![]() ![]() This book was followed by more than 75 others. Her first novel, a prairie love story titled Love Comes Softly, was published by Bethany House in 1979. Though she yearned to be a published novelist, she devoted herself to being a wife and mother because, she says, "there is no higher honor-that is my number-one priority." She began serious writing when her children were entering their teens. ![]() Edward eventually became president of Mountain View Bible College and recently established a coalition of colleges that became Rocky Mountain Bible College.ĭuring her earliest years, Janette sensed the desire to write. ![]() ![]() After graduating from Mountain View Bible College in Canada where she met her husband, Edward, they pastored churches in Canada and the U.S., and they raised their family of four children, including twin boys, in both countries. Janette was born during the depression years to a Canadian prairie farmer and his wife, and she remembers her childhood as full of love and laughter and family love. She also writes engaging children's stories and inspiring gift books that warm the heart. With over 23 million in sales, her historical novels portray the lives of early North American settlers from many walks of life and geographical settings. Janette Oke writes with a profound simplicity of what she knows best-real life, honest love, and lasting values. ![]()
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![]() ![]() No Celebrities Were Harmed: Based on a combination of Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon.Manipulative Bastard: He's not as charismatic as Boone, but the first chapter makes it clear that he's been playing various groups (particularly the Arabs) like a fiddle.Jerk with a Heart of Gold: When we see his second POV section, he's a much more complicated person than the villain he seems to be in the prologue.It's All My Fault / My God, What Have I Done?: Not a sudden realization, but a gradual one - After Nicosia he slowly comes to realize that he screwed everything up for everyone, and that he is the only one who knows it.I Did What I Had to Do: In regards to John Boone. ![]() (Granted, Michel thinks his French is awful and Maya describes his Russian as "very bad".) Cunning Linguist: Chalmers is the most polyglottal of all the First Hundred, speaking five languages.Beneath the Mask: He is very, very rarely open about his true feelings, and behind the mask he has a lot of anger and contempt for people, even the ones he feels the most affection for.Be All My Sins Remembered: He is actually angered by the fact that Maya falls in love with him some time after the night in Nicosia, because in his opinion he doesn't deserve it.His first act in the book is engineering a riot and the death of his old friend, John Boone, but there's more to him than that. Frank is cynical and ruthlessly pragmatic. Frank ChalmersHead of the American contingent. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Tree writes with grace about a legion of doubts, obstructions and delays. Even nightingales and turtle doves, whose numbers have crashed nationwide, are returning. The increase in the variety and abundance of birds has been particularly astonishing. Scrubland, wetland and other habitats are gradually rewiring themselves as herbicides and pesticides disappear. Formerly common plants – but also rare ones – have returned in profusion, together with insects, bats and other organisms. ![]() In what has become a glorious “mess”, the animals live out in the open all year round and give birth unassisted by humans. The project, which began in 2001, is perhaps unique in England, and the results have been spectacular. The book describes an attempt to renew the ecosystem, after decades of intensive agriculture of some 1,400 hectares owned by Tree’s husband Charlie Burrell at Knepp in West Sussex. “We have reduced the forest to a wasteland,” says the eponymous hero: “How shall we answer our gods?” That such despoliation has accelerated in recent decades is now a familiar idea, but I recommend anyone prone to despair to read Wilding – for Isabella Tree’s apparently quixotic tale of Exmoor ponies, longhorn cattle, red deer and Tamworth pigs roaming free on an aristocratic estate is a hugely important addition to the literature of what can be done to restore soil and soul. L ament for the human destruction of the non-human world dates back to at least The Epic of Gilgamesh, which was written in about 2100 BC. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rumors about Moira's mother are unspoken in her presence but threaten to derail everything she's journeyed to Ballymann to do. Though a few locals offer a warm welcome, others are distanced by superstition and suspicion. After an arduous voyage, Moira begins a challenging new job in an unfamiliar and ancient country. When her mother dies unexpectedly in the summer of 1920, Moira is compelled to fulfill her dying wish-that she become the teacher in Ballymann, the beloved village in Donegal, Ireland, she's heard so much about. ![]() A gem!"- Julie Klassen, author of The Bridge to Belle Island All her life, Boston-born Moira Doherty has relished her mother's descriptions of the Emerald Isle. "Jennifer Deibel's debut is rich in atmosphere, family mystery, and sweet romance. ![]() ![]() ![]() In it, bare trees grow candy-colored blossoms, a snowman flattens in five stages and a blue egg hatches into a chirping bird. ![]() Just as they did in their spectacular book “My Garden,” Kevin Henkes and his wife Laura Dronzek again make nature feel magical and wonderful in their newest picture book collaboration “When Spring Comes.” The book is written poetically, and although there is a story, it is all about capturing the transition from “winter” to “spring” rather than a story with a narrative. Here are 3 of those favorites for you to add to your repertoire of Spring reading. I also love reshelving all of the books in our library about hibernation, snow and ice, and displaying “ The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and my other favorites about butterflies, birds, gardens and warm weather sports and activities in their place. ![]() I love hearing birds chirp and seeing yellow daffodils and multi-colored tulips poke up out of the little patches of earth surrounding the trees on the NYC sidewalks. SHARED by: Katherine Grier, Librarian at York Avenue PreschoolĮven though this winter was one of the mildest ones I can remember, I am still happy that Spring has sprung. ![]() ![]() ![]() Spanning comic books, art direction, and VR films, some of his notable works are Shekhar Kapur’s Ramayana 