![]() ![]() It is a story about four main characters, who, due to different circumstances, end up in a Villa in Italy. The plot of The English Patient is set in the backdrop of the World War II. Ondaatje was also made a Companion of the Order of Canada in 2016. He was also honored with the Sri Lanka Ratna in 2005 by the then Sri Lankan Government. Ondtaaje received the Booker Prize in 1992 and The Golden Man Booker Prize in 2018 for The English Patient. ![]() Many of his books have been adapted for theatrical productions and feature films. Some of his award-winning works includes The Collected Work of Billy the Kid, Coming Through Slaughter, Anil’s Ghost, The English Patient, and In the Skin of a Lion. ![]() He has published many critically acclaimed works throughout his literary career. He was raised partly in Sri Lanka and England before he emigrated to Canada in 1962. Philip Michael Ondaatje is a Canadian poet, essayist, novelist, editor, and filmmaker. ![]()
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![]() ![]() With notes, commentary, and previously unpublished insights by Joyce Meyer, this Bible is packed with features specifically designed for helping you deal with thousands of thoughts you have every day and focus your mind to think the way God thinks.īOOK INTRODUCTIONS-thoughts on the importance of each book and how it relates to the battlefield of the mind If you struggle with negative thoughts, take heart! The BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND BIBLE will help you win these all-important battles through clear, practical application of God's Word to your life. ![]() Worry, doubt, confusion, depression, anger, and feelings of condemnation.all these are attacks on the mind. The BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND BIBLE will help readers connect the truths of Joyce Meyer's all-time bestselling book, Battlefield of the Mind, to the Bible, and change their lives by changing their thinking. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I’m of the generation that grew up with Harry Potter and, while those books obviously don’t need a shout-out, I think that having a series that grew with me was such a singular experience that impacted me in countless ways. Now that I get to write for young people, I have all these other answers about how interacting with young people today is so inspiring and that I believe every cliché about kids being our future, but the most honest answer is the selfish one: that I remember what books meant to me at that age and I’m hoping to replicate that experience for someone else.ĭo you recall any titles or authors you enjoyed that you feel influenced you? ![]() I was kind of a lonely, outcast kid and books were my friends, my refuge, and my window to the world. I don’t think I’ve ever loved books again in the way that I did as a young person. I think it goes back to the fact that I was the most passionate and dedicated reader when I was younger. What first brought you to writing for young readers? ![]() Warga spoke with PW about portraying Jude’s specific refugee story, the nuances in writing for a middle grade audience after writing for teens, and rewriting a prose novel in verse. Told in verse, Other Words for Home follows 12-year-old Syrian refugee Jude as she and her mother work to build a new home in Ohio while her father and brother are still in Syria. Jasmine Warga has previously published two emotionally resonant novels for teens and, with her middle grade debut, now brings her skill at writing insightful, timely stories to a younger audience. ![]() ![]() ' - Lambda Literary A beautifully voiced debut captures an. ![]() It’s a moving journey of self-discovery and a gratifying coming-of-age story. is a superb addition to the middle grade literary canon.' - VOYA Reviews 'There is not a false note in the writing. ![]() And safe.” Threatened when “pretty” best friend Sophie becomes friends with “cool” Allegra, Davis makes harsh self-assessments: “Gross and smelly and fat and dirty and all by myself.” The discovery that he has not been invited to Sophie’s girls-only makeover party devastates Davis: “I need to be made over, because this, whatever this thing is that’s me, isn’t working.” Upsetting revelations (like his mother’s love life) and surprising acts of kindness awaken Davis to the abundant unconditional love in his life, preparing him to accept a completely unexpected adjective. When listening to his beloved operas: “It’s just me and the music, and we’re alone. Set in the same world as Justin Sayre’s previous books, Husky and Pretty, Mean explores the private and public life of Ellen, who is confident, cool, and, according to Davis, mean. In a Brooklyn brownstone with his hardworking mother, loud Irish grandmother, and the constant blare of the TV that belonged to his late grandfather-spends all summer fearing his adjective will be “husky.” First-time novelist Sayre, a screenwriter and performer, grants readers an intimate window into Davis’s candid thoughts. In Justin Sayre’s third adjective-busting novel, Ellen discovers why it matters to be true to oneself, no matter what people might say or think about her. According to Davis’s “mean” friend Ellen, all middle-school students receiveĪ single adjective