![]() "Ann Bannon is a pioneer of dyke drama." - On Our Backs "Little did Bannon know that her stories would become legends, inspiring countless fledgling dykes to flock to the Village, dog-eared copies of her books in hand, to find their own Beebos and Lauras and others who shared the love they dared not name." - San Francisco Bay Guardian ![]() ![]() Oh, the twisted passions of the twilight world of lesbian pulp fiction." - Chicago Free Press Their struggles with love and relationships are engrossing today, and half a century ago they were revolutionary." - New York Times Whereas most lesbians in pulp are stereotypes who get punished for their desires, Beebo and her friends are accessibly human. Her characters also have historical value. ![]() Bannon's descriptions of bars, clubs and apartment parties vividly evoke a vanished community. Most are set in Greenwich Village, and Ms. "For contemporary readers the books offer a valuable record of gay and lesbian life in the 1950s. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. With haunting, poetic writing and breathtaking art, The Best We Could Do examines the strength of family, the importance of identity, and the meaning of home, providing inspiration to all who search for a better future while longing for a simpler past. At the heart of Bui's story is a universal struggle: adjusting to life as a first-time mother. Exploring the anguish of immigration and the lasting effects that displacement has on a child and family, Bui documents the difficulties immigrants face as they build new lives for themselves. Now in paperback, Thi Bui's critically acclaimed and beautifully illustrated story of her family's journey from their war-torn home in Vietnam to their new lives in America. ? 4 starred reviews ? Booklist, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and Shelf AwarenessĪn ABA Indies Introduce Winter/ Spring 2017 Selection "A book to break your heart and heal it." - Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer ![]() ![]() Zweig’s best-known works of fiction include Beware of Pity (1938) and Chess: A Novella (1944), as well as many historical biographies of subjects as diverse as Marie Antoinette, Erasmus, Mary Queen of Scots, Magellan and Balzac. Disillusioned and isolated, Zweig committed suicide with his wife, in Petrópolis, near Rio de Janeiro on 23 February 1942. In 1938 he became a British citizen, and in 1940, after a successful lecture tour in South America, he and his second wife Charlotte E. He also visited Sigmund Freud, whom he had met already in the 1920s. ![]() With the rise of Nazism, he moved from Salzburg to London to research a book on Mary, Queen of Scots. ![]() Zweig’s first works were poetry and a poetic drama, Jeremia (1917), which expressed his passionate antiwar feelings. ![]() Stefan Zweig was born in Vienna in 1881, and gained fame first as a poet and translator, and then as a biographer, short-story writer and novelist. ![]() ![]() The novel was first published in the US by Alfred A. In 2012, Charlie Bucket brandishing a Golden Ticket appeared in a Royal Mail first class stamp in the UK. Ĭharlie and the Chocolate Factory is frequently ranked among the most popular works in children's literature. It was a combination of this secrecy and the elaborate, often gigantic, machines in the factory that inspired Dahl to write the story. Because of this, both companies became highly protective of their chocolate-making processes. At that time (around the 1920s), Cadbury and Rowntree's were England's two largest chocolate makers and they each often tried to steal trade secrets by sending spies, posing as employees, into the other's factory-inspiring Dahl's idea for the recipe-thieving spies (such as Wonka's rival Slugworth) depicted in the book. Cadbury would often send test packages to the schoolchildren in exchange for their opinions on the new products. ![]() The story was originally inspired by Roald Dahl's experience of chocolate companies during his schooldays at Repton School in Derbyshire. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. ![]() ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, Kitty and Lydia are more focused on their CrossFit classes and playing with their cell phones than moving out and finding jobs. Mary is pursuing her third master's degree in psychology and still lives at home. The Tudor house they grew up in is falling apart just like their family. They both live in New York City, but return to their sprawling childhood Tudor home in Cincinnati after their father has a health scare. Jane is a yoga instructor and Liz is a writer for fashion magazine Mascara. Plot Įligible tells the story of the five Bennet sisters - Jane (39), Liz (38), Mary (30), Kathleen "Kitty" (26), and Lydia (23). ![]() Eligible: A modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice is a 2016 novel written by Curtis Sittenfeld that is a modern-day reinterpretation of Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice set in Cincinnati, Ohio.Įligible is the latest book in the Austen Project, a series that pairs contemporary novelists with Jane Austen’s novels. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Nowadays, post Youtube- and bestseller-fame, Peterson advocates for reason, meaning, and other conservative values through his Youtube channel with over five million subscribers, a podcast, and frequent media appearances. ![]() He also holds a PhD in clinical psychology and has since taught at both Harvard and the University of Toronto. Still, he completed his degree in political science, adding another BA in psychology on top afterwards. After a childhood that left him disillusioned with both religion and politics, Peterson turned more to psychology and philosophy. Peterson was born in 1962 in Alberta, Canada. If you’re looking for all Jordan Peterson books, both the ones he wrote and the ones he recommends, you’ve come to the right place! While you may know him from his multi-million-copy bestseller 12 Rules for Life, his viral Youtube video in which he argues with students about gender pronouns, or his controversial views on various topics shared on his Youtube channel, a few short years ago, Peterson was just an ordinary college professor. Jordan Peterson is one of the most famous psychologists, philosophers, and intellectuals alive today. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In the next minute I was lost, no longer knowing where I belonged. One minute I was Kitty Langley, “a mean girl”, and one of the most hated girls at West Windrake High. I remember the exact moment it all changed for me. If you like it, please drop a review by Amazon. Thanks for taking your precious time to read it. I hope you love this story as much as I do. This story also takes place in the Town of Windrake Mountain and many scenes take place in the halls of the familiar West Windrake High School. Bullying, in any form, is never okay.Īlthough this story is a stand-alone novella and the main characters are making their debut, some of you may recognize Levi and Charity, along with a few others from the Charity Series books. This book is dedicated to Amanda, Sam, and all other victims of bullying and other abuse. The names, characters, places and incidents are products of the writer’s imagination and are fictitious.Īny resemblance to persons, living or dead, places, or actual events are purely coincidental. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from the owner. They cannot be sold, shared or given away as it is an infringement on the copyright of this work.Īll Rights Are Reserved. ![]() All Rights ReservedĮditing by Elaine Grice and Dandria YoungĬover design and formatting by Laura HudsonĮBooks are not transferable. ![]() ![]() ![]() In a letter to Paul Ariste, an Estonian linguist, Jansson wrote in 1973 that she had created an artificial word which expresses something soft. The Moomins have since been the basis for numerous television series, films and even two theme parks: one called Moomin World in Naantali, Finland, and another Akebono Children's Forest Park in Hannō, Saitama, Japan. In all, nine books were released in the series, together with five picture books and a comic strip being released between 19. The family live in their house in Moominvalley and have had many adventures with their various friends. However, despite this resemblance, the Moomin family are trolls. ![]() They are a family of white, round fairy-tale characters with large snouts that make them resemble the hippopotamus. The Moomins ( Swedish: mumintrollen) are the central characters in a series of novels, short stories, and a comic strip by Finnish writer and illustrator Tove Jansson, originally published in Swedish by Schildts in Finland. To English: Elizabeth Portch, Thomas Warburton, Kingsley Hart, Ant O'Neillĭrawn & Quarterly, Macmillan, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Schildts, Zangavar, Sort of Books ![]() The Moomins, comic book cover by Tove Janssonįrom left to right: Sniff, Snufkin, Moominpappa, Moominmamma, Moomintroll (Moomin), the Mymble's daughter, Groke, Snork Maiden and Hattifatteners ![]() ![]() ![]() Robbie was terrified of being left alone but even more scared of telling anyone in case he was put into foster care. Once when Robbie was younger, he was gone for more than a week. Sometimes he just leaves without telling Robbie where he's going. Sometimes he wakes Robbie up in the middle of the night to talk about dying. It's just Robbie and his dad, but no one knows that his dad isn't like most parents. Thirteen-year-old Robbie leads a double life. Highly recommended."- School Library Journal, starred review ![]() ★ "Tug at the heartstrings and tickle the funny bone.This warm tale is definitely one for the keeper shelves. I recently heard it won a 2021 Govenor General's Award for Young People's Literature. ![]() ![]() In some ways, we're all the underdog and this story inspires me to think I can do anything! I was left wondering how much of it was directly from his life and how much he made up and who is the girl?! Is she a real person? It sounds like she is, from the afterward. The author (who is Canadian!) says this was a very personal story and that he also grew up in poverty. This is a great story! I love stories of people who figure out how to not just survive, but succeed in life despite everything being against them. ![]() ![]() ![]() Deep in the Caribbean Sea, a nuclear submarine is forced to suddenly abort its mission under mysterious circumstances. A SECRET THAT WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE FOUND. Now time is running out.and our understanding of the world is about to change forever. ONE OF THE GREATEST BREAKTHROUGHS IN HUMAN HISTORY. To make matters worse, someone from the inside is trying to stop them. Together they must piece together a dangerous puzzle, and the most frightening piece, is the trembling in Antarctica. However, when an unknown group immediately becomes interested in her work, Alison realizes John Clay may be the only person she can trust. Alison was sure she would never trust the military again. But the team discovers much more from their dolphins than they ever expected when a secret object is revealed on the ocean floor. With the help of a powerful computer system, Alison Shaw and her team are preparing to translate the first two-way conversation with the planet's second smartest species. Strange facts begin to emerge that lead naval investigator, John Clay, to a small group of marine biologists who are quietly on the verge of making history. ![]() ONE OF THE GREATEST BREAKTHROUGHS IN HUMAN HISTORY. ![]() |