5/29/2023 0 Comments Consider by Kristy Acevedo![]() I swallow hard and cross my arms over my chest. “You think someone pancaked on the tracks?” “Why do you think the train stopped?” I ask. The image of tiny severed toes repeats in my brain. If we don’t get moving soon, I’m never going to make it home in time. “Except we’re stuck.” Dad wanted me home by 11:00, and my phone says it’s already 9:45. "I knew we shouldn’t have taken the train.” Other passengers mutter about the delay, and each complaint seeps into my skin and mingles with my fears. “It wore off.” I swallow before he makes me feel guilty. I fish in my purse for my anxiety meds and pop one little white savior. Little bloody hands and feet scattered on the tracks. And one survivor, the driver, left screaming on the side of the road. ![]() My mind begins to calculate and unravel in a spiral of possibilities. ![]() The train has stopped somewhere after the North Quincy station. I nod and try to act nonchalant as I glance out the dark windows at the distant headlights of highway traffic. His black rimmed glasses twist on his face, but he retrieves my purse from the floor before straightening them.“ When the Boston outbound T screeches to a stop, I lose my grip on the silver pole and slam into Dominick. ![]()
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5/29/2023 0 Comments Robinson crusoe cliff notes![]() On this trip, he is shipwrecked on a deserted island, and he is the only survivor. ![]() After spending time in London, Africa, and Brazil, Robinson decides that he wants to go out to sea again to gather slaves in the slave trade. It seems that almost every time he goes out to sea, he has an adventure or near death experience. This is an event which foreshadows and predicts the negative things that will occur to Robinson when he goes out to sea. On his first voyage out to sea, a terrible storm hits and they are almost shipwrecked. As Robinson goes out to sea, his adventures, journey, and troubles begin. Robinson eventually changes his mind, and decides to go against his father’s wishes and go out to sea. The story begins by telling about the life of Robinson Crusoe, an Englishmen, who wants to travel and sail, but is convinced by his father to stay in England and study. ![]() Defoe writes this popular story in 1719, making it one of the first survival stories of its kind (). ![]() “Robinson Crusoe” by Daniel Defoe is an adventurous and interesting story about a man’s life, journey, and experiences on a deserted island. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Fate of the Tearling by Erika Johansen The Upside of Unrequited by Becky AlbertalliĪ Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. MaasĬhildren of Blood and Bone by Tomi AdeyemiĪ Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass #7) by Sarah J. The Wicked King (Folk of the Air #2) by Holly Black King of Scars (Nikolai Duology #1) by Leigh Bardugo ![]() The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQusiton You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah JohnsonĪurora Rising by Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman Need help remembering the events in a book? The folks at Recaptains and Book Series Recaps can help!Īny post with a spoiler in the title will be removed.Īny comment with a spoiler that doesn't use the spoiler code will be removed.Īny user with an extensive history of spoiling books will be banned. Book suggestions, discussions, and questions are definitely encouraged! January Book Club Discussion: A Sky Beyond the Storm (An Ember in the Ashes #4) by Sabaa Tahir Young Adult literature isn't exclusive to only young adults, so here's a place for both the young and the young at heart to discuss books, news, movies based on books, and everything else related to YA. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments Cardboard tennapel![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()  There's a much better chance of spotting Maguire in Baz Luhrman's The Great Gatsby when it debuts next summer.TenNapel also has two other projects in the works based off of his previous novels: Ghostopolis at Disney and Monster Zoo with Paramount. by Doug TenNapel (Author, Illustrator) 730 ratings Book 1 of 1: Cardboard See all formats and editions Kindle 7.99 Read with Our Free App Library Binding Paperback 29.99 60 Used from 1.74 6 New from 29.14 When cardboard creatures come magically to life, a boy must save his town from disaster.  The actor, unfortunately, won't be seen in the upcoming Ang Lee film, Life of Pi, since the director recently cut him from the picture.   Hit the jump for more. Variety reports that Maguire, who voiced a character in Cats & Dogs, may also star in Cardboard if the project moves forward. ![]()  Cardboard follows a down-on-his-luck father who gives his young son a crappy birthday present (a cardboard box), which comes to life once they shape it into a man.  The Fox Animation acquisition would be animated by WedgeWorks, with Chris Wedge ( Ice Age) eyeing the director's chair.  Maguire is set to executive produce the project through his banner, Material Pictures, alongside TenNapel and the Gotham Group. Actor Tobey Maguire is flexing his child-like imagination with Cardboard, an adaptation of Doug TenNapel's graphic novel that sees cardboard creations come to life. ![]() ![]() Characteristically brief and lucid, it is an attempt to describe the evolving shape of the Devil in the sacred. ![]() As Pagels then shows, the church later turned this satanic indictment against its Roman enemies, declaring that pagans and infidels were also creatures of Satan, and against its own dissenters, calling them heretics and ascribing their heterodox views to satanic influences. In June, Elaine Pagels will publish a new book, The Origin of Satan. With magisterial learning and the elan of a born storyteller, Pagels turns Satan’s story into an audacious exploration of Christianity’s shadow side, in which the gospel of love gives way to irrational hatreds that continue to haunt Christians and non-Christians alike. ![]() Writing during and just after the Jewish war against Rome, the evangelists invoked Satan to portray their Jewish enemies as God's enemies too. The bestselling author of The Gnostic Gospels-Natl Book Awar. The second tells of the bitter conflict between the followers of Jesus and their fellow Jews, a conflict in which the writers of the four gospels condemned as creatures of Satan those Jews who refused to worship Jesus as the Messiah. Read 295 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. The first is the story of Jesus' moral genius: his lessons of love, forgiveness, and redemption. In The Origin of Satan, Pagels shows that the four Christian gospels tell two very different stories. Who is Satan in the New Testament, and what is the evil that he represents? In this groundbreaking book, Elaine Pagels, Princeton's distinguished historian of religion, traces the evolution of Satan from its origins in the Hebrew Bible, where Satan is at first merely obstructive, to the New Testament, where Satan becomes the Prince of Darkness, the bitter enemy of God and man, evil incarnate. