![]() ![]() This whole book is more like a series of e-mails, an exercise in textual communication for someone more used to code language than conversation: choppy sentences packed into short paragraphs, and sometimes just one-liners. OK, perhaps "story" in the traditional sense of the term is stretching it a bit. Just for Fun is the quirky story of how Linus Torvalds went from being a penniless, introverted code writer in Helsinki in the early 1990s to being the unwitting (and rather less than penniless) leader of a radical shift in computer programming by the end of the decade. ![]() But then again, the world's leading promoter of open source software and creator of the operating system Linux does humbly call himself an accidental revolutionary-accidental being the operative word here. Most 31-year olds can't boast of being the instigator of a revolution. ![]()
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![]() It was a city of squares and towers, of busy, narrow, twisting streets, of fortress - like palaces with massive stone walls and overhanging balconies, of old churches whose facades were covered with geometrical patterns in black and white and green and pink, of abbeys and convents, nunneries, hospitals and crowded tenements, all enclosed by a high brick and stone crenellated wall beyond which the countryside stretched to the green surrounding hills. Through the narrow slit of its single window, so he later recorded, he looked down upon the city. A few minutes later the captain of the guard told him to follow him up the stairs but, instead of being shown into the Council Chamber, Cosimo de' Medici was escorted up into the bell-tower and pushed into a cramped cell known as the Alberghettino - the Little Inn - the door of which was shut and locked behind him. ![]() As he entered the palace gate an official came up to him and asked him to wait in the courtyard: he would be taken up to the Council Chamber as soon as the meeting being held there was over. ![]() His name was Cosimo de' Medici and he was said to be one of the richest men in the world. One September morning in 1433, a thin man with a hooked nose and sallow skin could have been seen walking towards the steps of the Palazzo della Signoria in Florence. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is a story of second chances for Clodagh and James and a generation later, for Danny and Beth. ![]() Suddenly James and Clodagh find themselves thrown together by their need to prevent history from repeating itself.ĭestructive forces are at play to try to keep Danny and Beth apart and as things appear to spiral out of control, Clodagh and James must put their personal grievances aside to salvage their relationship. When things go wrong, it is discovered that Danny's mother knows a lot more than she should. ![]() In an unimaginable twist of fate, Danny meets Beth. James, father to Danny and Kathryn is awarded the security contract for the new park. With her is Beth, the girl she raised as her own. Now a successful knitwear designer, Clodagh is about to open an outlet in the newly developed Brandon Lodge Enterprise Park. Thirty years on, James can't forget his betrayal of the woman he loved. When if tell apart, Clodagh fled to London. The hauntingly beautiful Brandon Lodge was where Clodagh Kenny fell in love with James Murray. ![]() A heartwarming love saga with elements of deception, love lost and redemption.Ĭan a homecoming really erase old wounds and turn back the clock and years of hurt or are the Kenny women destined to remain unlucky in love? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sal Paradise (Sam Riley), a young innocent, joins his hero Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund), a traveller and mystic, the living epitome of Beat, on a breathless, exuberant ride back and forth across the United States. This edition is transcribed from the original manuscript: hundreds of typed pages taped together by Kerouac to form a 'scroll', published word for word as it was originally composed. Five decades after it was first published, Jack Kerouac's seminal Beat novel On the Road finally finds its way to the big screen, in a production from award-winning director Walter Salles ( Motorcycle Diaries) starring Sam Riley ( Control, Brighton Rock), Garret Hedlund ( Friday Night Lights), Kristen Stewart ( Twilight), Kirsten Dunst, Amy Adams and Viggo Mortensen. ![]() ![]() Faced with no money, no resources, and no education, Washington was forced to work in the salt-mines at the age of 10. However, the difficulty of Washington’s early life did not end with his Emancipation. This forced labor came to an end upon Emancipation in 1865, and his mother moved the family to meet her husband ( Washington’s stepfather), an escaped slave, in West Virginia. On the plantation, Washington was subjected to hard labor every day as a young child and performed tasks like cleaning the yard, bringing water to the slaves in the field, and delivering corn to be milled. Washington begins his autobiography by describing the squalor of his childhood as a slave in Franklin County, VA. ![]() ![]() Washington, one of America’s most famous conservative educational philosophers, recounts his rise from slavery to establish the Tuskegee Institute, a vocational school for black Americans. ![]() ![]() ![]() Since The Very Hungry Caterpillar was published in 1969, Eric Carle has illustrated more than seventy books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote, and more than 71 million copies of his books have sold around the world. ![]() Read it with a flashlight in the dark or under the table-and watch those fireflies glow!