![]() She died peacefully in the company of her family and friends after having lived a rich, full and productive life. Phyllis was married to Gordon for 60 wonderful years. ![]() Loving wife of Gordon, mother of Andrew of Malibu, California, sister of Ernest and Stanley Bogen of New York City, NY, sister-in-law of Nancy and Miles Rubin of Washington, DC, Rita and Roberta Bogen of New York City, NY, aunt of Lauren Nijkerk of Brussels, Belgium, and Claudia, Noah, Edmund, Alexandra, Kim, Richard, Jon and Todd. $(6$)RUBIN-Phyllis (nee Bogen) of Sarasota, Florida, well known New York designer, died November 10. She was an honorable, loving woman and we shall miss her. RUBIN-Phyllis, with great sadness we mourn the passing of Phyllis. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() I am on a bit of a Molly Tanzer roll this year, after devouring her earlier work that pastiches 18th century literature so wonderfully. The cult is masquerading as a church promising salvation through temperance and a return to "the good old days," so it's hard for Ellie to take a stand against them, especially when her father joins - but Ellie loves Long Island, and she loves her family, and she'll do whatever it takes to ensure neither is torn apart. Distilled from foul mushrooms by a cult of diabolists, those who drink it see terrible things-like the destruction of Long Island in fire and flood. What Ellie doesn't know is that this booze is special. So desperate that when wealthy strangers ask her to procure libations for an extravagant party, Ellie sells them everything she has, including some booze she acquired under unusual circumstances. ![]() ![]() It's dangerous work under Prohibition-independent operators like her are despised by federal agents and mobsters alike-but Ellie's brother was accepted to college and Ellie's desperate to see him go. Amityville baywoman Ellie West fishes by day and bootlegs moonshine by night. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Its spines glow red-gold in the angled sun, like an electrocuted aura.” (Meloy, 2002, p.7). “Do not think of a cactus acting like a cactus, with its apple-green paddles and white spines. The following quotes are some of my favourites from this book, along with some thinking around them. Meloy’s perceptions of the world are particularly fascinating, and specific, around colour. Her descriptions led me to think further about how each individual sees and experiences the world, their perceptions affected by their emotions and imaginative power. And yet it is obvious how deep her love for the natural world flows, and the level of detail she recounts in this reflection is quite extraordinary. ![]() She observes nature’s behaviour and is sure not to leave out the funny bits, because those might just be the most important. After laying out her views and truths she supplements those thoughts with a self-baring honesty and a humour that sets her apart from other nature writers. Ellen Meloy has a knack for putting the big thoughts out on the table in a clear and understandable way. It made me think and it made me laugh, about nature and about people, and about how those two opposites intersect. This book felt like exactly what I needed. THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF TURQUOISE: REFLECTIONS ON DESERT, SEA, STONE AND SKY ![]() ![]() While Sydney avoids his phone calls-they have nothing to say to each other, and he won't let her come visit-she tries to accumulate to her new public school, where she transferred to from her swanky private one after her brother's accident and sentence. Despite the fact that her brother Peyton's been on a train just waiting to wreck, her parents-namely, her mother-seem relatively shocked that Peyton is in jail. Sydney Stanford has sort of lived in the shadow of her bad boy brother, who's currently in jail after he did something horrible while driving drunk (spoiler alert: he hits a kid and puts him in a wheelchair for life). You either will or you won't, and for Saint Anything, well. And when you have a favorite author, you have this expectation and hope when you read one of their books: that you'll love it. (Could you imagine a Sarah Dessen novel that was solely focused on romance?! I WANT ONE.) That said, Sarah Dessen is one of my favorite authors. I don't love all her books, and I prefer the ones that have more romance over the ones that don't. My love for Sarah Dessen's novels began when I was a freshman in high school and I read This Lullaby (my second favorite novel of hers, with the first being Along for the Ride), and since then I have read all of her books (except for The Moon and More, which I have yet to finish). ![]() I was eager to read Saint Anything since I first heard about it solely for the fact that it's a new Sarah Dessen novel. ![]() ![]() In Fledgling, an amnesiac discovers that she is a vampire, with a difference: she is a new, experimental birth with brown skin, giving her the fearful ability to go out in sunlight. Its heroine, Dana, a Black woman, is pulled back and forth between the present and the pre–Civil War past, where she finds herself enslaved on the plantation of a white ancestor whose life she must save to preserve her own. This first volume in the Library of America edition of Butler’s collected works opens with her masterpiece, Kindred, one of the landmark American novels of the last half century. ![]() In 1995 she became the first science fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship, in recognition of her achievement in creating new aspirations for the genre and for American literature. She broke new ground with books that featured complex Black female protagonists-“I wrote myself in,” she would later recall-establishing herself as one of the pioneers of