From the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea comes ,&ldquo,a bold exploration of womanhood, feminism, parenting, aging, love and more&rdquo, (Associated Press). &ldquo,The Soul of a Woman is Isabel Allende&rsquo,s most liberating book yet.&rdquo,&mdash,Elle &ldquo,When I say that I was a feminist in kindergarten, I am not exaggerating,&rdquo, begins Isabel Allende. As a child, she watched her mother, abandoned by her husband, provide for her three small children without &ldquo,resources or voice.&rdquo, Isabel became a fierce and defiant little girl, determined to fight for the life her mother couldn&rsquo,t have. As a young woman coming of age in the late 1960s, she rode the second wave of feminism. Among a tribe of like-minded female journalists, Allende for the first time felt comfortable in her own skin, as they wrote &ldquo,with a knife between our teeth&rdquo, about women&rsquo,s issues. She has seen what the movement has accomplished in the course of her lifetime. And over the course of three passionate marriages, she has learned how to grow as a woman while having a partner, when to step away, and the rewards of embracing one&rsquo,s sexuality. So what feeds the soul of feminists&mdash,and all women&mdash,today? To be safe, to be valued, to live in peace, to have their own resources, to be connected, to have control over our bodies and lives, and above all, to be loved. On all these fronts, there is much work yet to be done, and this book, Allende hopes, will &ldquo,light the torches of our daughters and granddaughters with mine. They will have to live for us, as we lived for our mothers, and carry on with the work still left to be finished.&rdquo,.

It has been said that the opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty. Drawing on this notion, Stories of a Recovering Fundamentalist: Understanding and Responding to Christian Absolutism recounts the author's journey as a member of the fundamentalist subculture as a child and his life among the Jesus Freaks (Jesus Movement)-- a congregation of deserters from the hippie drug culture of the late 1960's and early 1970's. This movement, though of great importance in the culture of the times, now largely goes unrecognized--although the Jesus Movement provided the cover stories for many prominent secular magazines chronicling the youth culture of the late 60's and early 70's. While, not devoted to a history of the Jesus Movement, the book does a service in bringing a discussion of the Jesus Freak phenomenon to the attention of today's readers. The book goes on to recount the author's eventual abandonment of fundamentalism. As the story unfolds, critical research related to the psychology, sociology, and history of the subculture provides a framework for understanding Christian fundamentalism. Stories of a Recovering Fundamentalist recounts a gripping personal pilgrimage-at times both humorous and painful- that is rooted in honest reflection and informed by theory and research. It offers worthwhile reading for mainline Christians, curious evangelicals, recovering fundamentalists or anyone wanting to understand this timely topic.

Batman keeps avenging the death of his parents, but "it's not a vendetta, it's a crusade," says author Glen Weldon. "He represents the idea of: 'This thing that happened to me? Never again.' "

Best-selling author Isabel Allende has a brand new book - The Soul of A Woman - a meditation on power, feminism and what it means to be a woman. As a child, Isabel Allende watched her mother, abandoned by her husband, provide for her three small children. As a young woman coming of age in the late 1960s, she rode the first wave of feminism. She has seen what has been accomplished by the movement in the course of her lifetime and hopes this book will light the torch for young women "to carry on the work still left to be finished".

Author Brian T. Guthrie is an African-American born in East St. Louis in the late 1960s. His hard childhood gives him ideas for his writing. As a child, he had many problems. But, sports gave him a…

