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Along with Charles Sanders Peirce and John Dewey, he is considered to be one of the greatest figures associated with the philosophical school known as pragmatism, and is also cited as one of the founders of the func Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. ![]() 5/9/2023 0 Comments The hate you give angie thomas![]() ![]() Starr’s uncle Carlos, who is also a police officer, encourages her to give her statement to the detectives investigating the shooting. ![]() She realizes that her classmates cannot understand what she went through, reinforcing how different she is from them. Returning to school on Monday, Starr feels uncomfortable around her White boyfriend, Chris, who reminds her of the officer. When Khalil moves to ask Starr if she is ok, the officer shoots him multiple times. Driving away, they discuss Tupac Shakur’s theory of THUG LIFE, an acronym which stands for “The Hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everybody.” However, they are soon pulled over by a White police officer who claims Khalil has a broken taillight and proceeds to order him out of the car to search him. When a gang fight at the party results in gunfire, Starr and Khalil leave together in his car. At the party, she reconnects with childhood friend Khalil Harris. ![]() As a result, Starr feels out of touch with her Garden Heights community. A few years before, after witnessing the murder of her friend Natasha in a drive-by shooting, Starr enrolled at Williamson Prep, a private school of mainly White, wealthy students. At the outset of the novel, Starr attends a party in her neighborhood, Garden Heights, which is a primarily Black, lower-income area. The narrator of The Hate U Give is 16-year-old Starr Carter. ![]() 5/9/2023 0 Comments Every soul a star book![]() ![]() " I really liked it, but it wasn't my favorite. ![]() ![]() :) Loved this book & want more! At the end (view spoiler) " - Jessica, I can't see my son reading this but in a few years, I would recommend it to my daughter. It is simple sweet read but definitely for the older set (10-11ish) and more likely to appeal to girls than boys. " This was a top seller at our school's book fair, so I bought it. Whereas I have a very large bookshelf at the foot of my bed. One of my BFFs thought it was boring but I don't think she reads a lot. Three teens confront change and growing up. " Good middle school, early high school read. " I really enjoyed this book! I learned a lot too! Fun read. " amazing i really enjoyed it " - Shira.g, " good book it had lots of action and drama " - Andrea, Leaves you wanting to know what happens next. Overall Performance: Narration Rating: Story Rating:. ![]() 5/8/2023 0 Comments Bitter frost kailin gow![]() ![]() She has won awards for her fiction films such as SMALL, A New Year's Story, and The Red Queen of Bitter Frost (based on Redleaf of Bitter Frost Series) her documentaries Dance of The Dragons, and Unforgiven Unforgotten, as well as her TV Travel/Lifestyle Series Kailin Gow's Go Girl, and her film, Author A Parody. 4 of her Book Series are Now in Production as Featured Films for Theatrical Release: Loving Summer (2019), Mysterious Teacher from PULSE Vampire Series (2019), Me and The Never Knights (Never Knights Trilogy) (2019), and Bitter Frost (Bitter Frost Series) (2020). She is also an award-winning woman director, producer, writer, and actress having won over 24 Film Awards and 47 Nominations. She has been a host on world-class stages, an invited speaker for BEA (Book Expo America) to talk about publishing, a member of TED Talk, and regular radio/TV guest for major stations. ![]() ![]() Kailin Gow is an Asian American screenwriter, director, producer, speaker, and author of hundreds of books. ![]() ![]() Olga and her sisters trade their gowns for nursing habits, assisting in surgeries and tending to the wounded bodies and minds of Russia’s military officers. Finally, she glimpses a world beyond her mother’s Victorian sensibilities-a world of opulent ballrooms, scandalous flirtation, and whispered conversation.