![]() ![]() When she turns eighteen, Dani will marry the most ruthless and dangerous man of the court. When Danica witnesses an act of murder by the young king, her mother makes a cruel power play.blackmailing the king into making Dani his queen. The palace has every indulgence, but for one pretty young thing, it's about to become a very beautiful prison. ![]() Inside, the people dress, eat, and act like it's the eighteenth century-with the added bonus of technology to make court life lavish, privileged, and frivolous. Outside the palace of Versailles, it's modern day. ![]() From #1 New York Times bestselling author Aprilynne Pike comes a truly original new novel-Breaking Bad meets Marie Antoinette in a near future world where the residents of Versailles live like it's the eighteenth century and an almost-queen turns to drug dealing to save her own. ![]()
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![]() ![]() His new book is called Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration. Catmull is a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Visual Effects Society, and the University of California President's Board on Science and Innovation. Coons Award for his lifetime contributions in the computer graphics field, and the animation industry's Ub Iwerks Award for technical advancements in the art or industry of animation. Sawyer Award for lifetime achievement in the field of computer graphics. He also received the ACM SIGGRAPH Steven A. Catmull has been honored with five Academy Awards, including the Gordon E. Previously, he was Vice President of the computer division of Lucasfilm Ltd., where he managed development in the areas of computer graphics, video editing, video games and digital audio. I recently spoke to Ed Catmull, who is co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios and president of Pixar Animation and Disney Animation. ![]() ![]() ![]() In a new documentary short, How a Hashtag Defined a Movement, BLM co-founder Alicia Garza talks to director Sabrina Schmidt about how, in the aftermath of Zimmerman’s acquittal, she wrote “a love letter to Black people” on Facebook, which concluded with the seminal line: “Black lives matter.” Patrisse Cullors, another co-founder, took the initiative of putting a hashtag in front of the phrase and sharing it. ![]() Though #BlackLivesMatter is but one part of the history of Black collectivized action, it’s a useful entry point. In the tumultuous three years since George Zimmerman was acquitted of fatally shooting Trayvon Martin, in 2013, Black Lives Matter has grown into a dynamic political movement, galvanized by online communities and on-the-ground protests. ![]() This is the question, canonized in the pages of The Fire Next Time, that James Baldwin arrived at in 1962 those involved in Black liberation today have come to a similar crossroads. “Do I really want to be integrated into a burning house?” ![]() ![]() ![]() If the contents of theīook, please be as precise as you can as to the location. Please be clear in your message, if you are referring to the informationįound on this web page or the contents of the book. mobi file on your mobile device, please use. Although his short writing career included 5 novels, 54 short stories, 18 published collections of short stories and 4 screenplays, his most popular and memorable characters are Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon), Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man), and the Continental Op (Red Harvest and The Dain Curse).-Wikipedia. He is currently known as the dean of the “hard-boiled” school of detective fiction. Hammett wrote most of his fiction while living in San Francisco in the 1920’s using street locations and characters based on people he knew personally. As a young man he started his career at the Pinkerton Detective Agency as an operative. ![]() ![]() Dashiell Hammett was an American author of detective crime fiction and short stories. ![]() ![]() The author uses formal, Latinate language and intrusive commentary to hilarious effect, even for readers unfamiliar with the literary conventions he parodies. ![]() But by using their individual gifts (Violet's for inventing, Klaus's for reading and researching and baby Sunny's for biting) the three enterprising children thwart the Count's plan-for now. Poe (with a son, Edgar), ignores whatever the children have to say and their new guardian, Count Olaf, is determined to get his hands on the Baudelaire fortune. From the first, things look unfortunate indeed for the trio: a fire destroys their home, killing their parents along with it the executor of their parents' estate, the obtuse Mr. ![]() ""If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book."" So cautions Snicket, the exceedingly well-mannered narrator of these two witty mock-gothic novels featuring the misadventures of 14-year-old Violet, 12-year-old Klaus and infant Sunny Baudelaire. ![]() ![]() ![]() Before the age of the Internet, I used to white out the text in bubbles from Sunday comics, Xerox copies of strips, and pass them out for students to fill in and then share. There are many sites that allow students to create their own comic strips or cartoons. This discussion reminds me of the fun my students and I used to have filling out messages in cartoons. ![]() Jalapeno Bagels by Natasha Wing and Robert Casilla.Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match/Marisol McDonald No Combina by Monica Brown and Sara Palacios.The Boy Without a Name (English-Pashto edition) by Idries Shah.We All Went on Safari (English and Swahili edition) by Laurie Krebs.It Ain't So Awful, Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas.Chocolate Milk, Por Favor by Maria Dismondy and Donna Farrell. ![]() I've also compiled a list of books (not just wordless books, unfortunately) which feature characters and topics more relatable to our diverse student populations, as well as simple bilingual books - see a sampling listed below. The most reticent and shy of my students light up when they are shown pictures of their home countries and language begins pouring out. Thanks for bringing this up, Di! I agree with the comments above, that having learners take their own photos and/or Googling photos of their home countries is very helpful. ![]() ![]() ![]() I won’t elaborate here on each of the P’s-buy the book! But I will say that they provided a rich review for me as a teacher of the Bible. Jen goes on to teach the Five P’s of Sound Study, designating a chapter for each one: Both the false teacher and the secular humanist rely on biblical ignorance for their messages to take root, and the modern church has proven fertile ground for those messages” (page 45). I found myself agreeing out loud with Jen when I read, “Bible literacy matters because it protects us from falling into error. I really appreciate her illuminating those truths and imagine they are eye opening for many readers. ![]() ![]() Wilkin starts off by sharing two major paradigm shifts that she had to make when she began seriously studying the Bible as an adult: the Bible is about God (not us) and in order to love God and His word with our hearts, we need to know Him and His word with our minds first. I was intrigued and had to read it for myself. She picked up “ Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Both Our Minds and Our Hearts” by Jen Wilkin and cried out, “This book changed my life!” She went on to describe how Wilkin’s direction revolutionized the way she read and understood scripture-even after all this time. Recently I was browsing in a bookstore with my friend who has been a Christian for well over 20 years. ![]() ![]() ![]() Although Hawk knows he must keep his distance, the desire to teach Nathaniel the pleasure men can share grows uncontrollable. Yet as days pass in close quarters, Nathaniel’s feisty spirit and alluring innocence beguile and bewitch. ![]() He has a score to settle with Nathaniel’s father-the very man whose treachery forced him into piracy-and he’s sure Nathaniel is just as contemptible. ![]() Bitter and jaded, Hawk harbors futile dreams of leaving the sea for a quiet life, but men like him don’t deserve peace. Then pirates strike and he’s kidnapped for ransom by the Sea Hawk, a legendary villain of the New World. Under the thumb of his controlling father, the governor of Primrose Isle, he’s sailing to the fledging colony, where he’ll surrender to a respectable marriage for his family’s financial gain. Will a virgin captive surrender to this pirate’s sinful touch? Nathaniel Bainbridge is used to hiding, whether it’s concealing his struggles with reading or his forbidden desire for men. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is the story of Lorna and Paul falling in love. He's a former german soldier who's now a prisoner of war of the British forces and who's sent to work on Lorna's dad farm. Wait for me is the historical romance you didn't know you needed in your life. This book was incredibly beautiful and cute and romantic and stunning and. With tensions rising all around them, Lorna must decide how much she’s willing to sacrifice before the end of the war determines their fate. Loving Paul could mean losing her family and the life she’s always known. ![]() Soon Lorna is battling her own warring heart. The more she learns about him-from his time in the war to his life back home in Germany-the more she sees the boy behind the soldier. How can she possibly work alongside the enemy when her own brothers are risking their lives for their country?īut as Lorna reluctantly spends time with Paul, she feels herself changing. ![]() So when Paul Vogel, a German prisoner of war, is assigned as the new farmhand, Lorna is appalled. It’s 1945, and Lorna Anderson’s life on her father’s farm in Scotland consists of endless chores and rationing, knitting Red Cross scarves, and praying for an Allied victory. The perfect blend of sweet romance and historical flavor, Wait for Me, from debut author Caroline Leech, brings a fresh new voice to a much-loved genre. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() There is much to be discussed around themes of identity, prejudice, culture, toxic masculinity, love and family. Will Jackson have the courage to embrace his true self and figure out which path to take? ![]() As the two boys start working together on an art project, Jackson finds himself fighting his growing feelings for Tomas, leading to inner conflict as he struggles both with his identity, and the crossroads he finds himself at in regard to his future. Jackson initially glances at Tomas indifferently, annoyed that he has to share his room with this quiet, edgy stranger.īut this is the summer things are going to change for both boys as they find themselves slowly drawn to each other. ![]() Trailing behind Aunty Pam is Tomas, who is just out of juvie and is staying with Aunty Pam for a while. Every summer his Aunty and cousins come and spend Christmas with Jackson's family - but this year is different. The protagonist is 17-year-old narrator Jackson, who lives on the NSW South Coast, and is anticipating the arrival of his Aunty Pam and young cousins from Sydney. ‘The Boy From the Mish’ by debut author Gary Lonesborough is a beautifully articulated and heartfelt own voices story that will stay with you long after the closing pages. ![]() |