![]() ![]() When we’re facing a tough task, our inner coach can buoy us up: Focus-you can do this. When we talk to ourselves, we often hope to tap into our inner coach but find our inner critic instead. But the truth is that we all have a voice in our head. Tell a stranger that you talk to yourself, and you’re likely to get written off as eccentric. Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, and Shelf Awareness starred reviews.One of the best new books of the year- The Washington Post, BBC, USA Today, CNN Underscored, Shape, Behavioral Scientist, PopSugar ![]() Pink’s Next Big Idea Club Winter 2021 Winning Selection Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Cain, Adam Grant, and Daniel H.“A masterpiece.”-Angela Duckworth, bestselling author of Grit.LONGLISTED FOR THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD An award-winning psychologist reveals the hidden power of our inner voice and shows how to harness it to combat anxiety, improve physical and mental health, and deepen our relationships with others. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Indeed, it is unclear how publishers might have taken to the township-centric characters and tales from the Hlomu series but, fortunately, we don’t have to worry about it. She has said that she felt publishers might not understand the stories she was telling, and that she did not want to have to compromise her writing. Her decision to self-publish was made without even approaching publishing houses. Without fail, Busani-Dube’s books come directly from the experience of being a black woman in South Africa – they are stories that properly reflect their readers.īusani-Dube is a journalist by trade. Her characters are realistic and damaged, they come with baggage and they come with imperfection and insecurity – just like the rest of us. She describes her books as being about “broken men and the women who try to fix them”, and when asked what inspires here books, she has said: “People, just people and their realities.” Both of which, you’ll no doubt agree, are refreshingly pithy responses.īy and large, her books are positioned somewhat in defiance of the white-washed, absurdly photogenic and straightforward romance novel. Best known for her Hlomu series – and for writing the novelisation of the 2018 film Zulu Wedding – Busani-Dube is a self-published novelist based in Johannesburg. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If you are one of those people for whom Oz is as real as Oslo, Camelot is as real as Camden and Wonderland is as real as Disneyland, here’s a quiz for you. He claimed that he wrote his best stuff in “the sunny clime of Coronado.” In the San Diego Union he was quoted as saying, “Those who do not find Coronado a paradise have doubtless brought with them the same conditions that would render heaven unpleasant to them, did they chance to gain admittance.”įor many lovers of literature, places that exist only between the covers of books are as vivid as places that actually appear on gas station maps. In 1904, Baum vacationed at the grand Hotel del Coronado and wintered there for six more years. Frank Baum’s novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” published in 1900. Starring Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Frank Morgan, Billie Burke and Margaret Hamilton, “The Wizard of Oz” was adapted from L. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for The Wizard of Oz by L. ![]() “I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore,” “Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain” and “Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!” are but three indelible quotations from the movie. 25, 1939, was the national debut of “The Wizard of Oz,” the musical fantasy that has won our hearts for 75 years. In two days, we will mark the 75th anniversary of what may be the most iconic film of all American films. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ultimately they are trying not to fail themselves and the people they love. They are confronted with society's expectations of them, family pressures, and ultimately the way they see themselves - sometimes conforming, sometimes challenging the stereotypes. Once bound together by location and shared experience, their bonds fade and change as their adult lives begin to take different shapes. It's a shockingly powerful debut collection. ![]() ![]() It explores the lives of four friends from the city of Pawtucket: Rydell, Lazarus, Rakim, and Giovanni, or more affectionately Rye, Dub, Rolls, and G. How Are You Going to Save Yourself asks questions about race and sex, about families and about what happens to us when communications break down. a compassionate and powerful exploration of how race, friendship and sex intersect and the real-world consequences of stereotypes.' - Independent S ummer Reads Both humorous and heart-breaking, How Are You Going To Save Yourself is a timely debut about sex, race, family and friendship for fans of Junot Diaz and Ta-Nehisi Coates. Hilarious and compelling, Holmes offers up a mirror to contemporary society. 'A powerful rendering of contemporary masculinity in America.' TLS 'A blistering debut. ![]() ![]() ![]() Vera describes her own hair as “all frizz and curls”, and having those frizzy curls portrayed on the cover–like they are in the final version–was so important to me. My second thought was, “Oh, no no no, this won’t do! This isn’t right!”