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Dim Sum for Everyone by Grace Lin5/13/2023 ![]() Her books for older readers include the Newbery Honor winner Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, When the Sea Turned to Silver, Starry River of the Sky, The Year of the Dog, The Year of the Rat, and Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same!. And she was awarded a Caldecott Honor for A Big Mooncake for Little Star. ![]() She has written and illustrated several picture books about life in a Chinese American family (based on her own!): Dim Sum for Everyone!, Kite Flying, Fortune Cookie Fortunes, and Thanking the Moon. "Like the pleasures of dim sum, this is a compact treat."- Booklist, Starred "A delightful read-aloud."- Kirkus Reviews, StarredĪbout the Author Grace Lin is an award-winning and bestselling author and illustrator. Just right for young children, Dim Sum for Everyone! celebrates a cultural custom and a universal favorite activity-eating! And as is traditional and fun, they share their food with each other so that everyone gets a bite of everything. On a visit to a bustling dim sum restaurant, a family picks their favorite little dishes from the steaming trolleys filled with dumplings, cakes, buns, and tarts. About the Book A child describes the various little dishes of dim sum that she and her family enjoy on a visit to a restaurant in Chinatown.īook Synopsis In English, dim sum means "little hearts," or "touches the heart," but to this young girl, dim sum means delicious. ![]()
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Every last secret ar torre5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() But beneath their cordial interactions is a wealth of temptations, secrets, and toxic jealousy. ![]() The life next door.Īs Neena’s secret fixation grows, so does her friendship with Cat. When Neena’s infatuation escalates into obsession, it’s just a matter of eliminating a few obstacles to get the life she wants. It’s also making Neena aware of what she doesn’t have. This beautiful new town is a step in the right direction. ![]() A life coach with off-the-rack dresses, personal issues, and a husband who hasn’t delivered, she’s anxious to move up in the world. Neena Ryder isn’t a fellow lady of leisure. While cautious, a good neighbor like Cat greets them with open arms and warm hospitality. Then a friendly new couple moves into the estate next door. Watch your husband, watch your friends, and watch your back.Ĭat Winthorpe has worked hard to get what she has: a gorgeous home social standing and William, her successful, handsome husband. ![]()
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![]() ![]() He was a far more serious man in 1958 - at the age of 64 - and the world was a very different place, transformed by the catastrophe of World War II, the advent of nuclear weapons and the grip of the Cold War. Taking a second look at specific aspects of the future Huxley imagined in Brave New World, Huxley meditated on how his fantasy seemed to be turning into reality, frighteningly and much more quickly than he had ever dreamed.That he had been so prophetic in 1931 about the dystopian future gave Huxley no comfort. Instead, he revisited that world in a set of 12 essays. ![]() In 1958, Aldous Huxley wrote what might be called a sequel to his novel Brave New World, published in 1932, but it was a sequel that did not revisit the story or the characters, or re-enter the world of the novel. ![]()
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Recipe for persuasion sonali dev5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() Losing Ashna years ago almost destroyed him. She's a chef, what's the worst that could happen?īeing paired with a celebrity who was her first love, the man who ghosted her at the worst possible time in her life, only proves what Ashna has always believed: leaps of faith are a recipe for disaster.įIFA winning soccer star Rico Silva isn't too happy to be paired up with Ashna either. ![]() How else can she save her beloved restaurant and prove to her estranged, overachieving mother that she isn't a complete screw up? When she's asked to join the cast of Cooking with the Stars, the latest hit reality show teaming chefs with celebrities, it seems like just the leap of faith she needs to put her restaurant back on the map. From the author of Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors comes another, clever, deeply layered, and heartwarming romantic comedy that follows in the Jane Austen tradition-this time, with a twist on Persuasion.Ĭhef Ashna Raje desperately needs a new strategy. ![]()
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Blanca & Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore5/13/2023 ![]() No real chemistry between Blanca and Michele) and I surmised the wrongdoer too early, I would rate it with 7 points as I could name dozens of meatier Italian police series. But as something was missing / not present for me (incl. Yet, the performances are pleasant (Maria Chiara Giannetta, Enzo Paci, above all) and there is a pleasant symbiosis of one episode - one case and the leitmotif, elevated by beautiful Italian views. 1.5 hours per episode is evidently too long as well. Several cliches regarding disabilities, superior-subordinate relations and police inattention are present too much, plus the flashbacks explaining the cause of blindness are too protracted and overlapping. ![]() ![]() Personas clebres: Blanca de Castilla (Reina de Castilla). Disfruta de las pequeas cosas de la vida y valora las opiniones de los dems. The background and circumstances are explained, convincing at first, but as the story develops and bearing in mind the real wrongdoer the reasons begin to feel odd. Caractersticas: Es imaginativa, abierta y honesta. Well, the employment of blind persons within a police per se is not too uncommon, but their tasks are hardly in the field or participation in chases. ![]()
