![]() ![]() Spec Can: What are some of the biggest influences on your writing? I also look a little like Jeff Bridges – particularly in his CRAZY HEART role. ![]() Steve Vernon: Well – if there are any wrestling fans out there I look a little like Mick Foley – also known as Mankind, Brother Love and Cactus Jack. Spec Can: First, can you give us a quick description of yourself? His sense of humour carries through even into the interview process and he was a delight to chat with. ![]() Steve Vernon is a Nova Scotia author/ mythographer who writes everything from the supernatural, young adult fiction, to myths of Canada’s East Coast. Vernon for allowing me to interview him and for giving the readers some insights into himself and into his recent novella Sudden Death Overtime. It is always a great opportunity to be able to do an interview of an author about a specific work and I want to thank Mr. Steve Vernon with a beaver… so Canadian!!Īn Interview with Steve Vernon About Himself and His Recent Novella Sudden Death Overtime ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() I'll always recommend this book to lovers of emotional, angsty contemporary romance and this audiobook is no exception. and Ethan- oh my heart… I’ve never been a fan of his since I first read this book, but there was something about listening to this audiobook that made me feel deeply for him. Mia had so much character growth in this book, although some of her actions were questionable □- her friendship with Zeke was a highlight for me in this book (Gahh, cue the tears □) Ollie’s brokenness shattered my heart, seeing his tormented past and the darkness that he battle was too much and yet still everything. They captured Ollie and Mia so perfectly. The rawness of the continuation of the Stay With Me hit me harder in so many ways, it was more raw and messy than I remembered- the sheer emotional intensity was captured perfectly by these narrators. Nicole Fiorina weaved these characters into my heart, into my very soul with her storytelling. ![]() This story left my heart reeling! It was raw, messy and emotional. ![]() ![]() ![]() 13 Children's Books Featuring Poverty and Homelessness.30 enticing chapter books for children who are newly independent readers.60 kids books about grief to explain death to children and help them grieve.LGBTQI+ Children's Books celebrating Pride in London and Pride Month this June.Sophie Cameron - our Author of the Month. ![]() Best kids books for getting children walking for National Walking Month and Walk to School Week.Shortlist announced for the 2023 Klaus Flugge Prize for the most exciting newcomer to children’s picture book illustration.Refugees - 40 children's books to raise awareness for Refugee Week 19-25 June.Celebrate Elmer Day on 27 May with David McKee's colourful and inclusive picture books.Great Children's Books to read with Dad this Father's Day!.10 Books for Children to Celebrate the Windrush Generation.30 Children's Books to Celebrate World Oceans Day.Children's Books that celebrate brilliant teachers for National Thank a Teacher Day!. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Gordon lists several at the end of his book, some conventional and others less so. But if there are policies that could achieve both, it’s time to try them. Many years ago, economist Art Okun argued that we had to choose between policies that increased efficiency and those that increased equity. His postscript includes a few thoughts that deserve immediate attention in today’s economic policy debates: Whatever the causes of the distressing slowdown in the growth of productivity (the amount of stuff produced for each hour of work) and the increase in inequality, what policies might both increase productivity and decrease inequality? households (particularly 1920 to 1950) but that the years since 1970 have been disappointing and the future looks disappointing too. Standard of Living Since the Civil War,” Northwestern University economist Bob Gordon argues that the century between 18 was exceptionally good for U.S. In his new book, “The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. ![]() ![]() Religious cultures have practiced it for centuries. ![]() While the buzz surrounding IF is recent, this practice isn’t new. Many clinicians feel their patients have more success with intermittent fasting when eating low-carb or higher protein diets, but there is currently insufficient evidence that pairing one particular type of diet with IF is superior to another. However, that may not mean people can eat whatever they want during the eating window. One nonrandomized trial showed improved weight loss, blood sugar, and lipids with as little as 14 hours of daily fasting and no change in the participants’ baseline diet. You may be more likely to get better health benefits if you also pay attention to what kinds of foods you eat, but some studies involving