![]() ![]() We take a closer look at her book Essence and Alchemy, which played a major role in the recent popularization of natural perfumery.Įssence and Alchemy is a practical guide to natural perfumery, which makes it slightly different from the books we've discussed so far. ![]() Her current business, Aftelier, is a flourishing operation based in Berkeley, California. It was the start of a lifelong passion for natural essences: she put her literary ambitions on hold, and eventually established her very own perfume studio. Little over a decade ago, while doing research for a novel, she found herself immersed in a collection of ancient perfume books. ![]() To say that Mandy Aftel took the world of natural perfumery by storm is hardly an overstatement. ![]()
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Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marksĬan be driven to, probably with disabled access Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site Submitted by Andy B on Friday, 27 June 2008 Page Views: 8690 Multi-periodSite Name: Black Spout Wood HomesteadĬountry: Scotland County: Perth and Kinross Type: Ancient Village or Settlement Black Spout Wood Homestead - Ancient Village or Settlement in Scotland in Perth and Kinross ![]() ![]() ![]() Even though her high school counselor told her girls didn’t become scientists, she decided she would.ĭriven by a passion to understand how nature works and to turn discoveries into inventions, she would help to make what the book’s author, James Watson, told her was the most important biological advance since his codiscovery of the structure of DNA. As she sped through the pages, she became enthralled by the intense drama behind the competition to discover the code of life. When she read it on a rainy Saturday, she discovered she was right, in a way. ![]() She put it aside, thinking it was one of those detective tales she loved. When Jennifer Doudna was in sixth grade, she came home one day to find that her dad had left a paperback titled The Double Helix on her bed. The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a “compelling” ( The Washington Post) account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babies. A Best Book of 2021 by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Time, and The Washington Post ![]() ![]() ![]() Coincidentally, lots of things actually did happen in that year, the year proceeding and after that were remarkable, even by seventeenth-century standards.' 'There was a general feeling in the seventeenth century that people were living in their last age. ![]() 'It obviously has the Biblical connotations because of the number 666, so it's already linked with the number of the Beast and this was a really religious time,' says Rebecca. In this episode, I speak with Rebecca Rideal, author of 1666: Plague, War and Hellfire and host of the Killing Time podcast, to discuss how the Great Plague, the Great Fire of London and the Anglo-Dutch War came together to make 1666 one of the most dramatic years in British history. There have been many similarities drawn between this year and the 1918 flu pandemic, but there is another year centuries ago that also comes to mind. Navigating 2020 has felt exhausting and difficult, but this is not the first time in history the world has faced these types of challenges. ![]() Download and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher or TuneInĪrt Matters is the podcast that brings together popular culture and art history, hosted by Ferren Gipson. ![]() ![]() ![]() And when there are dangerous secrets everywhere, not just outside, but under your own roof. When you're amazing at drawing but terrible at fitting in. ![]() It's a good job Kieran's a master of observation, and knows all the detective tricks of the trade.īut being a detective is difficult when you're Kieran Woods. And to his grandma, who just stopped coming round one day. He's going to find out what really happened. He's made a promise, and when you say something out loud, that means you're going to do it, for real. It was only a homeless old man after all. Taking her literary inspiration from everyday life, Kim's debut novel, Smart, won ten regional prizes and was shortlisted for over twenty regional and national awards, including the Waterstones. There's been a murder, but the police don't care. Smart Kim Slater Shortlisted for the Waterstones Childrens Book Prize, a Different Detective Federation of Childrens Book Groups Prize and longlisted for the Carnegie Medal, Kim Slaters outstanding debut, Smart, is moving and compelling novel with a loveable character at its heart. He was a homeless man, but he still wanted to live.' 'I found Jean's friend dead in the river. Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, the Federation of Children's Book Groups Prize and longlisted for the 2015 Carnegie Medal, Kim Slater's outstanding debut, Smart, is moving and compelling novel with a loveable character at its heart. