5/27/2023 0 Comments Novel by david levithan![]() And yet, every day we each do so many things that were once impossible to us. Most of the limits are of our own world s devising. ![]() As hard as it is for us to see sometimes, we all exist within The Realm of Possibility. From the airplane overhead to the phones in our pockets to the choir girl putting her arm around the metalhead. Everything around us was once deemed impossible. Here’s what I know about The Realm of Possibility it is always expanding, it is never what you think it is. After all, being in love at high school is a challenge for any teen regardless of sexual preference! ![]() Witty, engaging, refreshingly upbeat and slightly surreal, David Levithan’s debut has been attracting glowing reviews in the USA. Meet Paul’s friends: JONI his best friend, who may not be his best friend any more TONY his other best friend who can’t leave the house unless his parents think he’s going on a date! with a girl INFINITE DARLENE homecoming queen AND star quarterback in the football team KYLE the ex boyfriend who won’t go away RIP the school bookie who sets the odds And NOAH the boy who changes everything. Gay his whole life, and finding love as wonderful, confusing and heartbreaking as every other teenager in his high school. ![]() They all got mixed up a while back, which I think is for the best! And whether your heart is strictly ballroom or bluegrass punk, the dance floors are open to whatever you have to offer. ‘There isn’t really a gay scene or a straight scene in our town. ![]()
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5/27/2023 0 Comments Gloria kerry young![]() ![]() It is also an unlikely place to gain a passion for social justice, but it is one of the house's proprietors who instills in Gloria new ideas about the rights of women and all humankind, eventually propelling her to Cuba, where even greater change is underway, and where Gloria must choose between the life she has made for herself and the one that might be.Alive with the energy of a country at a crossroads, this is a story of love in many forms, and of Gloria's evolution-from a frightened girl on the run to a woman fully possessed of her own power. ![]() It is an unlikely place to meet the love of your life, but here she encounters Pao, a Chinatown racketeer and a loyal customer who will become something more. From a room in a boarding house and a job at a supply store, Gloria finds her way to a house of ill repute on the edge of the city, intrigued by the glamorous, financially independent women within. But in a capital city awash with change, a black woman is still treated as a second-class citizen. Taking along her younger sister, she flees their hometown to forge a new life in Kingston. Gloria Campbell is sixteen years old when a single violent act alters the course of her life forever. At Mockingbird Lounge we pride ourselves on stocking second-hand books in exceptional pre-loved condition. ![]() 5/27/2023 0 Comments Brutha small gods![]() ![]()
5/27/2023 0 Comments Love Comes Home by Andrew Grey![]() ![]() ![]() The other option would be a coalition with the Lib Dems - something Sir Keir refused to rule out seven times in his interview with Beth Rigby.īased on the seat projection above, that would give the hypothetical Labour-Lib Dem government a majority of 11. A coalition between the two parties would give the hypothetical government a majority of 17.īut Sir Keir has ruled out a coalition with the SNP multiple times - most recently in an interview with Sky political editor, Beth Rigby on Tuesday- because he fundamentally disagrees with Scottish independence. One option would be the SNP, which currently holds 45 seats in the Commons. The obvious solution to getting over the magic number of 326 seats would be to form a coalition with another party. ![]() ![]() So if that scenario were to materialise, what would be Sir Keir's options to get his hands on the keys to Number 10? However, Sky News' national estimated vote share shows that, should there be a uniform swing, Labour would be the largest party, but fall 28 seats short of a majority. Sir Keir Starmer has seized on the moment to claim the country is "on course for a Labour majority" government after the next general election. Labour did very well at the local elections in England last week, gaining 536 seats and control of 22 councils, making it the largest party in local government for the first time since 2002. ![]() 5/27/2023 0 Comments John donvan in a different key![]() In 2010 they wrote an excellent article in the Atlantic magazine in which they tracked down one of the first children to be diagnosed with autism in 1943. Like Silberman, the two authors, Caren Zucker and John Donvan, are American journalists who have spent many years researching their book. In a Different Key: The Story of Autism covers some of the same ground – the debates about defining and diagnosing a condition that still has no clear biological markers, the consequent anxiety about whether autism is actually on the increase and, if so, what could be the causes and what are the best ways to educate and accommodate people on the spectrum over their lifetime. A few months after the publication of Steve Silberman’s Samuel Johnson prize-winning Neurotribes, another detailed examination of autism’s complex evolution appears in bookshops. ![]() ![]() I s autism having a moment? Two new books examining its history, both more than 500 pages, would certainly seem to indicate that it is. ![]() 