![]() ![]() Traditionally, these voices have been omitted from mainstream publishing and academia. In recent years, various Canadian publishing houses have begun to feature an increasing variety of works from the often-overlapping identities and perspectives of BIPOC, immigrant, disabled, neurodivergent, and queer voices. In her immensely popular 2009 TED talk, The Danger of a Single Story, Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie states, “I realized that girls like me … could also exist in literature,” as she breaks down the issues that arise from reducing complex stories to single narratives.Īlthough the publishing industry still features homogenous voices, gradual change has begun. ![]() These stories are frequently one-dimensional and often-inaccurate portrayals of communities, often resulting in mistreatment and violence from society and internalized oppression and diminished self-worth for those affected. Misrepresentative and often dehumanizing single narratives are often seen in literature, film, art, and media. ![]()
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![]() ![]() This is a work of fiction intended for a mature, 18+ audience only. It contains disturbing subject matter, including themes of questionable consent and Stockholm Syndrome, as well as graphic sexual content. ![]() Warning: This is NOT a traditional romance. My name is Nora Leston, and this is my story. There is a darkness inside him-a darkness that scares me even as it draws me in. I don’t know who he is or why he took me. A man whose tenderness I find more devastating than his cruelty. To a man who is as ruthless as he is beautiful-a man whose touch makes me burn. I never imagined one chance meeting on the eve of my eighteenth birthday could change my life so completely. Published by Mozaika Publications, an imprint of Mozaika LLC. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is purely coincidental.Įxcept for use in a review, no part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission. ![]() ![]() ![]() Puppy Pirates is a children’s book series and the book Stowaway is the first book in the series. Still, the story didn't get entertaining until halfway through the book and that's asking a lot for kids to sit through and care about what's going on. There's a climactic battle against a ship full of cat pirates at the end, and a few scenes about walking the plank that our kids also enjoyed. After five chapters, my oldest asked if we could read something else, but we stuck with it and he ended up liking it more in the end. Unfortunately, the story took a long time to grap us. ![]() This was a short read, with nice pictures in every chapter and only ten chapters all together. Besides them, there are a few other characters, two pugs name Puggsly and Piggly, an old pirate named Old Salt and a Captain who doesn't seem to know what's going on. It's about a Labrador and a human who stowaway on a dog pirate ship in hopes of joining the crew. ![]() My boys (3 and 5) are really into pirates at the moment, and they love their dog, so they were excited enough to pick this one up. ![]() ![]() ![]() Couples draft a list of favorites, based on Smith’s song lists, as well as their “do not play” list. For the overall set list, Smith looks for a little more creative freedom. ![]() “For key-moment song decisions, we tap into the couple’s personality and energy to try to get to know them a bit better,” says Andrea Smith, founder of The Band Method.
![]() ![]() On Maat 6:15 pm PST, Havel is flying over the Bitterroot Mountain Range in Idaho when a mysterious event known as "The Change" occurs. Mike Havel is a former United States Marine and veteran of the 1991 Persian Gulf War who works as a bush pilot. The book follows the Bearkiller Outfit and the Clan Mackenzie, as they struggle to survive, and attempt to understand the mystery of what exactly made the lights go out in this post-apocalyptic world. ![]() Due to the collapse of public order, some band together, forming small farming communities on the outskirts of cities, while urban areas fall to sword-wielding warlords. Many people starve, while others rob, rape, and pillage. People are forced to adapt to a world without technology, and rely on swords and bows for protection. ![]() Dies The Fire takes place in post-apocalyptic Oregon, in a time when an unknown phenomenon permanently disables most forms of modern technology such as electricity, high pressure steam power, and combustion, including computers, electronics, guns, car and jet engines, and batteries. ![]() ![]() ![]() “I won’t have you throw everything away for a heap of rhinestones,” rages Henry’s father, when his son blurts out his dream. The Forge family are corn famers: in the opening section, hot-headed young Henry Forge, classically tutored and prone to trading arguments in Greek or Latin with his tyrannical father, develops a rebellious ambition to transform their farm one day into a thoroughbred breeding business. In the maximalist stakes, Morgan’s novel is a muscular, confident entry.