![]() ![]() Gardner fired over his shoulder after Scurlock wrapped Gardner in a chokehold. Now, the streets of Omaha and other American cities were convulsing with Black Lives Matter protests.Ī woman jumped on Gardner’s back, and then Scurlock. Gardener was a white Marine veteran of Iraq and had returned to his hometown and opened the bar, which had sustained sharp losses when COVID-19 broke out. Video shows him trashing an architecture office near Jake Gardner’s nightclub in the city’s Old Market district. Scurlock, a new dad, was not thinking like one on that May 30, the third day of upheaval following Floyd’s death. James Scurlock and Jake Gardner’s lives collided as part of a national unraveling following the death of George Floyd, a Black man, after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on Floyd’s neck until he could no longer breathe. “The Lost Sons of Omaha: Two Young Men in an American Tragedy,” by Joe Sexton (Scribner)Īt the intersection of racial tension, economic disparity, social media misinformation and guns, two sons of Omaha died in a made-in-America tragedy in 2020. This cover image released by Scribner shows "The Lost Sons of Omaha: Two Young Men in an American Tragedy" by Joe Sexton. ![]()
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From the silent film that's the oldest known theatrical adaptation in existence to the latest contemporary computer-animated feature film, A Christmas Carol has been presented in a number of different media over the decades. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Maze Runner is the first book in the series and was released on October 6, 2009.Ī group of teenagers, who call themselves "Gladers", are left in a strange place which they call the "Glade". The series, revealing details in non-chronological order, tells how the world was devastated by a series of massive solar flares and coronal mass ejections. The sixth novel, titled The Maze Cutter, set 73 years following the events of The Death Cure, was released on October 4th, 2022. The series consists of The Maze Runner (2009), The Scorch Trials (2010) and The Death Cure (2011), as well as two prequel novels, The Kill Order (2012) and The Fever Code (2016), a novella titled Crank Palace (2020), and a companion book titled The Maze Runner Files (2013). ![]() The Maze Runner is a series of young adult dystopian science fiction novels written by American author James Dashner. Print ( hardcover and paperback), audiobook, e-book ![]() ![]() Worst of all, there's a new water park opening up in town, and it looks eerily similar to the one from last year. Wherever she goes, she keeps thinking she sees the killer from last summer watching her from the shadows. Her nightmares about the water park and her dead friends are getting worse. She has every reason to be happy and forget about the past. ![]() Cyndi has a boyfriend, a new group of friends, and a part-time summer job. ![]() Now it's 1984, and summertime has come around again. 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Well, these may be right up your alley! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Hunger of the Gods was one of the books I was most looking forward to this year, given that its predecessor, The Shadow of the Gods, was one of the best novels I read in 2021 and I was eager to find myself again in the company of the characters I had come to love in this Norse-inspired saga.įirst things first, I need to express my appreciation for author John Gwynne’s choice to place at the start of the book not only a list of characters but a very useful synopsis of the events so far: even though I still had a good recollection of the previous novel, many details had by now escaped me, so it was important for me to regain my footing in the story before diving into the second volume. I received this novel from Orbit Books, through NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review: my thanks to both of them for this opportunity. ![]() ![]() ![]() readers will find a humorous tale of adventure, friendship, and courage. Filled to the brim with heart-pounding action, miniature dragons, attacking chickens, and (sometimes friendly) pirates, The Adventurer’s Guide to Treasure (and How to Steal It) is a laugh-out-loud, fast-paced adventure that will leave you breathless. The Adventurer's Guide to Successful Escapes Praise Praise for The Adventurer's Guide to Successful Escapes: A Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Books for Kids and Teens 'A highly distinctive, smart take on the fantasy novel. To complete the quest, Anne will have to uncover the truth about her mysterious past-and, just maybe, save the whole world in the process. ![]() But the quest and the medallion are not what they seem, and Octo-Horse-Pirate is no run-of-the-mill villain. After accidentally activating a quest, Anne and her friends have no choice but to complete the task and deliver the medallion to the supreme pirate ruler, Octo-Horse-Pirate. When a pirate captain and her crew steal an ancient Prophecy Medallion, Anne, Penelope, and Hiro are caught up in yet another adventure. And on the first day of classes, that’s precisely what happens. ![]() They’re not taught how to