|a Queens |z Italy |z Naples (Kingdom) |v Biography. As courageous as Eleanor of Aquitaine, as astute and determined as Elizabeth I of England, Joanna, Queen of Naples, was the only female monarch in her time to rule in her own name. |a The riveting history of a beautiful queen, a shocking murder, a papal trial-and a reign as triumphant as any in the Middle Ages. |a The trial - The kingdom of Naples - The court of Robert the Wise - The kingdom of Hungary - A royal apprenticeship - The foolish legacy of Robert the Wise - Papal politics - Nest of vipers - Under siege - The world at war - The scales of justice - The return of the queen - Foreign and domestic relations - Queen of Sicily - The queen and her court - The quest for an heir - Queen and pope - Six funerals and a wedding - The great schism - The fall of the queen. |a Includes bibliographical references and index. |a The lady queen : |b the notorious reign of Joanna I, Queen of Naples, Jerusalem, and Sicily / |c Nancy Goldstone.
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The stories in this anthology, which range from among her first and last to be published, focus almost entirely on women and their experiences in a world defined by an entrenched patriarchal culture. You’ll have to go on I ain’t got nothing!” – from The Woman at the Storeīorn Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp in Wellington, New Zealand, the author moved to the UK but then travelled back, while also having extended stays on the Continent, partly to deal with her tuberculosis. I offer this review for Patti Abbott’s Friday’s Forgotten Books meme over at her fab Pattinase blog. Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923) spent as much of her brief life there as she did in Europe and her stories reflect this divide. Here is a brief review for a title that might seem like an unexpected choice for a blog mostly dedicated to crime and mystery fiction, but …Ī good mate of mine gave me this book as a present in advance of my trip to New Zealand last month and so it followed me through Queenstown, Lakes Wanaka and Wakatipu and Milford Sound, all amazing places. Kearney said that a typical day starts early, and involves, no surprise, a lot of heavy lifting. Kearney and his husband Joey recently moved to the Pacific Northwest right outside of Seattle, where took a job as the Director of Sports Rehab at a sports medicine clinic owned by the chiropractor of the Seattle Seahawks. Along with work, I am also currently writing two books (a children’s book, and an informational Strongman book), I am working on a documentary, and still run my online coaching business where I coach strength athletes all over the world. “While I am back to working full time, my current job allows me the flexibility to still pursue my strongman career to the fullest while also having the stability of a more traditional career as well. Kearney also is working on writing two books while balancing out his work career. He was featured on the massively-popular “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast in January of 2020, which he said “propelled my social media platforms to new highs as well as put me more in the public eye as an LGBTQ+ advocate and role model.” “Since leaving Williston in 2019, I have had the opportunity to really push my strongman career to a new level,” Kearney explained. Since his time at Williston in 2019, Rob has been busy with powerlifting as well as being a public presence for the LGBTQ+ community. Former Athletic Trainer turned Strongman Rob Kearney has been making a name for himself since his time working at Williston. And when Harry finally convinces the boy – Iain mac Maíl Coluim – to cut his filthy curtain of hair, the face revealed is the most beautiful thing Harry has ever seen. Then Harry begins to notice things: that, as well as Gaelic, the boy speaks flawless French, with an accent much different from Harry's Norman one. The Scottish boy is surly and violent and eats anything that isn't nailed down. Montagu gives the boy to Harry as his squire, with only two rules: don't let him escape, and convert him to the English cause.Īt first, it's hopeless. They ride north, to a crumbling Scottish keep, capturing a feral, half-starved boy within and putting the other inhabitants to the sword.īut nobody knows why the flower of English knighthood snuck over the border to capture a savage, dirty teenage boy. Nineteen-year-old Sir Harry de Lyon yearns to prove himself and jumps at the chance when a powerful English baron, William Montagu, invites him on a secret mission with a dozen elite knights. And he cooks up this absurd plan.He helps me get noticed. But when he witnesses how I fall to pieces in front of my guitar-toting crush, his wheels start turning. There?s hardly a day he?s not headline material during football season, and never a day he isn?t a bullseye target for every girl on campus.He used to be the easiest of all the players for me to wrangle as the Public Relations Coordinator, but after a nasty breakup with his high school sweetheart, he?s a mess.And a complete pain in my ass.We meet to discuss his behavior and review media relations standards. The hottest college football safety in the nation just asked me to be his fake girlfriend.And I just asked him to take my virginity.Clay Johnson has the abs of Adonis and the deadly smirk of the devil, himself. Under the legislation, doctors would be allowed to provide an abortion to anyone regardless of age, and it would bar them in certain cases from disclosing that to parents.