The Princess Pocahontas by Virginia Watson The Pocahontas-John Smith Story by Pocahontas Wight Edmunds The Story of Pocahontas by Charles Dudley Warner The Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith by E. The Women Who Came in the Mayflower by Annie Russell Marbleĭiary of Anna Green Winslow, a Boston School Girl of 1771 by Anna Green Winslow Native American (mostly nonfiction) Home Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse EarleĬhild Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle Heroines of Service by Mary Rosetta Parkman Nonfiction Colonial & Revolutionary Heroines That Every Child Should Know by Mabie, Stephens, and Ostertag Historic Girls: Stories Of Girls Who Have Influenced The History Of Their Times by Elbridge S. Ten Girls from History by Kate Dickinson Sweetser Ten American Girls From History by Kate Dickinson Sweetser Most are fictional, but after consideration, a few nonfiction titles seemed relevant, so I have included them. They are also lovely and wholesome entertainment. Girls books that may aid in the study of history.
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I was drawn to Piper right away - she's a sympathetic character, strong and sassy and a little self-deprecating. This is a story with a lot of heart and the tone's a really nice mix of humorous and serious. As Piper gets to know the five flavors of Dumb, she'll learn more about rock and roll and about herself than she ever would have guessed. It's everything she wanted - her ticket to fame and fortune - but she'll have to get them a paying gig before the first month is over or she's fired. And somehow she ends up accepting a job as their manager. She doesn't have to hear to know that they're completely not together, "all style, no substance". Maybe that's why she opens her big mouth after the newest winners of Seattle's Teen Battle of the Bands serenade everyone on the steps of the school one morning. Piper feels like no one listens to what she has to say and now that her dream of going to Gallaudet University, a deaf college in DC, is on precarious ground, maybe no one ever will. And, worst of all, she finds out that her parents "borrowed" money from her college fund to pay for her baby sister's cochlear implants - surgical devices that will give hearing to Grace. Her dad refused to learn to sign when she lost her hearing at the age of six, even though it's how she prefers to communicate. starting at a prep school with the elite children of the bigwigs of D.C. Grandpa is shipped off to a treatment facility in Boston and Tess is now living in a two bedroom apartment in Washington D.C. Ivy, Tess’ older sister, swoops in and instantly takes charge. The school counselor has noticed something is off and calls in ‘The Fixer’–Ivy Kendrick. Tess has been able to manage taking care of herself as well as keeping her grades up, taking care of their horse ranch, and keeping a secret: her grandfather has Alzheimer’s. Due to an altercation with one of her teachers, she is sent to the counselor. She is maintaining some semblance of high school normalcy. Now, don’t misunderstand, this is not a humorous novel it is about a 17-year-old girl, Tess Kendrick, who is living on a ranch in Montana when we first meet her. I found I was still reading at two in the morning and laughing out loud at Asher’s sense of humor. I am madly in love with the depth of the characters in Jennifer Lynn Barnes latest novel, The Fixer. This amazing little book nearly passed me by entirely. Through the gracious providence of God, the men then separately come to embrace the true Gospel of Jesus Christ in all of its freedom and power. Having done so, each one eventually realizes the weakness of that Law to deliver anyone, since it brings only condemnation. Through crisis events in their pastorate (an encounter with a dying parishioner, a fight between two church members, etc.), the pastors come to confront their own weakness of character and take hold of the Law of God. Each of these men, though a pastor, begins his story in a place of confusion about God and his Word. This novel, translated from the original Swedish (in which language it was published more than seventy years ago), follows the stories of three separate pastors who serve in the same Lutheran parish first in 1810, then 1870, then in 1940. He also loves the Derby Series which I wrote about earlier, but this is probably his favorite Christian novel. This post is by my husband, Dave, who loves reading and sharing book recommendations. Even as the designs became more elaborate, visual depictions of the mythological Labyrinth from Roman times until the Renaissance are almost invariably unicursal. Īlthough early Cretan coins occasionally exhibit branching (multicursal) patterns, the single-path (unicursal) seven-course "Classical" design without branching or dead ends became associated with the Labyrinth on coins as early as 430 BC, and similar non-branching patterns became widely used as visual representations of the Labyrinth – even though both logic and literary descriptions make it clear that the Minotaur was trapped in a complex branching maze. Daedalus had so cunningly made the Labyrinth that he could barely escape it after he built it. Its function was to hold the Minotaur, the monster eventually killed by the hero Theseus. In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth ( Ancient Greek: Λαβύρινθος, romanized: Labúrinthos) was an elaborate, confusing structure designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos. Silver coin from Knossos displaying the 7-course "Classical" design to represent the Labyrinth, 400 BC There’s a category for Best Love’s Landscapes Story so if you’re an author who wrote for LL, you might be up there. It’s so hard to pick just one per category. I’m waiting to see what still gets posted, before filling in with my own additions to the lists. Dawn, Regina, K, ttg, Zoe ~ Is incognito, Pmj12, 315, Anna, Julia Duncan, Jessa, Jeanne, Jess…)Īnd a big thanks also to people who nominated lots of the stories by other authors that I loved so much this year. Enny’s done great work for me.