![]() ![]() ![]() His exploits will be broadcast next year in six one-hour TV shows. "My next project is the Dakar Rally, which starts at the end of the year, and I've been training a year for that and we are doing a TV series for that as well," he says. While McGregor is starring as rascally gambler Sky Masterson in Guys & Dolls in London's West End, Boorman is staying firmly in the saddle. "(Possibly) Africa, or South America," but as yet nothing is concrete, he said. And then there's the follow-up - Long Way Down. Plans are now afoot for a sequel, but first up, Boorman is in New Zealand, promoting the book and documentary DVD of their Long Way Round journey and talking up plans to participate in this year's Paris-Dakar Rally. Over three gruelling months, the two had travelled through Europe, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Siberia, Alaska, Canada and the United States. ![]() It's been over a year since Charley Boorman roared into New York on his dusty BMW motorcycle with fellow actor and friend Ewan McGregor following their 32,000km, three-month motorbike odyssey. ![]() A scene from documentary series Long Way Round starring Ewan McGregor (right) and Charley Boorman. ![]()
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5/13/2023 0 Comments The woodcutter sisters series![]() ![]() ![]() When Friday stumbles upon seven sleeping brothers in her sister Sunday’s palace, she takes one look at Tristan and knows he’s her future. In this delightful third book, Alethea Kontis weaves together some fine-feathered fairy tales to focus on Friday Woodcutter, the kind and loving seamstress. Readers met the Woodcutter sisters (named after the days of the week) in Enchanted and Hero. Published by: HMH Books for Young Readers, 2015įirst sentence: Conrad slowed his pace, not because he lacked energy, but because the hard calluses on his feet had cracked and started to bleed. A very child-friendly, very light love story interwoven with a gazillion fairytales and featuring a wonderful loving family. I have squeed like a little girl about the Woodcutter Sisters series and, naturally, was looking forward to meeting Friday Woodcuter, reading about her romance. ![]() ![]() ![]() He is also in the process of learning how to play golf and the piano. When he is not writing, Wallace enjoys going to live music shows across Australia. He has managed to achieve this dream by developing books and videos that kids find irresistible. ![]() Wallace’s primary goal in life is to bring joy, humor, and excitement to children in all age groups. The Australia-born author is a best seller on the USA Today, Amazon, and New York Times, to mention but a few. Only You Can Save Christmas!: A Help-The-Elf AdventureĪdam Wallace is a children’s book writer best known for his How to Catch series. Rhymes with Drawing - More Cartooning the Fun Way How to Draw a Ping Pong Playing, Alien Giraffe How to Draw a Truck Drivin', Dragon Tail Rhino Rhymes with Art - Learn Cartooning the Fun Way How to Catch a Loveosaurus (By:Alice Walstead,Andy Elkerton) How to Catch a Witch (By:Alice Walstead,Andy Elkerton) ![]() How to Catch a Class Pet (By:Alice Walstead,Andy Elkerton) My First How to Catch the Easter Bunny (By:Alice Walstead,Andy Elkerton) My First How to Catch a Witch (By:Alice Walstead,Andy Elkerton) My First How to Catch Santa Claus (By:Alice Walstead,Andy Elkerton) ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Mighty Crusaders by Jerry Siegel![]() ![]() ![]() After military service during World War II, Siegel returned to DC Comics for a brief spell, but left in 1947 following a much publicised rights battle with the publisher over Superboy. The comic became a huge success with Jerry Siegel on board as writer and Shuster on art duties. ![]() However, after a few unsuccessful years, they finally sold the character to comic-book publisher, Detective Comics Inc. Together with Shuster, he had developed a character called Superman, which they had intended on selling as a syndicated newspaper strip. Unable to pay for college, Siegel had various day jobs while he also started to submit and sell comic scripts to National Allied Publications. While attending Glenville High School he befriended Joe Shuster, as the two bonded over a shared interest in science fiction and movies. Jerry Siegel was born on October 17, 1914, in Cleveland, Ohio, the youngest of six children born to Lithuanian, Jewish immigrants. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Origin story by david christian![]() Rogers"-style set, flanked by an imitation ivy-covered brick wall, Christian explained to the camera that he was influenced by the Annales School, a group of early-20th-century French historians who insisted that history be explored on multiple scales of time and space. Instead, it put forward a synthesis of history, biology, chemistry, astronomy and other disparate fields, which Christian wove together into nothing less than a unifying narrative of life on earth. Unlike the previous DVDs, “Big History” did not confine itself to any particular topic, or even to a single academic discipline. ![]() ![]() history.Īs Gates was working his way through the series, he stumbled upon a set of DVDs titled “Big History” - an unusual college course taught by a jovial, gesticulating professor from Australia named David Christian. On some mornings, he would learn about geology or meteorology on others, it would be oceanography or U.S. Then, during an hour on the treadmill, Gates, a self-described nerd, would pass the time by watching DVDs from the Teaching Company’s “Great Courses” series. ![]() ![]() In 2008, shortly after Bill Gates stepped down from his executive role at Microsoft, he often awoke in his 66,000-square-foot home on the eastern bank of Lake Washington and walked downstairs to his private gym in a baggy T-shirt, shorts, sneakers and black socks yanked up to the midcalf. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Freshmen tom ellen![]() ![]() ![]() As the women on campus determine to expose the team and shut down the account, Luke and Phoebe find themselves grappling with confusing feelings and wondering how they'll ever make it through freshman year.