![]() ![]() ![]() Zayneb’s story shows how the smallest incidents have trickle-down effects that dehumanize Muslims and devalue Muslim lives in some people’s eyes. The novel’s dual narrative structure uses raw, earnest journal entries to guide readers through the painful realities of the Islamophobia and racism that permeate all levels of society. Slowly, they fall in love, but their different experiences of dealing with racism and pain threaten to drive them apart. Enamored with each other, Adam and Zayneb begin to share their life stories: Adam is keeping a huge secret from his father and sister, Zayneb hasn’t shared with her aunt why she’s been suspended, and both are mourning loved ones. On the flight, Zayneb meets Adam, who converted to Islam at age 11 after his mom-Auntie Nandy’s best friend-died from multiple sclerosis. ![]() Now she’s on her way to Doha to spend two weeks with her cool aunt Nandy and forget about her troubles at school. Zayneb is an 18-year-old hijabi from Indiana-and she was just suspended for standing up to her Islamophobic teacher. ![]()
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![]() Through the eyes of trilobites, he allows us glimpses of former worlds as foreign in their geography as in their life forms. With Fortey's expert guidance, we begin to understand how trilobites reveal the pattern and mechanism of evolution through their fossil legacy in the rocks. Trilobites saw continents move, mountain chains grow and erode they survived ice ages and volcanic eruptions, constantly evolving and exquisitely adapting to their environment-their own evolution calibrated to geological time itself. In Trilobite!, he draws on a lifetime of study of these creatures to unravel the history of life on earth from their point of view. Richard Fortey fell in love with trilobites as a fourteen-year-old when he held his first fossil in his hand. More compelling than any pair of blue eyes, there was a shiver of recognition across 500 million years."įrom the author of Life comes the fascinating story of the beginnings of life on our planet as seen by its very first creatures, trilobites-the exotic, crustacean-like animals that dominated the seas for 300 million years. The long thin eyes of the trilobite regarded me and I returned the gaze. ![]() ![]() I was left holding two pieces of rock-surely what I held was the textbook come alive. The rock simply parted around the animal, like some sort of revelation. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We will also notify you of the approval or rejection of your refund. Once your return is received and inspected, we will send you an email to notify you that we have received your returned item. Please do not send your purchase back to the manufacturer. To complete your return, we require a receipt or proof of purchase.Any item that is returned more than 14 days after purchase date.Any item not in its original condition is damaged or missing parts for reasons not due to our error.Books, Cd's and magazines are non-returnable.It must also be in the original packaging. To be eligible for a return, your item must be unused and in the same condition that you received it. Our policy lasts 14 days. After 14 days of the date of your purchase, unfortunately, we can’t offer you a refund or exchange. ![]() ![]() The myths continue to speak to such modern concerns as masculinity and environmental disaster - after the inevitable, apocalyptic ragna roek, renewal comes from the roots of Yggdrasill, the World Tree. Larrington's elegantly written retellings capture the essence of the original myths while also delving into the history of their meanings. ![]() £2,867,498.09 generated for local bookshops The Norse Myths that Shape the Way We Think Carolyne Larrington (Author) FORMAT Hardback English £20.00 £19. This sophisticated yet accessible guide explores how these powerful stories have inspired our cultural landscape, from fuelling the creative genius of Wagner to the construction of the Nazi's nationalist ideology. The Norse Myths that Shape the Way We Think a book by Carolyne Larrington. She expertly examines the myths' many modern-day reimaginings, revealing the guises that have been worn by the figures of Norse myth, including Marvel's muscled, golden-haired Thor and George R.R Martin's White Walkers, who march inexorably southwards, bringing their eternal winter with them. Through careful analysis of the literature and archaeology of the Norse world, Carolyne Larrington takes us deep into the realm described in the Icelandic sagas, from the gloomy halls of Hel to the dazzling heights of Asgard. The heroes and villains of Norse mythology have endured for centuries, infiltrating art, opera, film, television and books, shape-shifting - like the trickster Loki - to suit the cultures that encountered them. ![]() ![]() ![]() A fresh look at the stories at the heart of Norse mythology, exploring their cultural impact right up to the present day. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The novel is presented as a discovered manuscript, introduced by the narrator's nephew it then 'transcribes' the tale. Interest groups were even formed to tackle the issue: the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection was formed two years after the publication of the novel. When the novel was written in the late 19th century, England's scientific community was engulfed by debates on animal vivisection. ![]() Wells, addressing ideas of society and community, human nature and identity, religion, Darwinism, and eugenics. The Island of Doctor Moreau is an 1896 science fiction novel written by H. Please read the License before distributing this eBook. Download cover art Download CD case insert The Island of Doctor Moreau Wells This is a copyrighted computer-generated audio performance of Project Gutenberg's public domain book, 'The Island of Doctor Moreau', by H. Wells 5 Paperback 3 offers from 3.25 Product details Publisher : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (August 4, 2017) Language : English Paperback : 128 pages ISBN-10 : 197420121X ISBN-13 : 978-1974201211 Item Weight : 8. ![]() ![]() Steve is not just a sunny foil to Antoinette he is more complex than that. Slowly, French opens up the character so that bit by bit, we begin to understand Antoinette’s responses to the world, the depth of her story, and the important role Steve plays in her professional life. ![]() Her protagonist Antoinette is a complicated, ferocious force to be reckoned with. It’s French’s characterizations that steal the show. Slowly, they begin to unravel the full story, with French showing how the police build a case block by block, from following false trails to the dawning truth.