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Family Furnishings: Selected Stories, 1995-2014 (Vintage International Ser.)
by Alice Munro&“An extraordinary collection&” (San Francisco Chronicle) of twenty-four short stories from Nobel Prize–winning author Alice Munro. &“Superb . . . Munro is a writer to be cherished.&”—NPRA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, Minneapolis Star TribuneA selection of Alice Munro&’s most accomplished and powerfully affecting short fiction from 1995 to 2014, these stories encompass the fullness of human experience, from the wild exhilaration of first love (in &“Passion&”) to the punishing consequences of leaving home (&“Runaway&”) or ending a marriage (&“The Children Stay&”). And in stories that Munro has described as &“closer to the truth than usual&”—&“Dear Life,&” &“Working for a Living,&” and &“Home&”—we glimpse the author&’s own life.Subtly honed with her hallmark precision, grace, and compassion, these stories illuminate the quotidian yet astonishing particularities in the lives of men and women, parents and children, friends and lovers as they discover sex, fall in love, part, quarrel, suffer defeat, set off into the unknown, or find a way to be in the world.
Friend of My Youth: Stories (Vintage International)
by Alice MunroA &“wickedly funny&” (Newsweek) collection of ten short stories from Nobel Prize–winning author Alice Munro, &“one of the most eloquent and gifted writers of contemporary fiction&” (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times). &“Each of her collections demonstrates such linguistic skill, delicacy of vision, and . . . moral strength and clarity.&”—Chicago Tribune A woman haunted by dreams of her dead mother. An adulterous couple stepping over the line where the initial excitement ends and the pain begins. A widow visiting a Scottish village in search of her husband&’s past—and instead discovering unsetting truths about a total stranger. The miraculously accomplished stories in this collection not only astonish and delight, but also convey the unspoken mysteries at the heart of all human experience. The mastery—the almost numinous ability to say the unsayable—makes Friend of My Youth a genuine literary event.
Lives of Girls and Women: A Novel (Vintage International)
by Alice MunroThe debut novel from Nobel Prize–winning author Alice Munro, &“one of the most eloquent and gifted writers of contemporary fiction&” (The New York Times). &“Munro has an unerring talent for uncovering the extraordinary in the ordinary.&”—Newsweek Rural Ontario, 1940s. Del Jordan lives out at the end of the Flats Road on her father&’s fox farm, where her most frequent companions are an eccentric bachelor family friend and her rough younger brother. When she begins spending more time in town, she is surrounded by women—her mother, an agnostic, opinionated woman who sells encyclopedias to local farmers; her mother&’s boarder, the lusty Fern Dogherty; and her best friend, Naomi, with whom she shares the frustrations and unbridled glee of adolescence. Through these unwitting mentors and in her own encounters with sex, birth, and death, Del explores the dark and bright sides of womanhood. All along she remains a wise, witty observer and recorder of truths in small-town life. The result is a powerful, moving, and humorous demonstration of Alice Munro&’s unparalleled awareness of the lives of girls and women.
The Love of a Good Woman: Stories (Vintage International)
by Alice MunroIn eight &“riveting [and] lovely&” (San Francisco Chronicle) stories, Nobel Prize–winning author Alice Munro stunningly explores the strange, often comical desires of the human heart. &“Superb . . . dazzling . . . Munro&’s feel for her own characters is as pure as Chekhov&’s.&”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors&’ Choice) &“Munro is indisputably a master. . . . A better book of stories can scarcely be imagined.&”—The Washington Post Book WorldMining the silences and dark discretions of provincial life, the eight tales in The Love of a Good Woman lay bare the seamless connections and shared guilt that bind even the loneliest of individuals. A stroke victim expresses his deepest secret to a young bride in what may be the last act of intimacy left in him. A daughter confronts her father with the open secret of his life. And in the riveting title story, a selfless nurse tending a dying patient discovers the social utility of lies. Sparklingly detailed, unwaveringly courageous, these are stories that extend the limits of fiction.
The Moons of Jupiter (Vintage International)
by Alice MunroEleven &“witty, subtle, [and] passionate&” (The New York Times Book Review) stories from Nobel Prize–winning author Alice Munro, &“a true master of the form&” (Salman Rushdie) &“Alice Munro&’s fine and intelligent stories are like Edward Hopper paintings, lit with a relentless clarity, and richly illuminating the perplexities of human connection, their possibilities and pain.&”—Washington Post Book World In these piercingly lovely and endlessly surprising stories by one of the most acclaimed practitioners of the art of fiction, many things happen; there are betrayals and reconciliations, love affairs consummated and mourned. But the true events in The Moons of Jupiter are the ways in which the characters are transformed over time, coming to view their past selves with anger, regret, and infinite compassion that communicate themselves to us with electrifying force.
