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![]() ![]() ![]() Inspired by the female doctor who tended to her brother, she harbors a longing to attend school: "In the quiet,/ my own heart beat/ its unspoken secret./ I promised myself/ that one day/ I would be a real doctor." Burg's understated free verse liberally sprinkled with Haitian Creole phrases gains power as Serafina's family is displaced by a flood, which is cruelly followed by the 2010 earthquake the author skillfully weaves in information about the country's traumatic history in a way that makes it personally significant to Serafina. Mourning the recent death of her baby brother while anxiously awaiting the birth of a new sibling, Serafina tries to please and help her family. Burg follows her debut, All the Broken Pieces, with this quieter yet compelling novel in verse about sensitive, ambitious 11-year-old Serafina, who lives in poverty in rural Haiti with her cheerful, compassionate father hardworking, tightlipped mother and wise grandmother, Gogo. ![]() ![]() ![]() Maisie internalizes her pain and continually places herself in dangerous situations. Fuelled by rage and furious with God, Clara finds her way into the dangerous, highly charged world of the American Indian Movement. The paths of the five friends cross and crisscross over the decades as they struggle to overcome, or at least forget, the trauma they endured during their years at the Mission. Alone and without any skills, support or families, the teens find their way to the seedy and foreign world of Downtown Eastside Vancouver, where they cling together, striving to find a place of safety and belonging in a world that doesn't want them. ![]() About the Book "Taken from their families when they are very small and sent to a remote, church-run residential school, Kenny, Lucy, Clara, Howie and Maisie are barely out of childhood when they are finally released after years of detention. ![]() ![]() Let me stress at the outset that I don’t think reading many books is important - not for the average person anyway. Now, where should you start? Someone recently asked me to make a list of some of the books I have in mind that are substance, not suds. This means that at 250 words a minute, 15 minutes a day, you could read about 20 average-sized books a year! Read Well, Not (Necessarily) Much So, if we take 350 words per page and divide that into 1,368,750 words per year, we get 3,910 pages per year. Now most books have between 300 and 400 words per page. ![]() Multiply that times 250 words per minute and you get 1,368,750 words per year. ![]() In one year (365 days) you would read for 5,475 minutes. Suppose you read about 250 words a minute and that you resolve to devote just 15 minutes a day to serious theological reading to deepen your grasp of biblical truth. Most of us don’t aspire very high in our reading because we don’t feel like there is any hope. When this was shown to me, it changed my life. ![]() So, I want to show you something really encouraging. Now, I know what you are thinking: I don’t have the time or the ability to get anywhere in books like that. ![]() Read rich doctrinal books about the one who called you to his glory and excellence (2 Peter 1:3). I have said many times, Read! Read! Read! But beware of wasting your time on theological foam and suds. I love encouraging people to read weighty, worthy, readable Christian books. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Visiting two of his friends who live a monastic life beside a beautiful lake, she begins to piece together a series of clues that lead her to suspect his experience may have had something to do with a bizarre religious cult. They eventually embark on a hesitant romance, until she learns that he has been the victim of some form of childhood trauma. until she realizes she's gotten used to seeing a young man across the street staring out his window, too. She finds herself spending too much time staring out her window, though. It tells the tale of a young woman who moves to Tokyo after the death of her mother, hoping to get over her grief and start a career as a graphic artist. While The Lake shows off many of the features that have made Banana Yoshimoto famous-a cast of vivid and quirky characters, simple yet nuanced prose, a tight plot with an upbeat pace-it's also one of the most darkly mysterious books she's ever written. Now in paperback: a quietly stunning tour de force about the redemptive power of love. