![]() ![]() She garnered notoriety on both Twitter and Facebook for her unapologetic views on racial injustice in the United States. After the death of Tamir Rice-a 12-year-old black boy (the same age as Oluo’s own son) who was shot and killed by police in 2014 while playing with a toy gun-Oluo began writing about racism on her blog. She subsequently worked in technology and digital marketing while running a food blog on the side from Seattle, Washington. Oluo put herself through university as a divorced single mother, graduating with a degree in political science from Western Washington University at the age of 27. Many of her childhood memories center on her experiences with poverty and racism. Oluo describes growing up poor in the United States, often living without access to electricity or water and suffering from food insecurity. Oluo’s book, So You Want to Talk about Race, addresses many aspects of her childhood and upbringing. ![]() ![]() Ijeoma Oluo-who identifies as a black, queer woman-was born to a black father from Nigeria and a white mother. ![]()
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![]() Hitchcock’s work also dealt with conflicting realities: ‘Vertigo’ again, but also ‘North by Northwest’, in which a man is mistaken for a spy who does not exist. ![]() This pattern is reflected in ‘The Real-Town Murders’ in the way the protagonist, a private detective called Alma, must return every four hours to administer medical treatment to her beloved partner, Marguerite. Then there is the cyclical, even repetitive nature of the obsessions explored in Hitchcock’s work, like James Stewart’s character in ‘Vertigo’ falling for the same murder victim twice. ![]() There are all kinds of satisfying Hitchcockian nods throughout the novel: a virtual Hitch crops up at one point and, in a nod to the Master’s brief appearances in his own work, the murder victim is called Adam. Hitch never made the film because the idea was too impossible even for him, so Adam Roberts has taken up the challenge and transferred the idea to the realm of science fiction in ‘The Real-Town Murders’. ![]() Alfred Hitchcock once described opening a film by following a car being made in an automated factory at the end of the process, the boot opens to reveal a dead body. ![]() ![]() ![]() My favorite thing I learned in this book is the concept of “personal power”, as opposed to “social power”. Cuddy gives specific examples of how this works, also digging into the role of gender, cultural differences, and more. On the flip side, getting stuck in contracted, closed postures (hunched shoulders, crossed arms or ankles – anything that shrinks you into less space) makes you feel and act more timid and powerless. Basically, using open, expansive postures (shoulders back, head up, chest out – things that make you physically bigger) leads to greater feelings of confidence, calm, and self-efficacy, which translates into taking more risks, having better pain tolerance, and much more. ![]() ![]() In this book, she explains all the research, her own and that of others, that demonstrates the power of body posture to change mood, thoughts, and behaviors. When she became a psychology researcher, Cuddy began investigating the role of the body in determining or changing psychological states. It’s the bestselling follow-up to her popular TED talk, “Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are”.Īfter a brain injury in college, Amy Cuddy began a lifelong fascination with identity, self-confidence, self-doubt, and how good performance happens. A very convincing, evidence-based explanation of how our posture has a huge impact on how we think, feel, and behave, Amy Cuddy’s Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges is the book of science-backed empowerment we all need. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I expected a light, fluffy read with perhaps some slight shades of dysfunction, similar to a Sarah Dessen novel. Which perfect family will save her? Or is it time she saved herself?A transporting debut about family, friendship, first romance, and how to be true to one person you love without betraying another.įeeling like one of the only bloggers who had yet to read and love Huntley Fitzpatrick’s debut novel, I eagerly started it while on my vacation this summer. She's suddenly faced with an impossible decision. Then something unthinkable happens, and the bottom drops out of Samantha's world. ![]() until one summer evening, Jase Garrett climbs up next to her and changes everything.As the two fall fiercely for each other, stumbling through the awkwardness and awesomeness of first love, Jase's family embraces Samantha - even as she keeps him a secret from her own. And every day from her rooftop perch, Samantha Reed wishes she was one of them. All the time."The Garretts are everything the Reeds are not. "One thing my mother never knew, and would disapprove of most of all, was that I watched the Garretts. My Life Next Door (My Life Next Door, #1) by Huntley FitzpatrickĪlso by this author: The Boy Most Likely To ![]() ![]() ![]() In the neighboring kingdom of Eldr, when Prince Kol’s father and older brother are killed by an invading army of magic-wielding ogres, the second-born prince is suddenly given the responsibility of saving his kingdom. She’ll have to be stronger, faster, and more powerful than Irina, the most dangerous sorceress Ravenspire has ever seen. To do that, Lorelai needs to use the one weapon she and Queen Irina have in common-magic. Lorelai Diederich, crown princess and fugitive at large, has one mission: kill the wicked queen who took both the Ravenspire throne and the life of her father. Redwine, the author of the Defiance series. This breathtakingly romantic, action-packed fantasy is perfect for fans of A Court of Thorns and Roses and Cinder. A New York Times bestselling dark epic fantasy inspired by the tale of Snow White, from C. ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() ![]() Gloria Furman , author, Labor with Hope and Missional Motherhood Think of this book as a maître d` of a Bible study banquet-have a seat, here are your utensils, dig in, and enjoy.” Read Women of the Word with your Bible open and your friends alongside you. She has tasted and seen God’s goodness in his Word, and she doesn’t want a single woman to miss it. Jen Wilkin knows this mercy in the core of her being. What great mercy we have been shown-that the Creator who spoke everything that ever was into existence would give us his Word. “I’ve seen eyes misty with tears as women come to understand for the first time that the Bible is actually, literally God’s Word. Kathy Keller , Assistant Director of Communications, Redeemer Presbyterian Church, New York City, New York My only caveat is that I wish the title didn’t make it hard for men to read. Women of the Word will help all who read it to find their way deeper into the Word of God without having to be seminary educated, a genius, or even an especially good student. ![]() Too many people-men and women-opt for just reading a few verses and hoping for some inspiration, rather than discovering the meaning of the text in the sweep of God’s redemptive plan. “I found Women of the Word to be so practical in the way it demystifies serious Bible study. “Wilkin’s challenges to the status quo, grounded in years of observation, ring with gentle wisdom and guide readers in how to study the Bible with greater depth.” (July 14, 2014) ![]() ![]() ![]() She still lives near Holkham, in Norfolk, where she grew up as the daughter of the Earl of Leicester. She sometimes gets letters from foreign fans addressed to “Lady Glenconner, England”. She loves meeting the public and is “particularly delighted to learn I have become an unofficial agony aunt as well as a gay icon”. They coughed politely, but she achieved both, and then embarked on a whirlwind of book tours, lectures, interviews, and podcasts. She told them that if she did produce a book she would want to sell at least 500,000 copies and appear on Graham Norton’s TV show. ![]() Perrin said she should write a book about it and sent her to meet the team at Hodder. She’d just read a biography of Princess Margaret which she thought was unfair, so she was talking about her own experiences as the Princess’s Lady in Waiting. It started at a lunch with friends in Norfolk where she met a publisher called Tom Perrin. ![]() Three years on from Lady in Waiting, it’s great to have another memoir from Lady Glenconner who, at 90, says she’s loving her new literary career. ![]() ![]() ``It's got pretty views, mountain views.''. Military Service, Broadcaster, Humanitarian, Author, Christian, Businessman, Statesman, A Statement from Pat Robertson on the Passing of Billy Graham, Pat Robertson Returns To The 700 Club Ten Days After Stroke, Pat Robertson To Make Full Recovery After Embolic Stroke, CBN Clarifies That Orlando Tragedy Statements Attributed to Pat Robertson Are Untrue, Statement from Pat Robertson on the Passing of Vonette Bright, Pat Robertson Featured in Latest Issue of The Christian Sportsman Magazine, Operation Blessing Aids Kidnapped Nigerian Girls, Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) Receives 5 Daytime Emmy Award Nominations For Superbook & Made in Israel with Gordon Robertson Series, Pat Robertson pays Tribute to Paul Crouch, Pat Robertson Accepts Churchill Lifetime Achievement Award, Addresses Audience, Pat Robertson to Receive Faith in Action Award. News & World Report, 2022, as well as 2023 Best Graduate Schools-Law, Best Graduate Schools Social Sciences and Humanities Doctoral Programs Psychology, 2023 Best Graduate Schools Public Affairs, and 2023 Best Education Schools by U.S. With more than 11,000 current students, Regent University has ranked the #1 Best Online Bachelors Program in Virginia for ten years in a row by U.S. ![]() Critics have characterized Robertson as an advocate of dominionism. ![]() ![]() What passed for art education in high school taught me that African Tribal art was primitive and that Cubism was sophisticated. ![]() ![]() I don’t have to understand it, at least right away. As for me, I like art that challenges me, engages me and draws me in. Do we equate great artists with famous artists or vice versa? And what makes a piece of art famous anyway? There’s a great New Yorker cartoon captioned, I don’t know much about art, but I know what I like. I am sure there are plenty of great women artists we’ve never heard of. Instead, we ask “Who are the most famous women artists of all time?” That’s not the same thing as asking who are the greatest, or best women artists of all time. That only means one thing to me: That it’s less socially acceptable to ask the question than it used to be. I hear the question, “Why are there no great female artists?” less these days than I used to. ![]() |