![]() ![]() Road Trip Captions (Road Trip Captions 15-30) ![]() “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” “Travel sparks our imagination, feeds our curiosity, and reminds us how much we all have in common.” “Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey.” “Roads were made for journeys, not destinations.” “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list” Every time I am home I feel the urge to go travel and pursue something new in life. I could not agree with this road trip quote more. Certainly finding a place that you like or discovering something unusual is a very sustaining thing in travel.” ![]() “The two impulses in travel are to get away from home, and the other is to pursue something – a landscape, people, an exotic place. You just have to decide when to take it.” “Road trips required a couple of things: a well-balanced diet of caffeine, salt and sugar and an excellent selection of tunes-oh, and directions.” “I take to the open road, healthy, free, the world before me.” “Please understand, I have been waiting to leave ever since I figured out that there were roads willing to take me anywhere I wanted to go.” Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” ![]()
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5/9/2023 0 Comments Anna's Blizzard by Alison Hart![]() ![]() Does she have the courage and strength to lead her school through the whiteout to safety?Īlison Hart offers young readers a dramatic story of rescue and survival featuring a plucky, determined protagonist. When an intense Nebraska blizzard traps Anna, her schoolmates, and young teacher in the one-room schoolhouse, Anna knows they must escape before it is too late. Arithmetic is too hard, her penmanship is abysmal, and stuck-up Eloise Baxter always laughs at her mistakes. But at school she feels hopelessly out of place. ![]() She doesn’t mind helping out with chores, especially when she is herding sheep with her beloved pony, Top Hat. ![]() Twelve-year-old Anna loves life on the Nebraska prairie where she lives with her parents and four-year-old brother in a simple sod house. When a fierce blizzard suddenly kicks up on a mild winter day, a young Nebraska girl must find the courage and strength to lead others to safety. ![]() ![]() ![]() There are many fantastic novels written about Haiti by non-Haitians, such as Allende’s Island Beneath the Sea and Greene’s The Comedians. I asked a range of experts for their recommendations and selected some of the most powerful and important works by Haitian authors. Reading the works of Haitian authors opens a window into this Caribbean nation’s vibrant culture and tumultuous history. Haitian literature reveals a more complete story of a nation, one that focuses on the beauty and resiliency of the island’s landscape and citizens. The struggles that Haiti has faced do not overshadow its rich culture and history or the vibrant spirit of its people. Often painted in mainstream media as a country plagued by difficulties, Haitian entrepreneurs, artists and innovators are rewriting that narrative. Haiti is the birthplace of a rich literary heritage that deserves more attention. ![]() ![]() ![]() So many of us have giftings that we are afraid to share with others or have been called to do something that seems too big for us. On the contrary, they did but they carried out God’s plans anyway. They had a strong faith in the Lord that guided them to do great things and affect society for the greater good. Textbooks don’t always tell the full story in high school.Īll these women were bold in their own right. The 7 women Eric Metaxas wrote about were some I’ve heard about before that I hadn’t realized were even Christians. A mark of renewed hope and strength by their examples. Some I have related to more than others but all of them have left a mark on me. All 7 women had one thing in common… They trusted the Lord and because of this trust, they were able to boldly carry out plans that helped millions and changed history.Įvery woman I’ve met in this book has struck different chords in my heart. ![]() I find it amazing how God can use regular people to do great things. It’s one of those books where at the end of each chapter you have to pause and say, ‘wow that really happened she really did that?’ Yes, it’s one of those that inspires and leaves you in awe of what events transpired! ![]() So I’ve been reading this inspiring book called Seven Women: And The Secret To Their Greatness by Eric Metaxas. ![]() ![]() ![]() Xandra must frequent the seediest parts of London, while also coping with what she is, the political factions vying for her favour, and the all too-close scrutiny of Queen Victoria, who wants her head. When her brother Val gets in over his head in an investigation of Half-Blood disappearances and goes missing himself, it’s up to Xandra, newly crowned Goblin Queen, to get him back and bring the atrocities to light. Hachette Little, Brown Orbit (US & UK: 5th February 2013 ![]() The Queen is Dead (Immortal Empire, Book 2) But by getting involved, Nisha jeopardises not only her own future in the City of a Thousand Dolls – but also her life. Before she becomes the next victim, Nisha decides to uncover the secrets that surround the girls’ deaths. Until one by one, girls around her start to die. Only when she begins a forbidden flirtation with the city’s handsome young courier does she let herself imagine a life outside the walls. ![]() She makes her way as Matron’s errand girl, her closest companions the mysterious cats that trail her shadow. ![]() Now sixteen, she lives on the grounds of the isolated estate, where orphan girls apprentice as musicians, healers, courtesans, and, if the rumours are true, assassins. Nisha was abandoned at the gates of the City of a Thousand Dolls when she was just a little girl. HarperCollins (US & CA: 5th February 2013)īuy (US) Buy (UK) Buy (CA) Buy (Worldwide) ![]() ![]() This is not strange at all, because I’m not forgetting that Yoknapatawpha County borders the Caribbean Sea.”