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Room by emma donoghue literary analysis5/13/2023 ![]() A signifier of this is “Meltedy spoon”, and can be interpreted multiple ways in the sense that is is an interrogation of ourselves. ![]() Ma is the only person who provides Jack with a sense of comfort and this is significant because they begin to make objects in the room have signified content beyond the structural meanings. This understanding shows that Jack is pragmatic and shows how he uses the room and all the elements that make up the room to learn various phenomena. Jack views his bed to be a trampoline throughout the text. (Intrapersonal: occurring within the individual mind or self) from the signified content of Jack. ![]() With the above observations in mind, it can be determine that the point of view of the book Room is "inside the boy's head". In the book, Jack is in harmony with the room in regards to having the questioning to distinguish the real from the fake in his mind along with what Ma tells him. Ma has to take it upon herself to teach Jack how to speak and learn basic functions when she uses hermeneutics to understand Jack- he sees the world from a different viewpoint than she does. This occurs when Ma and Jack are inseparable in room. When analyzing who self is in relation to other, it’s clear that Jack uses hermeneutics with Ma because she is all he has known since birth. ![]() Jack's identity inside the room can be said as curious, abstract, and rather outside the box in many ways because it is a difference of norms. ![]()
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Saddlery by Elwyn Hartley Edwards5/12/2023 ![]() ![]() It continues to guide the student and horse-owner through the bewildering variety of saddlery, horse equipment and clothing, describing its construction, purpose and correct usage by means of the uniquely informative text and clear line illustrations-and now with color photographs too.Ĭhoose your shipping method in Checkout. ![]() Now in its third edition, the book has been fully revised and updated, taking into account all the advances in technology and the changes in fashion and in the industry. Saddlery has been in print for over forty years, acting as the student's bible on the subject. It continues to guide the student and horse-owner through the bewildering variety of saddlery, horse equipment and clothing, describing its construction, purpose and correct usage by means of the uniquely informative text and clear line illustrations-and now with. ![]() ![]()
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The brightsiders jen wilde5/12/2023 ![]() ![]() Michelle is discussing the importance of queer representation in novels and the challenges in getting these books into the hands of queer readers. If you need more information, don’t hesitate to DM us on Instagram, we’re always more than happy to help.Īnniek is introducing the challenge in more detail over on their blog, so head on over if you need any of the prompts explained. All we ask is that you only use or discuss books with LGBTQ+ rep in your photos/posts as this is a challenge to celebrate Pride month.įurther down this blog post you’ll find book suggestions for all the prompts mentioned in the challenge, so if you’re struggling to find a book with asexual rep for example you’ll find some recommendations in this post. You can choose to participate on Instagram, on your blog or both! We’re announcing this challenge a few weeks ahead of time to ensure everyone has the chance to prepare. Last year we hosted a bookstagram and blog challenge to post (about) queer books every day, and it was such a huge success that we’re doing it again! We really hope you’ll all join in this year to celebrate Pride month. ![]() ![]() ![]() Anniek, Michelle and I are back with another Pride challenge for 2020. ![]()
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Books like fantastic mr fox5/12/2023 ![]() ![]() And naturally, improving your grammar and vocabulary will improve your listening, speaking and writing ability too.Īside from learning English, reading is a great way to boost your brain power. A book will repeat certain words and grammar structures throughout, meaning you have more opportunities to memorise and then recall them. To begin, reading in English is a great way to widen your range of vocabulary and to consolidate your understanding of grammar. But with so many books out there, how do you know which ones have the appropriate level of language for learners of English? Greg, from our Learn English with Cambridge YouTube channel, has a recommendation! We’ve often said that reading is a fabulous way to access new vocabulary in context – improving understanding of the English language through an activity that doesn’t feel like homework. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Thank You for Your Servitude is Mark Leibovich’s unflinching account of the moral rout of a major American political party, tracking the transformation of Rubio, Cruz, Graham, and their ilk into the administration’s chief enablers, and the swamp’s lesser lights into frantic chasers of the grift. ![]() Even more, in their outrage: Trump was a menace and an affront to our democracy. In the early months of Trump’s candidacy, the Republican Party’s most important figures, people such as Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and Lindsey Graham, were united-and loud-in their scorn and contempt. “The new must read summer book.” –Stephanie Ruhleįrom the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller This Town, the eyewitness account of how the GOP collaborated with Donald Trump to transform Washington’s “swamp” into a gold-plated hot tub-and a onetime party of rugged individualists into a sycophantic personality cult. “Really fascinating.There are so many revelations.” –Anderson Cooper ![]() “His writing is so damn good.” –John Berman “This is a really funny book.” –Kara Swisher “He’s one of the best chroniclers of politics today.” –Jake Tapper ![]() |