![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Irritate readers who continue to reach the novel's end. Publishers Weekly criticized the book, calling it 'padded', and stated that "(the) pat resolution may ![]() Eventually it is determined that the various personalities of Del-Del are in fact products of Sam's overactive mind, the result of his inability to accept the loss of his sister.ĭel-Del holds a rating of 3.7 out of 5 on GoodReads, and was nominated for a Ditmar Award in the year that it was released. Earthsong by Victor Kelleher, July 17, 2001, Puffin Books edition, in English. This being, also calling itself Del-Del, claims to be a traveler from the constellation Delphinus. This science fiction story is set in the distant future when everyone. Eventually they successfully banish the Del-Del personality with the assistance of an exorcist, only to have it return once more, this time in the form of an alien consciousness inhabiting Sam's body. This extract comes from the opening chapter of the book Earthsong by Victor Kelleher. Eventually the family begins to believe that he has become the victim of demonic possession, and seeks a variety of solutions. He begins to refer to himself as Del-Del, and acts out in increasingly destructive and harmful ways. It deals with themes of loss and apparent demonic possession.ĭel-Del is narrated by Beth, a teenage girl whose younger brother, a child prodigy named Sam, begins exhibiting strange behavior on the anniversary of the death of their sister Laura. Del-Del is a psychological young adult novel written by Australian author Victor Kelleher and published in 1992. ![]()
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This is because Dalits have emerged as a formidable political force, challenging their marginalisation and demanding social equality, dignity and right of representation. ![]() The shrouded lives of ‘untouchables’, also known as Dalits, in the form of life narratives are emerging as a niche genre in the Indian public sphere. ![]() ![]() ![]() The story of the birth of Christianity and its interaction with the Roman Empire is told largely chronologically by a narrator slowly succumbing to disease during the reign of Domitian. ![]() Like two of his earlier works, the long narrative poem Moses and the novel Man of Nazareth (together these books make up what has been referred to as his biblical or religious trilogy), Burgess wrote The Kingdom of the Wicked in part as preparation for a screenplay in this case for the ![]() The Kingdom of the Wicked is a 1985 historical novel by Anthony Burgess. ![]() ![]() ![]() “ Crude is the unexpurgated story of oil, from the circumstances of its birth millions of years ago to the spectacle of its rise as the indispensable ingredient of modern life. Marion Rankine elevates umbrellas to their rightful place as an object worthy of philosophical inquiry…She tackles the gender, class, and social connotations of carrying an umbrella and helps us realize our deep connection to this most forgettable everyday object-which we only think of when we don’t have one.” It surprises us with the crucial role that the oft-overlooked umbrella has played over centuries-and not just in keeping us dry. ![]() ![]() This book is absolutely delightful! “ Brolliology is a beautifully designed and illustrated tour through literature and history. ![]() It weaves together science-the true shape of a raindrop, the mysteries of frog and fish rains-with the human story of our ambition to control rain.” Broliology: A History of the Umbrella in Life and Literature by Marion Rankine Cynthia Barnett’s Rain begins four billion years ago with the torrents that filled the oceans, and builds to the storms of climate change. Yet this is the first book to tell the story of rain. “It is the subject of countless poems and paintings the top of the weather report the source of the world’s water. Rain: A Natural and Cultural History by Cynthia Barnett ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cost Effectiveness of Combined Contingency Management and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Alcohol Use DisorderĪwarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2024.Promoting Effective Self-Management of Chronic Pain with mHealth NeurofeedbackĪwarded by National Institutes of Health 2022 - 2027.He is currently a Core Investigator at the VA National Center on Homelessness and provides forensic and neuropsychological assessments at Central Regional Hospital in Butner, NC. Elbogen also directs clinical trials involving mobile technology to improve outcomes for Veterans including cognitive rehabilitation, CBT, and neurofeedback. 