7/8/2023 0 Comments Story of dinah the red tentPeople still bled the same, cried the same, laughed the same and were traumatised by the same things. Even though there were different customs in ancient Israel compared to today, the biological and psychological structure of people were the same. Although women weren’t treated equally by men, their stories were still given importance in the Hebrew Bible. The family life of daughters in ancient Israel is different from the equal life women in Israel live today. It was highly unlikely for Dinah to have been in love with the prince since she hadno agency in the ancient world, as women were mostly property of their husbands and fathers. A brutal rape has been turned into a romantic fairytale. However, in the popular culture hit miniseries, Red Tent, it was portrayed as a love story. We have been told the story of Dinah and how she was defiled by a Canaanite prince.
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In 1553, England is torn apart by religious conflict. Will Richard accept his fate and fight? Or will he run?Īs Tudor England erupts following the death of Edward VI, can one young spy protect his queen? International best-selling author Sam Burnell takes us deep into the treacherous world of powerful monarchs, intrigue, murder, and treason with this magnificent new epic, A Queen’s Spy. Finally, they are brought head-to-head when Richard tries to foil a plot against Elizabeth I.Ĭan Jack murder his brother to save a woman he’s never met? Impulsive and hot-headed, his attempts to gain his brother’s acceptance and approval often end badly. Jack Fitzwarren, Richard’s displaced bastard brother, seeks a place at his brother’s side. Caught up between two sisters in a battle for an uneasy crown, the Fitzwarren brothers grudgingly find their survival and fortune depends on each other. The Fitzwarren brothers share no great love for each other, but disinherited, hunted for treason, and wanted for murder, circumstance and opportunity lead them into the shadowy world of Royal Court intrigue. Two queens, two brothers.and a secret that unites them all. Meet Richard Fitzwarren: a mercenary with a dubious past, questionable morals, but unswerving loyalties. Optioned for new Game of Thrones-style series. I myself am not sensitive, except for one time. I knew as I listened, I’d need to write them down and blend them into my fiction because I love that shivery feeling. The paranormal and “visions” I add to some of my books come from true stories told to me by relatives and friends who experienced them first hand-and their words can be hair-raising. in biomedical sciences from UC San Diego and worked in a plant genetic engineering laboratory at New Mexico State University for years before I moved to full time teaching-Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. It is the second largest city in the state, but has a wonderful small town feeling, and every fall, the scent of roasting green chile fills the air. Las Cruces sits nestled at the bottom of the Organ Mountains to the east and the Rio Grande to the west. It’s beautiful, and its strong multicultural history has been shaped by diverse peoples and cultures. I love my adopted state and the desert southwest. I live in southern New Mexico with my husband, Leos, and our extremely grumpy chihuahua, Hermès. 7/8/2023 0 Comments One cool friend bookUse this art printable as part of a unit on friendship or as an extension activity for the Caldecott Honor book One Cool Friend, illustrated by David Small and written by Toni Buzzeo. By default, this is the last 4 digits of your phone number and can be reset for security. Your account now requires a PIN at login. Our book program also gives parents the chance to connect and engage with their children in a meaningful and beneficial way. Have students draw a picture of what they enjoy doing most with their best friend. View regular hours and current COVID protocols. “We are giving children across the state from every background and social status the same chance to imagine new worlds and learn through reading. Originally from Lawrence, Kan., Dustin loves fishing, the Kansas Jayhawks basketball team and weekly movie nights with his wife and children. in education and a minor in business administration. Previously, he spent 10 years working in non-profit organizations, most recently as Executive Director of the Old School Farm in Nashville, Tenn., where he worked to create vocational training, job opportunities and educational experiences for adults with developmental disabilities.ĭustin graduated from the University of Kansas with a B.A. Dustin Jacobsen joined Governor's Early Literacy Foundation in 2020 as Executive Assistant, working directly with the Foundation’s leadership to manage customer service and program relationships. 7/8/2023 0 Comments The yield by tara winchThe pressure of a promising story that won't let go of you – a deeply felt story about the history, language and culture of your people. There was the pressure of being told you have all that potential. She was also named a recipient of the elite international Rolex Mentor and Protege Arts Initiative, designed to ‘‘assist extraordinary, rising artists to achieve their full potential by pairing them with great masters’’.