![]() At one of these dinners, Sissie meets Sammy, a boy who is also from Ghana and whose real name she “does not catch.” Sissie is unnerved by Sammy, whom she feels has lost touch with his home country and has been placed at the party to sing the praises of life in Europe. The first, “Into a Bad Dream,” Sissie arrives in Germany and is picked up by her wealthy host family in a luxurious Mercedes. ![]() The book is written in a combination of traditional prose and verse. In the process, she discovers the realities of colonization, Europe's effect on the young Africans it sponsors, and how both white Europeans and black Africans have been mistaught about the realities of race and racism in their everyday lives. ![]() ![]() Our Sister Killjoy: or Reflections from a Black-eyed Squint (1977), the debut novel of Ghanaian author and former Minister of Education Ama Ata Aidoo, tells the story of Sissie, a young African woman who goes to Europe to better herself and receive a proper, European education. ![]()
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![]() ![]() In linear order, the first timeline goes through Heartless, Veiled Rose, Moonblood, and Shadow Hand. The series includes themes on redemption, good vs. The stories followed the adventures of several characters in several different storylines. Connecting these two worlds is the Goldstone Wood, which is ruled over by the Faerie prince Aethelbald. The Tales of Goldstone Wood is set in two worlds, called the Near World (or mortal world, located on the Continent) and the Far world, where Faeries are known to dwell. The novella Draven's Light is due for publication in 2015, and the next novel installment, Poisoned Crown, Volume 1 in Autumn 2015. The latest published work is Golden Daughter. Stengl has continued to publish entries in the series. Tales of Goldstone Wood was first published in the first installment, Heartless, in 2010. ![]() It currently has 7 main entries and 2 novellas. ![]() The Tales of Goldstone Wood is a series of Christian-fantasy novels by Anne Elisabeth Stengl. ![]() ![]() ![]() What at first begins as a fake, Instragramable friendship grows deeper, and more dangerous, than either Alex or Henry could have imagined. Heads of family, state, and other handlers devise a plan for damage control: staging a truce between the two rivals. ![]() And when the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an Alex-Henry altercation, U.S./British relations take a turn for the worse. There’s only one problem: Alex has a beef with the actual prince, Henry, across the pond. Handsome, charismatic, genius his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House. When his mother became President, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. 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He is head of the criminal organization that controls the doughnut hole which is Toronto’s urban center in the aftermath of the white flight to the suburbs. Rudy Sheldon is the real center of power in Toronto. The narrative of the story is driven by the necessity to find her a human heart for the transplant she requires. ![]() ![]() ![]() We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.Ĭatherine Uttley is the Premier of Ontario and the de facto political leader of the city of Toronto. 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But Kauanui wasn’t thinking about Krug she was thinking about Andy. ![]() It was that kind of story, the kind that spreads so fast and so far it soon seems that everyone has read it, and everyone has had a reaction: shock, disgust, anger, amusement. ![]() The confession was posted only minutes earlier, but already six friends had forwarded her the link. “I have thought about ending these lies many times over many years,” she continued, “but my cowardice was always more powerful than my ethics.” “To an escalating degree over my adult life, I have eschewed my lived experience as a white Jewish child in suburban Kansas City,” wrote Krug, a history professor who had for years identified - and published - as a Black and Latina scholar. She was reading a story on her phone in bed, a confession written by a woman named Jessica Krug, when, quite suddenly, it yanked her into the past. It was a Thursday morning last September, and J. To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. ![]() ![]() ![]() Two vastly different boys from different worlds who want to come out of the shadows of their fathers to be who they’re destined to be. For those who don’t know, they’re Superman and Batman’s kids. When the dads are away, the kids come out to play-Jonathan and Damian Wayne that is. Marvel? They always gravitate toward Marvel, leaving DC in the dust, or they choose Dog Man. Do you know how many times I’ve tried to turn young readers into superhero fans by introducing them to Gotham Academy and Ms. When DC Entertainment announced DC Ink and DC Zoom, imprints that focused on young adult and Middle Grade readers respectively, the bookseller in me was screaming in joy. Earth is facing its greatest crisis–and Superman and Batman are nowhere to be found.