![]() ![]() Most plastics do not break down chemically. Unfortunately, this durability is the same quality that makes it so detrimental to the environment. Plastic is so widely used because it is durable and cheap. Throughout the film, experts are interviewed to provide further insight into some of the problems derived from plastic. The juxtaposition between these images sends the message that our actions and choices can severely impact the planet. This contrasts with footage of heavily polluted cities and dumps full of plastic rubbish. The film presents beautiful shots of the marine environment. Craig, alongside Tanya Streeter, a world record-breaking free diver and environmental activist, then travel across the globe to report on the havoc caused by decades of plastic use. What starts off as an adventure to film the blue whale, the largest animal on the planet, leads to the shocking discovery of a thick layer of plastic debris floating in the middle of the Indian Ocean. ![]()
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![]() ² This quote is from the essay “Poetry is not a luxury,” published in Sister Outsider. ![]() ¹ Audre Lorde uses the term outsider to express the condition of Black women, “whose experiences and traditions are too ‘alien’ to understand.” According to Lorde, “the farthest external horizons of our hopes and fears are cobbled by our poems, carved from the rock experiences of our daily lives.”. In the book, Lorde proposes a feminist, anti-racist view on poetry writing, pedagogy, sexuality, and strategies of resistence of Black women. The school put her in isolation rather than the perpetrators. The fact that they share the same name is an example of how her poems are drenched with the political propositions and concerns she articulated in her essays, and vice-versa.
![]() ![]() ![]() “The Girl from the Train” is a great historical fiction read that will stir your heart and, at times, bring tears to your eyes. The author beautifully develops the characters of Gretl and Jakob, as well as offering many delightful supporting characters. Joubert weaves an amazing story filled with redemptive messages - compassion deciphering between a loving, forgiving God and a punishing God lies and their impact and destructive force truth and honesty with one’s self and others second chances love and sacrifice and grace and forgiveness - God’s forgiveness, forgiving each other and forgiving one’s self.Īs someone important in her life tells Gretl, “But I believe in a loving God, who, through grace, forgives us when we ask for forgiveness.” We follow her through the years as she rises from the ashes of her past and becomes, eventually, a strong woman. The novel follows their journey and sacrifices over the years, sending Gretl to South Africa in hopes of being adopted. “Girl” is the story of young Gretl Schmidt, a World War II orphan taken in by young Jakob Kowalski, a member of the resistance fighting the Nazis in Poland. ![]() “The Girl from the Train” by Irma Joubert, originally published in Afrikaans in South Africa, is a beautiful and gripping love story that can now be read in English. ![]() He’ll never leave you in the flames too long.” He watches carefully, until He can see His own image in you. “Just remember, when you suffer and feel the heat of the flames, that’s when God is there. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Through Yetu’s Rememberings, memories from all the wajinru past and present, we get to explore what the weight of a history means and how it lingers with those who are both so far from it and yet forever present in it. Though there is little or no light in the deep, the feeling of motion and sound is given new resonance and you see as Yetu does, feeling with her scales and fins, learning to hear what is happening in her watery home. Solomon tells this story beautifully and with an encompassing, engrossing visual palette. While everyone else lives blissfully unaware, she carries all the pain, torment and death within her, sharing it only once a year to remind her people of who they are, if only for a little while. She is the latest Historian and keeper of the true origins of the wajinru. One of their descendants, Yetu, has been chosen to hold all the memories of her people, the wajinru. The mermaid-like babies of pregnant African slave women thrown overboard have survived and created a new society in the water. Rivers Solomon’s The Deep is a powerful narrative that takes the horrendous legacies of colonialism and racism and finds a fantastical twist that offers something new. ![]() ![]() Within the deep, dark ocean, vibrations and sound are physical and visual. An echo of a dream, the confronting effect of a scream or comfort in a breath. ![]() ![]() ![]() She’s an author I feel I can confidently rely on for a masterful retelling. Retellings of Greek mythology have become popular in recent years, and I feel that Jennifer Saint has firmly placed herself into the inner circle for this sub-genre. She has gone from strength to strength between these two novels and I am filled with anticipation for what she has up next for us. I quite enjoyed Jennifer Saint’s first novel, Ariadne, but I absolutely loved this second one. I can’t reconcile all that bloodshed with my sister.’ In these long years, she has become something other than herself, more than one woman could be. Menelaus lived in a humble tent on a foreign shore for ten years to have her in his arms again: men beyond number died for it my husband murdered his own daughter for the privilege of winning Helen back. The resultant novel is spellbinding, gripping in its unflinching portrayal of female rage, vengeance, Gods and mortals, ancient curses, and the sacrifices and spoils of war. ![]() In Elektra, Jennifer Saint reimagines the story of Helen of Troy through the perspectives of the women from the House of Atreus, along with Cassandra of Troy. ![]() The Ancient Greeks sure have a handle on maintaining a family grudge down through the generations. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jeff, who’s vanished once more? The unreliable Brandon Phelps? Her partner, Charles "Chaz" Faircloth, who’s convinced he’s God’s gift to Kat? Her father’s ex-partner, Capt. No matter where she turns, Kat can’t figure out what’s going on or whom she can trust. When Kat goes to visit Monte Leburne, the dying contract killer who was convicted years ago of shooting her father, another NYPD detective, and the prison nurse puts Leburne into twilight sedation, he denies killing Henry Donovan. Even though he’s asked for Kat by name-how does he even know her name?-it’s obvious that he’s hiding something from the detective whose help he begs. Brandon Phelps, a college student from Connecticut, comes all the way to New York to ask for Kat’s help in finding his missing mother, Dana. First he doesn’t seem to remember her, then he greets her with warm affection, then he says they’d better not continue to be in touch. ![]() Although she’s not exactly carrying a torch for her ex, she can’t resist dropping him a line. Given a one-year subscription to, Kat Donovan browses languidly through the photos of eligible men looking for love until she sees the face of Jeff Raynes. Eighteen years after her fiance dumped her, a New York City police detective runs into him again online, with results that make her head spin and leave several people dead. ![]() ![]() One day, he comes home from school to find a large package in his room. He’s not a particularly smart kid–he’s average in every way. A kid named Milo who lives an ordinary life and sees no use in pursuing any more knowledge than he already has is at the center of the tale. Wilson’s reading has quickly joined Dietz’s version as a favorite.įor those unfamiliar with the story, the plot of The Phantom Tollbooth depends on a road trip. ![]() (He was not super-thrilled with the DHP version at all.)īut, since he loves the story, he was thrilled to try out the new reading of The Phantom Tollbooth by actor Rainn Wison of The Office. My son has a great attachment to the Dietz version because of the narrator’s impressive vocal range, where you knew exactly what character was speaking right away. ![]() The second version was read by actor David Hyde Pierce. ![]() The first was by Norman Dietz, an award-winning narrator with numerous credits. ![]() And because my son prefers audiobooks, he’s already listened (numerous times) to the two previous audiobook versions of The Phantom Tollbooth. For my younger son, The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster is one of those books, the kind that readers experience over and over again just to re-enter the world. ![]() ![]() ![]() Championships, Classics and medals do not count toward points for Circuit Awards.įor questions regarding Circuit Points, please email Shelby Magee.Ĭircuit Standings Updated as of 3.20. Points are calculated using regular championship points in each class of the division. Points in Equitation Divisions will be manually combined to account for riders showing different horses week to week. Management reserves the right to combine/divide divisions based on entries throughout the Circuit. Points in those divisions will be manually added at the end of the series. If any of your classes/division have combined during the circuit, be sure to look at the points in ALL sections to determine the totals. Price New from Used from Kindle 'Please retry' 3.99 Paperback 'Please retry' 17.40 17.40 19.74 Mass Market Paperback 'Please retry' 59.77 59.77 59. ![]() ![]() Some classes/divisions get combined week to week. by Lesley Lodge(Author)Format: Kindle Edition 4.7 out of 5 stars29 ratings See all formats and editions Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. Award Winning Author Lesley Lodge Shares ‘Wayland’s Revenge’ (Historical Crime Thriller), ‘Lights-Camera-Gallop’, ‘Horse and Pony Colours’, ‘Because It Is Written’, and ‘Coloring Book Of Horses’ With. OVERALL CIRCUIT AWARD STANDINGS A few reminders about Circuit Points: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And this starting point requires that the plot elements, and secondary characters, have some A+ development. She has no sense of humour, she is flat and unemotional. (Sleeping on the roof, for instance.) Everything about Jude is switched off after her return. She sees everything in the world with new eyes, including herself.Ĭlawing her way back to some semblance of stable mental health, Jude goes back to work as a Homicide detective, while trying to find new ways to just be alive. She’s been subjected to unknown tortures and horrors. ![]() Jude Fontaine makes a daring escape after 3 years in captivity at the hands of a psychopath. I will definitely be moving those books closer to the top of the pile.ĭet. I’ve never read anything by Anne Frasier before, though I do have a few of her books on my TBR. There are so many layers to the story, to the mystery. Filed Under: If a roller coaster was an onion. ![]() ![]() Forget Your 72-Hour Bug-Out Bag You Need More First Aid KitĬreate your own single-time-use first aid kit by taking several straws and filling them with first aid items like Vaseline, baby oil, hydrocortisone, sunblock, and antibacterial cream. This is why keeping them in a straw might be a great solution for you so that they work when it matters most. Want really cool survival uses for drinking straws? Matches can be a real pain if you’re trying to start a fire on a windy day, and they can be entirely useless for you if they get wet. Types of Fire Starters to Stock Match Holder There’s no need to take the contents out when you’re ready to start your fire because the paper straw should light right up. Others like to use cotton balls that have been dipped in Vaseline and then you can fill your straw with it. So, you could always cram some into a paper straw and then seal off the ends. It’s entirely up to you what type of firestarter you go with. If you ever find yourself in an emergency situation, being able to start a fire is definitely something you’ll need to be able to do. Are you curious about what else they can be used for? Keep reading to find out other surprising survival uses for drinking straws. ![]() If lit, it can also help you signal for help when you’re in trouble, and provide a compact way to hold all of your first-aid ointments and creams. ![]() Just a regular paper drinking straw can assist you with starting a fire. Can Using Straws Protect Me from Disease?. ![]() Sewing Kit for Your Essential Survival Kit. ![]() |