![]() ![]() And it’s about what happens when the outside world brutally calls into question the very thing closest to our hearts: family. It’s about people wanting to do the right thing for the greater good, even as they work to fulfill their own personal desires and dreams. Sing You Home is about identity, love, marriage, and parenthood. When an unexpected friendship slowly blossoms into love, she makes plans for a new life, but to her shock and inevitable rage, some people-even those she loves and trusts most-don’t want that to happen. Source title: Sing You Home (Nashville Star Series) The Physical Object Format paperback Number of pages 338 ID Numbers Open Library O元5283011M ISBN 10 1737474301 ISBN 13 9781737474302 Community Reviews (0) Feedback No community reviews have been submitted for this work. In the aftermath of a series of personal tragedies, Zoe throws herself into her career as a music therapist. A dirge that marked the years she spent trying to get pregnant.įor better or for worse, music is the language of memory. ![]() ![]() A dance beat that makes her think of using a fake ID to slip into a nightclub. ![]() There’s the melody that reminds her of the summer she spent rubbing baby oil on her stomach in pursuit of the perfect tan. Music has set the tone for most of Zoe Baxter’s life. From the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author whom USA TODAY calls a “master of the page-turner,” comes the spectacular story of a woman’s complex quest to form a family.Įvery life has a soundtrack. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Join Isatou Ceesay and be inspired to become a changemaker in your own right. It highlights the urgent need to address the plastic pollution crisis and encourages readers to take action to make a difference in their own communities. But what happens when a bag breaks or is no longer needed In Njau, Gambia, people simply dropped the bags and went. It is the perfect book to introduce environmental topics to kids like recycling, and also teaches that even one person can make a difference. This powerful and moving book showcases the impact of one person’s determination and ingenuity in creating positive change. One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and The Recycling Women of The Gambia is the inspirational, true story about littered plastic bags and the woman who stood up and transformed her community. Her efforts not only helped to clean up the environment, but also provided income for women in her community who had been struggling to make ends meet. Isatou Ceesay decided to take action, and she began to collect the plastic bags and recycle them into something new. The bags also strangled gardens, killed livestock, and polluted the environment. The stagnant water in the bags provided a breeding ground for mosquitoes and diseases, while the burning of bags left behind a foul smell. However, when these bags broke or were no longer needed, they were carelessly discarded, leading to an unsightly accumulation of plastic waste alongside roads. ![]() Discover the inspiring true story of Isatou Ceesay, an African woman who started a recycling movement to combat the pollution caused by plastic bags in her community.įor years, plastic bags were a cheap and convenient option for carrying goods in Njau, Gambia. ![]() ![]() Then there's a crisscrossed fork and spoon commemorating her food memoir, "Relish: My Life in the Kitchen" (2013). First there's a tattoo of a book blazoned with the ISBN number of her first graphic memoir, "French Milk" (2008). You can trace Knisley's career on her left arm. Over time, Knisley herself has come and gone from Chicago. Earwax Cafe, the Chicago arts scene staple where Knisley once grabbed lunch with comics legend Scott McCloud, has been gone for years. The bar where she used to swap drawings for drinks has shut its doors. ![]() As a student at the School of the Art Institute Chicago, she rented an apartment off Damen Avenue - perfect for its proximity to a copy shop (for printing zines) and Quimby's (for selling them). Recently, during a walk through Wicker Park on the first warm day of spring, Knisley reminisced. And Knisley doesn't just have one book on a Quimby's shelf - she has four (and counting). ![]() Since their September wedding, she and John bought a house in Ukrainian Village. ![]() "There's a page where I walk through Quimby's and daydream about my eventual book on the shelf," she says. ![]() ![]() ![]() He is about to drown when, out of desperation, he allows the entity (manifested as a force of pure rage) that powers his and the other Guardians' abilities to take control of his body for a brief period. Schaffa, Essun's former Guardian, awakens underwater after Essun's devastating counterattack during the climax of The Fifth Season. ![]() The story is told primarily from the perspectives of Essun, a powerful orogene driven out of her home at the beginning of the first book, and Nassun, her 10 year-old daughter. ![]() The plot revolves around their journey to find each other again, and their efforts to discover why Fifth Seasons exist. It follows two main characters: a mother and daughter, both of whom are magically talented ("orogenes"), who were separated just before the most recent Fifth Season. The book continues forward from an especially bad Fifth Season, one that may become an apocalypse. The Obelisk Gate takes place on a single supercontinent, the Stillness, which suffers from catastrophic climate change every few centuries (the so-called "Fifth Season"). The Obelisk Gate was released to strong reviews and, like its predecessor in the series, won the Hugo Award for Best Novel. Jemisin and the second volume in the Broken Earth series-following The Fifth Season, and preceding The Stone Sky. The Obelisk Gate is a 2016 science fantasy novel by N. