![]() ![]() I’ll be honest in that I’m pretty sick of the anonymous messaging secret reveal as a story structure, especially when set at a classically preppy school. Can you say dark academia? Bonus points for a stunning cover and LGBT rep. “Incendiary” is an excellent word for this book. With heart-pounding suspense and relevant social commentary comes a high-octane thriller from debut author Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé. ![]() ![]() Can Devon and Chiamaka stop Aces before things become incredibly deadly? Shortly after the announcement is made, though, someone who goes by Aces begins using anonymous text messages to reveal secrets about the two of them that turn their lives upside down and threaten every aspect of their carefully planned futures.Īs Aces shows no sign of stopping, what seemed like a sick prank quickly turns into a dangerous game, with all the cards stacked against them. After all, not only does it look great on college applications, but it officially puts each of them in the running for valedictorian, too. When two Niveus Private Academy students, Devon Richards and Chiamaka Adebayo, are selected to be part of the elite school’s senior class prefects, it looks like their year is off to an amazing start. Gossip Girl meets Get Out in Ace of Spades, a YA contemporary thriller by debut author Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé about two students, Devon & Chiamaka, and their struggles against an anonymous bully. ![]() Novel: Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé | Goodreads ![]()
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![]() ![]() Woven together with lyrical, slow-motion images of unnamed black people, of water, and of cosmological images of deep space, these voices reflect on the ontology of blackness and its relationship to life, death, and the concept of the human. Arthur Jafa's essay film Dreams are colder than Death (2013), a meditation on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” speech, conducted through interviews with African-American intellectuals and artists, examines this tension. ![]() ![]() While “Afro-Pessimist” scholars understand blackness under the rubric of “social death,” the ascendance of the #BlackLivesMatter movement vindicates instead the opposing “Afro-Optimist” position, which affirms the generative capacity of black social life. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Boaventura de Sousa Santos, ‘Entre Próspero e Caliban-Colonialismo, Pós-Colonialismo e Interidentidade’, in Heloisa Buarque de Hollanda (ed), Cultura e Desenvolvimento, Rio de Janeiro: Aeroplano Editora, 2004, pp 20–33. ![]() Mignolo, Histórias Locais/Projetos Globais, p 256.ħ. In this text, all translations into English are mine, except when stated otherwise.ĥ. Néstor García Canclini, Culturas Híbridas: Estratégias para Entrar e Sair da Modernidade, São Paulo: EdUSP, 2000, pp 67–68. Brasilien ein Land der Zukunft is Stefan Zweig's original title of his book about Brazil.Ĥ. Sergio Buarque de Holanda's best-known book, Raízes do Brasil, has been translated into Spanish, Italian, French, German and Japanese. Gilberto Freyre, Casa-Grande & Senzala-1933–1973: Formação da Família Brasileira sob o Regime da Economia Patriarcal, Samuel Putnam (trans), The Master and the Slaves ( A Study in the Development of Brazilian Civilization), 3rd edn, New York: Alfred Knopf, 1964. (Original title: Local Histories/Global Designs: Coloniality, Subaltern Knowledges, and Border Thinking).ģ. Walter Mignolo, Histórias Locais/Projetos Globais Colonialidade, Saberes Subalternos e Pensamento Liminar, Solange Ribeiro de Oliveira (trans), Belo Horizonte: Editora UFMG, 2003. I want to thank my friend, Professor John Thew, for his invaluable help.Ģ. ![]() ![]() ![]() Each fascinating character and each cunning tactic demonstrates a fundamental truth about who we are and the targets we've become or hope to win over. In addition, greene provides instruction on how to identify victims by type. Understand how to 'choose the right victim', 'appear to be an object of desire' and 'confuse desire and reality'. In part ii, immerse yourself in the twenty-four manoeuvres and strategies of the seductive process, the ritual by which a seducer gains mastery over their target. ![]() Learn, too, the pitfalls of the anti-seducer. Discover who you, or your pursuer, most resembles. ![]() In this beautiful, sensually designed book, greene unearths the two sides of seduction: the characters and the process. The concise art of seductionwhen raised to the level of art, seduction, an indirect and subtle form of power, has toppled empires, won elections and enslaved great minds. The 48 laws are illustrated through the tactics, triumphs and failures of great figures from the past who have wielded - or been victimised by - power. The text is bold and elegant, laid out in black and red throughout and replete with fables and unique word sculptures. Law 1: never outshine the master law 2: never put too much trust in friends learn how to use enemies law 3: conceal your intentions law 4: always say less than necessary. The concise 48 laws of powerdrawn from 3,000 years of the history of power, this is the definitive guide to help readers achieve for themselves what queen elizabeth i, henry kissinger, louis xiv and machiavelli learnt the hard way. ![]() ![]() ![]() When children can identify with their feelings, stress and anxiety levels are lower. Sometimes feelings are so overwhelming and kids need to learn how to identify the difference between feelings and what is really happening around them. Here are three great reasons to teach kids about feelings.įeelings just happen and normalizing them is a way to decrease anxiety. Much like other skills that are vital to healthy social and emotional development in kiddos, learning how to cope with emotions is something that takes practice and needs to be supported, even encouraged. I particularly love flamingos because they remind me of my mom. Flamingos are special to lots of people for lots of different reasons. My favorite colored day in the book is the PINK day. So many fun conversations starters are in this book to get kids communicating and sharing. Through the use of bouncing rhymes with many colors and animals, this book offers an opportunity for children to start understanding feelings and moods and how to express themselves. I have a deep love for colors and creativity and this book inspires me. I love ALL of his books but this one is super special. ![]() Learn about colors and feelings with this great literature based art idea for kids. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() So I managed to pick up a copy while I was in the US and I’m so glad that I did. I don’t know too much about the Romanov family history, I’ve only watched and read a couple of things, but after reading Romanov I so want to find out more. I’m a massive history buff and I’ve been looking for a new historical fiction read for some time. Romanov by Nadine Brandes has been on my radar even before it was released. That is until she’s on one side of a firing squad. Nastya has only dabbled in magic, but it doesn’t frighten her half as much as her growing attraction to Zash. Nastya’s only chances of saving herself and her family are to either release the spell and deal with the consequences, or enlist help from Zash, the handsome soldier who doesn’t act like the average Bolshevik. But the leader of the Bolshevik army is after them, and he’s hunted Romanov before. Anastasia “Nastya” Romanov was given a single mission: to smuggle an ancient spell into her suitcase on her way to exile in Siberia. ![]() ![]() Now April has to deal with the pressure on her relationships, her identity, and her safety that this new position brings, all while being on the front lines of the quest to find out not just what the Carls are, but what they want from us. News quickly spreads that there are Carls in dozens of cities around the world-everywhere from Beijing to Buenos Aires-and April, as their first documentarian, finds herself at the center of an intense international media spotlight. The next day April wakes up to a viral video and a new life. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship-like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armor-April and her friend Andy make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. Coming home from work at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Published by Hachette Australia on September 25, 2018Īmazon | Book Depository | Publisher | Angus & Robertson | Booktopia | Barnes & Noble ![]() ![]() Series: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing #1 An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green ![]() ![]() ![]() Charged with enough alcohol, heartbreak, and profound yearning to transfix even the heartiest of golden age scribes, NICK reveals the man behind the narrator who has captivated readers for decades. Instead, he embarks on a transcontinental redemptive journey that takes him from a whirlwind Paris romance – doomed from the very beginning – to the dizzying frenzy of New Orleans, rife with its own flavour of debauchery and violence.Īn epic portrait of a truly singular era and a sweeping, romantic story of self-discovery, this rich and imaginative novel breathes new life into a character that many know only from the periphery. ![]() Critically acclaimed novelist Michael Farris Smith pulls Nick Carraway out of the shadows and into the spotlight in this exhilarating imagination of his life before The Great Gatsbyīefore Nick Carraway moved to West Egg and into Gatsby’s world, he was at the centre of a very different story – one taking place along the trenches and deep within the tunnels of World War I.įloundering in the wake of the destruction he witnessed first-hand, Nick delays his return home, hoping to escape the questions he cannot answer about the horrors of war. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I still have that dictionary today … 35 years later.This publication was on my child’s Summer Reading List from organization (2nd Grade entering into 3rd) in 2014 & & I need to declare it was enjoyed significantly by all of us! We would definitely have her read a number of pages every day to us( for her to practice her reading). I liked the thesaurus I got due to the truth that it had lively images in it and likewise the print was bigger. Close occurred to present numerous individuals 5th a dictionary that we delighted in one of the most, as long as we would definitely utilize it. If I keep in mind, numerous different dictionaries were sent out to our college and likewise we were designated the task of utilizing, analyzing, and likewise providing remarks concerning each thesaurus. Roger Close, that talented me a dictionary. I also have a distinct relate to this book along with my own fifth grade teacher, Mr. On top of that, I like what these kids perform in this tale, with a little motivation, ownership, and likewise self-confidence to make a distinction. ![]() ![]() I still rely on the significance of the thesaurus. Among my straight-out preferred books to show my trainees. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The nonfiction-fiction blend is a hit with my kids, and the artwork and words are soothing, calming, like a quiet morning. ![]() I’ve enjoyed the Jane Yolen/Cornell Lab books. Download Cornell Lab’s Bird QR app to scan and hear bird calls for each bird. Back matter includes a section on the birds discovered in the book, split into “crow” and “not crows”. ![]() Is it a crow? Dad asks leading questions as daughter looks on, describing identifying characteristics for the birds they encounter he teaches her to look, really look, at colors, textures, beaks, wings – and boosts his daughter’s excitement and confidence as the story progresses. Her dad teaches her a simple way to start identifying birds: Crow, Not Crow. She’s finally ready for her first birding walk – her brothers are all experts, but she thinks all the birds kind of look the same. Let’s dig right in.Ī dad and his daughter take a walk on a Fall day. Today, I’ve got a book about birding, along with a guest post by author Jane Yolen, who’s basically a superhero in our home. I took a few days off from blogging to enjoy the chaos that is Christmas, but I’m back, with an armful of books to talk about. Hi everyone! I hope you and yours are having a wonderful holiday season. Crow Not Crow, by Jane Yolen and Adam Stemple/Illustrated by Elizabeth Dulemba, (Aug. ![]() |