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This is the most comprehensively annotated edition available and includes the manuscript version of Alice's Adventures Under Ground and Carroll's 1887 essay '"Alice" on the Stage'. was the married name of Alice Liddell, for whom Lewis Carroll originally wrote the book. Original and experimental, the Alice books give readers a window on both child and adult worlds. But amongst the anarchic humour and sparkling word play, puzzles and riddles, are poignant moments of nostalgia for lost childhood. His dream worlds of nonsensical Wonderland and the back-to-front Looking-Glass kingdom depict order turned upside-down: a baby turns into a pig, time is abandoned at a disordered tea-party and a chaotic game of chess makes a seven-year-old girl a Queen. Published to coincide with Alice in Wonderlands 150th anniversary, this volume includes John Tenniels iconic drawings, the sequel Through the Looking. ![]() without the least idea what was to happen afterwards,' wrote Lewis Carroll, describing how Alice was conjured up one 'golden afternoon' in 1862 to entertain his child-friend Alice Liddell. 'I had sent my heroine straight down a rabbit-hole. if it was so, it might be and if it were so, it would be but as it isn't, it ain't. ![]() ![]() ![]() Wishing to pursue writing as a career, in 1934 she had her name legally changed to Andre Alice Norton, and adopted several male-sounding pen names so as to prevent her gender from becoming an obstacle to sales in the first market she wrote for: young boys literature. In fact, she completed her first novel while still attending high school, though it was not published until later in 1938. Born as Alice Mary Norton in 1912, Norton started writing while she was still in high school in Cleveland, Ohio. Join us, as we celebrate her birthday by taking a look at her works and their influences on both adventure gaming and genre fiction. Adventures in Fiction: Andre Norton by Jim Wampler Famed fantasy and science fiction author Andre Norton was born on February 17, 1912. ![]() We invite you to explore the entirety of the series on our Adventures In Fiction home page. Our Appendix N Archeology and Adventures in Fiction series are meant to take a look at the writers and creators behind the genre(s) that helped to forge not only our favorite hobby but our lives. ![]() ![]() ![]() Once, Then, After and Now took us inside young people in World War Two. In 2014 Morris Gleitzman promises to captivate his fans yet again with another heart-rending and compelling novel set in wartime. From Gallipoli to the famous charge at Beersheba, through to the end of the war and its unforgettable aftermath, Frank's story grows out of some key moments in Australia's history. Heartbreak, love and the chance to make the most important choice of his life. In the deserts of Egypt and Palestine he experiences all the adventure he ever wanted, and a few things he wasn't expecting. So Frank ups his age and volunteers with his horse Daisy.and his dad. Specially as a chest full of medals might impress the currently unimpressed parents of his childhood sweetheart. Like many of his mates from the bush, Frank Ballantyne is keen to join the grand adventure and do his bit. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She presents Ivan’s story as a first-person narrative in beautifully composed writing enhanced by Ivan’s visual acuity and depth of emotion. Pyron has based her story on magazine articles about a Russian feral child, one of hundreds of thousands whose lives were disrupted by the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Two years later he is captured, and after months of care, he regains his humanness. Threats are ever present in the form of police, gangs of teens and wild animals in the forest. Increasingly, his time with the dogs provides nourishment for both his hungry belly and his soul. Ivan keeps a button belonging to his (probably dead) mother as a talisman and remembers the fairy tales she read to him. They survive on the trains in the winter and in the forest during the summer. He soon befriends and is adopted by a small group of dogs and becomes one of them. They live in the subway stations, begging and stealing food. At first, he is taken in by a scruffy group of children under one adult’s control. Ivan is only 4 years old when he runs away to the streets of Moscow. ![]() An orphaned boy in Russia survives as a member of a pack of dogs. ![]() ![]() ![]() The introduction that frames the anthology provides a new literary history of Christmas, contextualizing the selections and making clear the links both between them and to the wider trajectory of American literature. Christmas Past from The Gilded Age and Progressive Era on Podchaser, aired Wednesday, 15th December 2021. In Christmas Past, Thomas Ruys Smith brings together a diverse range of voices to showcase the many ways in which Christmas was imagined across the nineteenth century, offering images that echo down to the present. ![]() Now, for the first time, this rich anthology brings together some of the most significant of those seasonal stories to retell a forgotten tale of Christmases past.įrom the authors who helped define a national literary culture, to the popular sentimentalists who negotiated Christmas's position at the center of family life, to the realists who looked to reshape American letters in the wake of the Civil War, and beyond: all varieties of American writers turned to Christmas as an inevitable and potent subject during this deeply formative period in the history of American literature. As the modern celebration of Christmas took shape across the nineteenth century, American writers gave it new meaning in the pages of countless books and magazines. Author: Thomas Ruys Smith ISBN: 0807176532 Format: PDF, ePub, Docs Release: Language: en View In Christmas Past, Thomas Ruys Smith brings together a diverse range of voices to showcase the many ways in which Christmas was imagined across the nineteenth century, offering images that echo down to the present. ![]() |