![]() ![]() On the opening day of the film, lines of fans stretched around city blocks. It also became a wildly popular motion picture, garnering ten Academy Award nominations. A literary phenomenon soon after its release, it spent fifty-seven weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, seventeen consecutively at number one. Originally published in 1971, it remains one of the most controversial novels ever written. Timeless and terrifying, The Exorcist is a story that has gripped the public zeitgeist for more than half a century. When sweet Regan's behavior turns sinister, a small group of overwhelmed yet determined individuals take it upon themselves to rescue the poor girl from her unspeakable fate. ![]() ![]() Inspired by the shockingly true story of a child’s demonic possession in the 1940s, William Peter Blatty's iconic novel focuses on Regan, the eleven-year-old daughter of a movie actress residing in Washington, D.C. "A horror story for all midnights." - The Boston Globe ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It is thanks to his Historia that Geoffrey is widely remembered as the man who, more than any other, created and popularised the myth of King Arthur. Geoffrey apparently conceived the Historia at the request of Walter, archdeacon of Oxford, in order to provide the British with their own heroic mythology: a national epic to rival any produced by the Saxons or Normans. Geoffrey spent most of his working life in Oxford, his name appearing on a number of charters there between 11, where he is referred to as magister or teacher. He was certainly familiar with the geography of the area – the Roman fortress town of Caerleon, near Monmouth, appears many times in the Historia Regum Britanniae. We know next to nothing about Geoffrey but it would appear that he was either born or spent a significant amount of time in Monmouthshire, at the borderlands between what is now England and Wales, in the early years of the 12th century. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() įor 50 years, YALSA has been the world leader in selecting books, videos, and audio books for teens. The fully annotated booklist, including ISBN and publisher information, is available on the YALSA Wiki at. Zoya's Story: An Afghan Woman's Struggle for Freedom. To Afghanistan and Back: A Graphic Travelogue. My Forbidden Face: Growing Up Under the Taliban: A Young Woman's Story. Jackal in the Garden: An Encounter with Bihzad. Given the book's popularity among young adults, YALSA's Booklist Taskforce created this list of ten similar books to recommend to teens. "The Kite Runner" was named one of YALSA's 2004 Alex Award winners, which honor adult books with specific teen appeal. "The Kite Runner" details the friendship between two Afghani boys against the backdrop of the extraordinary events that have taken place in Afghanistan in the past twenty years. The film version of "The Kite Runner" opens Dec. YALSA releases companion titles for "The Kite Runner"ĬHICAGO -To coincide with the release of "The Kite Runner," the film adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's best-selling novel, the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), the fastest-growing division of the American Library Association (ALA), created a list of companion titles. ALA Upcoming Annual Conferences & LibLearnX.Related Groups, Organizations, Affiliates & Chapters. ![]() Dealing with censorship challenges at your library or need to get prepared for them? Visit our Fight Censorship page for easy-to-access resources. ![]() ![]() ![]() The fire’s smoke also helps alleviate the incessant swarm of mosquitos. After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning. ![]() ![]() Once he can make fire, Brian can cook things like fish, birds, and eggs. He learns to make fire by striking his hatchet against a flint-like rock after his father and good friend appear in his dreams, giving him coded messages about how to do so. He meets a bear while foraging for raspberries and is later attacked by a porcupine in his shelter. Brian learns to choose his food sources carefully and never to gorge, despite his constant hunger. His first success in eating wild berries (he will later call them gut cherries) results in a night of horrendous food poisoning. ![]() He finds things to do to keep his mind busy, building a small shelter out of tree limbs and leaves, searching for wild berries, and drinking water from the lake. He tries to stay positive and evaluate what resources he does have rather than focus on how lost and alone he is. A youthful summer of rigorous chores on a farm jobs as an engineer, construction worker, ranch hand, truck driver, and sailor and two rounds of the 1,180-mile Alaskan dog sled race, the Iditarod have provided ample material from which he creates his stories. He recalls his English teacher who taught him about keeping a positive attitude. He is desperately thirsty and hungry, and he has no idea where he has landed. He has very little on him, apart from his windbreaker, shoes, and hatchet. Stranded at the lake, Brian assesses his position. ![]() ![]() ![]() Though the entries paint a grim picture of a rapidly shrinking civilization ("I write stuff down in here and I don't read it. The story unfolds through Miranda's journal entries, from May, when the asteroid strikes, to the following March. This survival tale by the author of The Year Without MichaelĬelebrates the fortitude and resourcefulness of human beings during critical times. The book may be lengthy, but most readers will find it absorbing from first page to last. Yet their situation becomes more critical as other unexpected disasters arise. They have a pantry filled with canned goods and plenty of logs to fuel their wood-burning stove. ![]() Thanks to her mother's foresight and preparedness, Miranda and her two brothers are better