![]() ![]() ![]() ‘A genuinely inspirational memoir … astonishing story.’ - The Guardian Courageous, hopeful and defiant, her memoir is marked by her irrepressible spirit, even in the darkest of times. In the face of merciless slander and constant attacks from opponents in both parties, Omar continues to speak up for her beliefs. This is Omar’s story told on her own terms: from a childhood in Mogadishu and four long years at a Kenyan refugee camp, to her arrival in America-penniless and speaking only Somali-and her triumphant election to the US House of Representatives. This Is What America Looks Like is a tale of the aspirations, disappointments, successes and surprises in the life of an immigrant and Muslim in the US today. ![]() Against a xenophobic and divisive administration, she has risen to global fame as a powerful voice in the Democratic Party’s new progressive chorus of congresswomen of colour. Ilhan Omar’s career is a collection of historic firsts: she is the first refugee, the first Somali-American and one of the first two Muslim women to serve in the United States Congress. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Truly a timeless classic that speaks so much of human nature. Here I cannot agree with what George Orwell has to say, but right or wrong this book is a brilliant politically minded piece that is an irrevocable page turner, easily read in one sitting. It suggests an uprising is futile, that things will remain how they have always been neither getting better nor worse. Yet, this novel goes beyond addressing the Russian Revolution, it speaks to all revolts there have been and will ever be. Orwell cleverly plants lies, illiteracy and even a head hunt throughout the novel to explain the oppression, propaganda and elaborate excuses that led to the rise of the Soviet dictatorship. It shows how a people's fight for freedom can so quickly morph into a power play as chaos ensues. Written in an elegantly simple style, Orwell uses the turmoil faced on the farm by the animals as a metaphor for the Russian Revolution itself. Yet, as the story progresses we soon see some animals are more equal than others… Released from all chains, there is but one key rule: All animals are equal. Sick and tired of maltreatment under their enslavement from man, the animals of Manor Farm revolt. ![]() Captioned 'a fairy story', Animal Farm is anything but that. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() During this time, she established the Women’s Healthcare Leadership Forum.įollowing her LMP tenure, Regan co-founded Regan Campbell Ward. As such, Regan was the first woman to head up a large healthcare agency. She was connected by one of her nurse friends to Ron Pantello, one of the founders of Lally, McFarland, Pantello, and ultimately became the company’s president. After working as a registered nurse, she entered the business “carrying the bag” as a pharma salesperson. ![]() Over the course of a 30-year career in medical marketing, Regan became one of the industry’s most well-respected leaders – and one of its best-liked. NovemThe Medical Advertising Hall of Fame (MAHF) has announced its 2023 inductees: Regan Campbell Ward and Lally, McFarland, Pantello leader Maureen Regan and Lederle, Euro RSCG Becker and Flaum Navigators exec Sander Flaum. ![]() ![]() ![]() With temptation waiting at every turn, can Gustav and Serena survive all the excitement that the Big Apple holds? The sexy sequel to Primula Bond's The Silver Chain. ![]() 0 Ratings 0 Want to read 0 Currently reading 0 Have read Borrow Listen. cover image of The Golden Locket (Unbreakable Trilogy, Book 2). An edition of The golden locket (2013) The golden locket by Primula Bond. But as they enjoy their New York pleasure ground, ghosts start to emerge from Gustav's past, and when his damaged younger brother, Pierre, comes back into his life, he brings with him a dangerous threat. Primula Bond is an Oxford-educated mother of three boys and has lived in London and Cairo. Still in the first flush of love, they have every satisfaction they could need. Ensconced in their Manhattan penthouse, all seems blissfully happy for Gustav and Serena. The second novel in the Unbreakable Trilogy, The Golden Locket follows Gustav and Serena to New York. But as they enjoy their New York pleasure ground, ghosts start to emerge from Gustav's past, and when his damaged younger brother, Pierre, comes back into his life, he brings with him a dangerous. ![]() ![]() For every new friend meeting through cyberspace, there’s the risk of estrangement from the real world. For every Wikileak and revealed secret, there’s the encroachment on personal privacy by the NSA. For every Arab Spring or political movement using social media to foment change, there may also be campaigns of abuse and hate. Like anything hurtling us forward at breakneck speed, the advancements are great, and so are the dangers. ![]() Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg told a reporter that in 2016 - just three years from now - “people are going to be sharing eight to ten times as much stuff.” Facebook is not quite 10 years old, Twitter is younger still. ![]() The experience highlights just how our world has been engulfed by social media and how our technology has become a vital organ of our being.