She has twice been nominated for the Governor General's Award for Children's Literature. Her best-selling work has been translated into sixteen languages and has received over 100 awards and honors including the Sydney Taylor Award, the Geoffrey Bilson Award, the Silver Birch Award, and Canadian Jewish Book Award. About the Author:ĬAROL MATAS is an internationally acclaimed author of more than 45 books for children and young adults. He finds hope, life and even love in the midst of despair. Though many around him lose hope in the face of such terror, Daniel, supported by his courageous family, struggles for survival. No longer able to practice their religion, vote, own property, or even work, Daniel's family is forced from their home in Frankfurt and sent on a long and dangerous journey, first to the Lodz ghetto in Poland, and then to Auschwitz -, the Nazi death camp. He can still picture once being happy and safe, but memories of those days are fading as he and his family face the dangers threatening Jews in Hitler's Germany in the late 1930's. 1 2013 by Carol Matas (Author) 38 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 9. Daniel barely remembers leading a normal life before the Nazis came to power in 1933. Carol Matas Dear Canada: Pieces of the Past Hardcover Feb.
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Originally from Melbourne, Australia, Ally is now living in Oxford, Mississippi. nathon plewright 10,992 views Watch this book trailer video for the young adult novel Halo by Australian teenage writer Alexandra Adornetto Gr 7 Up–The first in a trilogy, Halo isĪlexandra Adornetto’s Halo debuted in Fall 2010 on the New York Times bestseller list a week after it was published, and has been published in over twenty countries since. Fan Made HALO Book Trailer By Alexandra Adornetto – Duration: 2:06. We had hoped our descent would goĭownload Halo.pdf Read online. I remember it was almost dawn when we landed because the streetlights were still on. Loading… Descent Our arrival didn’t exactly go as planned. I remember it was almost dawn when we landed because the streetlights… 112 downloads 98 Views 2MB Size. Rate, review and discuss Hades (Halo) by Alexandra Adornetto for free at Read Print.ġ Halo Alexandra Adornetto (1) Loading… Descent Our arrival didn’t exactly go as planned. Sir Simon de Canterville, she says, created the bloodstain when he killed his wife in 1575. Umney informs the Otis family that the stain cannot be removed, both because it has already set into the fabric and because it is centuries old and has become a popular tourist attraction. After a short period of exploring the house, the family is surprised to find a bloodstain on the floor by the sitting room’s fireplace. Umney, Canterville Chase’s housekeeper, meets the group at the door and ushers them inside. The ride from the rail station is a long one, and as they approach the house, the fine summer evening transforms into an ominous storm. Otis, take the train to their new home with their children, Washington, Virginia, and the twins. He agrees to purchase the estate, ghost and all.Ī few weeks later, Mr. Otis, who says he comes from a country far too modern to believe in ghosts, is not impressed by these stories. Otis about the ghost inhabiting the property and the multiple members of his family who have seen it. Even Lord Canterville feels compelled by honor to tell Mr. Otis to have made a mistake, because Canterville Chase is widely known to be haunted. Everyone who’s heard about the sale believes Mr. Otis, an American minister, has just purchased an English estate named Canterville Chase from Lord Canterville, whose family has owned it for centuries. Other figures discussed in the book that fall under the “Were they gay?” designation include William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Henry David Thoreau and even President James Buchanan. “Gay & Lesbian History For Kids” often has the difficult task of presenting history that at times can be considered speculative - for example, whether Katharine Lee Bates (who wrote the poem “America,” which would later be set to music as “America the Beautiful”) was a lesbian. The last 130 or so years of the timeline is then analyzed chapter by chapter, starting with an entry for July 22, 1893, though LGBT historical figures and events are still referenced in such times as ancient China and ancient Greece. Hodges ruling, the timeline manages to hit on key points in LGBT history beyond even the United States. From referencing the Greek poet Sappho to the very current Obergefell v. The book begins with a handy timeline which highlights significant events by year (much like Between The Line’s own smaller version in the Pride Source Yellow Pages). In celebration of LGBT History Month, author and former elementary school teacher Jerome Pohlen has written, “Gay & Lesbian History For Kids: The Century-Long Struggle for LGBT Rights with 21 Activities.” The 180 page book is rife with photos, activities ranging from coloring to discussion, and historical information presented for children ages 9 and up. There are stories about domestic mishaps (such as the North Polar Bear falling down the stairs) and stories involving more serious adventures (attacks by goblins). We learn that the North Pole is an actual physical pole that gets broken a couple of times, that the Northern Lights have to be turned on, and there is a tap that does this (North Polar Bear turns it on too hard once, using up two years worth of northern lights). They came in envelopes