6/27/2023 0 Comments Yen by Anna Jordan![]() and then maybe and only maybe a new door opens in your life, and brings in some brightness and smile.ĭespite being short, Closer to God is full of amazing moments, portraying two figures in our current community which is a non-geographical concept. Until you've got the courage to step forward and make some contact. Still they are merely strangers, until they are not. You might've never spoken to those strangers but you see them almost everyday, or even if you don't see them you know what they are up to, you know more about their choice of clothes, their taste, interests, hobbies and lifestyle than you know about many other people's. Have you ever wondered who the people are you see much more often than your family and friends who are scattered widely, with communication maintained mostly by messaging apps and cell phone. ![]()
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![]() ![]() "Okay, let’s, Jack replied bitterly, knowing that why don’t we call…" was a direct order for whoever was on the desk to carry out the task. Why don’t we call the London bureau and see what they know. You think you can actually get away from this? an unidentified voice snarled in Isabel’s head. Isabel was filling in for the weekend anchor who wanted the holiday weekend off to spend with his family in the Hamptons. Yeah, her Mercedes probably got a scratch and they’re calling it a wreck, the overnight editor answered. Princess Diana’s been in a car accident, she called out across the newsroom to the assignment editor, her ring finger finding its way to her front teeth. She shook her head to put the invisible squares back into place. You disgust me, her husband called out as her father’s voice interrupted with You have no family and Why do you even bother? Alex again: You’re nothing, you don’t even register. Staring at her flickering screen, either at words floating in front of her or at playing cards triumphantly dancing off a full deck, was a relief from the noise in her brain: angry shouts shifting into one another like a Rubick’s Cube. Hunched over her keyboard and sallow-skinned from too much fluorescent lighting, she had won computer solitaire three times before she bored of it entirely and listlessly reached for the mouse to click over to the wires to see what was not happening on this slow Labor Day weekend. ![]() Isabel picked at the ragged threads that once hugged a shiny button on the front of her blazer. ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments Author of just so stories![]() In his stories Kipling played with biblical and other stories of creation and imagined fantastical tales of animals' development and man's discovery of literacy. Batchelor details the playful challenges the stories made to contemporary society. In this original study, John Batchelor explores the artistry with which Kipling created the Just So Stories, using each tale as an entry point into the writer’s life and work-including the tragedy that shadows much of the volume, the death of his daughter Josephine. drawing on multiple sources and making intriguing connections between Kipling’s stories for children and for adults.”-John Carey, The Sunday Times From "How the Leopard Got Its Spots" to "The Elephant’s Child," Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories have delighted readers across the world for more than a century. ![]() ![]() ![]() A fascinating, richly illustrated exploration of the poignant origins of Rudyard Kipling’s world-famous children’s classic “In this concise and remarkable book. ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments Grady hendrix paperbacks from hell![]() ![]() ![]() "If you don't have a doll phobia, don't worry - you'll develop one." "Hendrix’s latest, How to Sell a Haunted House, is the near-perfect distillation of this form: a novel that is both very funny and truly scary." "In “How to Sell a Haunted House,” Hendrix, with relentless efficiency - and a bit of humor - forces us to confront our fears." "Warm up the VCR and fire up the air popper for a most bitchin’ horror story by a gifted practitioner of these dark arts." "Grief, generational trauma, and some sinister puppets animate this wildly entertaining haunted house tale from bestseller Hendrix This is a gem." ![]() "With strong connections to twenty-first century classics Hendrix's book sets the high watermark for horror in 2023." Hendrix is a best-seller for a reason, and this new novel shows he is only getting better with age." "A must-have for any library that will appeal to a broad audience. “Hendrix is a contemporary horror master, and the combination of profound storytelling and unapologetic, campy gore he delivers here will surely have horror fans reading with a gleeful smile on their faces." By weaving violence, family trauma and humor, Hendrix creates a texture that engages the reader emotionally and viscerally.” “Hendrix’s horror novels are a gateway drug to the genre. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The book is humorous and captures the interest of the reader. The author, who is a character in the story, explains how it feels to be depressed. While you wait out the long months until you finally have Solutions and Other Problems in your hands, check out some great "literary" graphic novels, get more familiar with graphic novels written by women, or pick your next task on the #BustleReads challenge. Allie Brosh Essays Solutions and Other Problems One of the themes in the book, Solutions and other problems by Brosh, is depression. It is available for pre-order now from your favorite retailer. It appears that Solutions and Other Problems will be available in hardcover, paperback, and digital editions at the time of its release. ![]() Sad news aside, the Internet is super happy to hear that the Hyperbole and a Half sequel is on the horizon. Solutions and Other Problems, Coming Soon, Amazon Goodreads fans attributed the delay to the death of the author's sister in 2013, although that time frame does more to explain why Brosh - who has been diagnosed with depression - stopped posting to her website than the rescheduling. The book was first announced in August 2015, but the original release date was pushed back a few months later. ![]() Out this fall from Simon and Schuster, Solutions and Other Problems is already the No. Now, the Hyperbole and a Half sequel is coming, so prepare for more