But the big emotions of high school are still present, as a protagonist who isn’t her school’s Chosen One - she knows that guy, and thinks he’s annoying - tries to navigate a lethal environment where kids frequently murder each other for power, if monsters don’t get them first. Its sheer viciousness, its grim humor, and its complicated interpersonal politics are an immediate draw. But Naomi Novik’s Scholomance series, about kids at a preposterously deadly magical school, stands out in a ridiculously crowded field. At this point, so many books have been described as “Harry Potter, but for adults” that it’s easy to glaze over when the description comes up again.
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In our household my husband is the one who runs to the doctor for every little thing and takes whatever pill they prescribe. I stopped many times to read passages to my husband which explained some of the mysteries of our aging bodies. So informative, educational and inspiring. Whether his pro-fasting stance amounts to bias is arguable, but he knew fasting as few people have. He makes sense, basing his arguments on logic and sound science, not on mere testimonials. There is no more reliable source of advice on fasting than Herbert M. From hay fever to heart disease, and others. Then, in separate chapters, he discusses various acute and chronic conditions that can be resolved by fasting: from arthritis and asthma to gallstones and tumors. Who should fast? Should children fast? Should underweight people fast? Should pregnant women fast? The difference between hunger and appetite. He covers all the obvious angles: why to fast, where and when to fast, what to expect during a fast, when and how to break a fast. The second edition of this book dates from 1978, so the reader gets the benefit of his decades of experience supervising tens of thousands of fasters. Shelton wrote his best books during his mature years, after 1940. Although it has been argued that the publication of this work led to Ovid's exile in 8 AD, it remains unlikely that the poet was banished for anything other than political reasons having to do with succession.At times serious, at others humorous, Ars Amatoria or, The Art of Love uses a mix of down-to-earth examples and relatable references to mythology in order to offer salient advice for the reader longing for love. For the modern reader, it should prove a surprisingly relatable work on intimacy from an author of the ancient world. Divided into three books, Ars Amatoria or, The Art of Love was immensely popular-if a little controversial-in its time, and has survived numerous charges of indecency over the centuries. For at about seven or eight years of age I would steal away from any other pleasure to read them, inasmuch as this language was my mother tongue, and it was the easiest book I knew and the best suited by its content to my tender age." -Michel de Montaigne Ars Amatoria or, The Art of Love (2 AD) is an instructional poem by Ovid. "The first taste I had for books came to me from my pleasure in the fables of the Metamorphoses of Ovid. |