![]() In the year 1988, Dee Henderson graduated from the same university with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. Born and raised in the house of a pastor, Dee is a staunch Christian and that is also one of the main reasons why most of her works have been written while observing Christian values.Īfter completing her high school education, Dee Henderson joined the University of Illinois. Unlike any other inspirational romantic suspense author, Dee Henderson has been nominated for several awards including the prestigious RITA Awards, ECPA Gold medallion awards, Golden Quill awards, Christy awards, Choice awards and the National readers awards.Ĭurrently living in Springfield, Illinois, Dee Henderson is a lifelong inhabitant of the state of Illinois. Famously known for the critically acclaimed Uncommon Heroes series and the O’Malley series, Dee Henderson is undeniably a trailblazer in the inspirational romantic suspense genre. As an award winning Christian novelist and author, Dee Henderson is the creator of over 14 best-selling novels. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Stella Gibbons is the author of twenty-five novels, three volumes of short stories, and four volumes of poetry. She then worked for ten years on various papers, including the Evening Standard. She went to the North London Collegiate School and studied journalism at University College, London. ![]() When a well-educated young socialite in 1930s England is left orphaned and unable to support herself at age twenty-two, she moves in with her eccentric relatives on their farm.Ībout the Author: Stella Gibbons was born in London in 1902. ![]() A hilarious and merciless parody of rural melodramas, Cold Comfort Farm (1932) is one of the best-loved comic novels of all time. Armed with common sense and a strong will, she resolves to take each of the family in hand. But Flora loves nothing better than to organize other people. At the aptly named Cold Comfort Farm, she meets the doomed Starkadders- cousin Judith, heaving with remorse for unspoken wickedness Amos, preaching fire and damnation their sons, lustful Seth and despairing Reuben child of nature, Elfine and crazed old Aunt Ada Doom, who has kept to her bedroom for the last twenty years. When sensible, sophisticated Flora Poste is orphaned at nineteen, she decides her only choice is to descend upon relatives in deepest Sussex. Stella Gibbons' hilarious comic novel of rural life, new to Penguin Modern Classics ![]() ![]() ![]() He attended Harvard College, graduating as both the class poet and Latin salutatorian in 1958, and then obtained his master's degree (in 1959) and a doctorate (in 1965) in comparative literature from Harvard University, after which he started teaching at Yale. His coach advised him to jog as a part of his rehabilitation, which ended up becoming his passion and caused him to participate in the Boston Marathon more than 12 times. ![]() He went to Midwood High School, during which he suffered a serious accident while canoeing. His interest in writing and narrating stories developed as a child. His father was a rabbi and his mother was a homemaker. Karen Marianne James (1975–2010 his death 2 children)Įrich Wolf Segal (June 16, 1937 – January 17, 2010) was an American author, screenwriter, educator, and classicist who wrote the bestselling novel Love Story (1970) and its hit film adaptation.īorn and raised in a Jewish household in Brooklyn, New York, Segal was the first of three brothers. ![]() ![]() Here is the official synopsis: It’s been years since the death of Hal Jordan and the end of the Green Lantern Corps. That said, DC Comics can’t stop republishing Johns’s books, but Tomasi’s work is becoming hard to find. ![]() ![]() Peter Tomasi was in charge of the Green Lantern Corps series, and reading the two together is highly recommended. If Geoff Johns is mostly credited for the success of the Green Lantern title at that time, he was not alone. Johns started by bringing back Hal Jordan in the Green Lantern Corps ( he became The Spectre after his redemptory appearance as Parallax in the 1996 event The Final Night), then he introduced new concepts and expanded the Green Lantern mythos in a big way that still defined it to this day. ![]() It certainly is influential, it leads to the famous Blackest Night event, and it was epic and full of colors. When you look into Green Lantern, Geoff Johns’s run is considered the one to read. ![]() ![]() So with that said while this isn't by any means the best writing I've come across, it is still perhaps the 1 or the 2d most enjiyable series I've listened to. This is the 1st time I've commented on an entire series that is still coming out with further novels. As the pressure on him mounts, allies and enemies alike will find that out the hard way. ![]() Jason is finally back in the world he longed for, but he is not the same man he was when he left. As his friends strive to reach him from the far side of the world, they are all frustrated by obstacles. A princess finds him inconveniently alive, an ancient king arrives at his barbecue, and the local Church of Fertility are uncomfortably enthusiastic about including him in their practices. ![]() Enemies-old and new-are circling, and even would-be allies are trouble. While his team is caught up in duty, Jason has no shortage of people looking to interfere with his rest. ![]() He's doing his best to let go of his anger. The locals might not find ceaseless monster onslaughts and an interdimensional invasion relaxing, but Jason has had a rough few years. With the authorities fulfilling their responsibilities (for once), he looks forward to some quiet time to rest and recuperate. Jason arrives at a kingdom in peril and he's surprised to discover that it's not his job to save it. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Gordon offers a stunning philosophical and social critique while highlighting the fundamental role of black people as agents of history and of the social change required to build a humane world of dignity, freedom and respect. In this ground-breaking book, philosopher Lewis R. In this boldly original book, he delves into history, art, politics and popular culture to show how the process of racialization - and its absence - affects not only how individuals and society perceive black people but also how black people perceive themselves.