![]() It seems God may never be done with Hayden Reese. Now at middle age, newly spring from jail in a remote California town, Hayden is utterly alone – his girlfriend has left and he just buried his beloved dog. During WWII, a teenage boy finds his voice, the courage of his convictions. But little by little, a chain of heartaches stripped him of all he loved – and a flash of violence changed his destiny. Boy Underground - by Catherine Ryan Hyde 10. Buy a used copy of Boy Underground : A Novel book by Catherine Ryan Hyde. In Electric God by Catherine Ryan Hyde, Hayden Reese once believed he could have it all – and at one point, he came close: a wife and a daughter he adored, and a child on the way. In a descent into madness, Ella Ginsberg slips into and out of insanity, and manages to cling by a slender thread to the flattened earth of her existence. If You Like Catherine Ryan Hyde Books, You’ll Love…Ĭatherine Ryan Hyde Synopses: Funerals for Horses by Catherine Ryan Hyde is a gritty, compelling tale of a woman’s search for her lost childhood. How to Be a Writer in the E-Age… was written with Anne R. ![]() Notes: Electric God was also published as The Hardest Part of Love. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Weaving deeply personal storytelling with extensive research on mnemonics, Songlines: The Power and Promise offers unique insights into Indigenous traditional knowledges, how they apply today and how they could help all peoples thrive into the future. Much more than a navigational path in the cartographic sense, these vast and robust stores of information are encoded through song, story, dance, art and ceremony, rather than simply recorded in writing. Songlines are an archive for powerful knowledges that ensured Australia's many Indigenous cultures flourished for over 60,000 years. 'An act of intellectual reconciliation.' - Lynette Russell 'Let this series begin the discussion.' - Bruce Pascoe ![]() ![]() Yaddle is killed by Count Dooku on Coruscant. Galaxy watches both their careers with great interest. Palpatine is elected Chancellor of the Republic, while Anakin starts his Jedi training. Queen Padme Amidala leads the liberation of Naboo, where Obi-Wan slices Darth Maul in two – sending him tumbling to his apparent death. Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi discover Force-sensitive Anakin Skywalker on Tatooine and save him from slavery. (referenced in The Mandalorian)ģ2 BBY - The Trade Federation escalates a scintillating trade dispute by blockading Naboo. (referenced The Phantom Menace)Īlso around this time, a young Yoda-like creature is born to mystery parents. (The Acolyte, Disney Plus series)Ĥ1 BBY - Anakin Skywalker is somehow conceived by the Midichlorians and his mother, Shmi. (The High Republic novels and comic-book series)Įmerging dark-side powers soon take hold within the Jedi, as the Sith come to power. ~200 BBY - The Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order are at their zenith. ![]() ~900 BBY - Yoda is born, though nobody ever thought to ask what species he belongs to. ![]() ![]() ![]() Learn more about Feminist Book Club on our website, sign up for our emails, shop our recommendations, and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest. This episode was edited by Rah Hernandez and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people. Pat Summitt, the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history and bestselling author of Reach for the Summitt and Raise The Roof, tells for the first time her remarkable story of victory and resilience as well as facing down her greatest challenge: early-onset Alzheimers disease. Support our sponsor! Use code BOOKCLUB for 20% off your order at Willa’s Kitchen.īeyond the Box : Our weekly round-up of blog and podcast content delivered directly to your inbox every Friday – the campaign to bring Brittney Griner cherelletgriner – Brittney’s wife LFG – documentary about the US Women’s National Soccer Team’s fight for equal pay The Two-Way America Pat Summitt, Legendary Tennessee Basketball Coach, Dies At 64 June 28, 20166:08 AM ET Joe Ruiz Enlarge this image Former Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt. They chat about women’s sports, why they love them, pay discrepancy, and the particularly disturbing story of WNBA star Brittney Griner’s arrest in Russia, where she has been detained for over 100 days. ![]() You may not know this, but Renee and Ashley are huge sports fans. ![]() ![]() ![]() Immaculée fends off sinister new predators, seeks out and comforts scores of children orphaned by the genocide, and searches for love and companionship in a land where hatred still flourishes. ![]() It is the story of a naïve and vulnerable young woman, orphaned and alone, navigating through a bleak and dangerously hostile world with only an abiding faith in God to guide and protect her. Through her simple and eloquent voice, we experience her hardships and heartache as she struggles to survive and to find meaning and purpose in the aftermath of the holocaust. In Led By Faith, Immaculée takes us with her as her remarkable journey continues. ![]() ![]() Immaculée’s remarkable story of survival was documented in her first book, Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust. Immaculée Ilibagiza, a young university student, miraculously survived the savage killing spree that left most of her family, friends, and a million of her fellow citizens dead. For three months in the spring of 1994, the African nation of Rwanda descended into one of the most vicious and bloody genocides the world has ever seen. