5/24/2023 0 Comments Candyfreak…p for the most part, Almond goes at the subject as if he were a giddy 5-year-old, creating an entertaining book full of repeatable tidbits about the candy industry. Published by arrangement with Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. By turns ecstatic, comic, and bittersweet, Candyfreak is the story of how Steve Almond grew up on candy-and how, for better and worse, candy has grown up too. Part candy porn, part candy polemic, part social history, part confession, Candyfreak explores the role candy plays in our lives as both source of pleasure and escape from pain. Where did they go? Driven by his obsession, stubborn idealism, and the promise of free candy, self-confessed candyfreak Steve Almond takes off on a quest to discover candy's origins in America, to explore little companies that continue to get by on pluck and perseverance, and to witness the glorious excess of candy manufacturing. Perhaps you remember The Marathon, Oompahs, Bit-O-Choc, or Kit Kat Dark.
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Sometimes she must solve murders, or otherwise risk being accused of them. She brought an intense awareness of social injustice to her characterization of Blanche, who is tired of white employers who ‘‘seemed to think she ought to be delighted to swab their toilets and trash cans for a pittance,’’ and who hold their purses conspicuously close when she is in the house. Neely made her literary debut after she turned 50, following a career that included running a YWCA, leading a community-based correctional program for women in Pennsylvania, working for a nonprofit that served low-income women in need of housing, and hosting a local radio show in Boston. Blanche’s invisibility allows her to overhear all kinds of things.” ‘‘Who knows more about you than the person who sweeps under your bed?’’ Neely remarked to the Boston Herald. But she was possessed of an uncanny ability, as Washington Post book reviewer Maureen Corrigan once observed, to find ‘‘the dust bunnies under her employers’ couches as well as the skeletons in their closets.’’ Wollstonecraft pinpointed the role of gendered phrases and concepts in political discourse, both in her opponents’ metaphors and received ideas and in her own efforts to craft a new political language with which to defend women’s capabilities. She considers how Wollstonecraft balanced advocacy for the seemingly universal ideals of the French Revolution with analysis of the gendered exclusions in the vaunted rights of “man.” This book pays particular attention to Wollstonecraft’s literary craft, highlighting the force of her close reading. Wolfson places this polemic in its political and literary contexts and in relation to Wollstonecraft’s other works about political rights. Wolfson offers new insight into how Wollstonecraft’s particular methods, style, and energy make this case for her readers. Drawing on extensive experience teaching and writing about Wollstonecraft, Susan J. Emerging from the turbulent decade of the French Revolution, her vindication delivered a systematic critique of the treatment of women across time and place. Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) made a pioneering and durably influential argument for women’s equality. 5/24/2023 0 Comments Truman by david mcculloughIn this riveting biography, acclaimed historian David McCullough not only captures the man-a more complex, informed, and determined man than ever before imagined-but also the turbulent times in which he rose, boldly, to meet unprecedented challenges. Truman is one of the greatest of American stories, filled with vivid characters-Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Wallace Truman, George Marshall, Joe McCarthy, and Dean Acheson-and dramatic events. Truman, whose presidency included momentous events from the atomic bombing of Japan to the outbreak of the Cold War and the Korean War, told by America’s beloved and distinguished historian. The Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of Harry S. As Reverend Brook tops the murder suspect list on what should have been the happiest day of his life, Bailey and her sheriff's deputy boyfriend vow to clear his name. Turns out, the uninvited victim came equipped with lots of dirt on the devout reverend's hidden past. Then much to everyone's shock, the entire ceremony crumbles when a guest drops dead, and the cause isn't sunstroke. Flower Genre: Fiction Topic: Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, Mystery &. Except midsummer heat waves and outdoor ceremonies don't mix, and an exasperated Bailey soon finds herself struggling to fulfill bridesmaid duties and keep her stunning marshmallow-frosted wedding cake from becoming a gooey disaster. Marshmallow Malice by Amanda Flower: Used Item Height: 0.9in. She came home to Harvest when her Daadi (grandfather) became ill. Bailey was the assistant chocolatier in New York’s famous JP chocolates. It is also time for the Fourth of July festival. With Juliet Brody and Reverend Brook tying the knot in Ohio's Amish Country's most anticipated nuptials of the year, Bailey King is determined to do everything in her power to make the event a sweet success. Amanda Flowers’ Marshmallow Malice Jethro is Juliet’s pet. Read Or Download Marshmallow Malice (Amish Candy Shop Mystery #5) By Amanda Flower Full Pages.Ĭaught in a sticky situation. 5/24/2023 0 Comments A song of ice and fire book seriesClearly, GRRM focused this first book on developing the Stark family, who would play a huge role in the coming crisis.