No chopping my languid sentences into shorter easily digestible lengths. Plot elements, character motivations, word choice… I had free reign! No looking at grade level word lists. When I wrote Champion Chocolatier I didn’t spend a lot of time thinking about appropriateness. Sure, I have a full-time job and pay my mortgage (on time!), but I hate coffee and have never been to Europe… I like to wear jeans and hoodies and am almost certain that all of the “sophisticated genes” skipped me entirely and pooled instead to form the lovely conglomeration of elegance that is my younger sister. I do not like sea food and am only starting, in my 33 rd year of life, to drink wine. I eat PopTarts and Diet Pepsi for breakfast every day. Maybe part of it is that I don’t always feel like an adult. Maybe I could convince kids that I was a good writer… but adults? I wasn’t so sure. So when the opportunity to write for an adult audience came up, I hesitated. I rarely even get the chance to read adult books anymore. I spend the majority of my day surrounded by kids – both students and my own. Picture books, chapter books, workbooks and novels. All of my books up until this point had been for kids. Please join me in welcoming author Amanda Zieba! Read all the way through for the chance to win an free book!Ĭhampion Chocolatier is two things I never thought I’d write.įirst of all, it’s a book for adults. This week we’re going to change things up a bit and share the author/book spotlight today, and a writing-related blog on Saturday.
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Gandhiji's father insisted he become a lawyer even though he intended to be a docto. Gandhi joined Samaldas College in Bhavnagar after passing his matriculation exams at the University of Bombay in 1887. Although he attended a primary school in Porbandar and received awards and scholarships there, his approach to his education was ordinary. Mahatma Gandhi's education was a major factor in his development into one of the finest persons in history. Mahatma Gandhi, thus, is the most renowned person on earth. His fame spread throughout the world during his lifetime and only increased after his demise. Gandhi Ji is considered ‘The Great Soul’ or ‘ The Mahatma ’ in the eyes of millions of his followers worldwide. Gandhi Ji was a living embodiment of non-violent protests (Satyagraha) to achieve independence from the British Empire's clutches and thereby achieve political and social progress. October 2, 2022, marks Gandhi Ji’s 153rd birth anniversary, celebrated worldwide as International Day of Non-Violence, and Gandhi Jayanti in India. He came to be known as the Father of The Nation. He was a politician, social activist, Indian lawyer, and writer who became the prominent Leader of the nationwide surge movement against the British rule of India. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, more popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was born in the small city of Porbandar in Gujarat (OctoJanuary 30, 1948). Some of these movies stretch the realm of credibility. All a script needs is a kernel of truth to be able to make the “based on actual events” claim, no matter how unbelievable the story may be. Genre(s): Thriller, Horror Film Review ProductionĪudiences love true stories, whether they come in the form of Oscar bait films like Dallas Buyers Club or more exploitative movies like The Conjuring. Inspired by the book, which details Sarchie’s bone-chilling real-life cases. He joins forces with an unconventional priest (Edgar Ramirez), schooled in the rituals of exorcism, to combat the frightening and demonic possessions that are terrorizing their city. Synopsis: In Deliver Us From Evil, New York police officer Ralph Sarchie (Eric Bana), struggling with his own personal issues, begins investigating a series of disturbing and inexplicable crimes. While short, each quote is steeped deep in history and context and is worth pondering over.ġ. But Adichie speaks on more fronts than one, from the personal and private to the institutional and public.īelow, we share 20 of our favorite quotes by Adichie that shed light on some of the topics and issues today’s boss women care about: being our true and best selves, navigating social roles, confronting gender and racial injustice, love and relationships, the motherland, and of course, money and being a creative. With her recent feature on Beyonce’s self titled album, Beyonce, many have come to know her for talk, “We should all be feminist”. The award winning novelist and Ted talk sensation is fiercely revered for being a thought leader on Africa and contemporary African politics. Nigerian writer, speaker, and activist, Chimamanda Adichie, is beloved by many. And re-examining the book opened the door to a new way of looking at Catch-22, one that saw it as even more profound.