![]() ![]() "Engle weaves a compelling love story balanced with an invitation to readers to consider the impact of climate change and the necessity for action now. They are fighting for a better future-and the chance to be together. ![]() But wings can be fragile, and Soleida and Dariel come from different worlds. Soon they discover that love isn’t about falling-it’s about soaring together to new heights. ![]() ![]() Together they work to protect the environment and bring attention to the imprisoned artists in Cuba. There she meets Dariel, a Cuban American boy whose enigmatic music enchants birds and animals-and Soleida. Soleida escapes to Central America alone, joining the thousands of Cuban refugees stranded in Costa Rica while seeking asylum elsewhere. Then a hurricane exposes the illegal art, and her parents are arrested. Soleida and her parents protest this injustice with their secret sculpture garden of chained birds. And so are artists, but the Cuban government has criminalized any art that doesn’t meet their approval. This gorgeously romantic contemporary novel-in-verse from award-winning author Margarita Engle tells the inspiring love story of two teens fighting for climate action and human rights. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() He has sporadically appeared on-screen since his Secondhand Lions role, recognizably appearing in Sex Ed (2014) and The Spoils of Babylon (2014). Osment has had a long-running role in the Kingdom Hearts video game franchise, voicing the series' protagonist Sora (2002–present) and one of its villains Vanitas (2010–2020) in the English versions of the games. Artificial Intelligence (2001) which won him a second Saturn Award, and the comedy film Secondhand Lions (2003), which won him a Critics Choice Award. He achieved further success with the drama film Pay It Forward (2000), the science fiction film A.I. ![]() His breakthrough came with the psychological thriller film The Sixth Sense (1999), which won him a Saturn Award and earned him nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Beginning his career as a child actor, Osment's role in the comedy-drama film Forrest Gump (1994) won him a Young Artist Award. Haley Joel Osment (born April 10, 1988) is an American actor and voice actor. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In Youth, the first of two volumes, Feaver conjures Freud's early childhood: Sigmund Freud's grandson, born into a middle-class Jewish family in Weimar Berlin, escaping Nazi Germany in 1934 before being dropped into successive English public schools. The result is this a unique, electrifying biography, shot through with Freud's own words. Though ferociously private, Lucian Freud spoke every week for decades to his close confidante and collaborator William Feaver - about painting and the art world, but also about his life and loves. Anyone interested in British art needs it' ANDREW MARR, NEW STATESMAN It does justice to Lucian' FRANK AUERBACH Freud would have approved' DAILY TELEGRAPH ![]() Leaves the ready itchy for volume two' SUNDAY TIMES, ART BOOK OF THE YEAR A compendium of high-grade gossip about everyone from Princess Margaret to the Krays, a tour of the immediate post-war art world, a snapshot of grimy London and a narrative of Freud's career and rackety life and loves. 'This exceptional book is far from standard biography. SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019 SELECTED AS BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, SUNDAY TIMES, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT AND SPECTATOR ![]() ![]() ![]() The visual style Abirached uses is visually rather similar to the one Satrapi uses in Persepolis. I think maybe I was anticipating a more straightforward memoir, something more like Persepolis. I'm not sure what I expected when I picked this up, but it wasn't this. Oh, light that wears the clouds, the Lord that never sleeps." - From The Desert by Adonis While this ultimately is a short story it is beautiful in its delivery. ![]() In all the suffering and confusion we have this story of a Lebanese Christian family trying to make the best of a bad situation. ![]() The Lebanese Civil War was for the Middle-East what The Seven Years War was for Europe in permanently changing things. I was not sure how I was going to feel about this book until I saw this close-up of Florence Griffith Joyner's fingernails:Īfter this point, the book spoke to me as art and memory of one of the most tumultuous times in human history. The author's subtle use of stream-of-consciousness reminds me of James Joyce. This book about life during the Lebanese Civil War is not as in-depth as that one, but its simplicity and its art reveals its beauty. I read this book while waiting for my copy of the follow-up to The Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984: A Graphic Memoir. ![]() Only later do they make themselves known, from their scars." - Chris Marker (Epigraph of this book.) " Nothing distinguishes memories from ordinary moments. Over the city's face." - From The Desert (The Diary of Beirut Under Siege) by Adonis Prophetic sayings and ancient wisdom see themselves, ![]() ![]() ![]() She took the trip with the Washington-based International Mountain Guides (IMG) organization. It marks the end of a long journey that Rebecca Long has chronicled in detail across several blog posts on Medium, sharing notes and observations from her flight across the Atlantic to the hike up to Everest base camp. Rebecca Long and the team she hiked with are now making their way back down, and Melanie expects her sister will be back in Massachusetts in a matter of days. “It was terrifying but beautiful up there.” “I’ve never been more tired,” Rebecca Long wrote in a text message to Melanie. ![]() “She’s the type of person once she decides to do something, nothing will change her mind,” Melanie Long said in a phone interview Thursday, hours after receiving a text from Rebecca’s satellite phone reporting that she reached the summit shortly after sunrise in the Himalayas. A graduate of Boston University, Rebecca Long quit her job in financial services in Boston to take the Everest trip after her boss wouldn’t allow her to take leave, Melanie Long said. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Eventually safe on land, Sophie returns home better-informed about the arctic, and more sympathetic to its residents.Ī lovely book, one both educational and entertaining, The Bear Report is a celebration of the power of curiosity and the wonders of the imagination. When their floe melts, and they wake up in the chilly sea, girl and bear must swim for shore, Sophie summoning unexpected aid when Olafur tires. Here they observe the local fauna, listen to the whales sing, and take a nap on an ice floe. ![]() Uninspired by her homework assignment to track down three interesting facts about polar bears, Sophie is surprised indeed when one suddenly appears in her living room! Determined to share the beauty of his home with her, and to demonstrate that not all polar bears are 'mean,' Olafur takes Sophie on a voyage to the arctic. ![]() ![]() ![]() When the magic is up, rogue mages cast their spells and monsters appear, while guns refuse to fire and cars fail to start. Ilona Andrews invites you to experience the first novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series featuring the intriguing fantasy world of mercenary Kate Daniels… This list doesn’t include short stories, which are collected in Small Magics anthology or extras, such as free Curran’s stories. But sometimes even trained killers make friends and fall in love, and when the universe tries to kick them in the face, they kick back.īelow you will see the covers for all of the novels and novellas from Kate’s point of view. The magic in her blood makes her a target, and she spent most of her life hiding in plain sight. Kate likes her sword a little too much and has a hard time controlling her mouth. Monsters prowl the ruined streets, werebears and werehyenas stalk their prey and the Masters of the Dead, necromancers driven by their thirst of knowledge and wealth, pilot blood-crazed vampires with their minds. Magic feeds on technology, gnawing down on skyscrapers until most of them topple and fall, leaving only skeletal husks behind. When magic is down, guns work and spells fail. When magic is up, planes drop out of the sky, cars stall, electricity dies. ![]() It comes in waves, without warning, and vanishes as suddenly as it appears. ![]() ![]() We pushed the technological progress too far, and now magic returned with a vengeance. The world has suffered a magic apocalypse. ![]() ![]() That is, until she meets her new neighbor, a mysterious boy named Antonio with a wide, welcoming smile.Īdd in a creative new teacher, Miss Lightstone, and a world of possibilities opens up for Gina, Antonio, and their classmates. With her bright clothing and artistic spirit, she’s always felt different from the other kids in her class. Gina Filomena has been told she has an overactive imagination. It’s a fun way to keep your child entertained and engaged while not in the classroom. Access a growing selection of included Audible Originals, audiobooks and podcasts. This middle grade novel is an excellent choice for tween readers in grades 5 to 6, at home or at school. One Time By: Sharon Creech Narrated by: Jesse Vilinsky Length: 3 hrs and 37 mins 4.4 (9 ratings) Try for 0.00 Pick 1 title (2 titles for Prime members) from our collection of bestsellers and new releases. Perfect for fans of Love That Dog, this tale is about the transformative power of imagination and the journey to becoming who you are meant to be. ![]() From Sharon Creech, Newbery Medal winner and New York Times bestselling author, comes a powerful coming-of-age story of a girl who discovers the endless possibilities her future may hold, with help from a brilliant teacher and a boy with a generous smile. ![]() ![]() ![]() Non-librarians are welcome to join the group as well, to A place where all Goodreads members can work together to improve the Goodreads book catalog. When he isn't writing, he can most often be found playing PC games, Warhammer 40k or hiking.moreĪ place where all Goodreads members can work together to improve the Goodreads book catalog. Nicholas currently resides in Cape Town, South Africa, where he has a degree in economic history and philosophy. Set in a world where magic has infested modern day society, it brings the action-packed storytelling and snarky characters that Warpmancer fans love. Kat Drummond is an urban fantasy about a university student who slays monsters to pay the bills. ![]() Nicholas Woode-Smith is an urban fantasy author known for the Kat Drummond series. When he isn't writing, he can most often be found playing PC games, Warhammer 40k or hiking. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Hollywood accounting has been used recklessly on many iconic films, like Return of the Jedi, which never went into profit despite earning $475 million at the box office against a budget of $32.5 million. Groom received only $350,000 for the rights and an additional $250,000 from the studio, losing out on several million before taking Paramount to court and was awarded a seven-figure settlement. However, Paramount pulled the wool over his eyes with what would come to be known as “Hollywood accounting,” whereby the film’s expenditures were inflated so much to eliminate the reported profit of the project and subsequently absolve the production company of profit-sharing responsibilities. ![]() Groom was offered $350,000 for the screenplay rights to his novel plus 3 percent of the net profit of the movie, not a bad deal for what would ultimately become the fourth-highest grossing film in history at the time and a final box office haul of $683 million. Winston Groom, the American novelist and author of "Forrest Gump," has died ![]() |