![]() ![]() With anecdotes that range from the funny and zany-like the time she decided to go clubbing with models wearing a look that was more "Captain Hook cosplay" than haute couture-to more grounded material about rising up the ranks in a predominantly white industry, Brunson’s voice is entirely authentic and eminently readable. ![]() In her debut essay collection, Quinta applies her trademark humor and heart to discuss what it was like to go from flat broke to “halfway recognizable- “don’t I know you somewhere?” level-of-fame. Now, Brunson is bringing her comedic chops to the page in She Memes Well, an earnest, laugh-out-loud collection about her weird road to Internet notoriety. From there, Brunson’s wryly observant POV attracted the attention of BuzzFeed ’s motion picture development department, leading her to produce viral videos there about topics like interracial dating, millennial malaise, and seeing your ex in public. ![]() ![]() Quinta Brunson is a master of viral Internet content: without any traditional background in media, her humorous videos were the first to break through on Instagram’s platform, receiving millions of views. From comedian Quinta Brunson comes a deeply personal and funny collection of essays featuring anecdotes about trying to make it when you’re broke, overcoming self-doubt and depression, and how she’s used humor to navigate her career in unusual directions. ![]()
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![]() ![]() From Charlottesville to the policies of child separation at the border, his administration turned its back on the promise of Obama’s presidency and refused to embrace a vision of the country shorn of the insidious belief that white people matter more than others. Glaude, Jr., in a moment when the struggles of Black Lives Matter and the attempt to achieve a new America have been challenged by the election of Donald Trump, a president whose victory represents yet another failure of America to face the lies it tells itself about race. "A powerful study of how to bear witness in a moment when America is being called to do the same." ( Time ) Shortlisted for the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice ![]() Named One of the Ten Best Books of the Year by Chicago Tribune and One of the Best Books of the Year by the Washington Post and Time In our own moment, when that confrontation feels more urgently needed than ever, what can we learn from his struggle? James Baldwin grew disillusioned by the failure of the civil rights movement to force America to confront its lies about race. ![]() ![]() Immediately after the beginning of their investigation, Lindsay and Chris are told that they will work together. The female victim was in her wedding dress when she was murdered, which makes Lindsay think about how young and hopeful the girl must have been before being killed by someone else. This diagnosis makes her feel vulnerable and weak, so she can’t handle the murder scene at a luxury hotel as well as she would have liked. Lindsay Boxer is diagnosed with a rare form of anemia, Negli’s. First to Die is another exciting crime novel by bestselling author James Patterson that will more than live up to his fans’ expectations. Along the way, they’ll meet Jill Bernhardt (a highly ambitious assistant district attorney) and Chris Raleigh (Lindsay’s new partner). She forms an alliance with other women who understand what it’s like to work in a male-dominated field and also includes her friends Claire Washburn and Cindy Thomas. Lindsay Boxer, a police inspector for San Francisco, has excelled at her job for six years but faces new challenges when she gets sick and must solve a tough case. ![]() ![]() ![]() First to Die is the first novel in James Patterson’s Women’s Murder Club series. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() However, as I had an issue with the way Sabrina’s pregnancy news was handled in the original series, the pregnancy in this book didn’t feel handled well, either. There was a scene when almost the entire hockey team was together again, and a HILARIOUS scene with coach Jensen that people will love, and Brenna and Jake were mentioned, so.fingers crossed we get more of them eventually. I love the idea of seeing all of these characters after their dreams have come true, and it makes me so happy to think they are still a part of each other’s lives on the regular. ![]() The other stories were a lot of fun, as well, and there is the introduction of a new character, Alexander, that I think fans are really going to like. I just love their relationship and how dedicated they are to each other, especially Logan to Grace. Of all the stories, Grace and Logan’s story was my favorite. Readers who haven't read the entire Off-Campus series may find spoilers within this review, so proceed with caution! ![]() As it says in the blurb, we get a proposal, a wedding, a surprise pregnancy, and a honeymoon. This book is a series of short stories about the four couples that were featured in this series: Hannah and Garrett, Grace and Logan, Allie and Dean, and Sabrina and Tucker. THE LEGACY by Elle Kennedy is a love letter to her Off-Campus fans. "The Legacy is a love letter from Elle Kennedy to her Off-Campus fans!" The Legacy ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This program, brought to you by the Friends of the Greenfield Public Library in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium, is free and open to the public. The second thrilling installment, The Merciless Ones, picks up six months after Deka freed the goddesses in the ancient kingdom of Otera and discovered who she really is… but war is waging across the kingdom, and the real battle has only just begun.įor more information, and to register for this and other upcoming talks, go to Įach talk features the opportunity to participate in author Q&A or pre-submit questions during registration! Copies of these books are available at the Library. In Forna’s first New York Times Bestselling book, The Gilded Ones, readers are introduced to sixteen-year-old Deka, who lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she will become a member of her village. Join us for an action-packed conversation with New York Times bestselling author of The Gilded Ones Series, Namina Forna, in a discussion about her second installment in the series, The Merciless Ones. ![]() ![]() Eyvind Rdahl, Anne Elisabeth Christensen Mellgren, Nils-Erik Boonstra. ![]() OL15834518W Page_number_confidence 93.44 Pages 490 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.16 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20211105112241 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 324 Scandate 20211102012108 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9781408842096 Tts_version 4. Jennifer Gladys Mulle, Michael J Gambello, Rossana Sanchez Russo, Melissa M. Now in paperback, here is the highly acclaimed first biography of the girl whose fate touched the lives of millions. ![]() Urn:lcp:annefrankbiograp0000mull_z4m4:lcpdf:95d4d56d-464c-4485-a34a-7718dc4142bc Anne Frank : The Biography by Melissa Muller - The first biography of the vivacious, intelligent Jewish girl with a crooked smile and huge dark eyes who has become the 'human face of the Holocaust. For people all over the world, Anne Frank, the vivacious, intelligent Jewish girl with a crooked smile and huge dark eyes, has become the human face of the Holocaust. ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 08:06:54 Boxid IA40278410 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier ![]() ![]() Griffin soon realizes he'll need to confront some of the darkest days of his life if he-and those he cares about-are going to escape a downward spiral of murder that crosses continents. When FBI agent Declan Gray takes over the case, past and present collide. Griffin just wants the case to go away, but charming forensic anthropologist Finley Scott determines that the body is modern-a young social justice lawyer missing since spring-and all evidence points to the work of an expert sniper. ![]() The job is mostly quiet-until the day he captures two relic hunters uncovering skeletal remains near Little Round Top. ![]() Griffin and Luke Gallagher would join the Baltimore PD. Now Griffin is a park ranger at Gettysburg, having left life as a SWAT-team sniper when a case went bad. In college, Griffin McCray and his four best friends had their lives planned out. But then Luke vanished before graduation and their world-and friendships-crumbled. Declan Gray would head to the FBI and Parker Mitchell would go on to graduate school as a crime scene analyst. ![]() Warning Unless you want to be up all night, you should start this book early in the day True to her website motto of up all night suspense, this book (and the subsequent books in the series) certainly bumped sleep lower on my list of priorities. In college, Griffin McCray and his three best friends had their lives planned out. Cold Shot by Dani Pettrey should come with a warning label. Dani Pettrey Launches a New Romantic Suspense Series ![]() ![]() Christie makes an improbable tale very real, and keeps her readers enthralled and guessing to the end." ![]() Isaac Anderson wrote in The New York Times Book Review that "although both the murder plot and the solution verge upon the impossible, Agatha Christie has contrived to make them appear quite convincing for the time being, and what more than that can a mystery addict desire?" Times Literary Supplement also praised the book, saying "Need it be said-the little grey cells solve once more the seemingly insoluble. The book has been beloved by mystery devotees since its release. The bulk of the novel consists of his interrogation of a diverse group of passengers, and his examination of evidence on the train car. Poirot, a passenger on the train, is asked to solve the case. Its plot concerns the murder of a wealthy passenger, who turns out to be an infamous American gangster. Murder on the Orient Express takes place almost entirely within the space of a train moving between Istanbul and Calais. The book's central character is the detective Hercule Poirot, who makes an appearance in 25 of Christie's novels, as well as a good many short stories. Published in novel form in 1934, it was first released as a serialized story in the Saturday Evening Post in 1933, under the name Murder in the Calais Coach. Of her over 70 novels, Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express is her most famous, and possibly the most widely read mystery novel ever published. ![]() ![]() ![]() It made me happy, it made me annoyed, it made me awww, and, most importantly of all, it made me hot. That’s something they’ll have to figure out on their own-if the friction between their houses, and between Mark and America, doesn’t tear them apart. But what Romeo and Juliet didn’t teach these star-crossed lovers is how to move beyond sex and into a place where they share more than a bed. ![]() They explore kinks they didn’t know they had while keeping their liaison a secret from their brothers. ![]() Mark and Deacon’s affair heats up as the war between their fraternities escalates. He wants a relationship, but a difficult family situation prevents him from pursuing anything beyond his studies. Mark is too beautiful for Deacon to pass up an invitation for sex, but beyond sex, Deacon’s not sure. Studious Deacon Holt is disappointed to learn Mark’s pledging Alpha Delt, his fraternity Phi Sigma Kappa’s sworn enemy. But then he’s drawn into Alpha Delt’s feud with a neighboring fraternity. So, when the fraternity extends Mark a bid, Mark vows to get himself kicked out by the end of pledge period. Greek life is as foreign to Aussie transplant Mark as Pennsylvania’s snowstorms and bear sightings. ![]() Mark Cooper is angry, homesick, and about to take his stepdad’s dubious advice and rush Prescott College’s biggest party fraternity, Alpha Delta Phi. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Therefore, it’s designed to be nutrient-dense by promoting whole or minimally processed foods and limiting processed ones.Īlthough the Nutritarian Diet doesn’t restrict your calorie intake, it sets a percentage range of your total calories that each food group should provide per day ( 2): ![]() The Nutritarian Diet’s central premise is that the amount of nutrients you consume per calorie predicts your weight and influences your long-term health. In addition to promoting weight loss, it promises to slow aging, prevent and reverse various chronic diseases, and help you live longer. The Nutritarian Diet is a mainly plant-based, gluten-free, low salt, low fat diet. It limits processed foods, instead promoting nutrient-dense, minimally processed ones ( 1).įuhrman developed several meal plans and products for his diet, each promising its own set of results.įor instance, the original “Eat to Live” book vows to help readers lose 20 pounds (9.5 kg) in 6 weeks, while the newer “10 in 20” detox program advertises 10 pounds (4.5 kg) of weight loss over 20 days - both without counting calories or measuring portions.Īdvocates claim that the Nutritarian Diet also slows aging, boosts longevity, and prevents or reverses various chronic ailments. The Nutritarian Diet was created in 2003 by family physician Joel Fuhrman in his book “Eat to Live.” It’s largely plant-based, gluten-free, low salt, and low fat. ![]() |