One handed catch by mary jane auch5/24/2023 ![]() The book takes Norm through one year following the accident, showing how his gutsy optimism and sense of humor see him though the ups and downs of learning to live with only one hand. ![]() His main goal is to learn to play baseball again, even though Leon and Norm's family don’t think he’ll succeed. ![]() Though this sounds like a grim opening, the book is upbeat, dealing with Norm’s determination to be independent in spite of the loss of his left hand. From that point on, Norm’s life will never be the same. While grinding meat for hamburgers, Norm lets his attention wander, and suddenly realizes his hand is caught in the grinder. Meanwhile, the day is dragging because Norm has to work in his father’s meat market. Since fireworks haven’t been allowed all through the war because of the blackouts, this will be a big occasion. ![]() Eleven-year-old Norm Schmidt and his friend, Leon, are making plans to set off fireworks that night. World War II is over and things are starting to get back to normal. ![]()
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No more mr nice guy audible5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() Part inspiration, part instruction, and part manifesto, this book gives men the courage to move from passivity to assertiveness. Coughlin also looks at the shifting expectations men face in relationships and in the workplace and how younger Christians in particular are subject to harmful views about masculinity. Nice Guy By: Drac Von Stoller Narrated by: Ted Brooks Length: 14 mins 2.2 (10 ratings) Try for 0. This radical and hopeful message elevates the true biblical model of manhood and now includes testimonials from men and women whose lives have been altered by this book. You could not and no-one else going following. Dr Robert Glover Audible Com now is not type of challenging means. ![]() In this revised and expanded edition, Coughlin adds vital insights on the changes he's seen in churches and the greater culture in the decade since No More Christian Nice Guy was first published. 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In 1974, Jim and Tammy Bakker launched their television show, the PTL Club, from a former furniture store in Charlotte, North Carolina, with half a dozen friends. ![]() Best translation of the odyssey5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() In this interview, we discuss how her identity as a woman-and a cis-gendered feminist-informs her translation work, how her Odyssey translation honors both ancient traditions and contemporary reading practices, and what Homer meant when he called Dawn, repeatedly, “rosy-fingered.” This interview has been edited slightly for length. Her brilliant new translation hit shelves in November. ![]() Her name is Emily Wilson (photo credit: Imogen Roth), and she’s a professor of classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania. But only one of those translations is by a woman. T he Odyssey-the ancient Greek epic attributed to Homer-has been translated into English at least 60 times since the seventeenth century. ![]() Going the Wrong Path by Arthur Weissmann5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() Only when the sisters are separated does the truth slowly come to light through their letters-including a revelation that will shape the rest of Callie's life.īestselling author Valerie Fraser Luesse weaves a complex and suspenseful tale dripping with intrigue, romance, and Southern charm. Meanwhile, Callie meets a man who offers her the freedom to abandon social constraints and discover her truest self.Īfter Lily has a baby, Callie witnesses something she was never meant to see-or did she? Her memory is a haze, just an image in her mind of Emmy standing on a darkened riverbank and cradling Lily's missing baby girl. Arrestingly beautiful, Lily quickly-and innocently-draws the wrong kind of attention. ![]() A Family Changed Forever.Īt the turn of the twentieth century, sisters Emmy and Callie Bullock are living a privileged life as the only daughters of a wealthy Alabama cotton farmer when their well-ordered household gets turned upside down by the arrival of Lily McGee. ![]() ![]() ![]() Allende’s style is impressively Olympian and the payoff is remarkable: a huge overview of generations, decades and countries.Īs we might expect of Allende, that omniscient voice is kind to all the characters, even when they do stupid or horrible things. Characters are a lot like gym weights it’s much easier to hug them close than it is to hold them further away. ![]() This kind of narration is extraordinarily difficult. 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These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]() Sulari gentill the woman in the library5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() She was born in Sri Lanka, learned English in Zambia, and has spent most of her life in Australia, where she currently lives. ![]() In a starred review, Bookpage describes The Woman in the Library as a “smart, engaging novel that blurs genre lines” and will “delight suspense fans looking for something bold and new.” The New York Journal of Books enjoyed the labyrinthian plot of the book, noting that it reads like “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.” The mystery-focused book review website Criminal Element agrees, championing the novel as “a delightfully meta-textual examination of writing in the 21st century” and praising its ability to tackle “complex literary issues with both wit and panache.”īefore becoming an author, Sulari Gentill studied astrophysics and practiced corporate law. You can register for the program at our event page. ![]() Which one of the four is the murderer? And does author Hannah Tigone’s helpful fan really have good intentions behind his helpful suggestions? Copies of the book are available from the library through the catalog, Libby ( eBook and eAudiobook ) and Hoopla ( eBook and eAudiobook ). In this suspenseful novel, a mystery writer is working on her latest book in which four strangers are united by a scream one day in the Boston Public Library. via Zoom to discuss The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill! Check our events page to register. Join library staff and fellow book lovers on October 20th from 5:30-6:30 p.m. ![]() Send for paul temple5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() Temple's famous catchphrase was "By Timothy!" Although the settings and dialogue are now dated for modern listeners, Temple still stands as one of the really great radio detective creations. Inevitably, in the final episode of every story, Temple would arrange a dinner or drinks party for all his guests and finally reveal the guilty character. His counterplay with Steve, his wife, is what really made the series so successfull, and captured such a wide radio audience. Unlike Poirot or Holmes, Temple didn't use logic or deduction, just sheer determination and energy, driving forward in each episode to catch the villan. But, for most listeners the part belongs in history to Coke. Temple has also been played by Crawford Logan and Canadian-English actor Barry Morse. Temple was a Fleet street journalist turned private-eye, who, with the help of his wife, often helped Scotland Yard. Most famously played by dulcet-toned RADA trained actor Peter Coke. : In Send for Paul Temple in 1938, for BBC radio. Durbridge was born in Hull.įrancis Durbridge, creator of Paul Temple.įirst Appeared in print : For the BBC radio series. ![]() ![]() Created by : Francis Durbridge (1912-1998), creating one of the, if not the, ![]() |