![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He resides in Houston with his wife, Victoria. He is the author of eleven national bestselling books and has been named by numerous publications as one of the most influential Christian leaders in the world. He can also be heard twenty-four hours a day on Joel Osteen Radio SiriusXM channel 128. ![]() More than ten million viewers watch his weekly televised services each week in the United States, and millions more in 100 nations around the world. About The Author Joel Osteen is the senior pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. Each message is accompanied by a relevant scripture. Based on his book, Your Best Life Now, he offers prescriptions for positive living in 365 daily messages. Now, for the first time, Pastor Osteen presents a tool to accomplish that goal. and then go out anticipating good things. Bestselling author Joel Osteen writes, When you get up in the morning, the first things you should do is set your mind in the right direction. Book Synopsis Approach each day with joy, build positive expectations, and begin living your best life with this year of devotions designed to strengthen your faith and resolve. About the Book New York Times-bestselling author Osteen inspires readers to begin their best lives each morning with this 365-day devotional. ![]()
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![]() Now in partnership with the Mid Century Oregon Genius series, the Groening family will screen the first-ever retrospective of Homer Groening’s work, and Matt Groening will make a rare Portland appearance. Mid Century Oregon Genius: Selected Short Films by Homer Groening ![]() In the process he helped jumpstart Portland’s fledgling film community by giving work to the likes of Claymation-creator Will Vinton ( see our feature) and earned accolades like Advertising Federation president Mick Scott calling him “an absolute creative genius.” ![]() During this time in Portland, Groening developed an interest in videography and created hundreds of short films, ranging from commercials and public service announcements to industrial and art films. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Yet apparently, the fact that he is a published author is largely unknown among the townsfolk. In the interview, Edward said that, but for two “unofficial” (my term) exceptions, he never spoke in schools, as many children’s authors do today.Ī humble and happy man, he didn’t say this with any discernible hint of regret or longing, but I saw an opportunity just the same.īy pure, freakish chance, at the same time I had been tracking down Edward, I was also booking an author visit at Trumansburg Elementary in Trumansburg, NY…which, I would soon learn, happens to be the town in which Edward lives. Like the fabled Phoenix of his book, Edward (as author) has risen again, and it didn’t require a pyre or fire of any kind. I believe it is unprecedented in the known history of author visits at schools. ![]() Yet in terms of moving experiences, both turned out to be mere prologue to the Edward-related event that unfolded in Trumansburg, NY, on 12/2/11. Finding out that Edward Ormondroyd, author of the 1957 YA novel David and the Phoenix, was still with us (at age 86) was a highlight of my summer.Ĭontacting him and convincing him to let me interview him for my blog was as well. ![]() ![]() What is interesting is that you can take one of the most formative intellectual cultures and show that just underneath that sparkling surface is a seething heart of irrationality that results in madness and murder. ![]() It mattered to me because in order to understand about us, we have to understand what was at stake in the past. Why should it matter to us if it is rational or not? But was Greek culture so fantastically rational? So Dodds wrote the book to explore that idea. The boy told him: ‘I know it’s a terrible thing to say, but I don’t really like this stuff – it’s all so rational.’ Well, that got Dodds thinking about this common idea that the ancient Greeks were all very cerebral, gliding about in white gowns. Dodds was at an exhibition of the Elgin Marbles at the British Museum and he got talking to a schoolboy. It starts with this extraordinary anecdote which is very meaningful for many readers. ![]() This is one of the books that made me decide that classics was worth spending a lifetime on. Foreign Policy & International RelationsĬan you describe what your first book, The Greeks and the Irrational, is about?. ![]() ![]() Ivy had expended so much passion on this impossible dream, only to stand helpless as it was granted to others. Her life will settle into a humdrum rhythm, and some forty years later, she will be scraping a meager existence as a private investigator, anchored by the comforting weight of predictability-ordinary and scathingly unmagical. Instead, she will end up dragging her hopes behind her like a chastised child dragging her stuffed bear thumping up the stairs. ![]() She is not the Chosen One, standing over her peers like a towering peak-all the possibilities of life, death, and magic spinning in her head. ![]() ![]() She will not be whisked away to train in a magician’s school where she will have all the glory her teeth can snatch. ![]() ![]() ![]() But after trying everything to get rid of them, they keep coming back! seriesId 1423728 gradeLevels Jasper's not scared obviously, he's just done with creepy underwear. ![]() If Jasper didn't know any better he'd say his undies were a little, well, creepy. But when the lights