![]() King answers each of the clergymen’s objections in turn, laying out his argument in calm, rational, but rhetorically brilliant prose. It is also a well-known defence of the notion of civil disobedience, or refusing to obey laws which are immoral or unjust, often through peaceful protest and collective action. ![]() Martin Luther King’s open letter written from Birmingham Jail is one of the most famous open letters in the world. He provides several examples of the quiet courage shown by those who had engaged in nonviolent protest in the South. ![]() ![]() Martin Luther King concludes his letter by arguing that he and his fellow civil rights activists will achieve their freedom, because the goal of America as a nation has always been freedom, going back to the founding of the United States almost two centuries earlier. ![]()
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![]() There’s no question about who’s in the right, as Pedro proves to be a rotten husband who, when Milagros’ talents as a dancer and singer take them to Madrid, starts by cheating on her and ends by pimping her out by force to aristocrats, then branding her a whore. ![]() ![]() They are separated by the mass roundup of gypsies in 1749: Ana, like thousands of others, is jailed and endures years of torment from prison, she disowns Milagros for marrying Pedro García, whose family has an ancient blood feud with the Vegas. Most of the action involves this odd couple, plus Melchor’s daughter, Ana, and granddaughter, Milagros. She’s rescued after weeks of abuse at the hands of various brutal white men by Melchor, patriarch of the Vega clan of gypsies. The busy tale begins with the arrival in Cádiz of Caridad, an African slave from Cuba liberated but stranded by the shipboard death of her master. Another historical epic from best-selling Falcones ( The Hand of Fatima, 2011, etc.), this one set among Spain’s fiery gypsies. ![]() ![]() ![]() She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter. Remini finds great joy in her philanthropic work with numerous and diverse military, women’s, and children’s charities. ![]() She currently co-stars in the TV Land comedy The Exes and TLC’s reality show Leah Remini: It’s All Relative, which she also created and executive produces. In 2010, Remini helped launch and co-hosted the first season of the CBS daytime hit show The Talk, and in 2013 she was seen on the dance floor in Dancing with the Stars. ![]() Remini went on to produce and star in one of the earliest and most successful comedic web series, In the Motherhood, and appeared in the movie Old School alongside Will Ferrell and Vince Vaughn. A fixture on television since the age of eighteen, Remini is best known for her beloved role of Carrie on the nine-season hit The King of Queens. Leah Remini is an actor, producer, and writer. Leah Remini, star of “The King of Queens”, will be signing the copies of “Troublemaker” at the following location. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps® series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children's author in history. Stine, who is often called the Stephen King of children's literature, is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas, including the books in the Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room and Fear Street series. Stine and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American novelist and writer, well known for targeting younger audiences. ![]() ![]() ![]() To them, Sabina was an angel sent from God. At last she found two Christian leaders–Pastor Johnson of the Norwegian Mission and Pastor Ungar, a Jewish Christian who led the church where Jews and other nationalities worshipped. Some had been killed in the last days of fighting, and the Germans had deported the rest. The people she sought were nowhere to be found. With her packages in tow, Sabina stumbled through the streets of the war-torn Hungarian city. The city’s public transportation had been destroyed, and buildings spewed smoke from smoldering ashes. Soldiers were still fighting, and everything was in ruins. As the train pulled into Budapest, Sabina’s eyes widened. The journey that should have been quick and easy took days. The Russians had commandeered all the others. ![]() No one else would volunteer to make the delivery, so Sabina had to go.Īfter a long search, she found a corner in one of the few available train cars. The Russians had ransacked the Hungarian city, and Richard couldn’t leave Bucharest. You walk through the streets and find girls with their throats sliced, and no one does anything!”īut Sabina knew that without supplies, the relief workers in Hungary wouldn’t be able to feed the starving Jews and Christians of Budapest. “ The Russian soldiers are hungry for women. She braced her legs against food and goods strewn around her. In 1945 on a train between Bucharest and Budapest, Sabina–the only woman on a train full of Russian soldiers–sat in a cargo car among the packages. ![]() ![]() ![]() Kingfisher may not be new on the scene, but the characters of What Moves the Dead are a breath of fresh air.