![]() Now she can’t quite fit in with those co-workers raised on the Upper East Side. ![]() That’s not likely to happen at this point no matter how much she has distanced herself from her upbringing.įlorence was used to being the smartest person in the room in her small Florida hometown, but that was before she moved to New York. Florence was always told by her hard-working single mother that she was bound for greatness. All that is known about the author is that Maud Dixon is a pseudonym – she doesn’t do book signings or appearances on the “Today” show or have a social media presence or attend writers’ conferences.Īn even better question in “Who Is Maud Dixon?” is who is Florence Darrow, a lowly editorial assistant at a New York City publishing firm. ![]() Just who is this Maud Dixon whose first novel is the most talked about book in the history of publishing?ĭiscussions about the book are rivaled by the secret identity of Maud. The title of this smart, slyly clever debut from journalist Alexandra Andrews says it all. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Susan Lewis" on NBC's hit medical drama, "ER" (1994), a role which has garnered her three Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress on a Drama Series as well as a Golden Globe nomination and a People's Choice Award nomination for Favorite Female Performer. Stringfield is best known to television audiences around the world as "Dr. ![]() to co-star as "Laura Kelly" on "NYPD Blue" (1993). After a short break, spent with traveling, she returned to L.A. After working a short time in a theater box office, she accepted a 3 years contract as "Blake" in the daytime drama "Guiding Light" (1952). During this time, she appeared in numerous off-Broadway productions. While attending the State University of New York at Purchase, she roomed with Parker Posey. Later, she attended the Acting Conservatory of the State New York at Purchase, from which she graduated in 1989 with a B.F.A. In high school, she did both athletics and acting. She was the oldest of three children and mainly raised in Spring, Texas. Sherry Stringfield was born in June of 1967 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. ![]() ![]() ![]() With 23,000 copies already sold in the United Kingdom and Canada, this book is sure to find a wide audience among young adult readers in the United States. This powerful book fills a substantial gap in existing young adult literature on the Middle East. ![]() And when Israeli soldiers find Karim outside during the next curfew, it seems impossible that he will survive. But in this city there’s constant danger, even for schoolboys. Nearby, an old car hidden intact under bulldozed building makes a brilliant den. When the curfew ends, he and his friend discover an unused patch of ground that’s the perfect site for a football pitch. Meanwhile, Karim, trapped at home with his teenage brother and fearful parents, longs to play football with his friends. In response to a Palestinian suicide bombing, the Israeli military subjects the West Bank town to a virtual siege. Twelve-year-old Karim Aboudi and his family are trapped in their Ramallah home by a strict curfew. ![]() Written by Elizabeth Laird, one of Great Britain’s best-known young adult authors, A Little Piece Of Ground explores the human cost of the occupation of Palestinian lands through the eyes of a young boy. A Little Piece Of Ground will help young readers understand more about one of the worst conflicts afflicting our world today. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Even his own brothers are strangers to him. What no one knows is that Jack has a newly acquired secret: he can’t recognize faces. Yes, he’s got swagger, but he’s also mastered the impossible art of giving people what they want, of fitting in. I want to be the girl who can do anything.Įveryone thinks they know Jack Masselin, too. In that moment, I know the part I want to play here at MVB High. ![]() Now, Libby’s ready: for high school, for new friends, for love, and for EVERY POSSIBILITY LIFE HAS TO OFFER. Following her mom’s death, she’s been picking up the pieces in the privacy of her home, dealing with her heartbroken father and her own grief. From the author of the New York Times bestseller All the Bright Places comes a heart-wrenching story about what it means to see someone-and love someone-for who they truly are.Įveryone thinks they know Libby Strout, the girl once dubbed “America’s Fattest Teen.” But no one’s taken the time to look past her weight to get to know who she really is. ![]() ![]() He is a fellow of the British Academy, the Econometric Society, the NBER, CEPR and the Society of Labor Economists. He was the 2009 winner of the Yrjo Jahnsson Award (the European equivalent of the Clark Medal) the Arrow Prize (2011) the European Investment Bank Prize (2014), and the HBR-McKinsey Award (2018). He has published more than 100 papers on many areas in economics with a particular focus on firm performance and the causes and consequences of innovation. Until 2020 he was Gordon Billard Professor in the MIT Economics Department and Sloan Management School. He was also the Director of Centre for Economic Performance, at LSE. He is the Ronald Coase Chair in Economics and School Professor Department of Economics at the London School of Economics and Digital Fellow, Initiative for the Digital Economy at the Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT). ![]() Professor John Van Reenen is the Director of the Programme on Innovation and Diffusion (POID). ![]() ![]() ![]() Ware’s quiet sensibility blends well with Jolene, who’s tough exterior comes from hardship and an abusive relative. Despite wishing he could live up to his parents’ desire for a “normal” kid, Ware’s unique personality is validated by a kindred spirit, his uncle, who suggests that he is an artist with his own vision of the world. ![]() Pennypackers humane tale is written with straightforward grace and populated with