![]() ![]() ![]() Miller thoroughly reconstructs the life behind the legend. Drawing on new sources and bringing a fresh, keen eye to the fabled creation of “the first flag,” Marla R. Millerīetsy Ross and the Making of America is the first comprehensively researched and elegantly written biography of one of America’s most captivating figures of the Revolutionary War. Betsy Ross and the Making of America by Marla R. In order to get to the bottom of what inspired one of history’s most beloved figures to the height of her craft, we’ve compiled a list of the 5 best books on Betsy Ross. There are numerous books on Betsy Ross, and it comes with good reason, she was an American upholsterer credited by her relatives in 1870 with making the first official United States flag. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If these unlikely allies can set aside their differences, they'll find strength they never knew they had, and learn that friendship, like crafting, is truly an art form. To redeem herself, she agrees to participate in a national craft competition, teaming up with her best friend, Ofelia-a secretly troubled mother whose love for crafting borders on obsession-and local celebrity Chloe Chavez-a determined television personality with more than one skeleton in her professional closet. One ill-fated evening, Star jeopardizes her family's business, her relationship with her boyfriend, and her future career. ![]() La Pachanga brings people together-even when it looks like they couldn't be further apart. Owned by Estrella "Star" Esteban's family, the restaurant has a rep for two things: good food and great art. With glue guns, glitter, twigs, or yarn, the ordinary can become extraordinary. Craft celebrity and design guru Kathy Cano-Murillo has written one of the most glittery feel good craftacular debut novels in memory. ![]() ![]() Their only unifying characteristic – the uncanny and the remote. I have taken Jameson’s title and uses it instead to myself as an archaeologist of new fictions and futures.Īrchaeologies of the Future: Chaos and Coincidence is a series of experiments and observations, constructed by observing, recording, fictionalizing, and imagining objects and spaces that exist at the interface between remote past and possible future, utopia and dystopia, the human and non-human.Ĭomprising video, photographs and drawing, the work is a collection of new terrains, where skies, nomadic observation sites, telescopes and cyanometers, mix familiarity with strangeness, suggesting a new way of imagining the interconnectedness of things. The title of this body of work draws inspiration from the seminal text by Fredric Jameson, which examines the functions of utopian thinking by exploring the relationship between utopia and science fiction. ![]() ![]() “Like archaeologists of the future, we must piece together what will have been thought.” – Timothy Morton Jameson, Fredric is the author of Archaeologies of the Future The Desire Called Utopia and Other Science Fictions, published 2007 under ISBN 9781844675388 and. “For the apparent realism of SF (science fiction) has concealed another, far more complex temporal structure: not to give us “images” of the future – but rather to de-familiarize and restructure our experience of our own present.” – Fredric Jameson Fredric Jameson Share Archaeologies of the Future is a two-part volume in which Marxist literary critic Fredric Jameson presents a new, 233-page study of Utopiawhich he unfailingly capitalizesalongside twelve previously published essays on the subject. ![]() ![]() ![]() When Celaena reports to the king, he gives her the name of her next target: Archer Finn, a very handsome and popular courtesan.Ĭelaena spends the next several weeks following Archer and learning more about him and the alleged rebel movement. The novel opens with Celaena on such a mission, but she stages the target’s death and lets him go free. Calaculla-the mine where the King of Adarlan sends Eyllwe’s rebels-is to the south.īy winning the king’s tournament in Throne of Glass, Celaena is bound to serve as the King of Adarlan’s assassin for four years. Endovier-the mine where Celaena works after being captured in Throne of Glass-lies northwest of Rifthold. ![]() The novel references two labor camps: the Endovier Salt Mines and Calaculla. Other areas of significance are Eyllwe to the far south of Adarlan, Anielle to the west, and Terrasen to the far north. ![]() Rifthold, Adarlan’s capital, sits on the kingdom's southern border, with the Great Ocean on its east and the River Avery on its south. Adarlan lies on the east-central coast of the continent, bordering the Great Ocean. The novel’s plot centers on the continent of Erilea in the kingdom of Adarlan. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Themed Entertainment, Thinkwell, Unify and Fever, who teamed up to bring magic back to the natural landscapes of northern England. Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience is the brainchild of Warner Bros. Witches and wizards can now take their Care of Magical Creatures elective in the heart of Cheshire, where Hippogriffs, centaurs and unicorns now roam freely in the beautiful woodland at Arley Hall and Gardens. ![]() Review: Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience Thinking of going? Check out our review below for a taster. New for 2022, there’s an exciting range of interactive features along the illuminated trail, from slithering snakes to a sleeping giant to a frozen lake. These run alongside the UK version, which is in its second year at Arley Hall & Gardens, Cheshire. Explore a world full of mythical creatures in Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience.