![]() ![]() ![]() They are alive, and she can often hear them sing. They aren't typical of other blacks, and they certainly don't act the way the whites want them to. It's hard for the white people in the area to countenance the confidence this land gives the Logans. ![]() Her collective contributions to children's literature resulted in her being awarded the inaugural NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature in 2003.Ĭassie Logan's family is the only black family to own land in their township of Mississippi. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is the middle book, chronologically, in the Logans series that also includes titles such as The Land, Song of the Trees, Let the Circle Be Unbroken, and The Road to Memphis. Taylor's most famous book is Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. " Taylor has talked about how much history was in the stories some stories took place during times of slavery and some post-slavery. She has stated that these anecdotes became very clear in her mind, and in fact, once she realized that adults talked about the past, "I began to visualize all the family who had once known the land, and I felt as if I knew them, too. Many of her works are based on stories of her family that she heard while growing up. She now lives in Colorado with her daughter. Taylor was born in Jackson, Mississippi, but lived there only a short amount of time, then moved to Toledo, Ohio, where she spent most of her childhood. Mildred DeLois Taylor is an African-American writer known for her works exploring the struggle faced by African-American families in the Deep South. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Each story is written by a different Native American storyteller who worked closely with a selected illustrator, a combination that gives each tale a unique and powerful voice and look. ![]() More than twenty Native American tales are adapted into comic form. This graphic anthology of Native American trickster tales brings together Native American folklore and the world of comics. In Native American traditions, the trickster takes many forms, from coyote or rabbit to raccoon or raven. He disrupts the order of things, often humiliating others and sometimes himself. All cultures have tales of the trickster, a crafty creature or being who uses cunning to get food, steal precious possessions, or simply cause mischief. This anthology collects over twenty trickster stories, in graphic novel format, from various Native American traditions, including tales about coyotes, rabbits, ravens, and other crafty creatures and their mischievous activities. ![]() ![]() The autopsy report showed that the injuries were caused by "an unknown compelling force." The area was sealed off for years and the deaths and events of that night remained unexplained.īenefiting from original research carried out in Russia, this book attempts to explain what happened to the nine skiers who lost their lives in what has come to be known as the "Dyatlov Pass Incident. When they failed to return home, search parties were sent out and their bodies were found, some with massive internal injuries but all without external marks. On the night of February 1, 1959, something or someone caused the skiers to flee their tent in terror, using knives to slash their way out instead of using the entrance. ![]() The remaining nine lost their way and ended up on another mountain slope known as Kholat Syakhl, or "Mountain of the Dead." During the trip, one of the skiers fell ill and returned. In January 1959, ten experienced young skiers set out to travel to a mountain named Mount Otorten in the far north of Russia. The Dyatlov Pass incident resulted in nine unsolved, mysterious deaths Keith McCloskey attempts to decipher the bizarre events that led up to that night and the subsequent aftermath In January 1959, ten experienced young skiers set out to travel to a mountain named Mount Otorten in the far north of Russia. ![]() The Dyatlov Pass incident resulted in nine unsolved, mysterious deaths Keith McCloskey attempts to decipher the bizarre events that led up to that night and the subsequent aftermath. ![]() ![]() ![]() In Maier's hands, the Declaration of Independence is brought close to us. Maier describes the transformation of the Second Continental Congress into a national government, unlike anything that preceded or followed it, and with more authority than the colonists would ever have conceded to the British Parliament the great difficulty in making the decision for Independence the influence of Paine's Common Sense, which shifted the terms of debate and the political maneuvers that allowed Congress to make the momentous decision. ![]() ![]() It is truly "American Scripture," and Maier tells us how it came to befrom the Declaration's birth in the hard and tortuous struggle by which Americans arrived at Independence to the ways in which, in the nineteenth century, the document itself became sanctified. Pauline Maier shows us the Declaration as both the defining statement of our national identity and the moral standard by which we live as a nation. ![]() ![]() “It was all so raw, and you can feel it,” says Hahn. Hahn would gather with showrunner Liz Tigelaar and the same sound department that has been with the actress for years (“since the days of Afternoon Delight and Transparent,” she says), and record the moments that tie the series together. The people worthy of your love will love you more for this.”