![]() ![]() Grace does not have a single group of friends that follow her everywhere like a sitcom ensemble. One of the strengths of Honey Girl is its cast of characters. As the story progresses, Grace balances the relationships in her life as she learns about her own boundaries and needs. Despite her uncharacteristically impulsively marriage, Grace doesn’t rush to annul it instead, she uses her marriage as an escape as she struggles with her mental health and a job market that doesn’t seem to have a place for her. The novel follows Grace Porter, who has a freshly acquired PhD, a brooding tri-life crisis, and the foggy memory of marrying a stranger in Las Vegas when she was drunk. In Honey Girl Morgan Rogers explores themes of institutionalized racism in higher education, and societal, personal, and parental expectations. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Keith writes regularly for a range of media outlets and holds a Master of Agricultural Science degree from Lincoln University, a PhD from University of Queensland, and is a Fellow of the NZ Institute of Primary Industry Management. Publications include the book ‘Devil in the Milk’, subtitled ‘Illness Health and Politics. Keith Woodford not only tackles the politics, misleading media ploys, and. Publications include the book Devil in the Milk, subtitled Illness. This is health advocacy reporting at its most heartfelt, honest, and instructive. A lot of his work has been at the interface between rural development, education and agri-food systems, and spans from human nutrition and consumer markets back to farm-level decision making. Keith Woodford is a retired academic who now consults through his own company. ![]() This includes both short and long-term projects for a range of development agencies and commercial firms. ![]() In a varied career he has worked across all continents including Antarctica, and in more than 20 countries across Asia and the Pacific. It is however not a book you can just delve into It needs to be read from the beginning to appreciate the full insights of his research and the attitude of the big food and government who are in league with each other or rather have a. He holds honorary positions as Professor of AgriFood Systems at Lincoln University, Christchurch and as Senior Research Fellow at the Contemporary China Research Centre at Victoria University, Wellington. Keith Woodford puts his points across in a historical fashion but this does not detract from the book. Keith Woodford is a retired academic who now consults through his own company AgriFood Systems Ltd. ![]() ![]() ![]() If the book is overstuffed with incident, it's still a moving family portrait and an entertaining trip through some of the 20th century's most significant events. This is an understandable impulse, so it's no surprise that Michael Chabon's "Moonglow," a work of speculative fiction written as a memoir, overflows with information about its unnamed protagonist, a character inspired by Chabon's grandfather. We care for our loved ones so much that, in our zeal to convey enthusiasm, we may share more than our audiences want or need to hear. But sometimes choices are harder to make, especially regarding the stories we tell about the people we love. ![]() These decisions shape the narrative of each person's life. We all make choices about the tales we tell - of our jobs, our friends, our partners. To a certain extent, everyone is a storyteller. 1 of3 Show More Show Less 2 of3 Show More Show Less 3 of3 Illustration for ZEST book review of âMoonglow,â by Michael Chabon (2016) Ken Ellis Show More Show Less ![]() ![]() ![]() It is largely the cultural analysis of Twitter 2022, grafted onto whatever historical pivot point or social phenomena she is talking about. The pop culture analysis-which I largely agreed with-tended to be repetitive or superficial. In 2022, if you don't have you head in your own aforementioned butt, you are likely aware already that fitness programs can tend to focus on bodily sculpting instead of holistic health, or that the illusions of modeling (and now Instagram) can create unrealistic expectations for young women. I am largely familiar with the shifts of the last sixty years, and chapters on the Flappers or European history were more engaging to me, personally. I actually craved more historical analysis to understand how our collective opinion of the butt has mutated over the years. I am not sure there is enough room for all of this, which Radke acknowledges early on, trying to get ahead of the problem by saying her work does not claim to be an exhaustive history or political analysis of the butt. Radke is certainly ambitious, melding history, personal anecdotes, scholarly research, feminist political frameworks, and plenty of pop culture, all in a relatively short work. This is a fun book, which is not a descriptor usually at the forefront of a nonfiction work. Butts! Can't live without them, can't live without them! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Can she be the son her bitter father never had? Or will she become the strong young woman she was created to be? This fresh twist on the classic tale takes us to fifteenth-century Lithuania where both love and war challenge the strongest of heroes. When Mulan receives word of danger back home, she must make the ultimate choice. But war is an uncertain time and dreams can die as quickly as they are born. Wolfgang is exasperated by the new soldier who always seems to be one step away from disaster-or showing him up in embarrassing ways.įrom rivals to reluctant friends, Mulan and Wolfgang begin to share secrets. If she can't prove herself on the battlefield, she could face death-or, perhaps worse, marriage to the village butcher.ĭisguised as a young man, Mulan meets the German duke's son, Wolfgang, who is determined to save his people even if it means fighting against his own brother. As the adopted daughter of poor parents, Mulan has little power in the world. When Mulan takes her father's place in battle against the besieging Teutonic Knights, she realizes she has been preparing for this journey her whole life-and that her life, and her mother's, depends on her success. Can she manage to stay alive, save her mother, and keep the handsome son of a duke from discovering her secret? The Warrior Maiden is a reimagining of the classic Mulan tale in medieval Europe. She is expected to marry, cook, and have children-and instead she's sneaking off to war. ![]() ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, work is slow and money is scarce so Cal works as a bartender at a bar that caters to non-human patrons and Niko works as a teaching assistant at a nearby college. They currently run a preternatural detective agency in New York City, their clientele consisting of denizens from the supernatural world. The Leandros brothers have since stopped them from succeeding, and now they’ve done the one thing they swore they’d never do: They’ve put down roots. He and his (fully human) brother Niko have been running from them since they were kids because the Auphe specifically bred Cal as their key to transforming the world into their own personal playground. They’re sadistic, bloodthirsty monsters from hell. Nightlife entertained me, its sequel Moonshine hooked me, and this third book Madhouse might have inspired a little dance when it arrived on my doorstep.