![]() ![]() About the Author: Anders Winroth is the Birgit Baldwin Professor of History at Yale University. Drawing on a wealth of written, visual, and archaeological evidence, Anders Winroth captures the innovation and pure daring of the Vikings without glossing over their destructive heritage. The Age of the Vikings sheds new light on the complex society, culture, and legacy of these legendary seafarers. The Age of the Vikings tells the full story of this exciting period in history. ![]() He not only explains the Viking attacks, but also looks at Viking endeavors in commerce, politics, discovery, and colonization, and reveals how Viking arts, literature, and religious thought evolved in ways unequaled in the rest of Europe. The Age of the Vikings tells the full story of this exciting period in history. But they also settled peacefully and traveled far from their homelands in swift and sturdy ships to explore. It is true that they pillaged, looted, and enslaved. A major reassessment of the vikings and their legacy The Vikings maintain their grip on our imagination, but their image is too often distorted by myth. ![]()
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5/22/2023 0 Comments Verity lowell![]() ![]() I was intrigued in the beginning and I thought this had such potential. This is a shame- I received the first 4 chapters as a preview on Netgalley and rated those 4 stars. Overall, this was a passionate romance between two strong BIPOCs who have to learn to make room in their independent lives for love. The reason this isn't getting a higher rating for me is that, outside of the romance, I found all the historical jargon rather dull and found myself skimming whenever job situations were happening. I also really appreciated that the age gap between them wasn't some big deal, and neither of them obsessed over it. ![]() ![]() They were supportive of each other's goals and careers. While both are strong characters on their own, neither of them outshone the other. Their distance does not put out the intimate fire between them.īeside the physical intimacy, one thing I love about long-distance romances is the emotional connection that is formed between the women. ![]() Then every time our leading ladies are together, they definitely make the most of it, and in between those meet-ups, they aren't shy and enjoy phone sex. It starts with a one-night stand that's so much more than a one-night stand as soon as it starts. I was not expecting the amount of steam I would encounter, and I am not mad about it. Looking at the cover, I thought I was in for a light contemporary romance with a good amount of emotion because of the struggles that come with a long-distance relationship. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins![]() ![]() On each page where the author is telling what Rosie is doing, use your finger to show the preposition (across the yard, move your finger across the page). Literacy/Book Knowledge & Appreciation demonstrates progress in abilities to retell and dictate stories from books and experiences to act out stories in dramatic play and to predict what will happen next in a story. Show the children the cover of the book and ask them if they can guess what might happen while Rosie is out walking?
5/22/2023 0 Comments In the house of hades![]() ![]() You WILL find out what is happening to them in the next book. ![]() But I expect a lot of romance cause what better place to spend time with your boyfriend than in hell ) Direct quote from Rick: "The one thing I can promise regarding “The House of Hades” ***SPOILER ALERT**** At the end of “Mark of Athena”, Nico senses that Percy and Annabeth are still alive, despite the incredible danger they are in. ![]() Percabeth update: Rick has confirmed that Annabeth and Percy are alive. Speaking of which, Nico better be okay and he better stay alive and Rick Riordan, don't you dare lay a finger on Nico! If you do, I swear, you better sleep with one eye open. Screw Team Percy or Team Jason, I'm Team Nico DiAngelo! My undying love fascination of his character is just so deep, and I swear, I just want him to get out of that damned jar. I think I would cry and hyperventilate if it's Nico's perspective! My heart wouldn't be able to take it. Yes, I acknowledge the fact that we have to wait to read this book for practically a year.īut on a different and much happier note: The title of the book is House of Hades Since the House of Hades is the second to last book in the series, I predict there will be a big cliffhanger! That last book left me in a jumble of emotions and feels and thoughts. But above all, I just want this book to come out! (or at least have any spoilers - I mean, I'm dying here!) ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Untamed glennon![]() ![]() This is why Jung suggested: There is no greater burden on a child than the unlived life of a parent.” If we keep passing down the legacy of martyrdom to our daughters, with whom does it end? Which woman ever gets to live? And when does the death sentence begin? At the wedding altar? In the delivery room? Whose delivery room-our children’s or our own? When we call martyrdom love we teach our children that when love begins, life ends. They will believe they have permission to live only as fully as their mothers allowed themselves to live. They will feel obligated to love as well as their mothers loved, after all. Because if we show them that being a martyr is the highest form of love, that is what they will become. What a terrible burden for our daughters to bear-to know that if they choose to become mothers, this will be their fate, too. What a terrible burden for children to bear-to know that they are the reason their mother stopped living. We have been conditioned to prove our love by slowly ceasing to exist. We have lived as if she who disappears the most, loves the most. ![]() “Mothers have martyred themselves in their children’s names since the beginning of time. ![]() ![]() ![]() "Unflinching, bloodstained magic." - Kirkus Reviews Arnold, author of the Printz Honor Book Damsel and Red Hood “A tapestry of stories, a confluence of voices, this book is a symphony, and Martha Brockenbrough is its maestra.” - Elana K. And if he's not careful, he might not get to keep his head either. Because Albrecht should have never been allowed to sit on the throne, and Ursula is going to take his crown. So he invades her land, slaughtering her people and most of the were beasts, and claims it for himself.