Open Secrets: Stories (Vintage International)
by Alice MunroEight stunning stories from Nobel Prize–winning author Alice Munro, &“a true master of the form&” (Salman Rushdie). &“Open Secrets is a book that dazzles with its faith in language and in life.&”—The New York Times Book Review In these eight tales, Alice Munro reveals entire lives with a sureness that is nothing less than breathtaking, capturing those moments in which people shrug off old truths, old selves, and what they only thought was fate. In Open Secrets, Munro evokes the devastating power of old love suddenly rekindled. She tells of vanished schoolgirls and indentured frontier brides and an eccentric recluse who, in the course of one surpassingly odd dinner party, inadvertently lands herself a wealthy suitor from exotic Australia. And Munro shows us how one woman&’s romantic tale of capture and escape in the high Balkans may end up inspiring another woman who is fleeing a husband and a lover in present-day Canada. The resulting volume resonates with sorrow, humor, and wisdom, and confirms Alice Munro&’s reputation as one of the most gifted writers of our time.
The Progress of Love (Vintage International)
by Alice MunroEleven stunning stories that explore the most intimate and transforming moments of existence, from Nobel Prize–winning author Alice Munro, &“one of the foremost practitioners of the short story&” (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times). &“Throughout this remarkable collection moments of insight flash from the pages like lightning, not necessarily providing answers—more like showing the way to new questions.&”—The Philadelphia Inquirer A divorced woman returns to her childhood home where she confronts the memory of her parents&’ confounding yet deep bond. The accidental near-drowning of a child exposes to the shaken mother the fragility between children and parents. A young man, remembering a terrifying childhood incident, wrestles with the responsibility he has always felt for his hapless younger brother. A man brings his lover on a visit to his ex-wife, only to feel unexpectedly closer to his estranged partner. In these and other stories, Alice Munro proves once again a sensitive and compassionate chronicler of our times. Drawing us into the most intimate corners of ordinary lives, she reveals much about ourselves, our choices, and our experiences of love.
Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You: 13 Stories (Vintage International)
by Alice MunroA &“masterful&” (Houston Post) collection of stories from Nobel Prize–winning author Alice Munro &“A spellbinding tour through a world of love, menace, and surprise . . . [Munro] is a writer of enormous gifts and perception.&”—Los Angeles Times The sisters, mothers and daughters, aunts, grandmothers, and friends in these thirteen stories, &“a rich exploration of womanhood&” (Ms.), shimmer with hope and love, anger and reconciliation, as they content with their histories and their present, and what they can see of the future. In her remarkable second collection, Alice Munro demonstrates the precise observation, straightforward prose style, and masterful technique hailed by John Updike, who wrote in the New York Times Book Review that &“one must go back to Tolstoy and Chekhov . . . for comparable largeness.&”
Too Much Happiness (Vintage International)
by Alice MunroA &“profound and beautiful&” (Francine Prose, O: The Oprah Magazine) collection of ten stories from Nobel Prize–winning author Alice Munro &“Filled with subtle and far-reaching thematic reverberations. . . . Munro has an empathy so pitch-perfect . . . you are drawn deftly into another world.&”—The New York Times Book Review A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Atlantic Monthly, The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Kansas City Star, The Economist, Slate With clarity and ease, Alice Munro renders complex, difficult events and emotions into stories about the unpredictable ways in which men and women accommodate and often transcend what happens in their lives. In the first story, a young wife and mother, suffering from the unbearable pain of losing her three children, gains solace from a most surprising source. In another, a young woman, in the aftermath of an unusual and humiliating seduction, reacts in a clever if less-than-admirable fashion. Other tales uncover the &“deep-holes&” in a marriage, the unsuspected cruelty of children, and, in the title story, the yearnings of a nineteenth-century female mathematician.
Too Much Happiness (Vintage International Ser.)
by Alice MunroThis stunning collection of stories demonstrates once again why Alice Munro is celebrated as a pre-eminent master of the short story. While some of the stories are traditional, set in &“Alice Munro Country&” in Ontario or in B.C., dealing with ordinary women&’s lives, others have a new, sharper edge. They involve child murders, strange sex, and a terrifying home invasion. By way of astonishing variety, the title story, set in Victorian Europe, follows the last journey from France to Sweden of a famous Russian mathematician. This daring, superb collection proves that Alice Munro will always surprise you.
