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6/8/2023 0 Comments Love from a to z reviewsI’ve seen Love from A to Z praised for its authentic devout Muslim rep, which is sadly a rarity given how publishing seems to primarily want books with “diverse” leads who cater to the white gaze. Intent on keeping the memory of his mom alive for his little sister.Īdam’s also intent on keeping his diagnosis a secret from his grieving father.Īlone, Adam and Zayneb are playing roles for others, keeping their real thoughts locked away in their journals. Since he got diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in November, Adam’s stopped going to classes, intent, instead, on perfecting the making of things. When she gets suspended for confronting her teacher, and he begins investigating her activist friends, Zayneb heads to her aunt’s house in Doha, Qatar, for an early start to spring break.įueled by the guilt of getting her friends in trouble, she resolves to try out a newer, “nicer” version of herself in a place where no one knows her. Like Zayneb’s teacher, who won’t stop reminding the class how “bad” Muslims are.īut Zayneb, the only Muslim in class, isn’t bad. Like the fact that there are hateful people in the world. Like the perfect fries Adam and his mom used to make together.Īn oddity: whatever gives you pause. Like potatoes–because they make French fries happen. ISBN-13: 978-1534442726 | $18.99 USD | 342 pages | YA Contemporary RomanceĪ marvel: something you find amazing. If you watched John for a while, you’d start to see why. But he couldn’t make it through the hiring process. Other companies he had talked with badly needed the skills he possessed. Before John ran across a firm that had begun experimenting with alternative approaches to talent, he was unemployed for more than two years. An obvious guy for a tech company to scoop up, right? His CV features two master’s degrees, both with honors. His combination of mathematical ability and software development skill is highly unusual. The work for managers will be harder, but the payoff to companies will be considerable: access to more of their employees’ talents, along with diverse perspectives that will help them compete. Train other workers and managers in what to expect.Team with governments or nonprofits experienced in working with people with disabilities.The programs vary but have seven major elements in common. Yet they often struggle to fit the profiles sought by employers.Ī growing number of companies, including SAP, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, and Microsoft, have reformed their HR processes in order to access neurodiverse talent-and are seeing productivity gains, quality improvement, boosts in innovative capabilities, and increased employee engagement as a result. Many people with neurological conditions such as autism spectrum disorder and dyslexia have extraordinary skills, including in pattern recognition, memory, and mathematics. 6/7/2023 0 Comments In Pieces by Alexa LandThis book is intended for persons over the age of 18. Alexa has created a series of stories set in modern day SF. Note: This book contains adult language and adult situations. A powerful interplay between law-and-order, the world of organized crime and life on the streets. He makes it clear they’ll be facing whatever is coming for her together. And no matter her resolve, Xander isn’t going anywhere. Ready to face the evils of the world alone, Fallon finds a strength inside her that she hadn’t known she possessed. The toughest part will be convincing everyone that he’s really not a complete jerk. The idea is crazy, but the situation is a crazy one. With no choice–if he ever wants to be able to look at himself in the mirror again–Xander has to make things right. Turning away someone in need isn’t who he is, just ask anyone. Or…he was, until a bad day turned into him into a jackass of the biggest proportions. Xander has spent most of his life being the Good Guy, but that’s because he is. What do you do when you’ve treated someone horribly, and she’s not interested in your apologies? But one way or another, the nightmares will be over. With one last option, Fallon moves halfway across the country where she’ll either build a new life for herself or finally come face-to-face with the shadows that are haunting her. While never physically harmed, the damage to her emotional and mental well-being is real. A threat that the police, cameras, and moving have not been able to eliminate. What do you do, and where do you go when you’re tired of running?įallon has spent most of her adult life running from an unknown threat. Tifton is not as pleased with the Penderwicks as Jeffrey is, though, and warns the new friends to stay out of trouble. But the best discovery of all is Jeffrey Tifton, son of Arundel s owner, who quickly proves to be the perfect companion for their adventures. Soon they are busy discovering the summertime magic of Arundel s sprawling gardens, treasure-filled attic, tame rabbits, and the cook who makes the best gingerbread in Massachusetts. Over one million copies sold, now with a bright new look! This summer the Penderwick sisters have a wonderful surprise: a holiday on the grounds of a beautiful estate called Arundel. This series of modern classics about the charming Penderwick family from National Book Award winner and"New York Times"bestseller Jeanne Birdsall is perfect for fans of Noel Streatfeild and Edward Eager. Print The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (#1) I suddenly felt a pee story coming on so I made up a story about a little kid who goes pee at all the wrong times. The same name as my son who had peed his bed four times the night before. I said “Who wants to be in a new story?” The little kid who had to go pee stuck up his hand and said “me, me.” This was the end of the storytelling and I was making up a new story. I didn’t pay attention.