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments First grave on the right series![]() ![]() (If there ever was a time to surprise someone at his or her car, which had been the GD’s MO, a 190-pound FBI agent would’ve been it, no? Kinda weird.) Brennan got the call saying she had 21 hours to exchange Booth for the evidence. ![]() (I loved that she insisted he, and only he, show up in time to see her tribute video.) There’s a knock on Booth’s door, and, we’re to assume, the Grave Digger gave Booth a jolt, drugged him, and dragged him out a window. ![]() He’s running late to an event where Brennan will, in his words, be crowned superscientist. Cut to Booth, wearing his “Cocky” belt buckle even with a rented tux. The former US Attorney working the case had been killed a month prior, and the new one, Heather Taffet (guest star Deirdre Lovejoy) was immediately annoying/prickly. The show opened with Brennan, Hodgins, and true crime author Thomas Vega (now played by Marco Sanchez), being accused of stealing Grave Digger evidence from the FBI. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments Insignia by sj kincaid![]() ![]() ![]() She didn’t even believe that she had what it took to start and actually complete a novel, let alone getting it published. However, Kincaid wasn’t very optimistic about a future in publishing. She saw the fun and the joy that it could elicit and she accepted that she wanted to be a writer in her own right, regardless of what her older sister did in the long run. Over time, Kincaid came to own her writing habit. She thought writing was cool because her sister was doing it. ![]() Though, Kincaid will tell you that it took a while for her passion for writing to blossom into something real.ĭuring those earlier days, Kincaid simply wanted to follow in the footsteps of her sister. ![]() Even as a child, she spent many a waking hour jotting simple tales down and amazing her friends with her storytelling abilities. Kincaid is a pretty accomplished individual with multiple degrees from Illinois and Ohio universities, though her passion has always been writing. Kincaid was born in Alabama, California, though she eventually moved to New Hampshire where she attended high school. Kincaid is an American author that writes science fiction novels with a young adult spin to them. ![]() ![]() ![]() These theories which later transformed government policy and law rendered non-European peoples as subhuman and biologically inferior and thus should be dispossessed of their land and other vital resources and ultimately exterminated in society. Thus, central to the project of European colonialism was the crystallization of Eugenics policies and an array of social Darwinist theories in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Racial classification certainly existed before this period, but the ‘modern’ application of race has much to do with Europe’s interaction with the ‘rest of the world’. Ī number of scholars agree that race was part of the Enlightenment project that resulted from the desire to classify people into distinct categories. To what extent did Australian government policies and legislation succeed in perpetuating racism and the dehumanization of the Aborigines in the 19th and 20th centuries? Present an argument in support of your answer using relevant historical evidence. ![]() ![]() An image showing the acculturation of indigenous Australian children by the British officials Image Source ![]() ![]() To convert their love story into a love marriage, the couple has a tough battle ahead of them for it is easy to fight and rebel, but harder to convince. Welcome to 2 States, the story of Krish and Ananya, who are from two different states of India, deeply in love with each other and want to get married. ![]() Gopal gives into the system, Ravi continues to fight it. Revolution 2020 is the story of three childhood friends, Gopal, Raghav and Aarti, who struggle to find love, happiness and success in Varanasi, none of which is easily attainable in a society that favors unfairness and corruption. From the bestselling author Chetan Bhagat comes a simple and beautiful love story that will touch your heart and inspire you to chase your dreams. He fell in love with a rich girl from Delhi called Riya. Once upon a time, there was a Bihari boy called Madhav. But since I am a girl, these three things I mentioned don’t really make me too likeable, do they? ![]() Now, if I was a man, one might be cool with it. However, let me warn you: you may not like me too much. ![]() I work at Goldman Sachs, an investment bank. I’m Radhika Mehta and I’m getting married this week. ![]() This eBook is the collection of Chetan Bhagat’s 7 fiction novels published so far. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments Story thieves secret origins![]() ![]() It all comes back to Bethany’s own secret origins. SECRET ORIGINS are big in the third installment of the Story Thieves series. The one hero who might have stopped all of this, Doc Twilight, has been imprisoned by the Dark.īut who is Doc Twilight really? And how can Bethany and Owen defeat the Dark without superpowers of their own? They’ll definitely need the help of some old friends and new allies to bring the light back to Jupiter City, and find out the truth behind the Dark. Even the villains are terrified of the Dark’s shadows, and most of the heroes have either disappeared or been lost to mind control. Jupiter City was once filled with brightly costumed superheroes and villains, but nowadays, there’s nothing left but the Dark. But they didn’t make any promises about not jumping through strange portals that lead to a comic book world. ![]() Owen and Bethany have sworn off jumping into books for good. Bethany travels to a new fictional world to rescue her father in this third book in the New York Times bestselling series, Story Thieves -which was called a “fast-paced, action-packed tale” by School Library Journal-from the author of the Half Upon a Time trilogy. ![]() |