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The Beginning of the American Fall: A Comics Journalist Inside the Occupy Wall Street Movement
by Stephanie McmillanCan a cartoonist and millions of random strangers change the world? The initial stages of their attempt are chronicled in this book of comics-journalism and written observations. Stephanie McMillan, long-time activist and cartoonist, has waited her entire life for the American people to rise up. Sparked by uprisings around the world, a new movement bursts onto the national scene against a system that denies the people a decent life and puts the planet at risk. With delightful full-color drawings, interviews, dialogue, description, and insightful reflections, this book chronicles the first several months of the fragile and contradictory movement. It situates detailed personal experiences and representative narratives within the broad context of a truly unique and historical global conjuncture. This book will stand as a record of the emerging movement in accessible comics form.
Beginning of the End
by Kylie ScottWhen her boyfriend announces he&’s accepted a yearlong contract in London, Susie&’s relieved that Aaron suggests a long-distance relationship. But then it makes her think. Is it her imagination, or does he seem just a little too eager to leave? Is she reading too much into his excitement to hit the British pub scene? And all relationships cool off after a while…right? As Aaron&’s departure approaches, Susie confides in her favorite aunt and best friend to help her figure out—is this the beginning of the end or just the beginning of something even better? Don&’t miss this sharp and sassy prequel novella to New York Times bestselling author Kylie Scott&’s new book, End of Story!
The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night: an enchanting collection of modern fairy tales
by Jen CampbellModern fairy tales of magic, outsiders and lost souls.'A gem of a book ... deeply moving' Stylist'A darkly clever, beautifully written and deliciously twisted collection of modern fairy tales' Red'Campbell writes beautifully' Grazia'These days, you can find anything you need at the click of a button.That's why I bought her heart online.'Spirits in jam jars, mini-apocalypses, animal hearts and side shows.A girl runs a coffin hotel on a remote island.A boy is worried his sister has two souls.A couple are rewriting the history of the world. And mermaids are on display at the local aquarium.The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night is a collection of twelve haunting stories; modern fairy tales brimming with magic, outsiders and lost souls. 'What a book. It's so strange and magical and the writing is just beautiful. I loved it' Louise O'Neill 'Enchanting and illuminating' Carys Bray'Like walking through a mirror' Rachel Joyce'This book is full of character and magic, and I found myself mesmerised' Claire Fuller'These stories are weaved together like silvery fishing nets. Like shimmering, jewel-bright worlds' Helen McClory 'Magical and sinister at the same time' Kirsty LoganFrom the author of Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops series and The Bookshop Book.
The Beginning Place
by Ursula K. Le GuinFleeing from the monotony of his life, Hugh Rogers finds his way to "the beginning place," a gateway to Tembreabrezi, an idyllic, unchanging world of eternal twilight. Irena Pannis was thirteen when she first found the beginning place. Now, seven years later, she has grown to know and love the gentle inhabitants of Tembreabrezi, or Mountaintown, and she sees Hugh as a trespasser. But then a monstrous shadow threatens to destroy Mountaintown, and Hugh and Irena join forces to seek it out. Along the way, they begin to fall in love. Are they on their way to a new beginning or a fateful end? This book has three very brief passages about sex acts.
Beginning the World Again
by Roberta SilmanAfter a chance meeting in 1981, Lily Fialka confronts the defining time of her life: 1943-45 in Los Alamos, when her physicist husband, Peter, worked on the atomic bomb as part of the Manhattan Project--a time of isolation, hard work, temptation, and loneliness, yet exhilaration and triumph; when great breakthroughs were made, but lives felt narrow; when loyalty was paramount, but the need for secrecy created unbearable tension. At the same time, Lily and her friends are haunted by what is happening to Dietrich Bonhoeffer in the Resistance in Germany, and his story serves as a counterpoint to theirs. In a sweeping historical novel that cuts across continents and reveals a deep knowledge of the science of the making of the bomb, Beginning the World Again offers valuable insights into that fascinating time.
Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory (Third Edition)
by Peter BarryBeginning theory has been helping students navigate through the thickets of literary and cultural theory for well over a decade now. This new and expanded third edition continues to offer students and readers the best one-volume introduction to the field. The bewildering variety of approaches, theorists and technical language is lucidly and expertly unravelled. Unlike many books which assume certain positions about the critics and the theories they represent, Peter Barry allows readers to develop their own ideas once first principles and concepts have been grasped. The book has been updated and includes two new chapters, one of which (Literary theory - a history in ten events) innovatively surveys the course of theory, while the other (Theory after 'Theory') maps the arrival of new 'isms' since the second edition appeared in 2002. Liberal humanism - Structuralism - Post-structuralism and deconstruction - Postmodernism - Psychoanalytic criticism - Feminist criticism - Lesbian/gay criticism - Marxist criticism - New historicism and cultural materialism - Postcolonial criticism - Stylistics - Narratology - Ecocriticism - Presentism/Transversal poetics/ New aestheticism/Historical formalism/Cognitive poetics.
Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory (Beginnings)
by Peter BarryBeginning theory has been helping students navigate through the thickets of literary and cultural theory for over two decades. This new and expanded fourth edition continues to offer readers the best single-volume introduction to the field. <p><p>The bewildering variety of approaches, theorists and technical language is lucidly and expertly unraveled. Unlike many books which assume certain positions about the critics and the theories they represent, Beginning theory allows readers to develop their own ideas once first principles and concepts have been grasped. <p><p>The book has been updated for this edition and includes a new introduction, expanded chapters, and an overview of the subject (Theory after "Theory") which maps the arrival of new 'isms' since the second edition appeared in 2002 and the third edition in 2009.
Beginning theory [An introduction to literary and cultural theory]: An Introduction To Literary And Cultural Theory (Beginnings Ser.)
by Peter BarrySince the first edition of this book (which was written in the earlier part of the 1990s) literary theory has continued to change and develop. To reflect these developments, I have added a new chapter on ecocriticism, making this the first book of its kind to register the increasing interest in 'Green' approaches to literature. Of course, my own feelings about the various kinds of theory have changed a bit too. In particular, I now find structuralism rather more interesting than poststructuralism, and to reflect this I have added a new chapter on narratology, a branch of structuralist theory which lends itself very readily to enjoyable and thought-provoking practical applications. Apart from these new chapters, the second edition is the same book as the first, but with up-dated bibliographies.
Beginning With Baby
by Christie RidgwaySTRONG, SILENT DADDYWith one touch of his strong hands, he could soothe her sweet babe to sleep. And with one glance from his dark, sexy eyes, Phoebe Finley found herself falling-hard. So when this single mom needed a "husband" to keep custody of her adorable infant nephew, natural-born daddy Jackson Abbott came to her rescue....Jackson's own shattered family ties made him long to shelter Phoebe from the very things that had once broken his own heart. But now that mother and child were safe in his protective embrace, the brooding loner found himself longing for all that he had once lost. All that he never hoped to have again...Until now.THAT'S MY BABY! Sometimes bringing up baby can bring surprises...and showers of love!
Beginning with Braille
by Anna M. SwensonWritten by a gifted practitioner, Beginning with Braille offers teachers a variety of practical strategies for designing and delivering braille instruction. This guide emphasizes the balance between a meaning-centered approach and braille reading skills for early literacy and beginning readers and writers, as well as children with multiple disabilities. It provides suggestions for reading aloud to young children, selecting and making early tactile books, and teaching tactile and hand movement skills, as well as tips on the braille writing process. Reading Beginning with Braille, with its numerous suggestions and examples, is like having a mentor by your side.
Beginning with Cannonballs: A Novel
by Jill McCroskey Coupe&“ . . . both timely and timeless in today's fraught social climate.&” —Necessary Fiction&“This lyric novel is a gorgeous mosaic.&” —John DufresneThe award-winning author of True Stories at the Smoky View is back with another novel about an unusual friendship. In the 1940s, in segregated Knoxville, Tennessee, Gail (white) and Hanna (black) shared a crib in Gail&’s parents&’ house, where Hanna&’s mother, Sophie, was the live-in maid. When the girls were four, Sophie taught them to swim, and soon they were gleefully doing cannonballs off the diving board, playing a game they'd invented based on their favorite Billie Holiday song. By the time they&’re both in college, however, the two friends have lost touch with each other. A reunion in Washington, DC, sought by Gail but resented by Hanna, sets the tone for their relationship from then on. Marriage, children, and a tragic death further strain the increasingly fragile bond. How much longer can the friendship last?
Beginning with You
by Lindsay MckennaDedicated to serving the public when emergency strikes, never hesitating to risk their own lives in heart-racing rescue missions, Search and Rescue is an elite corps of helicopter pilots of the United States Coast Guard. Joining their ranks is proud and beautiful Rook Caldwell, a woman who audaciously breaks her way into a close-knit, all-male preserve that jealously guards its privileges against all intruders.Rook hopes to make the Coast Guard her future as well as her family. Soon, however, she must not only fight to win the respect of her fellow flyers, but come to grips with her unexpected feelings for Jim Barton, a wealthy businessman whose brilliant smile disarms her and makes her fear for her heart. To allow their growing intimacy to triumph as it should, to realize all she has sought so hard to achieve as a pilot, Rook will need both a woman's strength-and a woman's tenderness.
