This how you lose the time war5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() I will freely admit that I went in expecting some kind of time travelling insanity but became enraptured by the budding romance that I found instead. ![]() This is How You Lose the Time War fits into a similar category. I won’t lie and say that I’m now some kind of connoisseur of romantic media, but I’m much more open-minded than I once was. ![]() Imagine my surprise then, upon reading The Cybernetic Tea Shop last year, that I absolutely loved a gentle, comforting romance. As a result, even in my reading, I gravitated towards action-filled heroic stories where even the “strong female characters” were super badass. I grew up scoffing at rom-coms, love songs and anything that would jeopardize the all-important man card. As a twenty-eight year-old male, I’ve found myself living with more than a small amount of toxic masculinity. ![]()
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Feathers woodson5/23/2023 ![]() The Lesson Plan Calendars provide daily suggestions about what to teach. Once you download the file, it is yours to keep and print for your classroom. "Period," and "Date." The Word file offers unlimited customizing options so that you can teach in the most efficient The Word file is viewable with any PC or MacĪnd can be further adjusted if you want to mix questions around and/or add your own headers for things like "Name," The Feathers lesson plan is downloadable in PDF and Word. Length will vary depending on format viewed.įull Lesson Plan Overview Completely Customizable! Page count is estimated at 300 words per page. Length of Lesson Plan: Approximately 126 pages. Target Grade: 7th-12th (Middle School and High School) Of the text, while the tests and quizzes will help you evaluate how well the students have grasped the material. The lessons and activities will help students gain an intimate understanding Quizzes/Homework Assignments, Tests, and more. You'll find 30 Daily Lessons, 20 Fun Activities, 180 Multiple Choice Questions, 60 Short Essay Questions, 20 Essay Questions, The Feathers lesson plan contains a variety of teaching materials that cater to all learning styles. ![]() The Princess Curse by Merrie Haskell5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() Zita is the thirteenth daughter of a king who wanted only sons.
Author of the novel the cruel sea5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() He wrote four novels and a play in the space of five years (1934–1939). He moved to London and wrote as a freelancer for newspapers. He had intended to practise law, but decided to pursue working as an author instead. In his autobiography, he wrote that the 1931 Invergordon Naval Mutiny influenced his interest in politics and social and economic issues after college. Monsarrat was educated at Winchester College and Trinity College, Cambridge. Monsarrat was born on Rodney Street in Liverpool, Lancashire, to parents Keith Waldegrave Monsarrat FRCS (among the most eminent surgeons of his time) and Marguerite Turney. Lieutenant Commander Nicholas John Turney Monsarrat FRSL RNVR (22 March 1910 – 8 August 1979) was a British novelist known for his sea stories, particularly The Cruel Sea (1951) and Three Corvettes (1942–45), but perhaps known best internationally for his novels, The Tribe That Lost Its Head and its sequel, Richer Than All His Tribe. Commemorative plaque on Rodney Street, LiverpoolĮileen Rowland, Phillipa Crosby, and Ann Griffiths ![]() Heart of darkness book5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() The broadening waters flowed through a mob of wooded islands you lost your way on that river as you would in a desert, and butted all day long against shoals, trying to find the channel, till you thought yourself bewitched and cut off forever from everything you had known once -somewhere- far away in another existence perhaps. On silvery sandbanks hippos and alligators sunned themselves side by side. The long stretches of the waterway ran on, deserted, into the gloom of overshadowed distances. There was no joy in the brilliance of sunshine. The air was warm, thick, heavy, sluggish. An empty stream, a great silence, an impenetrable forest. “Going up that river was like travelling back to the earliest beginnings of the world, when vegetation rioted on the earth and the big trees were kings. ![]() ![]() Praise for Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere "Lamana goes for and achieves realism here, carefully establishing the characters and setting before describing in brutal detail, beyond what is typical in youth literature, the devastating effects of Katrina-loss of multiple family members, reports of attacks in the Superdome, bodies drifting in the current and less-than-ideal shelter conditions. A powerful story of courage and survival, Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere celebrates the miraculous power of hope and love in the face of the unthinkable. But when Hurricane Katrina hits the Lower Nines of New Orleans, Armani realizes that being ten means being brave, watching loved ones die, and mustering all her strength to help her family weather the storm. It means she's older, wiser, more responsible. All her friends are coming to her party, her mama is making a big cake, and she has a good feeling about a certain wrapped box. Armani Curtis can think about only one thing: her tenth birthday. ![]() ![]() A ten-year-old girl