Īnd it's happened so fast. ![]() If you’ve ever lost your smartphone, as I have, you know it can feel like a death. Enough of politics, the debt and that spectacle in Washington. ![]() ![]() ![]() Praise for The Ten Thousand Doors of January: Harrow's spellbinding debut-step inside and discover its magic. Lush and richly imagined, a tale of impossible journeys, unforgettable love, and the enduring power of stories await in Alix E. ![]() ![]() Each page turn reveals impossible truths about the world and January discovers a story increasingly entwined with her own. A book that carries the scent of other worlds, and tells a tale of secret doors, of love, adventure, and danger. Locke, she feels little different from the artifacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored, and utterly out of place. In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. In the early 1900s, a young woman embarks on a fantastical journey of self-discovery after finding a mysterious book in this captivating and lyrical debut. LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER! Finalist for the 2020 Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and World Fantasy Awards. "A gorgeous, aching love letter to stories, storytellers, and the doors they lead us through.absolutely enchanting."-Christina Henry, bestselling author of Alice and Lost Boys ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She has written several pieces involving time travel by history students and faculty of the future University of Oxford. Willis is known for her accessible prose and likable characters. She lives in Greeley, Colorado with her husband Courtney Willis, a professor of physics at the University of Northern Colorado. She was the 2011 recipient of the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA). Willis most recently won a Hugo Award for All Seated on the Ground (August 2008). She has won, among other awards, ten Hugo Awards and six Nebula Awards. She is one of the most honored science fiction writers of the 1980s and 1990s. She has written several pieces involving time travel by history students and faculty of the Constance Elaine Trimmer Willis is an American science fiction writer. ![]() Constance Elaine Trimmer Willis is an American science fiction writer. ![]() ![]() Johnny Cash and his wife June Carter-Cash used the Lincoln Town Car Cartier L to drive around their home in 2001, and the vehicle has since been restored. There’s something incredible about this image, and it’s bound to live on in music history. ![]() ![]() The Cadillac’s appearance is a testament to the passion for music that exists between musicians and Cadillac owners. The House of Cash in Henderson, Tennessee, houses a black Cadillac dubbed “Psycho Billy Cadillac,” as well as a black Cadillac dubbed “Psycho Billy Cadillac.” The concept behind One Piece at a Time is to create a piece of art that can be repeated a number of times. The car is currently on display at the Storytellers museum in Bon Aqua, Tennessee. The lyrics of the song, One Piece at a Time, have made their way into music folklore, with a pink Cadillac featured in the song’s own video. As a gift to the legendary singer, an Oklahoma car collector named Bill Patch created his own Cadillac DeVille, inspired by this song. In 1977, Johnny Cash released an iconic song called “One Piece at a Time,” which tells the story of a man who builds his own Cadillac from salvaged parts. ![]() A Love Affair To Remember: Johnny Cash’s ‘one Piece At A Time’ Cadillac Bill Patch, a Welch, Oklahoma, resident who tinkered with his collection of antique autos, decided to use his automotive knowledge to build a one-of-a- kind Cadillac to raise money for his LIONs Club civic center. ![]() ![]() ![]() "Writing was the first thing that occurred to me when I was married," she recalls. ![]() She thought she might do the same thing now, between sorting laundry and fixing dinner, while waiting to have children. She was 22-six weeks older than Plath-and, like Plath, had written her way into and out of adolescence, observing friends and converting their goings-on into stories in her mind and journals. Her husband's job took them immediately to Philadelphia, where Ann joined the ranks of wives in ruffled aprons. Long-limbed, pretty and fresh, Ann Weldy graduated from college right into the safe haven of marriage, as expected of young women in 1954. ![]() She looked very Sylvia Plath, a sorority girl with a soft pageboy, saddle shoes and a Peter Pan collar buttoned to the neck under a twinset cardigan. ![]() ![]() Not only is this driving away other tourists, but Perry was the last person to see the murdered girl alive, and that makes him the prime suspect. ![]() Two, and much worse, a tourist in town has been murdered. Clare knows no one can tell the future, but try telling the tourists that. One, a phoney psychic has set up business in a prime spot in town - and is stealing all the business because she claims to tell the future. Their family business is entertaining the tourists, and the summer rush pays the winter bills.īut Clare has two problems. Clare's mother can read minds, her brother Perry can talk to the dead, and Clare can see memories linked to objects. Clare's family are psychic, not the phoney kind who take your money and give you a false prediction about tall dark strangers - the genuine kind. The tourist season at Cape Cod is about to start and for Clarity 'Clare' Fern and her family, this is really important. ![]() |
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