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![]() ![]() During the mid-1800s, an influx of white protestant settlers moved to Red River, claiming formerly First Nations and Métis lands as their own. ![]() Louis Riel was born in the Red River Settlement, a primarily Catholic and First Nations and Métis-inhabited area spanning present-day Manitoba and parts of the surrounding territories. ![]() Erdrich links Mooshum’s personal history to the Métis rebellions in Canada in the 1800s, led by Métis politician Louis Riel. Generally, these decisions have centered on land rights. These include the vast catalog of Supreme Court cases dealing with Native rights and autonomy that Joe finds in his father’s Handbook, starting as far back as the early 1800s. Louise Erdrich’s work refers explicitly to various events in the history of the Ojibwe people, and in the history of indigenous people in the United States and Canada more generally. ![]()
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The Escapist by Gabriel Filippi5/22/2023 ![]() Sometimes the alteration is physical, but more often it’s buried within. In The Escapist, Filippi proves an old axiom true: no climber returns from a summit the same person as when he began his ascent. From a Taliban attack on a mountainside in northern Pakistan that felled ten of his climbing companions to the deadliest disaster in Everest’s history, Filippi has survived again and again.īut sometimes survival comes with a price. In the course of 20 years spent scaling the highest peaks in the world, Filippi has repeatedly cheated death. A close encounter in a childhood swimming pool left him terrified of the depths, but he had no idea that it was the heights of this world that would eventually call him-and threaten his life over and over again. ![]() ![]() As a young boy growing up in Lac-Mégantic, Gabriel Filippi lived in fear of drowning. ![]()
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![]() If you hop on over to my Books page you can learn more about Justice for Joe as well as all my other titles. Like many of my books, it touches on some serious themes, but don't worry, everything turns out well in the end. A fun blend of time travel fantasy and historical fiction, Justice for Joe is about an introverted young girl who must find the courage to travel back to 1894 Ontario, Canada on behalf of animal welfare-specifically, to right a terrible injustice suffered by a puppy named Beautiful Joe. I'm excited to introduce you to my latest middle grade: Justice for Joe! If you've read any of my other books you already know I love dogs, so you probably won't be surprised to learn a dog plays a central role in this story, too. So guess what type of books I most love to write? Yep, you figured it out. I especially loved books about normal kids who faced tough situations and had a love for animals. Charlotte's Web, Where the Red Fern Grows, and a little later, The Outsiders, became three of my favorites and still hold a place of honor on my bookshelf today. I was blessed with parents who read to me from the time I was very young, but it wasn't until around fourth grade that I fell deeply, madly in love with books. ![]() ![]() ![]() Since you're here, I'm assuming you love middle-grade fiction. ![]()
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Dress coded carrie firestone5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() When really by singling out the students, the faculty are limiting those students’ education in the process. Faculty members are even claiming that the female students are going against the dress code on purpose in an attempt to distract other students (boys especially) from learning and their education. A couple of students are humiliated by these reprimands. The problem is that a lot of students are having trouble finding pieces of clothing that fit their individual body types as well as adhere to the dress code.Ĭertain faculty are singling out mostly female students based on the dress code. Middle school students are given a dress code handbook at the beginning of the school year and are expected to adhere to it. Review by Jennifer McClear, library technician at Peapack & Gladstone branch ![]()
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Enlightenment now book5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Pinker earned his reputation as the author of eight language-related Chomsky-inspired books, the most well-known among these being The Language Instinct, first published in 1994.ĭuring the last decade, however, he has reached a much wider audience through three popular science books ( The Blank Slate, The Better Angels of Our Nature, and this one, Enlightenment Now) in which he argues that our future is not that bleak and that, far from being a failed species, humans are actually awesome.įind out more at. He is widely considered one of the most influential intellectuals in the world today. Steven Pinker is a Canadian-American award-winning linguist, cognitive psychologist and a renowned popularizer of science. ![]()
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Peter keating the fountainhead5/22/2023 ![]() He later comes to her home and rapes her (though she essentially invited him to), an event that leaves Dominique filled with a possessiveness for Roark that drives her into the arms of another man. Roark and Dominique first see each other while the former is working in a quarry owned by the latter's father. ![]() The story is also about Dominique Francon, a woman torn between two loves - not of men but of power, pleasure, and a self-dominance she grows to understand through her relationship with Roark. His pleasure is in the act of creation, and his calm, reserve, and selfishness are woven together into a person Rand means for us to admire and emulate. He is an idealist, and an aspiring architect who will never compromise his work ethics for the whims and fancies of the establishment and whose plans and goals are waylaid at every end by "the hostility of second-hand souls". ![]() ![]() The hero, Howard Roark, is an ideal of Rand's Objectivist philosophy. Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow. ![]()
