![]() ![]() She opens buried memories, stories that were hidden in her and her family’s hearts, and confronts memories that have caused agony to her family. To tell her own story, Thi embarks on a research trail following her parents’ lives and how they ended up in America. She recalls episodes from her childhood and the various traumas she faced being a child of parents who themselves were traumatized by their experiences of war and immigration. The story follows Thi’s narrative of her life in chronological order. The raw emotions of this beautiful moment are meticulously represented through the illustrations. The novel begins in the hospital, showing the emotional scene of Thi giving birth. The graphic novel The Best We Could Do has been praised by the Pulitzer Prize- winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen as, “a book to break your heart and heal it.” Indeed, this National bestseller is a beautifully illustrated memoir describing the life of a Vietnamese immigrant Thi Bui. Get ready to take your heart on your emotional roller coaster. ![]()
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Valusia, while faded and degenerate by Kull’s time, is a mighty kingdom, and regarded as the greatest of the seven kingdoms. ![]() ![]() ![]() (Also, let’s just get it out of the way and say, yes, we know that there was also the so-called Kelvinverse version of Pike from the J.J. ![]() ![]() He’s also an admiral now on Strange New Worlds. Interestingly enough, the name Robert April would return in the first Trek animated series where we learned he was the captain of the USS Enterprise before Pike. This changed a few times, from April to James Winter and then finally to Christopher Pike. While developing what would become the first Star Trek pilot episode, called "The Cage," Roddenberry originally named his captain Robert April. It all started when a guy named Gene Roddenberry came up with this crazy idea for a TV show set in outer space. We’re gonna approach this mostly from the former point of view, if only because we need to get off the couch more. There are two ways to look at Pike’s story – chronologically in the Star Trek universe, and chronologically in the sitting-on-the-couch watching Star Trek for most of our lives universe. ![]() ![]() ![]() with charmingly understated art by the Eisner-nominated Duvall . . . ![]() “Told by prolific superhero scribe Tomasi . . . Through it all, the Roeblings persisted, rising above every obstacle to build the great bridge that connects Brooklyn and New York. As Washington’s wisest council, Emily skillfully navigated work crews who now had to answer to a woman, contractors, a hostile press, and a greedy city politician-all looking to take credit for the magnificent bridge slowly making its way across the East River. Washington’s wife, Emily, deftly assumed a key role in the bridge’s construction by becoming her husband’s eyes and ears at the work site. Unfortunately, there was more pain to follow, as Washington developed caisson disease, leaving him bedridden. After the accidental death of John Augustus Roebling in 1869, it was up to Roebling’s son Washington to complete the massive project. Tomasi and illustrator Sara DuVall bring to life the construction of one of the most iconic landmarks in the world and shine a light on the incredible triumphs and tragedies that went into building the Brooklyn Bridge. In this extraordinary graphic novel, author Peter J. ![]() A graphic novel depicting the history of the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge and the family that made it happen. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Lesbian General Fiction: The Albino Album, Chavisa Woods, Seven Stories Press Bodies of Water, T. Mundo Cruel: Stories, Luis Negron, translated by Suzanne Jill Levine, Seven Stories Press Necessary Errors, Caleb Crain, Penguin Books The Red Shoes, John Stewart Wynne, Riverdale Ave Books/Magnus Friedman, Sarabande Books Local Souls, Allan Gurganus, W.W. 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Now in their 26th year, the Lambda Literary Awards celebrate achievement in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender writing for books published in 2013. ![]() ![]() ![]() He also starred in family films such as Hook (1991), Mrs. Williams starred in the critically acclaimed dramas The World According to Garp (1982), Moscow on the Hudson (1984), Dead Poets Society (1989), Awakenings (1990), Patch Adams (1998), One Hour Photo (2002), and World's Greatest Dad (2009). His other Oscar-nominated roles were for Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Dead Poets Society (1989), and The Fisher King (1991). Williams went on to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Good Will Hunting (1997). He received his first leading film role in Popeye (1980). He rose to fame playing the alien Mork in the ABC sitcom Mork & Mindy (1978–1982). ![]() ![]() Williams began performing stand-up comedy in San Francisco and Los Angeles during the mid-1970s, and released several comedy albums including Reality. He received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and five Grammy Awards. Known for his improvisational skills and the wide variety of characters he created on the spur of the moment and portrayed on film, in dramas and comedies alike, he is regarded as one of the greatest comedians of all time. Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian. On September 30, 1988, the Space Shuttle Discovery ( STS-26) crew started its day with a wakeup call from Williams imitating his character Adrian Cronauer in the 1987 film Good Morning, Vietnam. ![]() ![]() ![]() A fun and happy read." - Olley White, author of Game On Read more I always know if I pick up a Nico Jaye book I'm going to enjoy it, and this one in no way disappointed. There are times when smuff just fits the bill and this book is absolutely perfect for them. So cute!" - Valerie, a Goodreads Reviewer "Angst-free, smexilicious fun." - Vivian, a Goodreads "Top" Reviewer Once the team returns to San Francisco, can Oliver somehow go back to his no-nonsense daily grind of classes and training? Or will his wild night of make-believe in Sin City result in some real-life-and really attractive-distractions?Ĭontent Warning: This story contains explicit male-male sexual content and adult language and may be considered offensive to some audiences. However, Oliver's friends encourage him to loosen up a little at the out-of-town kickboxing meet, and a unicorn costume, a mysterious masked stranger, and that Diablo known as tequila soon lead to an unforgettable post-competition night in Vegas. ![]() With his first official match coming up, he doesn't have any time for distractions, even if they come in the handsome and muscular form of the team's captain Derek Vance. Between his biochemistry classes and rigorous kickboxing training, Oliver Reyes has enough on his plate, thank you very much. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She’s inelegant, smart-mouthed, carefree, and out for his blood. No one can challenge him – until the arrival of Lady Zera. Until Nightsinger asks Zera for a Prince’s heart in exchange for her own, with one addendum if she’s discovered infiltrating the court, Nightsinger will destroy her heart rather than see her tortured by the witch-hating nobles.Ĭrown Prince Lucien d’Malvane hates the royal court as much as it loves him – every tutor too afraid to correct him and every girl jockeying for a place at his darkly handsome side. With her heart in a jar under Nightsinger’s control, she serves the witch unquestioningly. Bound to the witch Nightsinger ever since she saved her from the bandits who murdered her family, Zera longs for freedom from the woods they hide in. Zera is a Heartless – the immortal, unageing soldier of a witch. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It included three core concepts: (1) that the universe is regulated by scientific laws created by a higher intelligence (2) that within all human beings there is a divine nature, an inner tendency towards goodness and (3) that according to the law of evolution, all human beings will eventually actualize their divine potential. Nightingale’s work in nursing and public health was based on a profound spiritual philosophy she had developed in her adolescence and early adulthood. Upon His carrying out such laws depends our responsibility” (Nightingale, Notes, 25). In her textbook Notes on Nursing she wrote: “God lays down certain physical laws. Unlike many of her contemporaries, Nightingale saw no conflict between science and spirituality. (Reproductions and analyses of these charts can be found in Cohen.) A pioneer in the use of statistics, she used her famous pie charts to show the reduction in the death rates from infectious diseases after a series of sanitary reforms had been implemented. This image is not only factual but highly symbolic, for she brought an enlightened vision to the healthcare at the British military hospital. ![]() Printed in the Winter 202 0 issue of Quest magazine.Ĭitation: Macrae, Janet, "Florence Nightingale’s Scientific Spirituality" Quest 108:1, pg 20-23įlorence Nightingale is best known as the Lady with the Lamp, who nursed British soldiers during the Crimean War (in which Britain and France fought against Russia, 1854–56). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And there is another shocking threat from within - one group of survivors, led by a religious zealot, is calling for a sacrifice. Violent forces concealed in the mist are starting to emerge. Once there, they become trapped by a strange mist that has enveloped the town. 'Something in the fog!' he screamedįollowing a freak summer storm, David Drayton, his son Billy, and their neighbour Brent Norton join dozens of others and head to the local grocery store to replenish supplies. 1 bestselling author Stephen King's terrifying novella about a town engulfed in a dense, mysterious mist - originally published in the acclaimed short story collection Skeleton Crew and made into a feature film by Frank Darabont - is now available as a stand-alone publication.Ī man staggered into the market. King's terrifying novella about a town engulfed in a mysterious mist, now available for the first time from Hodder in standalone form, as part of their exciting Stephen King reissue programme for 2021. ![]() |