go out, suddenly his new big rabbit underwear glows in the dark. He's not afraid of the dark, and he's definitely not afraid of something as silly as underwear. Jasper Rabbit is NOT a little bunny anymore. PublishDate T05:00:00+01:00 ATOS 2.8 isOwnedB圜ollections True title Creepy Pair of Underwear! fullDescription From the celebrated team behind Creepy Carrots!, Aaron Reynolds and Caldecott Honor winner Peter Brown, comes a hilarious (and just a little creepy) story of a brave rabbit and a very weird pair of underwear. ![]() Aaron lives in Chicago with his wife, two kids, four cats, and anywhere between zero and ten goldfish, depending on the day. He regularly makes time to visit schools where his hilarious hands-on presentations keep kids spellbound. bioText: Aaron Reynolds is the New York Times bestselling author of many highly acclaimed books for kids, including Here Comes Destructosaurus!, Carnivores, and the Caldecott Honor–winning book Creepy Carrots!.SortTitle Creepy Pair of Underwear crossRefId 2988277 series Creepy Tales! id E4AE0ADC-B7C0-4581-A3C7-91BFEE0AAE23 starRating 4.3 OverDrive MetaData interestLevel LG isPublicDomain False formats Title Creepy Pair of Underwear! dateAdded contentDetails ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In the course of researching his thrillers, he has sneaked onto demolition ranges with Navy SEALs, swum with sharks in the Galápagos, and gone undercover into mind-control cults.Īdditionally, Gregg is actively working to end polarization in politics and on college campuses. He has published numerous academic articles on Shakespeare, taught fiction writing in the USC English Department, and guest lectured for UCLA, and for Harvard in the United States and internationally. He is also a New York Times bestselling comic book writer, having penned stories for Marvel (Wolverine, Punisher) and DC (Batman, Penguin). Gregg has written screenplays for or sold spec scripts to many of the major studios (including THE BOOK OF HENRY), and written, developed, and produced television for various networks. ![]() His novels have won numerous literary awards, graced top ten lists, and have been published in 32 languages. Gregg Hurwitz is the New York Times, #1 internationally bestselling author of 22 thrillers, including the ORPHAN X series, and two award-winning thriller novels for teens. ![]() ![]() ![]() Any book-lover will fall in love with the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, and wish it were real. Whenever a bookstore or a library closes, its books end up in the Cemetery. He has always loved books, and, at the beginning of the novel, his father takes him to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, a labyrinth filled with many halls of books, in a palatial building. Daniel is the son of an antiquarian bookseller, and his mother has died. ![]() The protagonist, Daniel Sempere, is ten years old when the novel begins, and he ages throughout the novel, so he is in his early twenties by the end. It begins in Barcelona in 1945, in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War and World War II. The Shadow of the Wind is a complex, multi-layered novel by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, the first of four novels in the Cemetery of Forgotten Books series. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s a freezing December morning, and as I exhale, I can see my frosted breath. The grinding sound is worse this time, metallic shrieking. ![]() Will you start for me? Pretty please? Okay, ready?” “Barbra, sweetie.” I place my hand on her dashboard and rub in soothing circles. “Ugh!” I call out, and then plead with my car. Jake may be cute (really cute), and he may be an eligible Jewish single (hard to find south of Atlanta), but he’s also the enemy, and Shoshanna is ready to take him down.īut as the competition intensifies, Jake and Shoshanna grow closer and realize they might be more on the same page than either expects… Excerptīarbra Streisand grinds and grinds before sputtering to a stop. He doesn’t even read! But somehow his sales start to rival hers. Jake is an affront to everything Shoshanna stands for. The only person standing in her way? New hire Jake Kaplan. When her boss announces a holiday bonus to the person who sells the most books, Shoshanna sees an opportunity to at least fix her car, if none of her other problems. And with her moms fighting at home and her beloved car teetering on the brink of death, the store has become a welcome escape. Shoshanna Greenberg loves working at Once Upon, her favorite local bookstore. To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before meets You’ve Got Mail in this “cozy, swoon-worthy” (Ashley Poston, author of the Once Upon a Con series) rom-com following two teen booksellers whose rivalry is taken to the next level as they compete for the top bookseller bonus. ![]() ![]() ![]() As the story goes, Charlie received word from a native local of an area to mine for gold. Harry Colp and three of his prospecting friends who are simply known as Charlie, John, and Fred, were staying in Wrangell, Alaska. ![]() In 1900, the first documented account of the legendary devil creatures was written by Harry D. ![]() It also has gained the name of "Devil's Country" when in 1900 several people claimed to have seen devil creatures in the area. Thomas Bay is also known as "The Bay of Death" due to a massive landslide in 1750. It lies northeast of Petersburg, Alaska and the Baird Glacier drains into the bay. 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