![]() Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. He was described as "the most important Jew in America" by the Los Angeles Times in 2003. He publicly condemned the 1915 Armenian genocide and remained a strong defender of human rights during his lifetime. ![]() In his political activities, he also campaigned for victims of oppression in places like South Africa, Nicaragua, Kosovo, and Sudan. ![]() He was involved with Jewish causes and human rights causes and helped establish the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. He was a professor of the humanities at Boston University, which created the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies in his honor. He authored 57 books, written mostly in French and English, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps. ![]() Wiesel's "The Perils of Indifference" speechĮlie Wiesel ( / ˈ ɛ l i v iː ˈ z ɛ l/, born Eliezer Wiesel, Yiddish: אליעזר װיזעל Eliezer Vizel Septem– July 2, 2016) was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The stories are creepy, but what really made this book great were the disturbing images by Stephen Gammell. The tales are mostly re-tellings of classic urban legends. I had all three of Schwartz's Scary Stories books as a child, and remember reading them over and over. Or you can watch my review on YouTube here: And if you haven't already read them, then you definitely should! Just remember to tell these scary stories. ![]() I look forward to seeing what Guillermo del Toro can do to bring these horrorifying images to life on the big screen!Īs any true lover of horror will tell you, these books are a must to add to your collection. ![]() They are without a doubt the stuff that nightmares are made of. Stephen Gammell's horrifying illustrations still give me the creeps even as an adult. They bring back fond memories and are still delightful to read even as an adult. As we did our best to freak each other out so these stories remain ingrained in my memory. I can still remember my friends and I staying up late at night sitting in a circle with a flashlight and these books and taking turns reading our favorite stories to each other. These stories were a beloved part of my childhood. Wonderfully written sets of little tales of horror. But beware dear reader, these stories may be too scary for you! □ These stories are comprised of myths, folklore and urban legends from all over the world. These books are filled with short stories written down by the great Alvin Schwartz. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Is he just angry about Olivia, or is he angry because he secretly feels the same way about Kat as she feels about him. In the end, this blows up in her face and Tyler becomes angry at her. When the two hang out, though, Kate has to hover in the wings and give Olivia input as to what to say. Kat tries to tell Olivia all of Tyler's favorites, throws the two together whenever she can, and eventually makes some progress. ![]() This is difficult, since Olivia doesn't care about any of Tyler's interests (books, video games)- she just thinks he's cute. In comparison, Kat feels like a "warthog" with her glasses and braces, so when Olivia decides she "like likes" Kat's long time friend and neighbor, Tyler, Kat agrees to help fix the two up. Kat has a cousin and best friend, Olivia, who has gotten tall and pretty in middle school. ![]() ![]() The three take turns narrating in first-person present, revealing tantalizing information gaps: What does one character wonder while another knows? What do readers not know yet? A plague breaks out, mutates and becomes a pandemic-which aspects were intentional, and on whose part? Poems (Tennyson, Dickinson, Thomas) and a painting (Sargent) figure heavily and beautifully on both symbolic and literal levels. Xander’s a Society medical Official who uses his position to subtly immunize infants against the forced-forgetfulness tablets that the Society regularly gives adults. The Rising sends Cassia to work from the inside, so she sorts data for the Society, awaits the Rising’s instruction and trades poetry underground. ![]() Ky unenthusiastically flies air ships for the Rising, an enigmatic organization poised to overturn the Society. ![]() While staying true to the science fiction and romance at the core of Matched (2010) and Crossed (2011), the trilogy’s breathless finale blossoms into a medical thriller too, adding breadth and resonance.Ĭassia, Ky and Xander are far apart. ![]() ![]() ![]() With the film's release, news has resurfaced that 73-year-old Owens is still wanted for questioning by Zambian authorities as a possible witness, co- conspirator and accessory to federal crimes. "Īnd murder - a real life murder in the mid 1990s - is the big elephant in the room. She layers on this thriller element, there's a murder. "It felt like when I was reading To Kill A Mockingbird or just any sort of classic Southern literature. "It just blew me away," Witherspoon told CBS Sunday Morning. Actress Reese Witherspoon loved it so much, she added it to her popular book club and produced the new film adaptation. Her first novel has now been on the New York Times best seller list for 168 weeks (most of that time at the top). It took wildlife scientist Delia Owens a decade to write Where the Crawdads Sing. Now, there's a film adapted from the novel by an author with a mysterious past. ![]() ![]() ![]() "The marsh girl," as she's known, is reviled and shunned by those in the nearby town. Where the Crawdads Sing tells the fictional story of Kya, a girl left to raise herself along a North Carolina bayou in the 1950s and 60s. There's a lingering mystery hanging over the author of "Where the Crawdads Sing," now adapted into a film. ![]() ![]() ![]() But, get this, for some reason every time I turn around he’s there, barging into my life. Yeah, it would–if he liked me, but Reed acts as if I’m the worst thing that’s ever happened to Crestwood…or him. I know what you’re thinking…that sounds fairly awesome. Whenever he is near, I feel an attraction to him–a magnetic kind of force pulling me towards him. Since meeting sophomore Reed Wellington, however, nothing makes any sense. ![]() I