![]() ![]() But as they begin to open up to each other about womanhood, sexuality, and the dark secrets within the community, Nikki realises that the illicit nature of the class may place them all in danger.Įast meets west and tradition clashes with modernity in a thought-provoking cross-cultural novel that might make you look again at the women in your life. Yet to her surprise, the white dupatta of the widow hides more than just their modesty – these are women who have spent their lives in the shadows of fathers, brothers and husbands being dutiful, raising children and going to temple, but whose inner lives are as rich and fruitful as their untold stories. When Nikki takes a creative writing job at her local temple, with visions of emancipating the women of the community she left behind as a self-important teenager, she’s shocked to discover a group of barely literate women who have no interest in her ideals. A rattlingly good story’ Deborah Moggach, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Reese Witherspoon’s March Book Club Pick! ![]()
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![]() Good Wives takes up the story of the March sisters, some three years later, when, as young adults, they must face up to the inevitable trials and traumas of everyday life in their search for individual happiness. She is best known for Little Women (1868), which is loosely based on her own life and proved to be one of the most popular children’s books ever written. ![]() The story of their domestic adventures, their attempts to increase the family income, their friendship with the neighbouring Lawrence family, and their later love affairs remains as fresh and beguiling as ever. Louisa May Alcott was born in 1832 in Germantown, Pennsylvania. It describes the family life of the four March sisters living in a small New England community, Meg, the eldest, is pretty and wishes to be a lady Jo, at fifteen is ungainly and unconventional with an ambition to be an author Beth is a delicate child of thirteen with a taste for music and Amy is a blonde beauty of twelve. Little Women is one of the best-loved children's stories of all time, based on the author's own youthful experiences. Louisa May Alcott was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, in 1832. Louisa May Alcott was an abolitionist and a campaigner for womens rights. ![]() ![]() ![]() She’s pretty optimistic about her chances until classes begin, and she runs into Miles. Armed with a take-no-prisoners attitude, her camera, a Magic 8-Ball, and her only ally (her little sister), Alex wages a war against her schizophrenia, determined to stay sane long enough to get into college. ![]() This is a compelling and provoking literary debut that will appeal to fans of Wes Anderson, Silver Linings Playbook, and Liar.Īlex fights a daily battle to figure out the difference between reality and delusion. Made You Up tells the story of Alex, a high school senior unable to tell the difference between real life and delusion. Reality, it turns out, is often not what you perceive it to be-sometimes, there really is someone out to get you. ![]() ![]() There's a prize! I didn't see what you had to do to enter but I love what she's doing with it. ![]() *the additional levels are optional, you still must complete one of the main reading levels above Visions of Sugar Plums: read books with your children this season and share what you read Fa La La La Films: watch a bunch or a few Christmas 's up to you! Christmas Tree: read 5 or 6 books (this is the fanatic level.LOL!) These must be Christmas novels, books about Christmas lore, a book of Christmas short stories or poems, books about Christmas crafts, and a children's Christmas books level! There are several novel levels as well as a couple other options. ![]() For more information or to sign up, click here ![]() ![]() ![]() While preserving the integrity of Graham's original text, this revised edition includes updated commentary by noted financial journalist Jason Zweig, whose perspective incorporates the realities of today's market, draws parallels between Graham's examples and today's financial headlines, and gives readers a more thorough understanding of how to apply Graham's principles. ![]() Over the years, market developments have proven the wisdom of Graham's strategies. Graham's philosophy of "value investing" - which shields investors from substantial error and teaches them to develop long-term strategies - has made The Intelligent Investor the stock market bible ever since its original publication in 1949. The greatest investment advisor of the twentieth century, Benjamin Graham taught and inspired people worldwide. The Classic Text Annotated to Update Graham's Timeless Wisdom for Today's Market Conditions Now available for the first time in paperback! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Egil Törnqvist says of the alternative title: "Rather than being superior to the traditional rendering, it simply sounds more idiomatic to Americans." List of characters Īdeleide Johannessen in character as Nora, from a cigarette card of c. John Simon says that A Doll's House is "the British term for what call a 'dollhouse '". The title of the play is most commonly translated as A Doll's House, though some scholars use A Doll House. UNESCO has inscribed Ibsen's autographed manuscripts of A Doll's House on the Memory of the World Register in 2001, in recognition of their historical value. In 2006, the centennial of Ibsen's death, A Doll's House held the distinction of being the world's most performed play that year. It was a great sensation at the time, and caused a "storm of outraged controversy" that went beyond the theatre to the world of newspapers and society. The play concerns the fate of a married woman, who at the time in Norway lacked reasonable opportunities for self-fulfillment in a male-dominated world, despite the fact that Ibsen denied it was his intent to write a feminist play. ![]() The play is set in a Norwegian town circa 1879. It premiered at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having been published earlier that month. ![]() The home of the Helmer family in an unspecified Norwegian town or city, circa 1879.