5/30/2023 0 Comments Never Say Die by Will Hobbs![]() ![]() ![]() Nick is 15 and excited to meet his half-brother Ryan who works as a wildlife photographer. Will's books have won many other awards, including the California Young Reader Medal, the Western Writers of America Spur Award, the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award, the Colorado Book Award, and nominations to state award lists in over thirty states. ![]() He lives with his wife, Jean, in Durango, Colorado. A graduate of Stanford University and former reading and language arts teacher, Will has been a full-time writer since 1990. In outdoor stories that appeal to both boys and girls, Hobbs has readers discovering wild places, sharing adventures with people from varied backgrounds, and exploring how to make important choices in their own lives. Ghost Canoe received the Edgar Allan Poe Award in 1998 for Best Young Adult Mystery. ALA also named Far North and Downriver to their list of the 100 Best Young Adult Books of the Twentieth Centrury. Seven of his novels, Bearstone, Downriver, The Big Wander, Beardance, Far North, The Maze, and Jason's Gold, were named Best Books for Young Adults by the American Library Association. WILL HOBBS is the author of seventeen novels for upper elementary, middle school and young adult readers, as well as two picture book stories. ![]()
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5/30/2023 0 Comments Francis fukuyama political decay![]() And he boldly reckons with the future of democracy in the face of a rising global middle class and entrenched political paralysis in the West.Ī sweeping, masterful account of the struggle to create a well-functioning modern state, Political Order and Political Decay is destined to be a classic. He explores the different legacies of colonialism in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, and offers a clear-eyed account of why some regions have thrived and developed more quickly than others. Francis Fukuyama’s ‘Political Order and Political Decay’ The triumph of liberal freedoms looks far from assured in this grand survey of political change since the Industrial Revolution and. ![]() He examines the effects of corruption on governance, and why some societies have been successful at rooting it out. This is not a problem generic to democratic governance but. Taking up the essential question of how societies develop strong, impersonal, and accountable political institutions, Fukuyama follows the story from the French Revolution to the so-called Arab Spring and the deep dysfunctions of contemporary American politics. Fukuyama posited that some western democracies are now starting to show signs of political decay. ![]() ![]() Volume two is finally here, completing the most important work of political thought in at least a generation. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Marion nestle new book![]() ![]() Nestle’s new book: the politics of personal diets and health, the community politics of food choice, and the global politics of diets, health, and the environment. Hosted by NYU Special Collections, the NYU Steinhardt Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, and food and restaurant consultant Clark Wolf, the Q&A session mirrored the key themes laid out in Dr. ![]() In honor of the release of her newest book, Let’s Ask Marion: What You Need to Know about the Politics of Food, Nutrition, and Health, food studies pioneer and Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, Emerita Marion Nestle participated in a Q&A discussion exploring the social, political, and economic issues impacting our nation’s food systems and culture. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Odd and the frost giants review![]() ![]() Neil Gaiman does great voices and brings the characters to life, and this story of mythological fairy tale structure is ideal for reading aloud. ![]() It’s a winner!Īt just an hour and a half, this is a great read for a beginning audiobook reader or to listen on a family trip. And I hadn’t yet read this delightful story by Neil Gaiman. I’ve quickly learned that I am generally of fan of authors who read their own works. Audiobooks are hit or miss with me it all depends on the narrator. I’m also getting a lot more of my reading in by listening, since I’m spending 3 hours in a car 4 days a week driving to my internship at a high school library. In fact, the two middle grade books are my favorite of all the titles I read while exploring Norse mythology! ![]() I’ve been making an effort to read more middle grade fiction, and the Classics Retold project offered the perfect opportunity. Discovering that the bear is actually a Norse god, twelve-year-old Odd embarks on a perilous quest to save the other gods from evil frost giants. However, his luck begins to change after he frees a trapped bear in the woods. ![]() Synopsis (Goodreads): After the death of his father, Odd’s life has been stuck in a downward spiral. Published: September 22nd 2009 by HarperFestival This month I’m participating in the Classics Retold project. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments The One & Only by Emily Giffin![]() ![]() On the outside, Meredith is the model daughter with the perfect life. Determined to have the future she’s always wanted, Josie decides to take matters into her own hands. What she wants more than the right guy, however, is to become a mother-a feeling that is heightened when her ex-boyfriend’s daughter ends up in her class. Josie, a first grade teacher, is single-and this close to swearing off dating for good. When tragedy strikes their family, their different responses to the event splinter their delicate bond.