![]() ![]() "The author excels at fluid and witty prose." "Sullivan persuasively associates the truth' he learns about rats with a deeper understanding of both the history of New York City and the essence of mankind." Funny, wise, sometimes disgusting but always compulsively readable, Rats earns its unlikely place alongside the great classics of nature writing. Sullivan looks deep into the largely unrecorded history of the city and its masses-its herds-of-rats-like mob. Sullivan gets to know not just the beast but its friends and foes: the exterminators, the sanitation workers, the agitators and activists who have played their part in the centuries-old war between human city dweller and wild city rat. In Rats, the critically acclaimed bestseller, Robert Sullivan spends a year investigating a rat-infested alley just a few blocks away from Wall Street. Love them or loathe them, rats are here to stay-they are city dwellers as much as (or more than) we are, surviving on the effluvia of our society. ![]() "Engaging.a lively, informative compendium of facts, theories, and musings."-Michiko Kakutani, New York Timesīehold the rat, dirty and disgusting! Robert Sullivan turns the lowly rat into the star of this most perversely intriguing, remarkable, and unexpectedly elegant New York Times bestseller. PSLA Young Adult Top 40 Nonfiction Titles of the Year New York Public Library Book for the Teenager ![]()
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5/12/2023 0 Comments Planet Police by Natalie Vellacott![]() The ship is a literal United Nations of people from over 60 countries, whose languages and cultures she doesn’t know anything about. Taking an extended leave of absence, she joins a Christian missionary ship, the Logos Hope for two years. This is the precise conflict the author, Natalie Vellacott, had been facing in her own life while working for the Sussex Police Department in Sussex, UK, for ten years. But, what if, as you do, both of these parts of your life you’re finding are becoming increasingly into conflict with each other, leaving you with not knowing what to do. ![]() ![]() What do you if you’ve always been committed to your job as a police offer, working in various departments, getting promotions, and being well-liked by your peers, etc., until you’re starting to get more re-committed to your faith and to G-d each day. I received a mobi.file for this book from the author through a giveaway she had on LibraryThing, and the following is my honest opinion. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Art and max david wiesner![]() ![]() This small-scale and surprisingly comedic story takes place against a placid backdrop of pale desert colors, which recedes to keep the focus squarely on the dynamic between the two lizards and the wide range of emotions that Wiesner masterfully evokes. Sophisticated and playful, this beautiful mind-stretcher invites viewers to think about art's fundamentals: line, color, shape, and imaginative freedom.
5/12/2023 0 Comments Ink by Sabrina Vourvoulias![]() ![]() Sabrina Vourvoulias is an award-winning Latina news editor, writer and digital storyteller. A story of how the power of love and community out-survives even the grimmest times. As the nightmare unfolds before them, unforeseen alliances between the inked-like Mari, Meche, and To o-and non-immigrants-Finn, Del, and Abbie-are formed, all in the desperate hope to confront it. The tattoos have marked them for horrors they could not have imagined within US borders. For the "inked"-those whose immigration status has been permanently tattooed on their wrists-those famous words on the Statue of Liberty are starting to ring hollow. ![]() All across the United States, people scramble to survive new, draconian policies that mark and track immigrants and their children (citizens or not) as their freedoms rapidly erode around them. The future of the entire country will depend on them. The strongest of people can be found in the unlikeliest of places. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me." America has lost its way. "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses. ![]() From her beacon-hand glows world-wide welcome. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Wendy rowe eat beautiful book![]() ![]() If you had just 5 minutes to get ready, what would you do/use? ![]() Rowe has worked on the world's most famous faces for events, cover shoots and campaigns, and is also Artistic Consultant for Burberry Beauty.ĭespite her incredibly busy schedule, which takes her all over the world, Rowe has found the time to share her skin expertise in a new cook book, Eat Beautiful, which contains beauty tips and over 70 simple and delicious recipes specifically created to improve your complexion.īelow, Wendy shares her favourite beauty products, expert makeup tips and her key to feeling beautiful. If you've ever admired Sienna Miller's perfectly lined lips, Victoria Beckham's flawless eyeshadow or Anja Rubik's radiant complexion, chances are they were created by international makeup artist Wendy Rowe. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Maria adelmann how to be eaten![]() ![]() Ruby wears a coat made of wolf fur, a trophy of the dangerous creature she was lured in by, then escaped from. Gretel fled from a house made of candy that she was held captive in, but her brother Hansel recalls a different experience entirely. Each woman already knows a bit about the other as most had all appeared in the news at one point. Their group is led by a man named Will, who initially seems helpful, insightful, and well-trained to lead a therapy group such as this. This would make the perfect book club pick too.