5/20/2023 0 Comments Tell me by joan bauer![]() He is a professor at the University of California, Chico. “When Pat died, I moved to an active adult community in Chico, CA, where my son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter live. I remember Junior Week dances in the Armory with big name bands at either end of the building. During those years we took many cruises, as well as golfing and fishing trips. In 1988 he retired, and we spent 21 years in Sonoma until he died in 2009. “We later moved to Foster City and Pat opened his architectural office in San Mateo. Another roommate, Rosemary Williamson Colgate, and her husband, Stirling ’48, PhD ’52, lived in Livermore, also close. “My Alpha Phi roommate, June Johnson Reynolds, and her husband, Hugh, lived in Sunnyvale, not too far away. We then returned to the West Coast and lived for 18 years in Sacramento, where our daughter Gail and son Tom were born. “After being married, we spent a year in Seattle and returned to Ithaca, as Pat needed one more term to get his degree. We received a wonderful letter from Joan Dall Patton, who fondly reflected on her life with husband Ed “Pat” Patton, BArch ’49. ![]()
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5/20/2023 0 Comments Seven Dress Sizes by Jude Johnson![]() No eyes can judge a woman as harshly as her own. ![]() No measurement or shape is safe under the judgemental eyes of the world. What is the worth of a woman? What is beauty? Depending on culture, commercialism, family, or our peers, men and woman have allowed society to dictate the worth of a woman based on nothing more than the outer shell of her existence. Seven Dress Sizes takes you into the lives of seven different struggles of modern females in a full scope of shapes and sizes, struggling to find. ![]() ![]() ![]() He explains how invasive species such as Asian carp, sea lamprey, and zebra mussels have decimated native species and endanger the entire United States. ![]() Lawrence Seaway and the Chicago ship canal-good ideas in their time that have had horrendous consequences. In a work of narrative reporting in the vein of Rachel Carson and Elizabeth Kolbert, prize-winning reporter Dan Egan delivers an eye-opening portrait of our nation’s greatest natural resource as it faces ecological calamity. Yet they are under threat as never before. The Great Lakes hold 20 percent of the world’s freshwater, and they provide food, work, and weekend fun for tens of millions of Americans. Dan Egan discusses "The Death and Life of the Great Lakes."Ībout the book: A master reporter’s landmark work of contemporary ecology. ![]() 5/20/2023 0 Comments The Store by Bentley Little![]() Offset printed on an acid-free archival quality paper stock.Brand new introduction by Bentley Little.Full-color dust jacket artwork by Dirk Berger.Sixteen black and white interior illustrations by Dirk Berger.Whether you’re already a fan of this classic horror novel or a first-time visitor to The Store, this is a special edition you won’t want to miss! Jeff Strand contributed an original foreword and Bentley Little wrote a brand new introduction discussing the origins of one of his most popular novels to date. Dirk Berger provided stunning color artwork for the dust jacket and frontispiece, plus sixteen black and white illustrations for the interior. Lividian Publications is thrilled to be publishing a deluxe signed, numbered, and slipcased Limited Edition hardcover of The Store by Bentley Little. This special edition was lavishly crafted with collectors and readers alike in mind. “Best outright horror novelist? Bentley Little, in a walk… he can go from zero to surreal in 6.0 seconds.” ![]() ![]() Bentley Little’s classic novel of horror, published for the first-time ever as a Signed & Slipcased Limited Edition! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Year Without Michael is an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and winner of the South Carolina Young Adult Book Award it was also named by the American Library Association as one of the hundred best books for teenagers written between 1968-1993. About David was awarded the South Carolina Young Adult Book Award. To date, she has written more than 60 books. She is also the author of the popular Portraits of Little Women series for grades 3-6, and has written a book for adults on writing for children. She has won numerous awards and citations for her work, which range from picture books to middle-grade and young-adult novels, and include both contemporary and historical fiction. She wrote it during her last semester at New York University since then, she has been a full-time writer for young people. However, it wasn't until 1970 that her first book, Just Morgan, was published. That year she wrote her first story, about the love between an Oreo cookie and a pair of scissors. When she was six her father wrote and published a book on constitutional law, and Pfeffer decided that she, too, wanted to be a writer. She grew up in the city and its nearby suburbs and spent summers in the Catskill Mountains. Susan Beth Pfeffer was born in New York City in 1948. ![]() 5/19/2023 0 Comments Alexis henderson books![]() ![]() ![]() Dreaming of a life in the decadent North, where rich old-moneyed elites drink blood to hold on to their youth and vitality, Marion answers