Highlights A complete history of one of the world's most iconic cocktails--now the poster child of the modern cocktail revival--with fifty recipes for classic variations as well as contemporary updates. About the Author: ROBERT SIMONSON, journalist and author, is one of the leading authorities on spirits and cocktail culture in the United States. 176 Pages Cooking + Food + Wine, Beverages Description About the Book "A complete history of one of the world's most iconic cocktails--now the poster child of the modern cocktail revival--with fifty recipes for classic variations as well as contemporary updates. In this fun, unexpected, and informative guide, New York Times spirits columnist Robert Simonson explores the history of the Old Fashioned: its birth as the "ur-cocktail" in the late nineteenth century, ascension in the 1950s and 1960s (as portrayed and repopularized by Don Draper on Mad Men), and renaissance as the star of the contemporary craft cocktail movement. A perfect Father's Day gift for any whiskey-loving gent, the book boasts a sleek, stylish package with striking photography throughout. With fifty elegant, delicious, and totally-within-reach cocktail recipes, The Old Fashioned is destined to become a classic on par with its namesake beverage"-- Book Synopsis A complete history of one of the world's most iconic cocktails--now the poster child of the modern cocktail revival--with fifty recipes for classic variations as well as contemporary updates. No single cocktail is as iconic, as beloved, or as discussed and fought-over as the Old-Fashioned. Its formula is simple: just whiskey, bitters, sugar, and ice. But how you combine those ingredients--in what proportion, using which brands, and with what kind of garnish--is the subject of much impassioned debate. The Old-Fashioned is the spirited, delightfully unexpected story of this renowned and essential drink: its birth as the ur-cocktail in the nineteenth century, darker days in the throes of Prohibition, re-ascension in the 1950s and 1960s (as portrayed and re-popularized by Don Draper on Mad Men), and renaissance as the star of the contemporary craft cocktail movement. Also featured are more than forty cocktail recipes, including classic variations, regional twists, and contemporary updates from top bartenders around the country. All are accessible, delicious, and elegant in their simplicity, demonstrating the versatility and timelessness of the Old-Fashioned formula. With its rich history, stunning photography, and impeccable recipes, The Old-Fashioned is a celebration of one of America's greatest bibulous achievements. It is a necessary addition to any true whiskey--or cocktail--lover's bookshelf, and destined to become a classic on par with its namesake beverage. Review Quotes "an excellent history of the Old-Fashioned" --Rien Fertel, The Wall Street Journal "Robert Simonson is such an engaging author that he makes this the perfect book to accompany an easy chair and a well-made Old-Fashioned cocktail . . . An incisive, impeccably researched story of this too often forgotten classic cocktail, resulting in some good rollicking stories that American history is rich in." --John Mariani, Huffington Post "[...] you won't be engrossed in his book just because of all the mythology surrounding this storied drink. It's filled with gorgeous photos of the Old-Fashioned in its eponymous glass and with recipes (which comprise a good half of the book) both traditional and modern, swapping out the whiskey for pretty much every other spirit available." --Ariana Auber, Austin American Statesman "Simonson takes us on a witty and engaging tour through the drink's long history and ends with recipes for traditional mixes and experimental twists. Like a good old-fashioned, his writing is dry but sweet; it's got a kick, but is also low-key and best savored slowly." --David Cote, Time Out New York "If you like a little lore with your whiskey, then this book is for you. It covers the story of how this one drink has survived from the early 19th century, through Prohibition, and now back again to being one of our favorites. [...] Alone or with a bottle of rye, this makes for the perfect holiday gift for the drink lover on your list." --Maureen Petrosky, The Kitchn About the Author ROBERT SIMONSON, journalist and author, is one of the leading authorities on spirits and cocktail culture in the United States. Called "our man in the liquor-soaked trenches" by the New York Times, he has written extensively about cocktails, spirits, bars, and bartenders for the Times, as well as GQ, Wine Enthusiast, Wine Advocate, Imbibe, Edible Manhattan and Edible Brooklyn, and Time Out New York. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

In her 40s, after a divorce, breakdown, and mysterious disappearance, bestselling author Agatha Christie found true love and became an archaeologist.

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From the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea comes a passionate and inspiring meditation on what it means to be a woman. 'When I say that I was a feminist in kindergarten, I am not exaggerating,' begins Isabel Allende. As a child, she watched her mother, abandoned by her husband, provide for her three small children without 'resources or voice.' Isabel became a fierce and defiant little girl, determined to fight for the life her mother couldn't have. As a young woman coming of age in the late 1960s, she rode the second wave of feminism. Among a tribe of like-minded female journalists, Allende for the first time felt comfortable in her own skin, as they wrote 'with a knife between our teeth' about women's issues. She has seen what the movement has accomplished in the course of her lifetime. And over the course of three passionate marriages, she has learned how to grow as a woman while having a partner, when to step away, and the rewards of embracing one's sexuality. So what feeds the soul of feminists-and all women-today? To be safe, to be valued, to live in peace, to have their own resources, to be connected, to have control over our bodies and lives, and above all, to be loved. On all these fronts, there is much work yet to be done, and this book, Allende hopes, will 'light the torches of our daughters and granddaughters with mine. They will have to live for us, as we lived for our mothers, and carry on with the work still left to be finished.'.

