![]() ![]() ![]() Urn:lcp:gooddogcarl00daya:epub:a6fa1af6-daa8-4b9d-bda7-9b6b004bbadb Extramarc The Indiana University Catalog Foldoutcount 0 Identifier gooddogcarl00daya Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t49p3pt4p Isbn 0689807481ĩ780689807480 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary_edition Good Dog, Carl : A Classic Board Book Board book Februby Alexandra Day (Author, Illustrator) 2,889 ratings Part of: Good Dog Carl Collection (8 books) Teachers' pick See all formats and editions Hardcover 14.49 88 Used from 1.40 17 New from 7.86 1 Collectible from 20.00 Paperback 7.99 64 Used from 1.30 32 New from 4. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 23:50:18 Boxid IA114304 Boxid_2 CH120120907-BL1 Camera Canon 5D City New York DonorĪlibris Edition Little Simon board book ed. ![]()
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They found their proof in February 2000, when a British research vessel was trapped in a vortex of impossibly mammoth waves in the North Sea-including several that approached 100 feet. But in the past few decades, as a startling number of ships vanished and new evidence has emerged, oceanographers realized something scary was brewing in the planet’s waters. Until recently scientists dismissed these stories-waves that high would seem to violate the laws of physics. For centuries, mariners have spun tales of gargantuan waves, 100-feet high or taller. From Susan Casey, bestselling author of The Devil’s Teeth, an astonishing book about colossal, ship-swallowing rogue waves and the surfers who seek them out. ![]() ![]() Which will win out, self-preservation or love?Ī Muslim Iranian-American, Mafi draws on her own experiences in Sea, and her sincerity stands out in full force in her craftsmanship. She's trying desperately to fit in, and she doesn't want Ocean harassed for getting involved with a Muslim. But then she meets Ocean - one of the popular boys in school - who is drawn to her and keeps hoping for more. She keeps to herself and channels her frustrations into something she's passionate about: breakdancing. But starting with a clean slate in every town doesn't wipe away the danger that follows her as a teen wearing a hijab in 2002, a year after the 9/11 attacks. Shirin and her family have moved around many times over the course of their lives. It's a cerebral, impassioned, and zeitgeisty bildungsroman that follows two young people ahead of their time but trapped by a society that strips them of any real power. ![]() Given what's going on most days in the headlines, Tahereh Mafi's new novel A Very Large Expanse of Sea - longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature - feels resonant in its somber portrayal of Shirin, a 16-year-old Muslim girl making her way in post 9/11 America. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. ![]() ![]() ![]() Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title A Very Large Expanse of Sea Author Tahereh Mafi ![]() ![]() ![]() Violence, it is a part of the Iliad and Odyssey it is portrayed in nearly all our movies and literature. The specific differences between our society and that of Ancient Greece is the role of women in ancient Greece, polytheism, the and the importance of hospitality. To name a few: the superfluous violence in Iliad and Odyssey, the characterization of Odysseus, the obscure use of narcotics, the similarities between Catholicism and certain stories of the Odyssey, and the role of pets and animals.Despite the numerous similarities, there are some distinct differences. The various similarities between our society and the societies depicted in the Iliad and the Odyssey are surprising profuse. By reading the two “novels,” the reader is able to experience the three thousand years old society of Homer. ![]() The epic poems, The Iliad and Odyssey, give scholars and historians an idea how the Ancient Greek lived their everyday lives. The views and beliefs of societies are often portrayed in the literature, art, and cinema of a certain era. Views and Beliefs of Societies Portrayed in the Iliad and Odyssey ![]() ![]() Scoop out remaining icing and cover top and sides. ![]() Take one cup frosting spread over bottom layer, sprinkle with toasted coconut. 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Diverse animals ranging from lobsters to birds are now known to use magnetic positional information for a variety of purposes, including staying on track along migratory pathways, adjusting food intake at appropriate points in a migration, remaining within a suitable oceanic region, and navigating toward specific goals. In less than a generation, the idea that animals use Earth’s magnetic field as a kind of map has gone from a contentious hypothesis to a well-established tenet of animal navigation. ![]() In addition to providing animals with a source of directional or ‘compass’ information, Earth’s magnetic field also provides a potential source of positional or ‘map’ information that animals might exploit to assess location. ![]() ![]() She tells them she fell on the rocks, and the terrible relief is palpable: they know she’s lying, but this way they won’t have to confront it. They all awkwardly ignore the bruises until, eventually, a friend walks in and is shocked enough to mention it without thought. When Stefano brings Lila back from their honeymoon, she is forced to sit down with her family, her face black and blue. The leads, Gaia Girace and Margherita Mazzucco, are both remarkable, not least because they appear to be the same age as their characters, and have a lot of weight to carry.Ĭrisis of confidence. In grown-up dresses that drown her frame, she looks 20 years older than she is, wandering around her showroom of a home. ![]() There is a shot of Stefano eating prawns and sloshing back wine that hammers home his grotesqueness, and it reminded me of Tony Soprano at his most gluttonous. They are hungry for experience but, at 16, Lila has a violent husband who repulses her. As smart teenage girls in a society that has little need for them, the odds are almost always stacked against them. ![]() My Brilliant Friend is excellent on the complicated nature of female friendships and how they can turn on competition and admiration, particularly when the playing field is not level and never will be. ![]() The two girls had drifted apart by the end of season one, divided by unavoidable resentments and differing circumstances, but here they are back together, working out how each of them can make their way through their lives as young women. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "Wry and wise.sure to become a feminist classic. Greenberg's primitive woodcut-style illustrations suggest folk art from another planet."- Publishers Weekly, (starred review) Above all, it's a book about the power of storytelling. "Greenberg combines elements from fairy tales, children's books, and folklore from around the world to create an original but teasingly familiar mythos. Highly recommended for adult readers, especially those who enjoy mythology and fable."- Library Journal ( starred review) ![]() "Greenberg is a staunch believer in the power of stories.readers get sucked into each one she tells. "You've never encountered a gathering of fables as funny and Sapphic as this graphic novel."- O, the Oprah Magazine Her rough line work is reminiscent of Kate Beaton's t Hark! A Vagrant and Emily Carroll's Through the Woods, and lends the stories, and their world, a folkloric charm."-Entertainment Weekly "Greenberg's art perfectly suits the stories she's telling and the tone she's telling them in. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() White Teeth is an expansive, detailed, and beautifully written attempt to encapsulate the social chaos that blossoms at the bridging of generational, national and sexual mindsets. Set against London’s racial and cultural tapestry, venturing across the former empire and into the past as it barrels toward the future, White Teeth revels in the ecstatic hodgepodge of modern life, flirting with disaster, confounding expectations, and embracing the comedy of daily existence. Samad’s late-in-life arranged marriage (he had to wait for his bride to be born), produces twin sons whose separate paths confound Iqbal’s every effort to direct them, and a renewed, if selective, submission to his Islamic faith. A second marriage to Clara Bowden, a beautiful, albeit tooth-challenged, Jamaican half his age, quite literally gives Archie a second lease on life, and produces Irie, a knowing child whose personality doesn’t quite match her name (Jamaican for “no problem”). Hapless veterans of World War II, Archie and Samad and their families become agents of England’s irrevocable transformation. At the center of this invigorating novel are two unlikely friends, Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal. ![]() |