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hi! I am Steve Vernon and I'd love to scare you. They all want to see just exactly what makes an author tick.Which ticks me off just a little bit - but what good is a lifetime if you can't ride out the peeve and ill-feeling and grin through it all. ![]() "My golly, but I just can't tell you people just how very much that I wish Uncle Bob had written the screenplay for my very first movie, Julius Caeser!" - Charlton Heston (or some fellow that looked just like Charlton Heston if you squinted around an eyeful of powdered glass and Pop Rocks) Read moreĮverybody always wants a peek at the man behind the curtain. ![]() Or - in the words of Uncle Bob - this here is mostly the truth with only a few lies stirred into the broth for pepper. Means he takes some liberties with the Gospel. The fact is this is the story of the Book of Exodus as retold by a country gentleman who read the Bible a couple of times and is doing his level best to retell it in his own words. In fact, I guarantee a giggle or two along the way. This isn't exactly a solemn retelling of the Bible. ![]() This is the whole entire story of the Book of Exodus and several books thereafter, encompassing the entire lifespan of Moses himself - as told to you by the world's oldest storyteller, Uncle Bob. All right - so if you enjoyed UNCLE BOB'S RED FLANNEL BIBLE CAMP - THE BOOK OF GENESIS, then you are going to LOVE this next book in the series. ![]() ![]() ![]() "at first i didn't ike or trust sebastian but he started to grow on me. With suspense, danger, and a fabulous vampire party, this seventh book in the bestselling Vampire Kisses series continues the exciting nocturnal romance of Raven and Alexander. But when Sebastian falls for a particular Dullsvillian, will another mortal beat Raven to the bite? Raven has been wondering whether Alexander will ever bite her and make their love immortal, and Sebastian could be her guide to the love habits of Alexander and his kind. ![]() At first Raven is wary, then thrilled-this is the perfect chance to learn more about her darkly handsome boyfriend and his past. Now that Alexander's parents have returned to Romania, Raven and her dreamy vampire boyfriend are happy to resume their cryptic romance.īut soon another visitor comes knocking: Sebastian, Alexander's best friend, arrives for a stay at the mansion. As a mortal girl dating a vampire, Raven knows that love isn't always easy. ![]() ![]() ![]() It should be noted that his account is not free from factual error, nor does it always agree with the analysis of contemporary writers such as Jessie Weston. Sources that Wolzogen considered relevant. Then he examines central elements of Wagner's drama in relation to those medieval View of the relation of Wagner's dramas to Indo-European traditions that predate and underlie the medieval romances. Here Wolzogen first provides a summary of his The followingĮxtracts have been taken from the introduction to his Thematic Guide to the Music of Parsifal (in the English translation by J.H. ![]() ![]() Parsifal and other Wagnerian dramas were influential in the early reception of these works and his influence remains detectable in much that has been written about them since. He writer Hans von Wolzogen was a central figure in late 19th century and early 20th century Bayreuth. Introduction: Concerning Hans von Wolzogen ![]() ![]() ![]() Ludo, who has also been to the Claremont and heard of the accident, visits Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor, highly acclaimed author of classic novels such as Angel (7535), A Game of Hide and Seek (9172) and Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont (7548), is also renowned for her powerful, acutely observed stories. Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont is published by Virago (8.99). JOIN THE CLUB NOW > Nothing in her life had prepared her for the loud confusion of her unexpected present. Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont, in other words, isn't simply the story of one woman's crisis Mrs Palfrey's condition is the condition of England." -Ryan Napier, Jacobin "Elizabeth Taylor's exquisitely drawn character study of eccentricity in old age is a sharp and witty portrait of genteel postwar English life facing the changes taking shape in. Then he reappears in her life, but is it too late for anything to come of it. Palfrey at the Claremont", sets the stage with a slow waltz tempo and a sweeping, yet playful, style. ![]() ![]() Shocked and astonished, she refuses his proposal. ![]() ![]() When court-ordered community service forces them together at the animal shelter, Ava fears she’s lost her refuge. She has enough to worry about with a less than ideal home life.īad boy Dylan can’t help but find Ava’s klutziness entertaining. Hopelessly clumsy Ava, is too focused on graduation and keeping both feet on the ground to have a boyfriend. When the school’s bad boy infiltrates her shelter, will she lose her sanctuary or her heart? Even their grandma came around and started treating her daughter (Ava and Joel) mom like a daughter instead of a enemy. I was glad when their mom came around and started to change and treat them like her children. Especially when you could lose a love one. And that what happened to her mom showed all of them that life is to short to be like you are. Not only that I believe that Dylan came into Ava life at the right time. But I will say this it was interesting enough that I want to read the next book about Ava friend Sam and Ava’s Lab partner. ![]() |