![]() ![]() Nevertheless, Life still has big plans for him and his sidekicks-if only they heed its subtle messages. ![]() The story ignites a fire within him that will not extinguish until he eradicates the unnatural freaks.Īs Willie strikes, Ken’s world, including his marriage, comes crashing down. Ignoring his wife’s protests, he abandons his career and joins them to supercharge humanity’s future.Īcross town, Willie Lemm is content with his life of crime until he reads a scathing tabloid article about Ken and his crew of misfits. Unfortunately, he can accomplish little while confined to a psych ward.Īfter recovering from mania, Ken casts his former delusions aside and moves on - until people around him begin to transform. Inspired, he devises a plan to hasten its spread and usher in a new age. When Ken Dickson unexpectedly acquires superhuman abilities, he wonders if his condition is contagious. The Road to Amistad: Sometimes It Takes Losing Everything to Find Yourself ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s just that in this series they call it overtaking instead of passing. So the challenge is how to make the passing better.įormula One faces a similar issue. Minor modifications to the cars have made some races better but not as much as competitors seek. ![]() The argument is that more passing will improve the races, create more interest and draw more fans.Īny increase in horsepower is not likely soon. Some drivers have called for more horsepower - and if not that, other changes - to make passes more feasible. Formula One weekends this year provided the chance to view an exotic event that attracts such powerbrokers - Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos both were in attendance Saturday - and VIPs that some F1 journalists liken the star power in Miami to that of the Monaco Grand Prix.īut what my maiden trip to a Formula One event showed is how similar NASCAR and F1 can be.Ī key debate this NASCAR season has been about passing, especially at short tracks. Don’t be distracted by the palm trees, yachts on the fake water and celebrities sauntering by, but listen to what is being said at the Formula One Miami Grand Prix.Ī sojourn at the first of three U.S. ![]() ![]() ![]() The book’s underlying themes shine through in the well-known line, “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. Seuss rhymes in the tale of The Lorax, a stout orange fellow who “speaks for the trees” when the mysterious Once-ler moves in to harvest them. The author’s note includes a brief history of Arbor Day.Įnjoy classic Dr. Year after year her family works with the townspeople to bring trees to the plains for future generations to enjoy. Help budding readers understand the mission behind this holiday through the eyes of Kate, a young member of a newly established town on the prairie. Whether you’re studying nature or just looking for good books to fill your child’s shelf, we’ve got recommendations you don’t want to miss! Check out five must-read children’s books about trees to add to your homeschool library. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() To let you into a secret, there might not have been a Fidelma. The fifteen stories in this volume comprise the complete set of those published at the time of this writing. The gratifying response to those stories precipitated Fidelma into the series of novels but also created a demand for even more short stories. Four different stories featuring Fidelma appeared in separate publications in October 1993. Those who have followed Sister Fidelma’s adventures in the series of novels might be unaware that she made her debut in short story form. There is even a record that a female judge, Brig, corrected, on appeal, a judgment given by a male judge, Sencha, on women’s rights. In those days, in Ireland, a woman could be coequal with men in the professions and many women were lawyers and judges. Fidelma is also a qualified dá-laigh, or advocate of the law courts of Ireland, using the ancient Brehon Law system. Apart from differences in rituals, the dating of Easter and the wearing of a dissimilar tonsure, celibacy was not widely practiced and many religious houses contained both sexes who raised their children to the continued service of God. Sister Fidelma is not simply a religieuse, a member of what we now call the Celtic Church whose conflict with Rome on matters of theology and social governance are well known. The Sister Fidelma mysteries are set during the mid-seventh century A.D. ![]() ![]() ![]() The battle also played a role in the American Civil War. Incredibly, Mexico claimed victory by the evening, and Juárez declared May 5 a national holiday. On May 5, 1862, in a small town in east-central Mexico called Puebla, 2,000 Mexican soldiers faced 6,000 French troops at daybreak. The French sent troops to force Mexico's President Benito Juárez and the government out of Veracruz. 16, 1810, when the country broke free of Spanish rule.