Lantern

“A whirlwind love affair, a wife who dies under mysterious circumstances, and a string of murder—and ghosts!—all set in a crumbling countryside estate in Provence. This haunting tale is everything you could want in a Gothic mystery that doesn’t also include a heroine named Jane Eyre.” — Redbook Set in the lush countryside of Provence, Deborah Lawrenson’s The Lantern is an atmospheric modern gothic tale of love, suspicion, and murder, in the tradition of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca. Drawn to a confident and artistic wealthy older man she barely knows, bookish Eve recklessly embarks on a whirlwind affair that soon offers a new life and a new home—Les Genévriers, a charming yet decaying hamlet nestled amid the fragrant lavender fields of Provence. But with autumn’s arrival the days begin to cool—and so, too, does Dom. Though Eve knows he bears the emotional scars of a failed marriage—which he refuses to talk about—his silence arouses suspicion and uncertainty. And, like its owner, Les Genévriers is also changing. Bright, warm rooms have turned cold and uninviting; shadows now fall unexpectedly; and Eve senses a presence moving through the garden. Is it a ghost from the past—or a manifestation of her current troubles with Dom? Can she trust Dom—or could her life truly be in danger? An evocative tale of romantic and psychological suspense, The Lantern masterfully melds past and present, secrets and lies, appearances and disappearances—along with our age-old fear of the dark.

For his owner's birthday Tubby, the elephant, constructs a huge paper lantern which carries them on a long trip.

From the nationally beloved co-host of the #1 hit show Home Town comes the quintessential celebration of home. Imagine a house's early days as a home: A young family builds a picket fence and plants flowers in its yard, children climb the magnolia tree and play the piano in the living room, and there is music inside the house for many happy years. But what will happen when its windows grow dark, its paint starts to crumble, and its boards creak in the winter wind? The house dreams of a family who will love it again...and one day, a new story will emerge from within its walls. In this modern classic, Erin Napier’s lyrical prose and Adam Trest’s warm and comforting paintings deeply evoke the soul of a house cherishing the seasons of life and discovering the joy of rebirth.

A compassionate memoir about a father’s relationship with his children, the healing power of a small act of kindness, and the proof that love is everlasting. Love you, Dad. Miss you so much. Steph. A brokenhearted daughter scribbled those words on a sky lantern before sending it off to her father in heaven who had passed away. Halfway across the country, Steph’s lantern landed in Matt Mikalatos’s yard. As a father of three daughters, Matt could not let that heart-wrenching note unanswered, so he posted an open letter to her on his blog, which went viral overnight. Little did he know how that small act of kindness would lead him to the real Steph and change his family’s life in remarkable ways. A poignant and lyrical account of the beauty and wonder found in domestic life, Sky Lantern shows how the miraculous events that followed Matt finding the sky lantern in his yard—and the widespread and lasting impact his letter had—prove that the bond between a parent and their child can last forever.

