![]() ![]() Breaking the Surface is the unflinchingly honest story of a man breaking free of a lifetime of silence and isolation. He has been called both "the greatest American diver" and "probably the greatest diver in history". He is the only man and the second diver in Olympic history to sweep the diving events in consecutive Olympic Games. Gregory Efthimios Louganis (born January 29, 1960) is an American Olympic diver, LGBT activist, and author who won gold medals at the 19 Summer Olympics, on both the springboard and platform. Includes Introduction, The Ninth Dive 'I Can Do That'', Sissy, Nigger, Retard Suicide Olympic Dreams Montreal 1976 Fame Coming Out Diving Depression, The University of Miami, Moscow 1980, International Dominance, Kevin, Los Angeles 1984, Tom, Sign Here, Show Biz, Tom's Rules, Diagnosed, Living with HIV Olympic Trials Seoul 1988, Separate Ways Settlement, Forgiving, Rebirth, Jeffrey, and Gay Games 1994. ![]() Annie Leibovitz (Jacket photograph) and Kris Strot (illustrator). ![]()
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Whereas Violet has supportive people in her life, Finch’s parents and peers aren’t very understanding, and he feels too ashamed to have his mental illness formally diagnosed and treated. Finch has an undiagnosed mental illness, while Violet is still struggling to recover after her older sister died in a car crash nine months before the novel begins. However, Finch and Violet’s struggles with mental health-and the knowledge that they were both on the brink of taking their own lives-loom large over the novel. Instead of jumping, though, they talk each other off the ledge and soon develop a friendship that leads to a romantic relationship. Violet: Remaining wanderings 3 and 4Īll the Bright Places follows the romance of 17-year-olds Finch and Violet, who meet at the top of their school’s belltower where they both plan to commit suicide. ![]() Finch: The night of the day my life changed ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Er könnte der Schlüssel sein zum Rätsel der Harvester… Und irgendwo da draußen, auf einer weit entfernten Kolonie, gibt es einen letzten TIM, der dem Robocaust nicht zum Opfer gefallen ist. Doch viele Jahre nach dem Angriff wird der Maschinencode der Harvester geknackt - und die Wissenschaftler des Rats machen die verblüffende Entdeckung, dass er dem Code eines ihrer eigenen Modelle den TIMs, Roboter, die als mechanische Gefährten für Kinder gebaut wurden. Und alle anderen Roboter - von Menschen für unterschiedlichste Zwecke entwickelt - werden zur Zielscheibe des Hasses und gnadenlos verfolgt und vernichtet. Denn niemand weiß, woher sie kamen und wer sie erbaut hat. Seither lebt die Galaxis in Furcht, dass die Harvester wiederkommen. ![]() Die Harvester - gigantische Roboter - legen Welten in Schutt und Asche, und dann verschwinden sie so plötzlich, wie sie gekommen sind. Der kleine Roboter TIM-21 und seine mechanischen Gefährten kämpfen ums Überleben - in einem Universum, in dem alle Roboter verboten sind und von Kopfgeldjägern verfolgt werden! Eines Tages erscheinen sie wie aus dem Nichts über den neun wichtigsten Planeten des Vereinten Galaktischen Rats und beginnen ihr Werk der Zerstörung. ![]() ![]() LIVRE (S) ENVELOPPÉ (S) DANS DU PLASTIQUE A BULLES, ENVOI RAPIDE ET SOIGNÉ. Au fil du récit, par la grâce de leurs liens indéfectibles, les deux héroïnes nous ramènent vers la lumière, ou l'espoir triomphe des horreurs de la guerre. ![]() ![]() Alternant entre le récit d'Hana en 1943 et celui d'Emi en 2011, Filles de la mer se lit au rythme des vagues et dévoile un pan sombre et bouleversant de l'histoire de la Seconde Guerre mondiale en Asie. Ainsi commence l'histoire de deux soeurs violemment séparées. Elle devient alors, comme des milliers d'autres Coréennes, une femme de réconfort en Mandchourie. Craignant pour sa soeur, Hana rejoint le rivage aussi vite qu'elle le peut et se laisse enlever à sa place. Aux deux filles on a maintes fois répété de ne jamais se retrouver seules avec un soldat. Un jour, alors qu'Hana est en mer, elle aperçoit un soldat japonais sur la plage qui se dirige vers Emi. ![]() Sur l'île de Jeju, au sud de la Corée, Hana et sa petite soeur Emi appartiennent à la communauté haenyeo, au sein de laquelle ce sont les femmes qui font vivre leur famille en pêchant en apnée. Résumé : Il est parfois plus difficile de respirer en dehors de l'eau que dans les profondeurs des vastes océans. ![]() ![]() ![]() Judy is a longtime advocate of intellectual freedom. She serves on the boards of the Author's Guild the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators the Key West Literary Seminar and the National Coalition Against Censorship. She is the founder and trustee of The Kids Fund, a charitable and educational foundation. Other recognitions include the Library of Congress Living Legends Award and the 2004 National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. in education from New York University in 1961, which named her a Distinguished Alumna in 1996, the same year the American Library Association honored her with the Margaret A. ![]() She receives thousands of letters a year from readers of all ages who share their feelings and concerns with her. More than 80 million