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Now, he's stuck with her, because if he isn't exposed to his mate's scent on a regular basis, he will die. He isn't prepared when he bonds instantly to a human female he rescues during a raid on a pirate colony. But Cass isn't sure she's actually safe with him, because he looks at her with hunger in his eyes.Nahash has always been a loyal, honorable Iriduan soldier, but after scientists performed drastic alterations to his biology using genetic engineering, they told him he was free from the affliction that caused Iriduan males to imprint on a single female, bonding him to her for life. When Cass is abducted by aliens, her first experience with extraterrestrials quickly turns from surreal into a nightmare that only grows more terrifying when an alien with a snake-like lower body and a surprisingly handsome face comes to her rescue. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The original group have since formed a company called Midkemia Press, which has continued publishing campaigns set in that universe. After some time, when the group changed and began meeting on Fridays, they became known as the Friday Nighters. They called themselves the Thursday Nighters, because they played the Midkemia role-playing game every Thursday evening. When Feist studied at the University of California, San Diego, he and his friends created a new role-playing game based on their own original world of Midkemia. Midkemia was originally created as an alternative to the Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) role-playing game. The novels and short stories of The Riftwar Universe record the adventures of various people on these worlds. Human magicians and other creatures on the two planets are able to create rifts through dimensionless space that can connect planets in different solar systems. ![]() The majority of Feist's works are part of The Riftwar Universe, and feature the worlds of Midkemia and Kelewan. Feist that revolve around the fantasy worlds of Midkemia and Kelewan. The Riftwar Cycle is the name given to the series of books authored or co-authored by Raymond E. For 1920–27 armed conflict between Spain and the Berber tribes, see Rif War. For the Torchwood comic book storyline, see Rift War. ![]() ![]() In recent years, Jewett's works have been praised for their strong, independent, elderly female characters, of which her greatest creation is Mrs. Her character sketches of the aging population of seamen and the widows of seamen are inflected with the local Maine dialect, which she captured with accuracy and liveliness. As in many of Jewett's stories, The Country of the Pointed Firs addresses themes of nostalgia, memory, and storytelling, as well as community, family, and friendship. ![]() Jewett wrote stories and novels set in coastal fishing and shipbuilding towns of her native Maine. The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896) is considered by many critics to be the masterpiece of Sarah Orne Jewett, one of the greatest "local color" writers of the nineteenth century. ![]() ![]() ![]() Since the release of its first novel, Welcome to Dead House, in July 1992, the books have found immense popularity, positive reviews, and commercial success worldwide. A series of many genres, including horror, comedy, fantasy, adventure, supernatural fiction, thriller, and mystery, the world of Goosebumps explores numerous themes. The series was originally published in English by Scholastic Press in the United States and Scholastic Hippo in the United Kingdom. Goosebumps has spawned a television series, video games series, comic series and merchandise, as well as a series of feature films, starring Jack Black as Stine. Another series, Goosebumps Gold, was never released. Various spin-off series were written by Stine: Goosebumps Series 2000, Give Yourself Goosebumps, Tales to Give You Goosebumps, Goosebumps Triple Header, Goosebumps HorrorLand, Goosebumps Most Wanted and Goosebumps SlappyWorld. ![]() From 1992 to 1997, 62 books were published under the Goosebumps umbrella title. The protagonists in these stories are tweens or young teens who find themselves in frightening circumstances usually involving the supernatural, the paranormal or the occult. Goosebumps is a series of horror novels written by American author R. Spin-off series: October 1994 – February 2000 April 2008 – present Original series: July 1992 – December 1997 For other uses, see Goosebumps (disambiguation). For the bumps on human skin, see Goose bumps. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Killer Show is the first comprehensive exploration of the chain of events leading up to the fire, the conflagration itself, and the painstaking search for evidence to hold the guilty to account and obtain justice for the victims. ![]() Together, however, they reached a fatal critical mass. Any one of those decisions, made differently, might have averted the tragedy. The story of the fire, its causes, and its legal and human aftermath is one of lives put at risk by petty economic decisions-by a band, club owners, promoters, building inspectors, and product manufacturers. The final death toll topped out, three months later, at the eerily unlikely round number of 100. In less than 10 minutes, 96 people were dead and 200 more were injured, many catastrophically. The blaze was ignited when pyrotechnics set off by Great White, a 1980s heavy-metal band, lit flammable polyurethane “egg crate” foam sound insulation on the club’s walls. That night, in the few minutes it takes to play a hard-rock standard, the fate of many of the unsuspecting nightclub patrons was determined with awful certainty. history took place at a roadhouse called The Station in West Warwick, Rhode Island. On February 20, 2003, the deadliest rock concert in U.S. ![]() |