The book presents for the first time the restoration of Amundsen’s glass slides, one of the most beautiful collections of slides in the world. The 248 slides are the photographic testimony of three great explorations: the Northwest Passage (1903-1906), the conquest of the South Pole (1910-1912) and the Maud expedition (1918-1925). Discovered by chance in 1986, the slides were restored in 2009 by Pietro Librici at the National Library of Norway, in a continuous cooperation with the institute team. The restoration is presented analytically in its methodological, technical, scientific and operational aspects, constituting an updated model of intervention. Critical historical studies that accompanied the restoration and the expressive features of the slides have also led the author to identify Amundsen’s own style which lies between documentary photography and photographic documentation and make the book a particular opportunity to immerse in the charm of polar expeditions, in the first years of the 20th century when the poles were the only areas of terra incognita left on the world map. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ONE – POLAR EXPLORATIONS HORLICKS MALTED MILK! ON THE WAY OF CONFERENCES BIOGRAPHY THE NORTH WEST PASSAGE EXPEDITION THE CONQUEST OF THE SOUTH POLE MAUD EXPEDITION TWO – LANTERN SLIDES: MATERIALS, PROCESSES & TECHNIQUE STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION Support Binder Photosensitive substance – STRUCTURE OF THE CRYSTAL LATTICE – PROPERTIES OF CRYSTALS – PRINCIPLE OF GURNEY AND MOTT Photographic Emulsion Colours Paper PROCEDURE AND TECHNIQUE: SLIDES WITH GELATIN-SILVER SALTS NEGATIVE THE MAGIC LANTERN The magic lantern as a commercial resource The development of the magic lantern: origin and technical description Light sources – OIL LAMP – LIME LIGHT – KEROSENE OIL (COAL OIL) – ELECTRIC LIGHT Lantern Slides – PAINTED SLIDES – LITOGRAPH/DECA SLIDES – PHOTOGRAPHIC SLIDES Special effects slides – SLIP SLIDES – LEVER SLIDES – REVOLVING SLIDES – CHROMATROPES – SPECIALIZED SLIDES Iconographic repertoire THREE – ANALYSIS AND DIAGNOSIS OF THE RESTORED MATERIAL DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES Digital imaging Photographic observation Stereomicroscope with fibre optic illuminators Optical microscopy (OM) Images of ultraviolet fluorescence VISUAL ANALYSIS Three types of slides Previous “Conservative Operations” Emulsion & image Category Identification ANALYSIS OF PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL DETERIORATION Glass Gelatin Silver – SULPHIDE – REDOX Paper Colouring CONDITION REPORT Result FOUR – RESTORATION GUIDELINES ORDERING AND INVENTORY FIRST CLEANSING: GLASS AND PAPER ELEMENTS PAPER ELEMENTS Materials Cleansing Permanent or temporary removal of the sealing paper and labels Adhesions, reinforcements and the joining of tears in sealing paper and labels Replacement of sealing paper Masking paper COVER GLASS PLATES Material Cleansing Replacement EMULSIFIED GLASS PLATES Reinforcements Integration of the broken corners Sandwich – ADHESIVE PLASTERS – SYNTHETIC RESINS – TESTING OF SANDWICH – CONSIDERATIONS ON THE VARIOUS METHODS – CREATION OF THE SANDWICH EMULSION Cleansing Pictorial touch up FINAL NUMBERING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE CONSERVATION MATERIALS FOR STORAGE International Ruling ISO 10214 Cardboard boxes Grooves drawers Polyvinylchloride (PVC) pockets SOME DESCRIPTION SHEET FIVE – PHOTOGRAPHY AND INFORMATION PHOTOGRAPHY AS DOCUMENT DOCUMENTARY STYLE AMUNDSEN’S STYLE:BETWEEN PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION AND DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY ARRAYS COLLECTION OF THE SLIDES BIBLIOGRAPHY

A bold and ghostly stand-alone from New York Times bestselling author Colleen Houck, with all the moodiness of Sleepy Hollow and all the romance her fans love. Welcome to a world where nightmarish creatures reign supreme. Five hundred years ago, Jack made a deal with the devil. It's difficult for him to remember much about his mortal days. So he focuses on fulfilling his sentence as a Lantern--one of the watchmen who guard the portals to the Otherworld, a realm crawling with every nightmarish creature imaginable. Jack has spent centuries jumping from town to town, ensuring that nary a mortal--or not-so-mortal--soul slips past him. That is, until he meets beautiful Ember O'Dare. Seventeen, stubborn, and a natural-born witch, Ember feels a strong pull to the Otherworld. Undeterred by Jack's warnings, she crosses into the forbidden plane with the help of a mysterious and debonair vampire--and the chase through a dazzling, dangerous world is on. Jack must do everything in his power to get Ember back where she belongs before both the earthly and unearthly worlds descend into chaos. Colleen Houck, the New York Times bestselling author of the Tiger's Curse series and the Reawakened series, breathes new life into classic folklore in this wild, twisting adventure propelled by the spirit of Halloween. "[Houck] offers a fresh spin on The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." --Kirkus Reviews "A wild and seductive adventure. . . . A must-have for YA collections." --SLJ "The Lantern's Ember has something for everyone. From an old-timey village to ghost stories to pirates to steampunk influences, nobody is left unsatisfied." --TeenReads.com