Today, day 16,283 (read here why I count my life in days), I’m starting to get it. Many of them have written the books we read, the works of art we admire, the companies we buy from, and the causes we give our time and resources to. Those that have read it and have applied even partially what it communicates (including many who get the principles, but have never read the book), really get it. Those that have read it or have enough wisdom to fill in the blanks on the title, sorta get it. The book? “The ONE Thing - The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results” Now more than ever I needed to sit down with Gary Keller - virtually. As I contemplated what reading to take on our trip, I realized I needed to take one book whose title alone had already profoundly influenced me. Thankfully, I was due for an out of town getaway with my beloved the next day. Then WHAM, like predicted by Pressfield in Do the Work, wave upon wave of resistance started hitting. Admittedly though, I was beginning to get a little cocky. I’d been going strong for months on a new endeavor. I was frazzled, scattered, and felt like I was coming unglued - again!
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Move over, Click, Clack, Moo we’ve got a new contender for the most successful picture-book strike.” –BCCB, starred review “Jeffers. Praise for The Day the Crayons Quit: Amazon’s 2013 Best Picture Book of the Year A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2013 Goodreads’ 2013 Best Picture Book of the Year Winner of the E.B. What can Duncan possibly do to appease all of the crayons and get them back to doing what they do best? With giggle-inducing text from Drew Daywalt and bold and bright illustrations from Oliver Jeffers, The Day the Crayons Quit is the perfect gift for new parents, baby showers, back-to-school, or any time of year! Perfect for fans of Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Sciezka and Lane Smith. And Orange and Yellow are no longer speaking-each believes he is the true color of the sun. Black crayon wants to be used for more than just outlining. But when he opens his box of crayons, he finds only letters, all saying the same thing: His crayons have had enough! They quit! Blue crayon needs a break from coloring all those bodies of water. Description: The hilarious, colorful #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon that every kid wants! Gift a copy to someone you love today. I love dystopian novels so this sounded like it’d be a win for me but I actually have mixed feelings about the book. I thought that the premise of this novel was very interesting and I loved the concept but, when I was reading it, I couldn’t stop myself from comparing the book to Margaret Atwood’s masterpiece The Handmaid’s Tale. She specializes in the phonetics of sound change in Italian and British dialects and has taught at universities in the US, the UK, and the UAE. But this is not the end.įor herself, her daughter, and every woman silenced Jean will reclaim her voice.Ĭhristina Dalcher has a PhD in theoretical linguistics from Georgetown University. Before, the average person spoke sixteen thousand words a day, but now women only have one hundred to make themselves heard. Girls are no longer taught to read or write. Jean McClellan is in denial-this can’t happen here. Summary: On the day the government decrees that women are no longer allowed to speak more than 100 words daily, Dr. Genre: Science Fiction / Dystopian Fiction That, and French, the language of their allies, reflects the truly multicultural world that Jamie inhabits. It took me a while to “get my ear in” to follow the Scots dialect, intended to illustrate the language of the Scots. Much of the dialogue is written in a rich Scottish brogue, or in French. We are mainly with Jamie, or Jenny, but from time to time, the author flits to other people, other places. Vast numbers of characters come and go, some of them known historical figures, others fictitious. We are shown everything, either richly imagined, meticulously researched, or probably both. This is a book that rewards the reader for perseverance. Jenny too is captured by the English, her punishment long on revenge and short on truth. Jamie becomes far-travelled: first taken to Inverness, then to Edinburgh, London, Maryland, and onward. Hence, we are thrown into the complex and brutal politics of the 18th century. He shelters with crofter Jenny Ferguson but is captured by the English. Jamie, of Clan Chattan, escapes death at the Battle of Culloden. Scotland, 1746, and Jamie MacGillivray, shivering in the rain, brings a message from France to Lord Lovat, the Auld Fox, his Hogarth portrait vividly animated by the author. Jamie MacGillivray: The Renegade’s Journey The images trace not only the changing trends but also the evolution in their marketing and audience, as fashion was adopted into popular culture and the mass market, decade by decade. In menswear, ready-made suits signaled the demise of bespoke tailoring, long before Hawaiian shirts or skinny jeans entered the fore.20th-Century Fashionoffers a retrospective of the last hundred years of style via400 fashion advertisementsfrom the Jim Heimann Collection. For women, House of Worthcrinolines gave way to Vionnet s bias-cut gowns, Dior s New Look toQuant s Chelsea Look, Halston s white suit toFrankie B. Along the way, the signature silhouettes of each era evolved beyond recognition. The way we wore: The story of modern fashion from couture to mass market The 20th century saw fashion evolve from an exclusive Parisian salon business catering to a wealthy elite into a global industry employing millions, with new trends whisked into stores before the last model has left the catwalk. Description: New Y ork : Aladdin, | Series: Keeper o the Lost Cities book 4 | Summary: “S ophie battles the rebels-and recovers dark memori es rom her past. Manuactured in the United States o America 1015 FFG 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 Library o Congress Cataloging-in-P ublication