Ī big thank you to everyone who enjoyed stories of mine enough to nominate them (including PJ. They’re handing out nomination ribbons in every category – I’ll let this one stand for all of mine.īut I also want to thank Jessa for nominating Enny Kraft’s cover for Laser Visions for Best Cover Art – so well deserved. And I’m even up for Favorite All-Time M/M Author. I’ve been delighted to see my work from this year nominated more than a dozen times so far. Right now, in the nomination phase, members are naming the Oct 2013-2014 releases they feel deserve recognition in 42 categories of M/M, from “Best Hurt/Comfort” to “Best Historical”, from “Best Story That Should Have A Sequel” to “Best Paranormal”, plus a couple of All-Time Favorite awards. The M/M Romance group on Goodreads has begun their annual 2014 Member Choice Awards. Influential Apostles at the time included such Kingsmen as the art critic Roger Fry and the economist Maynard Keynes (both angels – members who have graduated) and the poet Rupert Brooke (an undergraduate at the time).įorster's novel’s are full of references to music. After graduating he became an 'angel' and continued to be active in the society. It was in his fourth year that his friend Hugh Meredith sponsored Forster to become a member of the secret University debating society called the Apostles. Forster stayed on for a fourth year to read history, being tutored in this capacity by Oscar Browning, and at the same time came under the influence of Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson, who became a lifelong friend. His tutor, Nathaniel Wedd, was of some influence on the young Forster, encouraging him to become a writer and more generally being responsible, according to Forster, for "such awakening as has befallen me". After a number of unhappy years in public schools, Forster came up to King's in 1897 to read Classics. 'A healthy corrective'.-'The New York Times Book Review' of photos. For nearly two decades, 'Drawing Down the Moon', the only detailed history of a little-known and widely misunderstood movement, has provided the most authoritative look at the religious beliefs, experiences, and lifestyles of the neopagan culture. In this new edition featuring an updated resource guide of newsletters, journals, books, groups, and festivals, Margot Adler takes a fascinating and honest look at the religious experiences, beliefs, and lifestyles of modern America' s Pagan groups. Margot Adler attended ritual gatherings and interviewed a diverse, colorful gallery of people across the United States, people who find inspiration in ancient deities, nature, myth, even science fiction. Now fully revised-the classic study of Neo-Paganism Almost thirty years since its original publication, 'Drawing Down the Moon' continues to be the only detailed history of the burgeoning but still widely misunderstood Neo- Pagan subculture. See, see, see,”), he ransacked the library in search of pirates, soldiers, detectives, spies, criminals, and other colorful souls, Soon he had earned a reputation as an ace storyteller, in demand around campfires and in back yards on summer evenings. Therefore, when he finally got to first grade to find everyone else laboring over the imbecile adventures of Dick, Jane and Spot (“See Spot run. When kindergarten turned out to be a stupefyingly banal disappointment devoted to cutting animal shapes out of heavy colored paper, he took matters into his own hands and taught himself to read by memorizing his comic books and reciting them over and over to other neighborhood children on the front steps until he could recognize the words. The salesman wanted him to become an athlete, the nurse thought he would do well as either a doctor or a Lutheran minister, but all he wanted to do was to learn to read. Peter Straub was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 2 March, 1943, the first of three sons of a salesman and a nurse. Especially troubling are the stories told by adults who were encouraged to transition as children but later regretted subjecting themselves to those drastic procedures.Īs Anderson shows, the most beneficial therapies focus on helping people accept themselves and live in harmony with their bodies. It gives a voice to people who tried to “transition” by changing their bodies, and found themselves no better off. This book exposes the contrast between the media’s sunny depiction of gender fluidity and the often sad reality of living with gender dysphoria. Drawing on the best insights from biology, psychology, and philosophy, Ryan Anderson offers a nuanced view of human embodiment, a balanced approach to public policy on gender identity, and a sober assessment of the human costs of getting human nature wrong. When Harry Became Sally provides thoughtful answers to questions arising from our transgender moment. Can a boy be “trapped” in a girl’s body? Can modern medicine “reassign” sex? Is our sex “assigned” to us in the first place? What is the most loving response to a person experiencing a conflicted sense of gender? What should our law say on matters of “gender identity”? |