![]() ![]() Flying Words has a cool word-and-sign duo doing their thing in a tiny video. Find National ASL Poetry Prize and play around. Have you ever heard of - or seen - American Sign Language poetry? Come to and click on Slope ASL. ![]() Mango Pretty: Her Jamaican accents and island-bent English over muted jazz consider what it means for a black woman to be thought beautiful in a white society. Try Appl Juic - he turns out to be "No longer an Englishman in New York, NY" rapping over classical strings and growling Moog vibes. You want pictures? Maybe some music and a beat? Try IndieFeed, at which features performance poetry. Find Forrest Gander, click on Ligatures and listen to a contemporary poet think about genocide, war and denial. But find Allen Ginsberg (and turn up the sound) and hear Howl explode the empty pieties of the 1950s. Click on Ezra Pound and listen to how a post-Victorian American poet thought he should sound: pontificating, nearly English. So sneak away from whatever you're supposed to be doing and let's go exploring.įirst stop: PennSound, at There's a long list of authors and also featured MP3s. Poetry is like music, and if you haven't tried it in a while, that's like rejecting all of music because you heard a few songs (picked by your elders) you didn't like. So shake the book dust from your fingers, turn up the sound on your computer and prepare your eyes for entertaining visuals. Poetry treats await you on the Web, not just in April, which is National Poetry Month, but all the time. ![]()
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![]() ![]() value: chapter books for readers age 9 12. ![]() SortTitle From Norvelt to Nowhere Norvelt Series Book 02 crossRefId 1358273 series Norvelt subtitle Norvelt Series Series, Book 2 id 9B63C060-1078-4F7B-9B13-FD376114A7A2 starRating 3.8 OverDrive MetaData isPublicDomain False formats IsOwnedB圜ollections True title From Norvelt to Nowhere seriesId 813504 dateAdded contentDetails OverDrive Product Record readingOrder 2 images From Norvelt to Nowhere is a raucous road novel about roots and revenge, a last chance at love, and the power of a remarkable friendship.Ī Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of 2013 But as their trip turns south in more ways than one, it's increasingly clear that the farther from home they travel, the more off-the-wall Jack and Miss Volker's adventure becomes. After an explosion, a new crime by an old murderer, and the sad passing of the town's founder, twelve-year-old Jack will soon find himself launched on a mission that takes him hundreds of miles away, escorting his slightly mental elderly mentor, Miss Volker, on her relentless pursuit of the oddest of outlaws. But instead of Russian warheads, other kinds of trouble are raining down on young Jack Gantos and his utopian town of Norvelt in western Pennsylvania. Jack Gantos' rocket-paced follow-up to the Newbery Medal–winning novel Dead End in Norvelt opens in the 1960s, deep in the shadow of the Cold War and the Cuban missile crisis. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He is also the co-editor of Building the Black Metropolis: African American Entrepreneurship in Chicago and The African American Experience: A Historiographical and Bibliographical Guide. During his career, Professor Weems has published and spoken widely in the areas of African American business and economic history.īesides his recently published The Merchant Prince of Black Chicago: Anthony Overton and the Building of a Financial Empire, Weems has authored three other books in the realm of African American business history (Black Business in the Black Metropolis: The Chicago Metropolitan Assurance Company 1925-1985 Desegregating the Dollar: African American Consumerism in the Twentieth Century Business in Black and White: American Presidents and Black Entrepreneurs in the Twentieth Century), as well as nearly four dozen journal articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia entries. in History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A native of Chicago, he received his Ph.D. Before corning to WSU, he taught at the University of Missouri-Columbia and the University of Iowa. ![]() Garvey Distinguished Professor of Business History at Wichita State University since Fall 2011. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Waters said, "When I picture myself as a child, I see myself constructing something, out of plasticine or papier-mâché or Meccano I used to enjoy writing poems and stories, too." She wrote stories and poems that she describes as "dreadful gothic pastiches", but had not planned her career. Her father, "a fantastically creative person", encouraged her to build and invent. She describes her family as "pretty idyllic, very safe and nurturing". Her mother was a housewife and her father an engineer who worked on oil refineries. She grew up in a family that included her father Ron, mother Mary, and a "much older" sister. She later moved to Middlesbrough, England, when she was eight years old. Sarah Waters was born in Neyland, Pembrokeshire, Wales in 1966. ![]() She is best known for her novels set in Victorian society and featuring lesbian protagonists, such as Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith. Sarah Ann Waters OBE (born 21 July 1966 ) is a Welsh novelist. ![]() ![]() ![]() A rich evocation of the Renaissance, The Tigress of Forlì reveals Caterina Riario Sforza as a brilliant and fearless ruler and a tragic but unbowed figure. Tigress Of Forli: The Life Of Caterina Sforza Paperback 28 February 2020 by Elizabeth Lev (Author) 893 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 10.19 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 92.78 Other new and used from 85.25 Paperback 19.31 Other new and used from 6.32 MP3 CD 129.03 Other new from 76. ![]() In