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Good vibrations by mike love5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() His own story has never been fully told, of how a sheet-metal apprentice became the quintessential front man for America's most successful rock band, singing in more than 5,600 concerts in 26 countries. The Beach Boys, from their California roots to their international fame, are a unique American story - one of overnight success and age-defying longevity of musical genius and reckless self-destruction of spirituality, betrayal, and forgiveness - and Love is the only band member to be part of it each and every step. Mike Love tells the story of his legendary, raucous, and ultimately triumphant five-decade career as the front man of The Beach Boys, the most popular American band in history - timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of "Good Vibrations." The eBook edition includes 85 additional photos.Īs a founding member of The Beach Boys, Mike Love has spent an extraordinary fifty-five years, and counting, as the group's lead singer and one of its principal lyricists. ![]()
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Mediocre ijeoma oluo5/22/2023 ![]() “Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America” by Ijeoma Oluo So read on -hopefully you’ll find them as interesting and informative as we do! (We also highly recommend purchasing these books from rather than Amazon if you are able.) We don’t want to lump these into our regular book reviews, and we also can’t do the work of reading, reflecting, and acting for you. So, here’s another entry in our series, Decolonize Your Mind, in which we’ll recommend anti-racist books and break down what’s so enlightening and educational. While it’s important to take action and not just “join a book club” (as so many white women are wont to do when it comes to performative allyship), we are still a book blog. ![]() ![]() Here at She’s Full of Lit, we are deeply committed to anti-racism work, and anti-racist reading. ![]()
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The glass palace5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() In all, though I thought the acting was great, I think the meat of Jeanette's personal story of transformation was sacrificed to make space for telling the specific story of her relationship with her father. In the end her parents looked a bit too sympathetic, and I left the theater feeling that us viewers were robbed of some of the most raw and telling details her of her childhood, the details that best illustrated just how trying and unique her life was growing up. The movie didn't inspire as much as it pulled the heart strings. The Myanmar I bid goodbye to is rising from a. Amitav Ghosh's The Glass Palace: A Postcolonial Study January 2022 Authors: Narinder Neb DAV College Jalandhar Content uploaded by Narinder Neb Author content Content may be subject to copyright. ![]() The Myanmar I bid goodbye to is rising from a long, dark and cloistered past. The novel depicts the epic story of three generations. I read the book as an amazing story of resilience, and while the film certainly didn't shy from the fact that Walls thrived despite the neglect and emotional abuse she endured as a child, it played more like a story about her relationship with her father than as a personal story about her tenacity to survive despite it all. The Glass Palace begins in Burma, a kingdom slowly fading into oblivion. The Glass Palace is the most excellent novel of Amitav Ghosh in which he blends history with fiction. The acting and writing for this movie are great, however, I think it missed the mark in terms of what of this incredible story the screen writers chose to focus on. ![]()
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Transforming by austen hartke5/21/2023 ![]() By introducing transgender issues and language and providing stories of both biblical characters and real-life narratives from transgender Christians living today, Hartke helps listeners visualize a more inclusive Christianity, equipping them with the confidence and tools to change both the church and the world. ![]() Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians provides access into an underrepresented and misunderstood community and will change the way listeners think about transgender people, faith, and the future of Christianity. Into this void, Austen Hartke offers a biblically based, educational, and affirming resource to shed light and wisdom on this modern gender landscape. Austen Hartke is the founder and director of Transmission Ministry Collective and the author of the book. ![]() They chat about what the Bible says about transgender people and what gifts transgender people bring to Christianity. Years later, many people-even many LGBTQ allies-still lack understanding of gender identity and the transgender experience. Mason chats with Austen Hartke about his book, Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians. In 2014, Time magazine announced that America had reached the transgender tipping point, suggesting that transgender issues would become the next civil rights frontier. ![]() |