Īfter awhile he starts to yell “pee, pee, pee.” His father ran down the aisle, carried him out the back door, brought him back in a few minutes and sat him down. A little boy in the front row started to jump up and down on his seat. The next day I was telling stories in a small town called Cookstown, Ontario. I was doing laundry at three in the morning and was really upset. When my son Andrew was almost three years old he was still wetting his bed. The Inventor's Secret is the first book of a YA steampunk series set in an alternate nineteenth-century North America where the Revolutionary War never took place and the British Empire has expanded into a global juggernaut propelled by marvelous and horrible machinery. When a new exile with no memory of his escape or even his own name seeks shelter in their camp he brings new dangers with him and secrets about the terrible future that awaits all those who have struggled has to live free of the bonds of the empire's Machineworks. Though they live by the skin of their teeth, they have their health (at least when they can find enough food and avoid the Imperial Labor Gatherers) and each other. In this world, sixteen-year-old Charlotte and her fellow refugees have scraped out an existence on the edge of Britain's industrial empire. New from Andrea Cremer, the New York Times bestselling author of the Nightshade novels, comes an action-packed alternate-history steampunk adventure. In this spectacular saga as radiant, thrilling, and beguiling as Hollywood itself, Adriana Trigiani takes us back to Tinsel Town's golden age-an era as brutal as it was resplendent-and into the complex and glamorous world of a young actress hungry for fame and success. Born in the golden age of Hollywood, All the Stars in the Heavens captures the luster, drama, power, and secrets that could only thrive in the studio system-viewed through the lives of an unforgettable cast of players creating magic on the screen and behind the scenes. New York Times Bestseller - USA Today Bestseller - Publishers Weekly Bestseller People 's Book of the Week Annual Library of Virginia Literary Awards Nominee for Fiction Adriana Trigiani, the New York Times bestselling author of the blockbuster epic The Shoemaker's Wife, returns with her biggest and boldest novel yet, a hypnotic tale based on a true story and filled with her signature elements: family ties, artistry, romance, and adventure. 6/6/2023 0 Comments Chinua achebe best booksIn “There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra,” Achebe - now nearly 82 - attempts to reckon with his own dashed expectations as well as those of the Igbo and all Nigerians and Africans. While recently teaching in Lagos, I could still feel the reverberations from the international disaster, including lingering ethnic tensions and reports of the Boko Haram, the violent northern jihadist separatist group, spreading terror nationwide with what many see as governmental support. It was the Igbo who led the cessation from Nigeria in 1967, forming the Republic of Biafra, resulting in a nearly 3-year-long civil war that killed more than 2 million people, mostly Biafran, who were starved to death by the Nigerian government’s food blockade. While Achebe identifies himself as a Nigerian author, he is also Igbo, one of the three most dominant tribes in the vast country of more than 200 million people. A staple in school curricula worldwide and with more than 10 million copies in print, Achebe’s novel is an African story told in an African manner by an African - remarkable for colonial times. Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian author of the groundbreaking 1958 novel “Things Fall Apart,” is widely considered the most influential African writer of the 20th century. 6/6/2023 0 Comments Maggie smith poet keep movingIt’s a short poem – just 17 lines in total – about the world being half broken, and you probably know it even if you didn’t know you did. Ontario-raised poet John Murillo receives Claremont’s $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Award.How the real-life exploits of a pioneering aviatrix inspired Maggie Shipstead’s novel ‘Great Circle’. ‘The Other Black Girl’ author talks race, diversity and influence of ‘Goosebumps’ and ‘Get Out’.Cheryl Diamond’s ‘Nowhere Girl’ reveals a painful childhood on the run with her fugitive family.How James Taylor and Joni Mitchell inspired the musical romance of ‘Songs in Ursa Major’.The Ohio-born poet, mother of two, and keen observer burst into the lives of many readers in 2016 when the literary journal Waxwing published her poem “Good Bones.” Related links Related: 3 books of poetry ‘Goldenrod’ author Maggie Smith recommends to readers So it’s probably no surprise that she gained her widest audience with a poem that got shared all over social media. Maggie Smith writes poetry that speaks to the state of the world we’re experiencing right now. |