The Beginning Woods
by Malcolm McNeillA 2018 Carnegie Medal NomineeA MYSTERY NO ONE CAN SOLVEThe Vanishings started without warning. People disappearing into thin air—just piles of clothes left behind. Each day, thousands gone without a trace.A BABY NO ONE WANTEDAbandoned in a bookshop, Max has grown up haunted by memories of his parents. Only he can solve the mystery of the Vanishings.A SECRET THAT COULD SAVE THE FUTURETo find the answers, Max must leave this world and enter the Beginning Woods, a realm of magic and terror where stories are all too real.A STORY THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO ANOTHER WORLDGreater than your dreams. Darker than your fears. Full of more wonder than you could ever desire. Welcome to the ineffable Beginning Woods. . . .
Beginnings: Intention and Method
by Edward W. SaidThis reissued classic traces the ramifications and diverse understandings of the concept of "Beginning" in history and offers valuable insights into the role of the intellectual and the goal of criticism.
Beginnings (Sommerfeld Trilogy #2)
by Kim Vogel Sawyer"BETH QUINN left the city to live among the Old Order Mennonites in the small town of Sommerfeld, Kansas, but she doesn't fit in. Her mother has embraced the old life and reconciled with her family, but these people are strangers to Beth and her business focus doesn't fit their ideal for women. With two men now vying for her attention, Beth is torn between a desire for independence and a longing to have someone on whom to depend. New in her Christian faith, will Beth be able to reconcile her old life with the new? Andrew Braun, a member of the Sommerfeld fellowship, works side-by-side with Beth, designing and constructing stained-glass windows. Dare she trust him with her life and her heart? Sean McCauley, whose dad owns a construction company specializing in erecting church buildings, visits Beth's shop and discusses a possible business deal. Is Sean interested in more than a financial alliance? Feelings of unsettledness begin to grow as Beth searches for a place to belong. Will she look to her heavenly Father for guidance and fulfillment? Or will she proceed with her own plans and wind up picking up more than pieces of shattered glass?"
Beginnings and Ends (Short Story)
by Suzanne BrockmannSuzanne Brockmann, bestselling author of When Tony Met Adam and the pulse-pounding Troubleshooters series, has been hailed by USA Today as a "superstar of romantic suspense." In this original short story, available exclusively as an eBook, Brockmann returns with two of her most beloved characters from the Troubleshooters world: operative Jules Cassidy and his husband, Robin. After years of playing the tormented actor Joe Laughlin on the hit television show Shadowland, Hollywood star Robin Chadwick Cassidy is ready for a change. Joe's character embodies the real demons of Robin's past--his struggle with his sexuality, his battle with alcoholism--and portraying the part has taken a heavy toll on his personal life. Robin's husband, FBI agent Jules Cassidy, has noticed the strain and will do whatever he can to make Robin happy. And what Robin has in mind will forever transform his career, his marriage, and his family. Includes a thrilling excerpt from Suzanne Brockmann's novel Hot Target, featuring Jules Cassidy. "Openly gay FBI agent Jules Cassidy [is] one of the most charming and original characters in popular fiction today."--Library Journal Praise for Suzanne Brockmann "Brockmann strikes the perfect balance between white-knuckle suspense and richly emotional romance."--Chicago Tribune "Brockmann is a master of adventure, drama, passion, and suspense."--The Tampa Tribune
Beginning's End (The Empire Saga #3)
by M. DaltoEver since her unexpected return to the Empire, all Alexstrayna wanted was to protect her family. Despite the life-altering events that occurred within the Borderlands, her family–those that remained–were all she had left. As Empress, it was her predestined duty to protect them while ensuring the safety of the Empire. But when the ever-threatening forces from the Borderlands challenge the peace, she must search within herself to discover a new magic, one stronger than anything the Annals have foretold before.
Beginning's End (Beginning's End)
by Emily PickardBest friends Amelia and Kathleen take a long-awaited trip back to Ireland, where adventure lurks around every corner. Amelia's twin sister, Anne, is finally getting her dream wedding in the small town of Doolin on the west coast of Ireland, and Amelia and Kathleen decide to sightsee before Anne's big day. Their travels start in Dublin, where the two visit Temple Bar and Trinity College. It's also where Amelia meets the irresistible Padraig, at a quaint B&B. They then rent a car to explore the beautiful countryside, planning on a leisurely drive around the lower half of the island—stopping at Blarney Castle and the Ring of Kerry—before making their way up the western coast and arriving in plenty of time to join the wedding festivities. Amelia is conflicted on her blossoming feelings for Padraig, and Kathleen—happy her friend is finally opening up to love again—makes sure to keep pointing it out. Kathleen then starts to reveal her own unhappiness with where life has taken her. As one thing after another refuses to go according to plan and Kathleen hints she might stay in Ireland for good, Amelia starts to wonder: can one trip really change her life forever?
