks and feels like a human being? Can a ventriloquist be incriminated by the testimony of his own dummy? Can a time traveller prevent his younger self from killing the woman they both loved? And can the survivor of a pair of Siamese twins investigate his own brother's murder? No other writer has ever rivalled the imagination and narrative gifts of Ray Bradbury, and the 20 unforgettable stories in this collection demonstrate this singular writer's extraordinary range, influence and emotional power. ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, the party rages out of control, and Doc's lab and home are ruined-and so is Doc's mood. Mack hits on the idea that they should throw a thank-you party, and the entire community quickly becomes involved. A film version was released in 1982 and a stage version was produced in 1995.Ĭannery Row has a simple premise: Mack and his friends are to do something nice for their friend Doc, who has been good to them without asking for reward. The actual location Steinbeck was writing about, Ocean View Avenue in Monterey, was later renamed "Cannery Row" in honor of the book. ![]() ![]() The story revolves around the people living there: Lee Chong, the local grocer Doc, a marine biologist and Mack, the leader of a group of derelict people. It is set during the Great Depression in Monterey, California, on a street lined with sardine canneries that is known as Cannery Row. Cannery Row is a novel by American author John Steinbeck, published in 1945. ![]() ![]() ![]() Unable to move, Hayden's sufferers use robot bodies, which they operate mentally. Impossible? Not if the players have Hayden's Syndrome. The aim: to obtain your opponent's head and carry it through the goalposts. It's frenetic, violent and involves teams attacking one another with swords and hammers. In a post-virus world, a daring sport is taking the US by storm. To some left with nothing, winning becomes everything So in this sport anything goes, no one gets hurt - a. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Please be aware that the delivery time frame may vary according to the area of delivery and due to various reasons, the delivery may take longer than the original estimated timeframe. Delivery with Standard Australia Post usually happens within 2-10 business days from time of dispatch.You can track your delivery by going to AusPost tracking and entering your tracking number - your Order Shipped email will contain this information for each parcel. Tracking delivery Saver Delivery: Australia postĪustralia Post deliveries can be tracked on route with eParcel. NB All our estimates are based on business days and assume that shipping and delivery don't occur on holidays and weekends. 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Since then the book has sold over 2 million copies in the English language and has been reprinted over 50 times. In January 1893 she recorded in her diary, "Night started a new story that I shall call Seven Little Australians." Later that year, she finished the book, parcelled it up and sent it off to a publisher in Melbourne. ![]() Ethel kept diaries for a remarkable 62 years, recording the details of her full and eventful life. She showed a great love of literature while at school and in her late teens launched a literary and social magazine in Sydney with her sister Lilian. Born in England in 1870, Ethel Turner came to Australia with her mother and sisters when she was 10 years old. ![]() ![]() The first book in the series, One For the Money, was published in 1994, and the movie rights sold for $1million just prior to the books release. Soon Evanovich began writing for Bantam Loveswept under her own name, and after publishing twelve romances she changed her focus to more adventure driven romance novels, written in first person, and she began her Stephanie Plum series featuring a former lingerie buyer turned bounty hunter. ![]() Evanovich and author Charlotte Hughes teamed up later to expand Full House into its own series. She then turned her attention to romance novels, and writing under the pseudonym Steffie Hall she sold her second romance manuscript for $2,000 Hero At Large was published in 1987.She wrote multiple other titles for Bantam under the ‘Second Chance at Love’ series, including Full House (1989). ![]() ![]() ![]() Born Janet Schneider, Apin South River, New Jersey, Evanovich is an American author, best known for her contemporary mystery series featuring Stephanie Plum, lingerie saleswoman turned bounty hunter.Įvanovich began writing novels in her thirties, working for ten years on three manuscripts she was unable to sell. ![]() |