She voices her frustration with the racism and classism she experiences as well as the ways that Gemma is treated differently because of her light complexion. Maya is able to recognize and apologize for her shortcomings while also standing up for herself. Friction with her mom comes to a head when Maya is caught lying. Maya is so engrossed in her own romantic interest in a White boy that she overlooks the difficulties her two friends are facing. The third friend in their trio, Andres, has Peruvian and Mexican parents and is grappling with a same-sex crush. Gemma, Maya’s wealthy Cuban American best friend, left their high school to attend a private school, and now Maya struggles to navigate her absence in the face of casual racism from classmates. Now a sophomore in high school, she and her mom live alone, without the father who left years ago and whom she can’t remember. Maya was born in the United States after her parents emigrated from Guatemala. A fast-paced novel in verse touches on relatable teen struggles.
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6/26/2023 0 Comments Minalima secrets of dumbledoreAbout their Crimes of Grindelwald cover, MinaLima said: ‘The Art Nouveau aesthetic is so strong in this film. Perusing the covers for clues about the films was part of the fun. Leaving aside the consistency and matching aspects with the previous screenplay covers, there is also the fact that those covers contained clues to the stories within the illustrations. Most of us fans have multiple versions of official Potter-related books with artwork by different artists and various slipcases, boxes, and themes, such as house colours. Re-releasing the original book series, as well as Potterverse companion books, in new trappings has been a way for the franchise to generate more revenue. It is possible that a matching cover will be released at a later date. Since MinaLima continues to do incredibly apt and engaging design work for the franchise, creating the graphic art for the upcoming film, which is currently on display at their London headquarters, it is baffling why this cover was not contracted to them as well. It is disappointing that the new cover does not match the previous designs - ideally, one would eventually own all five screenplays as a matched set. The cover resembles the movie posters and marks a departure from the covers for the screenplays of the two previous Fantastic Beasts films, which were both designed by MinaLima. On 24th March, Wizarding World revealed the cover for the screenplay for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore. 6/26/2023 0 Comments Tommy tuppence tv seriesIn each case mimicking the style of a famous fictional detective of the period, including Sherlock Holmes and Christie's own Hercule Poirot. 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Rogers’ interest in Beowulf was piqued while introducing teenagers to the epic and wishing she knew more about the lives of the characters in the story – especially the women. Her teaching career included two years at the University of Houston, 18 years at Kingwood High School and 10 years at Lone Star College, all in Texas, while raising a family of four adopted children.ĭr. Raised as a farm girl, she set her sights on higher education, earning a BA in English from Earlham College (a Quaker school in Indiana) followed by an MA and PhD in English from the University of Minnesota with a minor in art history. Rogers was born in a small Midwestern town during the Great Depression. 6/25/2023 0 Comments The undoing project reviewHe kindly even gave us credit for setting him down this path. Lewis read the review, began to take an interest in the whole topic of human rationality, and, improbably, decided to write a book about Kahneman and Tversky. Why isn’t the market for baseball players “efficient”? What is the source of the biases that Beane was able to exploit? Some of the answers to these questions, we suggested, might be found by applying the insights of the Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, on whose work behavioral economics greatly relies. We loved the book-and pointed out that, unbeknownst to the author, it was really about behavioral economics, the combination of economics and psychology in which we shared a common interest, and which we had explored together with respect to public policy and law. Beane was a failed Major League Baseball player who went into the personnel side of the business and, by applying superior “metrics,” had remarkable success with a financial underdog. The book, we noted, had become a sensation, despite focussing on what would seem to be the least exciting aspect of professional sports: upper management. 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The Danes were unbeatable, being masters of the 'Shield Wall' and it's interesting to me that the Ancient Greeks used a similar tactic 'The Phalanx' in movies like '300' or '300 Spartans', Ancient Romans used 'The Turtle', nineteenth century British troops used 'The Square' in the same way. If you like battles galore, sword fights, cleaved limbs and hot wimmin, then this is for you. Uhtred's dream is to reclaim his rightful land and title, stolen by a relative and he joins King Arthur who promises to help, in exchange for his fealty. In the novels Uhtred was much larger than our hero, but he is played well throughout these five series. Alfred's dream was to unite the Country under one King (him of course.) Enter a young Dane/Briton by the name of Uhtred of Bebbingburg in which today is Northumberland - N. Some not even British, but 'Danes' or Vikings. The time is around 800 AD when 'England' was but a dream of King Alfred of Wessex in fact there were many Kings in Briton. The series is ongoing, with Cornwell wishing to continue the series. "As Alfred the Great defends his kingdom from Norse invaders, Uhtred - born a Saxon but raised by Vikings - seeks to claim his ancestral birthright." I've read all the novels by Bernard Cornwell on which these five series are based. Bernard Cornwell’s first Saxon Stories novel was The Last Kingdom, published in 2004. 6/25/2023 0 Comments Trying to score kendall ryanYour favorite hot jocks are back with an all new stand-alone novel. She's a tough as nails attorney intent on making partner. He's a testosterone-dripping hockey player who wants a second chance. Note: This high-heat standalone is chock-full of scorching banter and steamy good times. 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Misbehaving is his arresting, frequently hilarious account of the struggle to bring an academic discipline back down to earth - and change the way we think about economics, ourselves, and our world. Thaler has spent his career studying the radical notion that the central agents in the economy are humans - predictable, error-prone individuals. Get ready to change the way you think about economics. |