Vintage Munro: Nobel Prize Edition (Vintage International)
by Alice MunroSix of Nobel Prize–winning author Alice Munro&’s revelatory short stories that unfold the wordless secrets that lie at the center of the human experience. &“Alice Munro is often able to say more in thirty pages than an ordinary novelist is capable of in three hundred. She is a virtuoso of the elliptical . . . the master of the contemporary short story. . . . Munro, like few others, [has] come close to solving the greatest mystery of them all: the human heart and its caprices.&”—From the Presentation Speech, Nobel Prize in Literature 2013 Vintage Munro includes stories from throughout Alice Munro&’s storied career: the title stories from her collections The Moons of Jupiter; The Progress of Love; and Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage, as well as &“Differently,&” from Friend of My Youth; &“Carried Away,&” from Open Secrets; and &“In Sight of the Lake&” from Dear Life. This edition includes the Nobel Prize Presentation Speech
A Wilderness Station: Selected Stories, 1968-1994 (Vintage International)
by Alice MunroNEW YORK TIMES EDITORS&’ CHOICE • A &“luminous&” (Vogue) collection of twenty-eight stories from Nobel Prize–winning author Alice Munro, &“one of the finest contemporary story writers in the English language&” (Newsday)—previously published as Selected Stories&“Her stories are like few others. One must go back to Tolstoy and Chekhov . . . for comparable largeness.&”—John Updike, The New York Times Book ReviewSpanning almost thirty years and settings that range from big cities to small towns and farmsteads of rural Canada, this magnificent collection brings together twenty-eight stories &“about love, marriage, discontent, divorce, betrayal, impulsive passion, second thoughts, deaths, even murder—stories with plenty of drama and surprise as well as reflection and meditation&” (The Wall Street Journal)—by a writer of unparalleled wit, generosity, and emotional power. In A Wilderness Station: Selected Stories, 1968–1994, Alice Munro makes lives that seem small unfold until they are revealed to be as spacious as prairies and locates the moments that change those lives forever. A traveling salesman during the Depression takes his children with him on an impromptu visit to a former girlfriend. A poor girl steels herself to marry a rich fiancé she can&’t quite manage to love. An abandoned woman tries to choose between the opposing pleasures of seduction and solitude. To read these stories is to succumb to the spell of a true narrative sorcerer, a writer who enchants her readers utterly even as she restores them to their truest selves.
Religious Liberty and the American Founding: Natural Rights and the Original Meanings of the First Amendment Religion Clauses
by Vincent Phillip MuñozAn insightful rethinking of the meaning of the First Amendment’s protection of religious freedom. The Founders understood religious liberty to be an inalienable natural right. Vincent Phillip Muñoz explains what this means for church-state constitutional law, uncovering what we can and cannot determine about the original meanings of the First Amendment’s Religion Clauses and constructing a natural rights jurisprudence of religious liberty. Drawing on early state constitutions, declarations of religious freedom, Founding-era debates, and the First Amendment’s drafting record, Muñoz demonstrates that adherence to the Founders’ political philosophy would lead neither to consistently conservative nor consistently liberal results. Rather, adopting the Founders’ understanding would lead to a minimalist church-state jurisprudence that, in most cases, would return authority from the judiciary to the American people. Thorough and convincing, Religious Liberty and the American Founding is key reading for those seeking to understand the Founders’ political philosophy of religious freedom and the First Amendment Religion Clauses.
Far-Right Extremism Online: Beyond the Fringe (Routledge Studies in Digital Extremism)
by Tine MunkBy imparting crucial insights into the digital evolution of far-right extremism and its challenges, this book explores how far-right extremism has transformed, utilising digital spaces for communication and employing coded language to evade detection.Far-right extremism has spread extensively across online platforms. Flourishing within echo chambers, these groups propagate different types of online and offline actions and advance their hateful ideologies to a wide-ranging audience. This book highlights the issues surrounding far-right extremism, which distinguishing it from terrorism and examining its contemporary digital manifestations. Importantly, it sheds light on how far-right groups utilise online platforms for communication, radicalisation, and on-ground actions, relying on alternative truths, misinformation, conspiracy theories, fashion, and memes to connect with like-minded individuals. The book also addresses content moderation challenges and the impact of rising populism in today’s political climate, which fuels societal divisions and uncertainty.Far-Right Extremism Online is a valuable resource for academics, students, analysts, and professionals working in counter-extremism, cybersecurity, digital communication, and national security. It is also an indispensable guide for those concerned about far-right extremism in the digital age.