a newspaper advertisement seeking a bloodmaid-the girls who are paid to bleed for their betters-and is chosen for a position at the prestigious House of Hunger, one of the oldest and most notorious of its kind. House of Hunger follows the story of Marion Shaw, a young woman who toils away in the slums of the Southern town of Prane, scrubbing floors to survive as her brother wastes all their money on his drug habit. ![]() And granted, Alexis Henderson’s House of Hunger isn’t technically about vampires, as we traditionally understand them-the novel never defines the strange Northerners who only travel by night, drink blood, and indulgently party until dawn-but that’s part of what makes this story stand out from the pack. Therefore, it’s particularly notable when someone manages to put a fresh or thoughtful new spin on the genre. From speculative fantasy and young adult fiction to dark romances and gory horror, there’s basically a book about bloodsuckers for every kind of reader. Vampire and “vampire-adjacent fiction is, pardon the pun, eternal in the publishing industry, across every kind of vertical and subgenre. ![]() ![]() ![]() Marshall continued as a children's author until his untimely death in 1992 of a brain tumor. His mother was watching Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, and the main characters, George and Martha, ultimately became characters in one of his children's books. It is said that he discovered his vocation on a 1971 summer afternoon, lying on a hammock drawing. ![]() He returned to Texas, where he attended San Antonio College, and later transferred to Southern Connecticut State University where he received degrees in French and history. ![]() I knew I would die if I stayed there so I diligently studied the viola, and eventually won a scholarship to the New England Conservatory in Boston." He entered the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, but injured his hand, ending his music career. Marshall said: "Beaumont is deep south and swampy and I hated it. His family later moved to Beaumont, Texas. His father worked on the railroad, was a band member in the 1930s, and his mother sang in the local church choir. James Edward Marshall (Octo– October 13, 1992), who also wrote as Edward Marshall, was a children's author and illustrator. ![]() 5/19/2023 0 Comments Saint therese story of a soul![]() ![]() I can state facts about a lot of different saints, but I never felt deeply connected to anyone in particular. ![]() He caught me off guard by asking, “Who is your favorite saint?” ![]() Who am I? Who is this woman that God shaped and molded as part of His creation? I felt like this quiet girl from a small town in Michigan needed to be setting the world on fire in order to get approval from God and feel some kind of satisfaction from life.Įyes filled with love, my Priest looked at me and said, “Only God knows who you are and what He plans for you." Suddenly his expression changed. I brought this feeling and many other struggles to Confession with me one Saturday, thinking that the only way to be satisfied with what the Lord is currently doing in my life is to lay everything before Him, feel His grace and love, and receive some sound advice.Īs I poured my heart out to my priest, these words slipped out of my mouth: “I just feel like I don’t know who I am.” Shocked, I realized that was the truth. I felt broken in my life and my relationships, and that if I couldn’t do something “world changing” then I wasn’t living out my Christian duty the right way. ![]() 5/19/2023 0 Comments Kitchen confidential audible![]() ![]() Of note is his revelation of why he is not the best chef - that early on he went for the money instead of apprenticing himself at lower pay to the real masters. Bourdain pulls no punches in his storytelling, honestly copping to his early career addictions with drugs and alcohol. Kitchen Confidential is a rollicking, crude, hysterical, and sobering account of life behind those kitchen doors at the best restaurants in New York City. ![]() So when I noticed it on the book list at, narrated by the author himself, I snatched it up. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Chef Anthony Bourdain tops many a recommended reading list on my favorite food weblogs. | Dracula - Bram Stoker » DecemKitchen Confidential - Anthony Bourdain « The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenger | ![]() 5/19/2023 0 Comments Catwoman rome![]() ![]() Since premiering in the spring of 1940, decked out in an emerald dress in Batman’s first comic as a headliner after his initial appearances in Detective Comics in 1939, Catwoman has been a mercurial, thrilling creation defined by a fierce sense of self and belief in the power of pleasure - traits that are not always evident in her big-screen adaptations. ![]() (Is Selina the hottest cat lady to exist in any medium?) But my appreciation for the character has been enriched by life and how she has grown in comics over the past three decades. Back then, I simply liked how bold she was and her penchant for cats. ![]() Want to know more about one of superhero comics’ greatest anti-heroes? Start here.Įver since I started reading comics at 10 - in part inspired by Tim Burton’s Batman Returns - I have been drawn to Selina Kyle, more commonly known as Catwoman. ![]() |