off than many families in their Pennsylvania community. ![]() Suddenly, things she has taken for granted-electricity, news from the outside world and three square meals a day-are a thing of the past. When an asteroid collides with the moon, causing natural disasters-tidal waves, volcanoes, earthquakes and climate changes-on Earth, life as 16-year-old Miranda knows it will never be the same. ![]() ![]() (Marlon James and Kazuo Ishiguro’s most recent novels come to mind, which relentlessly attempt to present the merits of fantasy to their respective bookish audiences.) Genre-bending is too often noticeably aggressive, as if an author thinks they will be the one to finally herald the relevance of an overlooked, under-appreciated literary species. Ghosts, spirits, and devils were a thing for comics and chunky TOR paperbacks highbrow fiction didn’t deal with the speculative, and the ones that did hid behind the mantle of “magical realism.” Naturally, this division of genres summoned a legion of challengers, hell-bent on proving that these two worlds could co-exist. ![]() For a long time, it felt like there was no place for magic in contemporary literature. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A week later, she cleaned it up, then sent it to Ellora’s Cave during the Christmas holiday. ![]() Taking a hiatus from teaching, she had enough time on her hands to flesh out the story in two short weeks. One day while daydreaming in bed, Koko came up with the idea for her first erotic manuscript. She honed her writing skills as a staff writer on her college’s newspaper, writing obituaries for the local newspaper, and teaching English to high school students. Undaunted, Koko continued to write and read everything she could get her hands on. Unfortunately, her grade school school principal didn’t appreciate the competition and put her out of business after one best-selling issue. Koko’s writing career began at the tender age of nine when she self-published and distributed a newspaper to her fellow classmates. Koko Brown is the pseudonym for a quintessential erotic romance junkie who once read over 200 Zebra Club novels the summer before her senior year in high school. ![]() ![]() ![]() He has received several external grants and has received university and national awards for both his teaching and research. ![]() ![]() He has also been a guest for many radio shows and podcasts. News & World Report, and The Washington Post. Rousu are Barron’s, BBC World News, Forbes, Fox News, USA Today, U.S. Among the outlets that have interviewed or quoted Dr. Rousu has been quoted widely on many issues. He also created and maintains the websites and. Recently this meant “flipping” his classes which allows for more active learning. Rousu has also done research on teaching and constantly tries to keep students engaged. Rousu’s book Broadway and Economics: Economic Lessons from Show Tunes was published in June 2018 by Routledge. He has published more than 50 scholarly articles and his research has been cited over 2,500 times. ![]() His research interests include political economy, experimental auctions, agricultural economics, pedagogy, and public health. Matthew Rousu is Dean of the Sigmund Weis School of Business and a Professor of Economics. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unable to refuse, Sean finds himself falling for her, body and soul, and questioning not just the morals he’s dodged for years, but his relationship with the God Zenny has pledged herself to. She wants to make sure choosing God is the right path, and to do that, she propositions Sean to show her every carnal temptation she’s leaving behind. Zenny, though, isn’t looking to play it safe during her final month of freedom. Worse than that…she’s also about to become a nun. 7 Sierra Simone Priest Read About Impressions 46 Quotes 690 Readers 6.5K On the bookshelves Related books There are many rules a priest cant break. ![]() When he meets a gorgeous college girl at a fundraiser, he has no problem telling her exactly what filthy things he wants to do to her - until he realizes she’s his best friend’s little sister, Zenobia 'Zenny' Iverson, all grown up. There are words for men like him: playboy. He doesn’t believe in goodness, God, or any happy ending that isn’t paid for in advance. ![]() Sean Bell is not a good man, and he’s never pretended to be. Priest by Sierra Simone PRIEST A standalone novel (Priest collection 1) There are many rules a priest cant break. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The last attack ended when the Dutch signed a treaty with the Sultan of Riau who conceded his kingdom as a fief of the Dutch East India Company. The second half covers the middle of the 18th century until 1864, showing the growing hostility between the Bugis and Malays in Riau, and two raids led by the Bugis people of Malacca to the Dutch in 17. The conflict occurred both in the provinces of Riau and in Kedah, Selangor, Siak and Kalimantan. Tuhfat was a dynamic figure in the Bugis principality, who with military and diplomatic dexterity managed to gain an important position in the Riau states, Selangor, Sambas and Matan-Sukadana.Ī recurrent theme in the first half of Tuhfat al-Nafis is conflict between the Minangkabau people of Riau as well as Bugis and Malay alliance forces. Tuhfat al-Nafis begins with a summary taken from the Sulalatus Salatin ( Malay Annals), and then tell a more detailed history of the Johor- Riau Sultanate. A manuscript copied in 1890 and published in 1923 is in the Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, London. Tuhfat Al-Nafis (VirginiaMatheson) 1997 PDF Original Title: Tuhfat Al-Nafis VirginiaMatheson1997. Hooker, Virginia Matheson, 1946- Andaya, Barbara Watson. There are four manuscripts of Tuhfat al-Nafis. The precious gift Tuhfat al-nafis Ali al-Haji Riau, Raja, 1809-1870. ![]() |