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  Ancient Greece’s Most Famous...

  Charles River Editors

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  In ancient Greece, “no other practice was so universal than the consultation of oracles.” These holy sites were found in 260 locations around the Greek-speaking world, and they were considered the “most satisfactory means of ascertaining the future.” These sanctuaries were “set apart from the profane, ordinary world” and were in the beginning restricted to natural locations where the divine was thought to be “especially present.” They were set aside for special spiritual functions, and a state of purity was generally required of its participants. A historical tendency toward providing haven for criminals was based on the fear of shedding blood in a holy place, and the “fear that the evil magic would emanate from his curse.” 
  The Oracle of Delphi was one of the greatest religious institutions in Greece and one which played a significant role not only in the formation and collective decisions of Hellenic localities and city-states but also in the personal lives of Greeks known and unknown. The site was dedicated to the god Apollo, and the Greeks believed the god spoke his oracles through his prophetess known as the Pythia. The judgments and decisions rendered by the oracle were so important to the Greeks that they often put them above all other interests, even security threats posed by the likes of the Persians, and Delphi was popular even amongst outsiders. Many authors of antiquity mention the oracle for one reason or another, and there even survive epigraphic collections that preserve the god’s words on stone. 
  The Oracle of Dodona was the oldest of all, and it was one of the few dedicated to Zeus and his consort goddess Dione. The oracular utterances heard at the oracles are generally referred to as “smokiness” in Greek, but at Dodona, the answers came in natural sounds and other peripheral phenomena.

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  Horrors!

  Garrison Keillor

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  Fear and loathing in Lake Wobegon? You betcha. Garrison Keillor's Horrors! is a grab bag of treats from Halloween broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion. Horrors! features eclectic musical performances, commercials for loyal Prairie Home "sponsors" like Guy's Shoes, and lighthearted comedy from A Prairie Home Companion's cast of regulars.Halloween is a time when everyone's a kid again—perhaps that's why it's so eagerly celebrated by adults. Listen to Horrors! and you'll smile, you'll shiver, and you might even take a peek to see what's lurking in the shadows.  Contents:Halloween; This Wonderful World-Bats; Butch Thompson: In the Dark; The News from Lake Wobegon: The Ethics of Jokes; Blue Turtles by Rich Dworsky;  The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe; Halloween: The Movie; Cafe Boeuf; That's Odd; Halloween at the Radio Station; Funerary Verse; Flies; News from Lake Wobegon: The Do-Rites; Celebrity Halloween; Little Red Riding Hood; Buried Alive; Butch Thompson: Creepy Feeling by Jelly Roll Morton

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  The Education of Henry Adams

  Henry Brooks Adams

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  The Education of Henry Adams records the struggle of Bostonian Henry Adams (1838-1918), in early old age, to come to terms with the dawning 20th century, so different from the world of his youth. It is also a sharp critique of 19th century educational theory and practice. In 1907, Adams began privately circulating copies of a limited edition printed at his own expense. Commercial publication had to await its author's 1918 death, whereupon it won the 1919 Pulitzer Prize. (Introduction by Wikipedia)

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  Old Roads New Friends

  Adam G. Fleming, Dr. Jonathan...

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  In "Old Roads, New Friends," author Adam G. Fleming, "the friendliest guy on the Camino," shares his reflections on El Camino de Santiago, a 200-mile hike from Porto, Portugal to Santiago de Compostela, Spain. IN spite of spending a great deal of time alone, the author finds friendships with other pilgrims developing at warp speed. Fleming explores questions such as: What is the value of an old road? How do we make space for new friendships? What's the difference between a traveler, a wanderer, and a thief? What new words do we need to describe the phenomena pilgrims encounter? Join Fleming as he meets a diverse, international cast of characters: Sammy, Joe, Hugo, Alberto, Sabrina, Jonas, Britt and Jasmine, and many more. Rediscover the ancient Way to making new friends.

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  Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)

  Klaus H. Karl

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  Camille Pissarro was a pivotal figure of Impressionism, perhaps the world’s most famous art movement. He also tackled different forms of Neoimpressionism, while maintaining very personal characteristics in his art all throughout his life. A key figure in the Impressionist movement and a participant in every one of their exhibitions, Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) was considered the patriarch of the group. Born in the Danish West Indies, he travelled to Venezuela, and studied with Corot in France, who influencedhis early works and who triggered his passion to paint outdoors. His style evolved as he progressed in life, influenced too by the debateswith his fellow-painters.After the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War, he moved to England, but his style of painting, which was a forerunnerof the"Impressionism", did not do very well.Like Degas, Pissarro was a great draughtsman. His representations of rural and urban life are often closely intertwined with his social concerns and anarchist beliefs. A quintessential artist ahead of his time, Pissaro sold very few works during his lifetime.

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  The Coda of Detective Frank Jones

  Doc King Cole

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  Frank again is fired as a Charleston Detective and returns to Sullivan’s Island.There he becomes a Private Investigator, and studies law. He becomes an attorney.Yet to local politics, Frank’s chance to shine as an attorney is delayed.So he turns to what he knows best, Private Investigating. He is hired by the famousbi- sexual author Elizabeth Frazier. Frank’s task begins simple but winds up being twisted.He is paid to follow a popular local bouncer named Dan Flynn (Beth's cheating lover).Flynn too is bi-sexual and bi-polar. While ‘Beth’ is monitoring Dan’s infidelities, she plotsto commit other acts to gain revenge upon her gay/straight lover. After Dan Flynngoes missing in Sullivan’s Island, Jones decides to find Flynn on his own.Finding out the truth leads to a conflict of emotions he has not faced in a long timeA missing body, a murder and a Lesbian/Gay Rights courts case takes Jonesand his Pomeranian dog Trouble into troubled waters. Will Jones turn away from the truthor follow his new found passions?

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