![]() ![]() Her attention then turned to the 1789 French Revolution…until it became clear that the freedoms being fought for were only in the name of men and were not applicable to women. She began a career in literacy, and took up the cause of fighting for the freedom of slaves in French colonies. Actually, Marie Gouze was her name at that point, it was only after his death that she moved to Paris and changed her name to the quite grand Olympe de Gouges. A couple of years later, she was executed by guillotine as a way to warn other politically active women – to send them back to the care of their homes rather than the pursuit of equality.ĭe Gougess husband had died well before she did, just a few years into their unhappy marriage. ![]() Well, it was in French, so it was actually titled ‘Déclaration des droits de la femme et de la citoyenne’. In 1791, Olympe de Gouges published a pamphlet titled ‘The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen’. ![]()
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![]() The plot takes a melodramatic turn when Sophie is suddenly shunned by her old and new friends after she dances with a star football player on whom Kylie has long had a crush and whom the head cheerleader dated the previous year ( for three weeks”). Attending practices without Kylie, Sophie initially feels like an outsider amidst the confident, popular and mostly petty other cheerleaders, but gradually gets sucked into their superficial social sphere. Rather predictably, gymnast Sophie makes the squad, but klutzy (if gutsy) Kylie is instead offered the position of team mascot a costumed mule. Sophie reluctantly agrees to be Kylie's partner at tryouts for their middle school cheerleading team. The debut novel in the Candy Apple series introduces two very different 12-year-old best friends: introverted, quick-to-blush Sophie and outgoing, impulsive Kylie. ![]() ![]() Here, too, there are victories and losses, campaigns upon campaigns, heroes and hubris, survival and resilience-and inevitably, the wounded, the condemned, the forgotten, the dead. In a sense, this is a military history-one in which the adversary is formless, timeless, and pervasive. The book explains its title in its author's note: ![]() The Guardian wrote that "Mukherjee manages to convey not only a forensically precise picture of what he sees, but a shiver too, of what he feels." Literary Review commended Mukherjee's narrative: "It is so well written, and the science is so clearly explained, that it reads almost like a detective story-which, of course, it is." Title The Emperor of All Maladies won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction: the jury called it "an elegant inquiry, at once clinical and personal". It was published on 16 November 2010 by Scribner. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer is a book written by Siddhartha Mukherjee, an Indian-born American physician and oncologist. ![]() ![]() ![]() Kata to chreon.Īpparently, the universe won't let you get away with anything, at least not for long. I don't remember much else from the class, but that particular idea stuck with me. Science tells us that matter can neither be created nor destroyed, but also that every action has an equal and opposite reaction-all debts are eventually paid in full. Those guys might've died centuries ago, but they were on to something. The universe, he said, strives for harmony and balance. Early told us, believed that the universe was an ordered place, where everything had a price that was collected in due course. ![]() The phrase, he said, was ambiguous, both in origin and meaning, but basically it was translated "according to the debt." The ancient Greeks, Mr. Early, wrote three words on the board: kata to chreon. On the first day of the semester, my teacher, Mr. ![]() W HEN I WAS A SOPHOMORE in high school, I enrolled in a Western philosophy class to full a graduation requirement. ![]() ![]() ![]() Poems from Under a Toadstool (children's nature-based poetry, illustrated by Rhiannon Bayer)Ī Magical Homeschool: Nature Studies (52 Wonderful Ways to Use Nature Studies in Every Season to Teach Science, Math, Art and More)Įlderberries: The Beginner's Guide to Foraging, Preserving and Using Elderberries for Health Remedies, Recipes, Drinks and MoreĪcorn Foraging: Everything You Need to Know to Harvest One of Autumn’s Best Wild Edible Foods, with Recipes, Photographs and Step-By-Step Instructions ![]() She maintained national columns on the topics of homeschooling, parenting and sustainable living for six years and has maintained the nonprofit website, A Magical Childhood, for nearly 20 years, in addition to a number of blogs and websites on topics of sustainable living, homeschooling and other passions. Her writing has been widely published in books, magazines, literary journals, newsletters and online at sites such as Huffington Post, Peggy O'Mara and Pathways to Family Wellness. Alicia Bayer lives in Minnesota with her husband and five children. ![]() ![]() ![]() WoodN Industries products are made in Italy. The wood used comes from FSC sources of supply and the formulas adopted make it possible to reuse the waste material or profiles at the end of their life, re-inserting them in new production processes. The system consists of a hollow section profile available in various sizes and colors each profile can be supplied with