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Amid the budding antiwar and feminest movements at Berkeley in the late 1960s, young Nora searches for new, more generous ways to love and peace. Joining the nonviolent vigil at the gates of Port Chicago, shipping point for weapons to the Vietnam War, she comes to love Ted, a vigil leader. On the night Ted risks his life to stop an onrushing weapons truck, Nora breaks through old fears and risks all, even the child she bears, to reach him--and to discover her own depths of love. Then she must confront another challenge--society's belief that, as a woman alone, she should relinquish her baby.

Judith Kerr, creator of The Tiger Who Came to Tea and the Mog series, receives a lifetime achievement award from literary charity BookTrust.

These cursive handwriting practice pages are an engaging way to enhance your cursive instruction. Your students will have multiple opportunities to practice letter formation, writing words, and writing sentences. The letters in this unit correlate and are similar to the Zaner-Bloser handwriting method. Do your students also struggle with READING cursive? CHECK OUT MY CURSIVE READING COMPREHENSION PASSAGES HERE. Cursive Handwriting - Pages included in this unit are: 26 lowercase letter pages (Trace It, Color It, Practice It, Connect It) 26 uppercase letter pages (Trace It, Color It, Practice It, Connect It) 26 silly poems - 3 sentences each - one for each letter (Read it, Draw it, Trace it, Write it) 4 lowercase matching pages (match print to cursive and trace) 4 uppercase matching pages (match print to cursive and trace) 26 lowercase letter word pages (trace it and write it) 26 uppercase letter word pages (trace it and write it) TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID... ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Katherine R. says, "I love this! I grouped my letters in the way that I wanted them and made packets for my students. We are starting with all the uppercase, lowercase letters and the words. Once they have mastered this I will move on to the sentences. Although we just started using it they love it. I'm using it for instruction and morning work." ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Kristen Dykstra says, "Love this. This is exactly what I am looking for to start teaching cursive. I have been looking for something that is easier to start with than the usual handwriting books. Can't wait to use this when I get back to school!" ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Marygrace R. says, "I used this at the end of the year with my students to prep them for 3rd grade. I printed them two on one so each day we were practicing two letters. We only did lowercase but I loved how much practice they received with each letter. They would follow the directional arrows to trace the letter, color the letter, write the letter, connect the letter(s), practice it on their own, and then write a few words that started with their practice letter. We had so much fun! Thank you for making this!" ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Meagan B. says, "Writing in cursive is no longer a standard for us but my kids want to learn so badly. I bought this resource to see if they would enjoy learning, and THEY DO! During our writing center, if I have one of these worksheets at that station they get so excited. I would recommend this resource." ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Julia H. says, "With all of the other content that we have to teach, it has been hard finding time to teach cursive on top of it all. This resource has been a lifesaver for my third graders who expressed interest in learning cursive! It is engaging and easy to follow, and gives the students good practice! I use it as an early finisher, and now my students are rushing to be done with their work so they can use this resource! Thank you!" Click here to follow me and be notified when I have sales and list new products.

Hollywood star Benedict Cumberbatch’s latest role saw him briefly revisit his childhood as he narrated celebrated children’s book The Tiger Who Came To Tea.

Highlights Race and relationships during a decade of change in the 1970's by a critically acclaimed African writer. About the Author: Ama Ata Aidoo is a native of Ghana, Wet Africa, where she has been Minister of Education and an activist for human rights, women's rights, and African unity. 170 Pages Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary Description About the Book Race and relationships during a decade of change in the 1970's by a critically acclaimed African writer. Book Synopsis Race and relationships during a decade of change in the 1970's by a critically acclaimed African writer. About the Author Ama Ata Aidoo is a native of Ghana, Wet Africa, where she has been Minister of Education and an activist for human rights, women's rights, and African unity. One of Africa's most distinguished writers, she is the author of fiction, poetry, drama, essays, and political and cultural commentary.

There were 27 titles in the original series "Well Loved Tales" (6O6D, Easy Reading), which were produced between 1964 to 1974 with a hardback matt cover. In 1979 Ladybird began to completely…

