5/21/2023 0 Comments Dr seuss green eggs and ham readThe more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” After all, he did write: “The more that you read, the more things you will know. In fact, both The Cat in the Hat, published in 1957, and Green Eggs and Ham, published in 1960 were the results of publishers daring the author to write with a limited number of words.īut the reason behind the tight vocabulary wasn’t all fun and games - it was to inspire young children to develop a passion for the written word and to enjoy reading. Seuss had a magical way of taking merging animal antics with silly words and turning them into poetically memorable children’s books.īehind that fun-loving exterior was a man with a bit of a competitive edge to prove that he could conquer any challenge. From The Cat in the Hat to Horton Hears a Who!, Dr.
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Thompson but the main characters were sociopathic Fifth Avenue doormen! BOAT SHOES – SOLILOQUY OF A USELESS EATER tells the story of a first-generation son of Irish immigrants who, after falling on hard financial times, and a subsequent failed suicide attempt, finds himself seeking employment at his old high school job as a Fifth Avenue doorman. In his debut series of novels, Daire Feeney has been loosely described as Frank McCourt meets Chuck Palahniuk as he tells an unbelievable transgressive story of a Fifth Avenue doorman for which one reviewer remarked, imagine if the Nanny Diaries was authored by Hunter S. BOAT SHOES – SOLILOQUY OF A USELESS EATER: Book Two - Ever wonder what really goes on behind the scenes at one of the most prestigious residential buildings in New York City-a multiple dwelling Upper East Side building located on Fifth Avenue, where the 0.01% of society pretends to commingle with the meager 1%-and jaw-droppingly told through the introspective eyes of an intelligent, browbeaten, misanthropic, self-medicating doorman? “Never give in to psychiatry when in pursuit of the American Dream.” – Daire Feeney. 5/21/2023 0 Comments Author bedeliaI felt uneasy about Amelia Bedelia leaving our family. Then other children's authors wrote and volunteered to continue the series. They wondered when the next Amelia Bedelia book would be out. Although she passed away in 1988, Peggy still received fan mail from children. Amelia Bedelia was created by my aunt, Peggy Parish. "In true Amelia Bedelia fashion, I backed into writing these books about the literal-minded housekeeper who children laugh at and love. She would be proud and delighted to know that with Good Driving, Amelia Bedelia Bravo, Amelia Bedelia! Amelia Bedelia 4 Mayor and now Calling Doctor Amelia Bedelia, her nephew is carrying on - for a new generation of readers - the tradition she began years ago. The lovable, literal-minded housekeeper has been a member of his family ever since. Herman Parish was in the fourth grade when his aunt, Peggy Parish, wrote the first book about Amelia Bedelia. 5/21/2023 0 Comments James gleick richard feynmanGleick is active on the boards of the Authors Guild and the Key West Literary Seminar. In 1993, he founded The Pipeline, an early Internet service. Gleick collaborated with the photographer Eliot Porter on Nature's Chaos and with developers at Autodesk on Chaos: The Software. He was the McGraw Distinguished Lecturer at Princeton University in 1989-90. After its demise, he returned to New York and joined as staff of the New York Times, where he worked for ten years as an editor and reporter. Having worked for the Harvard Crimson and freelanced in Boston, he moved to Minneapolis, where he helped found a short-lived weekly newspaper, Metropolis. Three of these books have been Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalists, and they have been translated into more than twenty languages.īorn in New York City, USA, Gleick attended Harvard College, graduating in 1976 with a degree in English and linguistics. James Gleick (born August 1, 1954) is an American author, journalist, and biographer, whose books explore the cultural ramifications of science and technology. 5/21/2023 0 Comments The hen who dreamed she could flyShe is most famous for her work The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly, which was also made into a movie that broke Korean box office records for animated films, earning nearly 7 billion won in its first month of release. Hwang's career as a writer began in 1995, and since then she has published nearly 30 books over various genres. Hwang is an adjunct professor at the Faculty of Literature in the Seoul Institute of the Arts. She enrolled in high school by taking a certificate examination and she graduated from the creative writing departments at Seoul Institute of the Arts and Gwangju University, and from graduate school at Chung-Ang University. Life īorn in 1963 as the second of five children, Hwang Seon-mi was unable to attend middle school due to poverty but, thanks to a teacher who gave her a key to a classroom, she was able to go to the school and read books whenever she wanted. Hwang Seon-mi (born 1963) is a South Korean author and professor who is best known for her fable The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly, which has also been made into a successful animated film in South Korea, Leafie, A Hen into the Wild. 5/21/2023 0 Comments Rick riordan the kane chroniclesParamount has purchased the film rights to the trilogy is set to become a series of films on Netflix. It contains the final battle against Apophis.