6/28/2023 0 Comments A very large expanse![]() ![]() 16-year-old Shirin has just started at a new high school with her older brother Navid. I earn commission on any purchases made through these links. ![]() You can order A VERY LARGE EXPANSE OF SEA by Tahereh Mafi from Amazon USA, Amazon UK, Waterstone’s or UK. He’s not like everyone else – but Shirin has had her guard up against the world for so long that she’s not sure she’ll ever be able to let it down … He’s the first person in forever who really seems to want to get to know her – and it terrifies her. ![]() She hides away, drowning her frustrations in music, and spending her afternoons break-dancing with her brother. Shirin is never surprised by how horrible people can be. It’s a difficult time, but especially so for a sixteen-year-old Muslim girl who wears hijab. It’s the year after 9/11, and Shirin has just started at yet another new high school. When you’re hiding from a world that hates you, who would make you risk everything to be seen again? ![]()
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![]() ![]() She later introduced her husband to him, figuring that Jordan might be able to help Danny with his struggling private ambulette business. She thought he was nice and quickly realized that he lived in their apartment building. She says that Belfort always gave up his seat for her. In reality, the real Donnie Azoff, Danny Porush, was introduced to Jordan Belfort by his wife, who had met Belfort on the bus during her daily commute to the city. He tells Belfort that if he show's him a pay stub with $72,000 on it, he will quit his job immediately and start working for him. ![]() In the movie, Donnie Azoff (Jonah Hill) first encounters Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) at a diner after noticing Belfort's Jaguar in the parking lot. Jordan (left), with his then wife Nadine, was introduced to Danny Porush (right) via Danny's then wife Nancy (center right). ![]() ![]() She is the proud mother of two grown sons. Susan and her husband live in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. In addition to being the only two-time recipient of the Romance Writers of America's prestigious Favorite Book of the Year award, she also holds Romantic Times Career Achievement Award. Her subsequent novels have gone on to win awards and land on bestseller lists. Susan had been bitten by the writing bug and continued to write when Claire moved to the southwest. With blind luck, they worked their way through a story and Dell bought that manuscript published under the pseudonym of Justine Cole (reedited under their real names). They decided that they would write a book together. She and her best friend, Claire Kiehl Lefkowitz, were avid readers. She started to write by accident when her husband’s job moved them from Ohio to New Jersey. The Windy City isn't quite ready for Phoebe Somervillethe outrageous, curvaceous New York knockout who has just inherited the Chicago Stars football team. Read millions of eBooks and audiobooks on the web, iPad, iPhone and Android. The smartest thing hed ever done was sic his lawyers on her right after they got married. She obtained a BFA in Theater Arts from Ohio University and taught high school until her first child was born. Read It Had to Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips with a free trial. Try our free service - convert any of your text to speech More than 10 english voices Phoebe loved Bobby Tomhe and Viktor were the twins godfathersbut she was a real tightwad when it came to big-money contracts. ![]() She met her husband, Bill Phillips, on a blind date while in college. ![]() Susan Elizabeth Titus was born 11 December 1948 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, daugther of Louesa Coate and John Aller Titus. ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments Way of the peaceful warrior film![]() There are still numerous cringe moments, telegraphed by background music consisting largely of unmitigated crescendos. While losing the first part of the title (wise idea, that), screenwriter-director Victor Salva finds a way into the story that doesn't make you cringe all the way through. These are the sort of platitudes that pass for wisdom in inspirational books, so it's no surprise to learn the movie is based on one such tome, "Way of the Peaceful Warrior." The gist of his counsel is to live in the here and now and that the journey is what brings happiness, not the destination. In "Peaceful Warrior" a UC Berkeley gymnast dreaming of an Olympic gold medal seeks advice on life from a mysterious old man. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments The golden lily book![]() ![]() In hiding in a Californian boarding school, Sydney's life has become irrevocably intertwined with Jill Dragomir, the vampire Moroi princess she has been tasked with protecting. Sydney Sage protects vampire secrets - and human lives. A pulse-pounding world of magic, alchemy, vampires and true love awaits. Aircraft & Spacecraft: General Interestīloodlines: The Golden Lily is the second book in the bestselling Bloodlines series by Richelle Mead, set in the world of Vampire Academy - NOW A MAJOR FILM.Ships, Boats & Waterways: General Interest.Road & Motor Vehicles: General Interest.Fishing, Field Sports & Outdoor Activities.Sports Studies & PE: Textbooks & Study Guides.Literary Studies: Textbooks & Study Guides.Anthologies, Essays, Letters & Miscellaneous. ![]() Inventions & Technology: General Interest.Environment & Ecology: General Interest.Popular Culture & Media: General Interest.Politics & Government: Textbooks & Study Guides. ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, none of the above institutions could be convinced that her hodgepodge of credits–though impressive in number–merited awarding Susan a degree.īecause computer programming offered a steady paycheck, Susan practiced that art for a while, then segued into systems analysis, and later project management.īut her day job interfered with her writing habit, so in 2004, Susan had to give up rush hour, project plans, and staff meetings. She has a long list of majors, one of which was English. State University, Catawba College, and College of Charleston. Susan took a sampler's approach to education. Susan was one of those children whose teachers were always telling her mamma that her talents needed to be “channeled.” She's been making things up and writing them down her whole life. ![]() ![]() She's had a life-long love affair with books, and is grateful to have been gifted with an over-active imagination. Boyer was blessed with a quintessential small-town childhood. Born and raised in Faith, North Carolina, Susan M. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Bird by crystal chan![]() ![]() Grandpa, however, thinks John is a duppy, and when John betrays Jewel's trust, she's forced to assess her own beliefs. When she meets a boy named John with big aspirations and struggles of his own, they become friends. An outsider in her own joyless home and in her small town of Caledonia, Iowa, Jewel takes her troubles to nature, dreaming of becoming a geologist. ![]() Grandpa hasn't spoken since, Jewel's father believes that both Grandpa and "duppies" (harmful Jamaican spirits) are responsible for the tragedy, and Jewel's mother, who is of Mexican descent, is depressed and resentful of the family's superstitions. Twelve years later, Jewel's family is far from having recovered. Jewel's five-year-old brother, John, nicknamed Bird, was expecting to fly when he jumped off a cliff to his death the day Jewel was born. ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments A higher call book![]() Somehow the pilot, 20-year-old Lt Charlie Brown, still clung to the controls - and the last vestiges of hope. ![]() The nose cone had been blown out and a 200mph gale hurtled through the fuselage. The rear gunner’s body hung lifeless in his shattered turret, another gunner was unconscious and bleeding heavily, the rest of the ten-man crew battered, wounded and in shock. Holed all over by flak and bullets and down to a single good engine, it struggled simply to stay in the air over Germany, let alone make it the 300 miles back to England. The lone Allied bomber was a sitting duck. Incredible story: He was a real master of the skies, but Luftwaffe veteran Franz Stigler showed pity to an Allied bomber in its hour of need ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments Ravenmaster by Christopher Skaife![]() Over the years in which he has cared for the physical and mental well-being of these remarkable birds, Christopher Skaife has come to know them like no one else. The current holder of the position is Yeoman Warder Christopher Skaife, and in this fascinating, entertaining and touching book he memorably describes the ravens' formidable intelligence, their idiosyncrasies and their occasionally wicked sense of humour. One man is personally responsible for ensuring that such a disaster never comes to pass - the Ravenmaster. ![]() But their role is even more important than that - legend has it that if the ravens should ever leave, the Tower will crumble into dust, and great harm will befall the kingdom. ![]() Each year they are seen by millions of visitors, and they have become as integral a part of the Tower as its ancient stones themselves. Martinįor centuries, the Tower of London has been home to a group of famous avian residents: the ravens. I've been fortunate enough to tour the Tower and meet the ravens a few times in years past after reading this book, I cannot wait to go back' George R. 'Packed with insight and anecdote, his story brings the Tower ravens to vivid life, each bird with a personality of its own. ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments Her Own Hero by Wendy L. Rouse![]() Women's training in self defense was both a reflection of and a response to the broader cultural issues of the time, including the women's rights movement and the campaign for the vote. Some women were inspired to take up boxing and jiu-jitsu for very personal reasons that ranged from protecting themselves from attacks by strangers on the street to rejecting gendered notions about feminine weakness and empowering themselves as their own protectors. ![]() It is nearly impossible in today's day and age to imagine a world without the concept of women's self defense. However, few realize that the Progressive Era also witnessed the birth of the women's self-defense movement. At the turn of the twentieth century, women famously organized to demand greater social and political freedoms like gaining the right to vote. ![]() ![]() About the Book "The surprising roots of the self-defense movement and the history of women's empowerment. ![]() |