To kill a mockingbird by harper lee5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() Lessons from the book emphasize tolerance and decry prejudice. Scholars have noted that Lee also addresses issues of class, courage, compassion, and gender roles in the Deep South. The historian Joseph Crespino explains, "In the twentieth century, To Kill a Mockingbird is probably the most widely read book dealing with race in America, and its main character, Atticus Finch, the most enduring fictional image of racial heroism." As a Southern Gothic novel and Bildungsroman, the primary themes of To Kill a Mockingbird involve racial injustice and the destruction of innocence. ![]() Atticus Finch, the narrator's father, has served as a moral hero for many readers and as a model of integrity for lawyers. The plot and characters are loosely based on Lee's observations of her family, her neighbors and an event that occurred near her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, in 1936, when she was ten.ĭespite dealing with the serious issues of rape and racial inequality, the novel is renowned for its warmth and humor. To Kill a Mockingbird has become a classic of modern American literature a year after its release, it won the Pulitzer Prize. In the United States, it is widely read in high schools and middle schools. It was published in 1960 and was instantly successful. To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by the American author Harper Lee. ![]()
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Hannah is my name by belle yang5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() The evening lecture is open to all ages, but will be a more intellectual exploration of the writer’s process. She said the morning lectures are aimed at children and will be very interactive, with the Yang and the children creating a story or character together. “The School of Education is so pleased to offer children the opportunity to meet authors who write for them,” said Joanne Galli-Banducci, teacher educator and event chair. Words Take Wing, according to the organizers, invites notable authors and illustrators to share a glimpse into their art of crafting words and images that seize our hearts and minds. ![]() The School of Education and the Children’s Center at Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento, are co-presenting this year’s Words Take Wing, with additional support from the UC Davis Children’s Hospital. ![]() She also wrote and illustrated the adult nonfiction works Baba: A Return to China Upon My Father’s Shoulders (1994) and The Odyssey of a Manchurian (1996). Yang’s picture books include Chili-Chili-Chin-Chin (1999), Always Come Home to Me (2007) and Foo the Flying Frog of Washtub Pond (2009). The School of Education’s sixth annual Words Take Wing celebration, honoring diversity in children’s literature, is set for March 5-with author-artist Belle Yang as the speaker. ![]() Flow mihaly csikszentmihalyi book5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() The creative excitement of the artist at her easel or the scientist in the lab comes as close to the ideal fulfillment as we all hope to, and so rarely do. In his bestselling book Flow, Professor Csikszentmihalyi explored states of 'optimal experience'-Those times when people report feelings of concentration and deep enjoyment - and showed that what makes experience genuinely satisfying is a state of consciousness called 'flow.' Here Professor Csikszentmihalyi builds on his flow theory, profiling. ![]() It is not intended to be a substitute for advice given by qualified professionals, and should not be relied upon to disregard or delay seeking professional advice. This book is about what makes life worth living. Please keep in mind that the information provided in or through our Book Insights episodes is for educational and informational purposes only. Get unlimited access to our entire collection of Book Insights on over 100 nonfiction bestsellers with a subscription at THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO BOOK INSIGHTS. "TED Talk – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi – Flow – 2004" HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEW MENTIONED IN TODAYS' EPISODE HERE: In a nutshell, flow makes life more meaningful, and a meaningful life, argues Csikszentmihalyi, is the key to happiness. The best way to have an ordered mind, and a life of meaning, is to engage in many ‘flow’ activities.Ī flow activity is one undertaken for its own sake rather than an end result – running a marathon for the joy of it, say, rather than in desperation to win the race. ![]() Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi says it is best to think about the universe in terms of order and chaos (entropy) ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s the nitty-gritty of daily work where Warren illuminates holiness.”– (The Chicago Tribune, February 28, 2017)īook Required (Also available in e-reader and audiobook formats). ![]() She beautifully ties making the bed to the Creation story, to God’s making beauty from chaos. This is one ordinary day turned inside out, its hallowed script revealed, liturgical underpinnings exposed. ![]() ![]() Reviewer Barbara Mahany writes: “this is spiritual guidance for the bed-maker, the teeth-brusher, the traffic-snarled among us. Warren opens up a practical theology in which we are offered pathways to the holiness of the ordinary. Can everyday, seemingly routine tasks and challenges draw us into a deeper understanding of who God is, and into a deeper relationship with Him and the people around us? This will be our exploration as we read and discuss Tish Harrison Warren’s book “Liturgy of the Ordinary: A Study of Sacred Practices in Everyday Life.”