![]() ![]() We turned to children’s librarians from the New York Public Library (NYPL) and Seattle Public Library (SPL) for help compiling this list of the 25 most beautiful, sensitive, and profound books about death for children. Thankfully, parents looking for a little help with the conversation will find a bounty of gentle, brilliant, often beautiful picture books on the subject. Many adults have a hard time wrapping their heads around mortality - breaking the news to your baby can be a doozy. Whether the catalyst is the death of a grandparent, another loved one, or even a beloved pet, there will come a time when it falls to us to explain a complex, emotionally fraught, and terrifying topic to a child. ![]() No parent relishes the moment when they’ll have to explain death to their child, but the moment comes nonetheless. ![]()
0 Comments
![]() ![]() ![]() While out lion hunting with his sturdy friend Horemheb ( Victor Mature), Sinuhe discovers Egypt's newly ascendant pharaoh Akhnaton, who has sought the solitude of the desert in the midst of a religious epiphany. His companions throughout are his lover, a shy tavern maid named Merit ( Jean Simmons) and his corrupt but likable servant, Kaptah ( Peter Ustinov). He rises to and falls from great prosperity, wanders the world, and becomes increasingly drawn towards a new religion spreading throughout Egypt. Sinuhe ( Edmund Purdom), a struggling physician in 18th dynasty Egypt (14th century BC), is thrown by chance into contact with the pharaoh Akhnaton ( Michael Wilding). Cinematographer Leon Shamroy was nominated for an Oscar in 1955. Leading roles were played by Edmund Purdom, Bella Darvi, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Gene Tierney, Peter Ustinov, and Michael Wilding. It is based on Mika Waltari's 1945 novel of the same name and the screenplay was adapted by Philip Dunne and Casey Robinson. Filmed in CinemaScope with color by DeLuxe, it was directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Darryl F. The Egyptian is a 1954 American epic historical drama film made by 20th Century Fox. ![]() ![]() ![]() His closest friend was his younger sister, Pauline, with whom he maintained a steady correspondence throughout the first decade of the 19th century. He spent "the happiest years of his life" at the Beyle country house in Claix near Grenoble. Lifeīorn in Grenoble, Isère, he was an unhappy child, disliking his "unimaginative" father and mourning his mother, with whom he was passionately in love, and who died when he was seven. ![]() Known for his acute analysis of his characters' psychology, he is considered one of the earliest and foremost practitioners of realism, as is evident in the novels Le Rouge et le Noir ( The Red and the Black, 1830) and La Chartreuse de Parme ( The Charterhouse of Parma, 1839). Marie-Henri Beyle (French: 23 January 1783 – 23 March 1842), better known by his pen name Stendhal (French: or, in English also, /stɛnˈdɑːl/, and /stænˈdɑːl/), was a 19th-century French writer. ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() "Disarmingly vulnerable.poignant."- Christianity Today ![]() helpful suggestions for pastoral counseling."- World Magazine ".His book offers helpful suggestions for Christians. Convinced that "in a culture that sees gays and Christians as enemies, gay Christians are in a unique position to bring peace," Lee demonstrates that people of faith on both sides of the debate can respect, learn from, and love one another. But more than just a memoir, TORN provides insightful, practical guidance for all committed Christians who wonder how to relate to gay friends or family members-or who struggle with their own sexuality. ![]() In this groundbreaking book, Lee recalls the events-his coming out to his parents, his experiences with the "ex-gay" movement, and his in-depth study of the Bible-that led him, eventually, to self-acceptance. But Lee harbored a secret: He also knew that he was gay. Nicknamed "God Boy" by his peers, he knew that he was called to a life in the evangelical Christian ministry. Book Synopsis Justin Lee, a gay man and devout Christian, bridges the gaps between his faith and sexuality in this insightful and touching memoir.Īs a teenager and young man, Justin Lee felt deeply torn. ![]() ![]() Orwell took up writing at an early age, reportedly composing his first poem around age four. ![]() He found his father to be dull and conservative.Īccording to one biography, Orwell's first word was "beastly." He was a sick child, often battling bronchitis and the flu. And even after that, the pair never formed a strong bond. ![]() Orwell didn't really know his father until he retired from the service in 1912. (His younger sister, Avril, was born in 1908. His father stayed behind in India and rarely visited. His mother brought him and his older sister, Marjorie, to England about a year after his birth and settled in Henley-on-Thames. The son of a British civil servant, Orwell spent his first days in India, where his father was stationed. Orwell was born Eric Arthur Blair in Motihari, India, on June 25, 1903. He was a man of strong opinions who addressed some of the major political movements of his times, including imperialism, fascism and communism. George Orwell was a novelist, essayist and critic best known for his novels Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. ![]() ![]() ![]() In traditional Chinese medicine, hawthorn berry is one of the most commonly recommended foods to help treat high blood pressure ( 9).