![]() ![]() All in all, an excellent picture-book examination of the the history of one river, one which offers some sobering facts, but also some inspirational figures! I think I need to learn more about Marion Stoddart. The artwork is lovely, and I enjoyed looking at both the larger paintings on each two-page spread, and the decorative borders, with the many animals and items mentioned (or hinted at) in the narrative. I appreciated the contrast drawn between the Native American way of interacting with the natural world, and the European (and then Euro-American) way - complementary versus adversarial - as I think this clarifies why environmental degradation was allowed to take hold, and to continue for so long in this country. Until, that is, the 1960s, when an activist named Marion Stoddart decided she had to do something.Ĭhosen as one of our September selections over in The Picture-Book Club to which I belong, where our theme this month is "ecosystems," A River Ran Wild is part history, part science, and all parts engaging. ![]() Show More pebbles on the river-bed could be seen from above, thus explaining its original native name, the Nash-a-Way, or "River With the Pebbled Bottom" - through its first harnessing (in order to power mills) during colonial times, and then its use as a dumping ground for waste during the Industrial Revolution, Cherry charts a trajectory that leads ever downward. A River Ran Wild: An Environmental History by Lynne Cherry Long ago, Indian peoples discovered the Nashua River. ![]()
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![]() ![]() What I learned from Lennon was something that did stay with me my whole career, which is to be very straightforward. When I take a picture, I take 10 percent of what I see. ![]() The accumulation of photographs over the years. What means most to me is the body of my work. I don’t have a single favorite photograph. Within the first six months, I was there, I was told that I couldn’t be an art teacher unless I became an artist first. I went to school at the San Francisco Art Institute, thinking I was going to become an art teacher. In this day and age of things moving so, so fast, we still long for things to stop, and we as a society love the still image. ![]() On to the quotes… Annie Leibovitz Quotes On… Photography Philosophy If you enjoy the article then please share with others through social media and your own blog. To learn more about Annie Leibovitz’s photography, working process, and her incredible career, then we highly recommend reading our article Annie Leibovitz: Life Behind the Lens If you’re looking for some words of wisdom from one of the greatest editorial and portrait photographers of the last fifty years then you’ve come to the right place. Below you’ll find the best Annie Leibovitz quotes from interviews, documentaries and book excerpts to help take your photography to the next level. ![]() ![]() One of the men Archer must now contend with is William Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, who’s been “a catalyst for death in the city.” But even worse, other newcomers to York include an enemy from Archer’s past, from a time long before he became captain of the bailiffs. When Archer learns the murdered man was one of a party coming from far away Winchester to deliver special stones to a Benedictine convent, he suspects there are some serious agendas at work. 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He's always showing up at crime scenes, thanks to the police scanner he keeps in his room, and telling the cops what they need to do.and he's usually right. He's hopeless at reading social cues or expressing himself well to others, and like many kids with AS, Jacob has a special focus on one subject - in his case, forensic analysis. ![]() Jacob Hunt is a teenage boy with Asperger's syndrome. ![]() A son who tries to be like everyone else, but truly doesn't know how. But try having a son who is locked in his own world, and still wants to make a connection. ![]() They think there is no greater hell than having a son who is locked in his own world, unaware that there's a wider one to explore. ![]() They tell me I'm lucky to have a son who's so verbal, who is blisteringly intelligent, who can take apart the broken microwave and have it working again an hour later. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Spyglass's operations were formed and based at the Walt Disney Studios. Its slate of film projects and an initial financial advance of $10 million to $20 million against future overages were also contributed by Disney. After Caravan's remaining three films were released, Caravan went inactive. Birnbaum previously left Caravan at the prompting of then Disney studio chief Joe Roth with Disney cutting its yearly production output, Roth recommended forming a self-financing production firm similar to New Regency Productions. The startup company signed a five-year distribution agreement with Disney, which took an equity stake. On August 21, 1998, Gary Barber, former vice chairman and COO of Morgan Creek Productions, together with Roger Birnbaum, co-founder and former head of Caravan Pictures, founded Spyglass Entertainment. Spyglass Media Group, LLC (formerly Spyglass Entertainment) is an American film production and finance company founded by Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum in 1998. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Outlining fourteen foundational principles centered on the gospel, he shows that we need more than the latest parenting strategy or list of techniques. Instead, he presents us with a big-picture view of God’s plan for us as parents. In this life-giving book, Paul Tripp offers parents much more than a to-do list. Feeling pressure to do everything “right” and raise up “good” children, it’s easy to lose sight of our ultimate purpose as parents in the quest for practical tips and guaranteed formulas. ![]() In the midst of folding laundry, coordinating carpool schedules, and breaking up fights, many parents get lost. EBook $13.99 en Español $12.99 Audiobook From Audible/iTunes Winner of the ECPA Book of the Year Award for Christian Living - Over 100,000 Copies in Print ![]() ![]() ![]() The book won the 2015 Novel of the Year award from the Chicago Writers Association and was named a best book of 2014 by BookPage. It received starred reviews in Booklist, Publishers Weekly and Library Journal. Her second novel, The Hundred-Year House, is set in the Northern suburbs of Chicago, and was published by Viking/Penguin in July 2014. It was a Booklist Top Ten Debut, an Indie Next pick, an O Magazine selection, and one of Chicago Magazine's choices for best fiction of 2011. Makkai's debut novel, The Borrower, was released in June 2011. ![]() She met her husband, Jon Freeman, at Bread Loaf. She has two children and lives in Lake Forest, Illinois. Makkai has also taught at Lake Forest College and held the Mackey Chair in Creative Writing Beloit College. She is the artistic director of StoryStudio Chicago. Makkai has taught at the Iowa Writers' Workshop and is on the MFA faculties of Sierra Nevada University and Northwestern University. ![]() She later earned a master's degree from Middlebury College's Bread Loaf School of English. Makkai graduated from Lake Forest Academy and attended Washington and Lee University where she graduated with a B.A. Her paternal grandmother, Rózsa Ignácz, was a well-known actress and novelist in Hungary. She is the daughter of linguistics professors Valerie Becker Makkai and Ádám Makkai, a refugee to the US following the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. Rebecca Makkai (born April 20, 1978) is an American novelist and short-story writer. ![]() ![]() She currently lives in Sandton, South Africa. Her work encompasses creating awareness around rape culture, mental illness and human trafficking. ![]() Her books are aimed at educating and empowering people to make better life choices, especially with the fast growing rate of femicide, rape and many other social ills. Jackie’s main objective is to create awareness and find long-term solutions to eradicate social ills. Her stories are raw, well researched and extremely thought-provoking. Jackie’s work revolves around the narrative of women and children in Africa. Her second novel BARE: The Cradle of The Hockey Club was released in June 2019. Her second book titled I tweet what I like was inspired by the late struggle icon Steve Biko, I write what I like. ![]() Her debut novel BARE: The Blesser’s Game, was published in 2017 and was awarded the African Icon Literary Award in Lagos, Nigeria in 2018. Jackie Phamotse is a writer, businesswoman, social activist and philanthropist. ![]() Welcome you are at my door step so come on in! I guess you found me well let me entertain you. ![]() ![]() ![]() The other ducks liked much better to swim about in the river than to climb the slippery banks, and sit under a burdock leaf, to have a gossip with her. 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IT was lovely summer weather in the country, and the golden corn, the green oats, and the haystacks piled up in the meadows looked beautiful. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now, to clear the name of a family friend, she begins to work with the handsome criminal justice professor Ian Canter. Solving murders in her small town of Grace Pointe wasn’t a part of her plan…until she and her brother find a local judge who had come to Pastor Baker for counseling murdered in his chambers, hit over the head with a massive volume of the Indiana Code. She thought she was happy for years re-shelving books and helping patrons find their next great read, but as she turns forty, she suddenly struggles to figure out what more to do with her life. MacKenzie Baker is an impetuous, eavesdropping small-town librarian who lives in the apartment above the parsonage garage and refuses to be defined as the pastor’s single sister. The heated comment made by a church library ministry team member shocks MacKenzie Baker, but it quickly becomes the least of her worries. ![]() ![]() The first book in the Grace Pointe Cozy Mystery Series! ![]() |