Ī guidebook about magicians and Egyptian gods. The third and final book in The Kane Chronicles series. The second book in the series details the journey of Carter and Sadie as they search for the Book of Ra, which will allow them to find Ra and gain his support in the coming battle against Apophis. They set out to stop Set from destroying North America and possibly all of the modern world and to rescue their father who has fallen into Set's clutches. The first book in the series details how the Egyptian gods came to arise, and how the Kane siblings begin to realize their destiny as two of the most powerful magicians to be born since the fall of Ancient Egypt. The idea of having a brother and sister who were multiracial came from two siblings that he taught, as well as the fact that Egypt is an ancient multicultural society however the European tradition has been to separate Egypt from African history. Rick Riordan, a former middle-school social studies teacher, stated that the idea for The Kane Chronicles originated from the fact the only more popular subject than Ancient Greece was Ancient Egypt. 6 Connection to the Camp Half-Blood series. 5/21/2023 0 Comments Rot & ruin book seriesCan't wait to read more." -Nancy Holder, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Wicked" and "Possessions" I welled up at the end, then smiled through my tears when I realized there was going to be a sequel. "George Romero meets "The Catcher in the Rye" in this poignant and moving coming of age novel set during zombie times. It had me hooked from page one."-Heather Brewer, author of "The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod" series "Thrilling, enticing, and surprisingly touching, "Rot & Ruin" will grip readers from beginning to end, and make them question who the real monsters are. Anyone with a pulse will enjoy this novel, and anyone with a brain will find plenty of food for thought inside."-Michael Northrop, author of "Gentlemen" With the dead prowling all around, fifteen-year-old Benny Imura learns the bittersweet lessons of life, love, and family in the great Rot & Ruin. And while most zombie novels are all about the brains, this one has a heart as well. 5/21/2023 0 Comments Tasting history recipesFrom ancient Rome to Ming China to medieval Europe and beyond, Miller has collected the best-loved recipes from around the world and has shared them with his fans. The Tasting History with Max Miller channel has thrilled food enthusiasts and history buffs alike as Miller recreates a dish from the past, often using historical recipes from vintage texts, but updated for modern kitchens as he tells stories behind the cuisine and culture. What began as a passion project when Max Miller was furloughed during Covid-19 has become a viral YouTube sensation with a million followers amassed in just two years. A post shared by Tasting History with Max full title of the book is Tasting History: Explore the Past through 4,000 Years of Recipes, and like the channel itself, it promises to take you on a culinary adventure through time and around the world, as seen in the description below (bold emphasis mine, intended for those of you who’ve never seen/heard of Tasting History): 5/20/2023 0 Comments Court of Traitors by V.E. LynneWith new Florida law authorizing death penalty for child rape, how might SCOTUS get to reconsider Kennedy?."Why Criminal Defendants Cooperate: The Defense Attorney's Perspective".Justice Department releases latest annual report on FIRST STEP Act implementation.After US Sentencing Commission deferred on issue, Supreme Court back to conferencing acquitted conduct cases.New "End the Trial Penalty Coalition" seeks to end "coercive elements of plea bargaining" and to restore right to a jury trial.Florida completes execution of murderer nearly 40 years after his (repeat) crime.DOJ's Inspector General reports on "aging and deteriorating" federal prison facilities. "Law and Order: The Timing of Mitigating Evidence Affects Punishment Decisions". 5/20/2023 0 Comments The alice network by kate quinnA year into the Great War, Eve Gardiner burns to join the fight against the Germans and unexpectedly gets her chance when she's recruited to work as a spy. So when Charlie's parents banish her to Europe to have her "little problem" taken care of, Charlie breaks free and heads to London, determined to find out what happened to the cousin she loves like a sister. She's also nursing a desperate hope that her beloved cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, might still be alive. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and on the verge of being thrown out of her very proper family. In the chaotic aftermath of World War II, American college girl Charlie St. In an enthralling new historical novel from national best-selling author Kate Quinn, two women - a female spy recruited to the real-life Alice Network in France during World War I and an unconventional American socialite searching for her cousin in 1947 - are brought together in a mesmerizing story of courage and redemption. |