įirst the factual background: If you examine the state of the war at the time when the novel is set more closely, you have to concede the war wasn’t “over,” in the sense of having been definitively won. But after a while, probably after the time I spent writing Explaining Hitler, I began to rethink that defense, and to find it deficient. I was satisfied with that for a while, and I kept on rereading Catch-22 with even more defiant pleasure. The people who defended Heller, Yossarian, and Catch-22 from critiques like Podhoretz’s tended to say, Well, the war was just about all over! Already won! The missions were hardly even necessary the commanders were foolishly and unnecessarily condemning the fliers to death by ordering extra missions. Then he stood up to straighten his tired back. Carefully, Lucas Whitaker hammered small metal tacks into the top of the coffin lid to form his mother's initials: H.W., for Hannah Whitaker. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year. The startling results teach Lucas a great deal about fear, desperation, and the scientific reasoning that offers hope for a true cure. Lucas can't accept Doc's disbelief, and he joins others in the dark ritual they believe is their only hope. Doc amputates a leg as easily as he pulls a tooth, yet when it comes to consumption, he remains powerless, unwilling to try the cure he calls nonsense. Unable to manage the family farm by himself, Lucas finds work as an apprentice to Doc Beecher, doctor, dentist, barber and undertaker. He might have saved his mother, who was the last to die, if only he had listened to news of a strange cure for this deadly disease. Lucas is grief-stricken and filled with guilt. It's 1849, and twelve-year-old, Lucas Whitaker is all alone after his whole family dies of a disease called consumption which has swept through the community. He will give you a pass to the Chairman's Office and ask you to send a message to Earth via the Chairman's computer. If you use the key, you will need to move quickly to find the Minister on the second floor before your disguise wears out. Get him drunk and he will pass out (or does he die?) and you can loot his key. 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She started to say something-just some trivial comment in order to break the silence-but then she stopped herself. His arms were crossed behind his head¸ and the covers were pushed down around his belly. She felt achy and exhausted, and her stomach felt like a heavy stone in her gut.Ĭain was still in bed too, but his eyes were open, staring fixedly at the ceiling. Riana woke up when all the lights in the Hold went on.īlinking, she tried to adjust to the sudden brightness, feeling a pang of soreness between her legs and stickiness from not washing up after he’d ejaculated inside her twice. She eludes him for five years, but he has finally chased her to ground and stolen her enchanted jewel, giving him absolute power over her. Denying him, she flees, struggling to forget his searing, possessive kiss. Wroth provides her with the perfect opportunity to torment her sworn enemy-for with his new heartbeat comes a consuming sexual desire that can only be slaked by her. Coldly interested only in the power his Bride will bring, he can hardly believe when Myst the Coveted awakens him body-and soul.įamed throughout the world as the most beautiful Valkyrie, Myst has devoted her life to protecting a magical jewel and to fighting the vampires. Nikolai Wroth, a ruthless Vampire general, will stop at nothing to find his Bride, the one woman who can "blood" him, making his heart beat and filling him with strength. Discover a dark and wicked new world in Kresley Cole's remastered tale "The Warlord Wants Forever," the first scorching installment in her #1 New York Times bestselling Immortals After Dark series. Karen makes her home in Abilene, Texas, with her husband and three children. She is an avid cross-stitcher, shower singer, and bakes a mean apple cobbler. The inspiration for Stealing the Preacher actually sparked during the writing of Short-Straw Bride, the book which introduced the reclusive Archer brothers. Two-time RITA finalist and winner of the coveted HOLT Medallion and ACFW Carol Award, CBA bestselling author Karen Witemeyer writes historical romance because she believes that the world needs more happily-ever-afters. With her signature blend of humor, history, and lively western romance, two-time RITA Award finalist and bestselling author Karen Witemeyer delivers a Texas love story sure to steal your heart. Is there any way she can convince Crockett he ended up right where he was supposed to be? But just when it seems her prayers have been answered, it turns out the parson is there against his will and has dreams of his own calling him elsewhere. A man to assist her in fulfilling a promise to her dying mother. A man to breathe life back into the abandoned church at the heart of her community. He's determined to escape-which would be much easier if he could stop thinking about Joanna Robbins and her unexpected request.įor months, Joanna had prayed for a minister. On his way to interview for a position at a church in the Piney Woods of Texas, Crockett Archer can't believe it when he's forced off the train by an outlaw and presented to the man's daughter as the preacher she requested for her birthday. An outlaw's daughter who wants to change his mind. |