īut the decade that followed the publication of her debut has also been one of hardship and heartbreak for Winch. Her novel was endorsed for the NSW HSC reading list and she was voted onto the board of the Australia Council for the Arts. Winch – who is of Wiradjuri heritage, grew up in public housing in Wollongong, south of Sydney, and started to write after she dropped out of high school at 17 – was in the spotlight. Critics deemed Winch a ‘‘young writer with an original story to tell’’ who wrote with ‘‘the elan of those much more accomplished’’. The poetic novel, about a 15-year-old girl exploring her Indigenous heritage, was met with a waterfall of acclaim and success – it won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous writing, the NSW Premier's Literary Award for a first novel and the Nita May Dobbie Award. Tara June Winch was a 22-year-old university student and a single mother to a 5-month old daughter when her debut novel, Swallow the Air, was published in 2006. 7/7/2023 0 Comments The ruined by renée ahdiehBut knowing it could save Odette, he returns to the Vale with all haste, leaving the mirrored tare between the two worlds open and unwittingly setting the stage for both love and war. The Sylvan Vale is a world Arjun despises, and in return, it despises him. A healer from the Sylvan Vale could help her, but only Arjun Desai, as a half fey, can cross the boundary between realms. The Court of the Lions have done everything they can to save her but have failed. In this latest installment of The New York Times bestselling quartet that began with The Beautiful, Pippa journeys to the treacherous and beguiling world of the fey in search of answers but instead falls in love.įollowing the explosive events of The Damned, Odette faces a vampire’s final death. 7/7/2023 0 Comments Alvin ho series in order“Alvin’s a winner,” declares the New York Post, and Newsday says, “The novel. The previous books in the series, Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things and Alvin Ho: Allergic to Camping, Hiking, and Other Natural Disasters, have received rave reviews. Lenore Look’s touching, drop-dead-funny book about an Asian American second grader-with pictures by New York Times bestselling illustrator LeUyen Pham-has tons of boy appeal and is great for reluctant readers. So when Alvin receives an invitation to a party-a girl’s party-how will he ever survive? but everyone else is dressed for swimming. For example, what could possibly be so scary about a birthday party? Let Alvin explain: Here's the third book in the hilarious Alvin Ho chapter book series, which is a Kirkus Reviews Best Continuing Series.Īlvin Ho is a boy who’s afraid of everything. 7/7/2023 0 Comments Paper cuts ellery adamsNora and her sleuthing friends learn that Lawrence has acquired other wives, another child, and a string of lovers while building his wealth through questionable business practices. When Kelly is found dead of asphyxiation shortly afterward, Nora’s friends insist that she get a lawyer, since her relationship with the sheriff puts both of them in a tough position, and a new deputy assumes that Nora is guilty. When Nora discovers that Kelly was the pregnant other woman she briefly met before she left Lawrence and that Tucker is Lawrence’s son, she loses it, pushing Kelly aside just to get away. Kelly has a son, Tucker, who’s neurodivergent. But it turns out that they recognize her as Lawrence’s first wife his current wife, Kelly, is Kirk’s sister, and they’ve come to town to help her since she’s dying of cancer. When Nora and her friends visit a new cafe in town, they meet owners Kirk and Val Walsh, who have an odd reaction to her, perhaps because of the burn scars she got in a car accident that still haunts her. Her relationship with Sheriff Grant McCabe provides both strength and complications when she has a run-in with Kelly Walsh, her ex-husband Lawrence’s second wife. Nora Pennington, who owns Miracle Books in Miracle Springs, North Carolina, has a supportive circle of friends calling themselves The Secret, Book, and Scone Society. Kesatie had seen his fair share of issues with the 5.0L in his Mustang and concluded that he could construct a one-of-a-kind vehicle he believed could be competitive in modern Hemi drag racing circles. Built by Florida man Matthew Kesatie, who has no shame in his Hemi-powered Ford Mustang that features a heavily modified version of the 6.2L Hemi V8 found in the since-discontinued Demon. If you’re wondering how to make both Ford and Dodge muscle car fans salty, look no further than this Ford Mustang that features a Dodge Demon engine. 7/6/2023 0 Comments Reckless iv the silver tracksEven Jacob believed that his brother did not want to be found after all that had happened, and that it was time to go their separate ways. But by now they had been searching in vain for weeks for any sign of him, and yesterday, as the sun had set over a strange sea, they had finally decided to call it off. A time or two, they had almost caught up with Will. After all the months in which they had lost his brother’s trail and picked it up again countless times. Maybe that was why Jacob was sleeping so deeply. Her tongue could barely pronounce the name of the port city where they had arrived the day before. The two moons that shone on her world dappled his forehead with rusty red and pale silver, and birds whose names she didn’t know cried outside the inn.ĭoryeong. Whatever he was encountering in his dreams made him smile, and Fox ran her fingers over his lips as if she could read what he was dreaming. He was sleeping so soundly that he didn’t wake up when she gently eased out of his embrace. Fox felt Jacob’s breath on her neck, warm and familiar. |