![]() ![]() Sticks & Stones by Abby Cooper is a feel-good middle grade debut with just a dash of magic.Įver since she was a baby, the words people use to describe Elyse have instantly appeared on her arms and legs. They were just words, but they could change my whole life. I looked around the room, thinking about words. Sigafiss would probably see me and read it to everyone or rip it up or something. I was dying to open it, but even if I found a way to read it sneakily, Ms. It had my name on the front, after all, and was taped to my locker. Maybe it was a letter from a secret admirer or a gift certificate to Soup Palace, otherwise known as the Best Place on Earth.īut it had to be something. I reached into my pocket and dug around until I found the folded blue paper again. One word nobody used, though? Mysterious.Īnd right now, that was the most important word of all. ![]() They just needed one word each to sum up what they thought a whole year would be like … and, so far, they were right. Like when it came to talking about me going to middle school this year. ![]() They have big-time serious meaning all by themselves. They need to hang out together in a book or a song or a text message, or else you’re stuck wrinkling your nose like HUH? That doesn’t make any sense.īut some words don’t need others. Sure, some words need to be around other words to make sense. ![]() Some people don’t think that one word can make a difference. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() In this book I've gathered many more behind-the-scenes stories and hopefully answers to many of the questions we've all received over the years from fans. It is not an exaggeration to say that most days on set were exhilarating, from wrestling André the Giant, to the impossibility of playing mostly dead with Billy Crystal cracking jokes above me, to choreographing the Greatest Sword Fight in Modern Times with Mandy Patinkin, to being part of the Kiss That Left All the Others Behind with Robin Wright. It truly was as fun to make the movie as it is to watch it, from getting to work on William Goldman's brilliant screenplay to being directed by the inimitable Rob Reiner. It was a remarkable night and it brought back vivid memories of being part of what appears to have become a cult classic film about pirates and princesses, giants and jesters, cliffs of insanity, and of course rodents of unusual size. Standing on the stage for the twenty-fifth anniversary of The Princess Bride, I felt an almost overwhelming sense of gratitude and nostalgia. ![]() ![]() Secure people feel comfortable with intimacy and are usually warm and loving. Pioneered by psychologist John Bowlby in the 1950s, the field of attachment explains that each of us behaves in relationships in one of three distinctĪnxious people are often preoccupied with their relationships and tend to worry about their partner’s ability to love them back.Īvoidant people equate intimacy with a loss of independence and constantly try to minimize closeness. ![]() Heller reveal how an understanding of attachment theory – the most advanced relationship science in existence today – can help us find and sustain love. Is there a science to love? In this groundbreaking book, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Amir Levine and psychologist Rachel S. ![]() 'A groundbreaking book that redefines what it means to be in a relationship.' – John Gray, PhD., bestselling author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus ![]() An insightful look at the science behind love, Attached offers readers a road map for building stronger, more fulfilling connections. ![]() ![]() Two high school seniors from single-parent households, Caroline and Maggie, explore sexuality and the changing role of women in the world. During their relationship, she has a liaison with an ex-boyfriend, and she begins to understand the complex interrelationship between love and sex. Jody Epstein, a New York native and senior in high school, begins dating Lyle, a Midwesterner with a more conservative background. She wrote many novels for children and young adults including Family Secrets, which has been challenged for inclusion in school libraries, and is ranked at #76 on the American Library Association’s list of most challenged books for 1990-1999. Klein's work dealt openly with controversial subjects, including racism, homosexuality, adoption, and death. She was also well known for her children's novel Mom, the Wolfman and Me about a girl with an unmarried mother. Klein was best known for her adult novel Sunshine, about a young woman with terminal cancer, which was based upon a true story, and taken from the young woman's tape-recorded diary. She had a husband, Erwin Fleissner, and two daughters. ![]() ![]() She died, after a brief illness, in New York City on April 25, 1989, at the age of 50. She was born, grew up and lived in New York City for most of her life, and studied Russian at Barnard College. ![]() Norma Klein (– April 25, 1989) was a US young adults' book author. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() On either side of the living room are more books: ceiling-high shelves of histories, fiction, and poetry. Her home is clearly that of a writer constantly at work, and strewn throughout is a lifetime’s accumulation of furniture, objects, paintings, posters, photographs, records, heirlooms, and countless books. Behind the enormous plants and the freestanding tiles, one can see a comforting fixture of urban life: a fire escape. ![]() “Like modern architecture,” she says, “it looks much better in photographs.” The building was designed for artists, and the living room is dominated by a large window. Interviewed by Darryl Pinckney Issue 96, Summer 1985Įlizabeth Hardwick lives on the west side of Manhattan, on a quiet street near enough to Central Park to have heard the crowds and speakers at the great political demonstrations in Sheep’s Meadow. ![]() ![]() The original English manuscripts are held at Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge, Milne's alma mater to whom he had bequeathed the works. The Pooh stories have been translated into many languages, including Alexander Lenard's