![]() ![]() I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it. Deeply compassionate and beautifully imagined, Alice Walker’s epic carries readers on a spirit-affirming journey towards redemption and love. The Color Purple broke the silence around domestic and sexual abuse, narrating the lives of women through their pain and struggle, companionship and growth, resilience and bravery. Through a series of letters spanning twenty years, first from Celie to God, then the sisters to each other despite the unknown, the novel draws readers into its rich and memorable portrayals of Celie, Nettie, Shug Avery and Sofia and their experience. Separated as girls, sisters Celie and Nettie sustain their loyalty to and hope in each other across time, distance and silence. A powerful cultural touchstone of modern American literature, The Color Purple depicts the lives of African American women in early twentieth-century rural Georgia. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() 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. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Snyder was aware that the New 52 was ending, that his run was reaching an apotheosis, so he went for a big giant bombastic ending that was massive and just. good god this took a heavy, deeply unintelligible shit. At a certain point comics run out of ideas and there's only so many people you can put in the cowl. And I was willing to give Gordon the benefit of the doubt. Boom is *great* and creepy and interesting and weird. ![]() And Bruce Wayne went AWOL and for some reason, Snyder put Commissioner Gordon into the role of Batman and put him up against a new villain named Mister Bloom. I really liked it.īut then the last three volumes happened. Like, as a Joker story it was epic in ways Death of the Family was innovative and fresh. It was crazy and throwing everything at the wall. ![]() The Endgame arc, the return of the Joker with its big bombastic epic loud yelling. Turns out my friend was right, because this series shit the bed prettttty hard in the home stretch. I was able to pick up all ten volumes for cheap, and shortly after doing so I had a conversation with a friend, talking about how it gets really verbose and drops the ball. Less than two months ago I decided to give the new-52 Snyder run on Batman a proper read. ![]() ![]() ![]() Raff has a secret plan, but keeps it secret from everyone. He becomes a lawyer, and gets hired as a legal counsel to a development company that wants to buy up the Nokobee tract, and replace the wilderness with condos and strip malls. In the third section of the book, Raff does something totally inexplicable to those who know him well. ![]() The parallels with humans are not explicitly pointed out, but they are remarkable. It is a memorable history, that shows how ant society is eerily reminiscent of human society workers, soldiers, celebrities, scouts, carrying on the business of the anthill gathering food, competitions for status, and fighting wars. Wilson is an expert on ants, and this section is supposed to be a summary of Raff's first-hand research. It is titled "The Anthill Chronicles", and gives a detailed history of the ant colonies in the region, totally from the ants' point of view. The middle section of the book is unlike any novel I've ever read. His relatives don't quite understand the fascination he feels for the region, but tolerate his interests and activities. He grows up loving this wilderness area, and visits frequently, studying the plants and wildlife that thrive there. This is a coming-of-age story about a boy named Raff, who grows up in southern Alabama, at the edge of a piece of wilderness known as the Nokobee tract. ![]() Wilson, eminent biologist, researcher, environmentalist, and Pulitzer-Prize-winning author has managed. So, how can a novel also be a book about science, biology, and environmentalism? Edward O. ![]() ![]() I knew I’d be frustrated with where Jack and Eliza ended, but I didn’t expect this. Even though I still don’t know why they exist. Stephenson must fancy himself a rogue because these Jack chapters are way more compelling than the earlier ones. I don’t understand why this is here but it’s easier to understand in microcosm than the Daniel Waterhouse stuff. Which is how I’ve chose to look at working 60 hour weeks in this shit.Īs confused as I am to the relevance of this second part in Vienna, the conversational clip is a welcome change of pace. An awareness that it could kill you, but there’s not a ton you can do about it besides be cautious. I must have read this during the height of the pandemic. But people here seem to do things–hangings included–with a blunt, blank efficiency that’s admirable and disappointing at the same time.” ![]() When did we invent timepieces exact enough to tell seconds? How much time have we lost or gained by our imperfect keeping? Am I that high from nyquil already? And it’s completely illegible, even zoomed in. ![]() ![]() ![]() Praise for Sophie Kinsella and Shopaholic Ties the Knot Can everyone's favorite shopaholic tie the knot before everything unravels? and Becky can't seem to turn down either one. Both weddings, on separate continents, on