Dragon rider series by cornelia funke6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Her husband Mike wrote a recipe for each plant AND Franziska Blinde, one of my Artists in Residence here at Volterra came to illustrate the book at my house. Then my daughter Anna translated it into German. I wrote this book in English so Tammi could read and comment and add her ideas. They’ll make Caspia go in search of ten plants, but she’ll find so much more on her adventures in the Green Kingdom. It is the story of ten letters in a drawer, written by a blind girl named Rosalinde to her sister Minna and of the riddles they contain. So this book tells the story of Caspia who has to spend a summer in Brooklyn, although she would prefer to stay with her friends. ![]() Non fiction? Fiction? I think it was a comment from her husband Chris that made us realize this should also be a story, as that’s what in a way we both are. It took Tammi and me quite a while to figure out what kind of book this should be. We became friends and decided to make a book together that would inspire the readers to take a closer look at Green Kingdom and to maybe make some of them fall in love with plants. I loved the way Tammi wrote about plants and she came to visit me. It all began when I read a book by Tammi Hartung, an ethno botanist and herb farmer from Colorado. This has been a very unusual book to work on for many reasons. Will be published in Germany in April 2023. ![]()
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Victorian London by Liza Picard6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Consequently the pages of Victorian London are full of unfamiliar facts. The author for all intents and purposes is not a trained historian but nonetheless has a tutored eye for detail. Its sheer comprehensiveness is a tribute to Liza Picard and testifies to the vibrancy of history currently researched and written outside of university departments. ![]() ![]() Appendices with useful comparisons to present-day life in London ('what you could get for your money', 'currency and measurements', 'retail price index') typifies the approach of a book delightfully stuffed with things you did not know about the Victorian capital but which is light on historiographical innovation. As a volume that follows tomes on 'Restoration London', 'Dr Johnson's London' and 'Elizabeth's London' this instalment by Liza Picard seeks a depth of detail that is not usual in academic interventions, learned journals or cloistered seminars. ![]() Aot volume one6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Murakumo comes to her rescue, implying that she should stay out of harm. He subsequently finds Tsubaki challenging the Titans down below. Despite the soldier's qualms, Murakumo does not lose hope. The Titan in disguise evolves into a large Titan.Ītop a small building, a soldier rallies intelligence from a superior officer to Murakumo, who insists for the whole city to evacuate. The dead soldier's face belongs to Murakumo's father who was eaten by a Titan years ago. They pressurize him, and eventually Murakumo snaps and cuts a man down using his sword. ![]() He is disturbed by a group of soldiers who suspect that he is a Titan in disguise. On that note, Murakumo leaves the barracks. Tsubaki wants to join the Vanguard Corps just like her father did, but Murakumo claims that he will only teach her if she practices blade swinging a hundred times a day. ![]() Inside a distant city where humanity has enclosed itself within a wall of giant trees, a soldier called Murakumo heads back to the barracks but finds a young girl, Tsubaki, asking for an apprenticeship. ![]() Books mr happy6/30/2023 ![]() In reality, he explains, various African kingdoms had established city-states that rivaled Europe’s in terms of political organization, military power, commerce, art, and exploration. ![]() It was far from stateless and primitive when Europeans arrived. French, a journalist of African descent, challenges the standard Western accounts of the continent’s history. I’m a student of Africa, but I still learned a lot from this thoughtful, well-researched book. Zevin is a great writer who makes you care deeply about her characters.īorn in Blackness, by Howard French. Tomorrow was one of the biggest books of last year, and it’s easy to see why. I really related to the story-in fact, it reminded me a lot of my relationship with Paul Allen and our work together at Microsoft. ![]() ![]() and then, in college, start making their own games together. This terrific novel tells the story of two friends who grow up bonding over Super Mario Bros. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin. ![]() |