6/25/2023 0 Comments Big D by Stephanie Brother![]() ![]() ![]() He successfully won the competition, granting Stéphanie the Power of Veto. Note: In Week 3, Stéphanie was unable to compete in the Power of Veto competition due to testing positive for COVID-19, so Karl competed for her.Player History - Big Brother Célébrités 2 Competition History Week 1 Celebrities have better watch out for this champion who never misses her target. Spokesperson for DreamHack Montreal, Stéphanie uses her notoriety to educate young people about online toxicity. BIG D: A SPORTS ROMANCE (Stephanie Brother) » p.5 » Global Archive Voiced Books Online Free Home No Naked Ads -> Here Big d a sports romance, p. The same year, she won the 3rd season of Canada's Smartest Person on CBC. A true icon of the gaming world, her impressive career saw her named in the prestigious Forbes "30 under 30" and as one of the BBC's 100 Women of the Year in 2016. ![]() 2 Player History - Big Brother Célébrités 2īetter known by the pseudonym missharvey, Stéphanie Harvey is a five-time world champion of the Counter-Strike shooting video game. ![]()
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6/25/2023 0 Comments Albert camus the plague pages![]() The story is framed as an account written by an unnamed narrator intended to objectively relay the sequence of events, and we spend time following several different characters and their reactions to this senseless misfortune– their confrontations with the Absurd, so to speak.Īmong these characters are Dr. ![]() The residents of the town are locked inside, separated from their loved ones, and consigned to a potential fate of painful disease and death with no end to the ordeal in sight. It gradually becomes an omnipresent reality, obliterating all traces of the past and driving its victims to almost unearthly extremes of suffering, madness, and compassion.“ My ThoughtsĪlbert Camus’s The Plague takes place in a small town that suddenly experiences a plague outbreak and is placed in quarantine. ![]() ![]() “ In Oran, a coastal town in North Africa, the plague begins as a series of portents, unheeded by the people. ![]() 6/24/2023 0 Comments Alison page designs![]() ![]() Its colonial structure was problematic for the Aboriginal people because they felt they were turning their backs on the Darling River, a sacred source of life for their people. One of the most important projects Page has worked on is the Wilcannia Hospital redevelopment northwest of Sydney. For this reason they also believe in maximum community involvement in the design, construction and management of all projects. Merrima is staffed by Indigenous people and is committed to promoting self-determination for Aboriginal people by assisting them to express their culture through the built environments they live in. ![]() She worked as an associate of the Merrima Aboriginal Design Unit from 1995-1999, an architectural practice in the Government’s Architects Office in Sydney. Post-graduation, she searched for a way to utilise her skills in the most meaningful way possible to create interiors that had a real connection to the environment and the people who used them. After growing up in Coffs Harbour in northern NSW, she went on to study at the University of Technology, Sydney. Alison Page is an award winning creative at the forefront of contemporary Australian Aboriginal design.Īs a descendent of the Walbanga and Wadi Wadi people of the Yuin nation, she champions the creative expression of Aboriginal identity. ![]() 6/24/2023 0 Comments The Land by Mildred D. Taylor![]() ![]() An incident of family betrayal and a broken promise prompts Paul-Edward to run away from home and pursue his dream to farm his own piece of land. Though it is acceptable that his father, plantation-owner Edward, keeps an African-American mistress and helps rear her children, Paul-Edward and his sister, Cassie, are not allowed the same privileges as their half-brothers. Through them, the hero becomes painfully aware of the indelible line dividing black and white society. She lays the groundwork for these issues to be examined through two key relationships in the childhood of Paul-Edward, a boy of mixed race: the strong bond he shares with Robert, his white half-brother, and a tenuous friendship with Mitchell, whose parents were born into slavery and whose father works for Paul-Edward's father. ![]() Here, the author deftly explores double standards in the South during the years following the Civil War. This prequel to Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cryįocuses on Cassie's grandfather, Paul-Edward Logan, and explains how the seeds were planted for feuds between the Logans and other families, as well as certain loyalties. Taylor's gift for combining history and storytelling are as evident here as in her other stories about the Logan family. ![]() ![]() ![]() Springer is well known among Sherlockian fans for her Holmes pastiches. She began illustrating the adaptation of Nancy Springer’s Enola Holmes novels in 2015. Serena Blasco was born in France and studied at the School of Applied Arts in Aix-en-Provence, worked as a graphic designer, and published her first comics work in 2014. Introducing Londons newest and greatest detective: Enola. Will Enola evade her two brothers and succeed in her new independent life, even as she continues to follow her mother’s trail?