Īctually, Yoknapatawpha County would appear to be landlocked, at least according to a hand-drawn map that Faulkner published in 1936. ![]() “The Faulknerian method is very effective in narrating Latin American reality. . . . “I think it’s the method,” García Márquez said. ![]() In the middle of one conversation, after discussing questions as diverse as the origins of “ One Hundred Years of Solitude” and the political commitment of the novelist, Vargas Llosa asked García Márquez about William Faulkner and his influence on Latin American literature. In September of 1967, Gabriel García Márquez and Mario Vargas Llosa, perhaps the greatest Latin American novelists of the twentieth century, met twice in Lima, Peru, to talk about literature in front of a university audience. ![]() ![]() ![]() The only folks I ever see square measure my mama and my nurse, Carla. I don’t leave my house, have not left my house in seventeen years. My disease is as rare as it is legendary. ![]() Nicola Yoon – Everything everything Audiobook Free Online. This innovative and heartfelt debut novel unfolds via vignettes, diary entries, illustrations, and more. and becomes the greatest risk she’s ever taken. If you love Eleanor and Park, Hazel and Augustus, and Mia and Adam, you’ll love the story of Maddy, a girl who’s virtually allergic to the surface world, and Olly, the boy who moves in next door. Everything everything by Nicola Yoon Audiobook Online Free. ![]() F you love Eleanor and Park, Hazel and Augustus, and Mia and Adam, you’ll love the story of Maddy, a girl who’s literally allergic to the outside world, and Olly, the boy who moves in next door… and becomes the greatest risk she’s ever taken. ![]() 5/8/2023 0 Comments Starblood by Carmilla Voiez![]() But we desire mystery as much as we ever did. Any answer is available at the click of a few buttons. Humans have a tendency to crave spirituality especially when the world around us feels more and more sterile. It was like a gift from the Universe, as Carmilla was looking for an illustrator and I was dreaming of illustrating a dark graphic novel.ĬC: Magic and especially in its horror sense have recently become more popular than ever. Why do you think that is?ĬV: I wonder whether it’s connected to the shift from organised religion. We realised that our twisted souls were a perfect match for this project.Īnna Prashkovich: We found each other at Deviant art. ![]() ![]() Anna was working with a games company and had the most delightful creepy artwork on her profile. ![]() ![]() Released on September 30th, Camilla Voiez’ (the first book in her Starblood series hit stores, both actual and Kindle. Having reviewed the book (see the review section), Comic Crusader, caught up with Carmilla and her artistic collaborator, Anna Prashkovich, to discuss horror influences, the relationship between sex and horror and discover possible real life facsimiles of the certain characters:ĬC: Hi guys. Thanks for taking the time to discuss Starblood. How did you two meet?Ĭarmilla Voiez: We found each other through DeviantArt. ![]() ![]() “I love this book and working with this team for the past decade has been amazing,” said Matthew Roberts. I hope readers have as tremendous an adventure on the trail as we had blazing it.” ![]() It was an honor to work with Robert, David, Sean, and the team at Skybound and a real deal, super-serious dream come true to have them present Manifest Destiny in this Hardcover Edition. “After spending a decade on this book with the stellar crew of Matt, Owen, and Pat, I can honestly say it was the journey of a lifetime,” said Chris Dingess. This is the untold story of what they discovered lurking in the wilds. In 1804, Captain Meriwether Lewis and Captain William Clark set out on an expedition to explore the unchartered American frontier so their great nation could fulfill its destiny. This deluxe hardcover collects the first 24 issues, along with covers and sketchbook, for the definitive presentation of the entire Manifest Destiny series, with a Book 2 Deluxe Hardcover also coming in 2024. The hardcover will be available everywhere books are sold in November 2023. ![]() ![]() ![]() In celebration of its 10 th anniversary, today Skybound announced the Manifest Destiny Book 1 Deluxe Hardcover, a 500+ page collection of the groundbreaking series from the superstar team of creator/writer Chris Dingess (Marvel’s Agent Carter, TV’s Doom Patrol), artist Matthew Roberts ( Battle Pope), colorist Owen Gieni (Rat Queens), and letterer Pat Brosseau (Creepshow). ![]() 5/8/2023 0 Comments Robert e lee and me ty seidule![]() ![]() It was still possible in the 1960s to aspire to the grandeur of cavalier gentility, to respect the glory of the fabled Old South. ![]() It is an autobiography of a member of a class who has reached a high level of education and who has been invested in the order of things. Still, it should be kept in mind that this is the autobiography of a white Southerner of a very specific class. Lee and Me - part autobiography, part history, part polemic - because his pro-renaming position drew considerable ire from some of his colleagues. Seidule’s appointment inspired the writing of Robert E. ![]() He is also one of four representatives of the Department of Defense who were selected for the so-called “Confederate Base Naming Commission,” mandated by Congress at the beginning of this year in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and subsequent unrest. He was also once the head of the United States Military Academy’s history department and West Point’s first professor emeritus of history. ![]() Ty Seidule is a retired US Army brigadier general. Lee and Me: A Southerner’s Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause by Ty Seidule. This is a noble effort to reconcile with the Southern past, but are suggested changes in nomenclature - rather than statements of moral and political clarity - good enough? ![]() |