Radio silence alice oseman book buy5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() It's only by facing up to your fears that you can overcome them. ![]() Meanwhile at university, Aled is alone, fighting even darker secrets. ![]() She has to confess why Carys disappeared? Suffocating with guilt, she knows that she has to confront her past? Then the podcast goes viral and the fragile trust between them is broken.Ĭaught between who she was and who she longs to be, Frances's dreams come crashing down. He unlocks the door to Real Frances and for the first time she experiences true friendship, unafraid to be herself. Not friends, not a guilty secret?not even the person she is on the inside.īut when Frances meets Aled, the shy genius behind her favorite podcast, she discovers a new freedom. What if everything you set yourself up to be was wrong?įrances has always been a study machine with one goal: elite university. The second novel by the phenomenally talented Alice Oseman, the author of the million-copy bestselling Heartstopper books?now a major Netflix series. ![]()
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Heath brothers made to stick5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() However, if you want to share your knowledge and make it stick, you first need to simplify it and be really selective. We inadvertently assume that people will ‘get it’ just because it seems clear to us. ![]() ![]() This makes effective communication a huge challenge. Once we know something, it's really difficult to put ourselves in the position of someone else who doesn't know it. ![]() The Heath brothers call this ‘The curse of knowledge’. When we gather lots of information, we feel that we need to try to share it all. Conversely, if you share a long and detailed presentation brimming with data, they might lose track of the message (or even fall asleep!) - and they won't retain it and it won't have any impact. If you can tell a vivid story that engages your audience, there's a good chance that they’ll understand, remember and retell it. So, if you want your insights to stick and make a difference, read this book. Learn how to find, craft and tell stories that will stand out and be passed around your organisation. This book should be an essential read for everyone in an Insight or communications role. Like many good business books, the essence is in the first chapter, but it's an easy read and the stories and examples throughout will help you to put the principles into practice. ![]() Prince charming book rachel hawkins5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() but Daisy may just rewrite the royal rulebook to suit herself. The crown-and the intriguing Miles-might be trying to make Daisy into a lady. While the dashing young Miles has been appointed to teach Daisy the ropes of being regal, the prince's roguish younger brother kicks up scandal wherever he goes, and tries his best to take Daisy along for the ride. Daisy has no desire to live in the spotlight, but relentless tabloid attention forces her join Ellie at the relative seclusion of the castle across the pond. She's an offbeat sixteen-year-old Floridian with mermaid-red hair, a part time job at a bootleg Walmart, and a perfect older sister who's nearly engaged to the Crown Prince of Scotland. Description Originally published as " Royals," New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins serves up a deliciously royal romance, perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen and Huntley Fitzpatrick. ![]() David wiesner caldecott5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A young boy comes to the beach eager to collect and examine flotsam-anything floating that has been washed ashore. In the extraordinary Caldecott Medal-winner and New York Times bestseller by David Wiesner, a beach day is the springboard to a wildly imaginative exploration of fantastical mysteries of the deep-and of human connections through time. Quill Awards, Winner, Children's Picture, 2007Ĭaldecott Medal, Winner, Picture Book, 2007īook Sense Book of the Year Award, Honor Book, Children's Illustrated, 2007 Red Clover Award, Winner, Picture Book, 2008Ĭapitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens, Recommended, Seven to Ten, 2007 ![]() Physical Information: 0.5" H x 11.5" W x 9.1" (1.06 lbs) 40 pagesįeatures: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product, Price on Product - CanadianĪwards: NAPPA Gold Awards, Winner, Ages 6 & Up, 2006 Juvenile Fiction | Technology - General Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature - General WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guaranteeīinding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & EditionsĪnnotation: In this wordless masterpiece from a two-time Caldecott medalist, a bright, science-minded boy goes to the beach equipped to collect and examine flotsam-anything floating that has been washed ashore. ![]() The Way of Kings by Louise Searl5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() Her intensive fieldwork (including making the pilgrimage several times herself) provides a colorful portrayal of the pilgrimage while revealing a spectrum of hopes, discontents, and desires among its participants, many of whom feel estranged from society. Eschewing comfortable methods of travel, they choose physically demanding journeys, some as long as four months, in order to experience nature, enjoy cultural and historical patrimony, renew faith, or cope with personal trauma.