5/13/2023 0 Comments Juneteenth for mazieHis legacy will continue to enlighten and to inspire for generations to come.”Ĭooper was a Tulsa, Oklahoma, native who drew upon his grandfather’s memories in illustrating Weatherford’s book on the 1921 tragedy. “A devoted family man and genuine friend, Floyd was a gifted illustrator and truth-teller. “His cinematic illustrations brought stories to life and held readers close,” Weatherford said. She did not immediately provide further details. He was 65.Īuthor Carole Boston Weatherford, whose “Becoming Billie Holiday” and “Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre” were illustrated by Cooper, told The Associated Press in an email that he died early Friday after being ill with cancer for several months. NEW YORK (AP) - Floyd Cooper, an award-winning illustrator and author of children’s books whose mission to offer candid and positive images of Black history included subjects ranging from Frederick Douglass and the civil rights movement to Venus and Serena Williams, has died.
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5/13/2023 0 Comments Where Tangents Meet by NOT A BOOKWhere Tangent’s Meet is a sweet love story between an unlikely pair of high school Juniors, set at a prestigious academy with a near-college feel. It’s a little bit angsty, a little bit sensual, and a lot of sweetness wrapped in a 40-episode package of vibrant webcomic artistry. *Review contributed by Angela Blount, Staff Reviewer*Īn uncommonly thoughtful contemporary YA romance–presented in the charming graphic style of continuous-scrolling manga. Despite the losses and hurt they face together, they reconcile and create an unbreakable bond that guides them not only into a stronger relationship, but also to self-acceptance. The more they learn about each other, the more they discover about themselves in the midst of encountering jealousy, scandals, accidents, and misunderstandings. As Landon and Rachelle venture into falling in love with one another, they hit ruptures in the road. 5/13/2023 0 Comments 1862 turgenev novelSaving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.
5/13/2023 0 Comments The crew dougie brimsonOfficial Selection–Tribeca Film Festival.Jury Award (feature)–Malibu Film Festival.Narrative Feature Audience-SXSW Film Festival.Narrative Jury Prize-SXSW Film Festival.His first full-length feature, the Hollywood funded Green Street starring Elijah Wood, was released in September 2005 and has won numerous awards including: In 2003 Brimson made the move into screenwriting with the short film "It's a Casual Life", a 15-minute film looking at the world of football violence from a Casuals perspective. He has subsequently written a further 14 books in a variety of genres including fiction thriller and fiction comedy. After 18 years service with the Royal Air Force, including both the Falklands War and the first Gulf War, the ex-Sergeant engineer’s literary career began in 1996 when he co-wrote a book exploring the culture of football hooliganism entitled, Everywhere We Go: Behind the Matchday Madness. 5/13/2023 0 Comments Joan heShe’s a character who you can never really get a grasp on. She isn’t afraid of being unliked, of working on the muggy sides of the war so that Xin Ren can keep her honour, of being see as a traitor to those she works with. Rising Zephyr was a character whose determination weighed out all else about her. I’m sure if you’ve read the original story the story is based on, you will have an idea of the events, but for those of us going in blind, it’s a story filled with shocking plot twists, love, betrayal and honour. Strike the Zither is SUCH a hard book to sum up without giving away spoilers. Three Warlodesses fighting for control of the throne, betrayal around every corner, and a strange but alluring boy that Zephyr can’t seem to stay away from are the dangers she faces daily, but the biggest one may be the one she doesn’t see coming, and it might not be wholly human. But Zephyr has a secret she’s hiding even from herself, one that could help Ren to win the war, or doom them all. Ren’s honour is what drew Zephyr too her, but it is also the thing that continually puts them in danger, especially in a war where it’s betray or be betrayed. Rising Zephyr wants nothing more than to use her strategist powers to help her warlordess Xin Ren claim control over the Throne. 5/13/2023 0 Comments Curationism by David BalzerIs the professional curator an oxymoron? Has curation reached a sort of endgame, where its widespread fetishization has led to its own demise?