![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() OL15705389W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 92.22 Pages 468 Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 500 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0340976888 Honest prep-school teacher and soccer coach. Teenaged witches, DNA evidence, Megan's Law, belladonna-laced tea, and an honest ex-con addicted to Jeopardy, all mixed up in a well-researched if slightly disappointing small-town legal drama by veteran Picoult (Plain Truth, 2000, etc.). Picoults new novel (following the acclaimed Plain Truth ) is a story about rape and reputation, loosely based on The. Urn:lcp:salemfalls00pico:epub:2842d5a3-ded6-4ad1-bcbf-e276ef409f96 Extramarc University of Toronto Foldoutcount 0 Identifier salemfalls00pico Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t1gj0bm42 Isbn 0743418719ĩ780743418713 Lccn 00068204 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary_edition by Jodi Picoult RELEASE DATE: April 10, 2001. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 21:38:25 Boxid IA1399312 Boxid_2 CH100801 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Comment Removing Scanfee from Billable Books scanned before June 2011 which appear to have manually set scanfees Containerid_2 X0001 Donorīostonpubliclibrary Edition First Washington Square Press trade paperback edition. ![]()
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![]() ![]() What prompted you to want to make this graphic version of On Tyranny ? A new edition of the book, with illustrations by the German-American Nora Krug, whose graphic memoir Belonging confronted Germany’s Nazi past, has just been published. ![]() It topped the New York Times bestseller list for nonfiction in 2017. In 2016, after the election of Donald Trump, Snyder wrote a short book, On Tyranny, which provided 20 brief lessons – “Defend Institutions”, “Remember Professional Ethics”, “Read Books” – from the 20th century that might help readers protect democracy against dictatorship. ![]() T imothy Snyder is a professor of history at Yale University and the author of books about the 20th-century history of central Europe, including Bloodlands, which examined the devastating consequence of Hitler and Stalin’s simultaneous reign of terror over civilian populations, and won the 2013 Hannah Arendt prize for political thought. ![]() ![]() But when Bee’s favorite producer casts her to star in a Christmas movie he’s making for the squeaky-clean Hope Channel, Bee’s career is about to take a more family-friendly direction.įorced to keep her work as Bianca under wraps, Bee quickly learns this is a task a lot easier said than done. With a huge following and two supportive moms, Bee couldn’t ask for more. This is a spicy holiday read that is bold and entertaining.īee Hobbes (aka Bianca Von Honey) has a successful career as a plus-size adult film star. So I had to keep things professional and chaste. And not even zipped up in a sexy Let’s pretend we’re in high school and do it over the pants kind of way, but in a My manager will fire me and I’ll have no money to take care of my family kind of way. ![]() My dirty dream girl showing up in Christmas Notch, Vermont, of all places, ready to spend the next two weeks wearing corsets in front of me (!!!), and instead of taking her out for drinks and then proposing marriage, I had to keep everything zipped up tight. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Names and pronouns matter, so when in doubt, the authors advise simply asking politely about personal preferences. The book is divided into four themes: “Identity,” “Sex and Relationships,” “Health and Safety,” and “History and Community.” Under each, brief but cogent entries work to dispel a particular myth, for example, “Trans People Are Trapped in the Wrong Body,” “Trans People Are a Danger to Others, Especially Children,” and “The LGBTQ+ Community Is United.” Throughout, the authors dispense commonsense guidance, reminding readers that gender identity goes beyond genitalia and that everyone is entitled to privacy and respect. Jacobs, a trans psychotherapist and writer, confront pervasive misinformation, including unfounded fears about bathroom use, with a straightforward approach. "Essential reading for anyone performing allyship to the trans, gender non-conforming, and non-binary community, “You’re in the Wrong Bathroom!” examines the most popular myths and misconceptions from a medical, social, psychological, and political lens about what it’s like to trans in America." - "This is the book every trans ally needs to read this year." -Bustle "In “ You’re in the Wrong Bathroom!”: And 20 Other Myths and Misconceptions About Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming People (Beacon, May 2017), Laura Erickson-Schroth, a psychiatrist and editor of Trans Bodies, Trans Selves (Oxford University, 2014), and Laura A. ![]() ![]() For Rovelli, the first step toward understanding how time works is accepting that we know nothing about it. No one can definitively say how time works, but that should not stop us from trying to make sense of it. ![]() What makes time different from Earth, however, is that we know what Earth really looks like. Rovelli compares time to planet Earth-although we perceive the Earth as flat because it looks flat as we walk and drive around it, the Earth is spherical. The Order of Time proposes that reality and time work very differently from how we imagine they work. An Italian theoretical physicist responsible for developing the loop quantum gravity