įive women are meeting weekly to tell their story to each other in hopes of dealing with their trauma and mental health struggles. ![]() It made me want to go back and revisit the fairy tales with my kids, eager to see their reactions. ![]() It’s a dark humour that permeates these pages, and I was entranced with the clever premise almost the entire way through, nostalgic as I slowly recognized the childhood stories these women emerged from. We all joke about how terrifying these Grimm’s Fairy Tales really are when you look back at them as an adult, and this book lays bare the true terror and trauma that the characters of those long-ago stories would have experienced. ![]() Little Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard’s Girlfriend, and Gretel are a few examples. The twist is that each woman is a famous character from a fairy tale. This book has one of the most unique storylines I’ve come across in years How to be Eaten by Maria Adelmann is all about a support group of women who come together in the basement of a YMCA to tell their stories. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Eastern horizons by levison wood![]() ![]() ![]() It was this writing that later inspired the young Levison Wood to travel through a similar path, along the old Silk Road, on his way to India. Afterward, he was inspired to write about his trip, establishing himself as both a traveller and a writer. On one particular trip, Connolly ‘set off on an overland trip from England to India, to see if it was possible to travel along the Silk Road in the age of the Empire’. Why Did Levison Wood Take on the Old Silk Road?Īrthur Connolly was a British intelligence officer working for the British East India Company during the early 1800s who for many years was sent on reconnaissance missions across much of Central Asia. Long before he decided to walk the Nile, scale the Himalayas or traverse through the Americas, Levison Wood took off to follow in the footsteps of one of his heroes, Arthur Connolly. Levison Wood, the man that ‘has breathed new life into Adventure Travel’ according to Michael Palin ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments 738 Days by Stacey Kade![]() ![]() יום שישי On the sixth day, Hashem created all the other animals, towards the end of the sixth day, HASHEM created MAN. How do we know if a fish is KOSHER? Kosher Fish have FINS and SCALESĬolor the fish’s SCALES green Created by Mommzy In to the air above the earth He put many birds of all kinds and colors and sizes. יום חמישי On the fifth day Hashem filled the seas with fishes and other water animals. Match the numbers to the amount of Sun, Moon and Stars Ĭircle all the things you need on a hot, SUNNY day! Created by Mommzy יום רביעי On the fourth day Hashem created the Sun, the Moon, and the Stars. Hashem also created all kinds of plants, grass, trees, shrubs and flowers on the land. יום שלישי On the third day Hashem formed the water into seas, oceans, lakes and rivers. יום שני On the second day Hashem made the sky, and called it Shamayim (Heaven). ![]() יום ראשון On the first day, Hashem said, “Let there be Light” - and there was LightĬircle the objects that help give us light Created by Mommzy Please do not sell or host these files anywhere else They were created for private and non-profit use. “Hashem looked into the Torah and created the world!” Please feel free to print this entire pdf file or just a few activities of your choice for your own personal use. ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments Court tracy wolff![]() Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. I'll have to embrace every part of me-even the parts I fear the most"-Provided by publisher.Ĭhoose your shipping method in Checkout. There's no guarantee that anyone will be left standing when the dust settles, but if we want to save this world, I have no choice. Answers that might just reveal who the real monster is among us-and that's saying something in a world filled with bloodthirsty vampires, immortal gargoyles, and an ancient battle between two gods. But first, there are questions about my ancestors that need answers. We're going to need an army to have any hope of winning. Flint is angry at the world, Jaxon is turning into something I don't recognize, and Hudson has put up a wall I'm not sure I'll ever break through. "No one survived the last battle unscathed. Answers that might just reveal who the real monster is among us-and that's saying something in a world filled with bloodthirsty vampires, immortal gargoyles, and an. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But of the many B&B category romances I've read, this one stands out in memory-I can actually remember the plot and that is harder than you might imagine these days!Ī wonderful spin on a much-beloved fairy tale, Eloisa James’s When Beauty Tamed the Beast is heart-soaring and fun historical romance at its finest. It is a category romance so expect the usual content to be found in the genre these days. It also gets better as it progresses past the set-up. It has some interesting twists on the Beauty and the Beast tropes, too. ![]() But the hero is more lovable than House ever was. ![]() I've read this one and it draws inspiration from the old TV series, House, for the hero's character development, an unusual attribute. James, a scholar and romance author, has a series of fairy tale inspired romance novels and this one is her retelling of Beauty and the Beast. ![]() When Beauty Tamed the Beast by Eloisa James is on sale for $.99 in ebook format. ![]() |