![]() Buy NewLearn more about this copy US 9. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title. Her historical romances include Agnes Moor's Wild Knight (Scottish Medieval), Be Not Afraid (American Revolution), and Let It Shine (1960s Civil Rights movement). When Ivan and Sofie meet, they realize that their pasts are intertwined and-with the sparks that fly between them-perhaps their futures will be too. Alyssa Cole is an award-winning historical/sci-fi/contemporary romance writer. His family escaped from Europe before the horrors of WWII, and Ivan decides to help fight injustice in their new country, even if it goes against all his instincts as a fighter. Ivan Friedman has devoted his life to boxing, loving the finesse of a well-delivered punch and the penance of receiving one. Sofie’s spent half her life being prim, proper, and reserved-as if that could bring her mother back-but the nonviolent protests happening across the South bring out her inner agitator. ![]() Sofronia Wallis knows that proper Black women don’t court trouble by upending the status quo, but it’s 1961 and the Civil Rights movement is in full swing. *2016 RITA Award finalist for Best Novella* Be Not Afraid - That Could Be Enough - Let Us Dream - Let It Shine By: Alyssa Cole Narrated by: Karen Chilton Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins Unabridged Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 42 Performance 4.5 out of 5. ![]()
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Señor Borges, a careful and subtle writer, deserves better treatment." - Times Literary Supplement "Some of the translations are incredibly rough and ready.Note that the UK edition, Fictions, uses Andrew Hurley's translations (also found in Collected Fictions)Ī : many Borges highlights in a handy volumeĪcknowledged as classic stories by a great master, but lots of complaints about the overlap between this volume and Labyrinths, as well as complaints about the translations.Includes a Chronology and Select Bibliography.All these stories can also be found in Borges' Collected Fictions, translated by Andrew Hurley (see our review).Translated by Alastair Reid, Anthony Kerrigan, Anthony Bonner, Helen Temple and Ruthven Todd.This edition is also available in a Grove Press paperback which includes the same stories, in the same translations, but lacks the introduction by Sturrock and the chronolgy - and is not much less expensive than the more attractive hardcover version. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Latash) Classics in Movement Science, 2001. ![]() EDITOR: (and chapter author) Biodynamics of Sport Technique, 1978 (and primary author) Sports Metrology, 1982 Biomechanics in Sport, 2000 (with M.L. Aruin) Occupational Biomechanics, 1989 Science and Practice of Strength Training, 1995 Kinematics of Human Motion, 1997 Kinetics at Human Motion, 2002. Yakunin) Biomechanical Basis of Endurance, 1982 (with A.S. Selayanov) Biomechanics of the Human Musculoskeletal System, 1981 (with S.Y. Donskoj) Biomechanics, 1979 Basis of Sports Metrology, 1979 (with A.S. Publications: Motor Abilities of Athletes, 1966 Cybernetics, Mathematics, Sport, 1969 (with D.D. University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Calgary, visiting professor, 1990-91 Pennsylvania State University, visiting professor, 1991-93, professor of exercise and sports science, 1993-, director, biomechanics laboratory, 1995-, professor of kinesiology, 1996. ![]() Career: Lvov Institute of Physical Culture, Ukraine, assistant professor, 1954-57 Central Institute of Physical Culture, Moscow, assistant professor to professor, 1960-74, head and professor of the biomechanics chair, 1974-87, head of the chair of biomechanics, 1989-90 fitness and biomechanics consultant to the USSR's national Olympic teams, 1960- 90 All-Union Research Institute of Physical Culture, Moscow, director, 1987-89. ![]() ![]() The novel is set primarily in New Jersey from the 1940s to the 1960s. Spielvogel, his psychoanalyst Roth later explained that the artistic choice to frame the story as a psychoanalytic session was motivated by "the permissive conventions of the patient-analyst situation," which would "permit me to bring into my fiction the sort of intimate, shameful detail, and coarse, abusive language that in another fictional environment would have struck me as pornographic, exhibitionistic, and nothing but obscene." Structurally, Portnoy's Complaint is a continuous monologue by narrator Alexander Portnoy to Dr. Time included this novel in its " TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005." Structure and themes In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Portnoy's Complaint 52nd on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. ![]() ![]() ![]() The novel tells the humorous monologue of "a lust-ridden, mother-addicted young Jewish bachelor," who confesses to his psychoanalyst in "intimate, shameful detail, and coarse, abusive language." Its success turned Roth into a major celebrity, sparking a storm of controversy over its explicit and candid treatment of sexuality, including detailed depictions of masturbation using various props including a piece of liver. Portnoy's Complaint is a 1969 American novel by Philip Roth. