"These days, I am less heart, more break... but soon I'll be more bloom than wounds." From poet Stefanie Briar, bestselling author of "Burn" and "Surrender", comes her highly anticipated 6th book, "Iron & Velvet". "Iron & Velvet" is a powerful poetic journey through heartbreak and eventual healing (breaking and blooming). The words inside will break your heart and then kiss the wounds closed. Anyone who has ever loved and lost (and made it to the other side) will find themselves between every line. This is the perfect book for lovers of modern poetry and fans of Whitney Hanson, Beau Taplin, Isabella Dorta, FS Yousaf, Shelby Leigh, Michaela Angemeer, Zara Bas, and Amanda Lovelace. Read it and let yourself feel.
"Trauma forges you into a force that never chose to be reckoned with". The Endless Sea is a deep-dive into the vast ocean that is grief. It poetically examines three very different types of grief: grieving the dead, grieving the living, and grieving the self. No emotion is left unwritten, no stone is left unturned. Riding the rollercoaster of grief and loss will bring moments of despair, rage, confusion, guilt, betrayal, sadness, pain, tenderness, healing...all of these and more have a place within these pages. It will leave the reader feeling seen and understood to a level they have not before. This is poetry that demands to be not just read, but felt. If you have lost a loved one, said goodbye to a relationship you were not ready to lose, carry childhood trauma, or even crave to make peace with past versions of yourself...this is the book for you. It also makes a great gift for someone new to navigating the grief journey. This is bestselling poetry author Stefanie Briar's most complex, nuanced, and deep work to date.
"Trauma forges you into a force that never chose to be reckoned with". The Endless Sea is a deep-dive into the vast ocean that is grief. It poetically examines three very different types of grief: grieving the dead, grieving the living, and grieving the self. No emotion is left unwritten, no stone is left unturned. Riding the rollercoaster of grief and loss will bring moments of despair, rage, confusion, guilt, betrayal, sadness, pain, tenderness, healing...all of these and more have a place within these pages. It will leave the reader feeling seen and understood to a level they have not before. This is poetry that demands to be not just read, but felt. If you have lost a loved one, said goodbye to a relationship you were not ready to lose, carry childhood trauma, or even crave to make peace with past versions of yourself...this is the book for you. It also makes a great gift for someone new to navigating the grief journey. This is bestselling poetry author Stefanie Briar's most complex, nuanced, and deep work to date.
"These days, I am less heart, more break... but soon I'll be more bloom than wounds." From poet Stefanie Briar, bestselling author of "Burn" and "Surrender", comes her highly anticipated 6th book, "Iron & Velvet". "Iron & Velvet" is a powerful poetic journey through heartbreak and eventual healing (breaking and blooming). The words inside will break your heart and then kiss the wounds closed. Anyone who has ever loved and lost (and made it to the other side) will find themselves between every line. This is the perfect book for lovers of modern poetry and fans of Whitney Hanson, Beau Taplin, Isabella Dorta, FS Yousaf, Shelby Leigh, Michaela Angemeer, Zara Bas, and Amanda Lovelace. Read it and let yourself feel.
In 1537, the Abbot Jervais Guillaume de Forrestier disappeared along with the treasures of an abbey. Over 300 years later, explorers at a neolithic site discovered the body of their expedition leader. He was found in a trench, bound to a chair. That's when Inspector MacDonald called on Sherlock Holmes. Arriving in the pleasant village of Little Stoke, Holmes learns there is more at stake than the murder of an aging academic. Two powerful families continue an age old dispute over the lands their ancestors once held. They each request that Holmes assist them in order to discover the whereabouts of the long-lost charters that granted their lands. Holmes soon finds himself surrounded by unique village personalities, strange nursery rhymes, mysterious ancient barrows, and the ruins of a mediaeval Abbey church. As he delves into the case with Watson by his side, he learns that the murder which drew him to Little Stoke was the final act in a play that has been running for over three centuries. Suppressed for over 50 years, now the story can be told—of murder, deception, the lust for power and unimagined fortune. It is the story of The Charters Affair Winner—1994 Eaton Literary Award—Book Category.
