6/12/2023 0 Comments Breathe Like a Bear by Kira Willey![]() ![]() Betts accompanies each exercise with charming illustrations featuring foxes, elephants, fanciful clouds, and, of course, bears. ![]() The instructional text is simple enough for fluent readers to use in self-guided practice, though each exercise likely works best as a read-aloud. The exercises are brief and excellent for short attention spans, though some offer opportunities for extension through pacing. They are encouraged to use their imaginations as launch pads for being present: “Imagine you’re a cloud in the sky” and “Imagine you’re a sleepy lion, just waking up in the morning” are typical. ![]() ![]() Most, but not all, include references to wild animals and nature that are sure to appeal to young children. Each spread includes one or two breath-centered exercises to encourage a habit and practice of mindfulness. The book is divided into five sections (“Be Calm,” “Focus,” “Imagine,” “Make Some Energy,” and “Relax”), which are further sectioned into double-page-spread subtopics. Author Willey brings years of experience in children’s music and movement to her debut. ![]()
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6/12/2023 0 Comments Stormbreaker book series![]() Posing as a teenage computer whiz who's won a Stormbreaker promotional contest, Alex enters the factory and immediately finds clues from his uncle. The company's head plans to donate one to every secondary school in England, but his dealings with unfriendly countries and Ian Rider's murder have brought him under suspicion. Now the government wants Alex to take over his uncle's mission: investigating Sayle Enterprises, the makers of a revolutionary computer called Stormbreaker. When his guardian and uncle, Ian, is mysteriously killed, Alex discovers that his uncle was not the bank vice-president he purported to be, but rather a spy for the British government. Readers will cheer for Alex Rider, the 14-year-old hero of British author Horowitz's spy thriller (the first in a projected series). ![]() 6/12/2023 0 Comments Louis XIV by John B. Wolf![]() ![]() The most important member of King Louis XIII's council was his `prime minister' Cardinal Richelieu who helped the King create a powerful and centralized state. John Wolf brilliantly lays out the life and reign-which are practically the same-in a decent narrative.ĭuring the few decades before he was born, France was under the rule of his father King Louis XIII. ![]() In 1643, his father had died and Louis, who was only four, was now the King of France. Two years after he was born a younger brother, Philippe, the Duke of Anjou, joined him. His birth denied his uncle Gaston de France, the Duke of Orleans, of throne to which he had been standing as heir presumptive for almost thirty years. The new Dauphin-heir to the French throne-was dubbed a miracle child. Born in the last years of his father reign, Prince Louis was considered special right from birth. ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments Naked Feminism by Victoria Bateman![]() Some of these women were members of Club 90, an early support group of female porn performers, and all of them found their work in porn empowering. It is the debut work of Australian film maker Louisa Achille and features interviews with Marilyn Chambers, Christi Lake, Ginger Lynn Allen, Chloe Nicole, Sharon Mitchell, Nina Hartley, Veronica Hart, Kylie Ireland, Annie Sprinkle and Candida Royalle. The Naked Feminist is a 2004 documentary film about sex-positive feminist women working in the American pornography industry. ![]() ( August 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. ![]() This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. ![]() ![]() Egan is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the Columbia School of Journalism.Ī native of Green Bay, Wisconsin, he grew to love Lake Michigan by spending summer weekends and vacations on the Door Peninsula, where both sets of his grandparents had summer homes. ![]() Oakes Award, AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award, and J. duPont–Columbia University Award, John B. He has twice been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and he has won the Alfred I. Egan is an environmental journalist and author of the “Death and Life of the Great Lakes.” Egan was a reporter with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, covering the Great Lakes from 2002 until 2021. ![]() Dan Egan is the Brico Fund Journalist in Residence at the Center for Water Policy in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's School of Freshwater Sciences. ![]() ![]() In the Times, Giles Whittell agreed that it was “one heck of a read”, and destined to be “a major motion picture”, even if the book conveniently glossed over the ethics of “making a vast fortune from undervalued Soviet assets”. ![]() ![]() complete with dialogue”, though thanks to Browder’s apparently total recall of conversations from years ago, it occasionally “verges on the implausible”. ![]() Peter Conradi, reviewing in the Sunday Times, called it a “financial thriller. Of these, Red Notice: How I Became Putin’s No 1 Enemy, the pacy memoir by the American multimillionaire and former Putin ally Bill Browder, attracted the most attention. ![]() N ot a great PR week for Vladimir Putin, as a slew of books on the failings – or perhaps, more chillingly, successes – of his regime hit the shelves. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments The natural bernard![]() The novel The Natural by Bernard Malamud is a story of a man’s obsession with baseball. The rest of the characters are similar to those from the tale. Roy Hobbs is (to me) a King Arthur in this narrative, with Iris serving as his Guenevere. This tale reminds me of a book I read several months ago. The Natural, also known as The Man, is a film based on a man named Roy Hobbs. The novel is set in the early 20th century and follows Roy Hobbs, a talented but troubled young man who tries to make it as a professional baseball player. The Natural has been praised for its realistic portrayal of baseball and its insights into the human condition. The novel was well-received by critics and was a finalist for the National Book Award. ![]() The Natural was published in 1952 and was Bernard Malamud’s first novel. The Natural is considered one of the great baseball novels of all time. The novel was adapted into a 1984 film starring Robert Redford. The novel tells the story of Roy Hobbs, a baseball player who struggles to find success in the major leagues. The Natural is a novel by Bernard Malamud. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments David copperfield penguin classics![]() ![]() This edition uses the text of the first volume publication of 1850, and includes updated suggestions for further reading, original illustrations by ‘Phiz’, a revised chronology and expanded notes. In David Copperfield – the novel he described as his ‘favourite child’ – Dickens drew revealingly on his own experiences to create one of the most exuberant and enduringly popular works, filled with tragedy and comedy in equal measure. ![]() ![]() Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are his tyrannical stepfather, Mr Murdstone his brilliant, but ultimately unworthy school-friend James Steerforth his formidable aunt, Betsey Trotwood the eternally humble, yet treacherous Uriah Heep frivolous, enchanting Dora Spenlow and the magnificently impecunious Wilkins Micawber, one of literature’s great comic creations. David Copperfield is the story of a young man’s adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments The valley of fear![]() ![]() You may also be interested in our Kobo FAQ.Īdvanced epub â An advanced format that uses the latest technology not yet fully supported by most ereaders. ![]() Also download the Kindle cover thumbnail to see the cover in your Kindleâs library. As evidence is examined and witnesses within the house are questioned, Holmes uncovers holes in testimonies and a connection to a secret society that no one wishes to discuss.Ĭompatible epub â All devices and apps except Kindles and Kobos.Īzw3 â Kindle devices and apps. In the novel, Holmes and his assistant Watson are called to assist with an investigation into the murder of John Douglas, a man shot in his own home at point-blank range with a shotgun. While Doyle would continue to publish Sherlock Holmes short stories until 1927, The Valley of Fear remains Holmesâ final long-form appearance. The story originally appeared over several issues of the monthly Strand Magazine in late 1914 before being published as a standalone work. The Valley of Fear is the final novel in the Sherlock Holmes series by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Standard Ebooksĥ8,703 words (3 hours 34 minutes) with a reading ease of 82.54 (easy) The Valley of Fear, by Arthur Conan Doyle - Free ebook download - Standard Ebooks: Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments Qualify the atlantis grail![]() ![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. This time she is in over her head, and in for a fight of her life, against impossible odds and world-class competition-including Logan Sangre, the most amazing guy in her school, the one she's been crushing on, and who doesn't seem to know she exists.īecause every other teen on Earth has the same idea. While she's a hotshot in classics, history, science, and languages, the closest she's come to sports is a backyard pool and a skateboard. Gwen Lark is known as a klutz and a nerd. An extinction-level asteroid is hurtling toward Earth, and the descendants of ancient. The TAG Con 2022 Swag is all there (Or use this convenient link.). And if you are in the Top Ten, then all your wildest wishes are granted. Get some additional TAG Swag For you, your friends, and you convention goodie bag The Atlantis Grail Store on Zazzle for all kinds of fun swag and merchandize inspired by the Atlantis Grail Series, including mugs, t-shirts, buttons, totes, holiday ornaments, and more. If you are good enough to Qualify, you are eligible to compete in the brutal games of the Atlantis Grail, which grants all winners the laurels, high tech luxuries, and full privileges of Atlantis Citizenship. Sixteen-year-old Gwenevere Lark is determined not only to Qualify but to rescue her entire family. Qualify by Vera Nazarian, is the first book in the young adult science fiction series The Atlantis Grail. And in order to be chosen, you must be a teen, you must be bright, talented, and athletic, and you must Qualify. They can only take a tiny percent of the Earth's population back to the colony planet Atlantis. ![]() An extinction-level asteroid is hurtling toward Earth, and the descendants of ancient Atlantis have returned from the stars in their silver ships to offer humanity help. ![]() |