IF that did not control what people ate still showed meaningful improvements. ![]() It is not a diet, per se, since it doesn’t specify what to eat it only specifies when to eat. Intermittent fasting, often abbreviated as IF, is any voluntary time period where you go without food. ![]() ![]() The author of over one hundred books, including his popular "Miss Mallard" and "Detective Mole" series, and illustrator of another seventy-five works, Quackenbush's most prolific period came during the 1970s and 1980s, though he continues to release new books over forty-five years after he began his career. In 1981 Quackenbush's Detective Mole and the Halloween Mystery received an Edgar Allan Poe Special Award as the best juvenile mystery of the year. ![]() Quackenbush is a popular writer and illustrator, specializing in narrative biographies and mysteries for young readers, often featuring his trademark bird protagonists. The following entry presents an overview of Quack-enbush's career through 2002. (Full name Robert Mead Quackenbush) American author and illustrator of juvenile fiction, nonfiction, and biographies. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This article argues that Noble Laureate economist Amartya Sen's seminal analysis of the 1974 Bangladesh famine on the basis of his ‘entitlement approach’ fails to capture most of these circumventing factors. Evidence suggests that the 1974 famine was caused by successive onslaughts of natural disasters such as floods and droughts, and man-made disasters such as the government's inability to import foods, the directing of subsidised food to the politically vocal urban population, an abrupt fall in food aid and political and administrative corruption that encouraged massive hoarding and the smuggling of food grain. While the government succeeded in averting a widely predicted famine in the first case, it failed to prevent an actual famine in the later case when such a cataclysmic disaster was least anticipated. Bangladesh confronted two formidable food crises in 19. ![]() ![]() Miranda, along with Jeremy McCarter, a cultural critic and theater artist who was involved in the project from its earliest stages - “since before this was even a show,” according to Miranda - traces its development from an improbable performance at the White House to its landmark opening night on Broadway six years later. ![]() Hamilton: The Revolution gives readers an unprecedented view of both revolutions, from the only two writers able to provide it. Fusing hip-hop, pop, R&B, and the best traditions of theater, this once-in-a-generation show broadens the sound of Broadway, reveals the storytelling power of rap, and claims our country’s origins for a diverse new generation. ![]() Lin-Manuel Miranda’s groundbreaking musical Hamilton is as revolutionary as its subject, the poor kid from the Caribbean who fought the British, defended the Constitution, and helped to found the United States. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ancient primal powers have already stirred, revealing the horror of what began eons ago. Together, Poppy and Casteel must embrace traditions old and new to safeguard those they hold dear-to protect those who cannot defend themselves. Not if she has any hope of building a future where both kingdoms can reside in peace. With the strength of the Primal of Life’s guards behind her, and the support of the wolven, Poppy must convince the Atlantian generals to make war her way-because there can be no retreat this time. Nothing will stop Poppy from freeing her King and destroying everything the Blood Crown stands for. The magnitude of what the Blood Queen has done is almost unthinkable. ![]() Armentrout – a ReviewĪmazon / B&N / Kobo / Google Play / Apple / BAM / Book DepositoryĬasteel Da’Neer knows all too well that very few are as cunning or vicious as the Blood Queen, but no one, not even him, could’ve prepared for the staggering revelations. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() They preached spiritual renewal and, more productively, a jettisoning of the canvas’s illusionistic space in favor of stylization, lurid color, and an overt use of ornament. He soon fell in with the Nabis (Hebrew for “prophets”), a group united in their esteem for Gauguin and Cézanne that included Bonnard and Vuillard. What, aside from double-entry bookkeeping, lurked in the heart of the bourgeoisie, and how to represent its likeness?Įnter Félix Vallotton, striver son in a Swiss bourgeois family who came to Paris in 1882 and enrolled at the Académie Julian, a freewheeling alternative to the École des Beaux-Arts. In little more than a century, this newish class had gone from being comedic fast-talking Figaros to planet-altering overlords striding across the globe in search of a soul, status, and an appropriate self-image. The bourgeoisie: now there’s a subject for a nineteenth-century artist. ![]() |