![]() ![]() And then the enigmatic Rachel Wilson struts into the cancer center’s waiting room.Self-proclaimed social scientist Rachel Wilson hasn’t reconciled herself to her mother’s cancer, but she’s doing her best to stay positive…and distracted. Heartbroken, Tim drives his grandmother to and from her radiation treatments as if the last page of his life has already been written. To make matters worse, his girlfriend inexplicably dumps him through a text message. ![]() Trapped by the decaying walls of his family’s trailer and saddled with the responsibility of caring for a grandmother stricken with a wicked combination of Alzheimer’s and cancer, Timothy isn’t exactly thriving in the teenage chapter of his life. Sixteen-year-old Timothy Gephart’s life is a chronicle of loser-hood. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Blandsworth will be acting the substitute teacher. The students fear the worst the following week, but their mild-mannered principal, Mr. ![]() Her students plan on acting up like never before for that week, until an older student warns them about the notoriously strict substitute Miss Swamp. Miss Nelson announces to her class that she will be having her tonsils removed and will be out for the following week. At the end of the film, it is revealed that Miss Viola Swamp was Miss Nelson in disguise, and a police detective has called off his search for Miss Nelson and will now look for this enigmatic Miss Swamp. After many days of tyranny under Miss Swamp, Miss Nelson returns to class and the children rejoice, now being more respectful of her. The contrast between the two teachers is so great that the students actively go looking for Miss Nelson and make unlikely conjectures about what may have happened to her, including some students who go so far as to fill out a missing person report with the local police. Swamp is a strict disciplinarian and gives the students significantly more school work than Miss Nelson ever did. However, before they get the chance to make mischief, a substitute, Miss Viola Swamp, shows up. The students decide that, without a teacher, they can misbehave all day. ![]() But then one day, she does not come to school. After their constant misbehaving and rudeness, and their refusal to learn, Miss Nelson determines something has to be done. Miss Nelson is a grade-school teacher whose students constantly take advantage of her nice nature. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Dayne Ogilvie jury, consisting of writers Jane Eaton Hamilton, Elio Iannacci and Trish Salah, cited Thom's work as "sheer joyful exuberance, creativity, and talent", calling Fierce Femmes "a delicious and fabulist refashioning of a trans memoir as fiction" and "a genre-breaking refusal of the idea that the only stories trans people have to tell are their autobiographies." In 2019, Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars was chosen by Emma Watson for her online feminist book club Our Shared Shelf. It was shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction at the 29th Lambda Literary Awards, and the year after it was published Thom won the 2017 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging writers. Thom's first book, Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir, was published by Metonymy Press in 2016. Thom, a non-binary trans woman, has published four books, including the novel Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir (2016), the poetry collection a place called No Homeland (2017), a children's book, From the Stars in The Sky to the Fish in the Sea (2017), and I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes from the End of the World (2019), a book of essays centered on transformative justice. Kai Cheng Thom is a Canadian writer and former social worker. ![]() ![]() "My Lord," answered the Minister, "I will take the furniture and the ghost at a valuation. After the unfortunate accident to the Duchess, none of our younger servants would stay with us, and Lady Canterville often got very little sleep at night, in consequence of the mysterious noises that came from the corridor and the library." Augustus Dampier, who is a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. ![]() Otis, that the ghost has been seen by several living members of my family, as well as by the rector of the parish, the Rev. "We have not cared to live in the place ourselves," said Lord Canterville, "since my grandaunt, the Dowager Duchess of Bolton, was frightened into a fit, from which she never really recovered, by two skeleton hands being placed on her shoulders as she was dressing for dinner, and I feel bound to tell you, Mr. Indeed, Lord Canterville himself, who was a man of the most punctilious honour, had felt it his duty to mention the fact to Mr. ![]() ![]() ![]() OTIS, the American Minister, bought Canterville Chase, every one told him he was doing a very foolish thing, as there was no doubt at all that the place was haunted. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Scientists have only recently accepted the intelligence of dogs, birds, and chimpanzees but now are watching octopuses solve problems and are trying to decipher the meaning of the animal’s color-changing techniques. Each creature shows her cleverness in myriad ways: escaping enclosures like an orangutan jetting water to bounce balls and endlessly tricking companions with multiple “sleights of hand” to get food. From New England aquarium tanks to the reefs of French Polynesia and the Gulf of Mexico, she has befriended octopuses with strikingly different personalities-gentle Athena, assertive Octavia, curious Kali, and joyful Karma. In pursuit of the wild, solitary, predatory octopus, popular naturalist Sy Montgomery has practiced true immersion journalism. “One of the best science books of the year.” - Science Friday, NPRĪnother New York Times bestseller from the author of The Good Good Pig, this “fascinating…touching…informative…entertaining” ( The Daily Beast) book explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus-a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature-and the remarkable connections it makes