įear of Black Consciousness traces the ways in which the lived experience of black people has been rendered invisible in the Western world and the breadth of rich cultural expression that encapsulates the truth nonetheless - from ancient African languages to films such as Get Out and Black Panther. Lewis Gordon, one of the leading scholars of Black Existentialism, has spent decades putting philosophical thought at the heart of activism for racial justice around the world. Fear of Black Consciousness (English, Paperback, Gordon Lewis R.) Genre Philosophy ISBN 9780141989648 Pages 288 Imprint. 'There is a movement from a suffering black consciousness to a liberatory black consciousness in which revelation of the dirty laundry and fraud of white supremacy and black inferiority is a dreaded truth'. reminds us that the ultimate aim of black freedom quests is, indeed, universal liberation' Angela Y. ![]() ![]() ![]() It's been really amazing to get recognition, this will also increase the direction of my work itself and how I start writing. ![]() “But it's been extremely fun, you see an increase of new readers, people who are engaging with the book and I think the stores themselves have dedicated sections for self-published authors. Jackie explained that life since publishing the book has been quite exciting but she's been under great pressure to produce another book for 2021. I'm quite chuffed as the competition was quite tough as I was up against many other great authors under big publishing houses, so it's an honour to get this recognition, it means we're doing something right.” So, it's quite an honour to be the first one to receive this award especially from a self-publishing point of view. ![]() “Now we see the change in the industry as a lot of people are starting to invest in self-published authors. Jackie told TshisaLIVE that the win proved the industry was opening up for self-published authors which was exciting. The controversial writer and activist expressed great enthusiasm over being the first black female self-published author to win the award. Author Jackie Phamotse's tell-all book about the dark underworld of blessers and slay queens, Bare: The Cradle of the Hockey Club, which left Mzansi shook in 2019 has resulted in her winning an adult-fiction award at this year's SA Book Awards. ![]() ![]() ![]() This memoir is the story of the four extraordinary and historic years that followed, and the hard choices that she and her colleagues confronted. To her surprise, her former rival for the Democratic Party nomination, newly elected President Barack Obama, asked her to serve in his administration as Secretary of State. In the aftermath of her 2008 presidential run, she expected to return to representing New York in the United States Senate. Our choices and how we handle them shape the people we become.” “All of us face hard choices in our lives,” Hillary Rodham Clinton writes at the start of this personal chronicle of years at the center of world events. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s inside account of the crises, choices, and challenges she faced during her four years as America’s 67th Secretary of State, and how those experiences drive her view of the future. ![]() ![]() I’m thrilled to announce that Cage of Deceit WON the 2018 Kindle Book Award (Young Adult Category). Goodreads Amazon Barnes & Noble Kobo iBooks GooglePlay The closer she gets to discovering who it is, the more she questions who she can trust-including herself. Thrown into a world of lies, power struggles, and seduction, Sabine must learn to navigate through the foreign kingdom’s dangerous court as she seeks her sister’s killer. When she finds the king far more appealing than she’d intended, it becomes difficult to keep her wits about her and remember why she’s there. It’s the only way she can hunt down and find the killer. Here is a quick description and cover image of book The Key (True Reign, 1) written by Jennifer Anne Davis which was published in November 15, 2013. ![]() Seeking retribution, Sabine decides to take her sister’s place and marry the mysterious king of Lynk. Brief Summary of Book: The Key (True Reign, 1) by Jennifer Anne Davis. ![]() But when her dear sister is brutally murdered in a foreign kingdom a week before she’s to be married, Sabine suddenly wishes for boring, ordinary days again. ![]() Eighteen-year-old Princess Sabine Ludwig of Backley thought her biggest problem was finding a man remotely interesting to dabble with while trying to fill her days with something other than knitting or drinking tea. ![]() ![]() ![]() “But it may take the opportunity that a student has to experience them in the safety of a fictional space.” “Removing these books doesn’t disappear them, it doesn’t take violence, it doesn’t take trauma, it doesn’t take you know, explorations of sex, or sexuality or any of these things out of our lives or out of our experience,” said Jordan Von Cannon, a literature and gender studies professor at FGCU. Would removing the books cause any damage? However, a district spokesperson said none of the school libraries have the book Sloppy Firsts. The girl’s mother said the passage was not appropriate. I liked it, to be honest, I really liked it,” she said. “, I felt his mouth on mine, we were kissing. The woman’s daughter read a section about the book that referenced kissing. ![]() One woman complained about Tricks because “it is painting this picture that Bible-believing parents, you know, they’re not updated, those traditional ways have no place, they’re bigots.” The books touch on the topics of violence and sexuality. Once a complaint is received, there is a review process.īut during Tuesday’s meeting, three parents and two students got up during public comment and singled out three books they say must go. Students and parents spoke during the Lee County school board meeting and read from books they believed to be controversial for younger children. ![]() Parents are asking the Lee County School Board to ban books. ![]() |