![]() ![]() 5 stars of give me more all the fricken words!ĥ Stars- I was consumed with this sordid tale. I don’t know what I just stayed up reading but I want more. It was simply a short teaser of the author upcoming work (which I don’t even know what/when since there was no other information) and it seemed unedited due to glaring technical issues. I decided not to rate this one because I deemed it incomplete. This story is a prequel to the Jade Riders Series coming in 2019. Unfortunately, it’s too short for the characters to be properly developed that it ended up a little over the top. This one started with a huge potential and the darkness level that appealed to me. I will rate and review each story individually as I read them. ![]() Love is Strange is a charity anthology of taboo stories with 100% proceeds benefiting Ocean Conservancy. ![]()
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The six enchanting stories in this collection are lavishly illustrated with art that changes with each turn of the page, culminating in six stunning full-spread illustrations as rich in detail as the stories themselves. ![]() Travel to a world of dark bargains struck by moonlight, of haunted towns and hungry woods, of talking beasts and gingerbread golems, where a young mermaid's voice can summon deadly storms and where a river might do a lovestruck boy's bidding but only for a terrible price. Perfect for new readers and dedicated fans. 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My parents had huge Halloween parties that included everything from the classic bobbing for apples to my father’s bursting into the room wearing a Michael Myers mask and running at children. My family owns a collection of Halloween decorations that might seem disturbing to the average American family. Hello my name is Hazel Cills and I am addicted to Halloween. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Judging: This type of verbal abuse involves looking down on the victim, not accepting them for who they are, or holding them to unrealistic expectations.Humiliation: When you are insulted in public by a peer, a friend, a family member, or a dating partner, this can be particularly painful.Gaslighting: This is a type of insidious, and sometimes covert, emotional abuse where the abuser makes the target question their judgments and reality.Criticism can be painful in public or private, particularly if the person is simply being mean and has no intention of being constructive. Criticism: This involves harsh and persistent remarks that are meant to make the person feel bad about themselves and are not constructive but deliberate and hurtful.Condescension: While often disguised as humor, sarcastic comments that are intended to belittle and demean the other person can be a form of verbal abuse.Blaming: This type involves making the victim believe they are responsible for the abusive behavior or that they bring the verbal abuse upon themselves. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-249) and index Paperback edition contains a new afterword Originally published in the United States of America by Portfolio/Penguin, 2012 Stores ranging from discounters like Target to traditional chains like JC Penney now offer the newest trends at unprecedentedly low prices-Back cover ![]() Cheap fashion has fundamentally changed the way most Americans dress. When she found herself lugging home seven pairs of identical canvas flats from Kmart, she realized that something was deeply wrong. She was buying a new item of clothing almost every week, the national average is sixty four per year, but all she had to show for it was a closet and countless storage bins packed full of low quality fads she barely wore, including the same sailor stripe tops and fleece hoodies as a million other shoppers. Maxx, and cheap but trendy retailers like Forever 21, Target, and H & M. She had grown accustomed to shopping at outlet malls, discount stores like T.J. Until recently, she was a typical American consumer. This work evaluates the costs of low priced clothing while tracing the author's own transformation to a conscientious shopper, a journey during which she visited a garment factory, learned to resole shoes, and shopped for local, sustainable clothing. ![]() ![]() ![]() Weekend or probably a longer vacation with family,įriends or group. ![]() This Villa features many amenities for guests who want to stay for a few days, a ![]() Pool, Kitchen, Internet, for your convenience. The new owner, took it over and saved it, keeping its shape and basic look,but upgrading it to the modern standards. Gerald Durrell, created his love for the nature and the small beasts, in that villa, that was until the `80s left to its luck, as the Greeks say. Historical villa ideal for those who adore Gerald Durrell!It is located up in a hill very closed to Perama beach.The winding narrow road leads, through Ancient Olive trees that still produce the Golden Oil, in Perama, exactly opposite the- Mouse Island –Pontikonissi or petrified ship of Ulysses, to the first Villa that the Durrell family settled when they reached the Garden of the Gods, called Corfu, in the `30s. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jackson speaks of her research and the book’s plot being loosely based on two real events. ![]() For this primary source pairing, invite students to watch this interview and make a connection to the text. Jackson discusses her inspiration and motivation to write this book in an Epic Reads interview. ![]() Monday’s Not Coming is an emotional ride and a reading experience that will stay with you long after you close the book. How can a teenage girl just vanish without anyone noticing that she’s gone? But Monday’s mother refuses to give Claudia a straight answer, and Monday’s sister April is even less help.Īs Claudia digs deeper into her friend’s disappearance, she discovers that no one seems to remember the last time they saw Monday. Now Claudia needs her best–and only–friend more than ever. Not after last year’s rumors and not with her grades on the line. Monday wouldn’t just leave her to endure tests and bullies alone. ![]() When she doesn’t show for the second day, or second week, Claudia knows that something is wrong. So when Monday doesn’t turn up for the first day of school, Claudia’s worried. Claudia and Monday have always been inseparable–more sisters than friends. 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In “The Yellow Wallpaper,” Gilman depicts a marriage in which both the narrator and her husband are trapped in their assigned roles and are doomed because of this. Gilman’s short story is a warning to her readers about the consequences of fixed gender roles assigned by male-dominated societies: the man’s role being that of the husband and rational thinker, and the woman’s role being that of the dutiful wife who does not question her husband’s authority. ![]() “The Yellow Wallpaper,” a tale of one woman’s descent into madness, is Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s response to the male-run medical establishment and the patriarchal structure of the nineteenth-century household. ![]() |