Deep in the Sahara by Kelly Cunnane5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() more than all the dates in an oasis, I want a malafa so I can pray like you do”) that Mama gives the girl one of her own. ![]() It’s not until the girl shows she understands the malafa as a sign of Muslim belief (“Mama. Her relatives reject these superficial reasons. The second-person narration (“you watch Mama’s malafa flutter as she prays”) presents the veil as desirable rather than confining and describes the girl’s wish to wear it so she can be beautiful, like her mother, or mysterious, like her sister. Cunnane (Chirchir Is Singing) introduces a Mauritanian girl who’s fascinated with the malafa, the veil the women in her family wear. ![]()
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Your Best Life Now by Joel Osteen5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() Discover how valuable and unique you are and be confident about yourself your personality, looks, traits, background and so on. Develop a healthy self-image –Don’t discount yourself. ![]() You will be able to expand your territories and set a new standard for your life. When you quit your excuses and let go of the people who are limiting you.
A beautiful country a memoir5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() WANG: It was, but I think I was protected by the fact that I was a child and just kind of took things as they came, as children do, and had that sort of natural resilience. ![]() ![]() SIMON: This memoir takes us through five years in your childhood, a young girl trying to make a home in America with her family. QIAN JULIE WANG: Thank you so much for having me, Scott. Qian Julie Wang, who is a Yale Law graduate, now an attorney, has written a memoir, "Beautiful Country." She joins us now from Brooklyn, N.Y. Her family escaped to the United States, New York, in 1994 but were undocumented, and they had to live, in the Chinese phrase, as people in hei (ph) - the dark, the shadows, the underground world of undocumented immigrants who work menial jobs off the books in fear that their underground existence might be exposed. Her uncle, a teen at the time, was arrested for criticizing Mao Zedong, and her father's family lived under a hail of rocks, pebbles, slurs and worse. The story of Qian Julie Wang, as she explains, begins before she was born. ![]() Light in august book5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() Lena's back on the road but before Faulkner's novel leaves you, take our little quiz and see what you really know. If you made it through hell and high water with the Bundrens and conquered Compson Mile, traveling with Lena Grove and Joe Christmas should be a walk in the park-but watch out for these shadowy twists and turns along the way. ![]() ![]() Feeling b-wildered? Print Your Quick Guide Bookmark and get character descriptions for all three Faulkner books at a glance! ![]() Your Exclusive Bookmark and Character Guideīyron Bunch. With a community of strange bedfellows, strangers and outcasts, there's no shortage of things to talk about at your next book club meeting! 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Two stories, past and present, merge to produce what important fiction must: a sense of the enchantment of life." - Los Angeles Times "A fine novel, engrossing and mature. ![]() Starstruck by rachel shukert5/28/2023 ![]() And Judy Garland completely fell for him.Īnd they were hanging out, and he really respected her as a singer but he wasn’t attracted to her, because she was like this weird, pudgy, little 18-year-old. ![]() I mean, a horrible person with an incredibly difficult personality that was just like catnip to women, in that way where he would like make you feel really stupid and so you would really want to fuck him. I think it was about 1940, and Artie Shaw had just arrived in Hollywood from New York, and he was really handsome and really, like, brooding and intense. ![]() The really good story that I sort of recreate a little bit in Love Me, without giving away too many spoilers, was inspired by the love triangle between Judy Garland, Artie Shaw, and Lana Turner. The Judy Garland-Artie Shaw-Lana Turner Love Triangle ![]() The love songs of web dubois goodreads5/28/2023 ![]() Meanwhile, a mother and daughter are abducted as part of the African slave trade and make their way to a farm in Georgia. Before too long, Pinchard owns the farm both in land and in deed and neither Micco nor his descendants have legal standing to mount a challenge. Micco eventually exiles from his tribe and becomes a successful farmer until the day that a white man named Samuel Pinchard enters his life. Micco’s killing of his father is an act deemed necessary for the purpose of saving the life of his mother’s brother. The chronological origination point of the story-which is told in a non-linear fashion that bounces back and forth between time periods-begins with an act patricide by Micco, a young boy with a Creek mother and Scottish father. This novel tells an epic story spanning several generations that focus on various members of interconnected family lines. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. ![]() ![]() ![]() These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]() Nineteen eighty four by george orwell5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() O元7823274M Openlibrary_subject openlibrary_staff_picks Openlibrary_work An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. Originally published on Jby Secker and Warburg in the United Kingdom, the book follows the main character, Winston Smith, through his disillusionment with totalitarianism and a doomed struggle of resistance. ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 22:43:47 Bookplateleaf 0005 Boxid IA174401 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donor Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) by George Orwell has become the definitive dystopian novel of the twentieth century. ![]() ![]() ![]() While Kate's freckle-faced candor is truly refreshing, the artfully penned expressions woven throughout "Stepping Heavenward" also provide great reading. Through "Stepping Heavenward," we learn that small things really do matter, as Kate matures into a young woman with true depth of character. The diary of Kate reveals innocence coupled with an acute awareness of her naturally human tendencies to selfishness. A no-nonsense approach to Christian living, "Stepping Heavenward" employs good humor, all the while leading the reader to ponder deeper, eternal matters. ![]() By watching her godly mother (with whom she becomes easily irritated at times), Kate learns about striving for excellence. "Stepping Heavenward" by Elizabeth Prentiss (first published in 1869), tells the story of Kate and her quest to live a better life. ![]() |