with humans. “Sy Montgomery’s The Soul of an Octopus does for the creature what Helen Macdonald’s H Is for Hawk did for raptors.” - New Statesman, UK ![]() ![]() Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction * New York Times Bestseller * A Huffington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of the Year * One of the Best Books of the Month on Goodreads * Library Journal Best Sci-Tech Book of the Year * An American Library Association Notable Book of the Year ![]() ![]() The Broken Spears is a way to know better and chronologically so many topics in the mentioned context. ![]() This title is described for many experts like a unique and powerful story that relates perfectly the Aztec struggle in those times of Spanish colonization. Copies have appeared in Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal, among others. The book has as mission, bring the voices of past to the audience: present the indigenous people to the rest of the world contribute to the global history with this review of struggle. These relations are strictly defined by the language, for the cultural manifestations and factors of identity. The broken spears is an assessment of the difficult relations that have existed between the descendants of the Aztecs and the contemporary Mexicans. The Aztecs were defending their territory in spite of the epidemics. When we talk about resistance, we focus in the effect of diseases during the war. ![]() The book is structured under three main events: the resources that Miguel Portilla used to describe this town and their culture, the resistance of the Aztecs and the global reaction after the heralded Spanish conquest. ![]() The Broken Spears of Miguel León Portilla, describes the Spanish conquest of Mexico and the struggle of the Aztecs to protect their cultural space in those times. ![]() ![]() ![]() To watch our lectures as they are taking place, please follow us on Facebook. We hope to broadcast more of our lectures and talks on Facebook Live as technology allows more access to our programming. As one of the bestselling stories of all time, Lew Wallaces Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ has captivated and enthralled millions around the worldboth in. She also shared about her visit to the set in Rome while the 2016 film was being produced. ![]() ![]() Listeners learned how she came to be involved in the new Ben-Hur project. In addition, she discussed Ben-Hur‘s journey to becoming the best-selling novel of the nineteenth century.Īnother highlight was what she was trying to accomplish in writing this new version of the novel to make it more readable. She holds degrees from Princeton University and Columbia University.Ĭarol Wallace talked about growing up with the Wallace heritage, writing as a family occupation, and Lew’s writing process. She is the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller To Marry an English Lord, an inspiration for Downton Abbey. As one of the bestselling stories of all time, Lew Wallaces Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ has captivated and enthralled millions around the world-both in. Carol graciously allowed us to broadcast her talk on Facebook Live, and we are posting the video here for future viewing.Ĭarol has written more than twenty books, including most recently a historical novel, Leaving Van Gogh. ![]() She drew a record crowd for her discussion of Ben-Hur and growing up with the Wallace family legacy of writing. Carol Wallace, Lew Wallace’s great-great-granddaughter, visited Crawfordsville on September 8. ![]() ![]() I’d like this to be a hub for everyone in the book club to get to know each other a little better and to discuss other books that we’re reading, if people are interested.Īnd now, without further ado, let’s discuss Plain Truth, by Jodi Picoult! I visit Facebook more regularly, so I think I’ll be more active on a Facebook group for the book club. I just don’t visit Goodreads often and I wasn’t very successful in incorporating a visit to Goodreads into my daily routine. This novel sounds FANTASTIC and I am excited to read it!Ģ // I started a Facebook group for the book club! I haven’t been very active on the Goodreads group… okay, I haven’t been active on the Goodreads group at all. I was too busy finishing Plain Truth and writing my review. ![]() But first, I have a few announcements.ġ // I didn’t announce the book for September yesterday like I had been planning to. ![]() ![]() Hello, friends! It’s time to discuss August’s book and I’m so excited to read what you all thought of Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult. ![]() ![]() ![]() She began writing books for young readers over thirty-five years ago and her first two novels - MANDY and THE LAST OF THE REALLY GREAT WHANGDOODLES - remain in print and in high demand. Her legendary career encompasses the Broadway and London stages, blockbuster Hollywood films, award-winning television shows, multiple album releases and concert tours and the world of children's publishing.Īndrews' dedication to children has been steadfast throughout her career. ![]() JULIE ANDREWS EDWARDS is one of the most recognized and beloved figures in the entertainment industry. ![]() ![]() The exploration of pain, trauma, and bravery against your inner demons, or the chance to stand up against certain injustices in ASID skyrockets it into a sort of timeless piece of literature that can be revisited whenever one is faced with mounting dread, paralysis, or crippling inertia. ![]() ![]() Forced into complacency, Effy is excited when a contest to design the manor of Myrddin, the recently deceased author and beloved Llyr author of her favorite novel “Angharad” is advertised on campus.Īva Reid's prose is gorgeous and haunting. Her first choice is the school of literature, however, due to the glaring misogyny of the board, no women are allowed admittance. The main protagonist, Effy Sayre, is the only female student at an otherwise all-male Llyrian school for architecture. ![]() A STUDY IN DROWNING is a YA gothic mystery novel perfect for fall with its “dark academia” undertones and rich atmospheric settings. ![]() |