![]() It may even inspire you to learn more about The Dragon Dreamer books. I would recommend this to any child or adult who loves to color and loves craft making. ![]() But, I still love the ornament concept, even if I wish they were slightly bigger. I am, however, a bit concerned about coloring in the smaller ornament versions, as one would need a very fine pointed medium with which to color in the details. ![]() I love all of the designs, but my favorites are the Tree-of-life, Mangrove Roots, and the Edelweiss Fairy snowflakes. At the end of the book, the designs are re-featured as ornament-sized drawings, so one might color, laminate, and hang in a window or on a tree. Each snowflake pattern is accompanied by facts about the animal or plant featured in the design and occasionally references quotations from the series. It contains snowflake designs inspired by the meditative practice of mandala drawing and by the events and characters from the author/artist’s science fantasy children’s Dragon Dreamer series. The Fantasy Snowflakes coloring/activities book was inspired by the award. Learn to fold and cut out lacy paper snowflakes to hang as unique decorations. Let your imagination soar Drawings range from simple to detailed. ![]() Burke’s Fantasy Snowflakes Coloring Book is a unique and beautiful coloring/activity workbook. These original snowflake designs are created from animals and plants, with a nature theme. ![]()
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![]() In essays both personal and profoundly universal, Richman eschews quick and easy answers for quiet reflections on the questions: In a culture demanding that every voice be heard, how do we make sense of the resulting roar? Where do we seek solace when the last quiet places are sacrificed to human hubris? How do we shed the angst thrust upon us to create lives of peace? In these wide-ranging personal essays, Richman travels interior roads through fear, kindness, ignorance, darkness, wildness, compassion, solitude, loneliness, and more-always asking how external geography informs our internal geography. ![]() Moving through the settings of her life-red rock canyons, aspen forests, mountains, and cities-Jana Richman probes the depths of her internal landscape and asks how we can find stillness in our noisy world. ![]() ![]() ![]() Intent on keeping the memory of his mom alive for his little sister.Īdam's also intent on keeping his diagnosis a secret from his grieving father.Īlone, Adam and Zayneb are playing roles for others, keeping their real thoughts locked away in their journals. Ali (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 729 ratings Goodreads Choice Award nominee See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. Since he got diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in November, Adam's stopped going to classes, intent, instead, on perfecting the making of things. When she gets suspended for confronting her teacher, and he begins investigating her activist friends, Zayneb heads to her aunt's house in Doha, Qatar, for an early start to spring break.įuelled by the guilt of getting her friends in trouble, she resolves to try out a newer, "nicer" version of herself in a place where no one knows her. Like Zayneb's teacher, who won't stop reminding the class how "bad" Muslims are.īut Zayneb, the only Muslim in class, isn't bad. ![]() ![]() Like the fact that there are hateful people in the world. Ali comes an unforgettable romance that is part The Sun Is Also a Star mixed with Anna and the French Kiss, following two Muslim teens who meet during a spring break trip. Love From A to Z is the bighearted, wildly charming, painfully real love story I’ve been waiting for. ![]() Like the perfect fries Adam and his mom used to make together.Īn oddity: whatever gives you pause. Like potatoes - because they make French fries happen. ![]() ![]() Lansdale's storytelling is like a warm blanket. Leonard holds his own though, and I appreciated the back and forth dialog even though I've heard that religious shit so many times it starts making my teeth itch. I wanted to crawl through the pages and wring his neck. As one horror leads to the next, and the evidence points to Leonards now dead uncle as the murderer, Leonard engages his friend Hap to help him prove his. There's an especially frustrating scene when Hap & Leonard make a visit to a Reverend Fizgerald who starts in on what the Bible says about homosexuality. More backstory is given for Leonard as a gay, Black man living and working in East Texas. We get to see their moral compass, flaws, and strengths. ![]() Hap and Leonard return - Joe Lansdales beloved crime-fighting duo are back for their latest. The character development goes deeper in this story as the men struggle to find their bearings in an overwhelmingly heavy situation. Description for Mucho Mojo (Hap and Leonard) Paperback. Lansdale does a fine job preserving the levity in Hap & Leonard's dynamic even though the situation they're involved in is extremely grim. ![]() ![]() Hap and Leonard make a discovery during renovations which leads the two men down a pretty dark path. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() China registered an increase on both (imports and exports) of +0.6 percent. 4.2 percent, UK -6 percent, Eurozone -1.6 percent. 'An accessible biography of Muhammad, Islam’s founding prophet, tracing his development from orphan to political leader and providing insights into his personal life and tastes.' New York Times Book Review. Opinion: How a misreading of the Bible fuels many Americans’ apathy about climate change. Global Frieght Volumes Fell Fastest in 30 Years !!!ġ) According to CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis's World Trade Monitor, freight volumes plunged 2.1 percent from Dec till February - last time the volumes fell this much was in 2001, 20 recessions.