This saint’s teaching had a profound influence on my Marian devotion and my own life.” Louis-Marie, and he translates it: ‘I am all yours, and all that I have belongs to you, O my lovable Jesus, through Mary, your holy Mother’ ( Treatise of True Devotion to Mary, no. This is what he confirms in that same letter of 2004: “These two words express total belonging to Jesus through Mary: ‘ Tuus totus ego sum, and omnia mea tua sunt ,’ writes St. John Paul’s papal coat of arms, is directly inspired by the spirituality of St. It happened that the devotion of my childhood and even my adolescence to the Mother of Christ gave way to a new attitude, a devotion coming from the depths of my faith, as from the very heart of the Trinitarian and Christological reality.” I say a ‘turning point’ although it is a long inner journey that coincided with my clandestine preparation for the priesthood. Reading True Devotion marked a turning point in my life. “But thanks to Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort,” he wrote in 2004 in the Letter to the Religious of the Montfortian Families, “I understood that authentic devotion to the Mother of God is truly Christocentric (…).
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It’s this reputation that Lawrence Ellsworth has come to correct in his new translation of The Three Musketeers, and it’s a task for which he comes particularly well-equipped. That book’s original 19th century translators, conforming to the delicate sensibilities of audiences across the Channel and the Atlantic, excised much of the sex, gambling, and bloodshed from what was once a happily raunchy historical adventure, transforming it into a fun but politely Victorian story for boys. This is nowhere more true than in the case of his most famous and endlessly-adapted novel, The Three Musketeers. For such an enduringly popular writer, Alexandre Dumas, pere, has been surprisingly ill-served by his English-language translators. “These strong, charged images have never left me,” says Skurnick. Having divvied up the books into categories (Girls On The Verge, Danger Girls, Girls In Love), she unpicks the themes at the heart of the novels, paying special attention to those that elicit visceral reactions. Skurnick’s essays as well are a joy to read. Uncomplicated by subtlety or the trappings of Great Writing (see Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Pride and Prejudice, & etc…) they not only never let you down, they don’t slow you down, either. Skurnick’s classics demand a different kind of attention than the other kind. Open any selection, to any page, and you’ll see what I mean. Her witty, insightful essays on over five dozen novels that set the standard for the richly diverse selection of young adult novels crowding bookstore shelves today are like a crash course in hindsight. Leave it to Lizzie Skurnick, whose Fine Lines columns for are now collected in a book, Shelf Discovery: Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading, to respond at length to my questions. 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But then Daemon opens his mouth, and his arrogance makes her want to stay away - and that’s before she found out that he was an alien who had marked her with his otherworldly touch. High school senior Katy is less than thrilled by her family’s spontaneous move to West Virginia until she spots her attractive next-door neighbor Daemon, and things start looking up. Armentrout’s wildly popular alien romance series kicks off with Obsidian, a simmering young adult novel that’s as funny as it is flirtatious. You can buy A Soul to Keep here, and make sure to check out the rest of the Duskwalker Brides series for more exciting reading. She sacrifices herself to the monster, but soon learns that he isn’t what he seems - in fact, she finds herself enchanted by him and wants to get to know him more closely… even dangerously close. Protagonist Reia has been shunned by the people of her village, and she is now faced with an impossible choice - be thrown into prison, or sacrifice herself to the monstrous Duskwalker. The first in a trilogy of character-driven paranormal romances, A Soul to Keep is a seductive, slow-burn read that you won’t want to put down. Is there a sequel to Ice Planet Barbarians? It appears that Genghis Khan left a mark on more than history: His influence may persist in the DNA of men today. The Mongol warrior Temujin, aka Genghis Khan, may have left more than this picture to remember him by. The shaded area approximates the boundaries of Genghis Khan’s empire at the time of his death. His male descendants continued the dynasty for many generations. Massacring many of the people that he conquered, so as to leave no enemies and to strike fear in would-be foes, Genghis Khan ultimately controlled a massive empire ranging from today’s Afghanistan across China. In 1206, he assumed the title Genghis Khan, often translated as emperor of emperors, and started invading surrounding territories. Some 800 years ago, a fearsome, charismatic warrior named Temujin united the nomadic tribes of Mongolia. Most didn’t feature characters who looked like her, and they still don’t. And both Hair Love, the book, and Sulwe are nominated for NAACP Image Awards.Īs a child, Harrison, who is black, didn’t see herself mirrored in the books she read at school. Harrison also is credited as a character designer on Cherry’s 2019 Oscar-winning animated short of the same name. Cherry’s picture book Hair Love, both 2019 New York Times bestsellers featuring black characters. She illustrated Academy Award-winning actor Lupita Nyong’o’s Sulwe and former NFL wide receiver Matthew A. In three years, she’s become a major creative force with increasingly higher-profile projects that feature diverse characters. It’s been a rapid ascent ever since for Harrison in a hard-to-crack industry that, until recently, hasn’t sought out books that highlight characters of color like the black women she features in Little Leaders. Ray and journalist Gwen Ifill, and includes illustrations featuring girls dressed as them. The picture book, which Harrison wrote and illustrated, chronicles the lives of 40 accomplished African American women such as activist Rosa Parks, 19th-century lawyer Charlotte E. Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History was an instant success when it launched in December 2017. Vashti Harrison (Col ’10) was just wading into the world of children’s literature in 2017 when she started a personal Black History Month project that began on social media and, before the end of the year, turned into a New York Times bestselling book. 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A secret movement called the Talons of Peace is determined to bring an end to the fighting, with the help of a prophecy - a foretelling that calls for great sacrifice. Sutherland tells the tales of seven dragon tribes who have been at war for generations over an ancient, lost treasure. to go to college and join the Air Force as an intelligence officer. I think my favorite character would have to be CIA Operative Gabrielle “Gabe” Lincoln. Tate took some time out of his schedule to talk to The Big Thrill this month about his latest release, including what about the sci-fi genre piques his interest and the exciting project he’s working on next.ĭid you have a favorite character to write? PRIMORDIAL is the second book in Toby Tate’s Lilitu series, and a continuation of his thrilling novel, Lilith. But if she’s right, humanity is about to be plunged into a living nightmare. When towering black obelisks start appearing around the Mediterranean, CIA operative Gabrielle Lincoln begins to question their presence, believing them to be far more ominous than simple country tributes. |