![]() “We, the successors of a country and a time where a skinny Black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mother can dream of becoming president only to find herself reciting for one. Somehow we’ve weathered and witnessed a nation that isn’t broken, but simply unfinished. And yet the dawn is ours before we knew it, somehow we do it. And the norms and notions of what just is isn’t always justice. “We’ve braved the belly of the beast, we’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace. ![]() Emhoff, Americans and the world: When day comes we ask ourselves, ‘where can we find light in this never-ending shade, the loss we carry, a sea we must wade?’ But for some people, reading words are even more powerful than hearing them read.īelow is “The Hill We Climb” in its entirety as Gorman delivered it Wednesday: “The Hill We Climb” touched on a number of topics du jour, including race and national unity, making it especially resonate with those who heard her deliver it. ![]() The Harvard University graduate ocuses on the area where feminism, race, youth and community intersect and is the founder and CEO of One Pen One Page, a nonprofit organization that seeks to change the world through student storytellers. ![]() Gorman was named the first national youth poet laureate in 2017, winning an honor bestowed upon teen poets who demonstrate literary talent and community engagement. ![]()
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A place where all Goodreads members can work together to improve the Goodreads book catalog. ![]() ![]() You will love Coop and his adventures if you are looking for: Will Coop and his friends get to the bottom of the mystery and clear Gramps's name before it's too late? ![]() Until now.Īnd somehow, Gramps is taking all the blame! It seems like there are a lot of secrets that were buried in their small town after all. Windy Bottom is full of all kinds of interesting people, but no one has ever caused a problem. Coop helps his mom at her café and bookstore, hangs out with his grandpa, bikes around with his friends Justice and Liberty, and is determined to live up to his dad's legacy. Windy Bottom, Georgia is usually a peaceful place. ![]() ![]() The whole town is talking about what's buried beneath the playground. 2021 Edgar Award Nominee for Best Juvenile Mysteryįrom award-winning author Taryn Souders comes a charming, southern middle grade mystery perfect for fans of Stranger Things and the Masterminds series. ![]() ![]() ![]() Surrounded by new neighbors with shadowed pasts, she has to wonder: will anyone believe her? From a strange, disbanded cult to the drag queen desperate to claim an inheritance, Beatrix is soon stretched thin. The deeper she digs, the less the pieces fit together. As more Jane Does appear at the base of the cliff, each with similar ceremonial markings, Beatrix grows more passionate. Then a body is found at the base of local cliffs with no one to claim her.īeatrix is good at finding things- people, the truth, missing evidence. Cases keep piling in, as another family friend seeks his wife. Their friend is dead, and he wants to make sure there's no foul play. But her carefully curated day is quickly interrupted when a friend of a friend asks for her help. Missing women, a disbanded cult, and a dodgy inheritance put Beatrix Patterson to the test.īeatrix Patterson wanted to spend a morning organizing her thoughts over a nice cup of coffee and the local newspaper. ![]() ![]() ![]() She comes upon a well-lit, inviting mansion, but the moment she arrives, she’s told that it’s a private club. ![]() Her car hydroplanes off the road into a water-filled ditch in a rural area, leaving her hiking through the downpour in search of help. It’s an ultra-steamy, erotic, contemporary romance that begins with our heroine, Jessica, returning home from a bad date in a rainstorm. I’m so glad I finally got around to reading it, because it ended up being a great story. by Ĭlub Shadowlands has been on my TBR pile for quite some time. I now have the next 3 books in this series and am looking forward to exploring each & every one of them. If you love adult romance with BDSM and characters you can easily connect to, you will love this book. From the way she sees herself to her questioning of her sexuality. Jessica is a person many will connect easily on various levels. It adds to the depth & complexity of the world build & characters of the story. ![]() Master Z has an uncanny ability that I won't disclose in my review. ![]() I highly recommend this one to readers of erotica. Loved the idea of how Jessica 'came upon' the club and meets Master Z.Ī fun and delightful BDSM romance. I can't believe it has taken me this long to 'Rediscover' this author. Beautiful MC's that are intriguing and keep you interested in the story. ![]() ![]() The artwork is, as expected, simply gorgeous, with a rich, orange and yellow-dominated color palette, and Balit's trademark stylized figures. ![]() The story is engaging - sure to please young adventure lovers, it also gives the basic outline of the historical story of the destruction of Pompeii, something explored in more detail in the author's afterword. I tracked down Escape from Pompeii - it had to be requested through interlibrary loan - because of this fondness for Balit's work, and I was not disappointed. I am a great admirer of the work of author/artist Christina Balit, and have enjoyed many of her books, from the wonderful folkloric and mythological retellings she has illustrated for other authors, to her own Atlantis: The Legend of the Lost City, which she both wrote and illustrated. Behind them was their home and their