exquisitely layered characters vulnerable, imaginative Wares journey to self. This sweet, sensitive book shines a light on the introverts and misfits. The two establish an uneasy truce, agreeing to share the space at a distance, until they must join forces to prevent the intrusion of the real world by way of a looming crisis. When their shared sanctuary is threatened by outside forces, the titular “real world,” Ware and Jolene’s relationship deepens into a delicate friendship as they band together to save the lot. Together, the two form a tentative connection Jolene planting her garden, and Ware creating a castle from the ruins of the church. There he meets Jolene, a smart, secretive girl who spends her days planting a garden in the rubble of the church that once stood in the lot. ![]() Overwhelming, loud, and full of the forced interactions and “funneration” that he hates, Ware avoids the camp by hiding out in the abandoned lot next door to the building. But when she breaks her hips in an accident at home, his promise of a peaceful summer is disrupted as his parents sign him up for the dreaded recreation camp. ![]() Because he is happy to spend most days “off in his own world,” his parents agree to let him spend the summer with his grandma. Gr 4-6–Eleven-year old Ware prefers daydreaming about knights and the Middle Ages to socializing, a personality quirk that worries his overworked parents. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() University of Central Arkansas student Chloe Steele has flown home from college to New York to surprise her father, pilot Rayford Steele, for his birthday party. ![]() A sequel featuring a new cast, titled Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist, was released in 2023, with Kevin Sorbo starring and directing, while LaLonde returned as producer. The film grossed $27 million worldwide against its $16 million production budget. It was panned by critics and holds a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Left Behind was theatrically released on October 3, 2014, by Freestyle Releasing. The second film adaptation of the first Left Behind novel but not following the book's chronology, it centers on a worldwide disaster, which is shown from the perspective of one family, a husband (airline pilot Rayford Steele) and wife facing marital difficulties, and their two children. Jenkins, the film stars Nicolas Cage, Chad Michael Murray, Cassi Thomson, Nicky Whelan, Jordin Sparks, and Lea Thompson. Based on the 1995 novel of the same name written by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Left Behind is a 2014 American apocalyptic thriller film directed by Vic Armstrong and written by Paul LaLonde and John Patus. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Aeneas’ story is finished in Roman mythology where he becomes the ancestor of Romulus and Remus, the mythological founders of Rome, fulfilling the prophesy given to him by the gods. The Aeneid tells of his adventures through the Mediterranean and Carthage and ends abruptly after his defeat of his native Latin rival. He is prophesied by the gods to be the ancestor of a great empire on the shores of what would be Italy. Aeneas flees his destroyed home city of Troy with several of his countrymen and his elderly father at the insistence of the gods. The story of the Aeneid encompasses the mythological tale of the Trojan hero Aeneas and his journey after the Trojan War. In the second scene of Spring Awakening we find the boys of the musical in the middle of their Latin class reciting the Aeneid by Virgil. “Do you have any idea what you’re saying Herr Stiefel?” ![]() ![]() ![]() Adams is an expert at writing the world from an animal point of view (yes, yes, totally unfounded. And it’s about dogs.Īdams excels at nature writing in general, and Snitter and Rowf are written superbly. It’s about the harshness of life in the wild, about the human relationship to nature and the natural world and how we have changed it, about politics and the media (and science reporting!) and how a crisis is created and steered. The Plague Dogs are Snitter and Rowf, who have escaped from an animal research lab. ![]() I knew people talked about The Plague Dogs in the reverent tones reserved for the British tradition of traumatising kids with beloved media, and I kind of wanted in. I read Watership Down as a teen, and though it was all about nature being hard there was a pleasing amount of worldbuilding around the rabbits that scratched my fantasy itch, and I enjoyed it greatly. When Richard Adams died, I wanted to put one of his books on my list. ![]() ![]() ![]() The general, the scholar, the enigma, and. And all the Lore heard about the ruthless warlord brothers from Estonia. Only she is held captive when dangerously seductive Breean, a golden-skinned, iron-willed commander, threatens her new life - and for the first time, Aleaha wants only to be herself. ![]() Now she’s an AIR (Alien Investigation and Removal) agent on a mission to capture a group of otherworldly warriors. With only skin-to-skin contact, Aleaha Love can change her appearance, assume any identity. and concocts a sensual chemistry that is positively explosive. NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR GENA SHOWALTER puts a daring spin on a tale of huntress and hunted. Gena Showalter - Tempt Me Eternally (Alien Huntress #4.5) Can they conquer an agony of frustration and slake the overwhelming desire burning between them? Yet the exquisite Danii is part ice fey, and her freezing skin can't be touched by anyone but her own kind without inflicting pain beyond measure. Murdoch Wroth will stop at nothing to claim Daniela - the delicate Valkyrie who makes his heart beat for the first time in three hundred years. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR KRESLEY COLE delivers a breathtaking tale of a brutal vampire soldier about to know love for the first time. Kresley Cole - Untouchable (Immortals After Dark #7) ![]() |