Data Names: Messenger, Shannon. For more inormation or to book an event contact the Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau at 1-86 or visit our website at Jacket designed by Karin Paprocki Interior designed by Mike Rosamilia The text o this book was set in Scala. The Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau can bring authors to your live event. For inormation about special discounts or bulk purchases, please contact Simon & Schuster Special Sales at 1-86 or ter. ALADDIN is a trademark o Simon & Schuster, Inc., and related logo is a registered trademark o Simon & Schuster, Inc. An imprint o Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division 1230 Avenue o the Americas, New Y ork, NY 10020 This Aladdin hardcover edition November 2015 T ext copyright © 2015 by Shannon Messenger Jacket illustration copyright © 2015 by Jason Chan All rights reserved, including the right o reproduction in whole or in part in any orm. Other names, characters, places, and events are products o the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Any reerences to historical events, real people, or real places are used fctitiously. Okay, the premise of this story is good and I think the author did an outstanding job in giving us a story of Black vampires set in a urban area while also not going out of bounds with stereotypes of vampires and Black people. She is becoming the bully her enemies claimed her to be. And Blaque is exactly what she needs as there are secrets along with betrayal dogging the mess out of Senpai and her queendom is slowly losing ground BUT she is becoming more powerful. Enters Timothy/Blaque who appears to be a gullible human but there is more to this man than what even Senpai expected. The man who will love her for her and not her queendom. So in this book, Senpai who is queen of the vampires and ol girl is looking for a king but not just any ol man who is going to full a “role” no with Senpai, he has to be the one. There is a lot going on in Blood Bully and there were many times I kept wondering what road the author was taking us down. I’m not going to lie, the start of this book didn’t immediately get my blood pumping. Kergil's straightforward account gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at the mental, emotional, and physical aspects of being a transgender person. He explains the exploration stages he went through with various girlfriends and the process of physical transition, beginning with hormone treatments, then top surgery, and beyond. Kergil recalls the harassment he endured from a wide variety of people, but despite the physical and emotional pain, he continued to push toward a goal of full transition. Some people accepted him readily with warmth and love, while others had difficulties with this shift. In youthful, enthusiastic prose, the author tells the story of how he shifted to thinking of himself as a boy and the fears, anxieties, and doubt he experienced as he gradually told his closest friends and family members of the change he was going through. It was only when he reached his teens that he began to learn about transgender people and suddenly recognized he was also a man born into a woman's body. His birth name was Katherine, but that didn't feel quite right to him. A transgender person tells the story of his transition.Īt an early age, Kergil, an activist for the transgender community, began wearing his older brother's hand-me-down clothes, cutting his hair short, and playing games more readily associated with boys than girls. They both liked each other but did not have adequate words to express their feelings towards one another. Eventually, he found an opportunity to speak privately with her in the woods where they could not be seen by others. He noticed Liberty 5-3000 among the peasants and they exchanged subtle gestures with each other. One day, Equality 7-2521 was working for a street sweeper brigade north of the city. He kept a journal describing what happened during these secret experiments and wrote about them in first person perspective instead of third person because there are no singular pronouns in their language anymore even though he wanted forgiveness for keeping this discovery private – thinking as an individual rather than part of a collective – until now. His friend International 4-8818 did not want to go into it because he was afraid, so Equality 7-2521 went alone at night while everyone else slept. One day, he discovered an old tunnel from before the Great Rebirth (a time when people were free). He tried hard for four years but could not suppress his curiosity or follow the rigid schedule of life in his society. For this reason, they assigned him to clean streets as punishment for wanting to do something else with his life. However, he was taught that to be different is a sin by the government of his society. A scientist named Equality 7-2521 was born with a natural curiosity and had more mental and physical strength than his peers. My husband and I live on a farm in the western US, where I enjoy anything and everything outdoors. I want the reader to FEEL as they read-to laugh out loud, to hold their breath in anticipation, to cry-not be bogged down with irrelevant details.įor those of you who want to know about me-I must admit, that’s a lot harder to write than creating a character. My goal is to provide enough detail to create a vivid image in the reader’s mind without boring them. As a reader I want to get lost in a story, not be constantly slapped in the face with misspelled words, grammatical errors and plot contradictions. Anything less is still a draft copy and should not be offered as a finished product. I strongly believe that a book should be well-edited and proofread prior to being released. Love scenes should be tastefully erotic and occur where they fit-after a buildup of attraction and sexual tension, not gratuitous random sex thrown in. I believe that a series should be a series of related stories, not one story chopped into multiple pieces to sell more books. |