Įric Carle (born June 25, 1929) is a children's book author and illustrator, most famous for his book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, which has been translated into over 30 languages. Lushly illustrated with Eric Carle's trademark vibrant collage art, soothingly told with a gentle read-aloud rhythm, and complete with a surprise sure to light up children's faces, The Very Lonely Firefly will fast become a storytime favorite. But it is not until it discovers other fireflies that it finds exactly what it's looking for-a surprise sure to bring smiles to anyone who turn the final page! It even sees a surprise celebration of light. When a very lonely firefly goes out into the night searching for other fireflies, it sees a lantern, a candle, and the eyes of a dog, cat, and owl all glowing in the darkness. Carles very special story is finally available in a board book format, and, just like the hardcover edition, the fireflies lights actually light. A VERY classic from Eric Carle, creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar! ![]() ![]() ![]() This introduces Walters, who is Bruce Banner’s cousin. Unusually for a comic as late as 1980, the first story is written by Stan Lee. Here She-Hulk, whilst retaining her intelligence (unlike the Hulk), is perpetually angry and goes through a lot of white mini-dresses, whilst her alter ego, Jennifer Walters, is constantly wracked with angst, unable to control her transformations. She is a result of John Byrne‘s later reinvention, partially drawing on developments fostered by David Anthony Kraft later in this run. This is not the fun-loving, ebullient character with whom they are familiar. Modern She-Hulk fans, however, will be surprised, and probably disappointed, by what they find. ![]() ![]() ![]() On its own, this material doesn’t really deserve the Marvel Masterworks treatment, and the only justification for representing the comics like this is the character’s later popularity. Marvel hit the ground, if not exactly running, at least at a brisk stroll, but early Spider-Woman stories are weak, and these first She-Hulk tales are, if anything, rather worse. One of the odd things about the trio of female versions of male superheroes Marvel introduced in the late 1970s is that all three have built up dedicated fan bases, despite their initial outings not being that good. ![]() ![]() She also is a moderator of a private group for write-at-home moms called WrAHMS. ![]() She decided to write a young adult fiction novel because, after studying literature on a professional level, the genre provided a refreshing escape and reminder of her love of reading.Īlbin is now a full-time writer and is the founder of, a blog about positive parenting for mothers. Her current favorite books are those in the Harry Potter series. Within a week of submission, Albin received offers of representation from various agents - Crewel would be an immediate hit, becoming the first book in her Crewel World trilogy.Īlbin's favorite book as a child was Anne of Green Gables, which partially inspired her decision to give Adelice red hair and a name beginning with the letter A and ending with the letter E. Gennifer has 1 job listed on their profile. ![]() She wrote the first draft of the novel on public library computers during a time in which her family was struggling through the economic crisis. View Gennifer Albins profile on LinkedIn, the worlds largest professional community. Her fascination for a surrealist painting by Remedios Varo, Embroidering the Earth's Mantle, gave her the inspiration for Crewel, her first novel. With a Master's degree in English Literature from the University of Missouri, she now lives in Washington State with her family. ![]() Gennifer Albin has always had a love of literature and writing. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Clear as their mission was, Bethany, the youngest and most human of the three, could not help becoming sidetracked from it. The first book in a three-part series, Halo tells the story of three angels-Gabriel, Ivy, and Bethany-sent by Heaven to bring hope to a world about to be consumed by darkness. debut, eighteen-year-old Alexandra Adornetto takes the world by storm with her latest creation, Halo. While the rest of the world is preoccupied with vampires, wizards, and witches, I found myself reading about angels, courtesy of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group. I had an instant gut-wrenching phsyical reaction as if the world were falling from under me and I had to steady myself to stop from falling with it.” “When I met his eyes, something entirely different happened. Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC).Literary Voyage Around The World Reading Challenge 2018.#WomenReadWomen2019 (A Year Of Women Reading Women) Reading Progress.#ReadIntl2020 (Year Of International Literature) Reading Progress.#DecolonizeBookshelves2022 Reading Progress.#DecolonizeReading2023 Reading Progress. ![]() ![]() ![]() Happiness, Like Water introduces a true talent, a young writer with a beautiful heart and a capacious imagination. Here are stories filled with language to make your eyes pause and your throat catch. ![]() Here is a portrait of Nigerians that is surprising, shocking, heartrending, loving, and across social strata, dealing in every kind of change. Here is a world marked by electricity outages, lush landscapes, folktales, buses that break down and never start up again. Here are characters faced with dangerous decisions, children slick with oil from the river, a woman in love with another despite the penalties. ![]() ![]() Here are Nigerian women at home and transplanted to the United States, building lives out of longing and hope, faith and doubt, the struggle to stay and the mandate to leave, the burden and strength of love. “A haunting and startlingly original collection of short stories about the lives of Nigerians both at home and in America.”-Julie Otsuka, national bestselling author ![]() |
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