įitting the haphazard nature of her character, these voiceovers - that see Hahn’s character navigating her own painful divorce and grappling with all of her professional dreams deferred while attempting to pay it forward - were done in Hahn’s makeup trailer during whatever downtime they could find on set. ![]() “Stop worrying whether you’re fat - feed yourself, literally. “What would I tell my 22-year-old self?” she asks. ![]() Kathryn Hahn’s meditations open and close most every episode, ranging in sentiment from anguished (the very first establishing shot of the series is accompanied by her character Clare Pierce’s desperate letter to the advice column Dear Sugar) to sanguine (by the final scene of the pilot, she’s dispensing advice to her 22-year-old self as Sugar). ![]() In Tiny Beautiful Things, some of the most powerful dialogue happens in voiceover. ![]() ![]() Sadie is smart, observant, tough, and at times heartbreakingly vulnerable, her interactions mediated by a profound stutter. West’s off-the-record conversations are also included. Interwoven with Sadie’s first-person account is the transcript of McCray’s podcast series, The Girls, tracking his efforts to learn what’s happened to Sadie, prompted and partly guided by the sisters’ sympathetic neighbor. Now 19, Sadie sets out to find and kill the man she holds responsible for her sister’s murder. Sadie believes that Mattie’s determination to find Claire-which Sadie opposed-led to her brutal murder at age 13. Claire favored Mattie, who remained attached to her long after Claire disappeared from their grim, trailer-park home in rural Colorado. ![]() Her baby sister’s love filled a hole in Sadie’s fiercely protective heart. When Mattie was born to Claire, a white, drug-addicted, single mother, Sadie, 6, became her de facto parent. ![]() ![]() Sadie is seeking her sister’s killer months later, podcast producer West McCray seeks to learn why Sadie abandoned her car and vanished. ![]() ![]() ![]() You are responsible for return shipping chargesĮnter your order number and email address in the fields above and click Start a Returnįollow the screen instructions and select the items you want to return Original shipping charges are non-refundable Within 30 days of receipt of your shipment We ship within 1-2 business days after receiving your order. $2.95 per order and free for orders over $39.ĭelivery normally takes about a week or less. Toddlers and parents around the globe have discovered the irresistible appeal of his wacky cart Ant Parker studied drawing and printing at the Bath Academy of Art in England and has taught papermaking, printing and bookbinding workshops for children. ![]() He divides his time between teaching and writing children's books. Inside the front and back covers are press-out play pieces that little fingers can use to build their very own amazing airplane!TONY MITTON was born in Tripoli, North Africa, and grew up in Africa, Germany, Hong Kong, and England. Preschool children will love the activity pages- there are counting, matching, drawing, writing, coloring, and lots of other activities, as well as two pages of stickers to use. Airplanes with wings and wheels and controls to carry people across the world. Airplanes that can zoom and soar and go whoosh through the skies. ![]() This interactive early learning activity book is packed full of airplanes! Airplanes that are are fast, big, and heavy. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cole will have to use all his sultry, steamy tricks to test more than the resolve of his sexy competition.Ĭricket O’Malley can’t wait to plant roots back home in Georgia, where she’s returned to restore an abandoned flower shop to its former glory. To his surprise, Jenni Beth is more of a stubborn Southern girl than he thought. But when she suddenly inherits her family’s beautiful, antebellum home, her dream of turning the residence into a wedding destination calls her back.Ĭole Bryson, an architectural salvager and Jenni Beth’s former flame, intends to purchase and deconstruct the Beaumont family’s down-at-the-heels estate. Jenni Beth Beaumont thought she left her broken heart in Chance, Georgia, when she moved away. Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca Synopsis ![]() ![]() ![]() It was this feeling that I returned to when I came across The Travelling Vampire Show. ![]() I’m normally not a huge fan of books that are so plot-driven but in this case, the plot was so great, it was all I wanted. I couldn’t put the book down and the thing that really threw me was how, for most of the book, it wasn’t really clear what the story was driving towards. The characters were compelling and I quickly bought into them as a reader. ![]() Sure, there are some moments where the narrative seems to brush up against the supernatural but in no way was this horror. I wasn’t wrong in that initial assessment. It wasn’t long after that before I realized how much I had missed out by not sticking with the book the first time through. I bailed out, shortly after beginning my first attempt but before long, I was able to buckle down and force myself through. There was seemingly none of the horrific elements that his books seemed to deliver. I had been a fan of several of McCammon’s books already but Boy’s Life was quite a departure from what I was expecting. And it was a book that I didn’t immediately engage with. One of my favorite books growing up was Boy’s Life by Robert McCammon. ![]() Reviews in the Machine: The Traveling Vampire Show, by Richard Laymon ![]() ![]() ![]() Located around a spectacular deep-sea harbor, Hong Kong has served as a convenient outpost for the empowered British Empire after the Napoleonic Wars as well as an entrepôt for the “newly unemployed, adventurous young men, ready to explore the seven seas.” While the majority of Hong Kongers were then and still are ethnically Chinese, England is keenly interested in what has attracted others to the city and the kinds of industry and family dynasties they created over the decades. “Hong Kong was precisely the handy kind of small but clever place always needed on the edge of huge empires-hideaway and refuge, petri dish or sewer, and always a service stop providing fuel of all kinds for next ventures,” writes England, who has been a journalist in East Asia for years. A new history of Hong Kong, emphasizing the early traders and strivers of mixed ethnic backgrounds who shaped its singular development. ![]() |