įlirty, bawdy, sloppy, and buckets of fun. Rumors swirl about the Wall of Shame, a secret text chain run by Luke's soccer team, filled with compromising photos of girls. Just when things start looking up (and Phoebe and Luke start hooking up), drama looms on the horizon. Luke didn't set out to redefine himself, but as soon as he arrives on campus, he finds himself dumping his long-term long-distance girlfriend. ![]() Convenient: the only person from her high school also going to York is her longtime crush, Luke. And she'll be totally different: cooler, prettier, smarter. On her own, discovering new things, no curfew. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Freshmen by Lucy Ivison Tom Ellen at the best online prices at eBay Free shipping for many. A laugh-out-loud, realistic portrayal of a freshman year in college for fans of ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments The jungle book upton sinclair![]() Upton Sinclair did seven weeks’ worth of research on location. Sinclair accepted the challenge, made tracks for the Chicago stockyards, and got to work. In 1904, Warren gave Sinclair a $500 advance (the equivalent of about $14,000 in today’s dollars) to pen a similar novel about the problem of “wage slavery” in industrialized cities. Warren, admired Sinclair’s fourth novel, Manassas, a historical epic set in the Civil War that was written as a salute to the abolitionist movement. ![]() One year later, Sinclair established himself as a regular contributor to Appeal to Reason, America’s leading socialist newspaper. His politics veered leftward with age, and by 1903, he had become a socialist. Sinclair’s first novel-a romance titled Springtime and Harvest-was released in 1901. While enrolled at the City College of New York, the future Pulitzer Prize-winner supported himself by writing jokes and short stories for assorted newspapers. Upton Sinclair, who was born in 1878, began his literary career as a teenager. The Jungle was commissioned by a socialist newspaper editor. Grab a barf bag and join us as we take a fresh look at Sinclair’s gut-wrenching magnum opus. The book certainly did both of those things-but for reasons that its author didn’t quite expect. ![]() ![]() Upton Sinclair conceived The Jungle as a political game-changer, a book that would get people talking and instigate major reforms. ![]() ![]() ![]() While there, Stark charted the first accurate maps of the region. There she found the castle ruins covered with wild tulips and surrounded by breathtaking views of the Elbruz Mountains. Intrepid and indefatigable, she found a guide to lead her across the empty Persian plains and crested mountain ranges (Stark leaping like a mountain goat while her guide huffed behind) into the practically impregnable valley. ![]() ![]() (The founder of the cult inspired his recruits to murder through the use of hashish, hence their name Hashishin, from which we get assassin.) There was only one problem: she couldn't find the valley on her map. ![]() With her fascination for secret Islamic societies, she resolved to travel to the former home of the Cult of the Assassins and to locate an ancient fortress described by Marco Polo. At the age of 37, Stark shocked her fellow Brits by moving to Baghdad, befriending the locals, studying Arabic and the Koran, and then setting out on expeditions to remote and uncharted areas of the Islamic world by foot, donkey, camel, and car. First published in 1934, Freya Stark's classic tale of her travels through Persia has been reprinted once again and is just as much a gem now as when first published. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() What is Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness, and how does it apply to youth? I wanted practitioners to be able to help people avoid the potential pitfalls of mindfulness practice for trauma survivors and leverage its powerful benefits as well. This is why I created trauma-sensitive mindfulness (TSM). When I talked about my experience with colleagues, I was surprised to hear them use the word trauma-a term I’d studied as a psychotherapist but never associated with my own life. ![]() When I returned home that summer, I was disoriented and having difficulty returning to my everyday life. In the coming days my senses became muted and muffled, my appetite vanished, and I found myself bombarded by intrusive thoughts and images. ![]() One evening I felt something akin to a circuit breaker going off in my body, leaving me numb and dissociated. In 2006, I ran into trouble on a silent meditation retreat. A writer, educator, and trauma professional, David’s personal experience led him to create Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness.ģ Tips for Teaching Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness by David Treleaven We asked David Trelevean, guest faculty with iBme’s Mindfulness Teacher Training, to share his expert wisdom on incorporating trauma-sensitive mindfulness into working with youth. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Zipper Mouth by Laurie Weeks![]() ![]() It would be easy to catalog Weeks’ novel with its peers on the tiny bookshelf of urban lesbian novels and memoirs, addled with drugs and girls. Burroughs and Kathy Acker, among others, Zipper Mouth a magnetic narrative well worth the trip. Influenced by the manic pages of William S. The novel tells the jarring love story of a strung out young dyke, traipsing around the squalor and beauty of New York in the mid 90s. In a slim 158 pages, there may not be a denouement-no coming of age, no epiphany, no peak accomplishment-but there is so much movement that to finish the book is to come to a dizzying halt. ![]() ![]() Every verb pops, and sentences fling themselves forward with colorful climax. Momentum has a language, and in her long awaited debut novel Zipper Mouth (Feminist Press), Laurie Weeks speaks it fluidly. ![]() |