![]() ![]() ![]() Genie thinks that is AWESOME until he realizes Ernie has no interest in learning how to shoot. It’s his fourteenth birthday, and, Grandpop says to become a man, you have to learn how to shoot a gun. Then Ernie lets him down in the bravery department. ![]() And when he finds the secret room that Grandpop is always disappearing into-a room so full of songbirds and plants that it’s almost as if it’s been pulled inside-out-he begins to wonder if his grandfather is really so brave after all. How does he match his clothes? Know where to walk? Cook with a gas stove? Pour a glass of sweet tea without spilling it? Genie thinks Grandpop must be the bravest guy he’s ever known, but he starts to notice that his grandfather never leaves the house-as in NEVER. Thunderstruck, Genie peppers Grandpop with questions about how he hides it so well (besides wearing way cool Ray-Bans). The first is that he and his big brother, Ernie, are leaving Brooklyn for the very first time to spend the summer with their grandparents all the way in Virginia-in the COUNTRY! The second surprise comes when Genie figures out that their grandfather is blind. In this “pitch-perfect contemporary novel” ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review), Coretta Scott King – John Steptoe Award-winning author Jason Reynolds explores multigenerational ideas about family love and bravery in the story of two brothers, their blind grandfather, and a dangerous rite of passage. ![]()
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![]() He went on to write additional books and helped develop a PBS documentary on water management. It was later made into a documentary film series that premiered nationwide on PBS nationwide in 1997 and won a Columbia University/Peabody Award. In 1999, a Modern Library panel of authors and critics included it on a list of the 100 most notable English-language works of nonfiction of the 20th century. ![]() The book was a finalist for both the National Book Critics' Circle Award and the Bay Area Book Reviewers' Award (BABRA) that same year. In 1979 he received an Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship, which enabled him to conduct research and write Cadillac Desert, which was first published in 1986. ![]() Starting in 1972, he worked for seven years as a staff writer and director of communications for the Natural Resources Defense Council in New York. For a time he was on the staffs of Environmental Action and the Population Institute in Washington, D.C. ![]() He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of a lawyer and a scriptwriter, and graduated from Earlham College in 1971. Marc Reisner was an American environmentalist and writer best known for his book Cadillac Desert, a history of water management in the American West. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() JOHN DOUGH AND THE CHERUB A whimsical tale portraying the exciting adventures of the Ginger-bread Man and his comrade Chick the Cherub in the Palace ofRomance, The Land of the Mifkets, Highland and Lowland, etc. Forty-one full-page colored pictures twenty-two half pages in colorand fifty black-and-white text pictures special end sheets, title page,copyright page, book plate, dedication page and table of contents. OZMA OF OZ This story tells more about Dorothy, as well as the famous char-acters of the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lionand something of several new creations equally delightful, includingTiktok-the machine man, The Yellow Hen, The Nome King andthe Hungry Tiger. Nearly 150 black-and-white illustrations and sixteen full-page pic-tures in colors. NifiedWoggle-Bug, the Gump and many other delightful characters. ![]() (John Rea), illĬontributing Library: New York Public Library Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919 Neill, John R. Identifier: dorothywizardino00baum2 (find matches)Īuthors: Baum, L. ![]() ![]() ![]() Loosely used as the basis for the film Curse of the Crimson Altar, an episode of Masters of Horror and another of Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities, named "Dreams in the Witch House" in both cases. He experiences nocturnal visions of Mason, her familiar (a rat-like creature called Brown Jenkin), and strange creatures in otherworldly dimensions, and is offered knowledge beyond the reach of human science, but at a terrible cost. Walter Gilman, a student of mathematics at Miskatonic University, rents an attic room in a house that is rumored to be cursed and haunted by the spirit of a witch, Keziah Mason, who lived there in the 17th century. It is considered to be part of the Cthulhu Mythos. Lovecraft, first published in 1933 in Weird Tales. ![]() "The Dreams in the Witch House" is a horror story by H. ![]() ![]() ![]() She demonstrates how humans are neurologically designed to empathize with animals, and how violence against them goes against our nature. Akhtar reveals what happens when we both break and forge bonds with animals. ![]() Through storytelling that is entertaining, profound, and touching, Dr. Akhtar asks, what do we gain when we recognize our kinship with animals? She travels around the country to tell the stories of a varied cast of characters―including a former mobster, an industrial chicken farmer, a Marine veteran―and comes face to face with a serial killer. Feeling abandoned by humanity, it was only when she met Sylvester, a dog who had also been abused, that she found strength for both of them.Īgainst the backdrop of her inspiring story, Dr. Akhtar’s own story of being a young girl who was bullied in school and sexually abused by her uncle. ![]() ![]() Aysha Akhtar examines the rich human-animal connection and how interspecies empathy enriches our well-being.