ĭavid Balzer is a Toronto-based critic, editor and teacher. At the centre of the book is a paradox: curation is institutionalized and expertise-driven like never before, yet the first independent curators were not formally trained, and any act of choosing has become ‘curating’. In his incisive and original study, Balzer travels through art history and around the globe to explore the cult of curation - where it began, how it came to dominate museums and galleries, and how it was co-opted at the turn of the millennium as the dominant mode of organizing. In conjunction with the Canadian Art Foundation's Vancouver Gallery Hop, the CAG is hosting a talk by Canadian Art associate editor David Balzer based on his latest book Curationism: How Curating Took Over the Art World and Everything Else. Curationism: How Curating Took Over the Art World and Everything Else That being said, this third hardcover Annihilation collection is an essential pickup if you've enjoyed the previous collections that led up to this, and in that case, you'll want to see how it all pans out anyway. The only real downside is that when the end comes, it feels as if the story isn't over yet and that there's more on the horizon (and there is, naturally), so you'll be left wanting more regardless. The art throughout is solid as well, including work from Teen Titans artist Mike McKone and Andrea DiVito among others. Then again, when you've got a guy like Keith Giffen (the creator of DC's Lobo, so he knows a thing or two about intergalactic comic book operas) at the helm, you pretty much know you'll be in for something good at the very least. In many ways, the whole Annihilation event is more enjoyable than Marvel's other high profile mega event, Civil War. After two collections of what seemed like lead-up's to the main event, the full, main Annihilation mini-series is collected here, and it's worth the anticipation, mainly thanks to a universe shattering smackdown between Nova and Annihilus. Silver Surfer, Nova, the Super Skrull, and Ronan are about to face down Annihilus with the universe hanging in the balance, with the impact set to reach even greater heights. The annihilation wave has made it's impact, and in this third hardcover collection, the surviving intergalactic warriors prepare to make a last stand. 5/13/2023 0 Comments Wendy wax ocean beach seriesHeand#8217 s not thrilled about letting this crew turn his piece of paradise into a bed-and-breakfast for a reality show. Rock-and-roll legend and#147 William the Wildand#8221 Hightower may be past his prime, estranged from his family, and creatively blocked, but heand#8217 s still worshiped by fansand#151 which is why he guards his privacy on his own island in the Florida Keys. But their latest project has presented some challenges they couldnand#8217 t have dreamed up in their wildest fantasiesand#151 although the house does belong to a man who actually was Maddieand#8217 s wildest fantasy once. Now theyand#8217 re putting that experience to professional use. Maddie, Avery, and Nikki first got to know one anotherand#151 perhaps all too welland#151 while desperately restoring a beachfront mansion to its former grandeur. In this new novel from the author of Ten Beach Road and Ocean Beach, three unlikely friends who were thrown together by disaster get a do-over on life, love, and happiness. He was awarded the British Silver Medal of the Royal Aeronautical Society for work on aircraft plastics and also the Griffith Medal of the Materials Science Club for contributions to material science. He was Industrial Fellow Commoner at Churchill College, Cambridge, and became Professor of Materials Technology at the University of Reading, where he was later Professor Emeritus. In 1962 he returned to government service as superintendent of an experimental branch at Waltham Abbey concerned with research and development of entirely new structural materials, most of which were based on 'whiskers'. For several frustrating years he worked in industry on the strength of glass and the growth of strong 'whisker' crystals. He later became head of the plastic structures sections at Farnborough and developed a method of construction in reinforced plastics which is now used for a number of purpose in aircraft and rockets. He designed the sailing rescue dinghies carried at one time by most bomber aircraft. On the outbreak of the Second World War he moved to the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough, where he worked on wooden aircraft, plastics and unorthodox materials of all kinds. He took a degree in naval architecture at Glasgow University and worked in wood and steel shipyards, intending to design sailing ships. 5/13/2023 0 Comments Ken follett trilogyHe followed it up with World Without End, set 157 years after Pillars, and finished the trilogy with A Column of Fire. To date it’s sold 26 million copies and been adapted to a well-regarded video game. His early work was in the spy thriller genre, but in 1989 he published Pillars of the Earth, a novel about a cathedral built in the English village of Kingsbridge during the Anarchy in the 12 th century. Within a few years, Follett had published Eye of the Needle, a thriller which became an international bestseller.įollett did well on the bestseller list from that point on and has published some 44 books. Or perhaps you’ve never even heard of Ken Follett, the Welsh novelist who got into writing because he needed money to fix his car - and a colleague had been paid a book advance which was exactly the amount Follett needed. You might be here because you felt bereft at the end of the Kingsbridge story, or because Fall of Giants made left you gasping for more. |