![]() In the early 1960s Edie met Thea, an expat from a Dutch Jewish family that fled the Nazis, and a widely respected clinical psychologist. Edie was also one of a select group of trailblazing women in computing, working her way up the ladder at IBM and achieving their highest technical ranking while developing software. In this memoir, which she began before passing away in 2017 and completed by her co-writer, Edie recounts her childhood in Philadelphia, her realization that she was a lesbian, and her active social life in Greenwich Village's electrifying underground gay scene during the 1950s. Beloved by the LGBTQ community, Edie embraced her new role as an icon she had already been living an extraordinary and groundbreaking life for decades. ![]() The Supreme Court ruled in Edie's favor, a landmark victory that set the stage for full marriage equality in the US. Edie Windsor became internationally famous when she sued the US government, seeking federal recognition for her marriage to Thea Spyer, her partner of more than four decades. Abstract:"A lively, intimate memoir from an icon of the gay rights movement, describing gay life in 1950s and 60s New York City and her longtime activism which opened the door for marriage equality. ![]()
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![]() This volume contains the entire collection of the Journal of the Fortean Research Center. Exploring events in Nebraska, and far beyond that included ghosts, UFOs, Bigfoot encounters, animal mutilations, government cover-ups, alleged alien abductions, psychic phenomena, cult activity, and even a sighting of a blob-like mystery creature (although somewhat less intimidating than the one depicted on the cover of this book) the Fortean Research Center became recognized among members of the Fortean, paranormal, and UFO research community around the world, as a reliable and trusted source of information. During the two decades of it’s existence, this volunteer group of researchers and investigators delved deep in the waters of the ignored, the ridiculed, and the unexplained. The Fortean Research Center was founded in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1982 to honor and continue Fort’s work. ![]() ![]() Author of The Book of the Damned, New Lands, Lo!, and Wild Talents, Fort was a master cataloguer of the weird, the unexplained and the bizarre which the scientific establishment of his day chose to ignore and ridicule. ![]() Charles Hoy Fort (1874-1932) was as fascinating a man as one could hope to find. ![]() ![]() ![]() She loves sweet tea, chocolate, cupcakes and collecting superhero toys and paraphernalia. She works in the entertainment industry and is an active member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. She graduated from Agnes Scott College with a Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature/Creative Writing. (Harper Collins)ĭaka Hermon was born in Tennessee and spent her childhood huddled under a blanket with a flashlight, reading and writing fairy-tale and fantasy stories. All they can do now is hide from the Seeker. Justin and his friends realize this horrible place is where Zee had been trapped. ![]() One by one, everyone who plays the game disappears, pulled into a world of nightmares come to life. At Zee's welcome home party, Justin and the neighborhood crew play Hide and Seek. Justin knows that something is wrong with his best friend. I went up the hill, the hill was muddy, stomped my toe and made it bloody, should I wash it? Please register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot. This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Whether in striking single portraits or dramatic situations of figure and setting, we trace the photographer's cinematic inflections and his provocative play with female archetypes as subjects adopt the guise of dancers, actresses, heroines, and femmes fatales. This book gathers more than 400 images from four decades of Lindbergh's photography to celebrate his unique and game-changing storytelling and the new romantic and narrative vision it brought to art and fashion. The image didn't just bring revered faces together for the first time, it marked the beginning of a new fashion era and a new understanding of female beauty. When German photographer Peter Lindbergh shot five young models in downtown New York City in 1989, he produced not only the iconic British Vogue January 1990 cover but also the birth certificate of the supermodels. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Under the GDPR, you have several rights, such as accessing your own personal data, erasing of that data, and the right to be notified within 72 hours of a data breach that is likely to result in a risk for your rights and freedoms. By using our services on or after, you will be agreeing to the changes. If you use our services to process personal information of EU-resident natural persons you need to comply with the GDPR. ![]() Please review Valossa's updated Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy and the Cookie Policy. The GDPR strengthens and clarifies the rights of EU-resident natural persons with regard to their personal information The Terms and Conditions and the Privacy Policy for Valossa services have been updated accordingly. On, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 will come into force. ![]() ![]() ![]() As Rachel makes an effort to rise above her circumstances and their complications, including her child's health issues, Petersheim's emotional story leaves readers intrigued by the purity of Rachel's strong will, resilience, and loyalty. The Outcast by Jolina Petersheim 4.6 (45) eBook 2.99 3.99 Save 25 Instant Purchase Available on Compatible NOOK Devices and the free NOOK Apps. She is torn between a life she has always known and her desire to separate herself from