with polar stamps (also designed by Tolkien) and, over time, created a little world of magical creatures at the North Pole, including Father Christmas, the North Polar Bear, his North Polar Cub nephews, Paksu and Valkotukka, elves, gnomes, reindeer, and goblins. They arrived by various means – sometimes the postman would bring them, sometimes they would just appear in the house. (What a great dad Tolkien must have been, with so much care and effort put into this annual gift for his children.) the letters Of course it is traditional in many countries for children to write letters to Father Christmas, but Tolkien’s children were lucky enough to receive letters back. “The Father Christmas Letters” is a collection of letters and accompanying pictures written by JRR Tolkien for his children. In this ebullient book, America’s favorite librarian Nancy Pearl and noted-playwright Jeff Schwager interview a diverse range of America’s most notable and influential writers about the books that shaped them and inspired them to leave their own literary mark. With a Foreword by Susan Orlean, twenty-three of today’s living literary legends, including Donna Tartt, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Andrew Sean Greer, Laila Lalami, and Michael Chabon, reveal the books that made them think, brought them joy, and changed their lives in this intimate, moving, and insightful collection from “American’s Librarian” Nancy Pearl and noted playwright Jeff Schwager that celebrates the power of literature and reading to connect us all.īefore Jennifer Egan, Louise Erdrich, Luis Alberto Urrea, and Jonathan Lethem became revered authors, they were readers. Books & Books and Miami Book Fair present “An Evening with Nancy Pearl and Jeff Schwager” discussing The Writer’s Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives. Kleinbaum’s Dead Poets Society, and Donna Tartt’s The Secret History. Swann’s tightly knit debut novel is a moving coming-of-age story with a noir twist that will appeal to readers of John Knowles’s A Separate Peace, N.H. MARISHA PESSL, THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Blackburne feels like an unmanned ship where anything could happen. Swann does a wonderful job depicting these lost boys, the puzzling kinetics of friendship, competition and status.
This radical retelling of the greatest story ever told brings Mary Magdalene to life-not as a prostitute or demon-possessed-but as an educated woman who was truly the “apostle to the apostles.” Together they speak of sharing their direct experience of God but Yeshu’a unexpectedly gains a reputation as a healer, and as the ill and the troubled flock to him, he and Magdalene are forced to make a terrible decision. Salome too begins to believe, but Mariamne, now called Magdalene, is drawn to his cousin, Yeshu’a, a man touched by the divine in the same way she was during her days of illness. It is her prophesying that drives the two girls to flee to Egypt, where they study philosophy, mathematics, and astronomy in the Great Library of Alexandria.Īfter seven years they return to a Judaea where many now believe John the Baptizer is the messiah. But Mariamne has a further gift: an illness has left her with visions she has the power of prophecy. Raised like sisters, Mariamne and Salome are indulged with riches, position, and learning-a rare thing for females in Jerusalem. For example, by stepping to the side, a person can avoid a strike and use their own momentum against them. In the martial art of judo, one redirects an opponent’s energy and minimizes violence. The good news is that most conflicts can be defused with effective communication techniques, such as the ones discussed here in this article by author. Parents whose kids don’t listen give punishments that don’t work on those children. Employees who can’t please their customers might lose their jobs. Police officers who make too many arrests will probably have complaints filed against them. People resort to shouting and force to get what they want, which tends to create problems. Author George Thompson, who has black belts in judo and tae kwon do karate, shares his methods for resolving conflicts without raising your voice or getting into an argument. Verbal Judo (1993) is a book about how you can avoid arguments and still get what you want by using soft skills. What’s the best way to get someone to do your bidding? The answer is: don’t threaten them. NOBODY'S ANGEL (book 1): Marc d’Alessio might own a BDSM club with his fellow military veterans, Adam and Damian, but he keeps all women at a distance. As they try to come to terms with the aftermath-forging an unbreakable bond-will they ever truly become masters of their own fates? Or would fate become masters of them? Their paths cross at one of the darkest points in their lives. MASTERS AT ARMS (book 0.5) begins the journey of three men, each on a quest for honor, acceptance, and to ease his unspoken pain. MASTERS AT ARMS remains available as a separate FREE download, but the author has combined it with NOBODY'S ANGEL and is offering the combined volume at a significant discount and has removed the second book from being sold separately.īONUS MATERIAL in the March 2014 revision: Kallypso Masters has added the PLAYLIST of music that inspired her as she wrote about the first three couples mentioned in this combined volume, as well as a GLOSSARY OF TERMS and a CAST OF CHARACTERS in these books in the saga. This is a combined volume that includes the first two books in the bestselling Rescue Me series. |