![]() ![]() ![]() There’s a lot of fun times with side characters that are new and old. ![]() It’s a sweet build up and worth the wait. Yet the chemistry and connection they both share is too tangible for her to ignore it. However being back and now spilt from her ex boyfriend she’s ready to have a brilliant final year.īecca admires Hope and has her reasons for wanting to stay within her lines. Hope has always had a little crush on her lactose team captain but nothing that could get in her way. I hadn’t experienced an F/F read before this one and I’m so glad I got to experience it from an author that I admire and is a huge advocate for the Queer community meaning that this story is done with the perfect balance of justice and respect!īecca and Hope were easy to love character’s despite the tug of war they have with their feelings. I had the absolute pleasure to beta read this story and it was an instant delight to read! *ARC provided in exchange for an honest review* ![]()
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![]() Most of the children in the town are named after a body part ( Zu = foot). Gugu came close to being deified by the women in our township. All she had to do was lay her hands on a sick person for that illness to retreat at least 70 per cent. Gugu took to midwifery and medicine immediately. Up to then, much of the midwifery had been carried out by older women using traditional and often unsafe methods. Gugu forged an unbreakable bond with the sacred work of obstetrics. She attends medical school and qualifies as a midwife, using modern methods. Gugu’s father was Wan Liufu, a very respected doctor. Gugu is a midwife and a very good one by all accounts. We follow him from childhood to adulthood but, in particular, we follow his aunt Wan Zin, known to everyone as Gugu. ![]() The narrator is Wan Zu, also known as Xiaopiao and as Tadpole (hence, in part, the title of the book). This novel deals with the then contentious issue of family planning and birth control. ![]() Home » China » Mo Yan » 蛙 (Frog) Mo Yan: 蛙 (Frog)Īs usual for Mo Yan, this novel is set in the small town of Northeast Gaomi Township, based on Dalan Township, Gaomi County in Shandong, Mo Yan’s home town. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "Experience all things erotic fiction has to offer and discover how author Ann Bannon earned the title, "Queen of Lesbian Pulp Fiction. "Bannon's books grab you and don't let go." - Village Voice I would have dated Beebo, no question." - Dorothy Allison I Am a Woman, Author(s)-Ann Bannon, Publisher-Martino Fine Books, ISBN-9781684220274, Pages-226, Binding-Paperback, Language-English, Publish Year-2016. ![]() "When I was young, Bannon's books let me imagine myself into her New York City neighborhoods of short-haired, dark-eyed butch women and stubborn, tight-lipped secretaries with hearts ready to be broken. "Ann Bannon is a pioneer of dyke drama." - On Our Backs "Little did Bannon know that her stories would become legends, inspiring countless fledgling dykes to flock to the Village, dog-eared copies of her books in hand, to find their own Beebos and Lauras and others who shared the love they dared not name." - San Francisco Bay Guardian Oh, the twisted passions of the twilight world of lesbian pulp fiction." - Chicago Free Press Their struggles with love and relationships are engrossing today, and half a century ago they were revolutionary." - New York Times ![]() Whereas most lesbians in pulp are stereotypes who get punished for their desires, Beebo and her friends are accessibly human. Her characters also have historical value. Bannon's descriptions of bars, clubs and apartment parties vividly evoke a vanished community. Most are set in Greenwich Village, and Ms. "For contemporary readers the books offer a valuable record of gay and lesbian life in the 1950s. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The last section of the book traces the ups and downs of the movement, as experienced through the backlash of the 1980s and the resurgence of women's issues in the 1990s. Performance art, social protest and public art, and collaboration exploration of such formerly taboo aesthetic areas as "Pattern and Decoration" and subjects such as divinity and the body viewed from female perspectives are among the multiple aspects of the Feminist Art movement. We follow the development of the movement as seen in the various feminist organizations, networks, exhibitions, and publications it generated and most particularly in the emergence of feminist art. We learn about the first feminist art education programs, with artists Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro helping to lay the foundation about the now legendary Womanhouse project and about such banner exhibitions as "Women Artists: 1550-1950," organized in 1976 by art historians Linda Nochlin and Ann Sutherland Harris. Together, they have created this landmark volume, the first history and analysis documenting this fertile and dynamic period of artistic growth. Garrard, professors of art history at The American University in Washington, D.C., bring together many of the influential art historians, critics, and artists who participated in the events of the 1970s. ![]() In The Power of Feminist Art, coeditors Norma Broude and Mary D. Summary: Since its inception nearly 25 years ago the Feminist Art movement has presented a challenge to mainstream modernism that has radically transformed the art world. ![]() ![]() He affirms the relevance of taboo ideologies like Marxism, demonstrating the importance of class analysis in understanding political realities and dealing with the ongoing collision between ecology and global corporatism. He also maps out the external and internal forces that destroyed communism, and the disastrous impact of the "free-market" victory on eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. ![]() Parenti shows how "rational fascism" renders service to capitalism, how corporate power undermines democracy, and how revolutions are a mass empowerment against the forces of exploitative privilege. Blackshirts & Reds explores some of the big issues of our time: fascism, capitalism, communism, revolution, democracy, and ecology terms often bandied about but seldom explored in the original and exciting way that has become Michael Parenti's trademark. ![]() ![]() ![]() Then he’s on the move and I somehow find myself away from the ticket booth. I try to muscle my way past to pay, but Eli’s right hand man, Pigpen, plants himself in front of me like the towering sack of testosterone and annoyance that he is. Here comes the Reign of Terror Motorcycle Club riding in on their black Harleys determined to save the day of people who really need to learn how to save themselves. Like always, he has dark hair cut close to his head, plugs in his ears and a huge grin like we should be glad to see him. “There’s a line and you just cut.”