![]() ![]() ![]() OL16607532W Page_number_confidence 90.75 Pages 294 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20221208045459 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 900 Scandate 20221109195726 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780544106536 Tts_version 5. Urn:oclc:record:1060759273 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier illuminationsnov0000shar Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s20rfb2d15q Invoice 1652 Isbn 9780547567846Ġ544106539 Lccn 2012014252 Ocr tesseract 5.2.0-1-gc42a Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 1.0000 Ocr_module_version 0.0.18 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA403932 Openlibrary_edition Urn:lcp:illuminationsnov0000shar:lcpdf:f395ab5d-aca1-46b8-b2cf-f24cdda65021 The unforgettable story of how Hildegard of Bingen, Benedictine abbess and polymath, triumphed against impossible odds to become the greatest woman of her. ![]() Precarious health and a visionary gift were obvious from age three, when she experienced a 'brightness so great that her soul trembled. They offered her to God as tithe, acording to her biographer/secretary. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 00:07:11 Autocrop_version 0.0.14_books-20220331-0.2 Boxid IA40393202 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Col_number COL-1272 Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier MARY SHARRATT, the author of seven critically acclaimed novels, is on a mission to write strong women back into history. Hildegard was born in 1098, the tenth and last child of apparently noble parents in Mainz. ![]()
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![]() ![]() I would like to thank the British Council of Hong Kong and the Department of English of Hong Kong University for creating the idea of this conference in the first place. For that I would like to thank the organizers and the staff. To begin with, let me tell you that this is one of the best-organized conferences that I have had the pleasure of participating in (and I have been to many). Speech given at the Fiftieth International PEN Conference at Lugano, Switzerland, May 12, 1987 Preface to the Fortieth Anniversary EditionĪuthor’s Note Preface to the Fortieth Anniversary Edition Kim, Richard E., 1932-Childhood and youth. Originally published: New York : Universe Books, 1988.ġ. Lost names: scenes from a Korean boyhood / Richard E. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Remembrance of Things Lost © 1990 Richard E. For more information, visit University of California Press Its activities are supported by the UC Press Foundation and by philanthropic contributions from individuals and institutions. ![]() ![]() University of California Press, one of the most distinguished university presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. ![]() ![]() ![]() Well directed by Bruno Barreto, who directed ( Four Days in September) movie that was nominated for an Oscar as Best Foreign Film in 1988, Dona Flor will give great insights into Brazilian culture and a flavor to taste Brazilian food. You must give Vadinho a break at the beginning of the movie because machismo is somewhat accepted in the Latin culture, and as the plot develops his machismo will make you laugh. Based on a book by Jorge Amado, one of the foremost Brazilian writers ( Gabriela, Cravo e Canela), this is a fun plot and very much into the Brazilian culture. Well many funny moments of great laughter. Vadinho then begins to show up as a ghost, and keeps making fun of her prude husband. She remarries the town pharmacist, Mauro Mendonça (another famous Soap opera actor) who is a complete prude. Hola Elige tu dirección Todos los departamentos. Flor is great denial because she loves him and they have a great sex life. Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (Vintage International) : Amado, Jorge: Amazon.es: Libros. ![]() ![]() Vadinho never misses a chance to flirt and even to touch other women in front of Flor, who never catches him. Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands Jorge Amado Vadinho, that rascally, good-for-nothing, ne’er-do-well gambler and womanizer, drops dead during the middle of Carnaval, leaving his wife Dona Flor a young widow. Vadinho likes women and Flor is a subservient wife who gives cooking lessons because she is well known in town for her good cooking. Dona Flor, Sonia Braga, ( The Kiss of the Spider Woman and Robert Redford Milagro Beanfield War) is married to Vadinho, José Wilker ( well known Brazilian Soapopera star). ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() Spanning nearly two centuries, this “whip-smart” ( Publishers Weekly, starred review) cultural history takes us from the performance halls of 19th-century London to the aerobics studios of the 1980s, the music video set of Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back” and the mountains of Arizona, where every year humans and horses race in a feat of gluteal endurance. But why? In Butts: A Backstory, reporter, essayist, and RadioLab contributing editor Heather Radke is determined to find out. ![]() A woman’s butt, in particular, is forever being assessed, criticized, and objectified, from anxious self-examinations trying on jeans in department store dressing rooms to enduring crass remarks while walking down a street or high school hallways. It is a body part unique to humans, critical to our evolution and survival, and yet it has come to signify so much more: sex, desire, comedy, shame. ![]() Whether we love them or hate them, think they’re sexy, think they’re strange, consider them too big, too small, or anywhere in between, humans have a complicated relationship with butts. ![]() ![]() ![]() The vulnerability most ordinary people have when naked and exposed to the world is an emotion I’m not accustomed to any longer. ![]() The fact I am wearing no clothes should frighten me. Published in the United States by Shannon Youngblood Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. Names, Characters, Businesses, Places, Events, and Incidents are either products of the author's imagination, or used in a fictitious manner. No part of this book may be scanned, uploaded or distributed via the internet or any other means, electronic or print, without the publisher's permission. The unauthorized reproduction of this copyrighted work is illegal. