The Mermaid In The Millpond

When Bess tries to escape her harsh life at the cotton mill, can she also free the mermaid trapped in the millpond? History and myth entwine in this atmospheric tale of freedom and friendship from bestselling author Lucy Strange and acclaimed illustrator Pam Smy.

From award winning author Lucy Strange comes a thrilling story of six sisters who must fight against circumstance and fate, gorgeously told and steeped in history and legend. On a poor farm surrounded by marshlands, six sisters -- Grace, Willa, Freya, and triplets Deedee, Darcy, and Dolly -- live in fear of their father and the superstition that haunts him: The Curse of the Six Daughters. Their beloved grandmother tries to protect them, but the future seems bleak. When the Full Moon Fayre makes a rare visit to Hollow-in-the-Marsh, the girls slip out to see the famous Shadow Man, an enigmatic puppeteer. Afterwards, oldest sister Grace is missing. Following the Full Moor Fayre and into the Lost Marsh, Willa will have to battle her inner doubts and the legends that have haunted her family. Can she save her sister from one fate, and yet outrun her own? The thrilling new novel from acclaimed author Lucy Strange, author of The Secret of Nightingale Wood, The Ghost of Midnight Lake and the Waterstones Prize-shortlisted Our Castle by the Sea.

How can the 2nd half of life become a rewarding and enchanting adventure with zest and esprit? How can your life dream and the dream that LIFE has of you come true? How can this be accomplished, despite all the challenges that life and aging present? 70plus psychotherapist Margrit E. Haid shows in an easy-to-understand way and in a colourful sequence of topics, how the findings of psychotherapy offer inspiring, enriching, unconventional and encouraging answers to the questions posed above. In our highly complex time, it is imperative to better understand and consider the interplay of body, mind, soul, and spirit including the unconscious. Therefore, particular emphasis is placed on the significance of its integration and on the nocturnal dream as an evolutionary map. With it, also the immense creative capacity inherent in every human being and willpower are of great importance. Integrating and embracing all these areas are crucial for an empowering and deeply satisfying 2nd half of life, - however challenging it may be. Besides her own conclusions, also well-known authors are explored from the fields of psychotherapy, consciousness research, medicine, sociology, philosophy, quantum physics, biology, and anthropology such as C.G. Jung, C.P. Estés, Ken Wilber, James Hillman, Leopold Rosenmayr, Danielle Quinodoz, Helen Luke, Roberto Assagioli, Ingrid Riedel, Marie-Louise v. Franz, Arnold Mindel, Rupert Sheldrake, Alan Wolf, and others.

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 396 In this 396th issue of the Baba Indaba?s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Mexican legend, "THE MERMAID? by H. C. Andersen. You may be wondering why this book is titled ?The Mermaid? and not ?The Little Mermaid???The Mermaid? is the original title and, it is thought, was only changed to the more poetic sounding ?The Little Mermaid? after the author?s death in 1875. Because this is a translation of the original version, we have retained the original title, however, the story is essentially the same. The Little Mermaid dwells in an underwater kingdom with her widowed father (the sea king or Mer-King), her dowager grandmother, and her five older sisters, each of whom had been born one year apart. When a mermaid turns fifteen, she is permitted to swim to the surface for the first time to glimpse the world above, and when the sisters become old enough, each of them visits the upper world one at a time every year. As each returns, the Little Mermaid listens longingly to their various descriptions of the world inhabited by human beings. When the Little Mermaid's turn comes, she rises up to the surface, watches a birthday celebration being held on a ship in honor of a handsome prince, and falls in love with him from a safe distance. A violent storm hits, sinking the boat, and the Little Mermaid saves the prince from drowning. She delivers him unconscious to the shore near a temple. Here, she waits until a young woman from the temple and her ladies in waiting find him. To her dismay, the prince never sees the Little Mermaid or even realizes that it was she who had originally saved his life. The Little Mermaid becomes melancholy and asks her grandmother if humans can live forever. She is told yes, but that once she becomes a human, she will never be able to return to the sea. Only her father can grant her wish. Her Father is astounded at her request and furiously refuses. Even though she tries hard, she cannot forget the prince. Well, what happened next you ask? Did the mermaid princess find a way of joining her prince? Even if she did have her wish granted, how would she find the prince in the world above? To find the answers to these questions, and others you may have, you will have to download and read this story to find out for yourself! Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories". Each issue also has a "WHERE IN THE WORLD - LOOK IT UP" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story. HINT - use Google maps. Buy any of the 390+ Baba Indaba Children?s Stories on Google Play using the URL listed in the book. ALSO INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIES 10% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.

The original At the Mermaid Inn, one of the most notable literary endeavours in Canada, was the result of the combined efforts of three poets: Wilfred Campbell (1858-1918), Archibald Lampman (1861-99), and Duncan Campbell Scott (1862-1947). A Saturday column that ran in the Toronto Globe from 6 February 1892 until 1 July 1893, it covered a wide range of material – original poetry and prose, book and music reviews, articles on philosophy, politics, poetics, religion, and writings on a myriad of other matters. Critics have often referred to the column in general terms, but until now it has been unavailable in book form for detailed study. This careful transcription of the entire series offers a fresh perspective on three of the most important Canadian literary figures of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Here are three major Canadian poets as prose writers. Lampman writes essays about nature and poetry; Campbell provides controversial views on many subjects, especially religion and poetry; Scott writes book reviews and scholarly essays on music and a variety of Canadian matters. At the Mermaid Inn gives a fascinating glimpse into the literary and social concerns of the day. This volume beings to new light one of the most readable and vital documents in Canadian life and literature.

Special Agent Jason West is seconded from the FBI Art Crime Team to temporarily partner with disgraced, legendary “manhunter” Sam Kennedy when it appears Kennedy’s most famous case, the capture and conviction of a serial killer known as the Huntsman, may actually have been a disastrous failure. The Huntsman is still out there…and the killing has begun again.