5/27/2023 0 Comments Truman by david mccullough![]() The book, along with the 1995 HBO film based on it and starring Gary Sinise, had elevated the Truman story to a place in American memory it hadn’t occupied in decades. It spent 43 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, received a Pulitzer Prize and sold more than a million copies. McCullough published a biography of Harry Truman in 1992. ![]() To celebrate, library leaders invited author David McCullough to speak. ![]() Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence observed its 50th anniversary. ![]() Sponsor Message Become a Flatland sponsor ![]() 5/27/2023 0 Comments Bleeding violet by dia reeves![]() Reeves writes surely and with flair, though readers should be prepared for gore (Hanna slices flesh from Wyatt's father's leg to defeat a demon) and other disturbing moments, as when a naked Hanna and Rosalee torture a boy. Dia Reeves Bleeding Violet is about a mysteeerrious small town with an overtly-magical atmosphere and a (slightly odd) female protagonist hanging with a group. Even as Rosalee slowly warms to her daughter, walls remain, at one point driving Hanna to attempt suicide. Summary: A mentally ill sixteen-year-old girl reunites with her estranged mother in an East Texas town that is haunted with doors to dimensions of the dead and protected by demon hunters called Mortmaine. Hanna's sassy voice reflects her freewheeling, unstable personality ("back in Dallas, I decided to sleep with all the boys in my class in alphabetical order"). A group called the Mortmaine keeps the population safe, and when Hanna helps a member named Wyatt defeat the lures, she finally earns acceptance in the unfriendly town. ![]() But Hanna soon learns that Portero has doors to other worlds, allowing ghoulish creatures such as "lures," who can turn people to glass, to wreak havoc. In Reeves's dark and stylish first novel, 16-year-old Hanna arrives in the Texas town of Portero seeking Rosalee, the mother she's never known, and fleeing her aunt, who wants her back in a mental institution (Hanna is manic-depressive and has conversations with her deceased father). ![]() ![]() ![]() Classical Western philosophy has regarded beauty as one of the three fundamental concepts of human understanding: truth (and falsehood), good (and evil), beauty (and ugliness). The attraction of beauty, the desire to be beautiful and obtain beautiful objects, is universal, although the manifestations of this desire vary across cultures and ages. Expressions of the vitality of beauty in its role in everyday life are found in any culture. Poets praise it, artists strive to capture it in their works, moralists warn against its deceiving influence, scientists seek to uncover its secrets, and philosophers reflect on its illusive nature. ![]() It is associated with pleasure, which influences personal choices and cultural developments. Beauty is a vital and central element of human experience. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() For all he knew, Gina had fought for what she had because of it. That didn't mean it hadn't happened though. Not everyone had taken it well, although he hadn't heard of the children being treated poorly. The fact that Gina and her brother, Mark, had been taken into the family with its attendant power and responsibility, was huge news. She'd been adopted into the royal family.īlood conquered all, or at least that's how some of the wolves thought. In fact, she wasn't even related by blood to the Jamensons. ![]() Her family connections might have helped with the goddess, but even then, the power wouldn't have shifted unless the wolf could handle it. He was only lying to himself because he actually admired the way her mind worked, the way her wolf pushed forward when needed. In the back of his mind, he knew he was just making excuses. She hadn't had to work for every scintilla of power and placement within the hierarchy as he had for his role as lieutenant. So what if the goddess had given her dreams of her future gift and role as an Enforcer? All that meant was, yet again, her family connections had given her the power and prestige. No, she was the Alpha's daughter therefore, she could do what she wanted. She probably hadn't even had to work for her position. She asked too many questions and thought herself better than she was because of her family. ![]() Maybe he hadn't been with a woman in so long that he'd finally lost his mind. ![]() ![]() ![]() The black-and-white illustrations and inventive layouts ably convey the contrasts of the text. In this follow-up, Abirached takes inspiration from French experimental writer and filmmaker Georges Perec and forgoes a traditional narrative structure in favor of a catalog of childhood memories, almost all beginning with “I remember.” Her memories juxtapose mundane details, such as the “tchic” sound that cassette tapes made when shaken and the three layers that made up old Kit Kat wrappers, with haunting reminders of wartime, such as her brother’s shrapnel collection and the bullet holes in the family car. In her earlier graphic memoir, A Game for Swallows (2012), she focused on a single evening when she and her brother anxiously awaited their parents’ return. ![]() Abirached, who grew up in Beirut during the Lebanese civil war, shares childhood memories in this unconventional graphic memoir.īorn in 1981, Abirached grew up surrounded by the realities of war: Her family’s home was close to the demarcation line between East and West Beirut. ![]() |