Ĭinco de Mayo came more than 50 years later when French Emperor Napoleon III wanted to claim Mexico for himself. ![]() ![]() Mexican Independence Day, or Día de la Independencia, came on Sept. We should have Cinco de Mayo events that go beyond partying and drinking, where we call attention to what the history is." So what does Cinco de Mayo celebrate? "It's OK for people to go out and have a good time on a holiday like Cinco de Mayo - at least they have some sense that it's some kind of a Mexican holiday," García said. "Everyone thinks that it's just party time, it's Corona time," said Mario García, a Chicanx historian from the University of California at Santa Barbara. ![]() Many who think they know what Cinco de Mayo is about wrongly assume it's Mexico's Independence Day. Cinco de Mayo marks Mexico's against-all-odds victory against invading French troops in 1862.īut to some Americans, it's simply Cinco de Drinko, an excuse to party with little to no understanding of what the Mexican holiday celebrates. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Prince Aedan of the Isles believes in no such nonsense-until he awakens on Kell itself and meets the sensuous siren who rescued him from the sea.ġ721: Ronan MacMhuirich, Earl of Kell, is the target of an unlikely assassin: Leila, a mysterious woman from an exotic land. Now the author of The Secret Swan delivers a gift from the sea: three hauntingly beautiful tales connected by a legend, a locket, and a love beyond time.ĥ31 a.d.: The tiny island of Kell is said to be enchanted, inhabited by an extraordinary creature who comforts shipwrecked sailors passing into the next world. Shana Abé has entranced countless readers with her passion-filled novels of adventure, intrigue, and romance. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The nephew liked the silly pirate at the end. She didn’t think the yarn was all that pretty and she figured out the end. The artwork did a great job of contrasting the drab life verses the colorful life with yarn and the artwork puts a lot of work into making the drawing look like yarn. It’s original, but it is also similar to the fable of the couple that find the never ending penny, but that ruins their lives where this doesn’t ruin Annabelle’s life. It’s an original story and I like that so I upped it to 4 stars. Word gets out and people come wanting to see these wonders, even pirates who want to get the magic box. She makes herself a sweater and it isn’t long before she makes a sweater for everyone. She lives in a drab little town where everyone is drab looking. Annabelle finds a magic yarn box that never runs out of yarn. ![]() ![]() ![]() 13 Books to Support and Celebrate Caregivers for National Carers Week.100+ Fathers Day Books for Every Dad Including Those Who Don't Read.47 great books to support positive mental health this Mental Health Awareness Week and every week.Which Domestic Noir Novel Should You Read? 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Will she get her happily ever after with her crush? Or is she writing her happy ending all wrong?īetter Than the Movies is a sweet, wistful and funny YA rom-com. ![]() The only problem? Her nemesis has suddenly turned into the best guy she knows. During the last few weeks of her senior year, Liz is living her own rom-com when her childhood crush moves back to town, and Liz has to team up with her next door nemesis to get her crush to notice her. ![]() It’s her last tie to her mother, a romance movie obsessed screenwriter, who died when Liz was young. She’s seen them all and watches them on repeat. Liz Buxbaum is obsessed with rom-com movies. But now I was discovering that he was hilarious and nice and seemed like more fun than pretty much everyone else I know.” Which was weird, because that was our thing he messed with me and I got pissed. “It felt so nice to not be fighting with Wes for once. ![]() ![]() ![]() After all, while I love (with the heat of a supernova) so many of his books (I’m looking at you, Delores Claiborne and your sister book, Gerald’s Game) and movies (e.g. If (God forbid!) I was ever forced to choose between all of King’s mediums (books, movies, essays, shorter works), I would have to choose his short stories and novellas. So, safe to say I’m pretty well versed in his various offerings. He’s just always been there in one way or another. ![]() ![]() Stephen King (finally) gets respect to go along with all those sales (which surely helped to cushion the blow of any snubs he may have received over the years). I’ve been going to bat for King forever, and I (like so many) find it gratifying that his On Writing is now taught in so many writing programs. There’s been a variety of King eras, some garnering him and his readers more respect than others. (Probably earlier than was necessarily advisable.) And like your average Gen X-er (Quick shoutout to the Jan Brady of generations!), Stephen King books and movies have been woven into my cultural experience. ![]() (I mean, he has produced a cool dozen collections.) Like a lot of people, I’ve been reading King since I was a kid. Parenthetically speaking, you may (not) be entirely shocked to learn that this isn’t my first Stephen King read.It’s not even my first Stephen King short story collection. Maybe you’ve heard of this guy Stephen King? (He’s an up-and-comer!) I hear he’s also somehow connected to the author (Joe Hill) of my most recent review ( Full Throttle). ![]() |