![]() Then, two years after I started my own translating company, I was asked to translate the first few chapters of the children’s edition of the very book that started it all. ![]() ![]() So a pretty wide variety of subjects and types of text, which I love! I have also been working on translating a collection of poems from Dutch into English, which is still an ongoing project. Among other things, I have had the pleasure of translating Dutch designer Linda Rusconi’s website and have worked with Dutch-American band The Irrational Library on the text for the promotion of their latest album release. ![]() Since then I have worked on different projects. In the spring of 2020 I had the honour of translating the Dutch best-seller “Maar je ziet er helemaal niet autistisch uit” by writer, photographer and web designer Bianca Toeps, into English: “But you don’t look autistic at all.” ![]()
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![]() After his schooling, he held a military commission in India but his wife could not tolerate the climate and they moved back to England where he found a decent job at the Savoy Hotel (it would be a decent job to us but in Victorian England it is a bit disgraceful for a member of the peerage). While there is a little bit of a mystery towards the end of the story, Above the Bay of Angels is definitely a character-driven drama.īella is the oldest daughter of a man who was the second son of an earl. This novel is set in Victorian England and features a main character whose family has fallen from the ranks of the aristocracy. ![]() The others I've read have revolved somehow around WWI or WWII. Among her stand-alone novels, Above the Bay of Angelsis a little different. I've read them all except for In Farleigh Field (though it is on my ereader). I discovered Rhys Bowen through her 1930s Her Royal Spyness Mysteries series, but I think I like her stand-alone historical novels a little more. A free book was provided for an honest review. (p.1)Īmazon affiliate links are used on this site. ![]() But for once I had followed my father's advice. ![]() If Helen Barton hadn't stepped out in front of an omnibus, I might still be sweeping floors and lighting fires at an ostentatious house in St John's Wood. ![]() ![]() As the king’s warrior he is duty-bound, but the king’s reign is nearing its end, and his death will leave a vacuum of power. His own desire is to reclaim his long lost ancestral lands and castle to the north. Uhtred’s loyalty, and his vows, are to Alfred-not to his son-and despite long years of service to the old king, Uhtred is still reluctant to commit to Alfred’s cause. ![]() With the promise of battle looming again, Uhtred, the Viking-raised but Saxon-born warrior, whose life seems to shadow the making of England itself, is torn between competing loyalties. ![]() Alfred wants his son Edward to succeed him, but there are other Saxon claimants to the throne-as well as ambitious pagan Vikings to the north. King Alfred is dying with his passing, the island of Britain seems doomed to renewed warfare. ![]() ![]() The sixth installment of Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game of Thrones, but real” ( The Observer, London)-the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit BBC America television series.Īs the ninth century wanes, England is perched once more on the brink of chaos. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hullo there, Ash.”Īshton narrowed his eyes. Vic picked up on the second ring Ashton didn’t have to see his face to know he was grinning from the sound of his voice. “If you’ll hold a moment, please,” he said, fetched his cellphone from his inside breast pocket, and pushed the third number on his speed dial. Perhaps, in this hypothetical universe where he had such friends, he wouldn’t be staring at this flinty-eyed, utterly cold behemoth of a man who stood stiffly before his desk-and apparently thought Ashton was going to give him a job.Īshton offered a thin, formal smile and lifted a finger. Friends who, at the very least, gave a damn about his ability to function as a human being. ![]() Friends who weren’t half the reason for his rapidly escalating stress levels. Friends who weren’t trying to ruin his reputation. Or at least, friends who gave better references. A SHTON H ARRINGTON TRULY NEEDED BETTER friends. ![]() ![]() For Jean-Jacques Sempé and René Goscinny, creating The little Nicolas was a way to heal the wounds of a dented childhood. That of a beaten little Bordelais, gone to Paris with his sketches under his arm, or of a globetrotter exiled to escape the Shoah. It also shows under the grain of the paper and the transparency of watercolor the resilient destiny of brilliant creators. Intimate woundsīut this seemingly joyful film does not just tell the carefree life of a young French schoolboy. Between camaraderie, arguments, fights, games, nonsense, and punishments galore, Nicolas lives a childhood full of joys and learning. ![]() ![]() Leaning over a large white sheet, somewhere between Montmartre and Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Rene Goscinny and Jean-Jacques Sempé pionately discuss the creation of a character who could live hectic adventures, and thus bear witness to the childhood of its two creators… This laughing and mischievous boy is of course Little Nicolas. ![]() ![]() ![]() These have been given to us by xxx who request they be returned 'in due course'." It says: "Forwarded herewith are two rolls of film which are the negatives of the photocopy of Dr Zhivago by Pasternak. Other possibilities include translators, as well as Feltrinelli, who brought out the first foreign edition of Doctor Zhivago in Italy that November.