ĭemocratic lawmakers have said such scenarios are rare. 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(AP) - Oregon lawmakers have advanced a sweeping bill intended to protect abortion and gender-affirming health care for transgender people by boosting legal safeguards and expanding access and insurance coverage.ĭemocratic representatives on Monday night passed the bill along party lines in a House floor vote that stretched for roughly six hours after Republicans sought to stall it.Ĭiting concerns about the wide-ranging scope of the bill - which addresses topics from minors’ access to abortion to emergency contraception at university student health centers to insurance coverage for gender-affirming care procedures - Republicans sought through various motions to send the bill back to different policy committees, delay the vote until next month and postpone it indefinitely. How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell (also rec’d by Lorde) “After living through 14 sweltering Texas summers, I discovered the word ‘estivate,’ the summer equivalent to ‘hibernate.’ Animals that estivate rest in the summer months the way other animals do in the winter. He has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and NPR, and in 2021, was asked to curate a book club for Literati.Ĭalled Read Like an Artist, Kleon described his 12 picks as “an eclectic mix of creative nonfiction, novels, artist memoirs, comics, and more, all of which speak to living a more creative life.” From Jenny Odell’s radical ode to rest to Lynda Barry’s genre-defying guide to writing, explore his recommendations below – and check out the bookshelves of other celebrated artists right here. Popular among creatives for their advice on how to find inspiration, stay motivated and build an artistic practice, Kleon’s books have been translated into dozens of languages and sold over a million copies worldwide. Also known for his blackout poetry – where Kleon creates new poems by redacting text from newspapers with a permanent marker – he compiled his favorite work in the medium into the collection Newspaper Blackout. A self-described “writer who draws,” Austin Kleon is the bestselling author behind a trilogy of illustrated books focused on finding creativity in the modern world: Steal Like An Artist, Show Your Work!, and Keep Going. "We live high up in the hills above Friendly, but hardly anybody knows where that is. The University of Charleston awarded Phyllis Reynolds Naylor the Appalachian Medallion in 1997. Send No Blessings is set in Hinton Josie’s Troubles is set in Webster Springs Boys Start the War (West Virginia Children’s Book Award, 1996) is the first in a 12-part boys versus girls series set in a fictional Buckhannon and Wrestle the Mountain is based on the Farmington coal mine disaster. Shiloh (Newbery Medal, 1992, West Virginia Children’s Book Award, 1994, and film adaptation, 1997), Shiloh Season, and Saving Shiloh, are all set in and near the Tyler County town of Friendly the beagle Shiloh is named for a nearby community. Naylor found a setting for her most successful books in the small towns and among the people of the Mountain State. Then in 1987, when awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, she spent the funds traveling throughout West Virginia, talking to people, reading Goldenseal magazine, and taking notes. Naylor and visited Grafton, Buckhannon, and Preston County, places where he and his family had lived. Her ties to West Virginia began May 26, 1960, when she married Rex V. She graduated from American University in 1963 and now lives in Bethesda, Maryland. Author Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, a Newbery Medal winner and the author of more than 135 books for children and youth, was born January 4, 1933, in Anderson, Indiana. Have a go this weekend and really impress your friends and family with your DIY skills next time they come to visit. Not only does it look great, but it highlights the handcrafted nature of the unit and because there are no fixings, it can easily be pulled apart and packed down if you need to move it. But tonight, he’s going to build a shelving unit using the ancient technique of mortise and tenon joints. When it comes to working with timber, we know Adam is quite partial to gluing and screwing. You might just get some tips to save on energy bills and also help save the environment. The village was founded to gather friends and like-minded people to form a supportive, environmentally conscious community that is a green example for Australia. During a tour of the village, Joh sees three very different homes, including one that looks like it came straight from the pages of a fantasy novel. Every home in this planned village is designed to be energy efficient, with an average rating of six-stars. On the Central Coast of NSW lies a community of people who are truly living their values. This week on Better Homes & Gardens, Joh Griggs is on the Central Coast and Adam has a DIY timber shelving. |