learns the importance of family and community in this tale of love and hope set during the Hurricane Katrina disaster. ![]() Mary pope osborne5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson (By:Ann Turner) Where Have All the Flowers Gone?: The Diary of Molly MacKenzie Flaherty, Boston, Massachusetts, 1968 (By:) Valley of the Moon: The Diary of María Rosalía de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta Valley, California, 1846, (By:Sherry Garland) The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl (By:Ann Turner)Ī Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896 (By:Susan Campbell Bartoletti) My Heart is on the Ground (By:Ann Rinaldi) I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865 (By:Joyce Hansen)ĭreams in the Golden Country (By:Kathryn Lasky)Ī Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence (By:Sherry Garland) ![]() The Winter of Red Snow (By:Kristiana Gregory) ![]() Viking Ships at Sunrise / Voyage of the VikingsĪ Journey to the New World (By:Kathryn Lasky) Vacation Under the Volcano / Racing with Gladiatorsĭay of the Dragon King / Palace of the Dragon King Sunset of the Sabertooth / Mammoth to the Rescue Mummies in the Morning / Secret of the Pyramid Dinosaurs Before Dark / Valley of the Dinosaurs ![]() Dreaming dexter5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Hall, Devon Graye as a teenager, Dominic Janes and Nicholas Vigneau as young children, and Maxwell Huckabee as an infant. He is a serial killer who murders people who are themselves murderers, according to a "code" taught to him by his adoptive father, a homicide detective. But I'm hungry for something different now.ĭexter Morgan is the anti-heroic protagonist who appeared in Jeff Lindsay's Dexter novel series, as well as the television series of the same name and it's revival, Dexter: New Blood. And it's going to happen, again and again. It leaves you an outsider, forever looking in, searching for company to keep. The willful taking of life represents the ultimate disconnect from humanity. Something he didn't know, couldn't possibly know. But there was something Harry didn't teach me. But we must maintain appearances to survive. He taught me that none of us are who we appear to be on the outside. It's the beginning of a chain reaction that will catch you if you're not careful. Harry taught me that death isn't the end. Sometimes, I wonder what it would be like for everything inside me that's denied and unknown to be revealed. ![]() Tao te ching stephen5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() His many books include the bestselling Tao Te Ching, Gilgamesh, and The Second Book of the Tao, as well as The Gospel According to Jesus, Bhagavad Gita, The Book of Job, and Meetings with the Archangel. ![]() Stephen Mitchell was born in Brooklyn in 1943, educated at Amherst, the Sorbonne, and Yale, and de-educated through intensive Zen practice. Historians debate whether Lao Tzu is a combination of multiple historical figures, a mythical figure, or an actual person. According to Chinese tradition, Lao Tzu lived in the 6th century BC. Lao Tzu was one of the great philosophers of ancient China, and is a central figure in Taoism. This rendering by eminent scholar Stephen Mitchell presents the Tao Te Ching as poetry, written with all the skill which Mitchell brought to his renowned translations of Rilke. Yet the clarity of the original has only rarely been captured. The Tao Te Ching is the most widely translated book in world literature, after the Bible. These lessons apply to all aspects of life, from government to love, from childrearing to ecology. It explains the Tao, or the basic principle of the universe, and teaches the reader how to work for good with the effortless skill that comes from being in accord with the Tao. ![]() In eighty-one brief chapters, the Tao Te Ching gives advice that imparts balance and perspective, along with a serene and generous spirit. Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching, or “Book of the Way,” is the classic manual on the art of living. ![]() Lamb shakespeare5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() Linen cloth wrapped hardcover in navy blue with gold foil stamped letters and gloss dust cover white standard paper. Perfect bound with gloss cover white standard paper.Ĭasewrapped with gloss cover white standard paper. A retelling of Shakespeares play King Lear. ![]() Includes A Midsummers Night Dream, Alls Well That Ends Well, Romeo. ![]() Perfect bound with gloss cover c ream standard paper. As much as possible, the Lambs used Shakespeares own words, especially in the tragedies. 1 The book is designed to make the stories of Shakespeares plays familiar to the young.1 Mary Lamb was responsible for the comedies, while Charles wrote. As always, this edition is complete and unabridged. Tales from ShakespeareCharles LAMB (1775 - 1834) and Mary LAMB (1764 - 1847). The book includes such famous plays as Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, The Tempest, As You Like It, The Merchant of Venice, and many more.įirst published in 1807, this edition is derived from the book published in 1915 (20 color illustrations by Norman Price) and 1922 (cover and black & white illustrations by Elizabeth Elliot). Mary Lamb was responsible for the retelling of the comedies, while Charles Lamb retold the tragedies. ![]() A classic retelling of Shakespeare’s plays intended to be more accessible to children. ![]() |