Īfter a successful initial run in the UK, a new branch has launched in Belgium, with two more in the US: Leesburg, VA and Westchester, NY. ![]() Ever wanted to step inside the world of Harry Potter? While many of the landmarks and tourist attractions associated with our favourite boy wizard remain down south, the north has shown that it can do magic just as well – if not better. ![]() ![]() ![]() Luc's not human, he's a goji-gargoyle, and apparently Mace has goji blood in him and he is a Romanus (a seer). ![]() Even though he's so tired he could fall asleep standing, he just want to look at Luc. Mason “Mace' James and Luc Toussaint met, and Mace is totally mesmerized by the man. This is a quick read for readers who are in the mood for alpha possessiveness, hot sex, and gargoyles! Still think gargoyles were cool, loved how Tremblay did their accents (think French)! Oh la la! I am happy for the sequel because there were a few questions I had that I wanted answered three years ago when I originally read Romanus - who were Mason's parents? what can a Romanus do? what will happen with a gargoyle/human pairing (secondary characters)? I had the same feels for the plot twists - couldn't stand the jealous supposed friend and the 'action'/kidnapping plot was a little out there. So much so, I'm bumping up my rating to 3.75 Hearts because the narration was a 4 Heart job.the story was basically the same, so I'm not going to get rating crazy. I could visualize every action and he made it better. He did the accents, he really narrated the hell out of a 3.5 star book for me. Now I see the difference great narration does for a book. ![]() ![]() ![]() Indestructubles Little Golden Books Magic School Bus Magic Tree House Pete the Cat Step Into Reading Book The Hunger Games By POPULAR SERIES Chronicles of Narnia Curious Geoge Diary of a Wimpy Kid Fancy Nancy Harry Potter I Survived If You Give.By TOPIC Award Winning Books African American Children's Books Biography & Autobiography Diversity & Inclusion Foreign Language & Bilingual Books Hispanic & Latino Children's Books Holidays & Celebrations Holocaust Books Juvenile Nonfiction New York Times Bestsellers Professional Development Reference Books Test Prep. ![]() ![]() By GRADE Elementary School Middle School High Schoolīy AGE Board Books (newborn to age 3) Early Childhood Readers (ages 4-8) Children's Picture Books (ages 3-8) Juvenile Fiction (ages 8-12) Young Adult Fiction (ages 12+).BESTSELLERS in EDUCATION Shop All Education Books. ![]() ![]() My heart broke every single chapter as I read his interactions with his friends. Leonard is probably one of the loneliest characters I have ever read. As Leonard speaks to each of these people, his secrets and the events that led up to this moment are slowly revealed. Before that happens, he wants to say goodbye to the four people most important to him: his Humphrey Bogart obsessed neighbour the musical prodigy he never talks to the Christian home-schooled girl he has a crush on and his favourite teacher, Herr Silverman. ![]() It’s his eighteenth birthday and, instead of celebrating, he plans to kill his former best friend, Asher, and then himself. ![]() Leonard is in a really bad place at the beginning of the novel. Combining humour and hope, the novel targets the most controversial issues effecting teenagers today: depression and school shootings.įorgive Me, Leonard Peacock is a dark book. Matthew Quick’s Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock was a poignant, moving novel that everyone needs to read. Like I’ve overstayed my welcome here on Earth, and everyone’s trying to give me hints about that constantly. Like there’s no more room for me in the world or something. ![]() “I feel like I’m broken-like I don’t fit together anymore. ![]() ![]() ![]() The portrayal of Amara’s sex work is always in service to the story, with a believable mix of feminist and misogynist character turns. Amara’s perspective is insightful and ambitious enough to hold the reader’s attention through her many small triumphs and tragedies. ![]() The novel follows a circuitous path, winding down the ancient streets of Pompeii in pursuit of its heroine. Her attempts at business-whether collecting interest on risky loans, or arranging musical performances for the Pompeiian upper classes-consume her days, while her volatile patron and other lovers populate her nights. Perhaps even more than that, she hopes to rescue her friends from the lower social classes, and it is this desire that drives her to constantly seek out ways to make more money. She longs for sovereignty over herself, and to abandon forever the sex work that she was trafficked into as a young woman. ![]() Though she lives as a courtesan within the patronage of a wealthy and powerful man, Amara struggles to find happiness. The bustling Roman Empire city is the vibrant home of Amara, a former enslaved woman for whom the figures of her traumatic past are not so far away as she might like them to be. The House with the Golden Door (Volume 2) (Wolf Den Trilogy)Īncient Pompeii comes to life in the second installment in Elodie Harper’s Wolf Den trilogy. ![]() ![]() ![]() According to Scaramelli the office of this gift, at least to a certain extent, is to render God present to the soul and so much the more present as the gift is more abundant. The gift of wisdom is especially employed in this degree, as it is in every degree of contemplation. The certain sight of God therein obtained is not the same as the light of faith, though it is founded upon faith. ![]() It is God Himself who makes His presence felt in the inmost soul. ![]() This mystic gift cannot be acquired, because it is supernatural. The manifestation increases in distinctness, as the union with God becomes of a higher order. In this prayer God gives to the soul an intellectual knowledge of His presence, and makes it feel that it is really in communication with Him, although He does this in a somewhat obscure manner. As the name implies the prayer of quiet is that in which the soul experiences an extraordinary peace and rest, accompanied by delight or pleasure in contemplating God as present. It holds an intermediary place between the latter and the prayer of union. It has to be distinguished therefore from meditation and from affective prayer. Quiet, PRAYER OF The Prayer of Quiet is regarded by all writers on mystical theology as one of the degrees of contemplation. ![]() |