![]() Hundreds of millions of copies have found their way into homes and hearts around the world. LeSieg and Rosetta Stone) have been translated into thirty languages. ![]() Seuss (and others that he wrote but did not illustrate, including some under the pseudonyms Theo. The forty-four books he wrote and illustrated under the name Dr. Seuss-is, quite simply, one of the most beloved children’s book authors of all time. The two signed a contract that day, Seuss later proclaiming “If I had been going down the other side of Madison Avenue, I’d be in the dry-cleaning business today.” Theodor Seuss Geisel-aka Dr. ![]() ![]() After being rejected by 27 publishers Seuss decided to burn his manuscript in the incinerator of his apartment building, but as he walked home he ran into an old friend from Dartmouth, Mike McClintock, who had just started a job as an editor in the children’s section of Vanguard Press. And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street, Seuss’ first published children’s book, and his career as a children's although, almost didn’t happen. However, when he arrives home he decides instead to tell his father what he actually saw-a simple horse and wagon. ![]() The story follows a boy named Marco, who describes a parade of imaginary people and vehicles traveling along a road, Mulberry Street, in an elaborate fantasy story he dreams up to tell his father at the end of his walk. ![]()
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![]() ![]() RN-SMOF - White House Staff Member and Office Files (Nixon) GRF-0180 - Commission on CIA Activities within the US Files (Ford) RG 263 - Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) RG 65 - Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) The records also include files from the Nixon Administration, audio recordings and a motion picture of Carmichaels time spent in prison. The Black Power records at the National Archives pertaining to Stokely Carmichael include FBI case files, a CIA monitored television broadcast, and the Agencys activities among the Ford Administration. In 1969, Ture relocated from the United States to Conakry, Guinea, where he remained until his death from prostate cancer in 1998. After leaving SNCC, Carmichael changed his name to Kwame Ture and worked towards developing the All African Peoples Revolutionary Party in 1968. Under his leadership, SNCC began to alienate its white members as the organization became more militant and focused on black power rather than nonviolent reform. In 1966, Carmichael succeeded John Lewis as the chairman of SNCC. While working with SNCC, he established the Lowndes County Freedom Organization, the symbolic forerunner to the Black Panther Party. That same year, Carmichael joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). ![]() He grew up in New York City, New York and later attended Howard University in 1960. Stokely Carmichael was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad. ![]() ![]() ![]() Stride the cheetah is keeping secrets from his coalition that could get him killed for disloyalty. "item_description" : "A thrilling new arc in Erin Hunter's bestselling Bravelands series! Set in the African highlands and told from three different animals' points of view, this is a perfect adventure for dedicated fans and readers new to the Bravelands world.Echo, a water buffalo, is chosen by the Great Spirit to lead after a horrific accident-but can't command the respect of any of his herd. ![]() ![]() "item_title" : "Bravelands: Thunder on the Plains #1: The Shattered Horn", ![]() ![]() ![]() Women normally fall at his feet, not cringe away from him. Rafe is intrigued both by her beauty and by her utter disgust with the idea of being his bride. Once she has done her duty, he will let her go. She proposes an arrangement: she will agree to the marriage and provide Rafe with his heir and spare. ![]() ![]() But Serafina knows Rafe’s reputation as a libertine and wants nothing to do with him, either, even if he is devastatingly handsome. Unfortunately, best laid plans go awry when the next in line for the title, her intended’s cousin, Raphael “Rafe” Flynn is forced to take over the engagement. When he suddenly dies, she does not mourn but thrills at the idea that she will be free. For years Serafina McPhee has been engaged to marry the heir to the Duke of Hartholm and for almost as long, she has been struggling to find a way out of that engagement. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() One obvious implication of the work, therefore, is to think for yourself, and not just to know what you believe, but to honestly and skeptically scrutinize the belief system that led to those ideas. One of the main analytical take-aways of this principle from a moral point of view is that people should become more familiar with heuristics, or the study of their own motivation, because it's dangerous for people to feel deep loyalties to an ideology or belief when these things are true of our minds. ![]() The main idea is that people feel their motivation is one way, but scientific testing has shown that actually, humans are incredibly easy to influence. What does it mean that Michael Lewis picks these two dynamic scientists, Tversky and Kahneman? Well, firstly it means that the book is basically about the intersection of behavioral psychology and marketing. Written by people who wish to remain anonymousīecause The Undoing Projectis a non-fiction work, the purposes of analysis are a little different, but essentially the same. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]() ![]() She graduated with a BFA in Illustration from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2015 & teaches comics in the Continuing Studies program at Langara. ![]() In 2021 she was selected to participate in the Blind Date Project, facilitated by TCAF and the French Embassy in Canada. She has contributed stories to several Cloudscape anthologies including Fantastic Frights, The Witching Hours, and Waterlogged: Tales of the Seventh Sea. Her other works include Jo: An Adaptation of Little Women (Sort Of) (HarperCollins 2020), Last Night at Wyrmwood High (Cloudscape Comics, 2015), and the webcomic Lunar Maladies (, 2016-2020). ![]() A modern-day graphic novel adaptation of Little Women that explores identity, friendships. ![]() She is currently working on her next graphic novel, which will be released in 2025. Buy a cheap copy of Jo: A Graphic Novel book by Kathleen Gros. Choose from Same Day Delivery, Drive Up or Order Pickup. ![]() Her most recent graphic novel Anne: An Adaptation of Anne of Green Gables (Sort Of) was released in 2022. Read reviews and buy Jo: An Adaptation of Little Women (Sort Of) - by Kathleen Gros (Paperback) at Target. “Kathleen Gros is a cartoonist living in Vancouver, BC. We’re so thrilled to finally debut our VanCAF 2023 poster by the incredible KATHLEEN GROS! And here it is! no more talking, comics are a visual medium! A modern-day graphic novel adaptation of Little Women that explores identity, friendships, and new experiences through the eyes of thirteen-year-old Jo. ![]() ![]() She hopes her savvy will be a real knock-out, maybe so she can show the mean girls at school a thing or two. ![]() The kids are all home-schooled from the age of 13.Īnd now it’s about to be Mibs’ turn. ![]() With gifts like these, it’s no wonder the Beaumonts lead a private, secluded family life. They have their Grandpa to thank for that his savvy is causing new land to come into existence. This is why the family had to move from the Gulf Coast to the relatively waterless region between Kansas and Nebraska, which the Beaumonts call Kansaska at some times and Nebransas at others. All it takes is a little slip, and Fish can cause a hurricane. The next younger Beamont sibling is Mibs’ brother Fish, who has a similar power over the weather. So, when Rocket gets upset, anything can happen from popping lightbulbs to widespread blackouts. ![]() He can’t quite control, or scumble, his savvy yet. For example, her oldest brother Rocket has a way with electricity. ![]() As a trait inherited from her mother’s side, Mibs can expect to develop some kind of super-power on her thirteenth birthday–which is right around the corner as this story opens. Mibs, short for Mississippi Beaumont, belongs to a rather queer family. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Or how much Struan wants her for himself. There’s no way the haughty Duke of Autenberry would deign to wed a working class girl. Just like he knows the infuriating Poppy is a liar. ![]() the fantasy of her duke or the reality of one smoldering Scot who challenges her at every turn.Īn illegitimate second son, Struan may have built an empire and established himself as one of the wealthiest men in Britain, but he knows he will always be an outsider among the ton. Soon Poppy isn’t sure what she wants more. But one person isn’t fooled: his arrogant and much too handsome half-brother, Struan Mackenzie. After she pulls him to safety, the duke lapses into a coma and Poppy is mistaken for his fiancée. unlike the carriage Poppy spies bearing down upon the unsuspecting duke. While the Duke Was Sleeping, by Sophie Jordan 9 The first book in Jordan’s Rogue Files series has the advantage of doubling as a fantastic Regency-set reinterpretation of a classic. While the Duke Was Sleeping: The Rogue Files di Jordan, Sophie su - ISBN 10: 0062222546 - ISBN 13: 9780062222541 - Avon Books - 2016 - Brossura. Shop girl Poppy Fairchurch knows it’s pointless fantasizing about the Duke of Autenberry. ![]() ![]() It’s been nearly three decades since that day on set at the legendary Culver Studios, and Roman Coppola is a bit older and far more seasoned, yet when he looks back at what he and his team achieved on Bram Stoker’s Dracula, he can’t help but marvel. “That was a good one, if I may brag a little, in that it was a backwards photography with a 50/50 mirror,” Roman says in 2020. When lit by green lights and reflected in the mirror, a sentient emerald mist suddenly appeared in the same room as Ryder. ![]() And in that blackness, smoke created by dry ice was oozing its way around the velvet. Instead, at about a 90-degree angle away from Ryder’s boudoir, stood a duplicate set of the same size and shape, but buried in black velvet Duvetyne. Yet co-star Gary Oldman wasn’t on hand that day. On the other end of the glass lay Winona Ryder in bed, ostensibly asleep but soon to be bedeviled by a monstrous vampire. Sitting before Roman Coppola’s second unit camera was a 50/50 mirror, the kind that was once commonplace in any illusionist’s magic shop, but which hadn’t seen the inside of a Hollywood studio in decades. ![]() It was one of the most challenging shots in Bram Stoker’s Dracula. ![]() ![]() Her solitary life is working well - until she moves into a new apartment on Dublin Street, where she meets a man who shakes her carefully guarded world to its core.īraden Carmichael is used to getting what he wants, and he's determined to get Jocelyn into his bed. įour years ago, Jocelyn left her tragic past behind in the States and started over in Scotland, burying her grief, ignoring her demons, and forging ahead without attachments. ![]() But all her secrets are about to be laid bare. Jocelyn Butler has been hiding from her past for years. Reading Challenges: Casee's 2021 Goodreads ChallengeĪmazon | Barnes & Noble | The Ripped Bodice | Google Play Books Also in this series: On Dublin Street, Down London Road (On Dublin Street, #2), Before Jamaica Lane (On Dublin Street, #3), Before Jamaica Lane, Castle Hill, Fall From India Place, Fall From India Place, Fall from India Place, Castle Hill, Echoes of Scotland Street, Moonlight on Nightingale Way, Moonlight on Nightingale Way, One King's Way, One King's Way, One King's Way, On Hart's Boardwalk (On Dublin Street #6.7), On Hart's Boardwalk, Down London Road, Echoes of Scotland Street ![]() |