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Turner case and released her book with the title, Know My Name: A Memoir, on September 24, 2019. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] She first began work on the book in 2017. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The book was an attempt by Miller to reappropriate her narrative identity and describe the trauma she went through, after being referred to in the press as "unconscious ...
The book's title refers to the mythical "thornbird" that searches for thorn trees from the day it is hatched. When it finds the perfect thorn tree, it impales itself on a thorn and sings the most beautiful song ever heard as it dies. The myth alludes to the Parable of the Sower in the Synoptic Gospels and chapter 9 of the Gospel of Thomas. [3]
At a tea party hosted by Marie-Anne's mother, Emmanuelle meets Bee, the sister of a naval attaché at the American Embassy. Emmanuelle is immediately attracted to the slender, red-headed Bee, and when the two women meet later by chance on the streets of Bangkok she takes the opportunity to invite Bee home with her.
Bad Luck and Trouble is the eleventh book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. [1] [2] It was published in 2007, and written in the third person. The title is derived from the song lyrics by singer Albert King "Born Under a Bad Sign". The book was adapted into season two of the Reacher television series on Amazon Prime Video. [3]
A Kind of Spark was generally well-received, including a starred review from School Library Journal. [2]Kirkus Reviews called the book "[e]arnest and perceptive," noting, "the bullying Addie endures will leave readers’ stomachs in sympathetic knots, but Addie's nuanced relationships with her sisters and a new friend, Audrey, infuse humor and heart."
The Sea of Monsters was released on April 1, 2006, [2] by Miramax Books, an imprint of Hyperion Books for Children, [1] [2] and thus Disney Publishing (succeeded by the Disney Hyperion imprint). It was generally well–received and was nominated for numerous awards, including the 2006 Book Sense Top Ten Summer Pick [ 3 ] and the 2009 Mark Twain ...
SparkNotes, originally part of a website called The Spark, is a company started by Harvard students Sam Yagan, Max Krohn, Chris Coyne, and Eli Bolotin in 1999 that originally provided study guides for literature, poetry, history, film, and philosophy. Later on, SparkNotes expanded to provide study guides for a number of other subjects ...
Delores Seneva Williams (November 17, 1937 – November 17, 2022) [7] was an American Presbyterian theologian and professor notable for her formative role in the development of womanist theology and best known for her book Sisters in the Wilderness: The Challenge of Womanist God-Talk. Her writings use black women's experiences as ...