copies of her books have been sold, and her work has been translated into thirty-one languages. She has also written three novels for adults, Summer Sisters Smart Women and Wifey, all of them New York Times bestsellers. Adults as well as children will recognize such Blume titles as: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Blubber Just as Long as We're Together and the five book series about the irrepressible Fudge. She has spent her adult years in many places doing the same thing, only now she writes her stories down on paper. Judy Blume spent her childhood in Elizabeth, New Jersey, making up stories inside her head. ![]() ![]() ![]() As we get the darker side of Hades, his character offers unexpected layers. In this devilishly provocative narrative, the point of view shifts between three characters: Hades, Meg and Hercules, with each bringing their own personalities and idiosyncrasies to the mix. If there’s another reason in the mix? Well, I am who I am.” ![]() “When this is all over, my Meg will thank me for the lengths I go through for her. But when truths are revealed, will it be enough for this new beginning? Ever observant, Hades is aware of Meg’s discontent and decides to bridge the gap while also getting revenge against an old nemesis. Type: Standalone in Wicked Villains seriesĪfter living with Hades for a decade, Meg believes she knows her dark and kinky master, but somehow they have managed to drift apart. ![]() ![]() ![]() Grandma Bunny has died and it’s time for them to say goodbye and thank Grandma Bunny for everything she did for them. The book shows how children might deal with serious illness and death differently to adults and gives adult readers examples of how to support children when a sibling is not expected to live. ![]() Told from the point of view of Friz, the book tells the story of her brother Benny’s illness, death and Friz’s grief. Books for adults supporting a bereaved childīOOKS FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 5 Benny’s Hatīenny’s Hat is an illustrated children’s book, which gently deals with the difficult subject of a sibling’s death to cancer in a way very young children can understand.Other helpful books (not directly about death). ![]() The books are arranged in the following categories (click to jump to each section): There are also textbooks and reference sources for people working in the area of child bereavement. ![]() We have created a list of books, which we have found helpful when working with bereaved children, young people and their families. Using stories and activities can be a really good way to explore issues with a child who has been bereaved. ![]() ![]() This report highlights some of these themes and the many individuals who, despite their often-disparate ideologies, are united in their belief that Jews or Israel played a role in the 9/11 attacks.įor twenty years, 9/11 conspiracy theories have served as a paradigm for conspiratorial takes on other tragedies and events. Although many of the original conspiracy theorists from 20 years ago remain active, a new generation of antisemites has joined them. ![]() Two decades later, antisemitic 9/11 conspiracy theories continue to thrive. ![]() Some of these conspiratorial claims directly implicated Jewish people and Israel in the attacks, in a continuation of centuries-old antisemitic tropes about Jews supposedly manipulating world events for their own benefit. In the days following the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America, conspiracy theorists across the ideological spectrum dismissed the widely accepted version of events and instead crafted alternative narratives about the perpetrators, their motive, and other details about the attacks. ![]() ![]() It was named a best book of the year by the Chicago Tribune, the Toronto Globe & Mail, the Cox newspaper chain, and the New York Public Library. Last Man Out (2002), tells the story of the 1958 Springhill, Nova Scotia, mine disaster, an Afro-Canadian hero, and an unlikely trip to the Georgia coast by the survivors during which the hero was segregated. Also a National Book Award Finalist, it won the Southern Book Critics Circle Award, the Georgia Author of the Year Award, and the ACLU National Civil Liberties Award. The Temple Bombing (1996), describes the attack on an Atlanta synagogue during the massive white resistance to de-segregation in the 1950s. Kennedy Book Award and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize, Sheetrock was named to the list of 100 works of print, radio, television, and photography cited as the best American journalism of the 20th century and included in Entertainment Weeklys special New Classics edition naming The 100 Best Books of the Last 25 Years. ![]() A finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, winner of the Robert F. ![]() ![]() Greene was a witness to the events described in Praying for Sheetrock (1991), the story of a courthouse gang on the rural coast of Georgia and the black community that tried to dislodge it. Melissa Fay Greene was born in Macon, Georgia moved to Dayton, Ohio, in childhood graduated from Oberlin College in 1975, and returned to Georgia, where she has lived in Savannah, Athens, Rome, and now Atlanta. ![]() |