may be an inexperienced seventeen-year-old, but I’m grounded…sane. I had been hoping that once I had arrived on Crestwood’s campus, the nightmare that I’ve been having would go away. My name is Evie Claremont and this was to be the making of me–my freshman year of college. ![]() The ending leaves a little hint of a cliff hanger and the romantic triangle I walked into… mmmm. I was confused and a little stand off-ish at the beginning of this book…but the book gets SO good in the middle. ![]() ![]() ![]() Overall Performance: Narration Rating: Story Rating:.It's riveting stuff and I was hooked after the first chapter." This seems to prey on peoples dreams and aspirations creating havoc across the land. As an author he does seem to have a definite hatred of London, as several of his books seem to go out of their way to utterly obliterate it! After a small earthquake a mysterious fog is released into the atmosphere. ![]() "The Fog was the first James Herbert book I read and I was mightily impressed by it. The fog, quite simply, drives people insane. Whatever it is, it must be controlled, for wherever it goes, it leaves behind a trail of disaster as hideous as the tragedy that marked its entry into the world. A yawning, bottomless crack spreads through the earth, out of which creeps a fog that resembles no other. The peaceful life of a village in Wiltshire is suddenly shattered by a disaster that strikes without reason or explanation, leaving behind it a trail of misery and horror. ![]() ![]() ![]() The opening will fill a long-awaited need for a bookstore in Miami's urban core." Books & Books has expanded steadily in the last few years, opening bookshops in the Cayman Islands and Westhampton Beach, N.Y. The Miami Herald reported that the store "will have 800 square feet inside, plus outdoor seating in the plaza. Borders has some 19,500 employees in slightly more than 500 superstores and about 165 smaller stores, mostly in malls and airports.īooks & Books plans to open its eighth location-the Newsstand Café by Books & Books-at the redesigned plaza of the Wachovia Financial Center in downtown Miami sometime between mid-February and early March. It has also said it is considering "in-court restructuring," i.e. This past Sunday Borders announced that it is delaying January payments to "certain parties-vendors, landlords and others" ( Shelf Awareness, January 31, 2011). Bloomberg also said that "several private equity groups are weighing whether to provide a junior loan" to Borders. At the same time, Barnes & Noble rose 7.4%, to $16.92. The company's market capitalization is just under $34 million. ![]() Volume yesterday was three times the usual. Late yesterday Bloomberg reported that Borders Group plans to file for bankruptcy protection as soon as next week and will likely close at least 150 stores, "according to three people familiar with the matter." As a result, Borders stock plummeted 36%, to 47 cents a share, a 52-week low and near its historical low in late 2008 during the financial meltdown. ![]() ![]() ![]() "This is a rare thing: an original, intelligent novel that’s not just a perfect summer beach read, but one that deserves serious awards consideration as well. With a lighthearted, razor sharp wit and a unique perspective, I'm Judging You is the handbook the world needs, doling out the hard truths and a road map for bringing some "act right" into our lives, social media, and popular culture. It passes on lessons and side-eyes on life, social media, culture, and fame, from addressing those terrible friends we all have to serious discussions of race and media representation to what to do about your fool cousin sharing casket pictures from Grandma's wake on Facebook. ![]() I'm Judging You is her debut book of humorous essays that dissects our cultural obsessions and calls out bad behavior in our increasingly digital, connected lives. "A truth-riot of a book!"-Shonda Rhimes New York Times Bestseller #1 Washington Post Bestseller Redbook “20 Books By Women You Must Read this Fall” “17 New Best New Books to Read This Fall” BookRiot “100 Must-Read Hilarious Books” Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist Now in development with "Shondaland" and ABC Signature Studios as cable television series Comedian, activist, and hugely popular culture blogger at, Luvvie Ajayi, serves up necessary advice for the masses in this hilarious book of essays With over 500,000 readers a month at her enormously popular blog,, Luvvie Ajayi is a go-to source for smart takes on pop culture. ![]() ![]() The majority of the book is sourced from brown's twenty-plus years of facilitation and mediation work with movement groups. ![]() ![]() Holding Change is about attending to coordination, to conflict, to being humans in right relationship with each other, not as a constant ongoing state, but rather as a magnificent, mysterious, ever-evolving dynamic in which we must involve ourselves, shape ourselves and each other. Fishpond New Zealand, Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation by Adrienne Maree BrownBuy. How do we practice them in ways that align with nature, with pleasure, with our best imagining of our future? How do we attend to generating the ease necessary to help us move through the inevitable struggles of life? How do we practice the art of holding others without losing ourselves? Black feminists have answers to those questions that can serve anyone working to create changes in our world, changes great and small individually, interpersonally, and within our organizations. adrienne maree brown is an activist and author of Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation, as well as the New York Times. ![]() ![]() In our complex world, facilitation and mediation skills are as important for individuals as they are for organizations. adrienne maree brown is the author of Grievers (the first in her novella series with the Black Dawn imprint), Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Meditation, We Will Not Cancel Us and Other Dreams of Transformative Justice, Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good, Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing. ![]() |