![]() ![]() Using a rotating third-person perspective, Safi writes an energizing, character-driven celebration of belonging, acceptance, and sisterhood with a clear nod to the importance of community spaces. This Is All Your Fault Paperback Maby Aminah Mae Safi (Author) 21 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 17.99 39 Used from 1.40 20 New from 11.18 Paperback 10.99 26 Used from 4.52 26 New from 7. ![]() As they’re pushed to their limits with planning, mourning the loss of an institution while assisting customers, and dealing with an entitled popular author, each begins to appreciate and better understand the others, seeing beyond superficial assumptions. The store unites its teenage co-workers: bubbly bookstagrammer Rinn Olivera, who is biracial (of Mexican and German descent), is perpetually camera ready sarcastic bleached blonde Daniella Korres, who is white, secretly shares poetry online and Lebanese American Imogen Azar is adept at hiding her inner turmoil. When the staff of Wild Nights Bookstore and Emporium discovers that the shop is closing in just two weeks, they each try to find a way to prevent its going under, from flipping $9,000 worth of Air Jordans to crunching suspicious inventory numbers and breaking the strictly enforced “no photography, no phones” rule. ![]() ![]() A trio of unlikely friends rally their Chicago community to save a beloved independent bookstore in Safi’s ( Tell Me How You Really Feel) quirky offering. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Fabio Pusterla (Translated by Will Schutt) | Brief Homage to Pluto and Other Poems ![]() ![]() Spanning generations, disciplines, and languages, these dazzling perspectives invite us to cherish, study, and participate in the time-honored, innately human practice of poetry. As more and more of our lives become carved away by forces of consumerism, these mysteries-and the desire to unearth them-may become buried deeper still, perhaps prompting us to wonder, how does poetry help? This is the question we asked a group of our writers to reflect upon in honor of National Poetry Month. Across the world, poems have existed for millennia, asking questions and telling stories that affirm, interrogate, celebrate, or simply sit with the mysteries of human life. ![]() ![]() ![]() As the respected translator of many of Latin America's finest writers (among them Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Carlos Fuentes and Mario Vargas Llosa), she is well suited to the task, and her translation is admirably readable and consistent while managing to retain the vigor, sly humor and colloquial playfulness of the Spanish. Yet Grossman bravely attempts a fresh rendition of the adventures of the intrepid knight Don Quixote and his humble squire Sancho Panza. Translated into English some 20 times since the novel appeared in two parts in 16, and at least five times in the last half-century, it is currently available in multiple editions (the most recent is the 1999 Norton Critical Edition translated by Burton Raffel). There would seem to be little reason for yet another translation of Don Quixote. ![]() You haven't experienced Don Quixote in English until you've read this masterful translation. Widely regarded as one of the funniest and most tragic books ever written, Don Quixote chronicles the adventures of the self-created knight-errant Don Quixote of La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they travel through sixteenth-century Spain. ![]() Edith Grossman's definitive English translation of the Spanish masterpiece. ![]() ![]() ![]() And when a mysterious young man named Cole moves into the flat downstairs, introducing Anna to a society that studies people with gifts like hers, she begins to wonder if there's more to life than keeping secrets.Īs her visions become darker and her powers spin out of her control, Anna is forced to rethink all she's ever known. The real trick is keeping her own gifts secret from her mother: because while Marguerite's powers may be a sham, Anna possesses a true ability to sense people's feelings and foretell the future.īut as Anna's powers intensify, she experiences frightening visions of her mother in peril, which lead her to explore the abilities she's tried so long to hide. ![]() For Anna, the illegitimate daughter of Harry Houdini-or so Marguerite claims-handcuffs and sleight-of-hand illusions have never been much of a challenge. A gifted illusionist, Anna assists her mother, the renowned medium Marguerite Van Housen, in her stage show and séances, easily navigating the underground world of magicians and mentalists in 1920s New York. ![]() ![]() ![]() Having given her credit for her skill, I am now going to explain my problems with this book. Kingsolver is so skilled in writing that these layers are easily discerned in her book. And there's the overall view of the author, the rationale of why the author wrote the novel. ![]() There's the setting for the story, in this case the Congo, the real Congo of the 1960's. There's the story itself, in this case, a purely fictional story. A skilled writer doesn't merely tell a story there are several layers to a skillfully crafted novel. Her point-of-view through the eyes of a snake at the beginning and end of the book make you imagine that it is you who is witnessing the events. Her vivid imagery makes, not only the characters, but also the locale, come alive. Here is my take on it.īarbara Kingsolver, a truly gifted writer, shows considerable skill in "The Poisonwood Bible." Her skill with words makes the book easy to read. ![]() It was a best seller, receiving rave reviews by The Media, and praised by Oprah Winfrey on her TV show. One such example is “The Poisonwood Bible,” written by Barbara Kingsolver. Examples are books, written as fiction, or not really fiction but passed off as fiction, that express private opinions contradictory to positions held by the people who buy and praise these books. I think many people, in an effort to be tolerant, accept and praise opinions that are destructive to opinions they dearly cherish. ![]() ![]() ![]() The odds are against him, but with courage and friendship-and a cheeky sense of humor-he just might triumph in the end. To break the spell, Rump must go on a perilous quest, fighting off pixies, trolls, poison apples, and a wickedly foolish queen. With each thread he spins, he weaves himself deeper into a curse. ![]() His best friend, Red Riding Hood, warns him that magic is dangerous, and she's right. Rump discovers he has a gift for spinning straw into gold. But when he finds an old spinning wheel, his luck seems to change. New York Times Bestselling author Liesl Shurtliff "spins words into gold Kirby Larson, Newbery Honor winner]." In a magic kingdom where your name is your destiny, 12-year-old Rump is the butt of everyone's joke. This funny fractured fairy tale goes behind the scenes of Rumpelstiltskin. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1997 Jonathan worked in Oakland, California for Locus: The Newspaper of the Science Fiction Field as an assistant editor and wrote a regular reviewer column for the magazine until March 1998 when he returned to Australia. He was also co-publisher of Eidolon Books which published Robin Pen's The Secret Life of Rubber-Suit Monsters, Howard Waldrop's Going Home Again, Storm Constantine's The Thorn Boy, and Terry Dowling's Blackwater Days. In 1990 he co-founded Eidolon: The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy, and worked on it as co-editor and co-publisher until 1999. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Arts in 1986. Jonathan Strahan (born 1964, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Feel happier, healthier, and more in control of your lifeĪdditionally, we’ll expand upon each of LePera’s ideas with research, advice, and actionable ideas from psychologists and self-improvement practitioners.Develop positive patterns that improve your well-being.Become more conscious of how childhood conditioning impacts your mental and physical health.Understand the root cause of your self-sabotaging patterns. ![]() This guide discusses LePera’s advice for overcoming self-sabotaging patterns. Therefore, the key to overcoming unwanted patterns lies in addressing these traumas. According to her, such patterns stem from unresolved childhood traumatic experiences. 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The spectrum of emotions that you feel going through the story will have you questioning your own sanity for a minute, and feeling as if you need to take a breather before moving on to something else. ![]() This emotionally charged story will have you captivated from the second you pick it up and make it nearly impossible to put down. Her writing comes off as if she’s been publishing books for years. Holy Crap! I can’t believe that Stay with Me is Nicole Fiorina’s debut novel. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We cannot take responsibility for any lost, stolen or damaged parcels. All our orders are packed with special care using heavy-duty padding and cardboard book-mailers or bubble mailers (for smaller books), using reinforcement where required. We do accept returns (for refund, exchange) for items received in error. ![]() Orders will be released back into stock if not collected within this time.Īll sales are final. 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