![]() ![]() Ī World of My Own - the first ever non-stop solo round the world voyage - Knox-Johnston R. ![]() A True Story of Courage and Endurance - Knox-Johnston R.,… This book presents an account of his nine-month journey around the world in his 53-foot ketch Gipsy Moth IV. Relentless - A Story of Grit and Endurance from the First Person to Kayak the Tasman Solo -…įorce of Nature. The Lonely Sea and the Sky - Chichester F. ![]() ![]() Īround the world alone - Alain Colas Ītlantic Adventure - Chichester F. Near death on the high seas: true stories of disaster and survival - Cecil Kuhne Īlone Across the Atlantic - Chichester F. It inspired the first solo around-the-world race and remains a timeless testament to the. The story of how the sixty-five-year-old navigator singlehandedly circumnavigated the globe, the whole way battling hostile seas as well as his boat's numerous design flaws, is a tale of superhuman tenacity and endurance to be read and reread by sailors and armchair adventurers alike.įirst published in 1967, just months after the completion of Chichester's historic journey, Gipsy Moth Circles the World was an instant international best-seller. Among the handful of such tales to emerge in the twentieth century, one of the most enduring surely must be Sir Francis Chichester's account of his solitary, nine-month journey around the world in his 53-foot ketch Gipsy Moth IV. Description: From time immemorial, few narrative genres have had the power to so stir the emotions or captivate the imagination as the true account of a lone adventurer's triumph over the titanic forces of nature. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Seteney Shami, Director General of ACSS said: “These lectures aim to provide continuity to Mernissi’s legacy, thought and approach and to build upon her work. On November 28, ACSS inaugurated the Fatema Mernissi Lecture Series in Beirut, coinciding with the anniversary of the passing away of the late Moroccan writer and sociologist. ![]() ![]() Sociologist and feminist: Fatema Mernissi’s work honoredīeirut, November 29, 2019- The Arab Council for Social Sciences (ACSS) organizes an Annual Lecture series to honor prominent social scientists from the Arab Region, to shed light on outstanding legacies of the past, and to inspire a new generation of social science researchers. ![]() My Brown Baby by Denene Millner5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Denene lives in Atlanta with her two daughters and their adorable Goldendoodle, Teddy. She is also the founder of, a critically acclaimed blog that examines the intersection of parenting and race, and the host of Speakeasy with Denene, a podcast produced by Georgia Public Broadcasting. Henson, and Early Sunday Morning, a childrens picture book. She has written thirty books for adults, teens, and children, among them Around the Way Girl, a memoir with actress Taraji P. About the Author Denene Millner is a New York Times bestselling author, award-winning journalist, and director of the Denene Millner Books imprint. As her special moment approaches, June leans on the support of her whole community to conquer her fear of singing in front of the congregation. She sings loud, silly songs with Daddy, she sings to herself in front of the bedroom mirror, but performing in front of the entire congregation is another thing altogether. Next Sunday is more special than most, because she will be leading the youth choir in front of her entire church. Sundays are Junes favorite days because she gets to spend it with Mommy, Daddy, and her brother, Troy. ![]() ![]() Book Synopsis In this heartwarming story of love and family, a community comes together to help a young girl find the courage to lift her mighty voice. About the Book Previously published in 2017 by Bolden Books, an imprint of Agate Publishing-Title page verso. ![]() John stephens the books of beginning5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() The law took effect in January.įresh Take Florida Children's books line the shelves at the Alachua County Public Library in Gainesville.īooks must also comply with the Parental Rights in Education Act, derided by critics as the “Don’t Say Gay” law. It requires each book in a school library to be certified by a media specialist and for a list of these materials to be available on school websites. The law, governing instructional materials for classes from kindergarten to 12th grade, passed last year and holds school districts responsible for the content of all materials used in a classroom, made available in a school library or included on a reading list. Similar scenes are playing out across Florida. This process must be completed by May 26 and is required to comply with state law. Especially when they’re younger, they go through so many books,” Stephens said.Īt the end of the year, when state testing looms and class lists need to be made for fall, Pinellas County Schools is requiring its teachers to scan every book in their classroom libraries for school media specialists to review. ![]() “I don’t think people truly understand how many books are in our classroom libraries. Your generous support ensures that this trusted public news service is accessible to all, no matter what. ![]() The tale of beren and lúthien5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() In this book Christopher Tolkien has attempted to extract the story of Beren and Lúthien from the comprehensive work in which it was embedded but that story was itself changing as it developed new associations within the larger history. This is the kernel of the legend and it leads to the supremely heroic attempt of Beren and Lúthien together to rob the greatest of all evil beings, Melkor, called Morgoth, the Black Enemy, of a Silmaril. ![]() ![]() Her father, a great Elvish lord, in deep opposition to Beren, imposed on him an impossible task that he must perform before he might wed Lúthien. Returning from France and the battle of the Somme at the end of 1916, he wrote the tale in the following year.