Īlso includes a portfolio of pages from Enola’s “secret notebook.” Enola Holmes : The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer. Her journey quickly leads her into the dark and sordid neighborhoods of London where she finds herself involved in the kidnapping of a young marquess. Translated from the first French appearance. An all-ages tale that’s light and fun, I enjoyed it and look forward to the next installment. ![]() But nothing prepares her for what lies ahead. With Sherlock and Mycroft determined to ship her off to a boarding school, Enola escapes, displaying a cleverness that even impresses Holmes. But Enola wakes on her 14th birthday to discover that her mother has disappeared, leaving only a collection of flowers and a coded message book. With Sherlock and Mycroft off in London, their younger sister Enola has been raised by her mother on the family’s country manor. ![]() ![]() Pin-Up & Adult –You must be 18 or older. ![]() 6/24/2023 0 Comments Evan dorkin beasts of burden![]() ![]() ![]() "With Beasts of Burden Jill and I are dealing with an extended storyline, but it's getting chopped up into all of these shorter chapters so I write every Beasts of Burden to work on its own as best as possible," Dorkin told us in May. "It's just good versus evil," Dorkin said of the book in an interview with last month.įirst appearing in 2003, the characters made their way thorugh a variety of Dark Horse one-shots before they landed in their own book. ![]() The story of Beasts of Burden revolves around a small group of dogs and cats who investigate paranormal activity in their neighborhood (Burden Hill, hence the title). With swelling music that highlights the book's beautiful watercolor art, the trailer almost seems like an ad for an upcoming animated feature-and it's one that I'd certainly watch. ![]() It may be overshadowed a bit by DC Entertainment's new TV spot for Before Watchmen, but Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson's Beasts of Burden, the critically-acclaimed comic series published by Dark Horse here in the U.S., got a new trailer today courtesy of Delcourt, who are publishing a collected edition of the book in France. ![]() ![]() She’s less confident, but perhaps more relatable, than the seasoned superhero she’s yet to become. Diana-who will one day become Wonder Woman-attempts to return the girl to her home, but in the process she becomes entangled in a battle between the girl’s protectors and those who would use her powers-the powers of the Warbringer-to remake the world.Īdapted from the novel by Leigh Bardugo, the book’s Diana is still finding her place in society and trying to understand her purpose in the world. Earthquakes and other ominous signs indicate that the girl somehow brings destruction with her, despite her good intentions. ![]() In the midst of an important race that could establish her reputation, she takes a shortcut and discovers a drowning girl, the survivor of a shipboard explosion. ![]() A girl’s existence threatens to envelop the world in war in the graphic novel Wonder Woman: Warbringer.ĭiana, a young princess on the island of Themyscira, is eager to prove herself a worthy Amazon. ![]() 6/22/2023 0 Comments The Witches by Stacy Schiff![]() ![]() ![]() "An oppressive, forensic, psychological thriller: J. Listen to a sample from the audio edition of The Witches, as read by Eliza Foss. In curious ways, the trials would shape the future republic.Īs psychologically thrilling as it is historically seminal, The Witches is the enduring American mystery unveiled fully by one of our most acclaimed historians. Aside from suffrage, the Salem Witch Trials represent the only moment when women played the central role in American history. Neighbors accused neighbors, parents and children each other. The panic spread quickly, involving the most educated men and prominent politicians in the colony. It ended less than a year later, but not before 19 men and women had been hanged and an 75-year-old man crushed to death. ![]() It began in 1692, over an exceptionally raw Massachusetts winter, when a minister's daughter began to scream and convulse. Download book group discussion questionsīuy online The Witches: Salem, 1692 The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cleopatra, the #1 national bestseller, unpacks the mystery of the Salem Witch Trials.Hardcover, Paperback, Audio, iBook, Kindle.Books + Essays by Stacy Schiff | The Witches: Salem, 1692 ![]() ![]() ![]() They fall in love, despite Hamilton’s bastard birth and the uncertainties of war.īut the union they create-in their marriage and the new nation-is far from perfect. And when she meets Alexander Hamilton, Washington’s penniless but passionate aide-de-camp, she’s captivated by the young officer’s charisma and brilliance. ![]() Haunting, moving, and beautifully written, Dray and Kamoie used thousands of letters and original sources to tell Eliza’s story as it’s never been told before-not just as the wronged wife at the center of a political sex scandal-but also as a founding mother who shaped an American legacy in her own right.Ĭoming of age on the perilous frontier of revolutionary New York, Elizabeth Schuyler champions the fight for independence. Synopsis: From the New York Times bestselling authors of America’s First Daughter comes the epic story of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton-a revolutionary woman who, like her new nation, struggled to define herself in the wake of war, betrayal, and tragedy. Source: This book was given to me by TLC Book Tours in exchange for an honest review. ![]() My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The concept behind The Strange Case of Starship Iris is rich, filled with intriguing characters, set in a well-crafted science fictional world. One of their premier shows is Starship Iris, which features characters (and actors) of diverse races, genders, and sexualities, putting traditionally marginalized identities at the center of fun, fresh, exciting genre fiction. Together, they raised more than $5,000 on Kickstarter to greenlight the first seasons of their shows, with a promise of stories featuring strong roles for women, people of color and the LGBTQ+ community. The podcast airs via the Procyon Podcast Network, which was created in the fall of 2016 when a group of audio drama enthusiasts came together on social media to discuss the kind of audio dramas they wished they were hearing. Our ongoing series covering sci-fi and fantasy audio dramas continues today with The Strange Case of Starship Iris by Jessica Best. Reprinted with permission from our partners at Recursor.TV ![]() |