5/31/2023 0 Comments The bfg illustrations![]() Roald Dahl is now considered one of the most beloved storytellers of the twentieth century. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front pastedown, "Nicola Love Roald Dahl." Additionally inscribed by the illustrator Quentin Blake opposite Dahl's inscription. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Quentin Blake. Seller Inventory # 130928īook Description First edition of this Dahl classic, which has sold over 20 million copies. It was also the basis for the 2016 film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg, written by Melissa Mathison and starring Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton, Jemaine Clement, Rebecca Hall, Rafe Spall and Bill Hader. ![]() ![]() An animated adaptation was released in theatres in 1987 with David Jason providing the voice of the BFG and Amanda Root as the voice of Sophie. The gruesome descriptions of the horrid giants and the subtle allusions to other stories will entertain children young and old. Dahl's ability to twist words into a clever and creative new language is fascinating to children, and is evident in BFG. ![]() Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, "with love Roald Dahl April, 1989." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate. ![]() Octavo, original cloth, illustated by Quentin Blake. Book Description First edition, early printing of this Dahl classic, which has sold over 20 million copies. ![]()
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5/31/2023 0 Comments Kindred neanderthal book review![]() ![]() Since their discovery 150 years ago, Neanderthals have gone from the losers of the human family tree to A-list hominins. This book sheds new light on where they lived, what they ate, and the increasingly complex Neanderthal culture that researchers have discovered. In Kindred, Neanderthal expert Rebecca Wragg Sykes shoves aside the cliché of the shivering ragged figure in an icy wasteland, and reveals the Neanderthal you don't know, our ancestor who lived across vast and diverse tracts of Eurasia and survived through hundreds of thousands of years of massive climate change. " bold and magnificent attempt to resurrect our Neanderthal kin."- The Wall Street Journal ![]() "Kindred is important reading not just for anyone interested in these ancient cousins of ours, but also for anyone interested in humanity."- The New York Times Book Review ![]() ![]() ![]() Wayne Winkler, A Brief Overview of the MelungeonsĪ Google search for images associated with the word “Melungeon” generates some unusually striking human features, and includes such famous faces as Abraham Lincoln and Elvis Presley.Īnne has been writing or dreaming of writing for most of her life. ![]() More significantly, the Melungeons did not fit into any of the racial categories which define an individual or group within American society, they were considered by their neighbors neither white, black, nor Indian. The most common adjective used to describe the Melungeons is “mysterious ” no one seems to know where the Melungeons originated. Her writing considers a little-known ethnic group in Appalachia, the Melungeons.įor more than a century, the Melungeons have been the focus of anthropologists, social scientists, and (especially) feature writers for newspapers and magazines. In Melungeons & Mystery, Anne explores her earliest comprehension of racial prejudice in her community, as well as how she responded to it at the time and since then. I am tremendously grateful to Anne for her willingness to share her perspective and writing talent with this initiative.Īnne’s first essay, Winter Solstice, appeared in January 2011. ![]() ![]() Esse Diem is pleased to welcome returning essayist Anne Clinard Barnhill! This is Anne’s second essay for the Essays on Childhood project. ![]() 5/31/2023 0 Comments Facsimile by Vicki L. Weavil![]() ![]() ![]() I swung toward the sound, meeting more trees swaying in the breeze cutting through the woods. Birds took flight, wings flapping into the twilight sky. She’s somewhere even magic can’t find her. I look down to see the leaf has turned, the silver needle glinting brighter than it should as it points straight toward me. ![]() “It’s working,” Niya says, her voice flat. I grip my skirt with my fists and hope, hope that it’s Niya’s magic that isn’t working, and not. Niya takes the bit of hair I snap off and bends over her bowl again. “Here,” I say, catching the end of one of my braids. I can hear a woman calling to her children somewhere in the distance, and the general sounds of the town: a wagon creaking its way down the road, chickens clucking in someone’s backyard, and, faintly, people calling Seri’s name. Anything to indicate I need to hide what Niya’s doing. I wait, listening for the sound of someone entering the house. ![]() |