** The wise, warm, defiant meditation on what it means to be a woman - from literary legend Isabel Allende ** 'Allende combine[s] wit with anger as she picks apart the patriarchy' Independent 'Full of Isabel's wisdom and warm words' Grazia 'Allende has everything it takes: the ear, the eye, the mind, the heart, the all-encompassing humanity' New York Times _______________ When I say that I was a feminist in kindergarten, I am not exaggerating. As a child, Isabel Allende watched her mother, abandoned by her husband, provide for her three small children. As a young woman coming of age in the late 1960s, she rode the first wave of feminism. She has seen what has been accomplished by the movement in the course of her lifetime. And over the course of three marriages, she has learned how to grow as a woman while having a partner, when to step away, and the rewards of embracing one's sexuality. So what do women want? To be safe, to be valued, to live in peace, to have their own resources, to be connected, to have control over their bodies and lives, and above all, to be loved. On all these fronts, there is much work to be done, and this book, Allende hopes, will 'light the torch of our daughters and granddaughters with mine. They will have to live for us, as we lived for our mothers, and carry on with the work still left to be finished.' _______________ 'Her thoughts, language and ideas traverse fluidly through ideas of gender, historic injustices, her marriages and bodily experiences and literary references . . . Allende's love for women is palpable' - Sydney Morning Herald An Independent, Guardian and Grazia Highlight for 2021

John Lennon, England, 1967 Born on May 25, 1942 in Durham, northern England, Barrie Wentzell was educated in Kent and London, attending Maidstone Art School in the late 1950’s. His first job at Manhattan Displays on Greek Street in London’s Soho occupied him from 1959 to 1961, during which time he became an avid Scrabble player under the tuition of author, performer, wit and philosopher, Quentin Crisp. He continued on to work at Color Applications, a photo studio in the Belgravia area of London learning photography basics from 1961 to 1962. It was then upon meeting his soon to become mentor, photojournalist Maurice Newcombe, that he would be inspired to pursue a photographic career of his own. Rock icons such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton as well as celebrated artists such as Louis Armstrong, Aretha Franklin, Count Basie, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and many more all have their place in Barrie Wentzell’s vast archive.

Maurice Sendak, author and illustrator best known for his book, "Where the Wild Things Are," died Tuesday at age 83 due to complications from a massive stroke.

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Five Children and It. E. Nesbit. T. Fisher Unwin, 1902. Expanded from a series of stories published in Strand Magazine in 1900 under the general title The Psammead, or the Gifts. "It is wonderful how...

2:12 a.m. is an insomniac’s tour of counterproductive bedtime stories, Vegas weddings, Southern funerals, Nevada’s nuclear testing grounds, Patty Hearst, Marina Oswald, sleepwalking murderers, Louise Bourgeois’s Insomnia Drawings and more, revealing what wakeful nights conjure for a North Carolinian turned Californian, a farm child turned suburbanite, a 1960s romantic turned fatalist and a once-but-no-longer “gifted” sleeper.

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Highlights Erje Ayden's long out-of-print Confessions of a Nowaday Child is a semi-autobiographical novel about a Turkish-born writer living in New York City's Greenwich Village during the late 1950s and early 1960s, with occasional flashbacks to his childhood in Istanbul, who makes a promise to himself "to become the greatest writer of the new American generation," despite the fact that he can barely speak or write in English. Author(s): Erje Ayden 118 Pages Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary Description About the Book A semi-autobiographical novel about a Turkish-born writer living in New York City's Greenwich Village during the late 1950s and early 1960s, with flashbacks to his childhood in Istanbul, who makes a promise to himself "to become the greatest writer of the new American generation," despite the fact that he can barely speak or write in English. Book Synopsis Erje Ayden's long out-of-print Confessions of a Nowaday Child is a semi-autobiographical novel about a Turkish-born writer living in New York City's Greenwich Village during the late 1950s and early 1960s, with occasional flashbacks to his childhood in Istanbul, who makes a promise to himself "to become the greatest writer of the new American generation," despite the fact that he can barely speak or write in English. As the original 1966 edition's jacket blurb states, "It's all here -- how and why he did it -- the incredible sexual adventures, the violence and the poetry of a tormented mind that has moments of great beauty, simplicity, joy. It's breathtaking in its arrogance, but strangely an affirmation of life, modern life, and the process of making it. The straight, cruddy reality and its rewards spelled out." Review Quotes "The artlessness of the writing makes the experience of reading Ayden as refreshing and startling as drinking from a natural brook in the center of Manhattan." -- Seymour Krim "Ayden is one of the sexiest writers we have; because of his struggles with acquired language he has a vigor uncommon among our novelists; without the mannerist inclinations of Salinger, Pynchon, Barth, or Updike, he is able to convey the real trouble underneath the bizarre and the banal." -- Frank O'Hara "Erje Ayden's novels provide a little-known but fascinating view of American bohemian and bourgeois society from the point of view of a sympathetically bemused Turkish observer. The wonder is that Ayden's not more famous, as he can be as addictive as Simenon or Proust." -- John Ashbery