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He is board-certified in forensic psychology, conducting clinical work and empirical research at the intersection of law and mental health services, with a specific focus on military veterans. ![]() ![]() He completed a Clinical Psychology Internship at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts Mental Health Center and a Health Services Research Fellowship at Duke. in Clinical-Forensic Psychology at the University of Nebraska. from Harvard University before earning a Ph.D. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!Īrthur M.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! 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That is how he meets Jane, a kid with a tremendous imagination and an open position for a worthy knight. When a new family moves into his home and Leo's efforts to welcome them are misunderstood, Leo decides it is time to leave and see the world. He likes to draw, he makes delicious snacks, and most people can't even see him. ![]() sweetly tied to positive qualities of imagination.” - The New York Times “A fearful ghost, a take-charge girl, an interracial friendship, and a tale in which fear is . . . ![]() ![]() ![]() Vague rumors of abuse and neglect surround the local convent, which employs many poor and abandoned young women. He wonders if he is a good husband to Eileen. After their daughters go to bed, Eileen and Furlong briefly discuss Furlong’s weariness. Furlong considers the ceaseless, often monotonous passage of time. That evening, the family cooks a Christmas cake and the daughters write letters to Santa Claus. On the first Sunday of December, the Furlongs attend a holiday event in the town center. Layoffs, poverty, and political conflict abound throughout the country. Furlong often feels empathy for the less fortunate members of his community. Furlong later attended technical school and eventually found work in the coal yard.įurlong now lives with his wife, Eileen, and their five daughters. During this time, he became close with Ned, Mrs. Wilson’s warm and welcoming home, unaware of his father’s identity. When Furlong’s mother became pregnant at sixteen, her employer-a kind Protestant woman named Mrs. ![]() In the second chapter, Keegan describes Furlong’s childhood. Furlong and his employees work diligently as the Christmas season approaches. Keegan utilizes the past tense throughout the narrative.īill Furlong is the coal and timber merchant in a small Irish town in the mid-1980s. ![]() Grove Press, 2021.Ĭlaire Keegan’s novella Small Things Like These is written from the third-person limited perspective. ![]() The following version of this book was used to create this guide: Keegan, Claire. ![]() ![]() There are few books out there which concentrate on this topic, and so this is a welcome update of Judith Jesch's Women in the Viking Age, which is now about 30 years old. Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir's Valkyrie: The Women of the Viking World provides an overview of the lives of women in the Viking Age. In the process, this fascinating book uncovers the reality behind the myths and legends to reveal the dynamic, diverse lives of Viking women. The women in these stories take full part in the power struggles and upheavals in their communities, for better or worse.ĭrawing on the latest historical and archaeological evidence, Valkyrie introduces readers to the dramatic and fascinating texts recorded in medieval Iceland, a culture able to imagine women in all kinds of roles carrying power, not just in this world, but pulling the strings in the other-world, too. Rather than their death being futile, it is their destiny and good fortune, determined by divine beings. ![]() ![]() Viking myths about valkyries attempt to elevate the banality of war – to make the pain and suffering, the lost limbs and deformities, the piles of lifeless bodies of young men, glorious and worthwhile. They protect some, but guide spears, arrows and sword blades into the bodies of others. ![]() Valkyries: the female supernatural beings that choose who dies and who lives on the battlefield. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Nikki, the kids' mother, commits monstrous acts against her own children. This book does not shy away from descriptions of some pretty awful abuse. So while it's a raw and heart-wrenching read, it's also a well-written tale about the Walsh siblings and their struggle to survive their mom's chaotic and violent reign of terror. Or so the folks who nominated it for a National Book Award think, anyway. ![]() It isn't just serious, though-it's seriously awesome, too. Okay, so this isn't the kind of book that you pick up for a fun, breezy beach read. Are you having a good day today? Feeling pretty good about the world? Got a bounce in your step? Well, consider yourself warned: This all might change once you start reading Nancy Werlin's The Rules of Survival, a brutally honest tale about abuse at the hands of the one person every kid is supposed to be able to trust: their mother. ![]() |