![]() ![]() Interweaving reportage with an incendiary analysis of American history and politics, she offers a compelling account of how calls to preserve "free speech" are used against the vulnerable how a fixation with "wokeness," "political correctness," and "cancel culture" is in fact an organized and well-funded campaign by elites and how the fear of racial minorities and their "identity politics" obscures the biggest threat of all-white terrorism. ![]() Exploring how these and other common political myths function, she breaks down how they are employed to subvert calls for equality from historically disenfranchised groups. In 2016, presidential candidate Donald Trump declared: "I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct." Reeling from his victory, Democrats blamed the corrosive effect of "identity politics." When banned from Twitter for inciting violence, Trump and his supporters claimed that the measure was an assault on "free speech." In We Need New Stories, Nesrine Malik explains that all of these arguments are political myths-variations on the lie that American values are under assault. ![]() "A rigorous examination of six political myths used to deflect and discredit demands for social justice. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Mature ReadersĢnd Edition - Volume 1 - 2nd or Later Printings. Bissette and John Totleben.Īlan Moore's legendary run of Swamp Thing tales is collected in Absolute format at last, completely recolored for this new edition! This first of three volumes includes Moore's first Swamp Thing story, issue #20's "Loose Ends," a prelude to his haunting origin story, "The Anatomy Lesson," which reshapes Swamp Thing's mythology with terrifying revelations. ![]() Bissette, Rich Veitch, Shawn McManus, Alfredo Alcala, and Ron Randall. Art by Dan Day, John Totleben, Stephen R. Mature ReadersĢnd Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. Trying to find his way back to Earth, he stops over on Thanagar, home of Hawkman Rann, home of Adam Strange and encounters the Green Lantern of a world of sentient plants. Then, Swamp Thing travels across the galaxy, where his consciousness has been hurled. In this new Absolute edition, Swamp Thing returns from Hell only to learn that Abby has fled Gotham City, where he runs afoul of Batman, Lex Luthor, and the Gotham City Police Department. Art by Rick Veitch, Alfredo Alcala, John Totleben, Stephen Bissette, Al Williamson, and Tom Yeates. Bissette, Rick Veitch, and John Totleben. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Record of Badalia Herodsfoot, Judson and the Empire, The Children of the Zodiac. ![]() ![]() The poem, first published in Rewards and Fairies (1910) following the story 'Brother Square-Toes', is written in the form of paternal advice to the poets son, John. Many Inventions is a collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling. It is a literary example of Victorian-era stoicism. Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book IIīiographical sketch - Baa, Baa, Black Sheep - Wee Willie Winkie - The dove of Dacca - The smoke upon your altar dies - Recessional - L'envoi - The sing-song of Old Man Kangaroo - Fuzzy-Wuzzy - The English flag - The king - To the unknown goddess - The galley slave - The ship that found herself - A trip across a continent - The Children of the Zodiac - The bridge builders - The miracles - Our Lady of the Snows - The song of the women - The White Man's burden. 'If' is a poem by English writer and poet Rudyard Kipling (18651936), written circa 1895 as a tribute to Leander Starr Jameson. ![]() ![]() ![]() Shannon skillfully grounds high-stakes fantasy action in human emotion and a mature exploration of duty, bodily autonomy, identity, and motherhood. As roving monsters sow destruction throughout the realm, all must race to survive. ![]() And Dumai, raised in a secluded mountaintop temple, is thrown into a dangerous world of courtly intrigue when she learns she’s the firstborn daughter of Jorodu, Emperor of Seiiki. Meanwhile, Tunuva Melim, a warrior of the Priory, ventures into the outside world to pursue a runaway postulant whose relationship with an outsider puts their sanctuary at risk. Wulfert Glenn, a foundling and housecarl sworn to Glorian’s father, the king of Hróth, struggles to cast off whispers of witchcraft that cling to him from his mysterious past. Glorian Berethnet, teenage daughter to the queen of Inys, faces mounting pressure to conceive her own child and secure the line of succession. Taking place centuries before the events of Priory, it’s an expansive epic that interweaves four connected story lines as the protagonists reckon with both personal conflicts and the cataclysmic resurgence of wyrmkind. Shannon artfully builds on the world of The Priory of the Orange Tree with this masterful standalone prequel. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Everything in this book is backed up with facts and science, not opinion. It will benefit bowlers at all skill levels, from league and recreational play through PBA pros. How to properly make that change.This is not a basic "how to bowl" book. ![]() What you need to change to get back to striking. What's really happening on the lanes, and how things really work. How do we know what to do? How do we know what to believe?In this book we examine: What doesn't work, and what most bowlers have wrong. Answers and solutions abound, but a great many of them are ineffective or just plain wrong. "Why did I leave the 10-pin on that shot?" "Why isn't my ball hitting the pocket anymore?" "Should I change balls, or move?" "How heavy should my ball be?" "What's the best bowling ball?" "How do I get more hook?" "Why do I keep missing my spares?"We are faced with endless questions, problems, and choices every time we bowl. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sylvia writes the word on a piece of cardboard. Sylvia asks: “What word do you want today?” Gay is the first child to come to her desk. She asks the class to tackle their work, then invites each child to her in turn. Sylvia calls the children to attention each morning by playing the first eight notes of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. Let’s explore how this worked in practice, starting with an example from her best-known book Teacher. It must start from a person’s experience and relate to their world.Ĭhildren were then able to learn quickly and, in the process, develop their inner strength. Sylvia believed in organic reading and writing. So what was the secret of her success? Philosophy and background She produced excellent results, but had the reputation of being somewhat difficult. Sylvia was a gifted but complex teacher who worked with Māori children in New Zealand from the 1940s onwards.Įxperts flocked to study her methods for helping children to learn to read and write. The link above takes you to one of the few interviews with Sylvia Ashton-Warner. ![]() ![]() Make sense of what Jesus and the first Christians believed about God and the world.Understand the forces that shaped early Christianity: the history, culture, and religion of Second Temple Judaism and the Greco-Roman world.Learn how-and why-to read the New Testament as history, literature, and theology. ![]() Offering an immersion into the New Testament’s writings and the world behind them, this book will reshape how you read the Christian story-and refresh your understanding of the mission of God today. Wright’s ground-breaking work on Christian origins into one volume for the first time. Introducing The New Testament in Its World, the new book that distills decades of N. ![]() What if you could close the distance? What if you could think like the first Christians- and read the New Testament responsibly for today? ![]() Nearly two thousand years separate us from the world of Jesus. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Catalina has no doubt she’s up to the task of investigating the murder however, she’s furious when Linus insists she accept the protection of Alessandro Sagredo, a powerful assassin and the only man Catalina has ever loved. The dangerous monsters she encountered are connected to the work Felix and a consortium of powerful houses were doing to reclaim a dangerous magic-rich swamp on prime Houston real estate. After Catalina is attacked by a series of magically fueled monsters that crawled out of a nearby swamp, her boss, Linus Duncan, the Deputy of Texas, assigns her to investigate the murder of Felix Morton. Even though she’s in her early 20s, she’s the capable manager of her family’s investigation business, the powerful head of her family’s emerging magical house, and the covert Deputy Warden for the state of Texas. Two powerful magic users forge an uneasy alliance while investigating a murder.Ĭatalina Baylor is no stranger to duty and responsibility, as we learned in Andrews' first book about her, Sapphire Flames (2019). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jack determines to help rid his brother of this entanglement. He can’t imagine that his brother would succumb to love, especially after their tumultuous childhood that was filled with hurt, abandonment, and rejection. Tom and Nell married so quickly, and Jack is sure there are nefarious reasons for the nuptials. When Jack Beresford, Earl of Hawkenden’s brother announces that he has married, Jack is stunned. She lives in Ireland with her husband, children, cats, and dog and can be reached at on facebook, twitter, and instagram. After a career encompassing speech & language therapy, Sure Start, maternity campaigning and being President of a charity, she now manages a maternity hospital. She has loved reading and writing since childhood, and has a particular fondness for love, romance, and happy endings. ![]() Her first book, Waltzing with the Earl, won the Rita Award for Best Historical Romance 2018, while Rags-to-Riches Wife won the RoNA Award for Best Historical Romance 2021. She writes witty, heartwarming Regency love stories for Harlequin Mills & Boon. Catherine Tinley is an award winning author of historical romance. ![]() ![]() ![]() In Empire Falls, Miles shows that nostalgia can create a false past where Empire Falls was better than it really does or, if he is brave enough, he can choose to face the past with objectivity. The truth is that there never needed to be an empire, because of nostalgia. This second aspect seems out of place, right? Where is the empire? Empire Falls is just a small town, after all. On the other hand, it sounds like a reference to the apocalyptic downfall of an empire. On one hand, it references a waterfall which serves as the namesake for the town. Notice that the title of the novel (which is the town's name) is a double entendre. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous ![]() We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]() |