7/8/2023 0 Comments Brave new world 1998![]() ![]() ![]() Axioms of the new thinking (“Everyone belongs to everyone else,” “When the individual feels, the community reels”) are constantly piped into public places, reinforcing the social agenda.īernard Marx (Peter Gallagher) and Lenina Crowne (Rya Kihlstedt) have been seeing each other beyond the accepted one-night stand, drawing the suspicion and scorn of their peers. Monogamy is antisocial, and the nighttime is devoted to promiscuous pursuits at bars where the feel-good drug soma is consumed in mass quantities. The upper-echelon Alphas are committed to the pursuit of pleasure and looking good (the gyms where they work out on machines aren’t all that different from today’s exercise emporia). ![]() Telepic does a terrific job of creating the immaculate high-tech metropolis where citizens - stratified into Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta classes - efficiently serve the government. ![]()
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7/8/2023 0 Comments Jean little from anna![]() He was also worried about Anna, because she was not happy, and did not like having glasses. ![]() Papa though was worried about the store, and spent a lot of time there. The boys were happy with what they got and they went into their room imediatly, to discuss everything. To say it diferent, the whole family was happy being in that house. In Germany, they didn't have their own house. Even though she was happy being in a house again, after all the traveling. Frieda was mean, telling Anna only the things she does wrong, and nothing positive about the house, or anything else. She had to help her mother clean the house, and that was a lot of work. JEAN LITTLE is the award-winning author of more than fifty books for children, including some of Canada’s best-loved titles, such as From Anna, Once Upon a Golden Apple (co-written with. Grethen was pretty happy, that she didn't have to share a room with Anna. She cleaned everything, that needed to be done. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. She was also buisy with doing the work in the house, to it organized. Join Facebook to connect with Jean Ann Little and others you may know. Katherine Paterson writes in the introduction: Jean Little has often been called Canadas. Klara the mother was amazed of how huge the house was. User Review - ParadisePorch - LibraryThing. ![]() Anna didn't feel very well, because none of her sisters wanted to share a room with her, so she got this little dark space in the hallway, which was like her room and no one was allowed to enter or distub her. ![]() ![]() But other commonalities, specifically, a hermeneutical approach that places women and personal circumstances at the heart of the story of Scripture, has popularized an approach to the understanding and appropriation of God’s Word that can be overly therapeutic and sentimental. The study materials they publish are polished and thoughtfully constructed to keep women engaged and motivated in their study. All of these women are articulate, engaging, fluent in the language of the Bible, and passionate about helping women grow in their understanding of Scripture and their relationship with the One it reveals. Many reasons for this growth are understandable. ![]() Today, books and Bible studies by Priscilla Shirer, Lysa TerKeurst, Christine Caine and others occupy prime shelf space in Christian bookstores, and are frequent go-to choices for womens’ small group Bible studies. ![]() The landscape of women’s Bible study writers and teachers has expanded significantly beyond Kay Arthur and Beth Moore in the past several years. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Remote controls, fluorescent lights, X-rays, speedometers, cell phones, even the radio - all resulted from Nikola Tesla’s inventions. From using alternating current to light up the Chicago World’s Fair to harnessing Niagara to electrify New York City and beyond, Nikola Tesla was a revolutionary ahead of his time. Here is the story of the ambitious young man who brought life-changing ideas to America, despite the obstructive efforts of his hero-turned-rival, Thomas Edison. By the time he was a teenager, he had made a vow: Someday I will turn the power of Niagara Falls into electricity. When a Serbian boy named Nikola Tesla was three, he stroked his cat and was enchanted by the electrical sparks. ![]() Grade Level: 3rd (GLCs: Click here for grade level guidelines.) Last updated Wednesday, November 29, 2017 Volunteers needed in May! Click here to sign up.Įlectrical Wizard: How Nikola Tesla Lit Up the World ![]() ![]() ![]() "'Tonight,' he whispered, his voice hoarse and hot in her ear, 'I will make you mine.'".Her eyes flicked downward, and her lips curved ever so slightly. "Simon stopped breathing until her forefinger touched his nipple, and then his hand shot up to cover hers."His mouth captured hers, trying to show her with his kiss what he was still learning to express in words.".Be forewarned, you may need a tall glass of iced water and a fan nearby. If you're yearning for a sexy sneak peak of what's to come, we've compiled a list of the most arousing, sensual quotes from the series. With nine books in the Bridgeton series, that means nine times the passion, nine times the drama, and nine times the amount of steamy love scenes. Luckily for us, we don't have to wait for a second season to find out what happens next for the Bridgerton clan. ![]() (We've replayed that spoon scene like a million times.) It's obvious author Julia Quinn has a way with words. Season one of Netflix's period drama series, Bridgerton - based on the book series of the same name - left us hot and bothered, and dare we say, burning for more. ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments Allegiant by veronica roth![]() ![]() ![]() And once again, Tris must battle to comprehend to complexities of human nature - and of herself - while facing impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice, and love. Explosive new truths change the hearts of those she loves. Old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless. Perhaps beyond the fence, she and Tobias will find a simple new life together, free from complicated lies, tangled loyalties, and painful memories.īut Tris's new reality is even more alarming than the one she left behind. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she's known, Tris is ready. The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered - fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments Queer Africa 2 by Karen Martin![]() Another project, African Women's Oral History was initiated in 2003 to include Southern and Eastern African countries. ![]() ![]() In the late 1990s, it developed an oral history project partly to improve the stories of lesbians in its archives. GALA organizes and participates in educational programs and training that encourages equality in South Africa. Documents in the archives include legal notes, oral history of LGBT in South Africa, records of South African LGBT organizations, intimate documents submitted by individuals and photographs. The archives contains social, political and constitutional aspects of LGBTIQA+ lives in South Africa. The archives of GALA is located at the Historical Papers department of the William Cullen Library at University of the Witwatersrand. In 2007, the name was changed to its present form. The name of the organization was previously known as The Gay and Lesbian Archives of South Africa from where it got the acronym GALA. GALA was formed in 1997 as an offshoot of the South African History Archives, it was fashioned after Homodok in Netherlands and the Lesbian Herstory Archives in U.S. ![]() The GALA – Queer Archive (previously know as the Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action), also known by its acronym, GALA, is an organization that documents social and legal history of LGBTIQA+ individuals and organizations in South Africa and attempts to correct prevailing stereotypes and misperceptions about same-sex relationships in Africa. ![]() ![]() Her accents were atrocious, which is shameful for a story that spans multiple countries with a heroine who is supposed to be fluent in several languages and able to imitate any accent. ![]() When she wasn't monotone (which was for the majority of the book) she added inflections in all the wrong places. It seemed as though the narrator phoned in her performance and hadn't bothered to even look at the book before reading it aloud. ![]() What didn’t you like about Nancy La Scala’s performance? ![]() Sheldon always kept you guessing and entertained up to the last page. It was fun trying to figure out how they would outsmart the police-and each other-or get away with seemingly impossible heists. I loved the cons and scams run by both Tracy Whitney and Jeff Stevens. It's been a favorite of mine since childhood I've read the book several times and also love the miniseries. As a book, it ranks among the highest on my list of favorite novels. Where does If Tomorrow Comes rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?Īs an audiobook, it would be in the bottom of rankings due to the horrible narrator. Top Notch Novel, Great Author, Awful Narrator ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The small group of awkward teens have always relied on one another, because that's all they've ever had. ![]() Allison is the only girl within the group, wispy blonde hair who's expression rarely changes beyond a grimace. He's easily distracted by food, fiercely protective of his friends and can slot a Star Trek reference into any sentence. Adrian has been known as the Troll since he was eight, slightly overweight, unruly curly hair and a light layer of whiskers that is trying it's darn hardest to become a beard. He has stopped his Karate training, to which he was once obsessed. But lately, Mike has withdrawn from the group. Mike is secretly gay, only telling his close friends after a weekend of watching Dirty Dancing and his non response to big breasted woman posing provocatively over farm equipment had failed. You'll find Sam hanging out in the computer room at Bowen Lakes Secondary School, he and friends Mike, Adrian and Allison will do just about anything to avoid Justin Zigoni and his group of minions known as The Vessels of Wank. World of Warcraft player, Battlestar Galactica debater, wannabe screenwriter and horror movie expert. ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments Devon ravenel![]() ![]() Discovering that Lisa Kleypas writes what I prefer to read is the bomb. I don’t tolerate pompous jerks in real life, so I certainly don’t want them in my pleasure reading – unless, they are taken down a peg by humor and a woman they can’t help but love. Late Victorian Era is also different because I couldn’t find the more humorous ones that I love. ![]() I was on a mission to find a narrator who drew me in completely and that’s what Mary Jane Wells did. My something different? Our theme had me determined to listen to one of the audibles I’d been stockpiling. Then I scrambled to listen to the first three books’ samples and bought them in Audible, followed by the next two in print because I had Barnes and Noble coupons. I listened to a DEVIL’S DAUGHTER sample, which made me laugh. ![]() AND, an overage of Audible credits that needed used up. The squeeing of my GoodReads’ friends over DEVIL’S DAUGHTER made me finally take a hard look at the series. Why was this book in Dorine’s TBR? It’s not one that had been languishing, but I had adored this cover for what seems like forever. This book made me happy that I took the plunge. All it took was fan favor and listening to audible samples to get me to jump into the series full force. COLD-HEARTED RAKE by Lisa Kleypas is the kind of historical romance I love, full of humor and stuffy aristocrats who lose themselves in love. ![]() |