Ĭaliban Leandros is half monster - Auphe, to be precise, which are not happy, little elves or beautiful, mysterious fae. Then I read a couple favorable blog reviews that made it sound interesting and I decided to give it a try. When your first novel, Nightlife, came out a couple years ago, I dismissed it as just another straight urban fantasy. I can’t remember exactly how I first discovered your books. ![]() Jia B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews Rob Thurman / Urban-Fantasy 20 Comments ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We talked for two straight hours where I discovered, to my surprise, that I had a younger brother and two younger sisters. She sweetly said, "Hello?" My halting response of, "Mom" left the line dead for what seemed like hours. In that moment, my heart nearly stopped when I heard my momma's voice for the first time. With emotions overflowing, I dialed that number on Mother's Day 2003. Thanks to this man's help and some information from my parents, I was able to track down the mediator who had connected my birth mother with my adopted parents. As part of the Special Forces unit, I had access to an individual whose civilian job was in private investigation. Seven years later, I was in the Army stationed at Fort Bragg, NC. My halting response of, "Mom" left the line dead for what seemed like hours. Who was this woman? What might she be like? Did she share my gregarious personality? Because I could tell that my dad was uncomfortable with this conversation, I asked little about my birth mother over the next few years yet my heart yearned for more information. He explained that I was adopted, that my birth mother had extenuating circumstances that made her feel that I would be better off with a family that would be able to better care for me. That day, I a sked my dad why I was so different from the rest of my family. In stark contrast, the rest of my family was shorter, pale, and had personalities completely different than mine. I was twelve years old, tan, lean, and quite tall for my age. ![]() ![]() ![]() For example, the book looks at what the Quran says about how women should approach divorce, women initiating sex and how husbands should argue with their wives and when they should seek counsel from a non-patriarchal reading nor lens.Ī sma Barlas’ Believing Women In Islam has now an introductory edition assisted by David Raeburn Finn as in Barlas’ words, ‘ trying to get the academy to the community’ she says. The title covers everything that is usually misconstrued about the treatment of Muslim women from both in and out of the ummah. She was later dismissed by General Zia ul Haq on the same day she left her husband – her in-laws worked closely with the general and twisted a diary entry by Barlas, so the now academic and lecturer at Ithaca College, had to seek refuge elsewhere. ![]() Yet a thought that closely followed was why have I just found out about this?īarlas first wrote Believing Women In Islam in 1999, after her experience as the first woman to be inducted into the foreign service in Pakistan in 1976. ![]() My immediate reaction to finding a book translating the Qur’an from a non-patriarchal reading nor feminist one (in Barlas’s words, feminism is usually a colonialist act of largely trying to tell Muslim women they’re oppressed) was FINALLY. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Their teacher, Miss Hussey, seems to be involved, as does elderly Mrs. Who was Vermeer? What does Charles Fort have to do with it all? (He was real.) And why do Petra and Calder get clues about what has happened? Petra sees images that relate to the picture of the lady, and Calder's favorite game pieces, from pentominoes, give him clues. Two eccentric sixth graders at the University School find themselves in the middle of a major art theft. How exciting to find a book that conjures up these innovative, well-loved titles." - Booklist, starred review "Puzzles, codes, letters, number and wordplay, a bit of danger, a vivid sense of place, and a wealth of quirky characters enrich the exciting, fast-paced story that’s sure to be relished by mystery lovers." - School Library Journal, Voice of Youth Advocates DecemMix classic artworks with crime? It seems to be a popular plot that makes its way here to a thriller for young readers. How exciting to find a book that conjures up these innovative, well-loved titles." - Booklist, starred review "Puzzles, codes, letters, number and wordplay, a bit of danger, a vivid sense of place, and a wealth of quirky characters enrich the exciting, fast-paced story that's sure to be relished by mystery lovers." - School Library Journal, "The Westing Game. ![]() ![]() The chapters cover first-wave feminism, a period of feminist activity during the nineteenth and early twentieth century which focused primarily on gaining women's suffrage second-wave feminism, which started in the '60s and lasted through the '80s and is best understood as emphasizing the connection between the personal and the political and third-wave feminism, which started in the early '90s and arose in part from a backlash against the movements propagated by the second wave. ![]() ![]() Feminism" provides historical context of all the major events and players since the late nineteenth century through today. Covering the first, second, and third waves of feminism, "The History of U.S. Feminism" is an introductory text designed to be used as supplementary material for first-year women's studies students or as a brush-up text for more advanced students. She teaches courses in English and Womens and Gender Studies at Vanderbilt University. Covering the first, second, and third waves of feminism, "T. Feminism" is an introductory text designed to be used as supplementary material for first-year women's studies students or as a brush-up text for more advanced students. ![]() |
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