Latin translation, Winnie ille Pu, which was first published in 1958, and, in 1960, became the only Latin book ever to have been featured on The New York Times Best Seller list. The stories are set in Hundred Acre Wood, which was inspired by Five Hundred Acre Wood in Ashdown Forest in East Sussex-situated 30 miles (48 km) south of London-where the Londoner Milne's country home was located. ![]() ![]() Milne also included a poem about the bear in the children's verse book When We Were Very Young (1924) and many more in Now We Are Six (1927). The first collection of stories about the character was the book Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), and this was followed by The House at Pooh Corner (1928). ![]() The character is based on a stuffed toy that Milne had bought for his son Christopher Robin in Harrods department store. Winnie-the-Pooh first appeared by name in a children's story commissioned by London's Evening News for Christmas Eve 1925. ![]() Winnie-the-Pooh (also known as Pooh Bear or simply Pooh) is a fictional anthropomorphic teddy bear created by English author A. ![]() ![]() As the seasons wear on, the tribe utilizes Ayla's knowledge for their own good while Ayla's continues to try the patience of the tribe with her unspeakable feminist demands. She learns to count and becomes the assistant to the local medicine expert. She then questions the tribe's assumptions concerning sexual politics. Unable to conceive of why only men are given weapons, she takes it upon herself to learn how to use a slingshot. The Neanderthals quickly accept her into their tribe, but once a tribal member, Ayla begins to question the tribe's male chauvinistic presumptions. The Clan of the Cave Bear Photos View all photos Movie Info Based on Jean Auel's best-selling novel of a golden-haired orphan raised by a primitive prehistoric tribe. Focusing on a tribe of wandering Neanderthals who adopt a young girl named, Ayla (played as an adult by Daryl Hannah). ![]() The story begins at the moment in pre-history when the last of the Neanderthal men were becoming extinct and the superior race of Cro-Magnons were starting to supersede them. ![]() Auel's best-selling ode to Cro-Magnon women. This is pretty hade some part you get shock of,the book is better,but give it a try.Cinematographer Michael Chapman directed this John Sayles adaptation of Jean M. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “They have only a certain amount, and that’s that,” says Dweck. They think their abilities, talents, and intelligence are fixed traits. This is one of Dweck’s most important findings-that there are two different mindsets that children (and adults) can have about their intelligence and abilities. And as you will see, the role of praise is integral.īut before the role of praise can be understood, it’s necessary to grasp the fundamental models that underlie Dweck’s work-the fixed mindset and the growth mindset. The results of her work have been used around the world with children, athletes, businessmen and others. Her research has, in fact, led to the creation of a new field in educational psychology-achievement goal theory. Dweck has spent the last forty years looking at why and how people achieve their potential-or don’t. ![]() One of the world’s experts in the study of motivation, Dr. Carol Dweck addressed the Bing community in the 2007 Distinguished Lecture to explain why and how praise can drain a child’s self-esteem and sap motivation. In May, developmental and social psychologist Dr. We want them to go out into the world thinking well of themselves, trusting their abilities, succeeding.īut it turns out even well-intended praise for children’s talents and abilities can backfire. Who would ever imagine that praising a child could be bad? After all, we love our children and want them to have high self-esteem. By Christine VanDeVelde, Writer and Bing Alumni Parent ![]() ![]() Their rivalry will take them to the peaks of their careers, but with terrible consequences. From this moment on, their lives become webs of deceit and revelation as they vie to outwit and expose one another. Winner of the World Fantasy Award Inspiration for the movie directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale In 1878, two young stage magicians clash in the dark during the course of a fraudulent séance. Now it finally appears in softcover-sophisticated, breathtaking entertainment. ![]() Published in hardcover to international acclaim, "The Prestige" won the World Fantasy Award and Britain's James Tait Black Memorial Prize. From that moment on, they vie to outwit and destroy one another. About the Book In 1878, two young stage magicians clash in the dark during the course of a fraudulent seance. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Lucy Foley proves that the traditional country-house murder formula…can still work brilliantly.… Superb." - The Times (London) “A tense, perfectly paced murder mystery.” - People Keep your friends close, the old adage says. ![]() ![]() Two days later, on New Year’s Day, one of them is dead. . Amid the boisterous revelry of New Year’s Eve, the cord holding them together snaps, just as a historic blizzard seals the lodge off from the outside world. ![]() But after a decade, the weight of secret resentments has grown too heavy for the group’s tenuous nostalgia to bear. The trip begins innocently enough: admiring the stunning if foreboding scenery, champagne in front of a crackling fire, and reminiscences about the past. For this vacation, they’ve chosen an idyllic and isolated estate in the Scottish Highlands-the perfect place to get away and unwind by themselves. “My favorite kind of whodunit, kept me guessing all the way through, and reminiscent of Agatha Christie at her best - with an extra dose of acid.” - Alex Michaelides, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Silent Patientįrom the author of the Reese Witherspoon book club pick The Guest ListĮveryone's invited.everyone's a suspect.ĭuring the languid days of the Christmas break, a group of thirtysomething friends from Oxford meet to welcome in the New Year together, a tradition they began as students ten years ago. ![]() |