![]() ![]() Eisenhower * Meghan Markle * Sojourner Truth * Salman Rushdie * Panti Bliss * Nelson Mandela * Robert F. He has transformed both blogs into bestselling books. Malala Yousafzai * Tilda Swinton * Albert Einstein * Nick Cave * Queen Elizabeth II * Kermit the Frog * Pablo Picasso * Harvey Milk * J. Shaun Usher is a writer and sole custodian of the popular blogs and. SPEECHES OF NOTE: seventy-five extraordinary ways to step into someone else’s shoes. Surprising, inspiring and shocking moving, comforting and enlightening. While some speeches are heard by millions, some remain unspoken: the secret draft prepared for QUEEN ELIZABETH II during a military exercise for World War III, and PRESIDENT NIXON’s chilling public announcement should NEIL ARMSTRONG and BUZZ ALDRIN become stranded on the Moon. In 2013, the first Letters of Note book was published to wide acclaim and became a bestseller. Expect the gloriously unexpected, as KERMIT THE FROG takes to the podium, and celebrate lives well-lived, including TILDA SWINTON’s tribute to ‘every alien’s favourite cousin’, DAVID BOWIE. AUTHOR of Letters of Note Since its birth in 2009, the Letters of Note website has been visited over 100 million times. ![]() ![]() A richly illustrated and wonderfully eclectic collection of THE WORLD'S GREATEST SPEECHES - THE OLD, THE NEW AND THE UNSPOKEN - f rom the author of the international bestseller, Letters of Note.ĭiscover speeches that altered the course of history, like NELSON MANDELA’s on the day he became South Africa’s first black President, and outpourings of much-needed change, such as the impassioned, impromptu appeal for women’s rights from SOJOURNER TRUTH, an African-American woman born into slavery. ![]()
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![]() Madeira has a cooler weather and in mountain regions air is significantly cooler (about 18☌). Fortunately such temperature is well tolerated due to dry weather and relatively low level of humidity. At the peak of summer season air on continental part of Portugal warms up to 30☌. Water there is warmer because of Gulfstream but cool ocean breezes make long swimming impossible. On the islands the situation is quite different. ![]() But the ocean is still quite cool so the main mass of tourists can be seen on land. The first days of summer bring reducing of rainfall and the addition of daylight. The sun shines for about 10 hours per day so you can take long excursions without discomfort. June is the most comfortable month in terms of temperature. Spring is time for numerous bright events similar to Carnival of Flowers in Madeira. The only thing that can bring discomfort at this time is a sharp cooling immediately after sunset. It can still rain but exceptionally rare. ![]() ![]() This is equally good for visiting beach or for excursion and sightseeing. ![]() It is best to spend this time in Madeira where the tourist season lasts all year round.Īpril is still rainy enough but weather becomes much warmer. While the north of the country still have some traces of winter. Rains happen less and less and the weather doesn’t stingy on sunny days. In March the Riviera and the islands are already flocked by students of surfing schools, tourists from Europe and other excursion lovers. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Shannara Chronicles will be listed by series in the reading order that Terry Brooks recommends for new readers of the series, with the publication order listed at the end of each book. Here are the Terry Brooks books in order for his fantasy novels, including the original Shannara Chronicles and the new related and unrelated series as well. However, reading the Terry Brooks books in order means also tapping into the author’s other magical series and books, including the Magic Kingdom of Landover, and the World and the Void series. Last Updated on OctoThe name Terry Brooks invariably makes us think of the Shannara Chronicles, which has been recently turned into a popular TV series as well. ![]() Standalone and Other Terry Brooks Books. ![]() ![]() ![]() Stranded in a dangerous mining community, she clings to survival by her fingernails. But the universe isn't the safe place she thought it was. ![]() Undeterred, Aleta escapes the dreadnaught she calls home one step ahead of the gorgeous, highly disapproving Lieutenant Park, the unlucky young officer tasked with hauling her back. And when he puts his foot down, he's got the firepower to back it up. But her plans to conquer the universe one meal at a time run afoul of her overprotective father, commander of a tough mercenary company. Aleta Dinesen doesn't see the point of hanging around home, not when she can cook a mean paella. Stories tagged with this mark were entered into the competition.Ī girl, a saucepan, a plan to conquer the universe. ![]() Self-published Science Fiction CompetitionĪ sister competition to the SPFBO, the SPSFC is for sci-fi self-published works. ![]() ![]() ![]() She is able to see into other people's dreams and whenever she sees someone in class or riding the bus sleeping, she starts to get paralyzed when this happens. She tells us what is going on in her life, and she is the most important character. Wake debuted on the New York Times Best Seller list for children's chapter books, and garnered several awards for young adult literature. The two books that follow Wake in the trilogy are Fade and Gone. The book is set up in a diary like form, specifying the date and time at which each event occurs. ![]() The novel follows Janie through parts of her young adulthood, focusing mainly on the events that occur during her senior year, in which she meets an