![]() ![]() Thomas' Church remains the mystery of the century," said Jörg Hansen, director of the Bachhaus in Eisenach in an interview with Deutsche Welle. "Whether Bach really lies beneath the gravestone with the inscription Johann Sebastian Bach in St. ![]() Thomas' Church in Leipzig, they stand devoutly before Bach's supposed grave. Thomas' Church is anything but certain Image: Bachfest Leipzig/Gert MothesĮvery year, thousands of Bach fans visit the places where Bach lived and worked to get a feel for his life. In his hometown of Eisenach, visitors reverently touch the baptismal font in St. Whether Bach's earthly remains really lie under the altar space in St. He was a concertmaster in Weimar, a Kappelmeister (orchestra director) in Köthen, and in Leipzig he earned his living for the rest of his life as Thomaskantor, the Cantor of St. ![]() The baroque composer was born in Eisenach in 1685. Since Johann Sebastian Bach's death on July 28, 1750 in Leipzig, his work has been extensively researched and documented. While Bach's professional career is well documented, interestingly, relatively little is known about his personality or even what he looked like. ![]()
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![]() I don’t know if this guy was crazy or a genius or spent too much time smelling paint fumes….but his paintings look normal enough until you look closer and go “What the! Is that guy eating another guy with his naked butt hanging out? This is so weird and disturbing.” *looks closer at bizarre details* *can’t look away* Nietzsche Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone pg 14 ![]() In the center of each was an eye inked in deepest indigo, in effect turning her hands into hamsas, those ancient symbols for warding against the evil eye.” “ Rather, she held up her hands in front of her face, palms out. Here are a few of my favorite things about her. ![]() I found Karou to be such a unique and interesting character that I was dying to see fan art of her when I finished the book. I haven’t read anything this creative and full of rich details since Harry Potter… Read More Karou The back story of the characters and their world was intricate. I could tell this was a book that the author put her heart and soul into. I loved how this fantasy was set in our world, but it still kept a magical feeling because she set it in such unique and beautiful places, like Prague. ![]() Here’s some stuff I searched or wondered about while reading Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor.ĭaughter of Smoke & Bone was hands down the best angel and demons mythology book that I’ve ever read. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In the spring of 1922, young Austrian Princess Theresa-Maria - known to her ancient aunts as 'Putzerl' - abandons her crumbling castle and her royal duties. Sweeping across countries, class and music, Eva Ibboton's classic historical romance, Magic Flutes, is a richly imagined tale of intrigue and identity, with a new introduction from Harriet Evans. Disguising herself simply as Tessa, she enrolls as under wardrobe mistress of the International Opera Company and soon loses. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “I will try my hardest to get as close to that as possible. So it’s starting to be a little bit more normal again, but it’s been a long, tough period. The 28-year-old, who was joint winner of the Golden Boot at the 2022 Euros, told PA: “I’m back on the pitch, back kicking a ball. Luther Blissett swapped footballing tales with the Prince of Wales after being made an OBE during an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle (Andrew Matthews/PA) Mead is also recovering from a knee injury and expects to be unable to play for the next four months, making her chances of playing at the World Cup slim. I’m hoping to get back fit for the Champion’s League Final and we’ll see if I can whip up a couple of sentences in Spanish to say on TV.” “My challenge by the end of the season was to do an interview in Spanish. The surgery was two weeks ago but very minor compared to some of the other girls. It is kind of getting to the place I think we all hoped it would get eventually.”ĭespite having surgery last month, the Barcelona player is confident she will be fit for the sport’s biggest games – the Champion’s League Final on June 3 and the Women’s World Cup this summer.īronze added: “I think (the World Cup) is really far in the future and I should be back training within a few weeks now. “These things are becoming more regular and people are appreciating our sport for the thing it is. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I started writing short stories in my early teens and won my first competition when I was 14 years old. But will it be enough to save them both?įiona: When and why did you begin writing? In an ultimate test of love, the two must battle against the almighty Fate. But when Fate throws a twist, Tayla’s forced to choose between saving Raven’s soul or fleeing before the creatures strike again. When she lands in the arms of the sexy, alluring man who saved her, the shadows of her past swiftly close in. ![]() Tayla Eason is on the run, escaping a horrific attack on her life. Giving in to temptation risks plummeting into the fiery pits of Hell, dragging her along with him. When Fate assigns him a female mortal to protect, his forbidden desire becomes a distraction he can’t afford. Hidden deep in the Snowy Mountains, lives a brotherhood of immortal Guardians, banished from the Heavens.Īfter centuries of exile, Head Guardian Raven can taste Hell. The Wild Rose Press (paperback and ebook) – It’s a steamy forbidden lovers paranormal romance. My debut novel, Unforsaken Book 1 of The Fallen Guardians released on 14 January!! ![]() I live in sunny Queensland with my husband and two BMX-crazy boys. What is your age?