![]() ![]() ![]() Though I now spend my days at home in front of a computer instead of in a classroom, I still think of myself as a teacher, speaking to children through my books. Stephanie Calmenson says: “I began my professional life as an early childhood teacher and had the pleasure of reading to children and discovering which books captivate them. Here's the short, lovely intro written and presented by host and poet Marilyn Singer and used with permission. I took my handy dandy FlipCam with me to the 8th annual ALSC Poetry Blast and made short one minute (more or less) movies of t he poets reading from their works to share with you. ![]()
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![]() ![]() In fear and confusion the man barrels out of the lab and disappears. In the blink of an eye Emily disappears and a rough-looking man appears in her place. When the collider starts up it hits its projected energy target but then inexplicably continues powering much higher. High on his priorities is his new relationship with physicist Emily Loughty, the collider's beautiful and accomplished Scottish research director. Scarred by his wartime experiences, he's been fighting his demons and putting his life back in order. John Camp heads up security at a world's largest super-collider tunneled around London. A cross between DANTE'S INFERNO and GAME OF THRONES, DOWN is part historical thriller and part fantasy-adventure, a thought-provoking, page-turning, epic saga that explores the consequences of evil and transports readers to a world unlike any they have ever experienced. DOWN - Pinhole is the first book of an explosive new trilogy by international bestselling author, Glenn Cooper. ![]() ![]() ![]() So take care, open your hearts, grab some tissues, and enjoy the ride, provided to you by Ryke Meadows & Daisy Calloway. Before we start crying all over again, we’ll leave you here and meet you one more time at the close. You could even say…that this is the end of an era. This is the longest book in the series and concludes the Addicted series & Calloway Sisters series arc. Long Way Down-like most of our novels-is heavily character-driven. However, you must read Fuel the Fire (Calloway Sisters #3) before reading Long Way Down (Calloway Sisters #4). Long Way Down is the second book in Ryke & Daisy’s point of view. More information about the reading order can be found on Fizz Life. Some Kind of Perfect (Calloway Sisters #4.5) ![]() Kiss the Sky (Spin-Off: Calloway Sisters #1) Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the authors’ imaginations or are used fictitiously. This book may not be reproduced or transmitted in any capacity without written permission by the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages for review purposes. ![]() ![]() ![]() This scene, among many others, is one of the film’s highlights, and it sets the macabre mood for the narrative that unravels.īut in a unique and unexpected twist, Gloria is suddenly kidnapped by one of the former members of the cult, a brooding man named Thomas (Ry Barrett). In a vivid nightmare sequence, audiences see Gloria years earlier when the cult members tied her up, slit their own throats, and bathed her in their flowing blood. Joan, too, has had her own share of suffering and the two seem to have bonded over their tragic pasts. While not necessarily breaking any new cinematic ground, The Heretics tells the captivating story of Gloria (Nina Kiri), the former victim of a mask-wearing cult, who is now struggling to live a normal life with her partner Joan (Jorja Cadence). Occult, fantasy, and body horror come together in “The Heretics”, Chad Archibald’s stylish film of demonic transformation.įrom Black Fawn films and director Chad Archibald comes a stylish, well-made horror film about a fiendish cult and its horrible plans for a young woman in distress. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her short stories and poetry have appeared in publications and anthologies including The New York Times, Who Will Speak for America, Take the Mic, Color Outside the Lines, Vampires Never Get Old, and A Universe of Wishes.īorn in Bombay India and raised in Batavia, Illinois (Go Bulldogs!), Samira spent countless hours at the library in her small hometown nestled in an oversized armchair next to an old Victorian fireplace with her nose in an Agatha Christie novel or re-reading Little Women, hoping that Jo would somehow end up with Laurie this time. ![]() She is the first South Asian Muslim writer of the popular Marvel Comics superhero, Ms. Samira Ahmed is the New York Times-bestselling and award winning author of young adult novels Love, Hate & Other Filters, Internment, M ad, Bad & Dangerous to Know, and Hollow Fires, as well as the Amira & Hamza middle grade fantasy series. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Title slide image: live audience for this event at John Curtin College of the Arts. This conversation was recorded live at the Quantum Words Festival in Walyalup / Fremantle on 16 September 2022. Bruce discusses his work with Anthony James. The event billing read: In Young Dark Emu - A Truer History, Bruce Pascoe uses the accounts of early European explorers, colonists and farmers, to argue for an understanding of Australia prior to the arrival of Europeans as a land of cultivated farming areas, productive fisheries, permanent homes, and thriving villages. In keeping with its themes, we travelled deep and wide here, and in pin-drop attentive silence. The session’s touchstone was Bruce’s extraordinary book Young Dark Emu. This was Schools Day, so there were about 150 people, mostly students, in the theatre. ![]() Last month I was fortunate to host Bruce in conversation at the brilliant Quantum Words Festival here in Perth. Bruce Pascoe in an Aboriginal Australian man, award-winning writer, and farmer. ![]() ![]() ![]() It seems Elena has only that day been made a vampire by one of the brother's intervening when she was involved in a car crash and would have become one of the plain dead as opposed to undead without that help. ![]() What are they doing, Damon and Stefan, fighting like this in the woods, seemingly to the death? What is young Elena doing getting involved, and claiming to love Damon while being engaged to Stefan? And what is she doing now, bearing a great set of fangs and sinking them into one of their necks?Īll that becomes a lot clearer through the opening of this particular novel, but as it is the third in a series there is a lot of back-story to cover. ![]() Summary: An interesting adventure for the 10-14 age group, with a freshly-made vampiress and a pair of ancient brothers fighting amongst themselves, and against a great evil threat. ![]() ![]() ![]() And even if we were, they still wouldn’t serve Banks’s.” Oi cor believe a broo’us dowl eya in London doesn’t serve Banks’s. Why don’t you have a Vintage Ale or a Seafarer’s? Or how about a Bengal Lancer?” You can have a Fuller’s Chiswick, a London Porter, a Past Masters, an ESB, a Honeydew, although it’s a bit sweet that one. “Well don’t ‘ave a bleedin’ London Pride then! Look at the selection. Are yom shoo-er she doy serve Banks’s? Aks ‘er.” Look at all the taps, there’s a whole selection of beer here. It’s a Brumagen bevvy, but they probably sell it dowl eya as well.” Sue’s Dad’s a Brummie and he’s a nightmare. There’s nothing worse than taking a Brummie for a drink in Watford. Did you ever lose your Brummie accent along the way? You grew up in the Midlands but then moved to London when you were 11. BookFunnel (Free Book or Sample) Promotionsġ. ![]() ![]() ![]() Randy Woodley (PhD, Asbury Theological Seminary) is Distinguished Professor of Faith and Culture and Director of Intercultural and Indigenous Studies at Portland Seminary. ![]() Here is a biblical vision for unity in diversity. With profound wisdom from his own Native American heritage and experience, Woodley's voice adds a distinctive perspective to contemporary discussions of racial reconciliation and multiethnicity. ![]() ![]() Along the way, he reckons with difficult challenges from our racially painful history and offers hope for healing and restoration. Woodley gives practical insights for how we can relate to one another with sensitivity, contextualize the gospel, combat the subtleties of racism, and honor one another's unique contributions to church and society. He carefully unpacks how Christians should think about racial and cultural identity, demonstrating that ethnically diverse communities have always been God's intent for his people. Randy Woodley, a Keetowah Cherokee, casts a biblical, multiethnic vision for people of every nation, tribe and tongue. "We would not give Beethoven a single piano key and say, 'Play us a concerto.' Yet we limit our Creator in just these ways." Though our Christian experience is often blandly monochromatic, God intends for us to live in dynamic, multihued communities that embody his vibrant creativity. "We would never give Picasso a paintbrush and only one color of paint, and expect a masterpiece," writes Randy Woodley. ![]() ![]() ![]() She explains why some policy panaceas-hiring more temporary workers, importing RNs from less-developed countries-fail to address the forces that drive nurses out of their workplaces. Gordon also identifies the class and status divisions within the profession that hinder a much-needed defense of bedside nursing. ![]() In Gordon's view, the public image of nurses continues to suffer from negative media stereotyping in medical shows on television and from shoddy press coverage of the important role RNs play in the delivery of health care. She shows how the historically troubled workplace relationships between RNs and physicians become even more dysfunctional in modern hospitals. ![]() Gordon examines how health care cost cutting and hospital restructuring undermine the working conditions necessary for quality care. In Nursing against the Odds, one of North America's leading health care journalists draws on in-depth interviews, research studies, and extensive firsthand reporting to help readers better understand the myriad causes of and possible solutions to the current crisis. ![]() Why are so many RNs dropping out of health care's largest profession? How will the lack of skilled, experienced caregivers affect patients? These are some of the questions addressed by Suzanne Gordon's definitive account of the world's nursing crisis. In the United States and throughout the industrialized world, just as the population of older and sicker patients is about to explode, we have a major shortage of nurses. ![]() |