Kala Kannada- 2 Kannada Patya Pustaka: ಕಲಾ ಕನ್ನಡ - 2 ಕನ್ನಡ ಪಠ್ಯ ಪುಸ್ತಕ
by Dr Muniyappaಕಲಾ ಕನ್ನಡ - 2 ಕನ್ನಡ ಪಠ್ಯ ಪುಸ್ತಕ (ನೂತನ ಪಠ್ಯ ಕ್ರಮ ಬಿ.ಎ. ಪದವಿ ಎರಡನೇ ಸೆಮಿಸ್ಟರ್ ಯಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ರೂಪಿತವಾಗಿದೆ. ಪಠ್ಯ ಪುಸ್ತಕವು ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯದ ವಿವಿಧ ರೂಪಗಳನ್ನು, ಹಳೆಯ ಮತ್ತು ಹೊಸ ಲೇಖಕರ ಕೃತಿಗಳನ್ನು ಒಳಗೊಂಡಿದೆ.
Home at Night (A Mercy Carr Mystery #5)
by Paula MunierBeware the blackbirds…It’s Halloween in Vermont, winter is coming, and five humans, two dogs, and a cat are a crowd in Mercy Carr’s small cabin. She needs more room—and she knows just the place: Grackle Tree Farm, with thirty acres of woods and wetlands and a Victorian manor to die for. They say it’s haunted by the ghosts of missing children and lost poets and a murderer or two, but Mercy loves it anyway. Even when Elvis finds a dead body in the library.There’s something about Grackle Tree Farm that people are willing to kill for—and Mercy needs to figure out what before they move in. A coded letter found on the victim points to a hidden treasure that may be worth a fortune—if it’s real. She and Captain Thrasher conduct a search of the old place—and end up at the wrong end of a Glock. A masked man shoots Thrasher, and she and Elvis must take him down before he murders them all. Under fire, she and Elvis manage to run the guy off, but not before they are wounded, leaving Thrasher fighting for his life in the hospital, Mercy on crutches, and Elvis on the mend.Now it’s up to Mercy and Troy and the dogs to track down the masked murderer in a county overflowing with leaf peepers, Halloween revelers, and treasure hunters and bring him to justice before he strikes again and the treasure is lost forever, along with the good name of Grackle Tree Farm….
Gruppenerleben als Ressource: Einladung zum Perspektivenwechsel in Gruppenpsychotherapie und -selbsterfahrung (Psychotherapie: Praxis)
by Volker MünchDieses Fachbuch für Psychotherapeuten und Gruppentherapeuten regt den Leser, die Leserin entlang des eigenen Lebenslaufs an, eigene Gruppenerfahrungen neu zu reflektieren – und diese Einsichten in Beziehung zu Therapieprozessen zu setzen. Psychisches Leben und persönliche Entwicklung entsteht immer in Netzwerken. Analytische Gruppentherapie nutzt dies und macht psychische Vorgänge sichtbar, die in Einzelbehandlungen zu oft unklar bleiben. Unser Bild der psychischen Entwicklung des Menschen wandelt sich angesichts neurowissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse und vor dem Hintergrund komplexer gesellschaftlicher Herausforderungen unserer Zeit in ein Bild des Menschen als Social Animal. Wir sehen einen Aufschwung für die Gruppentherapie und eine Öffnung gegenüber Theorien, die unsere gegenseitige Abhängigkeit in einem positiven Sinn betonen. Zusammengehörigkeit und Solidarität können so gemeinschaftlich eingeübt werden und transformatorische Kraft für Veränderung beim Einzelnen, aber auch für dieGesellschaft entfalten. Viele lebensnahe Beispiele vor allem aus therapeutischen Gruppen illustrieren dies. Geschrieben für:Psychotherapeut*innen, Gruppenpsychotherapeut*innen, Gruppenleiter*innen im medizinischen und sozialen Bereich.Über den Autor: Dipl. Psych. Volker Münch, Psychologischer Psychotherapeut in eigener Praxis in München. Lehranalytiker, Supervisor und Dozent an der MAP, München. Veröffentlichungen zu den Themen Therapeutische Haltung, Digitalisierung, Krise in der Lebensmitte.
