![]() At last my daughter, who had watched me intently throughout this chapter, said, “I’ve never seen a daddy cry before.” And then, “That was weird.” It was bedtime, and I had just read to my six-year-old daughter and four-year old son about the long-fated duel of Achilles and Hector, of Hector’s death, his father King Priam’s pitiful trip into the night to beg for his son’s body, of the weeping of Troy’s women as they washed and dressed the body for the pyre, and the funeral rites performed for the dead prince. One night last week I closed our copy of Black Ships Before Troy and set it aside. ![]()
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![]() ![]() This will be Princeton's fifth visit to the Ivy League postseason since the league returned to a league-postseason format in 2007, then with the Ivy League Championship Series that matched the winners of the then-two divisions, North and South. Please click here for gameday information. Tickets can be purchased in advance here, or on site day-of at the Roberts Stadium soccer venue. Unlike the regular season, the Ivy League Tournament is a ticketed event. | ESPN+ | Live Stats | Int'l Video | Tickets On the season, the Tigers have an 11-1 home record, with the lone loss coming to Harvard in the series finale on April 22, 6-5. Princeton will open the Ivy League Tournament Thursday at noon against Columbia, a team Princeton swept in the teams' regular-season series April 8-9 in Princeton. ![]() By amassing a 16-5 Ivy League record and taking two out of three from fellow Ivy League champion Harvard in the teams' regular-season series, the Princeton softball team earned the chance to host this week's Ivy League Tournament at a place where Princeton has been tough to beat this season. ![]() ![]() ![]() Murakami's ingenuity and inventiveness cannot fail to intoxicate this is a bravura performance. Intertwined with the agent's attempts to understand his plight are scenes from The End of the World. One, Hard-Boiled Wonderland, is set in a lightly science-fictioned version of the present day (i.e. ![]() But after interference from a scientist and from the Semiotecs, a rival intelligence unit, the subconscious story is about to replace the agent's own perceptions of reality. HARD-BOILED WONDERLAND AND THE END OF THE WORLD by Haruki Murakami RELEASE DATE: Sept. Thanks to a wonderland of technology, an intelligence agent has had his brain implanted with a ``profoundly personal drama'' that allows him to ``launder'' and ``shuffle'' classified data, and all that he knows of the drama is its password, The End of the World. Embellished with witticisms, wordplay and allusions to such figures as Stendhal heroes and Lauren Bacall, the tale is set in a Tokyo of the near future. ![]() The plot here is so elaborate that about 100 pages, one-fourth of the book, elapse before its various elements begin to fit together, but Murakami's lightning prose more than sustains the reader. ![]() There ought to be a name for the genre Murakami ( A Wild Sheep Chase ) has invented, and it might be the literary pyrotechno-thriller. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A spiritual tune or something to dedicate to someone special to you, this selection of songs will definitely have what you're looking for. Every song is the best of what each genre has to offer. This list includes songs from various genres from EDM, Hip-Hop to Pop music, and R&B. ![]() Regardless, music is a gateway that harmonizes the angelic metaphor with its tunes. Some may even think about people close to them as well. So, one person may think of majestic ethereal presence, others might think of the adorable and harmless pictures shown in churches. Whenever an average person hears the word "angel", they immediately picture something as depicted by the society they live in. As each era throughout history brought about a change in society, songs have evolved alongside people's ideals.Linking abstract concepts to an emotional and personal level has always been the fundamental characteristic of songs. You better listenCherubims of angels flashing cross' the sky bringing fo'u'rth a warning don't let your freedom die hear those trumpets blasting down the wal. Since the beginning, music, and melody has been something that people sought personal connection in. ![]() ![]() He is attracted to her although he is in denial about his feelings for her and hides them well except when his predictable jealousy is provoked. She doesn’t have time for a real relationship, so she starts looking for a fake fiancé.