Edgar Award–winning author Stefanie Pintoff shoots to thrill in her gripping new novel of suspense. The night before the Thanksgiving Day Parade, a crowd gathers on Manhattan’s Upper West Side to watch the giant balloons fill with helium and rise toward the sky. Then the festive ritual takes a terrifying turn—a gunshot rings out, police commissioner Logan Donovan falls, and panic erupts. When the chaos clears, another crime is revealed: Donovan’s daughter, Allie, has been kidnapped. Soon the abductor will make his shocking demands. Within hours, Special Agent Eve Rossi and her handpicked team of quick-thinking, swift-moving, hard-striking former convicts know a lot about the kidnapper. He’s somewhere close by, holding Allie along with a captive boy. He hates Logan Donovan enough to destroy him. And he will kill. But there’s more Eve and her team don’t know—about a weapon planted inside the parade, about Commissioner Donovan’s hidden life, and about the secrets his daughter keeps. As people line the streets, bands and marchers prepare, and the massive parade steps off into New York’s echoing canyons, a desperate race begins to keep the city from being torn asunder by a brutal act of violence. But even as her squad deploys for action, Eve grapples with a harrowing question: Whom should she fear more—a vengeful man threatening innocent lives, or a charming, arrogant cop fighting to save his daughter, who may be trying to cover up his crimes? Praise for Stefanie Pintoff’s Hostage Taker “The perfect blend: an urban thriller as modern as tomorrow’s New York Times, driven by a two-hundred-year-old idea, with a main character to die for . . . I hope we see plenty more of Eve Rossi and her team.”—Lee Child “A high-voltage game of parry and thrust.”—New York Daily News “Pintoff skillfully ratchets up the tension and throws more than one curveball into this twisty, exciting read.”—Booklist (starred review) “Strong writing, a well-paced plot, and intriguing characters make this one of the best thrillers of the year. Fans of Lisa Gardner will find much to like here.”—Library Journal (starred review) “A high-velocity roller coaster of a thriller.”—Jeffery Deaver “A brilliant thriller . . . Stefanie Pintoff is one of the best crime writers at work today.”—Michael Koryta
This study presents a contextual and intertextual reading of James Thomson's (1700--1748) poem »The Seasons«, taking into consideration some of the presuppositions and habitus of the text's cultural community and the function of the poem's many intertextual allusions. Contemporary assumptions about processes of perception, reading and the practice of virtue call for an approach to the poem that takes literary pre-texts into account. An intertextual reading reveals »The Seasons«, though heterogeneous on its surface, as coherent in its cultural functionality: It aims to train readers into virtuous habits and asserts the powers of poetic discourse as a culturally relevant force especially in relation to the discourse of natural philosophy. With the emergence of natural philosophy as a cultural activity of considerable market value, poetry had to legitimise itself as a culturally relevant pursuit. An analysis of the poem's intertext, in particular allusions to Virgil, Ovid and Milton, but also to genre conventions such as pastoral, romance, sermon and panegyric, uncovers textual strategies that attempt to re-legitimise poetry on the one hand by transposing scientific method into a poetic environment. On the other hand, the text demonstrates, using its intertext, that poetry has powers which reach beyond the rational and empirical agenda of natural philosophy and that poetry has a distinctive cultural function as a provider of vision, insight and moral knowledge. Diese Studie legt eine historisch kontextualisierte Interpretation von James Thomson's (1700--1748) Gedicht »The Seasons« vor, die Präsuppositionen und Habitus zeitgenössischer Leserschaft sowie dieFunktion seiner zahlreichen intertextuellen Anspielungen mit einbezieht. Diese Lesart erhellt »The Seasons« als einen, trotz heterogener Textoberfläche, in seiner kulturellen Funktionalität kohärenten Text. Die Analyse des Intertexts deckt Textstrategien auf, die den dichterischen Diskurs insbesondere in Relation zum neu privilegierten Diskurs der Naturphilosophie als kulturell relevante Kraft relegitimieren.
A powerful cabal has fallen. A princess has chosen duty over love. An ancient threat waits amid the shadows. Wes Cervos has recovered a new portion of the Codex Veritatis, but his increased knowledge of the High One has come at a terrible price. Whitespire has been destroyed, and the realm of the dragons has fallen into chaos. Wes and his friends have once again sought refuge in the city of Auranth, but this time, they are no longer willing to hide. Across Kaveryth, confidence in King Ursa has begun to crumble, and new allies now seek to take a stand against his lust for power. As the elves threaten invasion from the west, an unexpected threat rises in the north. The forces of the Four Kingdoms have been stretched thin, and impossible decisions threaten to sever even the closest of family ties. Wes and his friends must trust in the High One to act, or all of Kaveryth will fall into darkness forever. Storm & Spire is a Christian fantasy series for readers who enjoy fantastical creatures, political intrigue, and a touch of clean romance. Perfect for readers who enjoy Patrick W. Carr, Tricia Mingerink, Morgan Busse, and Jaye L. Knight.
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