įor the first 200 pages, the book appears to be a conventional multigenerational saga set in the American south. Along the way, Morgan wrestles with subjects including the history of Kentucky, slavery and its legacies, the iniquities of American healthcare, Darwinism, geology and relations between the sexes. ![]() Shortlisted for the Pulitzer and now the Baileys prize, Morgan’s epic work builds to a climactic series of dramatic race scenes featuring a star filly named Hellsmouth. T his novel is about horse racing the way Moby-Dick is about a whale it has a similarly expansive scope, spiritual seriousness and density of grand themes. ![]() ![]() ![]() Last year, on the final day of classes, my senior students surprised me with the best gift an English teacher can receive – BOOKS! They secretly got together and decided to each give me their favorite book, complete with notes about how much they loved our class. If my students are reading it, then I am giving it a solid try as well. And I noticed that these girls had a new book nearly every week. I mean, girls who would groan when I would assign a new read were finishing their classwork early so they get a few more pages read. I, for one, did not know much at all about Colleen Hoover or her books until my students began binge reading them with a vengeance. ![]() ![]() It is nearly impossible for any bibliophile today to ignore Colleen Hoover’s large presence in our book world. ![]() ![]() Parish once handed a manuscript for one of his early Amelia Bedelia books to his son. ![]() Parish's son was in elementary school when his father began writing the series - about the same age Parish was when his aunt brought Amelia Bedelia to life while working as a school teacher. It was nice to go from telling those stories into telling these stories," Parish said. "I was a copy writer and creative director, doing commercials for Hallmark. Parish, 60, has written 27 Amelia Bedelia titles in all, including the first two Amelia Bedelia chapter books coming out Tuesday. What readers may not know is that Peggy Parish's nephew, Herman Parish, has continued where his aunt left off when she died in 1988. PHOTOS: Amelia Bedelia Through The Years, From 1963 to the Present ![]() Today Greenwillow Books, the book series' publisher, which is a division of Harper Collins, is releasing a 50th anniversary edition of Amelia Bedelia with drawings by the original illustrator Fritz Siebel and a behind-the-scenes look at how the series evolved. The late author Peggy Parish wrote the first Amelia Bedelia book in 1963, eventually writing a dozen picture stories that chronicled the house maid's penchant for literal interpretation, such as sketching curtains on paper when asked to "draw the drapes." 29, 2013 — - Possibly the most successful house maid in the world, the children's book character Amelia Bedelia, turns 50 today, with a new line of books to mark the milestone. ![]() ![]() If you do nothing, you will be auto-enrolled in our premium digital monthly subscription plan and retain complete access for $69 per month.įor cost savings, you can change your plan at any time online in the “Settings & Account” section. For a full comparison of Standard and Premium Digital, click here.Ĭhange the plan you will roll onto at any time during your trial by visiting the “Settings & Account” section. ![]() Premium Digital includes access to our premier business column, Lex, as well as 15 curated newsletters covering key business themes with original, in-depth reporting. Standard Digital includes access to a wealth of global news, analysis and expert opinion. ![]() During your trial you will have complete digital access to FT.com with everything in both of our Standard Digital and Premium Digital packages. ![]() ![]() Poppy and Casteel must consider the impossibletravel to the Lands of the Gods and wake the King himself. Armentrout 3 The Crown of Gilded Bones (2021) by. A lover and heartmate But the greatest threat to them and to Atlantia is what awaits in the far west, where the Queen of Blood and Ash has her own plans, ones she has waited hundreds of years to carry out. ![]() Armentrout 2 A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire (2020) by Jennifer L. Now, Poppy must rise up and fight to find her new destiny, as every blood-soaked thread that holds the kingdom together begins to crumble.And her rebellion begins". 1 From Blood and Ash (2020) by Jennifer L. When an extraordinary golden-eyed guard enters her life that incites both her anger and her passion, it drives her to cross the line into the forbidden, and Poppy discovers that nothing in her world is what it seems. The Hollywood Reporter said the series description states, "She can only dream of freedom, even as she secretly trains and fights with her guards to protect the kingdom from the evil that took her family. Being forced to fulfill her destiny, she is isolated from the world but everything starts to go down the drain when she meets Casteel. ![]() ![]() From Blood and Ash is expected to focus on the story of Poppy, known as the Maiden, who has a mission to bring peace and prosperity to her kingdom after " ascending". The official plot of the series is tied to the books published by Armentrout. What will the From Blood and Ash series be about? ![]() |