Ī CIA memo, dated 2 January 1958, reveals that MI6 delivered a copy of the original 433-page typed manuscript to American intelligence. After returning from Moscow Berlin also gave copies to Pasternak's sisters living in Oxford. ![]() Berlin, a native Russian speaker with extensive British diplomatic contacts, is one possible source, though he opposed the novel's early publication. It is unclear if someone from Pasternak's inner circle gave the manuscript to British intelligence to copy or if MI6 purloined it without the owner's consent. ![]() ![]() ![]() But like his “American Idol” run in 2008, Archuleta once again finished the competition as the runner-up, with Medusa claiming the win. So who was the Macaw? It was indeed Archuleta. “It’s been a difficult last couple of years and I’m truly humbled, so thank you.” ![]() In the Season 9 finale, the Macaw - who performed Eric Carmen’s “All By Myself” and James Bay’s “Hold Back the River” - said he “had a lot of anxiety before coming onto the show because I was afraid to show myself,” per Billboard. I can show the colors I was too afraid to show, and I’m able to tap deeper emotionally in my performances.” Synopsis (Goodreads) Classical musician Maddie Taylor secretly dreams of a louder life, but geeky girls like her don’t get to be rock stars. “Even though people can’t see me in this, in a way, it lets me show a lot more of myself. “Becoming the Macaw is exciting because it’s like I’m becoming a new person,” he said during the finale. The Macaw’s reference to being brave in his personal life potentially referenced when Archuleta opened up to his fans about his sexuality and faith and called for compassion for the LGBTQ community in a 2021 social media post, the Deseret News reported. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Based on current enrollment and employment figures, women may make up a significant proportion of future leaders in the field. This amounts to the addition of roughly 13,500 jobs in the next decade. Those who do pursue work as clinical psychologists will see an 8% rate of growth in job opportunities between now and 2030. Psychologists can pursue careers in a wide range of fields, including school counseling, substance abuse treatment, special education, or, for those with an advanced degree, clinical practice. Psychology is an extremely diverse and complex field of study, affording the practitioner the opportunity to specialize in numerous areas of research including experimental, cognitive, developmental, and social psychology, among others. Top 10 Women in Psychology From the Last 10 YearsĪccording to the American Psychological Association, psychology is the study of the mind and behavior, a discipline that has emerged from within the field of philosophy. ![]() ![]() Influential Women in Psychology From the Last 10 Years. ![]() ![]() ![]() Their other original series included The Bite, a COVID satire from The Good Fight‘s Robert and Michelle King, and Season 2 of true crime anthology Manhunt, which came over from Discovery and focused on the 1996 Atlanta bombing and falsely accused suspect Richard Jewell. Spectrum also hosted a 12-episode revival of the ’90s NBC sitcom Mad About You, with Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt reprising their roles as married New Yorkers Paul and Jamie Buchman. ![]() It ran for two seasons before being cancelled in 2020. Spectrum Originals launched in 2019 with the premiere of L.A.’s Finest, an offshoot of the Bad Boys movies franchise originally developed at NBC and starring Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba. TVLine Items: Anthony Ramos Joins Ironheart, Better Things Trailer and More Western Drama Joe Pickett (Finally) Gets a Season 2 Release Date, Now on Paramount+ - Watch Trailer ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The FAO Vegetable Oil Price Index averaged at 130 points in April, down 1.3% on the month due to stable palm oil prices and lower soy, sunflower and rapeseed oil prices.Ī potentially record soybean crop in Brazil weighed on world soybean oil prices while global prices of rapeseed and sunflower oils also kept falling, underpinned by lingering abundant global exportable supplies, FAO said. ![]() The agency added that the world poultry meat prices also rebounded on higher Asian demand and supply limitations from the spread of avian flu. The FAO Meat Price Index averaged at 114.5 points in April, up 1.3% from March with pig meat seeing the sharpest increases due to increased imports from Asian countries, the FAO said. Lower production forecasts from India, China, Thailand and the EU coupled with a slow harvest in Brazil pushed prices higher, according to the FAO. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience.įAO's Sugar Price Index averaged at 149.4 points, up 17.6% from March and at its highest level since October 2011, driven by availability concerns in the 2022-23 season, FAO said May 5. ![]() |