![]() There was Hezekiah the bandit chief, Simon of Peraea, Judas the Galilean, his grandson Menahem, Simon son of Giora, and Simon son of Kochba-all of whom declared messianic ambitions and all of whom were executed by Rome for doing so. ![]() Another messianic aspirant, called simply “The Samaritan,” was crucified by Pontius Pilate even though he raised no army and in no way challenged Rome-an indication that the authorities, sensing the apocalyptic fever in the air, had become extremely sensitive to any hint of sedition. In 4 B.C.E., the year in which most scholars believe Jesus of Nazareth was born, a poor shepherd named Athronges put a diadem on his head and crowned himself “King of the Jews” he and his followers were brutally cut down by a legion of soldiers. A mysterious charismatic figure known only as “The Egyptian” raised an army of followers in the desert, nearly all of whom were massacred by Roman troops. The prophet Theudas, according to the book of Acts, had four hundred disciples before Rome captured him and cut off his head. ![]() A few are even mentioned in the New Testament. Many of these so-called “false messiahs” we know by name. Countless prophets, preachers, and messiahs tramped through the Holy Land delivering messages of God’s imminent judgment. ![]() The first century was an era of apocalyptic expectation among the Jews of Palestine, the Roman designation for the vast tract of land encompassing modern day Israel/Palestine as well as large parts of Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Enlightenment’s promise of ineluctable progress-the fading of superstition, the gradual spread of reason and knowledge-seemed to practically guarantee a future of peace and abundance. Others squinted toward the horizon, speculating about a golden age to come: the end of history, the withering away of the state, Some looked backward, seeking paradise in the green shade of prehistory. Utopia ceased to be a place it became an era. When the utopian imagination began to run out of blank space on the map (not that there had ever been any), it turned to the calendar. ![]() Following the format laid down by More in 1516, most literary utopias were travelogues: fictional voyages to some hidden Shangri-La where people had finally figured out how to live in harmony. Like certain photographs, visions of utopia offer a glimpse beyond the all-eclipsing present, revealing possibilities obscured by the torrent of daily life.Įarly dreams of utopia were wrapped up in fantasies of distant, unknown lands. Far from being impractical, the utopian imagination is a sharp-edged tool for comprehending the world and its discontents. It was less than a century after Thomas More’s beheading that the adjective utopian became shorthand for naive or outlandish aspirations. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The ensuing inquiry begins to reveal problems in Ian and Andi’s marriage, exposing secrets long kept from each other. ![]() The current writer-in-residence, a journalist whose course Cassidy is taking, supports the class’s decision to investigate Dallas’s death. Twenty-two years later, Dallas’s remains are found in his car submerged in a nearby lake. While Ian and Andi were at Glenlake, Dallas Walker, a recently hired poet-in-residence, disappeared. Louis, have three children: Cassidy, a senior at Glenlake, and younger twins, who also expect to go to Glenlake, attendance there having been a family tradition since Ian’s great-great-grandfather gifted the Copeland Academic Center. The successful couple, who lead an idyllic life in St. Ian and Andi Copeland, the protagonists of this gripping psychological thriller from the pseudonymous Keir ( The Swing of Things), have been sweethearts since they met at Glenlake Academy, a prep school north of Chicago. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Yet in other ways it was the precise opposite: a revolving door of TV camera crews and documentary makers, a world of extreme discipline, of siblings vanishing in the night. A loving home, shared with squabbling siblings, overseen by devoted parents. It was an upbringing in many ways normal. A brave, unsettling, and fascinating memoir about the damage done by religious fundamentalism’ NPRĪ Radio Four Book of the Week Pick for June 2021Īs featured on the BBC documentaries, ‘The Most Hated Family in America’ and ‘Surviving America’s Most Hated Family’ ‘A nuanced portrait of the lure and pain of zealotry’ New York Times ‘Such a moving, redemptive, clear-eyed account of religious indoctrination’ – Pandora Sykes ‘For anyone who enjoyed Hillbilly Elegy or Educated, Unfollow is an essential text’ – Louis Theroux ![]() ![]() “And we’ll have live music, and food and drinks,” Blazek said.īiskaabiiyang | Returning to Ourselves, by Nico Williams, continues at the Judith and Norman Alix Art Gallery in Sarnia until Sept. “And then this exhibition nestles perfectly into Arts and Books.”īoth artists are expected to be at the gallery 7 p.m. “We’ve had growing attendance, which really excites us,” she said. New York Times bestselling author Judith McNaught sweeps readers from the wilds of America to elegant 1820s London in this. ![]() Participants read books that relate to art work at the gallery, discuss the books and tour the exhibitions, she said. Then, given over to the care of a strict maiden aunt, she was taught to be a lady - poor but genteel - and finally a teacher. Two of the books also are being featured in an Arts and Books Club the gallery and Sarnia Library have been holding for the past few years, she said. Sheridan Bromleigh had spent most of her early life as a happy vagabond with her unruly American father and his vagrant friends. “So, the visitor kind of gets a moment to experience what it’s like to see his process, or what it’s like to be in the art studio with the artist,” she said. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. ![]() ![]() ![]() She Came Upon A Midnight Clear.Īlan Hewetson (as Howie Anderson)/Cesar Lopez Lady Satan Chapter 3: Satan Wants A ChildĪlan Hewetson (as Howie Anderson)/Ricardo Villamonte Scream #3, $0.50 cover price, Page Publications, no cover date.