īut it isn’t French’s plotting that makes The Trespasser such a good book, though the plot is very well done and compelling. He is the only one Antoinette seems to trust, which makes sense given how much she’s been sabotaged by the other cops.Īntoinette and Steve catch a murder case that involves a young woman found dead in her home. Her partner Steve Moran is genial and sharp. ![]() The story is told through police officer Antoinette Conway’s eyes, a furious, wary, excellent cop who has been treated badly by her sexist squad for a long time. Tana French’s The Trespasser is more than your standard police procedural. ![]() ![]() We see Marigold at her best and her worst, and everything in between. Seen through the eyes of the youngest daughter Dolphin, The Illustrated Mum charts the peaks and troughs of a parent with bipolar disorder. I would certainly put her up there with J.K Rowling as an author of life-saving books! Even if those issues are just the trials of growing up, Wilson is there for her readers. Wilson's books are life-lines for children suffering with the same issues as her characters, giving them encouragement and telling them it will be ok. Her characters jump off the page at you, and are so appealing that you just can't help but fall in love with them. She tackles tricky subjects with honesty, compassion and huge emotional complexity. Although she had a conventional and happy upbringing Wilson has an amazing ability to enter the heads of children in tough situations and really sympathise with their issues, worries and concerns. Jacqueline Wilson has always tackled tough, and you might even say taboo, subjects in her literature for children adoption, loss, broken families and mental health issues being just a few. ![]() ![]() ![]() There is nothing of the traditional mum about Marigold! But there's something else you need to know about Marigold, she has bipolar disorder. Marigold is no ordinary mum, she's creative, covered in tattoos, likes to party, and dresses like a teenage girl. The Illustrated Mum is a story about two sisters Star and Dolphin, and their mum Marigold. ![]() ![]() ![]() Yet his reliance on primary sources crimps the value of the work. If, as John Lukacs suggests, the historian’s calling is not just to establish truth, but to reduce untruth, then Tim Weiner has performed a real service. Because Weiner doesn’t reference even the good books in the field, he doesn’t perpetuate the errors in the bad ones. For every good book, such as Thomas Powers’s classic The Man Who Kept the Secrets, scores of bad ones have appeared, alleging, say, that the CIA killed JFK, concocted AIDS to kill black people, or orchestrated the World Trade Center attacks. It’s a strength, because the secondary literature on secret intelligence chokes with myth and guesswork. Legacy of Ashes, he declares, is “the first history of the CIA compiled entirely from firsthand reporting and primary documents.” That is the book’s great strength, and its great weakness. Tim Weiner, who reports on intelligence for the New York Times, has written an essential but flawed book about an essential but flawed agency. ![]() Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA, by Tim Weiner (Doubleday, 702 pp., $27.95) ![]() ![]() We don't know what deals it's made with other countries because the Second World War ended differently. England is just fresh out of a war, looking to get into another war. ![]() So, we took this brewing civil war as a stepping stone. That's very much an '80s or '90s kind of show…what would it be in the '60s? What kind of world would we have to create? Like in Gotham, there will eventually be Batman and in this there will eventually be V for Vendetta. ![]() That came from a conversation with myself and Bruno where we were considering doing V for Vendetta. When launching the TV series Pennyworth, about the early days of Batman's butler Alfred Pennyworth in London, the co-creator of the show Danny Cannon stated "The arching story this season is about a civil war that's brewing. ![]() But it appears David Lloyd has not heard about anything he may be owed for the latest twist in that story. Alan Moore has disowned an interest in V For Vendetta as a result of these issues with DC Comics, asks that he not be credited for adaptations and that any royalties he is due be paid to David Lloyd instead. ![]() ![]() ![]() I need to get to the bottom of this mystery. It’s my nature, after all.Īs I search out random growls, flutters in my chest, and a suspicion that there’s so much more going on than I could even imagine, I sense that I’m racing against an unknown clock. Whoever did this to me should have known I’d pick at it until it bled. Someone messed with me, and no matter how often I’m told to forget it and move on as Torin’s mate, there’s no way I can. I’m being lied to, missing weeks and months of time. Funny how quickly dreams turn into nightmares. My childhood dreams were finally a reality. I’d all but given up, until a quirk of true mate genetics gifted me a true mate like no other. ![]() Of course, that dream existed before my father betrayed the pack and turned me into their punching bag. Growing up in Torma, the strongest of the shifter packs, I wanted nothing more than to find my true mate and live my best life. So, why does it taste like ash on my tongue? I finally have the life I always dreamed of. The epic conclusion to the Shadow Beast Shifters. ![]() |