![]() ![]() ![]() Lovers of the original -Bridge- book will be intrigued by how the follow-up anthology expands, critiques, and examines the issues found in TBCMB. Urn:oclc:699121338 Scandate 20090901145149 Scanner . An edition of This bridge called my back(1983) This bridge called my back writings by radical women of color 2nd ed. The late Anzaldua and AnaLouise Keatings also edited a sequel/daughter anthology to TBCMB It is called THIS BRIDGE CALLED MY HOME (2002). OL15158321W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 82.89 Pages 308 Ppi 400 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0930436105 Urn:lcp:thisbridgecalled00morarich:epub:c4e025b0-9452-44d7-bfc9-00f621aa095d Extramarc University of Toronto Foldoutcount 0 Identifier thisbridgecalled00morarich Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t8kd2db9z Isbn 091317503Xĩ780913175033 Lccn 81168894 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary_edition ![]() ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 17:23:35 Boxid IA101906 Camera Canon 5D City New York Donor This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color Cherríe Moraga Snippet view - 1983. ![]()
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5/27/2023 0 Comments Mouse and the motorcycle series![]() ![]() As a child, she struggled with reading and writing. Mouse, all inspired by the author's hope to create appealing books for boys and girls-and by the sight of her son playing with toy cars.īeverly Cleary is one of America's most beloved authors. This fun story is the first of a trilogy, along with Runaway Ralph and Ralph S. The Mouse and the Motorcycle is perfect for independent reading or for shared reading at home or in a classroom. ![]() This timeless classic now features a foreword written by New York Times bestselling author Kate DiCamillo, as well as an exclusive interview with Beverly Cleary herself. Whether dodging a rowdy terrier or keeping his nosy cousins away from his new wheels, Ralph has a lot going on! And with a pal like Keith always looking out for him, there's nothing this little mouse can't handle. But with all this freedom (and speed!) come a lot of obstacles. So when Keith leaves the bike unattended in his room one day, Ralph makes his move. When the ever-curious Ralph spots Keith's red toy motorcycle, he vows to ride it. ![]() In this imaginative adventure from Newbery Medal–winning author Beverly Cleary, a young mouse named Ralph is thrown into a world of excitement when a boy and his shiny toy motorcycle check in to the Mountain View Inn. ![]() 5/27/2023 0 Comments The Genome by Sergei Lukyanenko![]() ![]() ![]() I think some of the magic from Nightwatch was just missing in this book. ![]() I don't think the stories were quite as good as Nightwatch, and I think it's partially due to their not being related by Anton. Read moreĭawatch is the only work in the series which is not told from Anton's point of view, and I think it suffers a bit for that. Meanwhile, a powerful artifact with the ability to bring the most powerful Dark magician in history back to life has gone missing.ĭay Watch maintains the clever, fast-paced style of the original, and shows the reader that even in a world of witches and wizards, vampires and werewolves, good and evil can be a matter of perspective. ![]() In Day Watch, we follow the Dark Others, including a young witch with the tragic misfortune of falling in love with a Light Other, a powerful warlock who struggles to understand his purpose in the war, and a top lieutenant who worries that Zabulon, the leader of the Day Watch, is planning to betray him. The forces of Darkness tasked with keeping the Light Others in check are the Day Watch. For the past 1000 years, the two sides have been locked in an uneasy truce, keeping their powers in balance as each side secretly plots to take the advantage for themselves. Set in contemporary Moscow, the Night Watch series tells the story of the Others, an ancient race of magicians, shape-shifters, vampires, and other supernatural beings that live among us, and swear allegiance to either the powers of Darkness, or the forces of Light. The second book in the internationally bestselling Night Watch series. ![]() ![]() After five years, Roy’s conviction is suddenly overturned, and he returns to Atlanta ready to resume their life together. As Roy’s time in prison passes, she is unable to hold on to the love that has been her center. Though fiercely independent, Celestial finds herself bereft and unmoored, taking comfort in Andre, her childhood friend, and best man at their wedding. Roy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime Celestial knows he didn’t commit. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. ![]() ![]() Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. ![]() ![]() Items in order will be sent via Express post as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. ![]() Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. Many have tried and failed to get past the barrier he’s carefully constructed, but it’s the shy, studious boy he once coaxed out of his shell who still haunts him.Maybe it was a mistake. To the world, he’s brash and confident, an in-demand artist who spends his days designing one-of-a-kind pieces and his nights as king of the downtown scene. Lucas Sullivan is South Haven’s ultimate playboy, a reputation he’s honed since the only boy he ever loved left without a trace. With growing pressure from his father to settle down and take over the family business, Jackson knows he’s on borrowed time, and sets out to find the free-spirited daredevil he once knew.But Lucas isn’t the same man he was eight years ago. When a work trip takes Jackson back to his old stomping grounds, memories of the year he shared with Lucas come crashing to the surface. One he’s been hiding since he graduated from South