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. ![]() You put the ‘whore’ in whoreable.Ĭover Design by Shannon Youngblood at Bitches N’ Books Blog BlitzesĪll Rights are Reserved. To Nicole, the girl whose head is as fucked up as mine. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Through years of hard work and self-examination, she turned her demons into historic victories. Among many others, we meet legal pathfinder Pauli Murray, who was tortured by both her mixed-race heritage and her “in between” sexuality. In a series of character portraits, The Fifties invokes the accidental radicals-people motivated not by politics but by their own most intimate conflicts-who sparked movements for change in their time and our own. Gaines.Īn “enchanting, beautifully written book about heroes and the dark times to which they refused to surrender” (Todd Gitlin, bestselling author of The Sixties). An “exciting and enlightening revisionist history” (Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author) that upends the myth of the 1950s as a decade of conformity and celebrates a few solitary, brave, and stubborn individuals who pioneered the radical gay rights, feminist, civil rights, and environmental movements, from historian James R. ![]() ![]() If I can somehow figure out why I puttered to a stop, and drag myself to page 60, it magically goes away again. ![]() JSC: What do you do when you get writer’s block?ĪJS: This routinely happens at page 50. ![]() I realize that’s an interesting thing for me to say as I routinely write high fantasy and murder mysteries, but none of my books are emotionally draining to read. I like to write a story that’s easy to read, something that’s lighter on the heart. Scott Coatsworth: How would you describe your writing style/genre?ĪJ Sherwood: Not angtsy is the best description I can give. Reading is breathing in writing is breathing out. Being in snow country gives her the excuse to stay inside and watch bl dramas, which suit her perfectly. She currently resides in Michigan with aforementioned dogs and cats. ![]() In between writing multiple books (often at the same time) she pets her cats, plays with her dogs, and attempts insane things like aerial yoga. She often dreams at night of delectable men doing sexy things with each other. Today: AJ Sherwood believes in happily ever afters, magic, dragons, good men, and dark chocolate. I’ve asked a bunch of my author friends to answer a set of interview questions, and to share their latest work. ![]() ![]() But when he does, I’ll be in danger from more than just the murderer. He senses I’m special though, and he won’t stop until he figures out the truth. I’ve got one chance to prove my innocence and find the real killer, or I’m dead by shifter law.įortunately, the Alpha doesn’t recognize me because I’m no longer the same ugly duckling. Wrong place, wrong time, and suddenly I’m accused of murdering someone from my old pack. When I occasionally see him on the street-deadly, sexy, powerful–I just walk by. Ten years later, I’m still hiding in plain sight. ![]() No way in hell would I let fate drive me from the town I love. Instead of waiting for him to figure out I’m an abomination, I left on my fifteenth birthday. He’s too dark and damaged, and I’ve got a secret he can never know: I’m not a true wolf. Pretty freakin’ amazing but there you have it. Well that sequel, Hunter's Moon (Rebel Wolf, Book 2) is here and somehow it’s even better than Book 1. ![]() He’s too dark and damaged, and I’ve got a secret he ca. I adored Linsey Hall’s Midnight Moon, the first book in her Rebel Wolf duology and have been looking forward to its sequel. ![]() ![]() Series: Shadow Guild: Vampire Bride Series, Book 1. Since I was born, I was destined to be one thing - the Alpha’s mate. He’s too dark and damaged, and I’ve got a secret he ca. But whatever happens in the end, there’s no escaping our twisted fate. Since I was born, I was destined to be one thing - the Alpha’s mate. As the danger thickens, I start to wonder if hes right. Since I was born, I was destined to be one thing-the Alpha’s Mate. But his wrath starts to falter as our mutual hate turns to heat. ![]() ![]() ![]() John Thompson was never just a basketball coach and I Came As A Shadow is categorically not just a basketball autobiography.Īfter three decades at the center of race and sports in America, the first Black head coach to win an NCAA championship makes the private public at last. ![]() The long-awaited autobiography from Georgetown University's legendary coach, whose life on and off the basketball court threw America's unresolved struggle with racial justice into sharp relief. A must-listen for anyone whose mind is made up on Thompson." - AudioFile Magazine Washington brings the right level of emotion, doesn't imitate anyone, and gives Thompson's words the respect they deserve. ![]() "From his time growing up to his remarkable career at Georgetown University, contractual deals with Nike, and meaningful moments off the court-this is a fascinating audiobook. |