7/5/2023 0 Comments Ask me about my uterus![]() ![]() Putting her own trials into a broader historical, sociocultural, and political context, Norman shows that women's bodies have long been the battleground of a never-ending war for power, control, medical knowledge, and truth. ![]() In Ask Me About My Uterus, Norman describes what it was like to have her pain dismissed, to be told it was all in her head, only to be taken seriously when she was accompanied by a boyfriend who confirmed that her sexual performance was, indeed, compromised. It wasn't until she took matters into her own hands - securing a job in a hospital and educating herself over lunchtime reading in the medical library - that she found an accurate diagnosis of endometriosis. Unable to get out of bed, much less attend class, Norman dropped out of college and embarked on what would become a years-long journey to discover what was wrong with her. She was repeatedly hospitalized in excruciating pain, but the doctors insisted it was a urinary tract infection and sent her home with antibiotics. ![]() In the fall of 2010, Abby Norman's strong dancer's body dropped 40 pounds, and gray hairs began to sprout from her temples. For any woman who has experienced illness, chronic pain, or endometriosis comes an inspiring memoir advocating for recognition of women's health issues ![]()
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7/5/2023 0 Comments The Lion Trees by Owen Thomas![]() ![]() “… powerful, gripping and realistic story…Wonderful. “… In its structure and nature, reminds me above all of John Updike’s wonderful Harry Rabbit novels and their ability to summarize the essence of change in American society across a decade at a time.” – ![]() “ cerebral page turner…a powerful and promising debut.”-Kirkus Reviews And young Tilly, the black sheep, having traded literary promise for an improbable career as a Hollywood starlet, struggles to define herself amid salacious scandal, the demands of a powerful director, and the judgments of an uncompromising writer.īy turns comical and poignant, the Johns family is tumbling toward the discovery that sometimes you have to let go of your identity to find out who you are. David, their eldest, thrashes to stay afloat as his teaching career capsizes in a storm of accusations involving a missing student and the legacy of Christopher Columbus. Susan, his wife of forty years, risks everything for a second chance at who she might have become. Hollis, a retired Ohio banker, isolates himself in esoteric hobbies and a dangerous flirtation with a colleague’s daughter. ![]() ![]() Anchorage, AK, Septem-( PR.com)- What happens when you get the life you aim for and it hurts like hell? ![]() ![]() ![]() For their 25th anniversary, Inga gave Yura a self-portrait, saying, 'I checked in a mirror and I put in every wrinkle.' Her strength and lovable warm spirit shine throughout this chronicle. The Long Trek to Solola by Inga Donner-Solonevich. They found their Solola, and have lived there for some 30 years. The Long Trek to Solola by Inga Donner-Solonevich. ![]() The Blue Ridge Mountains and the City of Roanoke, Virginia became the goal via a tired station wagon and a home-made trailer, their last cross-country trek that followed Ura and Va's escape on foot from prison camp in the Soviet Union and the family's escape - via horses, wagon, and bicycles - with six million others, from the advancing Russian army in eastern Germany in 1945. ![]() From a mansion in Finland to borrowed apartments or displaced-person camps in Germany to a country cottage in Argentina and a four-story walk-up apartment in New York City (as confining to the spirit as the chains of a dictator), their dream was to live in a place where mountains and a river meet. Inga tells of their trek in her unique English (her fourth language). As they struggled to survive in the midst of war and power politics on three continents, fortune sometimes smiled on them in surprising, even humorous ways. Synopsis: Inga Solonevich and her husband, Yura, managed to live, love, and cope with three dictators of the 20th Century - Stalin, Hitler, and Peron. ![]() ![]() ![]() This Author perfectly portrayed these boys feelings.Told only from Theo's pov this is such a touching story.because they are truly best friends,before anything sexual happens and their friendship is what made this story so special. ![]() ![]() Young love, with all the raging hormones,uncertainties,and questions it evokes. Theo has been in lust/in love.maybe for years but doesn't want to tell Chris how he feels in case their friendship suffers. Theo and Chris have been best friends for years.16 years old but,at times,showing so much maturity that their age didn't really matter. ![]() I'm not a massive fan of YA stories but when they're done well there is NOTHING better.This is so well written,conveying such strong emotions with two MCs that absolutely stole my heart. One of the BEST friends to lovers stories I've read. ![]() ![]() This time he awakens the beauty with a kiss. Compelled to return to his native land, Ivan finds the clearing just as he left it.This time he does not run. ![]() Yet he cannot forget that long-ago day in the forest-or convince himself it was merely a frightened boy's fantasy. But beneath the foliage a malevolent presence stirred and sent the ten-year-old Ivan scrambling for the safety of Cousin Marek's farm.Now, years later, Ivan is an American graduate student, engaged to be married. Atop a pedestal encircled by fallen leaves, the beautiful princess Katerina lay still as death. Now, in Enchantment, Card works his magic as never before, transforming the timeless story of Sleeping Beauty into an original fantasy brimming