Įdgar Allan Poe (credited)/Al Hewetson (adaptation)/Maro Nava I have a copy of Scream #3, so to satisfy my curiosity I’ve indexed it and compared it to the US version. I can also confirm they published local versions of Skywald titles such as Psycho and Scream. They also published local versions of horror titles from other publishers such as Stanley Publications’ Shock and Chilling Tales of Horror, which I find more interesting. ![]() I recognise them mostly for publishing Marvel superhero comics after the Newtons, but I do know they also published many Marvel horror titles, which I believe are complete facsimiles (or near to) of Marvel horror magazines such as Tales of the Zombie and The Haunt of Horror, and comics such as Vault of Evil, Chamber of Chills and Creatures on the Loose. I’m not as intimately familiar with the horror output of Page Publications, or Yaffa/Page as they are also known. (A comprehensive index of the contents of the various Gredown titles, including identification of original sources is sorely needed!) These are the Australian horror reprint titles which personally interest me the most, and I plan on writing up some entries on them in future. ![]() ![]() ![]() LIBRETTO & DIRECTOR: Dan Henriksson (FIN) It dives deep into the poetic universe of the Nobel laureate author in the spirit of the original work, asking questions about freedom, responsibility and our contradictory love for each other and our planet. ![]() Klockriketeaterns leader, director Dan Henriksson is also the librettist behind this holistic synthesis of the arts, based on Harry Martinson’s classic poem Aniara: A Review of Man in Time and Space. "enigmatic, melismatic, and visually stunning"Īmerican composer Robert Maggio’s composition fills the Almi Hall stage with heavenly new music, virtuoso talent and disparate art forms, including 16 singers from the Grammy-winning chamber choir The Crossing, and Beijing Opera, which combines singing with physical movement. "Aniara is a bewitching musical rendition of the message of doom." ![]() "the Crossing, a choir devoted to new music that makes some of the prettiest sounds you’ll ever hear." ![]() ![]() The final explosive instalment of The Brethren MC Trilogy, Get Carter on two wheels. Books by Iain Parke Heavy Duty Trouble: Book Three in The Brethren Trilogy Starting at 8.85 Dilligaf: A Life in Chapters Starting at 8.10 The Liquidator Starting at 14.31 Best of Enemies: 1940, and a Plot Which Will Torpedo the Special Relationship Starting at 4. Is everything what it seems, and who, if anyone, knows or is telling the truth? He has been in hiding in Ireland when he discovers that not only do Wibble and Charlie both know where he lives, but that he’s now wanted by both sides as a potentially bloody biker conflict heads towards its final showdown and worse, a trial in front of the media.īut as the case unfolds in Court, the questions become more and more urgent. ![]() Having got too far into the dangerous world of The Brethren MC for comfort, Iain was now out again, but out in bad standing. The only thing I have a choice about is when I stop writing.Īnd despite that, and despite the fact that whatever he says, I still think it was Wibble who really got me into all of this shit, the weird thing is, he’s also the only slim hope I have of ever getting out. ![]() Realistically there’s no way I’m getting out of this alive. ![]() ![]() Also, due to arrive is Bonnie's orphan cousin Sylvia, who lived in London with Sir Willoughby's impoverished but genteel older sister Jane, coming to keep her cousin company in her parents' absence. The story is set at Willoughby Chase, the grand home of Sir Willoughby and Lady Green and their daughter Bonnie.ĭue to Lady Green's ill health, Bonnie's parents are taking a holiday in warmer climates touring the Mediterranean by ship, leaving her in the care of a newly arrived distant fourth cousin, Letitia Slighcarp. ![]() It was adapted into a film, with the same title, in 1989. It is described by John Rowe Townsend as "a tale of double-dyed villainy, with right triumphant in the end". Aiken wrote the book over a period of years, with a seven-year gap due to her full-time work the success of this, her second novel, enabled her to quit her job and write full-time. A large number of wolves have migrated from the bitter cold of Europe and Russia into Britain via a new "channel tunnel", and terrorise the inhabitants of rural areas. The novel is the first in the Wolves Chronicles, a series of books set during the fictional early 19th-century reign of King James the Third. Set in an alternative history of England, it tells of the adventures of cousins Bonnie and Sylvia and their friend Simon the goose-boy as they thwart the evil schemes of their governess Miss Slighcarp, and their so-called "teacher" at boarding school, Mrs. ![]() The Wolves of Willoughby Chase is a children's novel by Joan Aiken, first published in 1962. ![]() ![]() In Poison Princess, New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole introduces a dark and intriguing world, full of unspeakable danger and irresistible romance. But it's not always clear who is on which side. A group of teens has been chosen to reenact the ultimate battle between good and evil. An ancient prophesy is being played out, and Evie is not the only one with special powers. If he ever cast that wicked grin her way, could she possibly resist him?Īs Jack and Evie race to find the source of her visions, they meet others who have gotten the same call. Even though he once scorned her and everything she represented, he agrees to protect Evie on her quest. ![]() With his mile-long rap sheet, wicked grin, and bad attitude, Jack is like no boy Evie has ever known. Fighting for her life and desperate for answers, she must turn to her wrong-side-of-the-bayou classmate: Jack Deveaux. When an apocalyptic event decimates her Louisiana hometown, killing everyone she loves, Evie realizes her hallucinations were actually visions of the future-and they're still happening. Sixteen year old Evangeline "Evie" Greene leads a charmed life-until she begins experiencing horrifying hallucinations. Description #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole introduces The Arcana Chronicles, post-apocalyptic tales filled with riveting action, the dark mysticism of Tarot cards, and breathtaking romance. ![]() |