Ģ) Cargo at London Heathrow dropped 9 percent in March vs last year while there was a 22 percent drop in shipping containers handled at 9 largest ports in the U.S.ģ) World trade volume decreased 0.9 percent with "most noteworthy" changes in imports of advanced economies: U.S. Muhammad, the World-Changer: An Intimate Portrait. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The other is a Parsonage next to a downtown Church. That “poor man’s” Taj Mahal on Locust is one of two similar dwellings in this town. claim it needs to be verified independently. If we were ready to buy, I’d have to check this one out myself I think its that good. If you have time, tour the downtown and surrounding area in Streetview and you’ll see what I mean. It appears the Cole family was among the most prominent in turn of the last century Carlisle. (also a foreclosure according to the listing) With the details offered at $87,500 it seems very attractively priced but of course, the location has to be taken into consideration. The town has a stuck in time quality to it which can perhaps be explained by it being off the beaten path midway between Lexington and Maysville, KY. Carlisle is not a very large town at just under 2,000 residents. Cole must have been a prominent businessman because one of the most ornate buildings in Carlisle’s picturesque downtown is the Cole building with “CC Cole” still readable in stained glass on the display-window transoms (Streetview image: ) The former Cole building is now a health supply-herbal shop. Barber plan design, and that seems plausible. One source online claims it is a George F. Some additional comments about this house… It is the Chester C. ![]() ![]() Bicycle parking racks are available at the library. Big Blue Bus lines 2, 3, R3, 5, and 9 also stop within a short walking distance. The Main Library is directly served by Big Blue Bus lines 1, 7, R7, R10. ![]() is particularly interesting because he drew his observations about utopias from Oneida. For more information, visit or contact the Santa Monica Public Library at (310) 458-8600. Ellen Wayland-Smiths most recommended books and reading list. ![]() For special disabled services, call Library Administration at (310) 458-8606 at least one week prior to the event. The Santa Monica Public Library is wheelchair-accessible. Seating is limited and on a first-arrival basis. ![]() This event is free and open to the public. A book sale and signing, courtesy of Barnes & Noble, follows the program. in comparative literature from Princeton University. ![]() Wayland-Smith is a Professor of Writing at the University of Southern California and received her Ph.D. Auditorium, 601 Santa Monica Blvd.Ī descendent of John Humphrey Noyes, the founder of the Oneida Community, Ellen Wayland-Smith discusses her new book about the 19th century free love commune that evolved into the nation’s leading manufacturer of silverware and a coveted mark of middle-class respectability. The Santa Monica Public Library is proud to present a lecture and discussion with author Ellen Wayland-Smith on Oneida: From Free Love Utopia to the Well-Set Table on Thursday, Sept. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() So when his PR team requests that they reunite for a second interview, she wants to say no. Except that no matter what she's promoting, someone always asks about The Profile. Ten years later, after a brutal divorce and a healthy dose of therapy, Chani is back in Los Angeles as a successful writer with the career of her dreams. But what comes next proves to be life changing in ways she never saw coming, as the interview turns into a whirlwind weekend that has the tabloids buzzing - and Chani getting closer to Gabe than she had planned. All Chani wants to do is keep her cool and nail the piece. ![]() Then she's hired to write a profile of movie star Gabe Parker: her number one celebrity crush and the latest James Bond. While her former classmates are nabbing high-profile book deals, all she does is churn out puff pieces. Twenty-something writer Chani Horowitz is stuck. ' Delightful banter, hot romance and a love story that's worthy of the big screen ' Kate Spencer, author of In a New York Minute Ten years later and she still has butterflies. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Get to know Miles Morales, the Spider-Man of two worlds In the wake of Peter Parker's death in the Ultimate Universe, brave young Miles steps forward with his own incredible arachnid-like abilities to live up to the Spider-Man legacy Meet Miles' best friend Ganke, his parents Rio Morales and Jefferson Davis, and his uncle Aaron - but watch out, Miles, he's your Earth's Prowler Jefferson has his secrets, too - but what do they have to do with S.H.I.E.L.D. Brian Michael Bendis Bendis at Midtown Comicsin 2019 Born () August 18, 1967(age 55) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. ![]() ![]() ![]() Oprah Winfrey's book club selection in 2001 of The Corrections led to a much publicized feud with the talk show host. His 1996 Harper's essay " Perchance to Dream" bemoaned the state of contemporary literature. Franzen's latest novel Crossroads was published in 2021, and is the first in a projected trilogy.įranzen has contributed to The New Yorker magazine since 1994. His novel Freedom (2010) garnered similar praise and led to an appearance on the cover of Time magazine alongside the headline " Great American Novelist". His 2001 novel The Corrections, a sprawling, satirical family drama, drew widespread critical acclaim, earned Franzen a National Book Award, was a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist, earned a James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. Jonathan Earl Franzen (born August 17, 1959) is an American novelist and essayist. ![]() |