Führung mit Feuer und Flamme: Was jede Führungskraft von einem Feuerwehrkommandanten lernen kann – und umgekehrt
by Christian Münch Daniel PleyerDieses Buch wirft einen neuen Blick auf das Thema Führung – losgelöst von überbordenden Theorien und Konzepten, geerdet und zugleich bewährt.Was passiert, wenn ein erfolgreicher, mehrfach ausgezeichneter Unternehmer, mit Mitte 40 all seinen Mut zusammenfasst und der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr beitritt? Er erlebt, was er nicht vermutet hatte: authentische Führung auf höchstem Niveau auch in kritischsten Situationen.Dieses Buch weitet den Blick auf die Mitarbeiterführung, in dem es bewährte Führungsprinzipien aus einer 500 Jahre alten „Branche“ anschaulich auf den Punkt bringt und für unsere volatile, schnelle und hektische Zeit im Business anwendbar macht – untermauert mit brisanten und spannenden Einsatzbeispielen aus Herrsching, Deutschland und der ganzen Welt. Es geht um klare Anweisungen und Teamgeist, komplexe Lagebeurteilung und schnelle Entscheidungen, existenzielle Krisenbewältigung und Humor, situatives Agieren und authentische Menschenführung.Kann eine gestandene Führungskraft im Unternehmen etwas zu Führung von einem Feuerwehrkommandanten lernen? Nach der Lektüre dieses Buch werden Sie vermutlich sagen: definitiv ja! Aus dem InhaltKlarheit und Einfachheit für komplexe Führungsprozesse10 bewährte Führungsprinzipien aus einer 500 Jahre alten Branche – wirksam und gutVon der Lagefeststellung über Strategie-Entwicklung bis zu klaren Anweisungen und effektiver Führung im Turbo-TempoWie gehen Befehle, Kommandos und Team-Motivation zusammenWarum die Nachsorge für Resilienz und Zukunftsfähigkeit so wichtig ist – und in der Wirtschaft gerne vergessen wird2-3 reale Beispiele „brandaktueller“ Einsätze je Führungsprinzip
Dear Mrs. Kennedy: The World Shares Its Grief, Letters November 1963
by Jay Mulvaney Paul De AngelisFrom the bestselling author of Kennedy Weddings and Diana and Jackie comes a powerful and moving collection of the condolence letters Jacqueline Kennedy received after the assassination of John F. KennedyIn the weeks and months following the assassination of her husband, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy received more than one million letters. The impact of President Kennedy's death was so immense that people from every station in life wrote to her, sharing their feelings of sympathy, sorrow, and hope. She received letters from political luminaries such as Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King Jr., and Charles De Gaulle. Hollywood stars like Lauren Bacall, Vivian Leigh, and Gene Kelly voiced their sympathy, as did foreign dignitaries including Queen Elizabeth II, the King and Queen of Greece, and the Prince of Monaco. Distinguished members of the arts and society—Ezra Pound, Noel Coward, Babe Paley, Langston Hughes, Oleg Cassini, Josephine Baker—offered their heartfelt condolences. And children, with the most heartbreaking sincerity, reached out to the First Lady to comfort her in her time of grief.More than just a compendium of letters, Dear Mrs. Kennedy uses these many voices to tell the unforgettable story of those fateful four days in November, when the world was struck with shock and sadness. It vividly captures the months that followed, as a nation---and a family---attempted to rebuild.Filled with emotion, patriotism, and insight, the letters are a poignant time capsule of one of the seminal events of the twentieth century. Dear Mrs. Kennedy offers a diverse portrait not only of the aftermath of the assassination, but of the Kennedy mystique that continues to captivate the world.
