5/21/2023 0 Comments Men of Bronze by Scott OdenBut Barca is changing - a girl who was once a slave but with a gift for healing - tends to his wounds, and as she does so, eases his tortured soul and teaches him how to be truly human again.įrom the political wastelands of Palestine and the searing deserts east of the Nile to the streets of the ancient city of Memphis, Barca and Phanes play a desperate and brutal game of cat-and-mouse that culminates in the bloodiest battle of Egypt's history. But the defection of one of Egypt's most celebrated generals, the Greek mercenary Phanes, to the Persians triggers a savage war that will test Barca's military skills and his humanity to the limit. For leading the fiight to preserve the soul of Egypt is the Phoenician warrior, Hasdrabal Barca, the pharaoh's deadliest killer - possessor of a rage few men can fathom and fewer can withstand. Corruption and decay cripple its cities, infects its leaders and cripples its armies, while across the great expanse of Sinai, like jackals drawn to carrion, the forces of the omnipotent king of Persia watch and wait.īut all is not quite lost. Awesome, action-packed ancient historical novel set during the final years of the once-mighty Egypt of the Pharaohs.ĥ26 BC and the empire of the Pharaohs is dying, crumbling under the weight of its own antiquity.
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5/21/2023 0 Comments Tune It Out by Jamie SumnerA sensory processing disorder isn’t something to be ashamed of, and music might just be the thing that saves Lou-and maybe her mom, too. With help from an outgoing new friend, her aunt and uncle, and the school counselor, she begins to see things differently. Now she has to start all over again at a fancy private school far away from anything she’s ever known. When Lou crashes their pickup on a dark and snowy road, child services separate the mother-daughter duo. She’s never liked crowds or loud noises or even high fives in fact, she’s terrified of them, which makes her pretty sure there’s something wrong with her. But Lou can only hear the fear in her own voice. Lou Montgomery has the voice of an angel, or so her mother tells her and anyone else who will listen. **2020 OWL AWARD ELEMENTARY CATEGORY WINNER**įrom the author of the acclaimed Roll with It comes a moving novel about a girl with a sensory processing disorder who has to find her own voice after her whole world turns upside down. 5/21/2023 0 Comments Yellow Roses by DiAnn MillsI dont want to discourage you from reading this book because I did enjoy it, it just wasnt my favorite. Even though I didnt know who the bad guys were or why the victim was murdered, I knew how the book was going to end. Sadly, I started to get board at about the halfway point. If youve read any contemporary book you know exactly how its going to play out. For instance, the romance between Stacy and Alex was so predictable. I wanted it to be a little more diverse and less like all the other books that Ive read. The only problem I have with this book is this I have read a lot of suspense books and a lot of cop books and I feel like this read was just like all the other ones. If you like Diann Mills/cop books, then youll love Deadly Encounter. So when I heard that she was coming out with a new book, I knew I had to get my hands on it as soon as possible. She is able to suck you into a book and not let go till the last chapter. Even after all these years she still amazes me in her ability to write. Diann Mills is one of my favorite authors and the one who helped me dive into the world of suspense and intrigue books. Bakhtin uses the category "novel" in a highly idiosyncratic way, claiming for it vastly larger territory than has been traditionally accepted. The volume also contains a lengthy introduction to Bakhtin and his thought and a glossary of terminology. The Dialogic Imagination presents, in superb English translation, four selections from Voprosy literatury i estetiki (Problems of literature and esthetics), published in Moscow in 1975. These essays reveal Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975)-known in the West largely through his studies of Rabelais and Dostoevsky-as a philosopher of language, a cultural historian, and a major theoretician of the novel. Pinkett is an expert in several areas relating to emerging technologies, “big data” analytics, social innovation, culture, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), and is a regular contributor on MSNBC, CNN, and Fox Business News. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America.ĭr. The company has been recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Management Consulting Firms, Ernst & Young as EY Entrepreneur of the Year, Manage HR Magazine as a Top 10 Firm for Diversity & Inclusion, the Black Enterprise BE100s list of the nation’s largest African American-owned businesses, and the Inc. BCT’s mission is to provide insights about diverse people that lead to equity. He is the co-founder, chairman and CEO of BCT Partners, a global, multimillion-dollar research, training, consulting, technology, and data analytics firm. Randal Pinkett, Ph.D., MBA, has established himself as an entrepreneur, speaker, author and scholar. So we are writing in a better appearance for him. And we're like "Ehh people are going to expect more now". He was mentioned by, what did I end up calling him, Eis? Ais, I had both names for a while, it was only a reference to one of his old cases, that's his only appearance. There are things when we went back to it that we tweaked, for instance Hoid's appearance in the original novel was only a reference. That's just how we are going to do it- is my plan right now. I don't think- If the graphic novel does well we are not going to write novels, I'm going to do the second one as a graphic novel original. This will be the canon release of White Sand. The books don't become canon until I release them. The book I originally wrote has its problems, and I never released it. You are releasing a graphic novel version of White Sand, which one is going to be canon to the Cosmere, the graphic novel or the novel you originally wrote? 