Īnimal studies show that hawthorn can act as a vasodilator, meaning it can relax constricted blood vessels, ultimately lowering blood pressure ( 10, 11, 12, 13).Ī 10-week study looked at the effects of taking hawthorn extract in 36 people with mildly elevated blood pressure. Hawthorn berry extract has shown anti-inflammatory potential in test-tube and animal studies. These promising results from animal and test-tube studies suggest the supplement may offer anti-inflammatory benefits for humans. This treatment decreased the production of molecules that trigger inflammation and reduced the response of white blood cells to inflammation ( 8). ![]() ![]() In one study, researchers gave vitexin - a compound present in hawthorn leaves - to mice with respiratory conditions. In a study in mice with liver disease, hawthorn berry extract significantly decreased levels of inflammatory compounds, leading to reduced liver inflammation and injury ( 7). Research has found that chronic inflammation is linked with many diseases, including type 2 diabetes, asthma, and certain cancers ( 6). Hawthorn berry may have anti-inflammatory properties that could improve your health. ![]() ![]() ![]() Where did they go? And does the answer lie in the hidden caverns and remote glaciers of the Scandinavian peninsula?Īs the sun stretches summer days into white nights, the loyal crew encounters its most devastating trial yet, one that brings everything they believe into question and everything they love into danger. As quickly as they arrived, the Nephilim have all mysteriously disappeared from New York. Meanwhile, back in the city, venators Ara Scott and Edon Marrok's investigation into a surge of Nephlim (those dangerous half-human, half demons) activity has come to a dead end. Oliver Hazard-Perry, once leader of the Coven, is now a broken man and enlists the help of his friends Jack Force and Schuyler Van Alen to redeem himself and search for his lost love, Finn Chase, who has disappeared into the sophisticated streets of Stockholm. In this next installment from beloved author, Melissa de la Cruz, the Vampires of Manhattan series continues on at a breathless pace. THE PUBLISHER CANCELED THE SERIES, NOT THE AUTHOR. ![]() ![]() ![]() THIS IS AN UNEDITED FIRST DRAFT RELEASED BY THE AUTHOR DUE TO FAN REQUESTS. ![]() ![]() Although Liz is finished with a past that included a botched meeting with her biological father, the past is not done with her, for the intern and Shannon link to that past. ![]() Her swirling feelings are complicated by the simultaneous appearance of a talented, familiar-looking intern at her workplace. She meets Pittsburgh Police Detective Jim Shannon, who may threaten her freedom or possibly gain her love. When the police arrive, Liz, the potential victim, becomes the prime murder suspect. When Liz’s ex-husband plans to stage her suicide by pushing her off the balcony of her high-rise home in order to collect on a life insurance policy, he topples to his death instead. ![]() ![]() Only her feelings from those dreams linger. Book Description: When successful publisher Liz Michaels’ marriage to blue blood, Addison Tiffin Payne, fails after the loss of their baby and his growing alcoholism, she pours all her creative energy and passion into her work and finds comfort in her friendship with the co-owners of her company as well as the appearances of the spirits of her Polish mother and grandmother, who never speak except in dreams she cannot remember. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() a closer relation between the Medical Sciences and the conditions of Society and the general thought of the time, than would at first be suspected.’"(1) Important works by the likes of Elaine Gerald Grob, arguably the doyen of the field, has made this point on a number of occasions, cheerfully reciting Oliver Wendell Holmes's 1860 observation that "‘heoretically ought to go on its own straightforward inductive path, without regard to changes of government or to fluctuations of public opinion. In the view of most historians of psychiatry, knowledge about mental illness is textured by the social and political context in which it arises. ![]() Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2004. Revenge of the Windigo: The Construction of the Mind and Mental Health of New York, Columbia University Press, 2003. Aboriginal Populations in the Mind: Race and Primitivity in Psychoanalysis. Primitive Madness: Re-Writing the History of Mental Illness and RaceĬelia Brickman. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences Advance Access published online on ![]() |