with romance and adventure.The moment Ivan stumbled upon a clearing in the dense Carpathian forest, his life was forever changed. ![]() As one of the most consistently exciting writers to emerge in the last twenty-five years, Orson Scott Card has been honored with numerous awards, immersing readers in dazzling worlds only he could create. ![]() ![]() Jeffrey took on his first West End role, playing the part of the accused. ![]() ![]() It’s a courtroom drama with a twist the audience acts as the jury, and decide which of two different endings the play should have – guilty or innocent. Jeffrey’s third play, The Accused, published by Methuen in October 2000, starred Edward Petherbridge, Michael Feast and Tony Britton. His second novel, Shall We Tell the President?, published in 1977, was a fast moving thriller about a plot to assassinate Edward Kennedy while he was President of the United States, later up-dated by the author substituting Florentyna Kane, from The Prodigal Daughter, for Edward Kennedy. It was also made into a successful serial for BBC Radio 4, and was later televised in 1990 by the BBC. Written at the home of his former Oxford Principal, it was taken up by the Literary Agent, Debbie Owen, and sold to 17 countries within a year. Aged 34, and determined to repay his creditors in full, he sat down to write his first novel Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less. ![]() On the brink of bankruptcy, he resigned from the House of Commons. Jeffrey served five years as an MP, but after investing heavily in a Canadian company called Aquablast on the advice of the Bank of Boston, when the company went into liquidation (and three directors were later sent to jail for fraud), he was left with debts of £427,727. In 1976, Jeffrey and Mary were married in Oxford. ![]() 7/5/2023 0 Comments The wisdom of morrie![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Later life can be filled with many challenges, but it can also be one of the most beautiful and rewarding passages in anyone's lifetime. Morrie Schwartz, the beloved subject of the classic, multimillion-copy number one bestseller Tuesdays with Morrie, explores these questions and many more in this profound, poetic, and poignant masterpiece of living and aging joyfully and creatively. Who am I really? What have I done? What is important and meaningful to me? What difference does it make that I have lived? What does it mean to be truly human, and where am I on that scale? Those lucky enough to read this book will be inspired.' Deepak Chopra From the eponymous subject of the beloved classic Tuesdays with Morrie comes an insightful, poignant masterpiece on staying vibrant and connected for life. ![]() ![]() ![]() And if they arent your favorites now, wait until you have read this book! ![]() This book alone contains nearly a hundred of those illustrations, plus 37 stories which, in spite of Langs reservations about how well-known they were, include some of your favorites. It seems that Langs vision for his collections changed, for by the end of twelve fairy books of many colors, he had brought together an astounding wealth of folklore, along with hundreds of splendid illustrations by H. And just as clearly, some stories that were well-known in 1890 and others that weren’t, have changed places by now. Well, clearly, being well-known isnt the only test of a great story. It is evident from the brief preface that Lang considered it an afterthoughtnot up to the standards of the Blue Fairy Book, but filled with good stories that readers would enjoy, even if they were not as well-known. This was the second book of Langs historic collection of fairy tales from around the world. ![]() ![]() “While I was hunting down information, I discovered that prisoners in certain concentration camps also had access to prostitutes, one of Himmler’s ideas on how to incentivize the camp labor force and thereby boost economic productivity. ![]() Keith explains that she did not originally set out to write about these relatively unheard-of women, initially thinking to write about an SS officer, exploring his motivations and mindset, but when determining how to portray him through the eyes of those he impacted, she turned to the SS brothels and made a surprising discovery. When Dutch resistance fighter Marijke de Graaf and her husband are arrested and sent to different concentration camps in Nazi Germany, Marijke is given a terrible choice: to suffer a slow death in the labor camp or-for a chance at survival-to join the camp brothel. In The Dutch Wife, debut novelist Ellen Keith shines a spotlight on two forgotten victims of history: prostitutes in Nazi labor camps and “the Disappeared” in Argentina’s state-sponsored terrorism of the 1970s. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() By AUTHOR Jane Austen Eric Carle Lewis Carroll Roald Dahl Charles Dickens Sydney Hanson C.Indestructubles Little Golden Books Magic School Bus Magic Tree House Pete the Cat Step Into Reading Book The Hunger Games By POPULAR SERIES Chronicles of Narnia Curious Geoge Diary of a Wimpy Kid Fancy Nancy Harry Potter I Survived If You Give.By TOPIC Award Winning Books African American Children's Books Biography & Autobiography Diversity & Inclusion Foreign Language & Bilingual Books Hispanic & Latino Children's Books Holidays & Celebrations Holocaust Books Juvenile Nonfiction New York Times Bestsellers Professional Development Reference Books Test Prep.By GRADE Elementary School Middle School High Schoolīy AGE Board Books (newborn to age 3) Early Childhood Readers (ages 4-8) Children's Picture Books (ages 3-8) Juvenile Fiction (ages 8-12) Young Adult Fiction (ages 12+).BESTSELLERS in EDUCATION Shop All Education Books. ![]() |