the same day. Then Luke proposes! Problem is, two other people are planning her wedding: Becky's overjoyed mother-who has been waiting forever to host a backyard wedding, with the bride resplendent in Mum's frilly old gown and her high-society soon-to-be mother-in-law-who insists on a glamorous, all-expenses-paid affair at the Plaza. ![]() But with her best friend, Suze, engaged, how can Becky fail to notice that her own ring finger is bare? Not that she's been thinking about marriage (or diamonds) or anything. Life has been good to Becky Bloomwood: She's become the top personal shopper at Barneys and she's living happily with her boyfriend, Luke, in Manhattan's West Village. ![]() "Sophie Kinsella keeps her finger on the cultural pulse, while leaving me giddy with laughter."-Jojo Moyes, author of The Giver of Stars and The Last Letter from Your Lover From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Party Crasher and Love Your Life. ![]() ![]() In its three-episode second season, the delirium continues as Suzie gets a part in a televised Christmas special and fights to regain the love of the public. There's an element of horror to the show as the walls close in on Suzie and she retreats into some self-destructive behavior in strange places, and the anxiety it produces is almost too much, in a great way. ![]() The scramble to save face and her marriage is a bumpy one for Suzie, who goes through the wringer in the dark comedy that isn't afraid to mix raunch with sharp observations about celebrity. Billie Piper delivers an award-worthy performance as she absolutely becomes Suzie Pickles, an actress whose career and family get blown to bits when her phone is hacked and racy photos are leaked on the internet. It's OK to watch someone during the worst time of their life, really! It's good for learning from their mistakes and enjoying a little schadenfreude, and in the SkyTV series I Hate Suzie, it's also very funny. ![]() ![]() ![]() In 2010, young Pete Saubers discovers a buried trunk containing money and John Rothstein’s notebooks. Veiled as an opportunity to steal money, he reveals that his interest lies rather in the author’s notebooks, where potential stories of a beloved series are up for grabs, stories that Morris Bellamy is ready to kill for. What is Finders Keepers about? In 1978, Morris Bellamy sets out to rob America’s most famous reclusive writer, John Rothstein. ![]() Read by the award-winning narrator Will Patton, this second novel in the Bill Hodges Trilogy, invites readers into critically-acclaimed author Stephen King’s exploration of madness and mayhem in whole new characters with retired detective Bill Hodges back in action to stop a madman from doing the unforgivable. On top of the darkness of this despair, a growing sense of obsession can turn a said person towards a path of self-destruction: their world becomes a playground where nothing but the source of their obsession is the purpose of their life. ![]() When drowning in despair, it comes as an inevitability for a person to latch onto the first buoy they find, no matter the consequences of their actions, to avoid losing their mind. Despair has a way of warping a person’s understanding of the world, their comprehension of good and evil, and their grasp on right and wrong. ![]() ![]() ![]() I have now satisfied my curiosity and I’m not sure I will read the novels! This … diary is a record of Hood’s experiences and reflections as she pieced together the multi-dimensional puzzle of Sylvia Ashton-Warner’s life for her award winning biography, Sylvia!” Īfter reading Who is Sylvia, I was intrigued enough to read the biography. “For four years Lynley Hood was obsessed, or possibly possessed, by Sylvia Ashton-Warner. The biography was first published in 1988, this book in 1990: This is based on a diary that author Lynley Hood kept as she researched and wrote her biography of Sylvia Ashton-Warner. I liked their period cover illustrations, but haven’t read either! But when a friend loaned me a copy of Who is Sylvia? I thought I would like to learn. I bought them second hand – Una Innes of Te Puke and Kenneth Kyle ’61 owned them before me. ![]() Spinster was her first novel, published in 1958 and Incense to Idols was her second, published in 1960. I have had the two novels by Sylvia Ashton-Warner (1908-1984) on my bookshelf for some time. Who is Sylvia? The Diary of a Biography of Sylvia Ashton-Warner, Lynley Hood (1990, 2008) Sylvia! The biography of Sylvia Ashton-Warner, Lynley Hood (1988, 2008) ![]() ![]() Specific questions are always welcome, but any post relating to these topics will be removed. ![]() This subreddit seeks to create an environment for the respectful debate and discussion of occult philosophy and metaphysics. The /r/Occult wiki contains FAQs, educational resources, and more. NOTE: The moderation team of the discord is distinct from the moderation team of this subreddit Thus, the /r/Occult mods have neither the authority nor the ability (and likely not the inclination) to unban you from the Discord Please don't ask. This is a voice and text chatroom, with weekly open study and discussion groups. 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