Ĭhristian Harper is her billionaire landlord who lives in the apartment above her and has been having her water his plants in exchange for discounted rent. Stella figures if celebrities can date for publicity, so can she. They see Raya, a competitor of Stella’s, numbers go way up when she starts dating Adam, another influencer. ![]() Stella’s friend and manager, Brady, suggests she find a fake boyfriend because couple content is hot right now. Stella is a lovely person – she has been paying for her old nanny to stay in a dementia care facility, so she desperately needs to make money. Her boss felt her Instagram fashion feed was in competition with the magazine. Stella Alonso has just been fired from her job at D.C. Each story in the Twisted series is based on a different friend from a group of women that were college roommates – this is Stella’s story. It is a long, dark, spicy, slow burn romance and I didn’t want to put it down. ![]() ![]() The Twisted series by Ana Huang is a TikTok sensation and Twisted Lies is the fourth and last book of the series. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Identifies feelings related to situations/events.Recognizes and accurately names feelings.Student Journal - Students reflect on when they feel certain ways, what it feels like and what it looks like.In My Heart Booklet - students come up with creative ways to describe their feelings like in the book.Feelings House Activity - students make connections to their own feelings.Sticky Note Comprehension Questions (with printing directions) and a 1-pg sheet of questions and vocabulary.3-Step Read Aloud Lesson Plan for In My Heart with corresponding student activities.** The Book, In My Heart, is necessary for this resource. The materials provided include, a 3-step lesson plan, read aloud comprehension questions, two student activities and a student journal. The book provides creative examples of what each emotion feels like and opens up an opportunity for students to consider how they experience different feelings. In My Heart by Jo Witek is a wonderful book that shows children that we all have lots of different feelings and all those feelings are okay. Interactive read alouds are a perfect way to address social emotional learning in the classroom. ![]() ![]() ![]() And he would fight any man-except his brother-for her heart. She had eyes that could see past his wounded face to his soul. But from the moment Houston met Amelia, he knew she possessed the courage this wild land needed. Brought up in war-ravaged Georgia, Amelia thought Dallas's letters made Texas sound like heaven, a place for her dreams to grow with the right man beside her.īy all appearances, Houston Leigh would hardly be considered the "right man." The war he survived had scarred him inside and out, and he was little competition for his handsome brother. He was Houston, Dallas's brother, sent to escort her on the rugged three-week trek to the ranch where Dallas waited. The tall cowboy at the station wasn't Dallas. Arriving on the Fort Worth train, Miss Amelia Carson, mail-order bride, had never met Dallas Leigh, the Texan she promised to marry. ![]() ![]() ![]() This author is willing to donate free copies of their book in exchange for reviews (if circumstances allow) and the knowledge that their book is being read and enjoyed. This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Book Donation Program, which was created to help nonprofit and charitable organizations (schools, libraries, convalescent homes, soldier donation programs, etc.) by providing them with free books and to help authors garner more exposure for their work. To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email, and be sure to describe your book or include a link to your Readers' Favorite review page or Amazon page. 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This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Free Book Program, which is open to all readers and is completely free. ![]() ![]() ![]() When he does find it, he rejoices over it more than he does over the ninety-nine that he left in peril. ![]() His compass is the well-known parable of Jesus from Luke 15, the parable of the lost sheep, whose shepherd leaves the other ninety-nine in his flock on the arid, open plain and goes to find it. In his masterpiece Introduction to Christianity, Joseph Ratzinger boldly ventured to identify the place at which contemporary human beings, at least of the Western variety, come to grief in their understanding of God. ![]() ![]() ![]() in biomedical sciences from UC San Diego and worked in a plant genetic engineering laboratory at New Mexico State University for years before I moved to full time teaching-Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. It is the second largest city in the state, but has a wonderful small town feeling, and every fall, the scent of roasting green chile fills the air. Las Cruces sits nestled at the bottom of the Organ Mountains to the east and the Rio Grande to the west. It’s beautiful, and its strong multicultural history has been shaped by diverse peoples and cultures. ![]() I love my adopted state and the desert southwest. I live in southern New Mexico with my husband, Leos, and our extremely grumpy chihuahua, Hermès. ![]() |