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() One of them-“ 6 Illustrations That Show What It's Like in an Introvert's Head ”-was viewed by over a million people! That’s when we realized many people might need to hear our message: It’s OK to acknowledge your emotions, and preferred work style, on the job. We soon started writing articles together based on our experiences in the workplace. The closer we got, the more we realized that we had both entered the workforce believing that if you wanted to be “professional” you had to cut out feelings entirely. We bonded immediately: We’re both introverts, have an irreverent sense of humor, need eye masks to sleep, and we take on creative side projects. 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Dog Man, “a brand-new crime-fighting sensation” created by surgically attaching the head of a police dog to the body of a policeman, gets his own full-color adventure in this terrifically funny spin-off comic from Pilkey (the character’s origins were previously revealed in Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers). ![]() ![]() ![]() And as the boundary between hatred and love grows ever thinner with the prince, Violet must untangle a wicked web of deceit in order to save herself and the kingdom-or doom them all. Violet's wits may protect her in the cutthroat court, but they can't change her fate. ![]() Violet faces her own choice: Seize an opportunity to gain control of her own destiny, no matter the cost, or give in to the ill-fated attraction that's growing between her and Cyrus. Honesty is for suckers, like the oh-so- not charming Prince Cyrus, who plans to strip Violet of her official role once he's crowned at the end of the summer-unless Violet does something about it.īut when the king asks her to falsely prophesy Cyrus's love story for an upcoming ball, Violet awakens a dreaded curse, one that will end in either damnation or salvation for the kingdom-all depending on the prince’s choice of future bride. ![]() Violet is a prophet and a liar, influencing the royal court with her cleverly phrased-and not always true-divinations. ![]() ![]() ![]() With Trina, the Scrabble Queen herself, gone, the throne is empty, and her friends are eager to be the next reigning champion. It might be even though Najwa’s trying to change, she’s not ready to give up Trina just yet.īut the same can’t be said for all the other competitors. Perhaps it wasn’t the best idea to choose the very same competition where said best friend, Trina Low, died. When Najwa Bakri walks into her first Scrabble competition since her best friend’s death, it’s with the intention to heal and move on with her life. Noun: a person or thing that precipitates an event or change Website | Twitter | Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | The Book Depository | Indiebound | Indigo | Library ![]() ![]() ![]() I don’t think I would have ever glanced at this book otherwise.Īnd it would have been a sad day because we need more books like this in the world. So, The Art of Starving became our wild chance. “There has to be something sci-fi about it,” we all said. And why not? So we scrolled and searched and researched till we came upon a gem that seemed weirdly placed on a list made up entirely of sci-fi books. Such was the case when we sat there, three in a group, trying to keep the YA book club alive and fighting to find something interesting. It can be stressful: figuring out what book to read next, going on the whims of others, and taking wild chances. The ones with something to fight for.”īook club is a curse and a gift. ![]() Who’ve had things they love taken from them. They’re the ones who know what it’s like to be weak, and have a reason to get stronger. “The strongest people aren’t the ones who are born strong. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ilmater did not anger quickly, but when he did, he was fearsome in his wrath. Ilmater was himself a willing sufferer, taking one's place to bear their burden, seeking to endure any pain if it would lessen the pain of another. He encouraged his faithful to halt and relieve the suffering of others, and to take it on themselves if they must. He encouraged them to endure their pain, suffering, and abuse, for good things came to those who waited. ![]() He sought to offer aid and relief and words of comfort to those in pain, who were oppressed, or otherwise in great need. Ilmater was the incarnation of compassion, and the eternal foe of suffering, a generous, good-spirited, and even-tempered deity, with a kind and gentle nature. No matter how much his avatar healed, it still showed these terrible wounds. Moving caused him a great deal of pain as he dragged himself around. ![]() Ilmater's joints were broken, his limbs were ravaged, and his hands were smashed yet still functional. But this body bore the marks of mutilation and torture on the rack, covered with open cuts, closed scars, burns, and a range of other wounds. ![]() In avatar form, Ilmater appeared as a short man with a burly build and wearing only a breechcloth, with a plain but kind and comforting face, balding head, and a hairy body. ![]() |