3392 A.D., India Authentic Series and a VR film for Deepak Chopra. ![]() ![]() ![]() His critically acclaimed Krishna - A Journey Within is the first graphic novel by a writer/artist of Indian origin to be published in the American comic book history. He’s known for his social impact projects where he blends stories of nature, myths and social themes with live artworks, like Shiva in Varanasi, Vrikshdootam – Message from the Trees, Goddess Exhibition, Budapest and JLF, Jaipur. Abhishek Singh's work is acclaimed around the world for its unique style and storytelling with compelling illustrations and enthralling text, Singh takes you into the fantastical worlds of ancient Indian mythology, deciphering its many symbolic humanistic and ecological layers.Fri, August 30, 2019Ībhishek Singh's work is acclaimed around the world for its unique style and storytelling and has been exhibited in prestigious places like LACMA, Asia Society, Vermont Museum, and Burning Man. Namaha, stories from the land of gods and goddesses, is a collection of short stories inspired by ancient wisdom literature of India. Ojas Art Gallery, Wonder House, 1AQ invites you to the book launch of Namaha - Stories From The Land Of Gods And Goddesses Author will be in conversation with - Anubhav Nath: Director of Ojas Art. Book Launch : Namaha - Stories from The Land of Gods and Goddesses Book Launch : Namaha - Stories from The Land of Gods and Goddesses ![]() ![]() ![]() Rachel is recovering from a break up, taking a vacation to relax and get away from it all. I really enjoyed the first 3 books but this….this one is my new favorite! Jax and Rachel hold a special place in my heart now! Something Amazing was just that….AMAZING! As a spin off of the Something Great Series it can be read as a stand alone. Will their love for each other be strong enough or will it crash against the shore? He’s everything Rachel wants-confident, charismatic, and in charge-but his past catches up to them, creating rough waves that seems impossible to calm. No one said breaking up was easy, but escaping to Kauai only adds to Rachel Miller’s confusion when fate collides her with Jackson Clark. Clarke has readers plunge into the depths of romance and desire with Rachel and Jackson’s story. Some nights have passion, some waves leave you wet, but everything is sexy at Knight Fashion Magazine…įrom the International Bestselling, Reader’s Favorite Award winning author of My Clarity M. ![]() **Can be read as stand-alone – to get the full story start from Something Great, book 1.** Meet Rachel and Jackson in this amazing addition to the Something Great Series! Synopsis ![]() ![]() ![]() All in all, this was my absolute least favorite book in the series, but the rest of the books were a joy to read. The good thing is that when the other characters came into the scene, it became a lot more bearable. ![]() ![]() This made for a very slow and uninteresting book. All she seemed to do was smile broadly, talk about her "theories", say the most random of things, and want to have sex with Ryke. Now there would be nothing wrong with that if she hadn't been paired with Ryke, which made him seem extremely creepy.to a disturbing degree. She reads as someone who didn't mentally develop as fast as she should've. To say she is immature is an understatement. honestly, she was the most awful of all of them. Something about his brooding character, need to push himself, and his love for his family made him a really appealing and interesting character. But I told myself that I needed to finish the series, because I like finishing what I begin. I mean to the point that I was just going to stop reading it altogether multiple times along the way. Before I write this review I was to say that I absolutely loved the other books, I would rate them a 4 or a 5. I got into this series when the store was offering was offering the first book for free. ![]() ![]() Over that family holiday, the reader sees each character’s traits and how they interact with each other. ![]() Mercy and Robin have three children, Alice, Lily and David. So sets the tone of the story, which then jumps back into the past of the Garrett family and their one family holiday in 1959. Her boyfriend wonders how she can’t recognise her cousin, but his party of the family isn’t from Baltimore (gasp). Serena thinks she just might have seen her cousin, but she’s not sure. The story starts close to the present day as one of the grandchildren is travelling back to Baltimore from Philadelphia. In French Braid, we are introduced to the Garrett family. ![]() French Braid is classic Tyler about messy families, Baltimore and unique yet ordinary characters. I can’t help but get excited when I see a new Anne Tyler book (and also think luxuriously about the parts of her backlist I still need to devour). Why I chose it: Really enjoy Anne Tyler’s work. ![]() The not-so-good: It’s always difficult to close the book on Tyler’s characters. In brief: The story of the Garrett family in all their messy, convoluted glory of relationships, secrets and happiness. ![]() ![]() ![]() Along the way, he unearths a trove of fascinating, unsettling truths - from the unholy alliance between fast food and Hollywood to the seismic changes the industry has wrought in food production, popular culture, and even real estate. In 1970, Americans spent about 6 billion on fast food in 2000, they spent more than 110 billion. Quickly, however, he moves behind the counter with the overworked and underpaid teenage workers, onto the factory farms where the potatoes and beef are grown, and into the slaughterhouses run by giant meatpacking corporations. Fast food is now served at restaurants and drive-throughs, at stadiums, airports, zoos, high schools, elementary schools, and universities, on cruise ships, trains, and airplanes, at K-Marts, Wal-Marts, gas stations, and even at hospital cafeterias. In this book, Eric Schlosser, an award-winning journalist, opens his ambitious and ultimately devastating exposé with an introduction to the iconoclasts and high school dropouts, such as Harlan Sanders and the McDonald brothers, who first applied the principles of a factory assembly line to a commercial kitchen. ![]() The novel includes two sections, The American Way and Meat and. ![]() But the industry’s drive for consolidation, homogenization, and speed has radically transformed America’s diet, landscape, economy, and workforce, often in insidiously destructive ways. One of the most shocking books of the generation is Eric Schlossers Fast Food Nation. ![]() Fast food is so ubiquitous that it now seems as American, and harmless, as apple pie. ![]() |