![]() ![]() At the beginning of the book, Harriet is really "living for the weekend," so to speak. What would you do with a second life? Do you see yourself pursuing this in any way in your real life?Ĩ. Harriet and Wyn's friend group plays a game where they talk about what they would do if they had another entire life to live. ![]() Was there ever a time in your life when you had to make a decision like this? Did you make the same choice Harriet did, or did you decide to see it through?ħ. So much of Harriet's journey is about deciding whether to let go of a dream that no longer excites her, despite all the time and energy she's already invested into it. If you were going to take a yearly trip to the same place, where would you go, and who would you go with?Ħ. Who out of this friend group do you most relate to, and why? Who do you least relate to?ĥ. Do you tend to avoid conflict or face it head-on? Has this changed over time? If so, why?Ĥ. Have you had a close relationship that's spanned different phases of life? How, if at all, did those relationships change with time?ģ. What would you look for in an ideal travel partner? Have you ever taken a trip that put a relationship to the test?Ģ. Before the events of the book, Harriet and Wyn's friend group has had a pretty seamless experience traveling together. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Polly Churchill's next assignment will be as a shopgirl in the middle of London's Blitz. Dunworthy, into letting her go to VE Day. ![]() Merope Ward is coping with a bunch of bratty 1940 evacuees and trying to talk her thesis adviser, Mr. Michael Davies is prepping to go to Pearl Harbor. Scores of time-traveling historians are being sent into the past, to destinations including the American Civil War and the attack on the World Trade Center. In the hands of this acclaimed storyteller, the past and future collide - and the result is at once intriguing, elusive, and frightening. ![]() In her first novel since 2002, Nebula and Hugo award-winning author Connie Willis returns with a stunning, enormously entertaining novel of time travel, war, and the deeds - great and small-of ordinary people who shape history. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This sets off a range of events in which we find out about rebellions, secret underground churches, and iffy plots. It causes an early onset of midlife crisis in poor Leith, and he returns to his king in a state of utter confusion. Instead of kicking him out into a snowstorm, they help him. When Third Blade Leith Torren is wounded during a mission, he stumbles upon the house of the very people he is supposed to kill. ![]() Keeping the people in line are his feared Blades: a group of assassins trained to show no mercy. It is ruled by a ruthless tyrant called Respen Felix. The Blades of Acktar is set in a medievalish country called Acktar. If my fellow Christians hadn’t recommended them to me, I’d probably have passed it by (sorry but the covers are not that appealing). My favourite up till now is The Blades of Acktar series by Tricia Mingerink. Many of these have only very small followings and have been written by indie authors. It’s very encouraging to me and it’s also helped me discover a lot of new books I never would have read otherwise. One nice thing about social media platforms is being able to meet other Christians and talk about our favourite books together, even from across oceans. ![]() ![]() "I've seen a rough cut, and I was just sobbing the whole time," Halle told E! News' Francesca Amiker in March at the 2023 Kids' Choice Awards. The "Do It" singer recently shared insight into what it was like watching herself on the big screen. Halle continued The Little Mermaid theme with her glam as well, opting for red-colored locs, shimmery blue eyeshadow and glossy lips. The curve-hugging gown also included a back slit for extra drama. The 23-year-old's custom Valdrin Sahiti design featured a plunging neckline with larger-than-life shell-shaped cups that were a nod to Ariel's iconic scallop bustier in the original 1989 animated film. While gracing the blue carpet, Halle stole the spotlight in a dazzling silver chrome gown that resembled the splashing of ocean waves. ![]() ![]() The actress, who plays Princess Ariel in Disney's new live-action movie, transformed into her character IRL for the May 8 event in Los Angeles. Dare we say Halle Baileybrought a fashion fanta-sea to The Little Mermaid premiere. ![]() ![]() ![]() “In Heartless, the nonsense that is Wonderland gets a reverential makeover, full of heart and its own idiosyncratic character.” ―Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked and After Alice In her first stand-alone teen novel, the New York Times-bestselling author of the Lunar Chronicles dazzles us with a prequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. But in a land thriving with magic, madness, and monsters, fate has other plans. Cath is determined to define her own destiny and fall in love on her terms. At the risk of offending the king and infuriating her parents, she and Jest enter into an intense, secret courtship. For the first time, she feels the pull of true attraction. ![]() Then Cath meets Jest, the handsome and mysterious court joker. But according to her mother, such a goal is unthinkable for the young woman who could be the next queen. ![]() A talented baker, all she wants is to open a shop with her best friend. ![]() Long before she was the terror of Wonderland―the infamous Queen of Hearts―she was just a girl who wanted to fall in love.Ĭatherine may be one of the most desired girls in Wonderland, and a favorite of the unmarried King of Hearts, but her interests lie elsewhere. From Marissa Meyer, the #1 New York Times–bestselling story of Wonderland's most notorious villain: the Queen of Hearts. ![]() ![]() Crypto racists always want to talk about something else. I recommend Jacey Fortins article in the New York Times Aug 19, 2017, and Inhuman Bondage by David Davis. Theres plenty of information easily accessible. Jackson 1,173 DVD 27 offers from £0.65 Gods and Generals: A Novel of the Civil War: 1 (Civil War Trilogy) Jeff Shaara 1,456 Hardcover 9 offers from £2.13 A Chain of Thunder: A Novel of the Siege of Vicksburg: 2 (the Civil War in the West) Jeff Shaara 1,752 Paperback 24 offers from £6. Jeff gives god and Lee the social intelligence of the slaveholder maybe thats all this Tallahassee son has to give. Social intelligence is the ability to put yourself in the shoes of another. ![]() Insufficient reason and intellect? In all his conversations with the almighty, god never asks Lee how he would feel if his darling daughter