ĭeftly combining medicine, social history, and personal experience, Our Symphony with Animals is the first book by a physician to show how deeply the well-being of humans and animals are entwined. A leader in the fields of animal ethics and neurology, Dr. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now, in Eva Stachniak’s enthralling new novel, Catherine takes center stage as she relives her astonishing ascension to the throne, her rule over an empire, and the sacrifices that made her the most feared and commanding woman of her time.Īs the book opens, the charismatic monarch is in her final hours. ![]() ![]() Perfect for readers of Hilary Mantel, Alison Weir, and Philippa Gregory, Empress of the Night is Eva Stachniak’s engrossing new novel, told in the voice of Catherine the Great as the Romanov monarch reflects on her ascension to the throne, her rule over the world’s greatest power, and the sacrifices that made her the most feared and commanding woman of her time.Ī critically acclaimed historical drama and instant #1 international bestseller, The Winter Palace brilliantly reimagined the rise of Catherine the Great through the watchful eyes of her clever servant Varvara. ![]() ![]() Bracher, with the help of a rich asshole Hull, hopes to find things at his research center that will, say, kill black people without harming whites. It takes a strong stomach to come to grips with Bracher, and his dialogue and views. Bracher is truly a vile man, completely given over to the 'race war', e.g., the one that 'whitie' is losing to the 'mud people'. Situated in North Dakota, Bracher runs a large genetic research station there, but all is not what it seems. ![]() Further, they remain the same age as when they were first turned.Ĭaptain Bracher quickly emerges as our main protagonist (although one of several main characters). Sackett's werewolves are essentially impossible to kill they do not eat or drink outside of their monthly 'turn', you cannot cut them, hurt them with bullets, and silver is a joke. Sackett definitely puts a unique twist on this sub-genre, however, and one that I did not expect. ![]() From the front cover and the title, it is obvious that this novel features werewolves lets just say a well worn horror trope. Published in 1990, MOTW rides the coattails of the paperbacks from hell era, but the sophisticated plot sets it apart to a degree. Rather mixed on this one at times I thought it would be a solid 4, and then maybe a 2, so I will go with 3 stars. ![]() ![]() ![]() Mat is a fighter and Dougie is obtaining his PhD. So about the book - Mat and Dougie are brothers. Now remember.that's between us - I don't want my medication raised again or be banned from reading these "mind fuck" books! This is just between us and you can't tell my therapist this.I kinda got turned on from some of the scenes! I do have to say though, for a short story, I was captivated through the whole thing and do you want to know a secret? This book was MESSED UP - I mean it really MESSED UP!! It left me with a WTF feeling in the pit of my stomach. Ok.ladies.give me a break on this review.this is the first book I have read that deals with men on men rape scenes or just men on men (unless it was a ménage a trois) - Oh yeah - I did read "Beyond Eden" ![]() ![]() ![]() Yet the fragility of freedom and security became clear when, a century later, Rosalie’s great-great-granddaughter Marie-José was arrested by Nazi forces occupying Belgium.įreedom Papers follows the Tinchants as each generation tries to use the power and legitimacy of documents to help secure freedom and respect. Subsequent generations of Tinchants fought in the Union Army, argued for equal rights at Louisiana’s state constitutional convention, and created a transatlantic tobacco network that turned their Creole past into a commercial asset. In the 1830s, with tension rising against free persons of color, they left for France. A few years later, Elisabeth departed for New Orleans, where she married a carpenter, Jacques Tinchant. Freedom Papers sets the saga of Rosalie and her descendants against the background of three great antiracist struggles of the nineteenth century: the Haitian Revolution, the French Revolution of 1848, and the Civil War and Reconstruction in the United States.įreed during the Haitian Revolution, Rosalie and her daughter Elisabeth fled to Cuba in 1803. Her later efforts to escape slavery were the beginning of a family’s quest, across five generations and three continents, for lives of dignity and equality. Those who enslaved her there named her Rosalie. ![]() ![]() Around 1785, a woman was taken from her home in Senegambia and sent to Saint-Domingue in the Caribbean. ![]() ![]() It celebrates stepping into your own power, owning your style, finding yourself, and being unafraid to share it with the world. Renee Valiquette in an exciting conversation with Christian at the intersections of gender, race, culture and fashion. How customer reviews and ratings work See All Buying Options. The Power of Style is an impactful book that urges individuals to claim their own power through the medium of fashion, whether anyone else gets it or not. ![]() Join Gender Equality & Social Justice student Page Chartrand and Dr. In his book, The Power of Style, Allaire takes the reader through boldly designed chapters to discuss additional topics like cosplay, makeup, hijabs, and hair, probing the connections between fashion and history, culture, politics, and social justice. ![]() Men’s heels are a statement of pride in the face of LGTBQ+ discrimination, while ribbon shirts honour Indigenous ancestors and keep culture alive. ![]() Now the Fashion and Style Writer for Vogue, he is working to change that-because clothes are never just clothes. Keynote and discussion with Vogue fashion and style writer Christian Allaire!Īs a fashion-obsessed Ojibwe teen, Christian Allaire rarely saw anyone that looked like him in the magazines or movies he sought out for inspiration. ![]() |