Hailing from Los Angeles, California, Blair Imani attended Louisiana State University where, in 2014, she founded Equality for HER, a non-profit organization that provided resources and a forum for women and nonbinary people to feel empowered. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Tegan and Sara Foundation, and on the Advisory Board for Muslims for Progressive Values. The New York Times praises Blair Imani’s unique “brand combining progressive lessons with vibrant visuals and a perky, quirky delivery.” Her work centers women and girls, global Black communities, and the LGBTQ community.īlair Imani educates using a variety of social media platforms (Youtube, Instagram, TikTok) in addition to speaking at universities and organizations around the world. She is the author of two historical books Modern HERstory : Stories of Women and Nonbinary People Rewriting History (2018) and Making Our Way Home : The Great Migration and the Black American Dream (2020). Blair Imani is a critically-acclaimed historian, social activist, public speaker, educator and influencer.
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He tells Fallon’s father that there are plenty of actors with physical injuries who have found success in Hollywood and that there is no reason to discourage Fallon. Reacting to the cruelty of his words, a young man in a neighboring booth slides next to Fallon and claims to be her boyfriend. Fallon’s father tells her that her opportunity to be an actor died after the fire (which he takes responsibility for) and that she should pursue another career. Fallon tells her father that she plans to move to New York that evening in order to pursue an acting career on Broadway. On the second anniversary of the fire that left her scarred, an angry 18-year-old Fallon O’Neil meets her father, former actor Donovan O’Neil, for lunch. This guide is based on the Atria e-book edition (2015).Ĭontent Warning: November 9 contains mentions of suicide. 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Barrie's writing style and themes, and are generally pretty skippable, but there's plenty of other supplementary material in this volume, including a short but illuminating biography of Barrie, a (slightly pretentious) essay on the text, a very detailed outline Barrie wrote for a silent film version that was never produced, some beautiful illustrations from Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (an earlier work that introduced Peter Pan as an infant), a brief overview of various theatrical treatments of Peter Pan and of Barrie's life, and a fair amount of other stuff.As for the novel itself, I hadn't read it since I was a kid, and it's actually much better than I remember it being. The annotations mostly consist of bits of the editor's analysis of J. Obfuscating Disability: Tammo and Midge Manycoats disguise themselves as vermin to infiltrate Damug's camp.Jumped at the Call: He's quite eager to run away from home to join the Long Patrol. Idiot Hero: Well, more naive than an idiot, but you get the idea.Even after he gets some experience under his belt, he still finds himself dealing with the odd misfortune here and there. Butt-Monkey: The young hare goes through quite a few mishaps during the early stages of his adventure.Break the Cutie: This idealistic young rip goes through a lot after running away from home, but the incident that hits him hardest is the death of his mentor figure, the squirrel Russa Nodrey.Innocent and unready for violence, Tamello loses friends, and eventually, his illusions, during the battle against Damug Warfang and his Rapscallions. A young hare who jumps at the chance to join up with the Long Patrol, Tammo is poorly prepared for the realities of war. Illustrated with two sections of color plates, Lucy Worsley's Jane Austen at Home is a richly entertaining and illuminating new book about one of the world’s favorite novelists and one of the subjects she returned to over and over in her unforgettable novels: home. She shows readers a passionate Jane Austen who fought for her freedom, a woman who had at least five marriage prospects, but-in the end-a woman who refused to settle for anything less than Mr. Worsley examines the rooms, spaces and possessions which mattered to her, and the varying ways in which homes are used in her novels as both places of pleasure and as prisons. On the eve of the bi-centenary of Jane Austens death, step back into the world in which our best-loved novelist lived. In places like Steventon Parsonage, Godmersham Park, Chawton House and a small rented house in Winchester, Worsley discovers a Jane Austen very different from the one who famously lived a 'life without incident'. Take a trip back to Jane Austen's world and the many places she lived as historian Lucy Worsley visits Austen's childhood home, her schools, her holiday accommodations, the houses-both grand and small-of the relations upon whom she was dependent, and the home she shared with her mother and sister towards the end of her life. She knew or corresponded with the preeminent historical figures of her time: Voltaire, Diderot, Frederick the Great, Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, Marie Antoinette, and, surprisingly, the American naval hero, John Paul Jones. Possessing a brilliant mind and an insatiable curiosity as a young woman, she devoured the works of Enlightenment philosophers and, when she reached the throne, attempted to use their principles to guide her rule of the vast and backward Russian empire. The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at fourteen and rose to become one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in history.īorn into a minor noble family, Catherine transformed herself into Empress of Russia by sheer determination. I confess that I bought this book because of George RR Martin's saying that this series were the original 'Game of Thrones'. This bundle collects the first three novels of The Accursed Kings: THE IRON KING, THE STRANGLED QUEEN and THE POISONED CROWN. Bent on the persecution of the rich and powerful Knights Templar, Philip sentences Grand Master Jacques Molay to be burned at the stake, thus drawing down upon himself a curse that will destroy his entire dynasty… He governs his realm with an iron hand, but he cannot rule his own family: his sons are weak and their wives adulterous while his red-blooded daughter Isabella is unhappily married to an English king who prefers the company of men.Ī web of scandal, murder and intrigue is weaving itself around the Iron King but his downfall will come from an unexpected quarter. The Iron King – Philip the Fair – is as cold and silent, as handsome and unblinking as a statue. “Accursed! Accursed! You shall be accursed to the thirteenth generation!” Martin.Ī collection of the first three books in Maurice Druon’s epic historical fiction series, The Accursed Kings. “This is the original Game of Thrones.” George R.R. 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The cover was painted by Josh Kirby, and the front features many characters filming a moving picture: Victor (with sword), Ginger (lying languorously), Silverfish (with megaphone), Gaffer (with picture box), Gaspode (by Ginger's leg), CMOT Dibbler (with sausages-in-buns), Oswald (behind Victor), a troll (under Ginger), and several imps and dwarves. Moving Pictures, the tenth Discworld novel, is a gloriously funny saga set against the background of a world gone mad! Can handle a sword a little") and Theda Withel ("I come from a little town you've probably never heard of") to find out. It's up to Victor Tugelbend ("Can't sing. But what is the dark secret of Holy Wood hill? The alchemists of the Discworld have discovered the magic of the silver screen. 7 Clicks and their Roundworld references. |