Īlex Easton is a sworn soldier coming to visit their friends the Ushers following a letter from Madeline Usher indicating her own failing health. With that in mind, it’s always a delight to see his work given new life by new voices. ![]() I was a Gothic fan before I was anything, but with that comes the knowledge that for all his talent, Poe could also tend toward the denser side, waxing poetic about things that seem unrelated to the core story for so long it’s easy to forget just what he started on. ![]() From fear of the elderly to tales of revenge to his tried-and-true staple of mourning the loss of a beautiful woman cut down in her prime, he was a master of dread and I read him so voraciously as a child it’s almost a wonder I didn’t consider myself a genre fan earlier in life. Haunted as he was in life, it’s no surprise he was so adept at tapping directly into fears in his work, no matter how dark and unusual they were. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This is one stylish middle-grade novel, with all the bells and whistles. ![]() There are some great pictures within the pages of the book, too, also by Erwin Madrid. These images make me want to read the book now, now, now! (Guess it’s a good thing it’s my current read, then, huh?) Speaking of creepy trees, there’s also a black raven sitting up on a branch like he flew over from his last jaunt with Edgar Allan Poe. Both creepy and cool! I also love the way the subtitle and author’s name are etched into the bark of the tree trunk. ![]() Plus, the tree is all gnarled with crazy branches…do you see those branches? I absolutely LOVE the way the title is made up of tree branches. The darker shadowing around the tree and children paired with the dark orange sky leave an ominous sensation on my tongue. Once again, the cover was one of the first things to stand out for JUNIPER BERRY (that and the fact that The Book Rat said it was a dark fairy tale and left an awesome review once she read it). It is up to you to write how you feel and what you like about it the way you’d like to." 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The prodigiously talented Australian author of the magnificent and award-winning The Great World (1991) is working on a much smaller scale here, but he writes with such beauty and universal resonance that his story has epic force. ![]() ![]() "Gratz delivers a book lover's book that speaks volumes about kids' power to effect change at a grassroots level. ![]() ![]() "Quick paced and with clear, easy-to-read prose, this is a book poised for wide readership and classroom use."- BooklistĪ stout defense of the right to read. " Ban This Book is absolutely brilliant and belongs on the shelves of every library in the multiverse."-Lauren Myracle, author of the bestselling Internet Girls series, the most challenged books of 20 Young Archie Dent knows there really are monsters in the world. In an alternate 1875 America electricity is forbidden, Native Americans and Yankees are united, and eldritch evil lurks in the shadows. Kathi Appelt, author of the Newbery Honor-winning The Underneath The League of Seven is the first book in an action-packed, steampunk series by the acclaimed author of Samurai Shortstop, Alan Gratz. "Readers, librarians, and all those books that have drawn a challenge have a brand new hero. Let kids know that they can make a difference in their schools, communities, and lives! Amy Anne and her lieutenants wage a battle for the books that will make you laugh and pump your fists as they start a secret banned books locker library, make up ridiculous reasons to ban every single book in the library to make a point, and take a stand against censorship.īan This Book is a stirring defense against censorship that's perfect for middle grade readers. ![]() Amy Anne is shy and soft-spoken, but don't mess with her when it comes to her favorite book in the whole world. Konigsburg is challenged by a well-meaning parent and taken off the shelves of her school library. ![]() In Ban This Book by Alan Gratz, a fourth grader fights back when From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. You're Never Too Young to Fight Censorship! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A lender who doesn’t get paid can correctly sue the parties to the loan, including you. If you are going to leave a marriage, make sure that all debts are refinanced out of your name or force the sale of the item So sell the house or refinance it as part of the divorce, period.ĭivorce decrees do not have the power to take your name off credit cards and mortgages, so if your spouse doesn’t pay, be ready to.Debt-management companies tend to advise this ‘solution’ prematurely. Avoid declaring bankruptcy if at all possible.You could invest the money for a much better return. 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