Īs King Albrecht builds his iron rule and an army to defend his reign, Ursula is gathering the survivors and making plans to seize back the kingdom. And even though his sister, Ursula, is the first born, he decides that, as a girl and were bear, she is unfit to rule. ![]() However, his son, Albrecht, is not satisfied with half a kingdom. On his deathbed, King Tyran divides his land, leaving half to each of his two children - so they'll rule together. ![]() In a faraway land, populated by were beasts and surrounded by a powerful forest, lies a kingdom about to be sent into chaos. There's no such thing as once upon a time. Once upon a time there was a kingdom, and a forest that liked to eat men, and a girl who would change everything, but not alone. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Tim marshall geography book![]() In ten chapters covering Australia, The Sahel, Greece, Turkey, the UK, Iran, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Spain and Space, delivered with Marshall's trademark wit and insight, this is a lucid and gripping exploration of the power of geography to shape humanity's past, present - and future. Find out why the Earth's atmosphere is the world's next battleground why the fight for the Pacific is just beginning and why Europe's next refugee crisis is closer than it thinks. ![]() In this revelatory new book, Marshall takes us into ten regions that are set to shape global politics and power. Since then, the geography hasn't changed, but the world has. ![]() Tim Marshall's global bestseller Prisoners of Geography showed how every nation's choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. If you want to understand what's happening in the world, look at a map. ![]() Ten maps that reveal the future of global power and politics: the much-anticipated sequel to the million-copy bestseller Prisoners of Geography. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments The Auguste by Keith Blackburn![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Surprisingly unperturbed by this, he attempts to make it to his office, or to a doctor's, determined to find a way out of the bad dream. This archetype is what Algy has become, the ragged little hobo who gets the pie in his face. In fact, not only has his appearance changed, but so have his surroundings and all the people he knows.The dictionary definition of an Auguste is a circus clown. One October morning in 1932, Algy, a 22-year old junior clerk at Gurney and Barman's wool mill, awakes to find himself transformed into a frail old clown. For Algy Tuckett, his hair is the least of his problems. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Shingaling a wonder story![]() ![]() In every chapter, we include Before You Read and After You Read questions. Book excerpt: In this State Standards-aligned Literature Kit™, we divide the novel by chapters and feature reading comprehension and vocabulary questions. This book was released on with total page 55 pages. 5-6 written by Marita Cockburn and published by Classroom Complete Press. 5-6 by : Marita Cockburnĭownload or read book Wonder - Literature Kit Gr. Together, these three stories are a treasure for readers who don’t want to leave Auggie behind when they finish Wonder.īook Synopsis Wonder - Literature Kit Gr. Readers get to see him through the eyes of Julian, the bully Christopher, Auggie’s oldest friend and Charlotte, Auggie’s new friend at school. These stories are an extra peek at Auggie before he started at Beecher Prep and during his first year there. Palacio's highly anticipated new novel, Pony, available now! Auggie & Me gives readers a special look at Auggie’s world through three new points of view. Book excerpt: Over 13 million people have read the #1 New York Times bestseller Wonder and have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face. This book was released on with total page 320 pages. Palacio and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. ![]() Palacioĭownload or read book Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories written by R. Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readersīook Synopsis Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories by : R. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Cary Grant by Marc Eliot![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The author is sharper about Grant’s business affairs. Heavily implying that Grant’s first two marriages were asexual doesn’t answer the underlying question, especially since third wife Betsy Drake is on record that they had plenty of marital intercourse and fourth spouse Dyan Cannon had his baby. It’s disappointing that Eliot makes no attempt to figure out why Grant apparently moved on to heterosexual relationships after Scott. Stingy? Well, he certainly was careful with money, and the author reminds readers that Grant’s gutsy decision to go freelance beginning in 1936 meant he reaped far greater financial rewards from his work than actors under studio contracts did. Yes, Eliot concludes, Grant probably did spy on second wife Barbara Hutton for the FBI, which may explain why the staunchly liberal actor could publicly defend Charlie Chaplin in 1953 without prompting a HUAC subpoena. ![]() There’s no question, in this biography, that Grant and housemate Randolph Scott were lovers and that he had at least one male partner before that. The implication that he was not precisely what he seemed onscreen prompted persistent rumors - he was gay, he was stingy, he was an FBI agent - and the primary distinguishing feature of Eliot’s book is that he matter-of-factly accepts these rumors, which once seemed so scandalous, and moves on. ![]() |
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