įifteen years later, Josie and Meredith are in their late thirties, following very different paths. Josie was impulsive, spirited, and outgoing Meredith hardworking, thoughtful, and reserved. Growing up, Josie and Meredith Garland shared a loving, if sometimes contentious relationship. In this dazzling new novel, Emily Giffin, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Something Borrowed, Where We Belong, and The One & Only introduces two sisters who find themselves at a crossroads. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Cities for People by Jan Gehl![]() ![]() ![]() Limited space, obstacles, noise, pollution, risk of accident, and generally disgraceful conditions are typical for city dwellers,” (Gehl, J. Gehl states that “the people who still use city space in great numbers have been increasingly poorly treated. 2010, p.199), however, more recently (the modernist period) focus changed to the architecture of individual buildings and traffic infrastructure (Gehl, J. He describes how historically urban form developed to support particular human activities (e.g. ![]() Gehl argues that urban development should focus on people and be appropriate to the ‘human scale’ (2010, p.162). I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it,” (Soren Aabye Kierkegaard, Danish Philosopher, 1813-1855, cited in Gehl, J. Everyday I walk myself into a state of well being and walk away from every illness. “Above all do not lose your desire to walk. ![]() ![]() Boldly resisting categorization and easy answers, Nafissa Thompson-Spires is an original and necessary voice in contemporary fiction. Heads of the Colored People: Stories Hardcover Apby Nafissa Thompson-Spires (Author) 552 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 12.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 13.47 52 Used from 1.36 2 New from 29.51 2 Collectible from 17. Her stories are exquisitely rendered, satirical, and captivating in turn, engaging in the ongoing conversations about race and identity politics, as well as the vulnerability of the black body. Thompson-Spires fearlessly shines a light on the simmering tensions and precariousness of black citizenship. Some are darkly humorous-from two mothers exchanging snide remarks through notes in their kids’ backpacks, to the young girl contemplating how best to notify her Facebook friends of her impending suicide-while others are devastatingly poignant-a new mother and funeral singer who is driven to madness with grief for the young black boys who have fallen victim to gun violence, or the teen who struggles between her upper middle class upbringing and her desire to fully connect with black culture. Each captivating story plunges headfirst into the lives of new, utterly original characters. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Both Blake's alcoholism, which is outlined at the start, and Michael's release, which occurs about halfway through, offered interesting points for elaboration and dilemma but neither were really fulfilled. However, the story itself is somewhat flat, with no real crisis and little plot development. Throw in some cute moments from daughter Charlotte and it's an affirming read about family. As a hot contemporary romance, Rachel Gibson hits the right notes. After being so ceremoniously dumped by Michael, Natalie only wants total commitment, whilst Blake knows no other way but no-strings-attached. ![]() The last thing Blake Junger, Natalie's new neighbour, wants is the responsibility of a mother and her child, but Charlotte wants to make friends and Blake can't help but appraise her mother. With Michael now imprisoned, Natalie and daughter Charlotte are their own dream team and perfectly capable without a man. But Michael had been keeping secrets and walked out on Natalie to start life with a new girlfriend, with fraud charges hanging over his head. When they finally conceived their first child, after years of fertility issues, it was supposed to cement their relationship even further. High school sweethearts turned husband and wife, Natalie and Michael Cooper, were Truly, Idaho's power couple. RACHEL GIBSON What I Love About You (2014) ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments The awakening and other stories![]() ![]() We’re joined by the Irish American writer Timothy O’Grady and publisher Rachael Kerr to find out why. Now acclaimed as a feminist classic – it was published in the UK in 1978 by The Women’s Press and is now both a Penguin and an Oxford classic, a Canongate Canon, and one of the most popular university set texts in America. ![]() After the controversy that greeted it on publication, The Awakening sank from view until it was rediscovered by a new generation of readers after the Louisiana State University Press published Chopin’s collected works in 1969. The book’s notoriety derives from Edna’s refusal to accept the role that American society of the late 19th century has allocated to her. The novel’s focus is the inner life of Edna Pontellier, a 29 year-old a married woman and mother of two boys, whose husband Léonce is a New Orleans businessman of Louisiana Creole heritage. The Awakening is an American classic, first published in 1899. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments VHS by Joe Pickett![]() ![]() ![]() The best of the worst are then edited together and presented with live commentary by Pickett and Prueher, whose comedy credits include “The Late Show with David Letterman,” “Mystery Science Theatre 3000” and the feature documentary “Dirty Country.” The more obscure and unintentionally bizarre, the better. They are co-curators and hosts of the Found Footage Festival, a cultural train wreck that’s been touring since 2004, delivering hot steaming piles of comical clips from old VHS tapes the pair salvage at thrift stores, garage sales and flea markets all over the country. Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher are experts at mining comic treasure from video trash. 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