Summer Solstice

Summer Solstice
Author: Nina Maclaughlin
Publisher: Black Sparrow Press
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2020-04-27
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781574232387

Nina McLaughlin captures the essence of summer in this brilliant, beautiful, sensuous essay.

Midsummer

Midsummer
Author: Anna Franklin
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2002
Genre: Neopaganism
ISBN: 9780738700526

Midsummer--or the summer solstice--occurs when the sun is at the height of its power, the faeries are most active, and the future can be uncovered with ease. Shakespeare even captured the mischief of the occasion in his play, "A Midsummer Night's Dream." This book explores Midsummer customs and bears witness to their power today.

The Summer Solstice

The Summer Solstice
Author: Ellen B. Jackson
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780761316237

Celebrates the universal appeal of the sun and the abundance of light and warmth it provides, accompanied by a summer tale, recipes, and craft activities.

The Longest Day

The Longest Day
Author: Wendy Pfeffer
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Summer solstice
ISBN: 9780525422372

In this fourth and final book about the seasons, Pfeffer turns her attention to summer. With lyrical prose and vibrant illustrations, this book takes readers on a journey through the history and science behind the summer solstice. Includes activities. Full color.

The Summer Solstice

The Summer Solstice
Author: John Matthews
Publisher: Quest Books
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2002
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780835608152

Looks at myths, legends, and ceremonies that honor the sun, and includes a history of ancient cultures that worshiped the sun and songs, meditations, and activities for various festivals.

Solstice

Solstice
Author: Lorence Alison
Publisher: Imprint
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2020-02-18
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1250219906

"Part teen drama, part horror story... Readers will want to finish in one sitting." —Kirkus Reviews A music fest goes wrong in Lorence Alison's comic YA thriller Solstice as selfie-mad concert-goers wake up to realize their tropical island fantasy is a deadly nightmare. When Adri is offered an all-expenses-paid trip to the exclusive Solstice Festival, she throws caution, her prestigious summer internship, and her parents goodwill to the wind. She just wants to live a little before the first day of the rest of her life, planned and scheduled in accordance with her parents’ law school dreams. But when she and a horde of affluent, entitled teen partiers arrive at the island paradise, it looks nothing like the luxury vacation they were promised. There’s barely any food, nowhere to stay, and not nearly enough porta-potties. Pretty soon, the festival is trending on social media for all the wrong reasons, and the music acts are cancelling left and right. And then the first dead body washes up on the beach. Adri has a front-row seat as everything devolves into chaos—and she's in a prime position to put together the clues to who—or what—is killing off the helpless attendees. But even if she finds the killer, how can she hope to stop them? Check your privilege at the door—before it gets you killed. This is one vacation you can’t escape. An Imprint Book "Topical, tropical—and terrifying! A fast-paced read that will have you on the edge of your seat." —Caleb Roehrig, author of Death Prefers Blondes

Wake, Siren

Wake, Siren
Author: Nina MacLaughlin
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2019-11-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0374721092

In fierce, textured voices, the women of Ovid's Metamorphoses claim their stories and challenge the power of myth I am the home of this story. After thousands of years of other people’s tellings, of all these different bridges, of words gotten wrong, I’ll tell it myself. Seductresses and she-monsters, nymphs and demi-goddesses, populate the famous myths of Ovid's Metamorphoses. But what happens when the story of the chase comes in the voice of the woman fleeing her rape? When the beloved coolly returns the seducer's gaze? When tales of monstrous transfiguration are sung by those transformed? In voices both mythic and modern, Wake, Siren revisits each account of love, loss, rape, revenge, and change. It lays bare the violence that undergirds and lurks in the heart of Ovid’s narratives, stories that helped build and perpetuate the distorted portrayal of women across centuries of art and literature. Drawing on the rhythms of epic poetry and alt rock, of everyday speech and folk song, of fireside whisperings and therapy sessions, Nina MacLaughlin, the acclaimed author of Hammer Head, recovers what is lost when the stories of women are told and translated by men. She breathes new life into these fraught and well-loved myths.

The Magic of the Summer Solstice

The Magic of the Summer Solstice
Author: Danu Forest
Publisher: Duncan Baird Publishers
Total Pages: 73
Release: 2015-05-07
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1780288646

In this, the first in a series of e-books on the solstices and equinoxes within this sacred cycle, Danu Forest reveals the secrets of the Summer Solstice, when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky and the days are at their longest. This is a festival of power; a time for appreciating the maturity of nature and our lives; a time of confidence, illumination and vitality. Throughout this book, Danu skilfully revives ancient traditions, encouraging you to reconnect with nature, and yourself, with a host of practical rituals. Craft floral sun wheels and suncatchers for your home. Meditate on the changing heavens with Celtic star lore. Make pouches of vervain for self-protection, or elderflower cordial to attract the blessings of the faeries. Revel in the power of the Summer Solstice with a magical guided visualization.