Īlthough it looks like Eddard is our manly hero, nearly half of the book is told from the perspective of women. In fact, only 25% of the book is told from another family's perspective - and 10 of those chapters are following Daenerys on an entirely separate continent. The majority of the first book is told from the perspective of the Stark family. Can we learn much about the books from such a high-level view? Let's take a look. Since each chapter is named after the character it focuses on, we can get a bird's eye view of each book by counting how many chapters are dedicated to each character. I've been catching up on the "A Song of Ice and Fire" book series lately and ran across an Amazon book review that had an interesting take on reviewing the books. 5/24/2023 0 Comments The Last Question by Isaac AsimovHe placed it just higher than " The Ugly Little Boy" (September 1958) and " The Bicentennial Man" (1976). After seeing a planetarium adaptation of his work, Asimov "privately" concluded that the story was his best science fiction yet written. In conceiving Multivac, Asimov was extrapolating the trend towards centralization that characterized computation technology planning in the 1950s to an ultimate centrally-managed global computer. The story overlaps science fiction, theology, and philosophy. Through successive generations, humanity questions Multivac on the subject of entropy. While he also considered it one of his best works, “The Last Question” was Asimov's favorite short story of his own authorship, and is one of a loosely connected series of stories concerning a fictional computer called Multivac. It first appeared in the November 1956 issue of Science Fiction Quarterly and was anthologized in the collections Nine Tomorrows (1959), The Best of Isaac Asimov (1973), Robot Dreams (1986), The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov (1986), the retrospective Opus 100 (1969), and in Isaac Asimov: The Complete Stories, Vol. " The Last Question" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. 5/23/2023 0 Comments Pigs in heaven bookIn taking a fresh look at the Solomonic dilemma of choosing between two equally valid claims on a child's life, Kingsolver achieves the admirable feat of making the reader understand and sympathize with both sides of the controversy, as she contrasts Taylor's inalterable mother's love with Annawake's determination to save Turtle from the stigmatization she can expect from white society. Taylor reacts by fleeing her Tucson home with Turtle to begin a precarious existence on the road skirting the edge of poverty and despair, she eventually realizes that Turtle has become emotionally unmoored. Now six years old and still bearing psychological marks of the abuse that occured before she was rescued by Taylor, Turtle is discovered by formidable Indian lawyer Annawake Fourkiller, who insists that the child be returned to the Cherokee Nation. Taylor Greer and her adopted Cherokee daughter Turtle, first met in The Bean Trees, will captivate readers anew in Kingsolver's assured and eloquent sequel, which mixes wit, wisdom and the expert skills of a born raconteur into a powerfully affecting narrative. 5/23/2023 0 Comments She persisted sally rideComplete with an introduction from Chelsea Clinton, black-and-white illustrations throughout, and a list of ways that readers can follow in Sally Ride's footsteps and make a difference! A perfect choice for kids who love learning and teachers who want to bring inspiring women into their curriculum. But she wanted to do even more! After leaving NASA, she created science and engineering programs that would help other girls and women make their dreams come true as well. The She Persisted chapter books are the perfect Womens History Month reads The newest addition to the series, SHE PERSISTED: SALLY RIDE written by Atia. She Persisted: Virginia Apgar by Sayantani DasGupta, Chelsea Clinton, Alexandra Boiger (Illustrator), Gillian Flint (Illustrator) Paperback 5.99 Hardcover 14.99 Paperback 5.99 eBook 5.99 Audiobook 0. As the first American woman in space, Sally Ride broke barriers and made her dreams come true. Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up and rose up against the odds! In this chapter book biography by award-winning author Atia Abawi, readers learn about the amazing life of Sally Ride-and how she persisted. 5/23/2023 0 Comments Heaven is for real by todd burpoHeaven Is for Real will forever change the way you think of eternity, offering the chance to see and believe like a child. Retold by his father, but using Colton’s uniquely simple words, Heaven Is for Real offers a glimpse of the world that awaits us, where, as Colton says, “Nobody is old and nobody wears glasses.” He describes Jesus, the angels, how “really, really big” God is, and how much God loves us. With disarming innocence and the plainspoken boldness of a child, Colton tells of meeting long-departed family members. He also astonished his parents with descriptions and obscure details about heaven that matched the Bible exactly, though he had not yet learned to read. He talked of visiting heaven and relayed stories told to him by people he met there whom he had never met in life, sharing events that happened even before he was born. What they weren’t expecting, though, was the story that emerged in the months that followed – a story as beautiful as it was extraordinary, detailing their little boy’s trip to heaven and back.Ĭolton, not yet four years old, told his parents he left his body during the surgery – and authenticated that claim by describing exactly what his parents were doing in another part of the hospital while he was being operated on. “When Colton Burpo made it through an emergency appendectomy, his family was overjoyed at his miraculous survival. Heaven Is For Real: A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back by Todd Burpo, Lynn Vincent Synopsis: |