identify them, how to befriend them, or even how to fight them…which leaves the school completely open to pirate invasion. Fantasy gets a clever refresh in the final book of this witty, action-packed, and hilarious middle grade adventure trilogy.At Saint Lupin’s Completely Ordinary School Where Nothing Bizarre Ever Happens Most Especially Not Illegal Quests That Destroy Famous Landmarks, students are not taught about pirates. ![]() ![]() ![]() Stastny played 24 minutes and 11 seconds, which was the second-fewest among Carolina's skaters. Hurricanes center Paul Stastny was the only skater from both teams who did record a single shot attempt. His 30 faceoff wins rank eighth in playoff history, according to. Panthers center Aleksander Barkov stepped into the faceoff circle a game-high 55 times and emerged victorious 30 times. After making 50 saves in his previous outing, Bobrovsky is just the fifth goalie since 1967-68 to record at least 113 saves over a two-game span in the postseason, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. His 63 saves are tied for the 10th-most in NHL playoff history. 63īobrovsky stopped 63 of 65 shots that Carolina got on net. The two goaltenders each faced at least 60 shots as the teams combined for 125 shots on goal. After that score, Carolina's Frederik Andersen and Florida's Sergei Bobrovsky combined to make 80 consecutive saves until Tkachuk's game-winner. Sometimes he came as a shark, she says (68). ![]() Malia refers to Ku, who she notes is both a god of war and a god of life. The shark motif also links to the ancient Hawaiian gods. Carolina's Stefan Noesen tied the game at 2-2 with 16:13 remaining in the third period. The legend that the family creates around the shark ends up devouring Nainoa, who cannot live up to the exalted expectations of being a savior. ![]() ![]() Jakes and Tyrese Gibson found their paths to wealth what they did or didn't learn about money early on what they had to sacrifice to get to the top and the role of discipline in managing their success. Readers will learn about how business leaders, entrepreneurs, and celebrities like Bob Johnson, Spike Lee, L. Based on a seven year study of 1,000 of the wealthiest African Americans, The Wealth Choice offers a trove of sound and surprising advice about climbing the economic ladder, even when the odds seem stacked against you. ![]() Dennis Kimbro, observing how the weight of the continuing housing and credit crises disproportionately impacts the African-American community, takes a sharp look at a carefully cultivated group of individuals who've scaled the heights of success and how others can emulate them. ![]() It's no secret that these hard times have been even harder for the Black community.Īpproximately 35 percent of African Americans had no measurable assets in 2009, and 24 percent of these same households had only a motor vehicle. ![]() ![]() ![]() At only fifteen years old, and emotionally invested in her casual relationship with him, she is terrified. Throughout the novel, Esch is also dealing with a problem of her own: she is pregnant with her brother Randall’s friend, Manny’s, child. When the family’s house floods and they are forced to swim to a nearby higher house, China comes loose and gets lost in the water, devastating the family. When one of her puppies falls ill with Parvovirus, Skeetah, Esch’s brother, devises a way to steal medicine from the white neighbors. Throughout the novel, China is a significant figure, as she is so important to the family. Ward begins by writing of the family’s dog, China, giving birth. Each of the twelve chapters conveys the events of a single day, as told from the perspective of Esch, a fifteen year-old-girl living in Mississippi with her daddy and teenage brothers. Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the Bones illustrates one family’s experience of Hurricane Katrina in the days surrounding the disaster. Location: Residence Hall Florida Ave Circulating Collection ![]() ![]() ![]() Many types of brainless organism respond to their environments in flexible ways, solve problems and make decisions between alternative courses of action The split gill fungus, Schizophyllum commune, has over 23,000 mating types, each sexually compatible with nearly every one of the othersĭarwin: Intelligence is based on how efficient a species becomes at doing the things they need to survive In France, Saint Anthony – the patron saint of lost objects is regarded as the patron saint of truffles, and truffle masses are celebrated in his honour. ![]() It is an account both of my journey towards understanding fungal lives, and of the imprint fungal lives have left on me and the many others Shaggy ink cap mushrooms, Coprinus comatus, drawn with ink made from shaggy ink cap mushrooms (by imagined this book to be a portrait of this neglected branch of the tree of life, but it's more tangled than that. wjhLdfvU4c- Merlin Sheldrake June 23, 2020 ![]() They were delicious: I couldn’t taste any off notes, which suggests that the #fungus had fully metabolised the text. Here is a video of me eating the mushrooms that sprouted from my book, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, & Shape Our Futures. ![]() |