6/27/2023 0 Comments The Vital System by C.M. BurroughsShe is Professor of English at the University of Colorado - Boulder where and serves as Associate Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences and Divisional Dean for Arts and Humanities. She has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Vermont Studio Center, the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, and Cave Canem. She is the recipient of the PEN/Open Book Award, the Dorset Prize, the Green Rose Prize, and the Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award. Ruth Ellen Kocher (born July 26, 1965, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) is an American poet.
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6/27/2023 0 Comments Spin by C.D. ReissShe put her knee on the park bench where I had set up my files. I still had to go through the other script supervisor’s notes. I had no idea what she was talking about. on a weekend, and the light had been consistently softened by clouds. We were on set in Elysian Park from seven a.m. Hat’s your problem?” Katrina asked three days later. I turned onto the street and left him behind. I let go of the brake, and even though I couldn’t see through Antonio’s gorgeous body, I drove. “Get out of my car, or half of you is getting torn off when I drive away.” You know what? I’m tired of playing in an orchestra. Still leaning through the door, he held the bottom of my face. “If you have something to tell me, just tell me. “Don’t make me drag you out of this car,” he said. I screamed from the shock of having him between me and the windshield. I put the car in gear, and he threw himself through my open window. “Yes? No? What is it, Antonio? Oh, I’m sorry. I managed to get in my car and get it started before he got to the window. I backed away then turned and ran to my car. The scrape was louder than I would have imagined. I stepped back, and my foot shifted a loose tile. Antonio shouted recriminations in the spaces between hers. She was upset, hands flailing, voice squeaking. The woman stood by the open driver’s door. A Mercedes was parked in the rear drive, lights on and engine running. I knew how to get back to my car from there, but I heard voices. I intended to get in my car and drive away. 6/27/2023 0 Comments Aztec rageInstinctively wicked, sinfully seductive.Father Hidalgo. Zavala will be swept from glittering Mexico City to snake-and-croc infested jungles, to lost Mayan civilizations to the torture chambers of the Inquisition, to beautiful Barcelona and the bloody carnage of Napoleon's war in Spain, to the bloodiest and most spectacular of New Spain's (colonial Mexico) revolutions.Everybody wants Don Juan de Zavala. Especially if a shocking secret from Zavala's lurid past is exposed-a secret so lethal to the Spanish Crown it threatens their very existence. Now valiant men and fearless women rise and battle their brutal overlords.As a warrior-priest leads an Aztec revolt, across the ocean in Spain courageous people battle Napoleon's invading armies.No one, including Juan de Zavala could stay neutral. These pleasures were all he desired.But the magnificent Aztec empire, its grand cities and riches lay broken under the Spanish boot. Don Juan de Zavala was the most skilled fighter in all of New Spain-as gifted with weapons and horses as he was with women. The fascinating history of Mexico that began in the #1 "New York Times" bestselling novel "Aztec" continues. Howard Washington Thurman is born in Florida, probably in West Palm Beach. Katie Laura Kelley, Thurman’s first wife, is born in LaGrange, Georgia. Thurman’s mother, Alice Ambrose, is born in Moseley Hall, Florida. Saul Solomon Thurman, Howard Thurman’s father, is born in Florida. Ambrose lives to the age of ninety-three. During Howard Thurman’s early years, Ambrose lives in her daughter’s home. Nancy Ambrose, Thurman’s maternal grandmother, is born into slavery in Madison County, Florida, on a plantation owned by John C. Undated items appear before dated items within their designated year or month. Unless otherwise noted, all of the locations are the sites of speaking engagements. It is compiled from Thurman’s correspondence, scrapbooks, and writings, and from secondary accounts of his engagements in newspapers. The following chronology lists Thurman’s appearances as a preacher and lecturer, his published books and articles, and some events in his life. I didn’t find the ending to be surprising.īut as I said, something kept me turning those pages to find out what happens so I’ll give this one my “It was okay” rating of three stars. I thought that I would become more involved in the story when the second half of the book starts with the present day occurrences, but unfortunately by that time I didn’t really care enough about which one of them ends up on the bridge or who had led them there. The first half of the book, which covers the college years, seemed to read as a young adult novel, which I don’t personally care for. I wasn’t really interested in their daily activities but something certainly did keep me turning those pages. I at first liked the girls but that soon started to unravel. Then it switches to 22 years before when the three young women arrive on campus and first meet each other. The book starts out promising with a well-written scene of an unsuspecting woman being led to a bridge and then being encouraged to commit suicide there. But it soon becomes apparent that their friendship has serious flaws. After all, as Kate says, “They say your freshman roommates become your best friends for life”. Kate, Jenny & Aubrey, although coming from very different backgrounds, become friends when they room together at college. Originally published as four separate picture books (The Real Hole, Two Dog Biscuits, The Growing-Up Feet, and Janet's Thingamajigs), these are stories that a Jimmy would like because they are so true-to-life, and that a Janet would love because they are so believable. Lemon, the mailman.