![]() It won’t be because this Caldecott Award-winning title makes life in a lighthouse look especially easy-it doesn’t-but because you will find such beauty and purpose and love in the lives lived in this cozy home amid crashing waves and changing skies and ships in need of guidance. ![]() ![]() ”Here is a picture book that-warning-may make you want to relocate to a pile of rocks in the middle of the ocean. And yes, grown-ups are allowed in the kids’ section, too. So this year, in addition to our list of 101 books about where and how we live geared toward adult readers, we’re recommending titles-spanning picture books, middle grade, and young adult-that are perfect for junior Jane Jacobses and future Frank Lloyd Wrights. For kids and teens, even more than for adults, books are an opportunity to explore unfamiliar frontiers and learn about other places. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() LaGuardia‘s release is particularly timely in the current sociopolitical environment in the U.S. Ahead of the first issue release, Okorafor and artist Tana Ford answered questions about the series, including its inspiration, its characters, and its world-building for The Beat. As her pregnancy progresses, Future begins to change and the secrets she hides are brought to light. In trying to survive together in the U.S., Future, Letme and others are forced to battle travel bans, discrimination and interrogation. When Future arrives at her grandmother’s tenement, the New Hope Apartments in the South Bronx, she and Letme become part of a growing population of mostly African and shape-shifting alien immigrants already living in the building. When LaGuardia #1 from Dark Horse/Berger Books hits shelves next Wednesday, readers will encounter a new story set in the same universe as best-selling author Nnedi Okorafor’s Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novella series, Binti. Set hundreds of years in the future in a world where aliens have come to Earth and integrated with human society, LaGuardia follows pregnant Nigerian-American doctor, Future Nwafor Chukwuebuka, who returns to New York City from Lagos with an illegal alien plant named “Letme Live” smuggled in her luggage. ![]() 7/8/2023 0 Comments Brick ABC by Brick Pals![]() “He always had a big cheering section that way.” ![]() “We’d fill up two full buses, no problem,” DeMarino said. DeMarino, who is now the Woodbridge Board of Education’s business administrator and secretary, said he and a group of Meyers’ friends would organize bus trips to watch him fight. Meyers’ boyhood friend Dennis DeMarino was one of those friends. “When I turned pro, it was really huge back then,” he said. Seeing his face plastered on boxing posters in Atlantic City was also thrilling, Meyers said. ![]() Boxing Team and was featured on ABC’s “World of Sports.” The highlight of his amateur career came during his senior year. Throughout high school, Meyers kept fighting. It was a pretty good fight for a couple of little guys.” There was a boxing show coming up and someone suggested we fight in the show. “And I was paired with another guy and we sparred good together. “One day these kids from another gym came over,” he said. And it was there that Meyers got his break into amateur boxing. ![]() The gym was the Woodbridge Recreation Boxing Club. One day, me and my older brother started sparring. “I started going to the gym to watch him work out. ![]() “My uncle used to fight when I was really young and I used to watch his fights,” said Meyers, now 37. Ricky Meyers WOODBRIDGE - In the late 1970s, Ricky Meyers was a Port Reading kid who one day discovered he had a penchant for boxing. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This edition of The Total Money Makeover includes new, expanded "Dave Rants" that tackle marriage conflict, college debt, and so much more. Secure a healthy nest egg for emergencies and set yourself up for retirement.Recognize the 10 most dangerous money myths. ![]() Break bad habits and make lasting changes when it comes to your relationship with money.Design a sure-fire plan for paying off all debt-from your cars to your home and everything in between.The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition will give you the tools and the encouragement you need to: This is the financial reset you've been looking for. And, best of all, these principles are based on results, not pie-in-the-sky fantasies. The Total Money Makeover is the simplest, most straightforward game plan for completely changing your finances. If you're tired of the lies and sick of the false promises, Dave is here to provide practical, long-term help. Do you want to build a budget that actually works for you? Are you ready to transform your relationship with money? This New York Times bestseller has already helped millions of people learn how to develop everyday money-saving habits with the help of America's favorite finance coach, Dave Ramsey.īy now, you've already heard all of the nutty get-rich-quick schemes and the fiscal diet fads that leave you with a lot of quirky ideas but not a penny in your pocket. ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments NAFSI by Kashmir Maryam![]() In a time of war for liberation, Kashmir Maryam sets herself to the vital task of freeing our Selves from their enslavement to earthly desires. ![]() "The voice of the poetess soars in this very spiritual collection of verse. Linda Sarsour, an Award-winning American Muslim Racial Justice and Civil Rights Activist from New York City ![]() If you want to feel understood, read 'Nafsi'." She pens our inner conflicts on paper as a remedy for healing of all people. Her words are heartbreaking, yet hopeful. "Kashmir shares the pain, trauma, confusion and love within the hearts of Muslims everywhere through words that seep deep into the pores of humanity. It will break you down then put you back together." "An absolute masterpiece! In itself, this collection is a work of art. Through poetic allure, this collection will speak directly to your soul, in a way that is hauntingly beautiful. This compelling work examines the conflict between the soul and the body - its desires, its pain, its love, and its hope. ![]() "Nafsi" is a collection of poetry and prose, calling you to a spiritual revolution. ♥ This book serves as a heartwarming and thoughtful gift to share with loved ones during Eid or a valuable tool for