Haven all-boys academy-and that secret’s name is Lucas. ![]() ![]() ![]() What if you had everything in the world you wanted…except the man you’d left behind?Jackson Davenport, the charismatic, strait-laced heir to the Davenport fortune, has a secret. ![]() 5/26/2023 0 Comments The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey![]() Readers ride the waves of the world’s decimation with a variety of characters that include high school kids Cassie Sullivan and Ben “Zombie” Parish. What’s the fifth wave? It’s the unthinkable. There’s no hiding from the pestilence they’ve unleashed. A plague that kills almost everyone it touches. Coastal cities across the globe wiped out. All grids down, just a taste of what was to come. With the first wave they took out all power. The 5th Wave offers readers a fast-paced, action-adventure wrapped in paranoia and sprinkled with a range of deep emotions-from fear to love and horror. ![]() Told from multiple points-of-view (POVs), The 5th Wave is book one in a trilogy. ( The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey, Chapter 16, page 75)Īuthor Rick Yancey packs pages of twists and turns into an epic tale of survival during and after a cunning alien invasion. ![]() ![]() But even the best gambler will tell you that luck only lasts so long.” “Luck had carried us through the first three waves. ![]() 5/26/2023 0 Comments Honor by thrity umrigar summary![]() ![]() I will wrap that summary up with a few personal feelings. ![]() Trigger warnings: rape/assault and the honor killing/murders. While sometimes heavy in its message, it is always realistic. Smita becomes embedded in this world she wanted nothing to do with. But when she is sidelined with a hip injury, she calls on her friend, Smita (born in India and a terrible secret of her own), to help. Not just because another woman was involved in an Honor Killing, but because she is willing to stand up to her brothers and centuries of traditional patriarchy to sue them. When a Hindu woman and her Muslim husband, are attacked by her brothers, killing her husband, an American reporter takes on her story. The Beauty and The Beast of this country with its different cultures, traditions, physical light and ugly are out in the open. The world of India is opened in a way few know within the pages of Honor by Thirty Umrigar. ![]() 5/26/2023 0 Comments Love and Blarney by Zara Keane![]() ![]() Apart from the French designer, all the women were wearing satin dresses of various hues. He barged into the room without knocking.Ī chorus of feminine gasps greeted his appearance. He caught sight of a curly canine arse disappearing behind it. ![]() He pounded down the narrow hallway that led to the downstairs guest bedrooms. “Come back, you blaggard!” Gavin chucked Deirdre’s roses on the floor and took off after the dog. He leaped out of Gavin’s arms, slid across the marble floor, and shot off in the direction of the noise. “Keep that up and I’ll walk down the aisle with a rash on my face.”Ī shriek of laughter from one of the rooms proved too much excitement for the puppy. ![]() Wiggly Poo treated his nose to a generous lick. He lands me with an untrained puppy that wreaks havoc in my house, and then he expects me to keep it under control in his.” ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I can tell you what, I know exactly why little-me loved this book. magical JEWELRY (the power of a mystical locket had me totally captivated every time) a Big Bad Unknown but Powerful Evil (who also can live for a really long time), literary variation on the video game's Boss, which I feel like was a thing in playground games back then too. "we leave at first light!" style adventuring, feat. the "surprise! you're really important and have a big job to do and the fate of this world is at stake!" trope that I still love, and remember was high on the list of things I went to in my imagination and playtime. traveling to another world (and the implications of having what you thought was fantasy actually be real) As a kid growing up in the 90's, this hit on lots of the themes I resonated with, and was delighted to see during my re-read: I remember spending lots of time staring at the cover though, and how much I loved the story behind it. My personal copy didn't look like this, but I also have no idea where it went. ![]() Let's dive in with my first pick: Into the Land of the Unicorns, by Bruce Coville. Should be fun, with a slight chance of trauma, embarrassment, and the possibly negative effects of the passing of time.sounds great, right? For funsies, I'll be including an adorable picture of myself around the time I was into each book (If such a picture can be found). ![]() Welcome to a new segment I'm calling "Book Report" where I re-read a book I loved or remember enjoying, but don't remember anything else about. ![]() 5/26/2023 0 Comments Review transcendent kingdom![]() ![]() ![]() But even as she turns to the hard sciences to unlock the mystery of her family’s loss, she finds herself hungering for her childhood faith and grappling with the evangelical church in which she was raised, whose promise of salvation remains as tantalizing as it is elusive. Gifty is determined to discover the scientific basis for the suffering she sees all around her. Her suicidal mother is living in her bed. Her brother, Nana, was a gifted high school athlete who died of a heroin overdose after an ankle injury left him hooked on Ox圜ontin. ![]() Gifty is a sixth-year PhD candidate in neuroscience at the Stanford University School of Medicine studying reward-seeking behavior in mice and the neural circuits of depression and addiction. Yaa Gyasi’s stunning follow-up to her acclaimed national best seller Homegoing is a powerful, raw, intimate, deeply layered novel about a Ghanaian family in Alabama. ![]() |
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