the Afrofuturist aesthetic. ![]() Butler used the conventions of science fiction to explore the dangerous legacy of racism in America in harrowingly personal terms. The definitive edition of the complete works of the "grand dame" of American science fiction begins with this volume gathering two novels and her collected storiesĪn original and eerily prophetic writer, Octavia E. ![]() ![]() Butler: Kindred, Fledgling, Collected Stories / ISBN 9781598536751 / 700+-page hardcover from the Library of America ![]() ![]() Especially one who despises everything he's ever worked for and manages to push every button he has. The last thing he needs is some American girl tipping his ordered life upside down. He's determined to never risk it happening again. But, in the past, his failed romantic relationships almost destroyed both his reputation and his family. Josh Tyler fronts a top-selling worship band and is in demand all over the world. ![]() There she finds herself, against many of her convictions, as a logistics planner for one of Australia's biggest churches, and on a collision course with her boss's son. A moment of temporary insanity finds her leaving her life in Chicago to move to Sydney, Australia. Her boyfriend can't even commit to living in the same country, her promised promotion is dead on arrival, and the simultaneous loss of her brother and her dream of being a concert violinist has kept her playing life safe and predictable for six years. ![]() ![]() Paige McAllister needs to do something drastic. ![]() ![]() ![]() The book teaches children that they will always have to face new challenges as they grow older and, they can overcome any obstacle if they are brave enough to try. Now the two of them can live together in their beautiful seashell.Ī House for Hermit Crab is a beautiful book about life's journey. She is so happy when she finds another smaller hermit crab who needs a new home and can move into her old seashell. The new hermit crab's house isn't so empty anymore! Her house is beautiful, and it has all sorts of new friends such as a sea anemone, a starfish, a snail, a lantern fish who help decorate it. The hermit crab is scared, but he is also excited abut his new home. He has to leave his friends and his beautiful seashell beind and find a new home. The hermit crab is happy in his new home, but he soon realizes it is becoming too small for him. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Nature of contents bibliography Reading level 9. Language eng Summary This book tells a group of intertwining stories that culminate in the historic 1947 collision of the Superman Radio Show and the Ku Klux Klan 10107022 Cataloging source DLC 1952- Bowers, Rick Dewey number 741.5/973 Illustrations illustrations Index index present Interest level MG+ LC call number PN6728.S9 LC item number B69 2012 Literary form non fiction Superman, (Fictitious character) - Juvenile literature This book tells a group of intertwining stories that culminate in the historic 1947 collision of the Superman Radio Show and the Ku Klux.Superman (Comic strip) - Juvenile literature.Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) - Juvenile literature.Label Superman versus the Ku Klux Klan : the true story of how the iconic superhero battled the men of hate Title Superman versus the Ku Klux Klan Title remainder the true story of how the iconic superhero battled the men of hate Statement of responsibility by Rick Bowers Title variation Superman vs. ![]() ![]() ![]() Is this another name for the tree of knowledge? That would explain things. However, this becomes the ‘tree of life’ at the end of the narrative. God originally tells Adam not to eat of the tree of knowledge (i.e., knowledge of good and evil), but every other tree is fine to eat from. And that was it: it was pack your bags time, and don’t slam the garden gate on your way out.īut which tree did Adam and Eve eat from? There is an inconsistency in the Genesis narrative. ![]() ![]() The way the writers of the Genesis story solve this problem, of course, is by presenting a narrative in which God initially did shelter his creation from these hardships, until humankind showed itself untrustworthy and ill-deserving of relief from these travails. But any God that allowed such things to afflict his people can’t be wholly good. Analysed this way, then, the Adam and Eve story is a kind of origin-myth for the hardships of the flesh: women’s pain in childbirth, man’s back-breaking toil in the field, the wife’s subjection to her husband. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The plot didn't seem to be moving whatsoever. For the majority of this book, I was wondering what the point of the story was. I love a controversial read, something that makes me uncomfortable and able to question societal norms. Lie Lay Lain had some of that, especially in terms of racial stereotypes, but I wasn't sold. I expected to love this book, not only because of the Marrow connection but because All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood is one of the most incredible books I've ever read. While I can see the minor similarities between the two books, Lie Lay Lain just didn't do it for me. Tarryn mentioned this book was similar to her novel, Marrow, which happens to be my all-time favorite book. Thanks to my new PLN friend, Maureen, I was able to read this before my library was going to be able to get it in for me! So, like everyone else, when Tarryn told the folks in her reader group to pick up Lie Lay Lain by Bryn Greenwood, I added the book to my reading list. See this full review and many more at: Ashes Books & Bobs.Īs my fellow PLNs (Passionate Little Nutcases) know, when Tarryn Fisher recommends a book, you have no choice but to get your hands on it too. ![]() |