![]() ![]() Mary, Queen of Scots: Queen Without a Country, France 1553. ![]() Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England 1544."My responsibility as a author is to write with authenticity and accuracy and it does not vary whether the character is real or fictional," states Lasky. It's like a treasure hunt." There is no difference whether she is writing about a fictional character, such as in The Journal of Augustus Pelletier: The Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804, for the My Name is America series, or a real character, such as in Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544, for the Royal Diaries series. When doing research for a book, Lasky usually begins in the children's room of the public library. Her first book, I Have Four Names for My Grandfather, was published while she was teaching. She was quite excited that the Guardians of Ga'Hoole has been optioned by Warner Brothers for a major movie.Īfter graduating college, Lasky wrote for magazines and worked as a teacher. She consulted with the scientists there frequently. Luckily, Lasky lives quite close to Harvard University and the department of Ornithology ( Ornithology is a branch of Zoology that concers the study of birds). She loves owls and researching their behavior and natural history. Her books range from critically acclaimed nonfiction titles such as Beyond the Burning Time and True North to the wildly popular Guardians of Ga'Hoole fantasy series about owls. Kathryn Lasky is the Newbery Honor author of over one hundred fiction and nonfiction books for children and young adults. ![]()
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![]() Hopefully, the film adaptation of "From A Buick 8" turns out to be a sort of Christine for the modern age. Todd's Shortcut", where the main character is talking to a man who tells the story of a woman who was obsessed with always finding a shorter way.Īnother car I wish I could have covered more is the Buick that features in the book "From A Buick 8". Some of the cars I didn't get to talk about more on this list include the Mercedes 230 SL from the story "Mrs. ![]() The King of Horror has written over 50 novels, and over 200 short stories, all of which may not be about a specific car, but certainly feature specific cars. Since he started to become popular, there have been movie retellings of his books, even one he himself directed titled "Maximum Overdrive" that is supposed to be based on the short story "Trucks" that was published in his collection called "Night Shift". ![]() From his early hit called "Christine" to the newer offering of extraterrestrial cars from "Mile 81" and everything in between, King has almost always acknowledged cars in his books. Stephen King has always had a knack for cars. ![]() ![]() On December 10, 1937, Thurman delivered the address “The Significance of Jesus to the Disinherited” as the leader of Religious Emphasis Week at A&T College of North Carolina in Greensboro. He would deliver “Christianity and the Underprivileged” again in February 1937 at Union Church in Berea, Kentucky, and at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. The address was printed in the summer 1935 issue of Religion and Life, and forms the basis of Jesus and the Disinherited. In February 1932, Thurman gave an address in Atlanta on “The Kind of Religion the Negro Needs in Times Like These,” which was an early version of what would become “Good News for the Underprivileged.” In the summer of 1935, he delivered “Good News for the Underprivileged” at the Annual Convocation Lecture on Preaching at Boston University. The ideas encapsulated in the book had been developing for a number of years. ![]() The book developed out of a series of lectures that Thurman presented at Samuel Huston College in Austin, Texas, during April 1948." In the book, Thurman interprets the teachings of Jesus through the experience of the oppressed and discusses nonviolent responses to oppression. ![]() Jesus and the Disinherited is a 1949 book by African-American minister, theologian, and civil rights leader Howard Thurman. ![]() ![]() The Utne Reader declared bell hooks one of the "100 Visionaries Who Can Change Your Life." All About Love is a powerful affirmation of just how profoundly she can. Razing the cultural paradigm that the ideal love is infused with sex and desire, she provides a new path to love that is sacred, redemptive, and healing for the individuals and for a nation. In thirteen concise chapters, hooks examines her own search for emotional connection and society's failure to provide a model for learning to love. ![]() In its place she offers a proactive new ethic for a people and a society bereft with lovelessness.Īs bell hooks uses her incisive mind and razor-sharp pen to explore the question "What is love?" her answers strike at both the mind and heart. Here, at her most provocative and intensely personal, the renowned scholar, cultural critic, and feminist skewers our view of love as romance. A New York Times bestseller and enduring classic, All About Love is the acclaimed first volume in feminist icon bell hooks Love Song to the Nation trilogy.All About Love reveals what causes a polarized society, and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering. "The word "love" is most often defined as a noun, yet.we would all love better if we used it as a verb," writes bell hooks as she comes out fighting and on fire in All About Love. ![]() ![]() ![]() What is the happiest moment you can remember?” It is super sexy and made me giggle a lot. Stop the press-bad boy Luca Corretti to wed screen siren Taylor Carmichael! Well, this time she’ll make the headlines work for her: Luca had the chance to halt the press and refused. Splash his face over the papers-he has bigger fish to fry. ![]() Then one encounter with Corretti lothario Luca, a bottle of chilled champagne and a skintight dress and the paparazzi have their shot.Ĭool, calm and irritatingly aloof, Luca couldn’t care less. Taylor Carmichael holds one thing precious: the reputation she’s spent years rebuilding. However, it will take more than fire to thaw her guarded husband…. Raz demands one thing in return for the safe haven Layla is seeking-this brooding desert king wants to make her his queen! Her freedom might be secured, but now her heart is at risk, for soon she’s lost to the scorching heat of their marriage bed. Such an unendurable prospect drives her to throw herself at the mercy of Sheikh Raz Al Zahki-her family’s greatest enemy! I love, love, love Sarah Morgan books and some are on sale right now.įor Layla, princess of Tazkhan, her arranged marriage means one thing-a lifetime of cruelty and captivity. ![]() |