families, soon to disappear forever. He immediately set out in search of his friend Livia, the baker's daughter, and when the sky turned dark and began to rain down ashes, the two fled to the harbor, where they found safety on a ship setting sail. An alert and active boy, Tranio was the son of an actor, and was out and about when the earth in his home city began to tremble. ![]() ![]() ![]() Vesuvius erupted, in this engaging work of picture-book historical fiction. Two children survive the destruction of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, buried beneath the ashes when nearby Mt. ![]() ![]() ![]() Keay lives in both Edinburgh and in Argyll in the West Highlands of Scotland and travels widely. ![]() He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. ![]() The Economist has called him "a gifted non-academic historian", the Yorkshire Post has called him "one of our most outstanding historians", The Independent has called his writing "exquisite" and The Guardian has described his historical analysis as "forensic" and his writing as "restrained yet powerful". In 2019, he received an honorary doctorate, presented by Princess Anne, from the University of the Highlands and Islands in Scotland. He has received several major honours including the Sir Percy Sykes Memorial Medal. The author of some twenty-five books, he also writes regularly for a number of prominent publications in Britain and Asia. ![]() He is known both for stylistic flair and meticulous research into archival primary sources, including centuries-old unpublished sources. In particular, he is widely seen as a pre-eminent historian of British India. John Stanley Melville Keay FRGS is a British historian, journalist, radio presenter and lecturer specialising in popular histories of India, the Far East and China, often with a particular focus on their colonisation and exploration by Europeans. Anna Keay, Humphrey Atkins, Simon Thurley ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The three Pippi chapter books ( Pippi Longstocking, Pippi Goes on Board, and Pippi in the South Seas) were published from 1945 to 1948, followed by three short stories and a number of picture book adaptations. Her four best friends are her horse and monkey, and the neighbours' children, Tommy and Annika.Īfter being rejected by Bonnier Publishers in 1944, Lindgren's first manuscript was accepted by Rabén and Sjögren. She is the daughter of a buccaneer captain and has adventure stories to tell about that, too. Pippi, like Peter Pan, does not want to grow up. Her anger comes out in extreme cases, such as when a man mistreats his horse. She often makes fun of unreasonable adults, especially if they are pompous and condescending. Pippi is red-haired, freckled, unconventional and superhumanly strong – able to lift her horse one-handed. Pippi was named by Lindgren's daughter Karin, who asked her mother for a get-well story when she was off school. Pippi Longstocking ( Swedish: Pippi Långstrump) is the fictional main character in an eponymous series of children's books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. Pippi Longstocking as illustrated by Ingrid Vang Nyman on the Swedish cover of Pippi Goes On Board ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Es ist auch frei geworden für ein wahres Begegnen mit den andem Menschen, frei für eine gütige, offene Menschlichkeit frei und fähig auch zu großen Leistungen. Weil sie ihr Herz vom Ballast der Ichsucht frei gemacht haben, hat es nun Raum für die täglichen, uns immer neu geschenkten Daseinsfreuden, die Freuden der Arbeit, des Rz.1- hens, des Rhythmus des Tages und der Natur. B., der große liebenswerte Negerjunge mit 1 dem kindlichen und natürlich frommen Herzen, oder Bruder Anselm gewinnen sofort unsere Zuneigung, nicht etwa durch irgendwelche Besonderheiten, sondern durch ihre echte, herzliche Menschlichkeit. Er läßt uns das ruhige Glück und den Frieden solch einfacher Herzen erleben, die mit diesem gelassenen christlichen Vertrauen Ernst machen. Aber der Erzähler predigt uns auf eine liebenswürdige Weise. Klar und eindrucksvoll sprechen sie ihre Bot- 1 schaft aus, die uns Christen seit fast zweitausend Jahren bekannte und immer wieder vergessene oder schlecht befolgte, \ Botschaft: Sorget nicht ängstlich! Euer Vater weiß ja. ![]() ![]() DDR bestimmt Einbandart und Originalverkaufspreis: Nachwort Diese vorangegangenen Erzählungen bedürfen nicht langer r Erklärungen. Umfang/Format: 168 Seiten, 8 Anmerkungen: Mit Genehmigg d. ![]() ![]() ![]() The book is a huge disappointment, the total opposite to the movie. I've removed my vote, and thus the book, from the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. ![]() ![]() You don't have to be "old" to vote on this list(after all, if all goes well we will all join the club one day!), but at least one of the main characters should fit into that demography. I'll think of others as I go along but I'm hoping other readers can start this going. I just bought the book and so that's the first on my list - for now. I got the idea after watching the delightful movie "The Best Exotic Magnolia Hotel" last night. Now, many books do have older characters, but to fit this list that Old Fogie MUST play a prominant role. The criteria to make this list: the main protagonist, or one of the main protagonists, must be an old person worthy of respect and emulation. For some of us, the best is about to begin! C'mon, all you old fogies! Lets make sure we can find the books where we are the stars! We may be living in a youth-centered culture, but many of us know that the years post-60 just might turn out to be the best ones of all - truly the golden age. ![]() |