![]() ![]() ![]() From his dramatic birth to nearly being abducted into slavery to escaping assassination, Muhammad emerges as an unrelenting man on a mission. I loved this book!” -Reza Aslan, author of No God but God and Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of NazarethA six-year-old cries in his mother’s arms as she draws her last breaths to urge him: “Muhammad, be a world-changer!” The boy, suddenly orphaned in a tribal society that fears any change, must overcome enormous obstacles to unleash his own potential and inspire others to do the same.Fusing details long known to Muslim scholars but inaccessible to popular audiences, Mohamad Jebara brings to life the gripping personal story of Islam’s founding prophet. Insightful, thoughtful and thought provoking! " -Azar Nafisi, New York Times bestselling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran“A beautifully written, immaculately researched meditation on the impact of the Prophet Muhammad on the modern world. "An accessible biography of Muhammad, Islam’s founding prophet, tracing his development from orphan to political leader and providing insights into his personal life and tastes." -New York Times Book Review"A joyous read, presenting the Prophet Muhammad both as human and humane. ![]()
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She was known to the world as Emily Doe when she stunned millions with a letter. ![]() " Know My Name is a gut-punch, and in the end, somehow, also blessedly hopeful." - Washington Post I could not put this phenomenal book down." -Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Love Warrior and Untamed Chanel Miller is a philosopher, a cultural critic, a deep observer, a writer's writer, a true artist. Instead, I found myself falling into the hands of one of the great writers and thinkers of our time. "I opened Know My Name with the intention to bear witness to the story of a survivor. Universally acclaimed, rapturously reviewed, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography, and an instant New York Times bestseller, Chanel Miller's breathtaking memoir "gives readers the privilege of knowing her not just as Emily Doe, but as Chanel Miller the writer, the artist, the survivor, the fighter." ( The Wrap). ![]() ![]() ![]() Tamara is a proud nerd, vinyl collector, and movie lover. The first book in her middle-grade series, CLICK'D, was a Sunshine State Young Readers Award pick, a Kids' Indie Next pick, a Cybils Award Nominee, and an NCIBA Golden Poppy nominee. Her New York Times bestseller, EVERY LAST WORD, won the Cybils Young Adult Fiction Award, the Georgia Peach Book Award, and was a YALSA Teens' Top Ten pick LITTLE DO WE KNOW won the NCIBA Golden Poppy Award for Young Adult Fiction and her debut novel, TIME BETWEEN US, has been published in over twenty languages. ![]() She feels lucky to say she's had two careers she's loved. ![]() TAMARA IRELAND STONE spent nearly two decades in the technology industry before she began writing middle grade and young adult fiction. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He's killed before, and he'll kill again if given the chance. ![]() She's stalked by a maniac returned from the grave for the sole purpose of putting her into a burial plot of her own. Trouble follows her, and the kind of trouble she had at the bail bonds office can't compare to the kind of trouble she finds herself facing now. As it turns out, jobs that are safe and normal for most people aren't necessarily safe and normal for Stephanie Plum. Time to find the kind of job her mother can tell her friends about without making the sign of the cross. She's been shot at, spat at, cussed at, fire-bombed, mooned, and attacked by dogs. Stephanie Plum is thinking her career as a fugitive apprehension agent has run its course. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It is a prime example of how a classic can be reimagined without being subverted. Valérie Dashwood plays the stepdaughter as a tormented figure who yearns for her degradation to be fully known and Alain Libolt makes Pirandello’s director a figure of suavely punctured omnipotence. Hugues Quester lends the homburg-hatted father a rasping ferocity, as if his guilt can only be assuaged through enactment. The stage also features a portable rostrum, on which characters leap with athletic agility – the director to show off the father out of anxiety to tell his story. A 'tenuous light' surrounds themthe 'faint breath of their fantastic reality. Yves Collet’s set and lighting make astute use of billowing screens and shadow play. It’s a play of endless Chinese boxes, but the wittiest feature of this production is that it becomes an attack on directorial ego while being exceptionally well-directed. The six characters are an unusually angry bunch, demanding their story be told as if to give it completion. While Pirandello’s point about theatre’s falsification of reality is exactly caught, the production also demonstrates the therapeutic necessity of drama. It is a point reinforced when the originals recapture the tawdry squalor of the moment when the father is caught with his pants down with his semi-naked stepdaughter. They shadow the six characters, copying their every action but, when they re-create the brothel scene, it is painfully stagey. There is something comically absurd about the actors’ initial attempts to mimic reality. What comes across most vividly in Demarcy-Mota’s production is the essential paradox of theatre. