Return of the native eustacia vye6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() She is not in love with her suitors, and what she really wants is to abandon her isolated village, escape the hated heath and begin a grander, richer existence in Paris.Įustacia is obsessed with Paris and tries to find a man who can bring her to the great city. That, and her solitary and errant personality, feeds the rumor in the ignorant village of the 19 century that she's a witch who has many men under her spell.Īt first Eustacia doesn't care too much about the rumors (even if she might show some concers about it to her grandfather). ![]() ![]() Her beauty is astonishing, so she drives all the men near her completely mad. Eustacia Vye played by Catherine Zeta-Jones in "The Return of the Native"Įustacia Vye is the main character of the period romantic drama The Return of the Native.Įustacia Vye is an exotically beautiful woman who lives in the small and isolated village of Egdon Heath, in the Wessex, with his ancient grandfather. ![]()
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![]() Suffused with corrosive shame, I attempt to hide the self-loathing from my own sight with feigned joviality or self-justifying combativeness, neither of which do the job near adequately. ![]() Things are very different when it comes to my own self in the midst of an addicted phase. As with Clarissa, my aim is to open their eyes to the possibility of a nonjudgmental, compassionate curiosity toward themselves. I’m curious about their life histories and self-perceptions, and for the most part I’m able to avoid imposing judgments on them. When I’m reasonably balanced in my personal and spiritual life, I don’t have difficulty finding compassion for my addicted patients. The Ecology of Healing: The Power of Compassionate Curiosity ![]() Maté says, My book, in short, is an attempt to bring light to core issues shrouded in darkness. ![]() ![]() Maté explores the complex interplay of personal history, emotional development, behavior, and brain chemistry to promote compassionate self-understanding as a critical component of emotional healing.Īs Dr. Based on Maté’s decades of experience as a medical doctor and his groundbreaking work with addicted populations in Vancouver, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction is a radical re-envisioning of trauma, addiction, mental health, and the social systems that can support-or often inhibit-healing and growth. ![]() Swordspoint by ellen kushner6/30/2023 ![]() Richard meets with Katherine, an old friend, to obtain the name of his target: Crescent Chancellor Basil Halliday. He shows Richard a signet indicating that Tremontaine is also secretly supporting him. ![]() Later that night, Ferris asks Richard to kill an opponent in a duel. At a party, he humiliates Horn and flirts with Duchess Tremontaine, but she rejects him for Chancellor Ferris. Michael begins taking lessons from Vincent Applethorpe. Michael meets Richard on the street and asks for sword lessons, but Richard declines. Lord Michael Godwin rejects the advances of Lord Horn. When a man intimidates Richard’s lover Alec, Richard kills him as a warning to the other Riverside residents. Richard St Vier, a swordsman-for-hire based in the seedy neighborhood of Riverside, kills two men at a party thrown by Lord Horn. Swordspoint has been called a defining text of the fantasy of manners subgenre Kushner was one of the first authors to use the phrase "fantasy of manners" to describe her own and similar works. ![]() Later editions of the novel were also bundled with three short stories set in the same universe. ![]() It is Kushner's debut novel and is one of several books and short stories in the Riverside series. Swordspoint: A Melodrama of Manners is a 1987 fantasy novel by Ellen Kushner. "The Swordsman Whose Name Was Not Death" The Privilege of the Sword ![]() Hard to score k bromberg6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() The place he can turn to when he needs solace from it all. ![]() Even if it means confronting the secrets I’ve always feared were lies. The Capulet to my Montague.īeing with her would be an unforgivable sin against my father, but I can’t resist the pull between us. I’ve been told so time and again for 10 years - her father ruined our family, smeared my name before my career even began.īrexton Kincade just strode out of my memories and onto my field.ĭriven. Some lines cannot be crossed, and ours was drawn in the sand years ago. I lie and lie, because admitting that I want a second chance at my first love is impossible. I tell him his talent far outweighs his position, and I know I can help. I tell myself work is the reason I can’t get him out of my head. The last thing I expected was to run into the boy who took my first kiss and broke my heart: only now Drew Bowman is all grown up. I’ve signed numerous players to my family’s agency - I assumed winning over my next client would be just as easy. Bromberg is back with a new Kincade sister and a swoon-worthy football player in an all new stand-alone romance that will make you believe in first crushes and true love. ![]() Zorro isabel allende summary6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Her father was a first cousin of Salvador Allende, President of Chile from 1970 to 1973. Fluent in English, Allende was granted United States citizenship in 1993, having lived in California since 1989, first with her American husband (from whom she is now divorced).Īllende was born in Lima, Peru, the daughter of Francisca Llona Barros called "Doña Panchita" (the daughter of Agustín Llona Cuevas and Isabel Barros Moreira, of Portuguese descent) and Tomás Allende, who was at the time a second secretary at the Chilean embassy. Īllende's novels are often based upon her personal experience and historical events and pay homage to the lives of women, while weaving together elements of myth and realism. President Barack Obama awarded her the 2014 Presidential Medal of Freedom. Allende has been called "the world's most widely read Spanish-language author." In 2004, Allende was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2010, she received Chile's National Literature Prize. ![]() ![]() Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the genre magical realism, is known for novels such as The House of the Spirits ( La casa de los espíritus, 1982) and City of the Beasts ( La ciudad de las bestias, 2002), which have been commercially successful. Isabel Angélica Allende Llona ( American Spanish: ( listen) born in 2 August 1942) is a Chilean writer. ![]() |