Beginnings in Literature (America Reads, Classic Edition)
by Alan L. Madsen Sarah Durand Wood Philip M. Connors'Beginnings in Literature' has an opening unit of selections representing a variety of genre. The next six units contain short stories, poetry, plays, nonfiction, and folk literature. An eighth unit is about the legendary King Arthur and his knights.
The Beginnings of Critical Realism in America: Main Currents in American Thought (Main Currents In American Thought Ser.)
by Vernon ParringtonThis final volume of Vernon Louis Parrington's Pultzer Prize-winning study deals with the decay of romantic optimism. It shows that the cause of decay is attributed to three sources: stratifying of economics under the pressure of centralization; the rise of mechanistic science; and the emergence of a spirit of skepticism which, with teachings of the sciences and lessons of intellectuals, has resulted in the questioning of democratic ideals.Parrington presents the movement of liberalism from 1913 to 1917, and the reaction to it following World War I. He notes that liberals announced that democratic hopes had not been fulfilled; the Constitution was not a democratic instrument nor was it intended to be; and while Americans had professed to create a democracy, they had in fact created a plutocracy.Industrialization of America under the leadership of the middle class and the rise of critical attitudes towards the ideals and handiwork of that class are examined in great detail. Parrington's interpretation of the literature during this time focuses on four divisions of development: the conquest of America by the middle class; the challenge of that overlordship by democratic agrarianism; the intellectual revolution brought about by science and the appropriation of science by the middle class; and the rise of detached criticism by younger intellectuals. A new introduction by Bruce Brown highlights Parrington's life and explains the importance of this volume.
The Beginnings of Ladino Literature: Moses Almosnino and His Readers
by Olga BorovayaMoses Almosnino (1518-1580), arguably the most famous Ottoman Sephardi writer and the only one who was known in Europe to both Jews and Christians, became renowned for his vernacular books that were admired by Ladino readers across many generations. While Almosnino's works were written in a style similar to contemporaneous Castilian, Olga Borovaya makes a strong argument for including them in the corpus of Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) literature. Borovaya suggests that the history of Ladino literature begins at least 200 years earlier than previously believed and that Ladino, like most other languages, had more than one functional style. With careful historical work, Borovaya establishes a new framework for thinking about Ladino language and literature and the early history of European print culture.
The Beginnings of University English
by Alexandra LawrieDrawing on previously unseen archival material, The Beginnings of University English explores the innovative and scholarly ways in which English literature was taught to extramural students in England during the fin de si#65533;cle, and sheds new light on the modern roots of tertiary-level English teaching.
The Begonia Bribe
by Alyse CarlsonRoanoke, Virginia, is home to some of the country's most exquisite gardens, and it's Camellia Harris's job to promote them. But when a pint-sized beauty contest comes to town, someone decides to deliver a final judgment ... A beauty pageant for little girls--the Little Miss Begonia Pageant--has decided to hold their event in a Roanoke park. Camellia is called in to help deal with the botanical details, the cute contestants, and their catty mothers. She soon realizes that the drama onstage is nothing compared to the judges row. There's jealousy, betrayal, and a love triangle involving local newsman--and known lothario--Telly Stevens. And a mysterious saboteur is trying to stop the pageant from happening at all. But the drama turns deadly when Stevens is found dead, poisoned by some sort of plant. With a full flowerbed of potential suspects, Cam needs to dig through the evidence to uproot a killer with a deadly green thumb.
A Begonia for Miss Applebaum
by Paul ZindelWhen Henry and Zelda become the Saturday companions of their, beloved teacher, her exuberance for learning, having fun, and helping the homeless is contagious. Their visits to Central Park, museums, and other places around New York City open an exciting new world to Zelda and Henry. But Miss Applebaum can't escape the inevitable. Will Henry and Zelda be able to carry out her last wish?
The Begotten (Gifted #1)
by Lisa Tawn BergrenAt the height of the Inquisition, a secret half a millennium old is about to be exposed-a lost letter said to have been written by Paul and part of what was to become the foundation of the Christian canon. It speaks of men and women-the Gifted-with mysterious spiritual gifts that struck fear in the heart of the Church. Now the letter has surfaced. The Gifted ones are coming together. Their prophecy is coming true.