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Rowling is best known as the author of the seven Harry Potter books, which were published between 19. A gift to be treasured by Harry Potter fans and book lovers of all ages! 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PLEASE NOTE: Tickets are no longer available for purchase online. ![]() Tickets: $30 (includes copy of The Disaster Artist) For more information, please call 718.666.3049 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Balancing the Jesus of the Gospels against historical sources, Aslan describes a complex figure: a man of peace who exhorted his followers to arm themselves an exorcist and faith healer who urged his disciples to keep his identity secret and the seditious 'King of the Jews', whose promise of liberation from Rome went unfulfilled in his lifetime. They also espoused a fervent nationalism that made resistance to Roman occupation a sacred duty. Sifting through centuries of mythmaking, Reza Aslan sheds new light on one of history's most influential and enigmatic figures by examining Jesus within the context of the times in which he lived: the age of zealotry, an era awash in apocalyptic fervour, when scores of Jewish prophets and would-be messiahs wandered the Holy Land bearing messages from God. Within decades, his followers would call him the Son of God. ![]() ![]() Defying both Imperial Rome and its collaborators in the Jewish religious hierarchy, he was captured, tortured and executed as a state criminal. Two thousand years ago, an itinerant Jewish preacher from Galilee launched a revolutionary movement proclaiming the 'Kingdom of God', and threatened the established order of first-century Palestine. From the internationally bestselling author of No god but God comes a fascinating, provocative and meticulously researched biography that challenges long-held assumptions about the man we know as Jesus of Nazareth. ![]() ![]() This really plays into the women need saving theme that many Scottish Historical Romances use. Annie gets in trouble and Tam has to save her, Tam gets in trouble and Annie has to save him and so on and so forth. Another thing about this book and that didn't particularly like was the back-and-forth saving of Annie MacCallum and Tam Sutherland. Since this novel is set in Scotland during the the Highland period, the dialect they use is a little bit hard to understand and translate into the English we use today. I really like the plot that this book gives, but there are a few things that I need to talk about. A man with a broken spirit and hand looking for something or someone to help him find peace. ![]() A desperate women trying to save her family farm by going to the Hiring Fair to find a husband. I have read many historical romances that are normally set in Scotland with big buff Highlanders and cunning women, but this book really puts a twist on that norm. ![]() ![]() Princess Hesina has just inherited the throne of Yan from her father, who died young she’s convinced that he was murdered, but nobody else in the kingdom believes her. I’m going to have to divide this book up into sections in order to properly rate it, because it was all over the place. With the future of her kingdom at stake, can Hesina find justice for her father? Or will the cost be too high?ĪRC received in exchange for an honest review – thank you! Using the information illicitly provided by the sooth, and uncertain if she can trust even her family, Hesina turns to Akira-a brilliant and alluring investigator who’s also a convicted criminal with secrets of his own. ![]() ![]() Determined to find her father’s killer, Hesina does something desperate: she engages the aid of a soothsayer-a treasonous act, punishable by death… because in Yan, magic was outlawed centuries ago. ![]() Princess Hesina of Yan has always been eager to shirk the responsibilities of the crown, but when her beloved father is murdered, she’s thrust into power, suddenly the queen of an unstable kingdom. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() There is queer representation among secondary characters, including one asexual teen. Teen characters frequently drink alcohol, which is accepted in their faux pre-Victorian high society. ![]() Romance is primarily limited to flirting, dancing, and kissing. ![]() Feminists intrigued by Leo’s scientific aspirations will be disappointed to find that her happy ending is, ultimately, marriage. Though romantic intrigue will keep readers turning pages, important plotlines involving a starving lower class are left unresolved. Cue the flirting, scheming, bickering, secrets, misunderstandings, breakups, and makeups. Elliot has since become wealthy, and he becomes an object of affection for both Carina and Klara. To earn money, the Kolburgs have rented out their spaceship to tourists, including Leo’s ex-fiancé, Elliot, who left after she broke off the engagement due to her family’s disapproval of his low status. The Bachelorette meets sci-fi in this gripping story about a young girl caught in a world of royal intrigue and lost love in her quest to save her family. Leo’s younger sister Carina and cousin Klara are more willing participants in the Valg. Leo hopes to save her family with profits from her water filtration system design, but her father insists she find a wealthy husband. Leo’s family has a title and a spaceship, but financial problems have put them at risk of losing both. Gr 7 Up–This futuristic retelling of Jane Austen’s Persuasion follows Princess Leonie “Leo” Kolburg as she participates in the Valg Season, a ritual for young nobles from around the galaxy to find spouses. ![]() |