Ī Doll's House ( Danish and Bokmål: Et dukkehjem also translated as A Doll House) is a three-act play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The awakening of a middle-class wife and mother. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hannah and Baker are admirable in their bravery, and in the way that they each weather the storm both separately and together. ![]() Her Name in the Sky captures the innocence of first love, and all the complications that follow when girl loves girl in a "girl is supposed to love boy" world. and our world can use a little more compassion. Our human experiences are what bind us together. Sometimes, we grow so distant from our past that it becomes more and more difficult for us to relate to the future. But it’s important for us (not-so-young) adults to remember and reflect on that time period in our lives, so that we understand and acknowledge that there are teens going through this today, and teens that will go through this tomorrow. I’m sure that for some of us, it’ll bring back painful memories of high school that we don’t care to relive again. It delves deeply into important coming-of-age issues such as love, religion, family, friendship, depression, bullying, and discrimination. Her Name in the Sky is the perfect illustration of truth in fiction. As with any review, I can only draw from my own personal reading experience and hope that my words won’t diminish its value. It’s difficult for me to write a review that does this literary work any justice because it’s extraordinary. this book did come highly recommended, so I decided to give it a shot. My past experience with religion was an unpleasant one, and I steered clear of most literature that made any reference to Catholicism/Christianity. I was initially very hesitant to read this novel. ![]() ![]() ![]() This, then, is a book for the rest of us. The difficulties artmakers face are not remote and heroic, but universal and familiar. ![]() But while geniuses may get made once-a-century or so, good art gets made all the time. After all, art is rarely made by Mozart-like people - essentially (statistically speaking) there aren’t any people like that. Ordinary art means something like: all art not made by Mozart. Art & Fear: Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking My book highlights: The authors are two friends who worked on this book over a period of seven years, both of them artists themselves, and you can tell that they have the wisdom that comes from both having lived an artists life, and discussing it with fellow artists. In a nutshell review: This book helped me understand my own creative process and struggles more clearly. In fact, this is a great book to listen to while you’re working, or walking, or working out. ![]() I got the Kindle version with Audible narration, and both are great. If you ever felt alone or misunderstood when it comes to your creative impulses, this will book will almost be like the hug of an understanding old friend. If you’re an artist and struggle with the creative process- and isn’t that what art essentially is? An eternal struggle with the creative process-then this is a fantastic book. ![]() ![]() ![]() A new first chapter to orient readers to the scope and early history of the Sioux Nation and a fresh epilogue to take readers from the last shot of the Wounded Knee Massacre to the present day serve as bookends for a selection of major chapters from Brown’s classic narrative that relate the history of the longest and fiercest sustained resistance to the United States’ incursion into Native American lands. ![]() ![]() The stories behind some of the most iconic names from the mythology of the American West are all here – Little Crow, Red Cloud, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, and the doomed General George Custer – along with ample photographs, illustrations and maps to help readers visualize this important phase of American history. Whereas Brown’s original text provides a comprehensive narrative of struggles across the continent from the arrival of Columbus in 1492 to the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890, Zimmerman’s adaptation focuses on the contraction of the great Sioux Nation during the second half of the 19th century. Saga of the Sioux commemorates the 40th anniversary of the publication of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by adapting Dee Brown’s epic account of the conflict between Native Americans and the United States government for younger readers. Review submitted to ALAN's Picks (Social studies teachers - Add this to your classroom library, stat!): ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Can they overcome their fears and realise that sometimes opposites really do attract? 'Elkeles once again delivers a steamy page-turner bound to make teens swoon' School Library Journal 'If Perfect Chemistry was good, Rules of Attraction is better!. Carlos is sure that Kiara thinks she's too good for him, which is just fine because he's not interested anyway, right? But when they finally open up to each other, the connection they feel shocks them both. And when Carlos bounds into her life she struggles to understand him. Kiara Westford doesn't talk much instead preferring to shut out the world. ![]() Carlos Fuentes isn't happy about leaving Mexico to start the "new" life his older brother, Alex, has planned for him.Carlos liked his freedom living life on the edge - just like Alex did. ![]() |