that will follow them through high school. ![]() ![]() ![]() When Kilcannon decides to rescue the survivors of an attack on a Vestral Company ship, a mysterious new passenger thanks him by asking difficult questions about the Lady, with unexpected answers. The Lady Be Good is an old ship, running obscure routes (not all on the right side of the law), with her loyal first officer Kilcannon and reclusive captain. "Lady Be Good" is one of Campbell's most popular stories, winner of Analog magazine's "AnLab" reader poll for Best Short Story and cited in Gardner Dozois's Year's Best SF. A brand-new author's note accompanies each story. The third in a series of collections of Campbell's short stories includes some of Campbell's favorite stories, and some of his earliest. Here, Campbell explores what kinds of problems mankind might face as our horizons expand. In Jack Campbell's Lost Fleet series, Campbell's hero Captain "Black Jack" Geary explores the furthest reaches of space. From the author of the New York Times–bestselling Lost Fleet series comes 11 action-packed stories of space exploration. ![]() ![]() I love a good strong female character, but nothing about her is authentic to either a real person or the period in which this is intended to be. The main character is petulant and whiny. This was truly painful to listen to and for sure, I stopped because I don't hate myself enough to finish. ![]() ![]() And I think much older than the character is. But the only thing worse than the story (flat, contrived and painfully boring) is the narrator. I generally enjoy most books, and love many! I really enjoy a lot of young adult lit. I cannot believe all of the good reviews of this book? Good heck, why? I think I am a pretty easily entertained reader. ![]() Petulant and contrived, but don't worry, the main character is beautifulĪnd they'll be sure to tell you so every 5 lines. ![]() ![]() ![]() Passionate, riveting, and full of surprising twists and turns, this vampire love saga is well on its way to literary immortality. In New Moon, Stephenie Meyer delivers another irresistible combination of romance and suspense with a supernatural twist. ![]() Legions of readers entranced by the New York Times bestseller Twilight are hungry for the continuing story of star-crossed lovers, Bella and Edward. Edward has already rescued Bella from the clutches of one evil vampire, but now, as their daring relationship threatens all that is near and dear to them, they realize their troubles may be just beginning… New Moon is the darkest period of Bella’s life. It is when the sun is on the opposite side of the moon from us and thus the bright side of the moon is not visible from earth. ![]() But being in love with a vampire is even more dangerous than Bella could ever have imagined. The term new moon refers to the phase of the moon opposite a full moon. I felt the searing, stinging pain that ran from my wrist to the crease inside my elbow.ĭazed and disoriented, I looked up from the bright red blood pulsing out of my arm-into the fevered eyes of the six suddenly ravenous vampires.įor Bella Swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. I tumbled down to the floor by the piano, with my arms thrown out instinctively to catch my fall, into the jagged shards of glass. A single drop of blood oozed from the tiny cut.Įdward threw himself at me, flinging me back across the table… “Shoot,” I muttered when the paper sliced my finger I pulled it out to examine the damage. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s too soon to open the oven, so the Gingerbread man is a baby…who runs away. Which ones do you like? What would you name your reindeers?
![]() Yet one of the most intriguing aspects of Clive Staples Lewis remains unanswered. One of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably the most influential religious writer of his day, Lewis was also an Oxford don and a scholar of medieval literature who loved to debate philosophy at his local pub. Yet who was the man who created this world? This audiobook attempts to unearth the making of the first Narnian, C. The White Witch, Aslan, fauns and talking beasts, centaurs and epic battles between good and evil: these have become a part of our collective imagination through the classic volumes of The Chronicles of Narnia. ![]() ![]() ![]() LewisĮnglish | Octo| ASIN: B000BQYRE8 | kbps | 9h 45m | 262.48 MB The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C.S. ![]() ![]() ![]() You are a bad person.” Or permit family members of the deceased to describe how the crime has hurt them, a practice known as a victim impact statement, and the jury will tend to recommend more severe punishments. Tip their body budgets out of balance and chances are they’ll attribute their unpleasant affect to the defendant: “I feel bad, therefore you must have done something bad. Want to increase the likelihood of a conviction in a murder trial? Show the jury some gruesome photographic evidence. Affective realism decimates the ideal of the impartial juror. “My point is that bias is not advertised by a glowing sign worn around jurors’ necks we are all guilty of it, because the brain is wired for us to see what we believe, and it usually happens outside of everyone’s awareness. ![]() |