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Go Down Together by Jeff Guinn5/13/2023 Here is an official description of the original Go Down Together book:īestselling author Jeff Guinn combines exhaustive research with surprising, newly-discovered material to tell the real tale of two kids from a filthy Dallas slum who fell in love and then willingly traded their lives for a brief interlude of excitement and, more important, fame. If Burger does sign on to direct, he will likely make this his followup to the Uncharted: Drake's Fortune adaptation. Deadline is reporting that Neil Burger ( Limitless) is currently in negotiations to direct Go Down Together, working from a script by Oscar-nominee Sheldon Turner ( Up in the Air).
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If you are looking for a Church home the people of First Congregational UCC will welcome you because no matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here! Come just as you are and receive the welcoming embrace of Christian fellowship. We praise and give thanks to God for his redeeming grace and mercy. With Jesus Christ as the cornerstone and founder of our Church and the Holy Spirit in our midst, we believe that God has richly blessed us here. We place Jesus Christ as the sole head of the Church and we strive to emulate his mission and ministry in this time and place.Īs a practicing community of faith in the tradition of the United Church of Christ we look to the word of God in Scripture and pray as did Jesus:”…that they may all be one” ( John 17:21). Our faith practice is structured under the faith tradition of the United Church of Christ. Our church has been and continues to be a vital part of the community at large. We are located at 6494 Belsay Rd in Grand Blanc, Michigan, right at the corner of Belsay and Perry roads. Welcome to the online home of First Congregational United Church of Christ.
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Whoopie Lee 1 by Adeline Foo5/13/2023 Since such marriages were forbidden, Wanenis goes away into the wilderness to deal with the fact they cannot be together. Sally, a white girl, falls in love with Wanenis, an Indian. The tale that acts as a vehicle for all of Eddie Cantor's antics is a simple one, and one that is repeated in several films over the years - that of forbidden love between races. Secondly, remember that two-strip Technicolor was all they had in 1930, that it was still considered a treat by the public, and that pink and blue were the colors this process rendered best. First this is, at heart, a musical farce and the costumes are part of that farce. It will probably seem odd to you at first that the sheriff and his deputies - I assume they are deputies - are all dressed in rather cartoonish over-sized cowboy hats and pink scarves, but you have to remember two things. The only other one I can think of from 1930 that is still with us is Universal's "King of Jazz" and "Under a Texas Moon". This is one of the oldest surviving all-color talking films.
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When we were sisters a novel5/13/2023 When We Were Sisters tenderly examines the bonds and fractures of sisterhood, names the perils of being three Muslim American girls alone against the world, and ultimately illustrates how those who’ve lost everything might still make homes in each other. The youngest, Kausar, grapples with the incomprehensible loss of her parents as she also charts out her own understanding of gender Aisha, the middle sister, spars with her ‘crybaby’ younger sibling as she desperately tries to hold on to her sense of family in an impossible situation and Noreen, the eldest, does her best in the role of sister-mother while also trying to create a life for herself, on her own terms.Īs Kausar grows up, she must contend with the collision of her private and public worlds, and choose whether to remain in the life of love, sorrow and codependency she’s known or carve out a new path for herself. In this heartrending, lyrical debut work of fiction, Fatimah Asghar traces the intense bond of three orphaned siblings who, after their parents die, are left to raise one another. An orphan grapples with gender, siblinghood, family, and coming-of-age as a Muslim in America in this lyrical debut novel from the acclaimed author of If. Already nominated for a National Book Award, When We Were Sisters (One World. WINNER OF THE CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023 Fatimah Asghar’s debut novel When We Were Sisters was nominated for a National Book Award. LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2022
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Painter points out that “for most of the past centuries…educated Americans firmly believed in the existence of more than one European race.” She explains that this view legitimized the rule of elites by attributing the inferior social position of slaves and workers to a perceived racial inferiority. What emerges from this is a convincing argument that race, far from being a permanent scheme of categorizing human beings, is a social construct, a relatively recent development that has changed over time. Painter, who has written several books on African American history, focuses here on whites, as they are often defined as “the leavings of what is not black,” and much of what has been written on white races has fallen into obscurity. Nell Irvin Painter begins The History of White People declaring that “because race is an idea, not a fact…its questions demand answers from the conceptual rather than the factual realm.” In the just under 400 pages that follow, Painter recounts more than 2,500 years, from the ancient Greeks through today, of examples of thinking on peoples now thought of as white.