The Book of Mothers: How Literature Can Help Us Reinvent Modern Motherhood
by Carrie Mullins"Timely and evergreen, engaging and infuriating, personal and universal—a necessary reintroduction to some of fiction's most familiar mothers." —Cecile Richards, bestselling author of Make Trouble and former president of Planned ParenthoodThis treasure trove for book lovers explores fifteen classic novels with memorable maternal figures, and examines how our cultural notions of motherhood have been shaped by literature.Sweet, supportive, dependable, selfless. Long before she had children of her own, journalist Carrie Mullins knew how mothers should behave. But how? Where did these expectations come from—and, more importantly, are they serving the mothers whose lives they shape? Carrie's suspicion, later crystallized while raising two small children, was that our culture’s idealization of motherhood was not only painfully limiting but harmful, leaving women to cope with impossible standards––standards rarely created by mothers themselves.To discover how we might talk about motherhood in a more realistic, nuanced, and inclusive way, Carrie turned to literature with memorable maternal figures for answers. Moving through the literary canon––from Pride and Prejudice and Little Women to The Great Gatsby, Beloved, Heartburn, and The Joy Luck Club—Carrie traces the origins of our modern mothering experience. By interrogating the influences of politics, economics, feminism, pop culture, and family life in each text, she identifies the factors that have shaped our prevailing views of motherhood, and puts these classics into conversation with the most urgent issues of the day. Who were these literary mothers, beyond their domestic responsibilities and familial demands? And what lessons do they have for us today—if we choose to listen?
Handbook of Cognitive-Behavior Group Therapy with Children and Adolescents: Specific Settings and Presenting Problems
by Christy A. Mulligan Jessica L. Stewart Ray W ChristnerNow in its second edition, the Handbook of Cognitive-Behavior Group Therapy with Children and Adolescents offers a review of cognitive-behavior therapy fundamentals, evidence-based group interventions, and practical guidelines for group psychotherapy.This extensive guide presents innovative and evidence-based treatments for the challenges faced by today's youth. Each chapter covers areas such as assessment, case conceptualization, group selection, cultural considerations, protective factors, and detailed strategies and treatment protocols for use in clinical practice. This handbook combines theoretical foundations with practical application, highlighting the authors' personal experiences through case studies and therapeutic vignettes.This book is an invaluable reference for professionals providing therapeutic intervention to children and adolescents.
New Achievements in Mechanics: A Tribute to Klaus Peter Herrmann (Advanced Structured Materials #205)
by Wolfgang H. Müller Alfons Noe Ferdinand FerberThis book presents various solutions modeling in the performance and behavior of advanced materials and engineering structures. In this book, famous scientists in the field of materials mechanics share their knowledge in honor of the late Professor of Mechanics Klaus-Peter Herrmann from the University of Paderborn. This book discusses in particular topics like fracture and damage mechanics, numerical mathematics and computational simulations, and mechanics and thermodynamics of advanced materials.
Risks of Artificial Intelligence
by Vincent C. MüllerFeaturing contributions from leading experts and thinkers in the theory of artificial intelligence (AI), this is one of the first books dedicated to examining the risks of AI. The book evaluates predictions of the future of AI, proposes ways to ensure that AI systems will be beneficial to humans, and then critically evaluates such proposals. The book covers the latest AI research, including the risks and future impacts. Ethical issues in AI are covered extensively along with an exploration of autonomous technology and its impact on humanity.
Designing with Dried Flowers: Creating Everlasting Arrangements
by Hannah Rose MullerStep into the world of beautiful, everlasting flowers with this book of thirty-two dried flower arrangements that can be made all year round.Flowers are often fleetingly lovely, but a dried bouquet is a gift that can last. In Designing with Dried Flowers, you&’ll find small arrangements for every day, beautiful wreaths for every season and occasion, and celebration showstoppers that will look gorgeous in the moment and for months to come. Farmer-florist Hannah Muller of The Wreath Room at Full Belly Farm shares her unique methods to naturally dry flowers that hold their color and delicacy. Alongside the arrangements you&’ll learn how to dry your own flowers, whether they&’re from the supermarket or your garden. From there, create one of the many unique arrangements in the book, and easily create new ones with the same flowers. With step-by-step instructions for every arrangement, gorgeous photography to inspire your creations, and helpful information along the way, Designing with Dried Flowers is a must-have for every flower lover.
Ben Washington Is the Newbie on the Block (The Ben Washington Series)
by Jasmine MullenBen&’s life has been upended. He&’s leaving Atlanta. His mom&’s having a baby. He desperately wants a dog. Who said being twelve is easy? Meet Ben Washington. He&’s about to leave the place he loves for a new town—population: near nothing. Sixth grade is universally bumpy. And starting school in a pocket-sized town where no one looks like you is going to be an even bigger challenge. Is there a friend for Ben in Radnor Falls? What is he going to do about the trio of bullies who seem far too old to still be in middle school? And what about the mystery of &“Spooky Fred,&” the town outsider? What has Fred done, and what will Ben do when he finds out? Will Ben come to love the slime green house with creaky floors and attic bedroom? Read this story of friendship, faith, and finding God in the hard spaces of life to find out.