sugar-fueled existential crises, adventures in pet ownership, and true stories of mental illness. In 2014, web cartoonist and blogger Allie Brosh turned her website into a hilarious gut-punch of a book deal. ![]() ![]() ![]() Duck realized that running a farm was no easy job. Farmer Brown was very upset, especially since duck won the election. Duck posted a poster to replace Farmer Brown. He decided that they needed a new leader. Summary:Duck was not a big fan of doing chores. As Farmer Brown has been known to say, you have to keep your eye on that fowl! Read more ![]() Although it wasn't quite as giggle-inducing as the previous two books in the series, Click, Clack Moo: Cows That Type and Giggle, Giggle, Quack, it will still have great appeal to anyone who enjoyed those books, and wants to see what Duck gets up to next. His solution? Run for President, of course! Needless to say, running a country is even harder work, and soon Duck is once again looking for something new.I enjoyed Duck for President, which pairs an entertaining tale from author Doreen Cronin with appealing watercolor artwork from illustrator Betsy Lewin. Soon deciding that running a farm is no fun, he next sets his sights on the governor's office, only to discover that running the state is also hard work. In this third humorous picture-book featuring the independent-minded animals on Farmer Brown's farm, Duck decides that he should be in charge, setting up an election that sees him rise to power. ![]() ![]() ![]() Package content is not flexible and cannot be modified. Please note that if your order ships in multiple boxes, package components may not all be in the same box. The package item number is also listed at the bottom of your packing slip for reference. On your packing slip, package components are picked and packed individually and are identified with the code "PKGCMP" in the price column. Any backordered components will ship separately as they become available. Enchanted Forest: An Inky Quest & Coloring Book: An Inky Quest and Coloring Book for Adults Paperback Illustrated, 17 February 2015 by Johanna Basford (Illustrator) 7,838 ratings See all formats and editions Paperback S27.28 2 Used from S36.01 13 New from S25. 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A listing of individual items that make up a package is provided on the package item's product detail page along with real-time item availability of those items. ![]() ![]() A "package" is made up of two or more items sold as a set, often for a reduced price. ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments Banana yoshimoto new book![]() ![]() Discover this collection of what Yoshimoto herself calls the “most precious work of my writing career.”Ī Bustle Most Anticipated Book Of The MonthĪ Millions Most Anticipated Book of the Year Yoshimoto’s gentle, effortless prose reminds us that one true miracle can be as simple as having someone to share a meal with, and that happiness is always within us if only we take a moment to pause and reflect. In “Tomo-chan’s Happiness,” an office worker who is a victim of sexual assault finally catches sight of the hope of romance. In “House of Ghosts,” the daughter of a yoshoku restaurant owner encounters the ghosts of a sweet elderly couple who haven’t yet realized that they’ve been dead for years. Japan’s internationally celebrated master storyteller returns with five stories of women on their way to healing that vividly portrays the blissful moments and everyday sorrows that surround us in everyday lifeįirst published in Japan in 2003 and never before published in the United States, Dead-End Memories collects the stories of five women who, following sudden and painful events, quietly discover their ways back to recovery.Īmong the women we meet in Dead-End Memories is one betrayed by her fiancé who finds a perfect refuge in an apartment above her uncle’s bar while seeking the real meaning of happiness. ![]() ![]() "This is a supremely hopeful book, one that feels important because it shows that happiness, while not always easy, is still a subject worthy of art." -Brandon Taylor, The New York Times Book Review ![]() ![]() ![]() Police training starts in the academy, where the concept of officer safety is so heavily emphasized that it takes on almost religious significance. “Better to be judged by 12 than carried by six.” ![]() I’ve had long conversations with officers and former officers, including firearms trainers and use-of-force instructors, at law-enforcement agencies across the country, and they’ve all led to one conclusion: American police officers are among the best-trained in the world, but what they’re trained to do is part of the problem. I’m not just relying on my own experience, though. Having served as an officer at a large municipal police department, and now as a scholar who researches policing, I am intimately familiar with police training. It is because officers perform the way they are trained to perform. But in most cases, it isn’t because individual police officers are consciously racist or think black lives don’t matter. Too many phone calls telling families that their loved ones, particularly young black men, won’t be coming home. ![]() There have been too many lives lost to police killings. ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments Asmaa hussein a temporary gift![]() ![]() "When Allah (swt) promises to replace what we lose with what is better, the breadth and richness of that promise is so much greater than what we can imagine. ![]() so when asmaa wrote about reclaiming the idea of Allah replacing what you lost with something better, i was really struck by this one passage: Oh Allah, reward me for my calamity, and replace my loss with something better.”)Īnd ive been making this du'a with no idea how it's being / it'll be answered, just saying it when I feel my thoughts lingering on grief. “We belong to Allah and to Allah is our return. ![]() read for the second time almost three years after i first read it during quarantine about a year after my younger sister Samarah passed away, and this book was so key for me in developing a deeper connection with Allah and reframing my heartbreaks and losses into sincere gratitude for having the opportunity to become closer to Him, alhamdulillah. ![]() Given to me as a gift by nafiza <3 full review/thoughts to come soon insha'AllahĢ023 edit: idk if i can write a full review but. ![]() |