5/20/2023 0 Comments Jenn lyons the ruin of kingsHis intentions may be sincere, but he's still being forced to grapple with the aftereffects of the corrupted magic ritual that twisted both him and the dragons. Kihrin's goals are complicated by the fact that not all of his 'act' is one. It also means finding an excuse to not destroy the people he loves (or any of the remaining Immortals) without arousing suspicion. Unfortunately, keeping himself classified in the 'pawn' category means Kihrin must pretend to be everything the prophecies threatened he'd become: the destroyer of all, the sun eater, a mindless, remorseless plague upon the land. He believes there's only one being in existence that might be able to stop him: the demon Xaltorath.Īs these two masterminds circle each other, neither is paying attention to the third player on the board, Kihrin. Relos Var's final plans to enslave the universe are on the cusp of fruition. The Discord of Gods marks the epic conclusion to Jenn Lyons's Chorus of Dragons series, closing out the saga that began with The Ruin of Kings, for fans of Brandon Sanderson and Patrick Rothfuss. Book 5 of 5 in the A Chorus of Dragons series 5/20/2023 0 Comments I am sacagawea by brad meltzerFacts that make great conversation-starters Childhood moments that influenced the hero Comic-book-style illustrations that are irresistibly adorable Photos that bring the story more fully to life A timeline of key events in the hero's history One great role model at a time, these books encourage kids to dream big. This friendly, fun biography series inspired the PBS Kids TV show Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum. By the time the expedition arrived at the west coast, Sacagawea had proved that she truly was a trailblazer. As a translator, she helped the team communicate with members of the Shoshone nation across the continent, carrying her child on her back the whole way. Sacagawea was the only girl, and the only Native American, to join Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, which explored the United States from the Mississippi River all the way to the Pacific Ocean in the early 1800s. Sacagawea, the only Indigenous person included in Lewis and Clark's historic expedition, is the 13th hero in the New York Times bestselling picture book biography series for ages 5 to 8. She was featured as an emerging poet in the fall 2010 issue of American Poet and the April 2011 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine. Rankine is also the recipient of a 2010 “Discovery”/Boston Review Poetry Prize and a finalist for The Poetry Foundation’s 2014 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship. She is also the author of the chapbook Slow Dance with Trip Wire, which was selected by poet Cornelius Eady in 2010 for the Poetry Society of America’s New York Chapbook Fellowship. In 2016, Copper Canyon Press published Rankine’s first full-length collection of poetry, Incorrect Merciful Impulses. The event is free and open to the public. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., April 13, 2016-Poet Camille Rankine will read from her works at Williams College on Monday, April 25, at 8 p.m. Media contact: Noelle Lemoine, communications assistant tele: (413) 597-4277 email: 5/20/2023 0 Comments Jordan deloris shoesBut runners became enamored with the idea of a cushioning technology they couldn’t see and much less understand. They represent the literal molding of a Black man’s feet, with their vulcanized rubber, leather and laces encapsulating Black athletic greatness and cool.įinally figuring out how to sell Nike’s airbag technology was the other side of Air’s recipe for success. What “Air” does better than anything else is to unbox a provocative, sobering truth about Jordans’ meteoric rise: They are cast as literal extensions of Black bodies. In it, I argue that the Black body’s long history of objectification and commodification undergirds the branding, mass consumption and culture of sneakers. I’m writing a book that explores the intimate connections between sneakers and Blackness. Meanwhile, the Jordan brand, which was spun off into its own company in 1997, brings in billions of dollars per year, of which Jordan pockets 5%. Today, Nike is worth a staggering $200 billion. A year later, Nike sold US$100 million worth of Air Jordan shoes and apparel, boosting the company’s profits to $59 million from only $10 million the year before.Īfter 38 years and 37 iterations of their flagship line of basketball shoes, Jordans have become a transcendent cultural talisman memorializing Michael Jordan’s career and basketball’s influence on American life – but also, his labor. In 1985, Nike released the first Air Jordan sneaker. |