aluminum reinforcement to meet the loads required by current regulations, optimized in length for each project and already cut to size to reduce any processing waste. ![]() His major work is referred to as The Pittsburgh Cycle a series of ten plays that each take place during a different decade. PARAPETS AND FENCES by WoodN Industries is a collection of composite wood profiles that can be used as a partition screen in both residential and commercial environments. WHO WROTE Fences SCRIPT Written by August Wilson August Wilson was an award-winning American playwright who wrote more than a dozen original plays. ![]() ![]() ![]() The young men present at Chimneys this dreadful weekend want to investigate Gerry’s murder and Bundle intends to help them as it happened in her house. Superintendent Battle is inclined to think it was murder. One of them, Gerry Wade, is found dead one morning. They have guests for the weekend, a group of young people who either went to school together or work together in the Foreign Office. The starting point of the story is that Lord and Lady Coote have rented Chimneys from Lord Catherham, Bundle’s father. ![]() It’s a classic whodunnit by Agatha Christie. ![]() It’s the second book featuring Superintendent Battle, Lady Eileen Brent (“Bundle”) and Bill Eversleigh. Entertainment is guaranteed with her books and this one is no exception. I would have liked to reread Les enfants terribles by Cocteau or Colline by Jean Giono but I needed something light and fun and settled for The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie. This time, we’re reading books published in 1929. I enjoy reading books for Karen and Simon’s club. ![]() ![]() ![]() As a young girl reading about the dictatorship in her country, Enríquez said, “I did not distinguish between reality and fiction because reality was worse than any fiction could imagine. According to its publisher, the novel explores issues of family, power, and politics.Įnríquez has been described as a Gothic realist influenced by writers from Arthur Rimbaud to Emily Brontë. ![]() There Gaspar becomes involved with a secret society run by his dead mother’s family, who seek eternal life by engaging in horrific rituals, human sacrifice among them. The story follows a protagonist named Gaspar as he and his father travel from Buenos Aires to the Iguazú Falls on the border of Brazil. ![]() The award comes with a cash prize of €18,000.Įnríquez’s novel, Nuestra parte de noche ( Our Share of Night), is a Gothic-inspired tale set against the backdrop of the military junta in Argentina in the 1970s and ’80s. Argentine author and journalist Mariana Enríquez has won this year’s Herralde Prize, a Spanish-language award given annually by the Barcelona-based publisher Anagrama. Un fragmento del libro Nuestra parte de noche de la escritora argentina Mariana Enríquez Fragmentos de mi biblioteca es un podcast editado y producido por María P. ![]() ![]() She has a crush on Kunwar Rohail Khanzada, whom she has wanted to since she was ten. She finds him jovial and funny and loves him with all her heart. He reminds her of Santa, visiting them twice a year and bringing her presents like chocolates and heels. Zafar wants to marry the Colonel’s daughter, Mahnoor.Īli or Baba is a friend of her late mother’s and she has a special relationship with him. Zafar is her half-brother, trained to be lawyer, works in the only law firm in Jalalabad, which belongs to Rtd. She has been homeschooled by the best tutors. She lives with her grandmother in Gulaab Mahal, calls her Bi Amma and refers to her as “The Broad”. Or is it?Īnd when C.’s long lost father enters the scene, things get really complicated…Ĭhandni, daughter of Zainab and Shah Jehan (referred to as Nameless), is the granddaughter of Zaitoon Begum, the widow of the last Nawab of Jalalabad. isn’t too happy with the arrangement, no matter how gorgeous ‘Alpha Male’ may be. So, when The Broad presents her with the ‘suitable’ Taimur as a possible husband, C. is rebellious, quick-witted and a self-proclaimed cynic. Raised in the closed environs of a haveli in Jalalabad, C. is brought up by her domineering, intractable grandmother, whom she privately refers to as ‘The Broad’. ![]() ![]() I would like to thank Naheed Hassan of Indireads for sending me the book to review. ![]() I received the book Haveli by Zeenat Mahal from Indireads as a review copy. ![]() ![]() Paul In The Country is a treasure in every sense of the word. This is a read that demands to be savored with artwork that stays in line with its relaxed, but precise, pace. ![]() The stories are often as charming as they are heartbreaking, and always beautiful in their simplicity. As they arrive at their destination, Paul recounts with humour and nostalgia his own youth spent in the same area. Paul In The Country is a beautiful, quiet and modest story of the title character taking his wife and young daughter for a vacation in rural Quebec. Thankfully, in publishing Michel Rabagliati’s refreshing and wonderful Paul In The Country, Drawn & Quarterly has moved in a new direction. However, its one failing is that a large portion of its most popular comic artists all seem to explore the same topic of either self-introspection and depression or their take on historical events. Drawn & Quarterly is easily the champion of comics, bringing the finest in new talent to the scene. ![]() |