finally losing her lands to the Borgia family, she put up a resistance that inspired all of Europe and set the stage for her progeny-including Cosimo de Medici-to follow her example to greatness. Following her husband's assassination, she ruled Italy's crossroads with iron will, martial strength, political savvy-and an icon's fashion sense. After turbulent years in Rome's papal court, she moved to the Romagnol province of Forlì. Raised in the court of Milan and wed at age ten to the pope's corrupt nephew, Caterina was ensnared in Italy's political intrigues early in life. In this glittering biography, Elizabeth Lev reexamines Caterina's extraordinary life and accomplishments. ![]() The astonishing life of Caterina Sforza, one of the most prominent women of Renaissance Italy, who was a wife, mother, leader, and warrior with enough fierceness to make Machiavelli himself wince. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Indeed, according to the anecdotes and case studies that the author presents in the introduction and the first several chapters, our initial, intuitive response to a person, object, or event - the one that transpires in the first few milliseconds of our exposure to it - is often the one that proves to be correct. Gladwell begins with several chapters that illustrate the ways that very accurate decisions can be made rapidly. Extending the trademark style that he developed in 2000’s The Tipping Point, Gladwell’s research in 2005’s Blink spans many different disciplines and areas of study in a dazzlingly comprehensive analysis of the mechanisms and processes that underlie our ability to make decisions rapidly. "Book" Title Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking Link Author Gladwell, Malcolm Executive SummaryWith the publication of several best-selling books, reporter Malcolm Gladwell has emerged in the 2000s as one of the most influential figures in American letters. ![]() ![]() ![]() When her photo goes viral it captures the attention of many a troll as well as that of Marcus Caster-Rupp who plays main guy Aeneas AKA the other half of this beloved OTP. April has just tweeted out a photo of herself in a self made/designed Lavinia Cosplay who is one half of the show’s OTP. ![]() If like myself you’re someone who didn’t quite get on board with the finale of Game of Thrones or Dexter (haha), possibly even thought you could’ve written a better finale? then this book is for you! Set in a post Gameofthronesque (totally made this word up #noshame) world we follow April a plus size fan-fiction writer for the show Gods of the Gates. This may just be the book responsible for me dipping into the world of fan-fiction, I had an absolute blast reading from the POV of April & Marcus. □ ALC & Galley provided by Publisher in exchange for an honest review□ ![]() ![]() ![]() He also states that RiverClan will kill many ThunderClan cats to take back Sunningrocks. Rainfall mutters into her ear, telling her to remember Birchface and Flowerpaw, who both died in the battle. This is because ThunderClan won over Sunningrocks a while ago. As Mapleshade weaves through the crowd, she decides that she couldn't blame RiverClan for being hostile to her. Mapleshade insists that she isn't going to stay, prompting another RiverClan cat to growl at her. Rainfall, a RiverClan warrior snarls at Mapleshade that even if a truce exists, she shouldn't push her luck. Mapleshade emerges among a crowd of RiverClan cats. Mapleshade rolls her eyes, mentally commenting on how competitive ShadowClan can get over deaths. ![]() The elder's Clanmate agrees with her, and recalls the time when Marshpaw was bitten by an adder. A ShadowClan elder beside Mapleshade remarks that the ThunderClan cats were lucky to not get bitten by an adder. Oakstar states that his ThunderClan warriors have blocked the holes in Snakerocks with stones, and afterwards, there had been no more snake attacks in the territory. ![]() ![]() Mapleshade apologizes over her shoulder and she goes deeper into the crowd of cats. Chapter description A WindClan warrior named Swiftflight jerks back as Mapleshade accidentally stepped on his tail. ![]() ![]() See our Remarkables Archive list for what is no longer in print, but which we are happy to track down. Due to limited print runs and rare editions, many remarkables are no longer readily available.
![]() Tip: Before you empty the crab meat into a bowl, drain any excess liquid from the container into the sink. Fold in mayo mixture, then form into 8 patties. In a medium bowl, stir together crabmeat, panko breadcrumbs, and fresh parsley. In a small bowl, whisk together mayo, egg, Dijon mustard, Worcestershire, and hot sauce, and season with salt and pepper. jumbo lump crabmeat, picked over for shellsĭirections for Making 8 of the Best Ever Jumbo Lump Crab Cakes Ingredients for the Most Delicious Crab Cakes If you are like me, you will love this recipe for the best ever crab cakes. My favorite type of crab cake has jumbo lump crab meat and very little filler. I don’t like the cakes with backfin meat or too much filler like breadcrumbs. ![]() What type of crab cakes do you like? I am very picky when it comes to ordering crab cakes when eating out. If you would like to view this video in real life, check out my video HERE to make these delicious jumbo lump crab cakes! Jumbo Lump Crab Cakes are the Bomb I typically order them when dining out instead of cooking them at home, not sure why…these are so easy to make and taste like they were ordered in a fancy seafood restaurant. I have pulled out old recipes that have been gathering dust and adding new dishes into my cooking repertoire. I, like most of you, am doing a lot more cooking at home. ![]() If you love crab cakes as much as I do, and are very particular about the ingredients, you must try this recipe. ![]() |