![]() ![]() Following fishermen and fortune-tellers, widows and drunks, and one errant hippopotamus, this new translation of stories by the Man Booker-listed author of Confession of the Lioness rediscovers possibility and what it means to be reborn. ![]() Published in the aftermath of Mozambique’s bloody civil war, Mia Couto’s third collection seeks out the places violence could not reach, the places where, the author writes, “every man is the same: pretending he’s here, dreaming of going away, and plotting his return.” Shifting masterfully between forms―creation tale to meditation, playful comedy to magical twist―these stories grapple with questions of what’s been lost and what can be reclaimed, what future exists for a country that broke the yoke of colonialism only to descend into internecine war, what is Mozambican and what is Mozambique. Where man remains, a seed, too, survives, a dream to inseminate time. After the war, I thought all that was left was ashes, hollow ruins. ![]()
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7/8/2023 0 Comments Maria v snyder glass series![]() Writing, proved to be more enjoyable than meteorology, and Maria returned to school to earn a Master of Arts degree in fiction writing from Seton Hill University. So she worked as an environmental meteorologist until boredom and children drove her to write down the stories that have been swirling around in her head. Unfortunately, she lacked the necessary forecasting skills. ![]() Snyder switched careers from meteorologist to novelist when she began writing the New York Times best-selling Study Series ( Poison Study, Magic Study, Fire Study, Shadow Study, Night Study and Dawn Study) about a young woman who becomes a poison taster.īorn and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Maria dreamed of chasing tornados and even earned a Bachelors of Science degree in Meteorology from Pennsylvania State University. ![]() 7/8/2023 0 Comments The Stranger by Harlan Coben![]() Entertaining and eloquent, surprisingly thoughtful of the disillusionments of the middle classes of america and jet very much a tale of families trying their best in adversity and complacency. The Sunday Times number one bestselling author delivers a shocking thriller that proves that a well-placed lie can help build a comfortable life - and a. ![]() The minutia of daily life is well written and american suburbia, the american dream is as tarnished as a very old coin, the middle class is struggling to keep it together, and so are families, so when someone whispers a secret all kind of weakness appear in the everyday reality of our hero and others and something has got to give. Harlan Coben’s book, on which the series is based, is set in and across the United States. The Stranger appears out of nowhere, perhaps in a bar. The story moves fast and relentlessly that is part of the device to make everything hang together. Lees The Stranger Now a major Netflix show door Harlan Coben verkrijgbaar bij Rakuten Kobo. Welcome to binary hell, welcome to little brothers new terrain. ![]() ![]() ![]() When first we practise to deceive! This is first of all a thriller, that inhabits a very contemporary world, where hackers, apps, cell phones, and computers link all the old human evils,secrets and misdemeanour's for evermore, for everyone that likes to snoop. ![]() ![]() Now, acclaimed royal biographer Ingrid Seward sheds new light on their relationship and its impact on their family and on the nation. Throughout her record-breaking reign until Prince Philip's death on 9 April 2021, she relied on the formidable partnership she had made with her consort. When they married in Westminster Abbey in November 1947, there were 3000 guests, including six kings and seven queens. Within five years, as Queen Elizabeth II, she would ascend to the throne and later be crowned in front of millions watching through the new medium of television. When a young Princess Elizabeth met and fell in love with the dashing Naval Lieutenant Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, it wasn't without its problems. The romance between the sailor prince and the young princess brought a splash of colour to a nation still in the grip of post-war austerity. Now, in My Husband and I, Ingrid Seward reveals the real story of their loving and enduring relationship. For more than 70 years, the marriage of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip was at the centre of the nation's life. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Tiscareño-Sato also regularly serves her fellow veterans with her marketing expertise as a “Personal Branding for Veterans” instructor at universities to help them market their best assets via stories and successfully transition into the civilian world. Primarily a bilingual keynote speaker and publisher of uniquely inspirational, multicultural literature (including the ground-breaking bilingual Captain Mama children’s picture books featured in USA Today and based on her military service), Ms. As a globally-mobile bilingual professional, she has a special interest in using her military and professional adventures, plus hard lessons learned in 12 years of advocating for her teen daughter who is blind, to raise expectations for young Latino students, while helping ALL Americans see the positive economic and social contributions of Latinos in the USA. Graciela Tiscareño-Sato is a bilingual Latina military veteran (former aviator), keynote speaker, feminist and ten-time award-winning author and publisher, with more than 18 years’ experience publishing and speaking to inspire students from preschool to B (business) school. ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments Out of love jewel e ann![]() ![]() ![]() strong, protective and loves with everything he has - so, despite all the warning signs, Livy can't help but be drawn to him. She never thought of it as a positive thing, until she met Wylder. □Įver since Livy was a girl, everyone said she will be with a man who is just like her dad, Jackson Knight. ![]() Slade Wylder fascinates her - he doesn't talk to anyone, lives in a haunted house, rumors on campus says he's a dangerous drug dealer and with his asshole attitude, he doesn't care what people think of him. Livy Knight is intelligent, sassy and she definitely has ADD! Lol □Īt the age of 21, she leaves her father's house to go to college, where she meets Wylder, a bad boy with a dark and mysterious side - everything her overprotective and controlling father despises. ![]() ![]() In loving memory of my parents, Grandpa Sam, Brother Jack, Jay and Paige. In honor of our beautiful precious granddaughters, Claramae and Josie. In loving memory of our beautiful mother, Margaret Wikoff, who always donated to the Christmas Fund, and for all the deceased members of the Wikoff and Stecher families. ![]() Merry Christmas! Paul & Ellen Whittington, $100 In place of Christmas cards and thankfulness for our wonderful grandchildren, Patrick, Kaitlyn, Jonah, Evan, Lucas and Campbell. In loving memory of our son Rusty Underwood. In loving memory of my loving husband who left us almost 16 years ago. In memory of our parents, Wilbur "Stub" and Mayme Stranz and Mart and Frieda Schleder. Jacob and Dick - Merry Heavenly Christmas. Joseph, $200Ī little something to help others. ![]() In lieu of presents - Dale and Georgia Bauwens. In loving memory of my husband, Dale Athey brother, Jacks Hasler sister, Joy her husband, Don and their son, Randy L. In loving memory of our parents, Bob and Virginia Pierson and Charles and Marge Smith. In memory of Ken Malinosky and Mary Schlink. In loving memory of Scott Wehnes, our son and brother. In loving memory of Jim, our parents and so many dear ones, and in thanks for this immeasurable gift, Jesus Christ. In loving memory of our parents and our brother. In memory of the Ponce, Cervantes and Currens family. Tis not the manger, but the cross that sets the spirit free. Merry Christmas from the DRH family, $250 In thankfulness for 21 healthy grandchildren and in memory of one little Angel and one Grandpa in Heaven watching over them. ![]() ![]() ![]() Whether she is describing the lands she visited to gather her children or the days that followed back home in Georgia, her words are flush with humanity and all the messiness and comedy that humanity trails in its wake. ![]() It is not permissible to dabble in that way in someone’s life-especially a child’s.” Fortunately, the author and the boy formed a bond, and he became a member of the family, as did girl and three boys from Ethiopia in subsequent years. Upon meeting him, she began to realize the heavy significance of the adoption process: “If I had thought this was a free look, a check-this-one-out, a no risk trial with the possibility of a full refund, I was wrong. ![]() After finding a boy in Bulgaria, she traveled there to investigate. This was in the 1990s, a faraway time Greene recalls when her computer has to do “squat thrusts” to warm up before connecting to international-adoption sites on the Internet. So when her eldest of four prepared for college, the author began to feel empty-nest syndrome, and she and her husband considered adoption. Greene ( There Is No Me Without You: One Woman’s Odyssey to Rescue Africa’s Children, 2006, etc.) is the kind of person most engaged when there is a thick scrum of children underfoot. The prodigiously cheering reflections of a mother gathering a large brood of children, both biological and adopted. ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments The trials of apollo 5![]() ![]() The Oracle would speak prophecies for quests for demigods, and even spoke the first Great Prophecy, warning of the possible destruction of Olympus. Over time the spirit of the Oracle went from host to host, eventually arriving in America. Even in ancient times, people would come from all over Greece and beyond to see the Oracle, who would speak the prophecies of Apollo. The most common way for a prophecy to be told is from an oracle, most notably the Oracle of Delphi. It is also said that trying to figure out what a prophecy means or trying to force a prophecy to come to pass may result in disaster. Also, those with the ability to see the future are unable to reveal what a prophecy means, as giving the answer would make the answer irrelevant (meaning that the events in the prophecy could change if the events are told). Prophecies can appear in a number of ways, but almost all are cryptic and their true meaning will not become clear until after the events of the prophecy have come to pass. Octavian, the former augur of Camp Jupiter.Ī prophecy, or prophecies in general, is a prediction of events about to happen in the future. 9.4 The Last Fallen Star (The Gifted Clans).9.3 Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes (Pandava Quintet). ![]()
![]() ![]() Free love, common-law and transient marriages, serial partners, cohabitation outside of wedlock, queer relations, and single motherhood were among the sweeping changes that altered the character of everyday life and challenged traditional Victorian beliefs about courtship, love, and marriage. In Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments, Saidiya Hartman examines the revolution of black intimate life that unfolded in Philadelphia and New York at the beginning of the twentieth century. "A breathtaking exploration of the lives of young black women in the early twentieth century. ![]() The socialist delivers a lecture on free love The anarchy of colored girls assembled in a riotous manner Mistah beauty, the autobiography of an ex-colored woman, select scenes from a film never cast by Oscar Micheaux, Harlem, 1920sįamily albums, aborted futures: a disillusioned wife becomes an artist, 1890 Seventh Avenueīook Three. A new colony of colored people, or Malindy in Little Africa In a moment of tenderness the future seems possibleīook Two. The terrible beauty of the slumĪn intimate history of slavery and freedom She makes an errant path through the city. ![]() Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-418) and index.īook One. Xxi, 441 pages : illustrations, portraits 25 cm Wayward lives, beautiful experiments : intimate histories of social upheaval / Saidiya Hartman. ![]() |