īut as war approaches, the palaces of Russia are transformed. Olga’s only escape from the seclusion of Alexander Palace comes from her aunt, who takes pity on her and her sister Tatiana, inviting them to grand tea parties amid the shadow court of Saint Petersburg. ![]() But even as unrest simmers in the capital, Olga is content to live within the confines of the sheltered life her parents have built for and her three sisters: hiding from the world on account of their mother’s ill health, their brother Alexei’s secret affliction, and rising controversy over Father Grigori Rasputin, the priest on whom the Tsarina has come to rely. ![]() ![]() ![]() Grand Duchess Olga Romanov comes of age amid a shifting tide for the great dynasties of Europe. This sweeping new novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Woman Before Wallis takes readers behind palace walls to see the end of Imperial Russia through the eyes of Olga Romanov, the first daughter of the last Tsar. ![]() ![]() ![]() Both characters are rather techy, and flirt online in a chat room under the names of “Naughty Girl” and “Love Machine”. In a way, this story is more of a geeky love story than a romance featuring a dominating billionaire. Much more focus is placed on how his ADHD could impact their relationship, thereby providing an added layer of depth to the story. ![]() ![]() Although Joseph might have billions, money is never really a huge part of the story, which I found to be unbelievably refreshing. Believe me, you won’t be making comparisons to 50 Shades anywhere up in this business! I mean, these two talk about her UGG boots in the midst of their dirty talk. Yes, technically CEO is in the title, but this really isn’t your typical billionaire romance. She claims she wants his heart instead – but that’s the one thing he can never give. Yet as the chemistry between him and Christie burns out of control, he can’t help but think this woman is out for his money like all the rest. Tech mogul Joseph Ashton never expected an Internet blind date to end in the best sex of his life. But when research for an article she has to write on online dating leads to the bed of the hottest guy she’s ever met, she knows that if the geek is to keep the hottie CEO, she’s going to have to come out of her digital shell. I positively LOVED this book! We’re not really dealing with “dirty talk” so much as ironically sarcastic flirtation, which apparently is just as good! ![]() ![]() Project MUSE is a leading provider of digital humanities and social sciences content, providing access to journal and book content from nearly 300 publishers. With warehouses on three continents, worldwide sales representation, and a robust digital publishing program, the Books Division connects Hopkins authors to scholars, experts, and educational and research institutions around the world. With critically acclaimed titles in history, science, higher education, consumer health, humanities, classics, and public health, the Books Division publishes 150 new books each year and maintains a backlist in excess of 3,000 titles. ![]() The division also manages membership services for more than 50 scholarly and professional associations and societies. ![]() The Journals Division publishes 85 journals in the arts and humanities, technology and medicine, higher education, history, political science, and library science. The Press is home to the largest journal publication program of any U.S.-based university press. 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The Navajo skinwalker is believed to wander far across the American cultural landscape. ![]() The Navajo, or Diné, people of North America have a long-standing belief in magic and shapeshifting – and the skinwalker, or yee naaldlooshii, continues to stand as one of the more widely known examples of both. ![]() Anthropologist Clyde Kluckhohn described skinwalkers as secret witches (mostly male, some female) who creep out in the night to take the form of swift-moving animals like the wolf and coyote. ![]() ![]() "The work does a wonderful job in bringing Butler's words to life in a new and interesting way. ![]() Junot Díaz, Pulitzer Prize–winning author "Jennings and Duffy are magnificent and this comic is a glorious tribute to Octavia Butler's masterpiece. Winner of the World Fantasy, Sunburst, and Aurora Awards Nalo Hopkinson, author of Skin Folk, The New Moon's Arms, and Sister Mine Captures the essence of Octavia Butler's vision even as it demonstrates the superlative skills of Duffy and Jennings." Nate Powell, Eisner–Award winning and New York Times bestselling graphic novelist of March, The Year of the Beasts, and Swallow Me Whole Adapted by celebrated academics and comic artists Damian Duffy and John Jennings, this graphic novel powerfully renders Butlers mysterious and moving story. ![]() Comics and science fiction exploit their greatest shared strength by illuminating the mundane that surrounds us, allowing any reader to critique and process our world with new vision." ![]() Butler’s acclaimed novel set to release exclusively on Hulu, has been released. Praise for Kindred Kindred is a perfect candidate for the graphic-novel medium-Damian Duffy's taut adaptation and John Jennings's tense, electric renderings vibrate throughout, pacing and containing, then pushing every ounce of discomfort to the forefront. The first teaser for FX ’s Kindred, a series adaptation of Octavia E. ![]() |