Muslim women to enhance their spiritual journey during Ramadan ♥Īre you ready to start your journey towards phenomenal success and spiritual growth? Let's get started! ![]() ![]() Podcasts from a wide variety of British talent have joined the ranks - even if those ranks are, unfortunately, overrun with shows that stick to the tiresome host-plus-celebrity format. Can a radio show also be a podcast? What happens when a podcast is so popular it moves to radio? Britain, on the whole, has rejected these categorizations. In recent years, these British radio shows have become available on streaming platforms and now call themselves podcasts, which raises a debate in and of itself. Britain has a rich radio heritage, producing publicly funded arts and news programming that included “audio dramas” long before podcasts tried to make them a thing. Does this matter? Yes, old chap, it does. ![]() ![]() ![]() Take a glance at the national podcast charts on any podcast app and you may notice that, although many popular American podcasts make the British list, very few shows from Britain reach across the pond. ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments Utopia for the realist![]() ![]() ![]() Specifically, architecture was regarded as the highest form of art since it reflected how the individual could be transformed into the collective through spatial aesthetic experiments. The second point Billiani made was that the regime advanced a tri-partite understanding of the arts – the literary novel, visual arts, and architecture – as part of a constructive endeavour.Īs a mode of art that engaged directly with the public, architecture had the capacity to shape the state’s aims for a national culture and identity. More generally, the Fascist period was shaped by a collective pursuit of new artistic and visual languages conducive to artistic modernity. The first was the relationship between architecture and the Fascist anthropological revolution engineered by the regime – or, in other words, the transformation of human community into Fascist citizens. Francesca Billiani started off this research seminar with a lecture on ‘Realist Utopia: Houses and Neighbourhoods in the 1920s and 1930s Milan’, followed by a lively Q&A session.Īt the outset of her lecture, Billiani established two major points of focus to demonstrate that architectural projects in Fascist Italy could symbolize how politics and aesthetics ‘found a way of talking to each other’. Francesca Billiani’s lecture: ‘Realist Utopia: Houses and Neighbourhoods in the 1920s and 1930s Milan’ ![]() ![]() ![]() You can help us out by revising, improving and updatingĪfter you claim a section you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. However, much like many stories about young females being sacrifice, Fila is ultimately sacrificed to curb Clyde’s cravings. Despite the knowledge of him being a vampire, Fila continues to treat with respect and kindness. Indeed, Clyde comments that he wonders how much she thought him of as a monster. She is a young teenager who helps out on the lemon grove, and through she is shown to be a gentle and unassuming character, she is far less naïve than expected. Innocence is most prominently portrayed through the role of Fila. ![]() Fila is a source of utmost temptation for Clyde and though she is friendly and shares a love of the grove, ultimately this is not enough to save her. Whilst Magreb can be deemed to take on the role of Adam, it is Clyde who takes on the role of Eve, in that he is not entirely happy with his life and seeks more, typically through the role of Fila. However, there is a slight gender role reversal in this story. The major comparison between the story and religion lies in its reference to the Bible and the Garden of Eden. What religious connotations are there in the story? Written by people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments Today i will fly by mo willems![]() ![]() ![]() Mo’s work books have been translated into a myriad of languages, spawned animated shorts and theatrical musical productions, and his illustrations, wire sculpture, and carved ceramics have been exhibited in galleries and museums across the nation. The New York Times Book Review called Mo “the biggest new talent to emerge thus far in the 00's." In addition to such picture books as Leonardo the Terrible Monster, Edwina the Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She Was Extinct, and Time to Pee, Mo has created the Elephant and Piggie books, a series of early readers, and published You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When it Monsoons, an annotated cartoon journal sketched during a year-long voyage around the world in 1990-91. ![]() #1 New York Times Bestselling author and illustrator Mo Willems is best known for his Caldecott Honor winning picture books Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus and Knuffle Bunny: a cautionary tale. ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments The peculiarities david liss![]() Desperate for counsel, he seeks the advice of a lycanthropic medium and London’s unacceptable occult society, including a strange fellow named Aleister Crowley. The item The peculiarities, David Liss represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct. If Thomas is going to save the family business-and stop turning into a tree-he’ll need help from some rather improper companions. Perhaps it is all the fault of the long-rumored “Peculiarities” lurking in London’s grey fog? Proper society scoffs at the notion of magic, even as it seeps into their buildings, transfiguring the rich and poor alike. Far worse, leaves are sprouting on Thomas’s skin. His childhood friend has died under mysterious circumstances. ![]() His elder brother may be sabotaging the family’s bank. “Intricate plotting, exquisite pacing, crackling suspense, and fascinating historical rabbit hole revelations.” -Shelf Awareness Thomas’s problems are more serious than those of a typical young Victorian gentleman. Rooted in strange conspiracies and secret societies, this absurdist comedic romp combines strange bedfellows with murderous creatures, resulting in an unexpectedly delightful consequences. A Buzzfeed Best Book of the Month From popular historical fiction author David Liss (A Conspiracy of Paper) comes the tale of a clueless young man embroiled in a deadly supernatural mystery in Victorian London. ![]() |