Įssential to the story, and never changed, is the fate that shadowed the love of Beren and Lúthien: for Beren was a mortal man, but Lúthien was an immortal Elf. The tale of Beren and Lúthien was, or became, an essential element in the evolution of The Silmarillion, the myths and legends of the First Age of the World conceived by J.R.R. Painstakingly restored from Tolkien’s manuscripts and presented for the first time as a continuous and standalone story, the epic tale of Beren and Lúthien will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves and Men, Dwarves and Orcs and the rich landscape and creatures unique to Tolkien’s Middle-earth. ![]() An Egg Is Quiet by Dianna Hutts Aston5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() While listening to the news one evening, I heard Peter Jennings say, ‘The polar icecap is melting - or is it?’ In my mind, I heard, ‘The sky is falling!’ The whole concept for LOONY LITTLE literally fell from the sky and into my mind." Dianna Hutts Aston lives in central Texas with her husband and two children. My mind, of its own accord, kept wandering northward, to a wilderness of snow and ice, the Arctic. Kindle 4.99 Rate this book An Egg Is Quiet Dianna Hutts Aston, Sylvia Long (Illustrator) 4.32 2,217 ratings316 reviews Award-winning artist Sylvia Long has teamed with up-and-coming author Dianna Aston to create this gorgeous and informative introduction to eggs. She says, "It was one of the hottest summer days on record. LOONY LITTLE is her first picture book with Candlewick Press. ![]() Dianna Hutts Aston was born in Houston, Texas, attended the University of Houston, and worked as a journalist for several years. ![]() ![]() My mind, of its own accord, kept wandering northward, to a wilderness of snow and ice, the Arctic. ![]() Russian play the seagull5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Since the play is so often thought to be rooted in the tradition of realist theatre, the reading will be an opportunity to understand the construct, the bare structure of what Chekhov originally wrote which was so striking to audiences at the end of the nineteenth century, completely divided as they were on whether to love it or to hate it. ![]() In Week 1 of Hilary Term, the week before Chekhov’s masterful play is to be performed in English at the Oxford Playhouse, students and teachers from the university’s sub-faculty of Slavonic Languages will be performing a reading of the play in Russian, to which all are warmly invited to attend. Chekhov’s ‘The Seagull’, THURSDAY 20TH JANUARY at 4:30PM (Taylorian Institute, Lecture Room 2) ![]() Olalla robert louis stevenson summary5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Jekyll and Hyde, while exploring the duality of good and evil, was also a criticism of Victorian morality. These issues were to be integral to his writing. Kidnapped, a fast paced adventure tale, is also a subtle examination of Scottish history and character. Kidnapped (1886) followed with critical success but it was The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) which was to bring Stevenson fame on both sides of the Atlantic. In 1882, Stevenson began to publish longer fiction and Treasure Island was serialised at this time. Despite his success with this style of writing and having been a writer of fiction since his teens, it was not until 1877 that his first work, a short story, was published. His early works consist of essays and travel writing, his first book, An Inward Voyage (1878), describes a canoe trip to Belgium and France. ![]() Sourdough by Robin Sloan5/30/2023 ![]() I truly found this book to be an engaging read with a lot of interesting depth. Sourdough by Robin Sloan is a wonderful book, full of beautiful writing, fascinating characters, and a lot of subtle layers in the plot. But who are these people, exactly? Jen's Review When Lois discovers another, more secret market, aiming to fuse food and technology, a whole other world opens up. Soon she is baking loaves daily and taking them to the farmer's market, where an exclusive close-knit club runs the show. Lois becomes the unlikely hero tasked to care for it, bake with it and keep this needy colony of microorganisms alive. When her favourite sandwich shop closes up, the owners leave her with the starter for their mouthwatering sourdough bread. Lois Clary, a software engineer at a San Francisco robotics company, codes all day and collapses at night. ![]() Motorcycle Man by Kristen Ashley5/29/2023 ![]() There were lots of sluts out there, hundreds of thousands of them. I had to land sometime and it was here that I was going to land. I’d jumped out of the roller coaster at the top of the crest, just before it took the plunge and I was falling. Whatever I needed to find, I had to find it. Whatever I was supposed to be doing, I had to do it. I had a nest egg but I also had a mortgage. ![]() The very thought was so humiliating, I felt my skin burning and I had that very thought nearly constantly since I slid out of his bed, dressed and, mortified, slithered out of his room.īut I had been out of work for two months. I’d screwed everything up, literally, and I hadn’t even started the job yet. I’d spent all day the day before trying to figure out if I should show for my new job or not. Now I was here and here was where I decided I needed to be. I had no idea what I was doing, why I was doing it, where I was going and what would happen once I got there. If I was qualified for the job my finger touched, I applied for it. On each page of the want ads, I closed my eyes and pointed. I just went.įor the next two months I bought the paper every Wednesday and opened it to the want ads section. I just straightened from my desk chair at work, grabbed my personal belongings, shoved them in a box and walked out. When I’d had the epiphany and realized where I was, how dangerous it was, how unhealthy it was, I had no idea where I’d land when I jumped off the ride that was my life. ![]() |