įrey's anthropological study focuses on the remarkable reanimation of the Road that has gained momentum since the 1980s. James attracts an ecumenical mix of largely well-educated, urban middle-class participants. ![]() Unlike the religiously-oriented pilgrims who visit Marian shrines such as Lourdes, the modern Road of St. These modern-day pilgrims and the role of the pilgrimage in their lives are the subject of Nancy Louise Frey's fascinating book. Their destination is Santiago de Compostela, where the remains of the apostle James are said to be buried. ![]() Each year thousands of men and women from more than sixty countries journey by foot and bicycle across northern Spain, following the medieval pilgrimage road known as the Camino de Santiago. ![]() Empire steven saylor5/13/2023 ![]() Saylor is an excellent guide through this fascinating underworld. through 141 C.E., including the Great Fire, the persecutions of Christians, numerous military campaigns, and, of course, insanity and perversion among the emperors. ![]() The Pinarii characters afford an excellent lens through which to view both imperial and daily life, and the great events of the span from 14 C.E. Yet from Lucius the Augur, who begins the book, through Marcus the Sculptor, during the reigns of Trajan and Hadrian, the family has been rocked, as all Romans were, by the upheavals and whims of the emperors. The Pinarius family is aristocratic, so they afford readers an insider’s view into imperial palaces and gladiator games. Saylor’s brilliant approach to bringing alive the period of the Roman Empire from the reign of Augustus to the burial of Hadrian is to focus on generations of one family, the Pinarii (introduced in Roma, 2007). ![]() ![]() That leaves, as Saylor puts it, “survivors and seekers,” those living at the edge of the emperors’ bidding. How to deliver historical fiction about the Roman Empire at its height? Saylor, Latin scholar and author of the acclaimed Roma Sub Rosa mystery series, identifies one huge problem in his author’s note: “emperor-centricism.” The emperors command center stage in most accounts of Rome, as they did in life. ![]() Relish by lucy knisley5/12/2023 ![]() ![]() She and her mother move out of the city to a much smaller town where her mother starts cultivating an enormous garden and quickly gets caught up in the slowly-burgeoning food scene. ![]() But her city foodie existence takes a sharp turn when she’s seven or eight and her parents divorce. Lucy’s life begins in New York City with two parents who absolutely love food, and Lucy immediately loves it too. And with this book, you won’t want to stop reading. If you’ve never read a graphic novel, you’ll notice it takes a couple of pages to get in the swing of reading something that looks like a comic book, but after five minutes, you’ll read it effortlessly. ![]() Written by: JANSSEN BRADSHAW of Everyday Reading Lucy Knisely’s graphic novel, Relish, about her life growing up with two foodie parents, working as a server with a catering company through high school, eating her way through her international travels, and taking a job as a cheesemonger after college, is an utterly delightful book. I read a lot of Young Adult books and I read a lot of food books, but I don’t read very many (if any!) Young Adult books about food.Īnd I really don’t read a lot of YA graphic novels about food. ![]() Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell5/12/2023 ![]() The Author’s GoalĬaldwell’s primary goal was to explore the impact of the Great Depression on the life of carefree Americans living in rural settings who were unprepared for the financial disruption. Tobacco Road portrays the desperation in the Lester family as a consequence of carelessness. ![]() The book chronicles violence and hypersexuality associated with poverty distress in the American South. Tobacco Road depicts the life of the Lester family from Georgia, United States, facing the consequences of financial distress resulting from the Great Depression (Caldwell 1932). Caldwell picks Great Depression and negligence in rural families due to their impact on the history of the global economy. The author’s goals in writing the books were to expose rural America’s socio-economic challenges and possible cases of moral negligence. This book review explores the novel Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell published in 1932 by the University of Georgia Press (Caldwell 1932). The experience of Native Americans facing the Great Depression is seldom put into context. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The next best thing that happened was when Cherith Baldry joined the team of writers during the Forest of Secrets-which is the third installment for the Warriors series. Vicky went on with the editing and supervising tasks of details and scenes of the Warriors series. So, Vicky created the storyline and Kate Cary was brought in to create the details of the book. But, Vicky-as Victoria Holmes is fondly called by friends, was not that happy to write on said subject as she is not a huge fan of fantasy. Victoria Holmes was tasked by publishing house HarperCollins to create a feral cat fantasy series, this was in 2003. Among the authors under the Erin Hunter pen names are: Tui Sutherland, Gillian Philip, Cherith Baldry and Kate Cary. Erin Hunter is not a real person, in fact it is a pen name used by several different authors who wrote under the tutelage and guidance of Editor Victoria Holmes. ![]() Erin Hunter is a famous author of lots of books-especially famous for the Warrior, Survivor and Seeker series. ![]() The dark is rising book5/12/2023 ![]() The Drew family, parents Dick and Ellen, children Simon, Jane and Barney are met at St Austell station by their Great-Uncle Merry to be taken to the house of an absent sea captain that Merry has taken for the holidays. Cooper’s location is on the southern coast of Cornwall though – her fictional Trewissick being based on Mevagissey, which I last visited in 2010 while staying on the south coast at Fowey this time. Trebarwith beach was surrounded by cliffs, and had rock pools – a proper kind of beach to have an adventure on, as the Drew children do in OS,US. My family favoured the northern coast, Perranporth’s endless sands in the 1960s, shifting up the coast to Trebarwith Strand near Tintagel in the 1970s. Holidays in Cornwall were a mainstay of my childhood. And what about the dog? How does Rufus compare with Tintin’s Snowy/Milou or Timmy in the Blyton’s Famous Five?.Barney would be Lucy, Simon would be Peter – does that make Jane Susan? What other parallels are there if any? I can’t help comparing the Drew children to Narnia’s Pevensies.How well do you think Cooper achieves this? Nesbit, although it wasn’t actually entered for it. This novel was initially written in response to a competition to honour the memory of E. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Does it successfully evoke the sense of adventure of childhood holidays at the seaside for you? We’re reading the book in prime holiday season.In my introductory post to the readalong, I posted a few questions to consider while reading the book, and I’ll reflect on those below, but here they are again … ![]() |