įiona: A little about your self (ie, your education, family life, etc.). Let’s get you introduced to everyone, shall we? Tell us your name. Hello and welcome to my blog, Author Interviews. ![]() ![]() And before I knew it, we'd fallen in love.We both had one wish: more time together.But Leo had obligations back home. I taught him how to dig for clams, and he taught me that not all wealthy and powerful guys are spite knowing he was totally wrong for me, I couldn't seem to stay away.It was a wild and crazy few months. I certainly never expected to find a man showering outside of the property across the bay in his birthday suit.Then I noticed his housemate staring back at me with binoculars of his own-watching me watching Leo.That made for an interesting conversation starter when I inevitably ran into them.Turned out, the handsome Brits were only renting that house for the summer in my seaside town.Leo and I formed an instant connection, even though we were technically opposites by all appearances. ![]() ![]() Every girl has one, right?Mine was a charming, British aristocrat who turned my world upside down one om the moment I first spotted Leo in the distance through my binoculars, I'd been captivated. ![]() From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward, comes a new standalone novel.The one that got away. ![]() ![]() I get asked all the time if I always knew that I wanted to be a writer-and the answer is strangely: No. I’m switching to first person now, because it feels weird to keep talking about myself in third. She lives in Southern California with her husband, Miles, and an embarrassing number of cats. Her books have been published in numerous countries and translated into ten different languages. She's the bestselling author of the middle-grade series, KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES, and the SKY FALL series for young adults. She's studied art, screenwriting, and film production, but realized her real passion was writing stories for children. Shannon Messenger graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts where she learned-among other things-that she liked watching movies much better than making them. Professional Author Autobiography (Third Person) ![]() 2 Informal Autobiography (First Person).1 Professional Author Autobiography (Third Person). ![]() ![]() Since February 19, when the unquestioned giant of contemporary Italian literary and intellectual culture died at 84 after a two-year battle with cancer, Italian newspapers have published scores of articles about Umberto, noting that he was, in the view of many, the most famous intellectual in the world. You had to possess a common touch, an ability to talk and write in the language of the street, which Umberto possessed to a degree I’ve never seen in any other scholar of his stature. You had to be hungry for the latest news and gossip - about anything - and willing to plop it into a narrative composed largely of more sober elements. Wise to the importance of entertaining readers - with puns, plot, playful Latin, lighthearted examples, exotic hypotheticals - while guiding them. Uniquely open to people and culture high, low, and middle. ![]() ![]() ![]() Because to produce a work comparable to that still-singular first novel - not to mention its six successors, Foucault’s Pendulum (1988), The Island of the Day Before (1994), Baudolino,(2000), The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana (2004), The Prague Cemetery (2010), and Numero Zero (2015) - you needed to be Umberto. No, the novel soon to be written that would equal the international acclaim of Eco’s medieval thriller, The Name of the Rose (1980), which eventually sold 30 million copies in more than 40 languages.ĭid any of those books ever get done? Hardly a one. ![]() By the late 1980s, every humanities academic on earth talked of his or her Umberto Eco novel in the drawer. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, her family’s dwindling income leaves Caroline with only one choice to secure her future: a one-way ticket to sail with the Fishing Fleet to India, where the son of a family friend waits. Besides, Caroline thinks there will always be next season to find a husband. She is far more daring than demure to suit the taste of her class. She suspects it’s because she is far too quick to speak her mind to men who are put off by her forthright opinions, her eager intellect backed by a formal education, and her unconventional ideas about the future. Format : Trade paperback, eBook, & audiobook (336) pagesĬaroline Gray’s third season in London society ends as badly as her first two-no marriage proposal, no suitor, not even a glimmer of an interested prospect.Publisher : Shadow Mountain Publishing ( Ma).Comparable authors: Georgette Heyer, Julie Klassen, Sarah M.Hook: Aboard a “Fishing Fleet” bound for India, an outspoken bluestocking must make the choice of an arranged marriage, or her heart’s desire. ![]() ![]() Genre : Regency Romance, Historical Romance, Inspirational Fiction.Title: A Captain for Caroline Gray (Proper Romance Regency). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() You’ll find the future wherever people are having the most fun. In Wonderland, Johnson compellingly argues that observers of technological and social trends should be looking for clues in novel amusements. Steven Johnson is the Darwin of technology Walter Issacson, author of Steve Jobs What connects Paleolithic bone flutes to the invention of computer. He introduces us to the colorful innovators of leisure: the explorers, proprietors, showmen, and artists who changed the trajectory of history with their luxurious wares, exotic meals, taverns, gambling tables, and magic shows. Johnson’s storytelling is just as delightful as the inventions he describes, full of surprising stops along the journey from simple concepts to complex modern systems. ![]() Steven Johnson argues that, throughout history, the cutting edge of innovation lies wherever people are working the hardest to keep themselves and others amused. In Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World, Steven Johnson argues that many of our most important innovationsfrom probability theory to artificial intelligencehave their origins in human. This lushly illustrated history of popular entertainment takes a long-zoom approach, contending that the pursuit of novelty and wonder is a powerful driver of world-shaping technological change. Wonderland inspires grins and well-what-d'ya-knows” - The New York Times Book Reviewįrom the New York Times–bestselling author of How We Got to Now and Extra Life, a look at the world-changing innovations we made while keeping ourselves entertained. ![]() |