![]() ![]() įurthermore, Lu was inspired by her life in the United States. In an interview with Rick Margolis for the School Library Journal, Lu revealed that her experiences while living in China and being at Tiananmen Square hours before the massacre indirectly shaped the novel by changing the way she saw things. Īdditionally, Lu drew inspiration from events in East Asia such as the Eugenics movement in early 20th century Korea and the Tiananmen Square Massacre in China. In an interview with Judith Pereira from The Globe and Mail, Lu explained that watching Les Misérables drew her to adapt the criminal versus detective narrative to make it a teen version. One of her biggest inspirations was Les Misérables, basing her characters of Day and June on the police inspector Javert and ex-convict Jean Valjean in the movie. Lu drew inspiration from several sources while writing this novel. Published by Penguin Young Readers Group under the Putnam imprint in July 2010, Legend is Marie Lu's first published work. Lu draws inspiration from events and experiences throughout her life and media she has consumed such as the movie Les Miserables. ![]() It is the first book in the Legend series followed by Prodigy, Champion, and Rebel. Legend is a 2011 dystopian young adult novel written by American author Marie Lu. ![]() Print ( hardcover and paperback), audiobook, e-book ![]()
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![]() ![]() The Divine has been showing up at the kitchen tables of Black women for a long time. Pierce tells stories that center the experiences of those living on the underside of history, teasing out the tensions of race, spirituality, trauma, freedom, resistance, and memory.Ī grandmother's theology carries wisdom strong enough for future generations. ![]() Now, in the pages of In My Grandmother's House, Pierce reckons with that tradition, building an everyday womanist theology rooted in liberating scriptures, experiences in the Black church, and truths from Black women's lives. ![]() Born on a former cotton plantation and having fled the terrors of the South, Pierce's grandmother raised her in the faith inherited from those who were enslaved. In a world hostile to Black women's bodies and spirits, they had to be. The church mothers who raised Yolanda Pierce, dean of Howard University School of Divinity, were busily focused on her survival. Pierce in: Mission Studies Volume 38 Issue 3 (2021) 'In My Grandmother’s House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit, written by Yolanda N. What if the most steadfast faith you'll ever encounter comes from a Black grandmother? In My Grandmother’s House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit, written by Yolanda N. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I was pulled into this story from the start, being able to feel completely immersed into this near-future, alternate world where people who develop abilities have not only been around for such a long time that they are an ingrained part of the landscape, but they have been regulated by the government to not even human status since Prohibition. ![]() ![]() When she is brutally attacked and finds that her healing hands have become more than just a phrase, she finds herself being pulled into a world where those who have “Emerged” with powers are treated as non-human from all sides to be more than a theoretical debate. Her whole world at that point is simply to heal all of the damaged people that come into her life, and she prides herself on that ability, regardless of the way that her pride gets in her own way over and over again in her professional and personal life. Burden of Solace did not disappoint, giving me a great introduction to Cassie Whelan’s world and making me care about her and her world right out of the gate.Īs the reader, you are thrown straight into Cassie’s world as a fourth-year trauma resident. I grew up on Marvel comic books, so having a female-led Superhero story out there is something that I automatically gravitate to, especially when a near-future Alternate Reality version of my city (Atlanta, GA) is involved. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The only person who stays is Davey, Starr's son, who is now thrust into the foster care system, because of Astrid.Īstrid's next foster mother is Marvel Turlock who only wants Astrid as a wage-free servant. Ray, the man Astrid loves so much, does not stay to help her. Finally, everything ends in bloody violence as Starr shoots Astrid three times and runs away. Starr, noticing this, goes off her abstinence from alcohol and even breaks her son's arm. The lure of Astrid's innocent beauty is too much for Ray to resist, and they cross over the line and start a sexual relationship. ![]() As Astrid turns fourteen, she finds herself falling in love with Starr's hippie boyfriend, Ray. She professes to believe in Jesus Christ but her lifestyle and attire suggest otherwise. The first foster mother is Starr, an ex-stripper and alcoholic. While her mother is in prison, Astrid has the first-hand experience of the foster care system. When Barry, after wooing her and slipping into their lives, drops her without warning, Ingrid becomes quite psychotic, resulting in his murder. Astrid's delicate balance crumbles when her mother falls in love with Barry Kolker, who is the type of man Ingrid deems unworthy of her. She sees herself stronger and tries to live her life in simple elegance. Ingrid sees herself as a Valkyrie who would rather rule in Hell than serve in Heaven. Her mother is the kind of beauty who turns people's heads. Astrid is a twelve-year-old girl who lives with her beautiful mother, Ingrid, a poet. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Finally, the continued coming-of-age of the town's collection of adopted teenagers evolves through family troubles, new teachers, attitude problems, and potential crushes. In the meantime, a hired hit woman is after two of the town’s newest residents. While Mal is working to earn back the money lost and the trust of everyone in the county, grocery store manager Gary Clark is preparing for a high school reunion with both his ex-wife and the woman he loved before getting cruelly manipulated into marriage. ![]() Word travels quickly, and Mal loses the trust and respect of everyone in town and the surrounding areas-but most poignantly, Bernadine has decided to never forgive him. Unfortunately, due to misplaced male pride and momentary stupidity, Mal has screwed up and embezzled money belonging to the town only to lose it all to a con man. Several years into the new history of a budding small town, Bernadine has fallen in love with Malachi July and finally decided to pursue a relationship. ![]() Jenkins' ( Tempest, 2018, etc.) ninth jaunt into Henry Adams continues the story of Bernadine Brown, who bought the town on eBay in the first Blessings novel. In the town of Henry Adams, Kansas, intrigue and second chances abound. ![]() ![]() My reason was that, although the dignity of the law, which is doubtless very great, and especially the numerous references it contains to Roman antiquity, did not fail to delight me, I felt it to be habitually degraded by those who practise it. ![]() I gave up the subject altogether, however, so soon as it was no longer necessary to consult the wishes of my parents. I heard the whole body of the civil law, and would, as many thought, have distinguished myself later, had I but continued my studies. Presentation on theme: "Francesco Petrarch, the Humanities, and the Sonnet"- Presentation transcript:ġ Francesco Petrarch, the Humanities, and the SonnetĪ little Song Francesco Petrarch, the Humanities, and the SonnetĢ Petrarch Biography Laura Humanism The SonnetĤ Petrarch Family was from Florence Exiled due to political conflictīorn in Arezzo Returned to Florence Childhood in Avignon “where the Roman Pontiff holds and has long held the Church of Christ in shameful exile.” – “To Posterity” page 65ĥ Petrarch I then set out for Montpellier to study law, and spent four years there, then three at Bologna. ![]() ![]() He consulted with manager Johnny Keane and they decided that the team needed more speed. ![]() Cardinals GM Bing Devine, worried about both the team and his own job security, looked for a deal to make before the June 15 trading deadline. His absence left a hole in the Cardinal lineup and in left field, and as the early weeks of the 1964 season passed, St. Stan Musial, whose 3,630 career hits were second on the all-time list and remain fourth today, retired after the 1963 season, at the age of 42, after 22 years in St. The Cardinals finished six games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.ġ964 saw the Cardinals without the best hitter in franchise history. December 6, 1963: Carl Sawatski was released by the Cardinals.October 1, 1963: Ken MacKenzie was traded by the Cardinals to the San Francisco Giants for Jimmie Coker. ![]() They went on to win the World Series in 7 games over the New York Yankees. The Cardinals went 93–69 during the season and finished first in the National League, edging the co-runners-up Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies by one game each on the last day of the regular-season to claim their first NL pennant since 1946. Louis, Missouri and its 73rd season in the National League. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 83rd season in St. ![]() ![]() ![]() Although separated by centuries, the violence and angst that surround Mercy comfort Natalie during her own period of trauma as she struggles with regret, low self-confidence, and wavering commitment to her faith. As Mercy navigates treacherous New York, she keeps a journal of her secret life. Jumping back nearly 300 years, the novel turns to Mercy Howard, who becomes a spy in Loyalist Manhattan after her fiancé is hanged by the British at the outset of the Revolutionary War. Chris’s twin, Maelynn, faces her brother as he takes aim, yet he spares her-a moment that brings intense guilt she must grapple with for the rest of her life. Natalie Abbott, a radio personality who comforts and counsels listeners in need of advice, goes through her own family trauma when her son, Chris, shoots several people, killing three, at his high school. Three women form the center of this harrowing tale, all facing the dire consequences of keeping secrets from loved ones. A journal from 1776 comforts a radio host going through family strife in the present day in Chiavaroli’s second time-jump tale set during the Revolutionary War (after Freedom’s Ring). ![]() ![]() This is the prefrontal cortex, namely the human brain. ![]() It’s also the emotional hub of our brain, dealing with feelings and memories.Īlthough we share these parts with apes, the third section is what sets us apart. Second is the mammalian brain, which constantly scans our environment for danger or reward. This section regulates the bodily functions we don’t consciously control, like breathing and sweating. ![]() The first part is known as the reptilian brain. Our brain is divided into three main parts, each with distinctive functions, and two of these parts are similar to the brains of apes. One thing we do know, though, is that our brains aren’t that different from the brains of our closest mammalian relatives – chimpanzees. Ninety percent of our knowledge of the human brain has been acquired in the last 20 years – and we’re still far from fully understanding it. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() His arrival on the first night suggests something is not quite right when he sees a woman out in the frozen mists, standing alone in the marshes. Until he is invited to spend Christmas with his guardian in a large and desolate country house. One that would be unbelievable if it weren't true! Michael's parents are dead and he imagines that he will stay with the kindly lawyer, executor of his parents' will. ![]() It’s all about Michael Vyner who recalls a terrible story, one that happened to him. This is a fabulous new book which has been published by Bloomsbury (the famous publisher of Harry Potter). 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