![]() ![]() The idea of the modern witch is explored further in Hare House, an eerie novel by Sally Hinchcliffe about witchcraft in rural Scotland. By examining the narrow limits society imposes on women and comparing these with historical witch hunts, Mona shows just how many different things a woman can choose to be. Mona Chollet is a journalist and author of In Defence of Witches, where the image of the witch is recast as a empowering role model to women today. The term ‘witch’ carries a long, controversial, and violent history that stretches back over centuries. Accusations of witchcraft are still taken very seriously in some parts of the world, and is still a crime in many cultures. Today, witches are upheld as strong and independent role models in children’s literature, but in western culture ideas around the mystical and supernatural are now as far-fetched or harmless instead of the serious accusations they once were. ![]() The meaning of the word is ever-changing. ![]()
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![]() ![]() meaning ‘something inherited from the forefathers’ ”). Thus, Himmler established a think tank that he called the Ahnenerbe (a “rather obscure German word. Moreover, he had a knack for shoring up fragments of Nazi ideology with fragments of half-learning that seemed self-evident to true believers. ![]() Yet, writes Canadian scholar Pringle ( The Mummy Congress, 2001), he was also fanatically devoted to Hitler. Weedy and weak, a schoolyard snitch with a fanatical devotion to record-keeping, Heinrich Himmler seemed an unlikely choice to command the elite praetorian guard called the SS. A tale of scholarly detection illuminating a little-explored corner of Third Reich history: the use of pseudoscience in the service of ideology. ![]() ![]() Pencil and pastel on kraft paper lend this book a homey-but-hip aspect, while bits of photo collage bring the food to realistic life, which is kind of not a good thing. Four said, "That's not funny!" Oh but it is, little man. As he recovers, Dad observes, "Quite a performance this evening." I laughed out loud. George McClements is the author of Night of the Veggie Monster (3.92 avg rating, 291 ratings, 51 reviews, published 2008), Baron von Baddie and the Ice R. Contortions follow, until the child manages to swallow the offending item. Mom says, "And we're off." I smiled full-on. The child puts a pea (one of three he is required to eat) into his mouth, and his expression changes as he clutches his hands to his mouth. His parents, who do not give in, observe his agony dispassionately.Īs Dad sets a plate in front of the kid, he remarks, "Time for another fun-filled hour." The corner of my mouth curled. The kid in this book does not like to eat vegetables. Tough luck, kid - sometimes we parents deserve a book like this. ![]() Night of the Veggie Monster by George McClements ![]() |