įrom New York Times best-selling author Ridley Pearson (Kingdom Keepers) and artist Ile Gonzalez comes the first book in an epic new series that follows the Super Sons of Superman and Batman as they struggle to find their place in a rapidly changing world! ![]() Erratic, deadly weather forces everyone inland, tearing families apart. The polar ice caps have nearly melted away, causing devastation to coastal cities. ![]() But who is the mysterious Candace, and what secrets does she hold that could be the key to everything? Jon Kent and Damian “Ian” Wayne are opposite in every way except one–they are the sons of the World’s Greatest Heroes! To uncover a global conspiracy, this unlikely dynamic duo will need to learn to trust each other and work together to save the Earth. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The captivating robber baron sets her heart aflame once more, leading to a champagne-fueled night together. Then, a figure from her past reemerges to change her life forever: the hotel's dapper owner, railroad tycoon Rake Solvino. Working at the lavish Regal Sol hotel and newly engaged to Pinkerton Detective Martin Cadden, Josephine Galena Valencia has big dreams for her future. Snow Falling is a sweeping historical romance set in 1902 Miami-a time of railroad tycoons, hotel booms, and exciting expansion for the Magic City. ![]() With these tumultuous events as inspiration, Jane's breathtaking first novel adapts her story for a truly epic romance that captures the hope and the heartbreak that have made the television drama so beloved. anueva is finally ready to make her much-anticipated literary debut! Jane the Virgin, the Golden Globe, AFI, and Peabody Award-winning The CW dramedy, has followed Jane's telenovela-esque life-from her accidental artificial insemination and virgin birth to the infant kidnapping and murderous games of the villainous Sin Rostro to an enthralling who-will-she-choose love triangle. ![]() "Just the thing for a cold winter's night between episodes." -The Washington Post Book World "Fans of the show will undoubtedly enjoy the chance to read Jane's book in real life." -Entertainment Weekly It's been a lifetime (and three seasons) in the making, but Jane Gloriana Vill. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But not all the cats want peace, and some have grudges that could cause real trouble. The project of all of the ‘interns’ going from Clan to Clan to learn all they can from each other takes off, despite border skirmishes. Most, that is, except for the young cats chosen to learn healing- they all have a natural bent for it. ![]() She returns to tell this tale, and it’s greeted with a fair bit of antagonism- peace between the Clans has been sorely won, the clans don’t mix or visit, and most are not willing to test that peace. She goes off on what turns out to be a vision quest, and is spoken to by the spirits of cats passed on already: she, and a cat in each of the other Clans, is to learn to use herbs and heal and become Medicine Cats. She is sent to hunt, and instead finds herself distracted by interesting plants and wondering what uses they might have. She seems unable to do anything properly and this is a source of great aggravation to her mother, the leader of the Wind Clan. Moth Flight is young, a kitten on the verge of cat-hood. ![]() ![]() ![]() A Biblical Feast: Foods From the Holy Land features recipes that Morse has collected from the Near East-Mediterranean region presented in a context that allows readers to appreciate each dish's place in Biblical history. ![]() In a new cookbook, author Kitty Morse finds inspiration in the very foods that formed the cornerstone of these enduring spiritual traditions. Indeed, the Bible of Judeo-Christian religions overflows with episodes involving feasts, fasting, and famine because the ancients recognized the importance of food not only as nourishment, but also as part of the process leading to true spirituality. In the same spirit, on the most sacred of all Jewish holidays, Yom Kippur, spiritual atonement comes through denial of the food which our mortal bodies need to maintain life. For Jews, no holiday galvanizes the community like Passover, which commemorates the deliverance from slavery in Egypt with a feast. For many branches of Christianity, redemption is achieved through eating the bread that symbolizes the body of Christ. But just as one bite causes the expulsion from Eden, so too does another lead to salvation. ![]() In the Judeo-Christian tradition, the fall from grace begins with a single event: Adam and Eve eat from the Tree of Knowledge and thus become aware of their own bodies and their own awkward, embarrassed mortality. It is at once the root of human misery and the cup of human salvation. ![]() ![]() ![]() Washington had a burning desire for education and describes the schoolhouse as a paradise. His mother had little time to care for her children during the day and sometimes had to steal food to feed them. The cabin was small and uncomfortable, with an earthen floor, many holes to let in the cold, and an open fireplace for cooking which gave off a nearly unbearable heat in the summer. His mother was the plantation cook and their living cabin doubled as a kitchen for the plantation. He knew almost nothing of his ancestry, including the name of his father. Washington was born in a log cabin on a plantation in Virginia. He sets the tone for his memoir with vivid descriptions of the conditions of his domestic life, his duties and the conditions under which he lived from the time of his birth to the end of the civil war. Washington's childhood and his impressions of slavery. ![]() The opening chapter deals primarily with Booker T. ![]() |