![]() ![]() And what begins as a trip to escape her problems quickly becomes a way for Kimi to learn more about the mother she left behind, and to figure out where her own heart lies. She loses herself in the city's outdoor markets, art installations, and cherry blossom festival - and meets Akira, a cute aspiring med student who moonlights as a costumed mochi mascot. So when a surprise letter comes in the mail from Kimi's estranged grandparents, inviting her to Kyoto for spring break, she seizes the opportunity to get away from the disaster of her life.When she arrives in Japan, she's met with a culture both familiar and completely foreign to her. But her mother disapproves, and when they get into an explosive fight, Kimi's entire future seems on the verge of falling apart. ![]() I gobbled it up." - Maurene Goo, author of The Way You Make Me Feel Kimi Nakamura loves a good fashion statement.She's obsessed with transforming everyday ephemera into Kimi Originals: bold outfits that make her and her friends feel like the Ultimate versions of themselves. a tender love story wrapped up in food, fashion, and family. "As sweet and satisfying as actual mochi. Perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Kasie West, I Love You So Mochi is a delightfully sweet and irrepressibly funny novel from accomplished author Sarah Kuhn. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Those who have not read the book know it by hearsay as an object of affection for its readers, as ‘an absolute must-read’ - sometimes even as ‘the book of the twentieth century’. The Lord of the Rings, Le Seigneur des Anneaux, El Señor de los Anillos, Kryezoti i Unazave, Sayyid al-Khawatim, Eraztunen Jauna, Sarbadhipoti Angti, Mo Jie, La Mastro de l’Ringoj… in over fifty languages, images engraved in the reader’s mind come to life with these words: Frodo and Sam climbing Mount Orodruin in order to destroy Sauron’s ring, which they had brought from the Shire to Mordor at the risk of their lives Gollum on the steps of Cirith Ungol the fight with Shelob, or the battle on Weathertop the farewell to Lórien, or Éowyn’s grief at losing Aragorn Tom Bombadil’s peacefulness and the solace to be found in Bag End. ![]() ![]() I’m still too angry to work out my emotions when it comes to Denver Smith.Īnd out here, in the middle of nowhere, I don’t have to deal with it at all. I’m really sorry, but I can’t go into it.” Because it would involve outing someone I used to care about. Because if that’s your only roadblock, I’m going to find a way to fix it.” ![]() Because I know you loved those guys like brothers, so to go from being that close to nothing, something happened, and I want to know what it is. “I have no idea what you’re talking about. “There’s something you’re not telling me,” Cameron says. I’ve had a million missed calls from Harley, and all the voicemails about getting back together were deleted immediately. I think it could be the right move for all of you.” “I’m sure you’ve heard Harley is trying to get Eleven together again. Wow, maybe I’m even more bitter than I realized. Why I still have that loyalty, I’m not sure, because the rest of Eleven can go fuck themselves for all I care. He’s come out here twice already trying to convince me to come back-he even offered to be my manager again-but I can’t bring myself to make him break his promise that he wouldn’t choose between us. ![]() Since being home, and that’s only because I respect him too much not to return his calls. ![]() ![]() He won the Palm Dog Award at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, and was awarded with a Golden Collar Award earlier this year. His Los Angeles-based owner and trainer, Omar Von Mueller, announced. The pooch, who appeared as Jean Dujardin’s pet in the critically acclaimed silent film, has previously starred alongside Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon in Water For Elephants. Uggie, the scene-stealing Jack Russell terrier who charmed audiences in the Oscar-winning 2011 film The Artist, has died. ![]() With my keen sight and sense of smell, I could tell that something was up. Read an Excerpt Without wonder and insight, acting is just a business. Uggie, dressed up for the occasion in a smart black bow tie, left his prints beside the handprints of stars including Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe. Uggie is the beloved Jack Russell Terrier best known for his roles in The Artist and Water for Elephants. If he made it, you guys can adopt a dog, and even if he doesn’t make it on the big screen he’ll be the star in your house.” “Pretty much the main message that Uggie would like to send to everyone out there is to please go out and adopt. Von Muller said: “Everybody thinks I am great trainer. The 10-year-old Jack Russell - who retired from showbiz following his star-making performance in Oscar-winning movie The Artist - took part in the ceremony in Los Angeles Monday alongside his trainer Omar von Muller. ![]() Uggie has become the first dog to leave his prints outside Hollywood’s Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Romeo and Juliet is a set text for Key Stage 3 students in England, and still remains one of the most popular texts for study across the globe. A very valuable message for children and adults alike. It harbours the poignant message of letting the wounds of family problems go, and not letting your emotions rule your life and how you are as a person. Along with Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet was one of his most famous pieces in his lifetime, and still is today. Probably the best known tale of love and romance in human history! Romeo and Juliet is an enduring tragedy about two young lovers, whose deaths ultimately restore peace between their feuding families. They have descriptive illustrations, on-page notes and offer clear background information to set this tragic tale within its context of creation. Our discount prices cannot be beaten and the Oxford School Shakespeare titles have been designed for the perfect learning experience. The romantic tragedy that steals a tear from readers and audiences alike in the 21st century as it did in Elizabethan England. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() pour une histoire féministe de l'artĪLLISON, Dorothy Peau. ![]() Health / Ecology / Feminism / Animal StudiesĪLLAIN BONILA, Marie-Laure BLANCE, Emilie RENARD, Johanna ZABUNYAN, Elvan (eds.)ĪLLAIN BONILA, Marie-Laure BLANCE, Emilie RENARD, Johanna ZABUNYAN, Elvan (eds.) Constellations subjectives. LEVIT, Briar (ed.) Baseline Shift: Untold Stories of Women in Graphic Design HistoryĪBASHIDZE, Elene TARKHAN-MOURAVI, Lika (ed.)ĪBASHIDZE, Elene TARKHAN-MOURAVI, Lika (ed.) Danarti #15 - MarijanĪDAMS, Carol J. D'EAUBONNE, Françoise Le féminisme ou la mort ![]() ![]() ![]() The plot pits two gods fighting for the love of a mortal nymph, the titular Io. it's a gift, really."Īs it turns out, Io is a hilarious one-act opera-ballet. "I hope the American public feels that because. "To try to complete the work and give it a possible life at last after almost three hundred years, it was quite a challenge, believe me," Bouissou tells Morning Edition host Leila Fadel. The longtime Rameau expert recently completed the 18th century French composer's unfinished manuscript of Io, which received its world premiere at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., this week, with an additional performance at New York's El Museo del Barrio next week. ![]() "We don't know anything about this opera, not the name of the librettist, nor the theater for which it was intended, nor the date of composition and why Rameau has not completed this opera," says French musicologist Sylvie Bouissou. But the birth of Jean-Philippe Rameau's Io has been a long time coming - in fact, it took about 280 years. Belgian soprano Gwendoline Blondeel performs as la Folie (madness) in the Opera Lafayette production of Jean-Philippe Rameau's recently completed 18th century opera Io. ![]() ![]() I felt a lot of guilt around that because I thought, I’ve been to one of the most prestigious medical schools in Edinburgh, I’ve got an immunology degree, specialist exams, GP exams, with all those so-called ticks, but I wasn’t able to protect my own son from getting really sick from a preventable vitamin deficiency. “It was pivotal for me, because not only was that the scariest thing to happen to any parent – we didn’t know whether he would make it that night, we thought we might lose him – but ultimately he nearly died from a preventable vitamin deficiency. ![]() Essentially, he’d had a convulsion because of low levels of calcium in his blood, which we found out later was secondary to low levels of vitamin D. “When we got there, the medical staff were clearly really worried and put lines in his neck. They made the hazardous car journey in the snow to hospital. “He’d been very phlegmy that day, so I turned him on his front and tried thumping him on his back to clear his airway, as I thought he might be choking, but nothing was happening,” Chatterjee (43) recalls. She had my son in her arms and said, ‘Rangan, he’s stopped moving’. I was in the kitchen when my wife called out to me. I can still remember it like it was yesterday. ![]() “We went on holiday one Christmas to Chamonix. ![]() ![]() WHEN bestselling author, podcaster, GP and TV medical expert Dr Rangan Chatterjee’s six-month-old son nearly died on a family holiday in France, it changed his approach towards medicine. ![]() ![]() ![]() Introducing the MIT Walker Collection - bringing innovative new STEAM books written by experts.25 books about the outdoors to inspire your green-fingered kids for National Gardening Week.Announcing the Children's and Young Adult Jhalak Prize Shortlist.Empathy Day steps up a gear as it returns for its seventh year – at a time of great need.20+ Brilliant Books Featuring Unforgettable Deaf or Hard of Hearing Characters for Deaf Awareness Week.Celebrate King Charles III and his Coronation with these Majestic Children's Books. ![]()
![]() Read all the Hairy Maclary and Friends books by Lynley Dodd! She worked as a teacher before beginning to write her own books in 1974. She is enormously popular for her rhyming stories of the unforgettable HAIRY MACLARY and his friends. Lynley Dodd is an award-winning author/illustrator who lives in New Zealand. So Slinky Malinki, with mischievous glee, creeps out from the shadows to climb up the tree. With its reindeer, ribbons, baubles and bells, it's too tempting a treat for Slinky not to investigate. ![]() ![]() Festive preparations are being made in Slinky Malinki's house and the rapscallion, mischievous cat is most curious about the Christmas tree. ' So begins Lynley Dodd's cracking Christmas tale told in her usual rollicking, rhythmic rhyme. ![]() Trinkets and tinsel with baubles and bows, a mouse with a hat and a very red nose. ![]() Out came the tree, dressed up in finery, splendid to see. Slinky Malinki's Christmas Crackers is a hilarious rhyming story by Lynley Dodd. ![]() |