Precious Life Mildred were inflammatorily raped by an overseer, or if his small children were inflammatorily taken from him and sold into slavery. Oh, really? what more? Independence, for whom? Freedom, to do what? No answer. The word slavery has four tangential references in Last Full Measure proper and one in the Introduction: There is also a great middle ground, men of reason and intellect, who now understand that there is more to this war than the inflammatory issue of slavery, or the argument over the sovereign rights of the individual states. ![]() There is a gaping hole in the books of son Jeff. ![]() ![]() And no matter how hard you try and fight, you are completely powerless against the unseen, invisible and hungry It." It has taken complete control of your body and mind. The things you loved are no longer as important as It. ![]() It tells you to isolate, to ignore your friends and loved ones, to neglect your own health and well-being. You start doing self-destructive things, putting yourself in dangerous situations, taking unnecessary risks, all in the name of feeding It. Soon you’re devoting your time, energy and money to making sure The It stays fed. But The It inside you is never satisfied, and always wants more. It’s not so bad at first the poison causes a state of euphoria. It lives inside your head and talks to you in your own voice. ![]() "Imagine being possessed by an invisible force. They offered a powerful description of their connection to the topic: So I asked my best friend Ashley Christine, a writer based in Los Angeles, to share their thoughts and insights on horror's depictions of alcoholism. Alcoholism and addiction are another topic horror has explored from multiple angles, and it’s compelling to see these struggles depicted in any genre, but especially horror. ![]() ![]() I recently read someone call horror “the empathy genre,” and I think that’s why it’s such a relatable tool to explore human experiences, from grief (Ari Aster’s Hereditary) to broken relationships ( Midsommar, another Aster joint) to racism (Jordan Peele’s Get Out) to female coming of age (John Fawcett’s Ginger Snaps). ![]() ![]() As sublimely simple and endearing as the playthings it portrays, agreed Publishers Weekly. Beautifully composed illustrations, said Booklist. It's a definite 10, commented School Library Journal in a starred review. Each creature the ducks meet is seen in its own habitat and behaves in a true-to-life manner, offering a very simple first view of biology and geography.Ī wonderful read-aloud for storytimes or one-on-one sharing. Following the little ducks as they float to all parts of the globe, young explorers can see for themselves the meanings of directional words and learn simple math concepts, such as counting and the use of cardinal and ordinal numbers. In this poignant and funny story, illustrated with strikingly designed collages, Eric Carle takes readers on an exciting voyage of discovery. Small readers and listeners will empathize with the little duck's plight-and will rejoice at the heartwarming surprise ending. floral Guarda e passa translation Filmiaura yhteystiedot Ten span cabernet Best soft. But as the sun sets, the 10th little rubber duck is left all alone, bobbing helplessly on the big wide sea. Rubber duckie baby shower cake Nueva raza de gatos gigantes Area of. ![]() ![]() One drifts west, where a friendly dolphin jumps over it. The ducks are swept away in various directions. Ahoy! All aboard for a world of Learning and fun!ĭucks overboard! shouts the captain, as a giant wave washes a box of 10 little rubber ducks off his cargo ship and into the sea. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hi there! Like all my pending reviews, this is way overdue, but oh well. But destiny is a funny thing, and in this novel, structured as a series of clever e-mails, letters, notes, and a trail of missed opportunities, Alex and Rosie find out that fate isn’t done with them yet.įrom the gifted author of PS, I Love You comes this charming, romantic, addictively page-turning novel that will keep readers laughing and guessing until the very last page. Her dreams for college, Alex, and a glamorous career dashed, Rosie stays in Dublin to become a single mother, while Alex pursues a medical career and a new love in Boston. She gets into Boston University, Alex gets into Harvard, and everything is falling into place, when on the eve of her departure, Rosie gets news that will change their lives forever: She’s pregnant by a boy she’d gone out with while on the rebound from Alex. Devastated, the two make plans for Rosie to apply to colleges in the U.S. At 17, Rosie and Alex have just started to see each other in a more romantic light. Best friends since childhood, their relationship gets closer by the day, until Alex gets the news that his family is leaving Dublin and moving to Boston. Rosie and Alex are destined for one another, and everyone seems to know it but them. ![]() ![]() Sometimes you have to look at life in a whole new way…įrom the bestselling author of PS, I Love You comes a delightfully enchanting novel about what happens when two people who are meant to be together just can’t seem to get it right. ![]() ![]() ![]() Margit Erb, the director of the foundation (and my wife), enlisted a small team to organize the prints into archival boxes, and years of cataloging began, an effort that we continue to this day.Īmong the street photography, the portraits, and the fashion work, we were surprised to find such a vast number of printed nudes-several thousands, in fact. Mainly, though, there was the archeological treasure waiting to be mined by the Saul Leiter Foundation-thousands and thousands of pieces of Saul’s own work: negatives, slides, undeveloped rolls of film paintings, many looking ready to turn to dust at the slightest agitation painted photographs, often tucked into books on the shelf like the world’s most precious bookmarks and, of course, photographic prints of all sizes, in color and black and white. There were lithographs and prints by some of his favorite artists thousands of books of all kinds, many bearing a 49-cent sticker from the nearby Strand Book Store pieces of beautiful old furniture hidden from view for decades, frequently branded with absentminded cigarette burns funny, ancient-looking toys and tchotchkes antique kitchenware ready to be dusted off and sent back out for duty dozens of little straw brooms once used to sweep the parquet floors. ![]() ![]() When Saul Leiter passed away at age 89 in November 2013, he left behind two East Village apartments bursting with artifacts from his long, productive, art-filled life. ![]() |