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I mean, Jesus, think about the fucking stickiness and the sand and my god, the BUGS. I hate the idea of women reading this book and thinking that damn, they have never eaten mangoes naked whilst living alone on a desert island, so they must be missing some fundamental pieces of what makes them alive and powerful and fabulous. The point is, there is no one size fits all approach to living an authentic and awesome life that makes you happy. Some women find stripping fun and empowering or like the money or ANYTHING. Not every woman finds her true self (or whatever) in wearing a wacky hat or bold colors. Maybe a woman can't/won't/doesn't have the means/doesn't feel safe/doesn't fucking want to go on vacation alone, or walking at midnight, or (I'm paraphrasing) frolicking naked in a field of organic sage. You do what makes you happy, I'll do what makes me happy, and we'll be nice to each other and supportive and authentic. But I have a few issues.įor one, my brand of feminism is that every woman can choose what her best life involves without judgement or criticism. I know she meant it - and I took it - as a compliment, and there are a some good ideas and thoughts within. A friend lent me this book because she said it reminded her of me. ![]() ![]() ![]() His original story, called The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, was a bit darker and scarier than the story told in the modern ballet. Instead, it was originally a story written in 1816 by Prussian author E.T.A. The Nutcracker did not start out as a ballet. Despite its popularity, not many people know its interesting history. In fact, some consider it the most popular ballet in the world. Today, The Nutcracker is considered the most popular ballet to be performed during the winter holidays. What are we talking about? The Nutcracker, of course! For many people, there are certain holiday traditions that they maintain year in and year out.įor example, many people look forward to attending a famous ballet that tells the fairy tale story of a young girl and her favorite Christmas toy, which comes to life, defeats the Mouse King, and takes her away to a magical land where she meets the Sugar Plum Fairy. ![]() ![]() When December rolls around each year, many people look forward to celebrating the winter holidays in a wide variety of ways. ![]() ![]() Michael finds out that he can feel heartbeat of his younger sister and starts to believe that love can help people to become better. They discover that he has wings, that he is young and beautiful. One day Michael decides to introduce his neighbor to skellig. Mina helps baby birds that live in her garden. She does not go to school and gets her education at home under the guidance of William Blake writings. Michael meets a girl named Mina who lives opposite his house. Meanwhile people wonder who he might be – an owl, an angel or some other creature. In spite of that skellig seems to contain feathers and carries on his kith and kin in as much good shape as he can afford. ![]() ![]() A 10 year old Michael and his family moves to a new house with a bad repair and one day Michael discovers some strange creature akin to angel in his garage, the so-called skellig who lives there with insects and spiders. ![]() ![]() Producer Pat Sandys of London Weekend Television first approached Prichard and the Christie estate with a researched, detailed plan to film the novels Why Didn't They Ask Evans? and The Seven Dials Mystery in the early 1980s. ![]() In addition to its availability on VHS and DVD, the series began to be released on Blu-ray Disc in October 2014, marking its 30th anniversary.Īgatha Christie had never been very happy with most filmed adaptations of her works, and according to her grandson Mathew Prichard, who handled her estate after her death, she "did not care much for television", either. Bowen, Julia Jones, Alan Plater, Ken Taylor and Jill Hyem, and the series was produced by George Gallaccio. All twelve original Miss Marple Christie novels were dramatised. It aired from 26 December 1984 to 27 December 1992 on BBC1. Miss Marple is a British television series based on the Miss Marple murder mystery novels by Agatha Christie, starring Joan Hickson in the title role. ![]() ![]() The action ranges beyond Little Syria and the Lower East Side: to Morningside Heights, to Brooklyn and most excitingly to the Ottoman Empire.Īlso, there’s more people, some with only a tenuous connection to Chava or Ahmad, doing stuff of their own, including, spoiler alert, constructing a golem in their tenement apartment (as one does). ![]() The books are the same length, roughly 480 pages, but The Hidden Palace covers about 15 years, a much greater span of time than G&J. What soon becomes apparent is how differently time is handled here. And this case, there’s the weight of thousands of readers’ expectations. They need to create the experience that readers loved the first time, but do more than just repeat it. But they need to explain things to people who never read the first volume yet not bore those who know it very well. Since they already have characters and a world, they seem like they should be easier than than starting anew. ![]() And sequels/continuations are harder than they appear. ![]() The Golem and the Jinni didn’t end on a cliffhanger - fortunate for the reader waiting eight years for this continuation, but not offering an obvious sequel path for the writer. ![]() |