īecause the cover, designed by Maggie Edkins, truly was (and is) beautiful. When I received the first draft of the cover for THE FORGOTTEN MEMORIES OF VERA GLASS, my first thought was, “Ooh, this is gorgeous.” To celebrate the release of The Forgotten Memories of Vera Glass by Anna Priemaza on November 16th, blogs across the web are featuring exclusive guest posts from Anna, as well as 5 chances to win a copy of The Forgotten Memories of Vera Glass! Welcome to The Forgotten Memories of Vera Glass by Anna Priemaza Blog Tour! ![]() NovemMichelle Book Briefs Blog Tours, Giveaways, Guest Post, Young Adult 6 ![]() The Forgotten Memories of Vera Glass by Anna Priemaza ![]() ![]() Told with Roger Crowley's customary skill and verve, this is narrative history at its most vivid - an epic tale of navigation, trade and technology, money and religious zealotry, political diplomacy and espionage, sea battles and shipwrecks, endurance, courage and terrifying brutality. In an astonishing blitz of thirty years, a handful of visionary and utterly ruthless empire builders, with few resources but breathtaking ambition, attempted to seize the Indian Ocean, destroy Islam and take control of world trade. ![]() ![]() But Portugal's navigators cracked the code of the Atlantic winds, launched the expedition of Vasco da Gama to India and beat the Spanish to the spice kingdoms of the East - then set about creating the first long-range maritime empire. As remarkable as Columbus and the conquistador expeditions, the history of Portuguese exploration is now almost forgotten. ![]() ![]() The feeling of the noble sublime is quiet wonder. The feeling of the terrifying sublime is sometimes accompanied with a certain dread or melancholy. Kant subdivided the sublime into three kinds. Feelings of the beautiful "occasion a pleasant sensation but one that is joyous and smiling." On the other hand, feelings of the sublime "arouse enjoyment but with horror." In this section, Kant gives many particular examples of feelings of the beautiful and the sublime. Feelings of the sublime are the result of seeing mountain peaks, raging storms, and night. ![]() Some of his examples of feelings of the beautiful are the sight of flower beds, grazing flocks, and daylight. Kant gives examples of these pleasant feelings. There are two kinds of finer feeling: the feeling of the sublime and the feeling of the beautiful. These require some sensitivity, intellectual excellence, talent, or virtue. ![]() Instead, he writes about the finer feelings, which are intermediate. His interest is not in coarse, thoughtless feelings or in the other extreme, the finest feelings of intellectual discovery. In this book, he describes his observations. Kant states that feelings of enjoyment are subjective. Of the Distinct Objects of the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime Goldthwait, was published in 1960 by the University of California Press. ![]() ![]() The first complete translation into English was published in 1799. Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime ( German: Beobachtungen über das Gefühl des Schönen und Erhabenen) is a 1764 book by Immanuel Kant. ![]() ![]() Her stories are always so freaking HOT and fun to read – whether it’s contemporary or paranormal, Alexa Riley definitely knows how to write some smut.īeauty Sleeps is book 2 in the Fairytale Shifter series, but can definitely be read as a standalone. ![]() Come roll around in it.Īlexa Riley’s books are seriously like crack, and I can never resist gobbling one up anytime there’s a new one out (and I love that she releases SO many, SO fast). This is meant to be over-the-top, extra sweet, and lots of fun. Warning: This fairy tale contains a hero in desperate need of his sleeping beauty, a heroine who wants to mate with her beast, and an alpha trying to keep it from happening. ![]() What he isn’t prepared for is Alpha Stone keeping them apart. Claiming Gwen as his mate is all that matters, even if she doesn’t remember him. When Xavier makes his way back to Gray Ridge, one scent captivates him like no other… Gwen has been waiting around for her knight in shining armor to show up, but years have passed since she reached her mating age, and he still hasn’t come. She calls to him in a way he doesn’t understand.Īfter he loses his mom and his sister in a tragic accident, he disappears into the woods and lets his wolf take over. ![]() Xavier has watched Gwen for years, sneaking outside her window just to watch her sleep. ![]() ![]() A living space, in all senses of the word. I liked the way the wily creatures who lived in these elemental dwelling places made ingenious use of the things around them: acorn cupules for bowls, pinecones to grate nutmeg, harebells as caps in the rain. I was deeply impressed by the cheerful dens I came across in folk tales and adventure stories, and invariably pictured myself in just such an abode. As a child, whenever I dared imagine myself as an adult, I always envisaged living on my own. I live alone and have done for many years and it doesn’t feel strange to me at all. After I’d finished recounting a couple of stories about them and the funny things they say, my ex said, “It’s strange, isn’t it, the way you’re not really interested in all that.” “Strange for who?” I said back, and he laughed, that slow luxuriant laugh that I occasionally still find attractive and irritating. I told him about the daughters of two friends of mine, one of the girls is three, the other just turned four. Recently, just after Christmas, I had a fairly pleasant conversation on the phone with someone I used to be in a relationship with. ![]() ![]() ![]() Can they overcome their fears and realise that sometimes opposites really do attract? 'Elkeles once again delivers a steamy page-turner bound to make teens swoon' School Library Journal 'If Perfect Chemistry was good, Rules of Attraction is better!. Carlos is sure that Kiara thinks she's too good for him, which is just fine because he's not interested anyway, right? But when they finally open up to each other, the connection they feel shocks them both. ![]() And when Carlos bounds into her life she struggles to understand him. Kiara Westford doesn't talk much instead preferring to shut out the world. Carlos Fuentes isn't happy about leaving Mexico to start the "new" life his older brother, Alex, has planned for him.Carlos liked his freedom living life on the edge - just like Alex did. ![]() |