theory, Foreign Policy named Rovelli one of the world’s 100 most influential global thinkers scientists dub him “the new Stephen Hawking.” He is best known for his poetic writing style and for making complex scientific topics accessible to general readers. ![]() ![]() In The Order of Time (2018), a work of philosophical science, Carlo Rovelli explores the meaning of time, proposing that time is an illusion shaped by our own personal realities rather than any natural or scientific law. ![]() ![]() ![]() This book is a rare act of creative imagination in which the listener will be equally moved by the warm happy village life Will shares with his large family and the nearly overwhelming danger he encounters, often in other centuries and places, while he seeks the Signs and learns their power. And for the twelve days of Christmas, while the Dark is rising, life for Will is full of wonder, terror, and delight. At once, he is plunged into a quest for the six magical Signs that will one day aid the Old Ones in the final battle between the Dark and the Light. ![]() On the Midwinter Day that is his eleventh birthday, Will Stanton discovers a special gift: he is the last of the Old Ones, immortals dedicated to keeping the world from domination by the forces of evil, the Dark. ![]() ![]() ![]() We can confront our doubts, addressing them to ensure that they don’t become self-deprecating, and from there, we can act to transform them into constructive criticisms about ourselves. If utilised, or schooled, correctly, doubt could have the ability to become a tool of empowerment and encouragement. 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One of my favourite quotes from the letters is: ![]() Drawing on the contemporaneous theories of Sigmund Freud, his work often focuses on an individual’s yearning for communion with the innermost. ![]() Rilke (4th December 187529th December 1926) was one of the most significant poets in the German language. Regardless of whether you are a writer or not, Letters to a Young Poet is a collection I would recommend to anyone, especially to those of you who love to think, and to those who love to explore the mind of an artist. He decided to send them to an alumnus of the academy, the Austrian poet, Rainer Maria Rilke. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When they were little kids, that meant sharing Pop-Tarts and cartoons with Theo, the enchanted bear prince who came to visit them every winter, and then disappeared from their lives.Īnd at seventeen, sharing is still their way of life-clothes, double dates, part-time jobs at their mom’s cafe, Twin Roses.Īnd then the harbinger of the second half of their curse shows up-the annoying man who caused the bear prince to be cursed in the first place who they must help if their prince-their fated love-is to return to their lives in human form, and they’re ecstatic.īut the sisters forgot one little detail. Pearl and Ruby have always shared everything, including their Snow White and Rose Red curse. Release date is December 9, 2014.Ī modern retelling of “Snow White and Rose Red” in the world of Kill Me Softly and Tear You Apart for fans of Once Upon a Time and Maleficent. I have a fairy tale e-short story on the way! “Twin Roses” is a modern retelling of “Snow White and Rose Red” that takes place in the same world as my fairy-tale novels Kill Me Softly and Tear You Apart. It’s just under 50 pages. ![]() ![]() Also in this series: Give Me a Reason (Redemption Hills, #1) She's been running for years, and her past just caught up to us. The connection that has me wanting the one thing I'd never thought I could have again.īecause monsters like me don't deserve love. Now I have a vixen strutting around my shop, and I'm the fool who's itching to reach out and take what he can't have.īut neither of us can ignore the burning attraction. Turns out, she needs a job, and I need the help. ![]() The girl is devastation wrapped in a black, seductive bow. One look at Salem Aguilar, and I'm hooked. I wasn't looking for a hero, and definitely not one who looks like him.Īn obscenely hot, mountain-of-a-man who screams danger.īut I have little choice other than climbing onto the back of his bike. Jud Lawson found me stranded in the rain.īroken down on the side of the road in a deserted neighborhood with my piece of crap car. Jackson comes a close proximity, single-parent stand-alone romance about a woman on the run and the man who will do anything to save her. Jacksonįrom NYT and USA Today bestselling author A.L. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. Jackson in exchange for an honest review. New Releases, Reviews New Release: Say It’s Forever by A.L. ![]() ![]() ![]() An accessible and accurate translation of the Quran that offers a rigorous analysis of its theological, metaphysical, historical, and geographical teachings and backgrounds, and includes extensive study notes, special introductions by experts in the field, and is edited by a top modern Islamic scholar, respected in both the West and the Islamic world.ĭrawn from a wide range of traditional Islamic commentaries, including Sunni and Shia sources, and from legal, theological, and mystical texts, The Study Quran conveys the enduring spiritual power of the Quran and offers a thorough scholarly understanding of this holy text.īeautifully packaged with a rich, attractive two-color layout, this magnificent volume includes essays by 15 contributors, maps, useful notes and annotations in an easy-to-read two-column format, a timeline of historical events, and helpful indices. ![]() |