Įli, one of my father’s once best friends, glances over his shoulder and winks at us as he pulls out his wallet. The world surrounding me turns red, and my blood begins to boil. Right as Brandon takes a courageous step forward, two black leather vests slip in front of us and staring back at me is a half skull with fire blazing out of its eye sockets. My brother believes in himself, and I believe in him and maybe we’re both going to be okay. A combination of nervous energy and pride rushes through my veins as he grasps my hand in return and fists the cash in his other hand. “I know you can.”īrandon swallows hard, but nods. ![]() “You can do this.” I take Brandon’s hand in mine and give a reassuring squeeze. ![]() ![]() ![]() Segel's performance is lively enough for those of all ages to enjoy." - AudioFile This fun middle-grade story would make good listening on a car trip. ![]() "It will be evident to listeners that Jason Segel is having fun narrating his first book. “In Segel’s reading, we get many versions of him – bellowing villain, hissing snakes, exhausted dad and wisecracking stepmom… exudes an exuberant joy in the telling and an absence of cynicism that suits a writer of middle-grade fiction.”- New York Times And he’s going to need all the help he can get, or it might just be lights-out for Charlie Laird. Nightmares can ruin a good night’s sleep, but when they start slipping out of your dreams and into the waking world-that’s a line that should never be crossed.Īnd when your worst nightmares start to come true.well, that’s something only Charlie can face. What Charlie doesn’t know is that his problems are about to get a whole lot more real. He had to move into her purple mansion, which is NOT a place you want to find yourself after dark.ģ.He can’t remember the last time sleeping wasn’t a nightmarish prospect. His dad married a woman he is sure moonlights as a witch.Ģ. ![]() Jason Segel, multitalented actor, writer, and musician, teams up with New York Times bestselling author Kirsten Miller for the hilariously frightening, middle-grade novel Nightmares!, the first audiobook in a trilogy about a boy named Charlie and a group of kids who must face their fears to save their town. A New York Times Bestseller written and narrated by Jason Segel! ![]() ![]() Within a short amount of time, I came to see that the problem was ME. Honestly, my initial goal was to find out why the people around me weren’t responding so well to my Nice Guy philosophy, and then get them to change. ![]() ![]() I joined a men’s group and started working with a therapist. I decided to start working on my situation. If you had talked to the people closest to me, they probably would have told you that I wasn’t so nice. I was frustrated, resentful, and confused. While in my early 30’s, and in spite of my unwavering faith in this Nice Guy philosophy, my life was in crisis. I couldn’t understand why everyone didn’t have a similar personal mantra. I wanted to treat people well and I wanted to be liked. I was proud to make that statement about myself through much of my early adult life. I’m one of the nicest guys you will ever meet.” “I have a lot of respect for you and your work, and that’s not something I say often.” Amy Alkon, aka, “The Advice Goddess” “I’m a Nice Guy. has a tone that veers between conventional psychological counsel and edgy outrageousness.” The Seattle Post-Intelligencer minus the hokey rituals.” The Seattle Times ![]() Glover is an emerging figure in the Men’s Movement as crystallized by Iron John a decade ago. Glover is married to Lupita Escobar and lives in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. His groundbreaking books, classes, podcasts, and seminars have helped form the foundation for a growing world-wide men’s movement. He has spent over 30 years helping men and women get the love, sex, and life they want. Robert Glover is the author of No More Mr. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Reverend DuBois was left hanging in Hyde Hall until this afternoon. I could hear the screams and the shooting all night long, and I dared not venture out. Twenty-seven people died that I know of, and I can only guess that the others fled with whatever they could carry away. The novel opens with an excerpt from a diary entry from 1882 during the founding of Hyde River. Steve and Tracy grow closer to each other as they peel away the mystery and come face to face with the dark evil behind the deaths. As the deaths continue and the townsfolk are pressed for information, they close ranks, under the mysterious "Oath" made when the town was founded. After finding problems with a theory involving a bear attack, he teams up with local sheriff's deputy Tracy Ellis. When the partial remains of nature photographer Cliff Benson are found in the woods near Hyde River, his brother, Steve, investigates the mysterious attack. ![]() ![]() ![]() This rewritten story does not feature Psmith. ![]() * Note that parts of this serialised story were rewritten and incorporated into a novel for an American audience, published in the US as The Prince and Betty (1912). "The Lost Lambs" was later republished separately as: (The first half republishes the serial "Jackson Junior", in which Psmith does not appear.) ![]() "The Lost Lambs" forms the second half of the novel Mike (1909). Psmith appears in four novel-length works, all of which appeared as magazine serials before being published in book form. Rupert's daughter, Bridget D'Oyly Carte, however, believed that the Wykehamist schoolboy described to Wodehouse was not her father but his elder brother Lucas. Carte was a school acquaintance of a cousin of Wodehouse at Winchester College, according to an introduction to Leave it to Psmith. Wodehouse said that he based Psmith on Rupert D'Oyly Carte (1876–1948), the son of the Gilbert and Sullivan impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte, as he put it "the only thing in my literary career which was handed to me on a silver plate with watercress around it". ![]() |