Įach chapter in this book looks at something that one might do during the course of a normal day as viewed through the lens of liturgy – small practices and habits that form us. ![]() Roberto & Me by Dan Gutman5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() Hardly does Stosh get a chance to absorb what he’s learned about baseball and about caring for others than his own great-grandson arrives to carry him forward in time to 2080, where humanity hangs on the verge of extinction thanks to global warming. Throwing in a little something for his audience’s grandparents, the author has Stosh overshoot the mark to land in 1969-at Woodstock, just in time to hear Jimi Hendrix play the “Star Spangled Banner” and then to catch a ride with hippies in a VW bus to a game in Cincinnati where he gets an inspirational pep talk from the hero himself after witnessing some of the man’s amazing on-field feats. In the tenth of the Baseball Card Adventures, young Joe “Stosh” Stoshack goes back in time to warn star player and renowned humanitarian Roberto Clemente not to board the plane full of relief supplies that crashed, killing him, in 1972. ![]() His Majesty's Hope by Susan Elia MacNeal5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Published in May 14th the book become immediate popular and critical acclaim in mystery, historical books. His Majestys Hope PDF book by Susan Elia MacNeal (Maggie Hope #3) Read Online or Free Download in ePUB, PDF or MOBI eBooks.In His Majesty’s Hope, Maggie is sent undercover behind enemy lines into Germany download assignment: to bug the private study of Clara Hess, high-ranking spymaster - and Maggie’s mother. Susan Elia MacNeal just keeps getting better! Her newest novel, His Majesty’s Hope, is the strongest entry in the Maggie Hope series so far.She went to England to sell her grandmother's house which she had inherited and ended up staying there once the war started in American ex-pat Maggie Hope, given a new identity, is parachuted into Berlin where she. Maggie, you will remember, is a Brit who was raised by her aunt in the United States after her parents died in an accident. His Majestys Hope: A Maggie Hope Mystery. His Majesty's Hope is the third book in Susan Elia MacNeal's Maggie Hope Mystery Series.> CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD EBOOK > CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD EBOOK <<<< _His Majestys Hope A Maggie Hope Mystery by Susan Elia MacNeal Ebook Epub PDF qck ![]() The woman upstairs rachel hawkins5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Jane can’t help but see an opportunity in Eddie––not only is he rich, brooding, and handsome, he could also offer her the kind of protection she’s always yearned for. ![]() His wife, Bea, drowned in a boating accident with her best friend, their bodies lost to the deep. Recently widowed, Eddie is Thornfield Estates’ most mysterious resident. Where no one will think to ask if Jane is her real name.īut her luck changes when she meets Eddie Rochester. ![]() The kind of place where no one will notice if Jane lifts the discarded tchotchkes and jewelry off the side tables of her well-heeled clients. Newly arrived to Birmingham, Alabama, Jane is a broke dog-walker in Thornfield Estates––a gated community full of McMansions, shiny SUVs, and bored housewives. January 2021 Indie Next Pick and #1 LibraryReads PickĪ delicious twist on a Gothic classic, The Wife Upstairs pairs Southern charm with atmospheric domestic suspense, perfect for fans of B.A. One of the Most Anticipated Books of 2021: CNN “Compulsively readable.a gothic thriller laced with arsenic.” –– EW Instant New York Times and USA Today Bestseller ![]() Wilde love lucy lennox5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The romance is incredible, and even though the last book especially was a bit too drawn out, the whole series is a wonderful experience. But that’s just the beginning, as this series of three books (the fourth one is an interlude that time-wise takes place before the last book, so I’m not really counting that one) takes you on an adrenaline-filled plot where the world is under attack from a mad men, where the US president and the Russian president become best friends, and where there are some heart-stopping moments that make you want to throw your Kindle in the corner. ![]() It’s the story of a president whose wife was killed in action and who falls for his Secret Service Agent. All the feels in this one.īuckle up for a wilde ride with the Executive Office series. They meet while fighting in the Vietnam war together, and we follow their story as they grow close, then fall in love. And it’s one of the most romantic books you’ll ever read. It’s the story of two men who appear as grandfathers in Lucy’s Forever Wilde series, Doc and Grandpa, and how they met and fell in love. Look, I love her books in general, but Wilde Love was special. So here are some of my recent five star reads in MM romance that I wholly recommend. I’ve had a good reading batch the last months, which always makes me happy. It’s time to share some recent five-star reads in gay romance! It’s been a while since I did one of these, so I have a lot of books to choose from. ![]() House of dragons jessica cluess5/28/2023 ![]() I adored it with every fiber of my being." Margaret Rogerson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of An Enchantment of Ravens An action-packed fantasy that has it all-a world you want to live in, a lovable cast of characters, and most important, DRAGONS. House of Dragons is propelled at a breath-stopping pace by a cast of misfits who will steal your heart, break it, mend it, and hand it back again. "Readers will be lured in by the dragons and Game of Thrones-style subterfuge, but Cluess's world building and high-stakes conflict will ensure they stick around for the sequel." BookPage A strong sense of social justice and the inevitable inequities in wealth and power drive the story as well, and the triumphant communal efforts of the candidates to subdue the evil priestess running the selection process will have readers cheering for the power of unity. ![]() ![]() Kirkus Reviews A wonderful adventure book for teens that challenges ideas of right and wrong, chaos and purity, as well as good and evil. An Indie Next Pick Witty and funny, with well-rounded characters who face complex moral issues. ![]() Elemental South by Dorinda G. Dallmeyer5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As we read of bears, ancient magnolias, swallow-tail kites, the serenity of a country childhood, the pleasure of eating real food, the remarkable provenance of ancient pottery shards, and much more, these works lure us deep into the southern landscape, away from the constructs of humanity and closer to a recognition of our inextricable ties to the earth. Arranged by theme according to the basic elements by which many cultures on earth interpret themselves and their place in the world - earth, air, fire, water - the writings consider our actual and assumed connections in the greater scheme of functioning ecosystems. Elemental South is a gathering of works by some of the region's best nature writers - people who can coax from words the mysteries of our place in the landscape and the human relationship to wildness. Nature writers know that to be fully human is to be engaged with our natural surroundings. ![]() |