Īs Beverly Cleary writes about Jimmy and Janet's doings, the unique understanding of children that she brings to all of her beloved books is coupled with a keen awareness of duo dynamics that comes from raising twins herself. But the twins both like silly jokes, brand- new boots, and talking to Mr. While he's working, his sister, Janet, pretends to be a bird! She likes to use her imagination. Skip to main content Save up to 15 Today Only. We have new and used copies available, in 2 editions - starting at 0.99. When we first meet Jimmy, he wants to dig a real hole. Buy Two Times the Fun by Beverly Cleary, Carol Thompson (Illustrator) online at Alibris. Jimmy and Janet are twins, but that doesn't mean they are just alike. Two Times the Fun: Beverly Cleary and Carol Thompson: Hardcover: 9780060579210: Powell's Books Two Times The Fun by Beverly Cleary Comment on this title Synopses & Reviews ISBN13: 9780060579210 ISBN10: 0060579218 All Product Details Synopses & Reviews Publisher Comments Jimmy and Janet are twins, but that doesn't mean they are just alike. While I do admittedly love romance novels (or romance-adjacent ones), there’s also something really healing about a story that’s not centered on that kind of relationship. This is such a kind, sweet, humane story, suffused with that almost-painful tenderness felt when someone who loves you makes you a warm cup of tea. This is my frothing-at-the-mouth favorite book! A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers Cliopher is on the asexual spectrum, yet the building love in the queer-platonic relationship between him and his lord is treated with the same depth and extravagance as it would be in any slowburn romance novel. Looking for something new to fall in love with? Here are my top five recommendations! The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria GoddardĬliopher Mdang, the personal secretary of the Emperor, institutes radically liberal government reforms in order to allow his beloved lord to retire and finally be freed from the magical and social taboos that have kept him isolated. From books to movies to podcasts, there is a wealth of variety nowadays that simply didn’t exist ten or fifteen years ago. We’re living in the midst of a golden age for science fiction and fantasy, especially in regards to depictions of queerness. P, can’t be too upset with Junior for breaking his nose. Here are 6 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Themes that you should know in order to understand the book. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Themes Learn more about The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian themes below. In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, themes are an important part of the story since they convey the lessons Junior learns throughout the story. What The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian themes are present in the story? How can the themes help you understand the story? Like this article? Sign up for a free trial here. Shortform has the world's best summaries of books you should be reading. This article is an excerpt from the Shortform summary of "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie. The hurt, the longing, the confusion, the miscommunication, the warmth, the passion, the oomph, I wanted to feel it all. Taking my own sweet time, soaking up and letting the emotions sink a tad deeper in me. To buy this book, pls click – Beach read by Emily Henry And in one of the heated arguments the duo decide to write each other’s genre to test the waters.Ī book about books and stories within a story that’s what a book lover loves, right? Add to that the crazy slow burn romance that sends tingles down your spine and your heart racing. When she arrives she meets her next door neighbour and he is her rival from college, an author himself. But he had shared this beach house with his mistress and January is devastated upon knowing this. January, rom-com novelist, has recently lost her father and to get over the grief she heads to North Bear Shores where her father has kept a beach house for her. Now that’s Beach read by Emily Henry in a nutshell. What happens when a literary fiction writer decides to pen a romcom and a romcom writer sits down to pen a literary fiction? Well, to begin with it’s a lot of hot mess. “I had set myself up for heartbreak and now I suspected there was nothing I could do but brace myself and wait for it to hit.” It was the result of the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam situated on the Little Conemaugh River 14 miles (23 km) upstream of the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA, made worse by several days of extremely heavy rainfall. "The Johnstown Flood (or Great Flood of 1889 as it became known locally) occurred on May 31, 1889. It also offers a powerful historical lesson for our century and all times: the danger of assuming that because people are in positions of responsibility they are necessarily behaving responsibly. Graced by David McCullough's remarkable gift for writing richly textured, sympathetic social history, The Johnstown Flood is an absorbing, classic portrait of life in nineteenth-century America, of overweening confidence, of energy, and of tragedy. It was a tragedy that became a national scandal. Then came May 31, 1889, when the dam burst, sending a wall of water thundering down the mountain, smashing through Johnstown, and killing more than 2,000 people. Despite repeated warnings of possible danger, nothing was done about the dam. In the mountains above Johnstown, an old earth dam had been hastily rebuilt to create a lake for an exclusive summer resort patronized by the tycoons of that same industrial prosperity, among them Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and Andrew Mellon. At the end of the last century, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was a booming coal-and-steel town filled with hardworking families striving for a piece of the nation's burgeoning industrial prosperity. |