enigmatic elderly woman, and becomes involved with Cabel, a loner and purported drug-dealer at Fieldridge High School. Wake (Stylized WAKE) is a 2008 novel by Lisa McMann centered on seventeen-year-old Janie Hannagan's involuntary power which thrusts her into others' dreams. ![]() ![]() ![]() To try to help the readers come up with the answer, this 571-page book covers the whole story of fighting against cancer from its first documented appearances to the recent remarkable triumphs including Trastuzumab for Her-2 expressing breast cancer and Imatinib for Bcr-abl positive chronic myelogenous leukemia. The ultimate purpose of this book is not just to understand the past of cancer but to raise a question: is it possible to eradicate this disease from our bodies and societies forever? ![]() As the same position of an oncology fellow and researcher, I read the book in one sitting because I could empathize with the author all the way through reading the book. I found this book quite unique in that a history of cancer was covered along with a detailed description of personal experience during the author's early days as an oncology fellow. ![]() ![]() ![]() But the longer Yadriel spends with Julian, the less he wants to let him leave. Left with no choice, Yadriel agrees to help Julian, so that they can both get what they want. He’s determined to find out what happened and tie off some loose ends before he leaves. However, the ghost he summons is actually Julian Diaz, the school’s resident bad boy, and Julian is not about to go quietly into death. A trans boy determined to prove his gender to his traditional Latinx family summons a ghost who refuses to leave in Aiden Thomass paranormal YA debut Cemetery Boys, described by Entertainment Weekly as 'groundbreaking.'Cemetery Boys, described by Entertainment Weekly as 'groundbreaking. With the help of his cousin and best friend Maritza, he performs the ritual himself, and then sets out to find the ghost of his murdered cousin and set it free. When his traditional Latinx family has problems accepting his true gender, Yadriel becomes determined to prove himself a real brujo. Yadriel has summoned a ghost, and now he can’t get rid of him. Synopsis: A trans boy determined to prove his gender to his traditional Latinx family summons a ghost who refuses to leave in Aiden Thomas’s paranormal YA debut Cemetery Boys, described by Entertainment Weekly as “groundbreaking.” ![]() ![]() “Ninguém escreve sobre a realidade econômica na literatura fantástica como Patrick Rothfuss – o peso da distância às vezes intransponível entre o que desejamos e necessitamos e o que temos no bolso. ![]() Desde sua publicação em 2007, O nome do vento encantou milhões de leitores com a história de coragem e sobrevivência de um herói contada em sua própria voz – a busca de um homem por significado em seu universo e como essa busca e a vontade indomável que a impulsiona deram origem a uma lenda.Īgora, esta edição de luxo nos faz mergulhar no incomparável mundo de Patrick Rothfuss com mais de 50 páginas de material inédito, incluindo uma nota do autor, dezenas de ilustrações, novos mapas e um apêndice sobre a história, as moedas e o calendário dos Quatro Cantos da Civilização, além de um guia de pronúncia de nomes da série. ![]() ![]() ![]() I think we can all relate to being at a party at some point in our lives that we simply wanted to escape from. ![]() I will say I did enjoy how this novel started off. But Knight has a dark past and just as he desires Anya for exactly who she is, he fears when she finds out exactly the man he has become and always intends to be, she’ll leave him for good, normal and clean. And he teaches her this by giving it to her. Knight teaches Anya that, just as with the bad, in life you should also expect the good. But when Anya comes to his nightclub and finds herself in a situation, he knows someone has to look after her, he can’t fight it anymore and he decides that man will be him. Knight tries to leave Anya to the life she deserves of white picket fences and a man who watches football on Sundays – good, normal and clean. ![]() But he never expected something as sweet as Anya Gage to wander into his bedroom during a party he did not expect to be having to borrow his phone. Knight Sebring knows who he is, what he wants and what he likes. Then she finds herself at a party where she doesn’t want to be and she meets Knight. ![]() Talk about pressure! Certainly a name you’ve gotta live up to.Īnya Gage has learned that to get anything good in life, you have to work for it. Knight? Well, that’s definitely a…unique name for a human being. ![]() ![]() She shows how God’s love is often very different from ours, turning upside down our assumptions about life, relationships, and each other. In The Love Stories of the Bible Speak, Shannon Bream draws lessons from the good, the bad, and the ugly of Biblical romances, friendships, and families. Our guiding example for them all is the deepest, most abiding, foundational love ever known: God’s unconditional love for His people. We watch as families navigate the many seasons of life. We witness friendships that cross all boundaries. In Scripture, we see God’s beautiful design for the partnership of marriage. The Bible reveals not just butterflies and broken hearts. ![]() But it also redefines the way the world tells us we should think about love. From the moment Adam declared Eve “flesh of my flesh”…to the sacrificial love of Joseph for Mary…to the deep friendship of David and Jonathan…to the abounding and never-changing love of God: The Bible is a love story. But the Biblical idea of love is so much bigger than we imagine. ![]() |