a world that no longer accepts her. Feeling morally trapped, she declines to ask for forgiveness and disclose the name of her child's father, and is judged harshly by residents of Copper Creek and her own family. Shortly after her move, Rachel's life takes an unexpected turn as she is forced to deal with her own pregnancy. ![]() Born into an Old Order Mennonite community in Pennsylvania, Rachel moves to the Copper Creek community in Tennessee to help her sister Leah and brother-in-law Tobias with their new baby boy. This contemporary reworking of The Scarlet Letter centers on the. This contemporary reworking of The Scarlet Letter centers on the struggles, shame, sin, and strength of Rachel Stoltzfus. Tyndale, 13.99 trade paper (400p) ISBN 978-1-4143-7934-0. ![]() ![]() ![]() 'I'm lost, I don't know who I am, I try to remember who I was once but I find only disguises, masks, projections, the confused images of a woman I can't recognize. ![]() In her agonized self-questioning after she finally concedes defeat and surrenders her daughter to death, Isabel strips to her core in the presence of her brother Juan, who has become a priest:.She was survived by her husband, Ernesto Diaz, and other family members. The novel includes accounts both of Paula's treatment and of Allende's life, sometimes overlapping with the content of Allende's first novel, The House of the Spirits. ![]() Allende started the book as a letter to Paula, explaining what she was missing so she would not be confused when she recovered. Isabel Allende wrote Paula while tending to her daughter, Paula Frías Allende, who was in a coma arising from complications of porphyria. But the book is a tribute to her deceased daughter Paula Frías Allende, who fell into a porphyria-induced coma in 1991 and never recovered. She intended to write a straightforward narrative about the darkest experience of her own life. Paula is a 1994 memoir by Isabel Allende. ![]() ![]() However, not all of King’s collections have such an impressive hit rate when it comes to screen adaptations. One of these, the critically-derided The Children of the Corn, managed to begin a long-running horror franchise, while another (“Trucks”) was adapted not once, but twice, as an expensive King-directed flop and as a smaller scale television movie. King’s endlessly influential early collection Night Shift, for example, spawned no less than ten adaptations between television and cinema screens. ![]() Related: Why Freddy Krueger & Pennywise Share The Exact Same Weakness Almost all of these collections have inspired at least one TV or movie adaptation, with some of them spawning screen versions of almost all their stories. ![]() ![]() King has numerous short story collections, some of which are all horror and others of which bounce back and forth between different genres depending on the tale. Some of the most well-loved King movies are adapted from the author’s large back catalog of short stories, such as The Shawshank Redemption. However, not all of King’s adaptations come from the author’s many novels. ![]() ![]() ![]() Giannini (APG) is a public school and the schoolyard, including the garden, is open to the public on Sundays 9am-4pm through the Shared Schoolyard Project. It sits in the middle of the school, protected by buildings on three sides. ![]() The garden is located in the Outer Sunset in San Francisco, just 10 blocks from Ocean Beach. Where is your garden located? Is it a public or private facility? Brenna Castro, ASLA, Children’s Outdoor Environments PPN Co-Chair ![]() Kasey is an educator with a background in farming, and she brings these skills, along with a personal interest in sustainability and in how young people relate to the food they eat, to enrich the education and growth of her students. ![]() We asked Kasey Wooten, the school’s Outdoor Science and Garden Consultant, some questions about the facility and her role in its daily operations. The first of these case studies is the school garden A.P. We are excited to present a three-part series of learning garden case studies to better understand how these spaces come to be, how they function now, and what we can learn from them for future projects. Spaces that serve this purpose can vary hugely in form, size, and design, as well as programming, funding, and intended users. The learning garden is a designed outdoor space meant to help children engage with and learn about the natural world, as well as provide opportunities for physical, mental, and social growth. ![]() ![]() It was neither new nor old… ‘You would believe that a stable floor, the stamping place of beasts, is the proper place for the word of God. ![]() ![]() Faulkner opens chapter seven with this sinister scene of McEachern testing Christmas’ knowledge of scripture: The clean, spartan room was redolent of Sunday… McEachern took from the wall a harness strap. His foster father drills the Bible’s moral tenets into him, brutally assaulting him if he fails to maintain the ethical code of the Good Book. Upon his induction into the McEachern residence, Christmas is exposed to a religious ferocity that forever taints his character. Ultimately, Faulkner’s novel provides a pessimistic analysis of the effect of Christianity on the moral fortitude of his characters.Īs Joe Christmas grows up, his increasingly disaffected stance on Christianity only intensifies the violence he exhibits. His actions, in conjunction with his strict religious doctrine, demonstrate how Christianity can facilitate genuine good works. Byron Bunch, on the other hand, only redeems himself after disposing of his Christian beliefs. ![]() He is left to impotently observe the folly of others. ![]() Reverend Hightower is a dejected minister who failed to bring the word of God to the small town of Jefferson. ![]() |
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