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Mary jane jessica5/13/2023 A week after Mary Jane starts, the rock star and his movie star wife move in. And even more troublesome (were Mary Jane’s mother to know, which she does not): the doctor is a psychiatrist who has cleared his summer for one important job-helping a famous rock star dry out. The house may look respectable on the outside, but inside it’s a literal and figurative mess: clutter on every surface, Impeachment: Now More Than Ever bumper stickers on the doors, cereal and takeout for dinner. A respectable job, Mary Jane’s mother says. Shy, quiet, and bookish, she’s glad when she lands a summer job as a nanny for the daughter of a local doctor. In 1970s Baltimore, fourteen-year-old Mary Jane loves cooking with her mother, singing in her church choir, and enjoying her family’s subscription to the Broadway Showtunes of the Month record club. "I LOVED this novel.If you have ever sung along to a hit on the radio, in any decade, then you will devour Mary Jane at 45 rpm." -Nick HornbyĪlmost Famous meets Daisy Jones & The Six in this "delightful" (New York Times Book Review) novel about a fourteen-year-old girl’s coming of age in 1970s Baltimore, caught between her straight-laced family and the progressive family she nannies for-who happen to be secretly hiding a famous rock star and his movie star wife for the summer.
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We All Fall Down by Eric Walters5/13/2023 Will doesn’t see his father very often because of the hours he puts in at the office. Will’s dad works for an international trading company and has to wake up early every morning to commute to his office on the eighty-fifth floor in the south building of the World Trade Center in Manhattan. His father doesn’t even have an exciting job like his best friend James’s father who is a fireman. As part of a school assignment, all the students in his class will be going to their parents tomorrow, but Will isn’t excited about it–he’d rather sleep in and do nothing with his friends. Today is September 10, 2001, and Will, a grade nine student, is spending the day at his father’s workplace tomorrow. A novel from one of the country’s most prolific and popular YA authors, this book, set in New York City on September 11th, shows us how the experiences of that day profoundly changed one teen’s life and relationships.
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Dragon rider cornelia funke series5/13/2023 In the end though, it may take the arrival of the original silver dragon, Firedrake, to help save them all. It's a race against time to protect it, for if the Aurelia is hurt, all fabulous creatures will vanish from Earth. īen and the Greenblooms must protect a mythical new creature rising from the ocean that can bring light or darkness to whoever it first meets - a vast, mythical Aurelia. A dangerous and exciting adventure begins. But Griffins, with the heads of eagles and the bodies of lions, are a dragon's fiercest enemy, and live far across the world in the sweltering jungle. The foals are ill, and the pair volunteer to seek the only cure: a Griffin's feather. Three foals lie curled in their eggs in a sanctuary for threatened creatures, where a young dragon rider lives with his silver dragon. The last winged horses are on the brink of extinction. But the greatest enemy of all is never far behind - a heartless monster intent on destroying the last dragons on earth. Along the way, he discovers extraordinary new friends and a courage he never knew he had. Firedrake, a brave young dragon, embarks on a magical journey to find the legendary place where silver dragons can live in peace for ever.
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The ride of a lifetime bob iger5/13/2023 Its value is nearly five times what it was when Iger took over, and he is recognized as one of the most innovative and successful CEOs of our era. Today, Disney is the largest, most admired media company in the world, counting Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, and 21st Century Fox among its properties. Robert Iger became CEO of The Walt Disney Company in 2005, during a difficult time. Competition was more intense than ever and technology was changing faster than at any time in the company’s history. His vision came down to three clear ideas: Recommit to the concept that quality matters, embrace technology instead of fighting it, and think bigger-think global-and turn Disney into a stronger brand in international markets. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR A memoir of leadership and success: The executive chairman of Disney, Time’s 2019 businessperson of the year, shares the ideas and values he embraced during his fifteen years as CEO while reinventing one of the world’s most beloved companies and inspiring the people who bring the magic to life.
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Miniature secret garden coloring book5/13/2023 Just as you’re in control of your stories, you also have full control over your book cover design when you use our templates, even with no art or design software background. Each template comes with a book cover page design online that is readily editable using Canva’s easy-to-use editor. So make readers an invite they couldn’t refuse with stunning, high-quality book cover designs tailor-made just for you on Canva.īrowse through hundreds of professional, fully customizable book cover design templates and ideas that run the gamut of types, genres, and art styles, from formal, instructional publications, poems, to quirky, fluffy chick lits and everything in between. They offer the first glimpse into the world you created, an invitation to go on a journey with you. Though the adage goes, “Never judge a book by its cover,” the truth is that book covers can play a significant role in enticing readers, both old and new, into picking up your story. |