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Two sisters can’t stand to live together, but can’t bear to be apart. One worships the flashy world of Nashville, the other is a devout Pentecostal. One falls into the lap of any man, the other is afraid to even date. One gets pregnant in a flash, the other desperately wants to have a child. This is what’s at the heart of Silas House’s third novel, which tells the story of Easter and Anneth, tragically left parentless as children, who must raise themselves and each other in their small coal-mining town.

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A little girl, out cross-country skiing with her father, thinks about the various ways familiar animals survive the harsh winter weather. Over the snow, the world is hushed and white. But under the snow exists a secret kingdom of squirrels and snow hares, bears and bullfrogs, and many other animals that live through the winter safe and warm, awake and busy, under the snow. Discover the wonder and activity that lies beneath winter's snowy landscape in this magical audiobook.

The summer of 1976 should have been the best of times for nature-loving Eli Book, but instead it is filled with terrible changes. His sister begins to hate her country. His beautiful but distant mother is caught between his traumatized Vietnam War vet father and his former antiwar protester aunt, who has come to live with them. And the only person with whom he can be himself, his best friend, Edie, begins to turn inward when her parents split up. Watching from the sidelines while his world falls apart, Eli must take his first courageous steps toward truth-telling and adulthood.

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Meena and River have a lot in common: fathers forced to work away from home to make ends meet, grandmothers who mean the world to them, and faithful dogs. But Meena is an Indian immigrant girl living in New York City’s Chinatown, while River is a Kentucky coal miner’s son. As Meena’s family studies for citizenship exams and River’s town faces devastating mountaintop removal, this unlikely pair become pen pals, sharing thoughts and, as their camaraderie deepens, discovering common ground in their disparate experiences.

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In the aftermath of a flood that washes away much of a small Tennessee town, evangelical preacher Asher Sharp offers shelter to two gay men. In doing so, he starts to see his life anew - and risks losing everything: his wife, locked into her religious prejudices; his congregation, which shuns Asher after he delivers a passionate sermon in defense of tolerance; and his young son, Justin, caught in the middle of what turns into a bitter custody battle. With no way out but ahead, Asher takes Justin and flees to Key West, where he hopes to find his brother, Luke, whom he'd turned against years ago after Luke came out.

En af tidens hårdeste kampe er den, der bliver udkæmpet inden for identitet. I en konflikt mellem modsætninger bruger man bruger sin identitet til at adskille sig fra andre og til at forene sig med andre med samme identitet. Modsætningerne går for eksempel på køn, etnicitet, ulighed og religion. Konflikten opstår især i krisetider, hvor man vil gerne vide, hvem man skal rette sin vrede imod. Her er identitetspolitikkens klare svar: De andre! De sociale medier er gunstige miljøer for at skabe konflikter, for her dyrkes adskillelsen mellem to identiteter.

Inés, jeg vil gøre ALT for at vågne op af dette mareridt. Jeg vil grave min vej gennem jordkloden med en teske, hvis du venter på mig på den anden side. Eller jeg vil dø. Bare for at tage chancen og se, om vi mødes det sted, de kristne kalder Himmelen. Jeg er så stolt af dig. Så stolt af, hvem du er. Fortalte jeg dig nogensinde virkelig det? Jeg er så stolt af de ting, du er, som jeg aldrig kan blive. Sådan skriver Daniel i en nytteløs mail til sin afdøde 30-årige storesøster, Inès.

Published in 1864, this collection of children's poetry and short stories includes: "The Curly Fish", "Bun, the Squirrel", "The Bird and the Field Mouse", "The Wolf That Wanted a Doctor", "Little Bobby Redbreast", "Tomorrow'll Be Christmas", "Old Wine in a New Bottle", "Naughty Harry", "Harry's Birthday", "Real Magic", "Careless Sophia", "Tommy's Trials", "Little Mabel", and "The Tale of the Great Giant Smokey Pokey".

Critically acclaimed author Silas House’s A Parchment of Leaves was named Kentucky Novel of the Year and won a special achievement award from the Fellowship of Southern Writers. In 1917 rural Kentucky, Saul Sullivan marries a beautiful Cherokee woman named Vine. They weather the storm of prejudice, but when Saul temporarily moves away to work a better job, his younger brother makes advances on Vine that are not welcome and ultimately lead to tragedy.

Over the swamp, the barred owl hoots, and the great egret swoops down on snowy wings. The slow mazes of waterways are quiet with the shush of reeds and grasses. But under the swamp’s soft shadows, there’s a whole hidden world of panthers and orchids, red-bellied turtles and raccoons, lurking alligators and singing frogs. Discover the magical reaches of the Everglades and all the fascinating creatures living just out of sight in its branches and depths—over and under the wetland.

“Biz kardeşiz! Bu yüzden birbirimize çok benzeriz. Ben geldim diye unutuldun sanma, ikimizin yeri de bambaşka. Masalı yazanla anlaştık, kuyruğuma siyah tüy taktık. Böylece aramızda bir fark olacak ama kardeşliğimiz bozulmayacak!” Tulpar’ın Pegasus’a, Nardaniye Hanım’ın Pamuk Prenses’e ya da Mercimek Çocuk’un Parmak Çocuk’a benzediğini biliyor muydunuz? Yoksa bu benzetilen kahramanları hiç duymadınız mı? Karışık Kuruşuk Masallar, zamanında anlatılan ancak zamanla unutulan kahramanlarla tanıştırıyor sizi.

“Eğer kabuğunda kalmaya devam etseydin beni göremezdin. Beni göremeseydin derdini söyleyemezdin. Derdini söyledin bana, şimdi çıkacağız yola! Hem şöyle bir düşünsen, anlarsın dünyanın hâlinden… Kim farklı değil ki birbirinden? Unutma ki farklılıklardır bizi güzelleştiren.” Mercimek Çocuk’un Parmak Çocuk’a, Nardaniye Hanım’ın Pamuk Prenses’e ya da Tulpar’ın Pegasus’a benzediğini biliyor muydunuz? Yoksa bu kahramanları hiç duymadınız mı? Karışık Kuruşuk Masallar, zamanında anlatılan ancak zamanla unutulan kahramanlarla tanıştırıyor sizi.

“Kurtarılmak için prens mi beklemeli? Bu bekleyişe bir son vermeli! Benim aklıma çok güzel bir fikir geldi. Madem Pamuk Prenses’in yediği elma zehirli, bu zehri boğazından çıkarmak gerekli. Şimdi hep beraber düşünmeli, bir çözüm üretmeli. Vakit, birlik olma vakti.” Nardaniye Hanım’ın Pamuk Prenses’e, Mercimek Çocuk’un Parmak Çocuk’a ya da Tulpar’ın Pegasus’a benzediğini biliyor muydunuz? Yoksa bu benzetilen kahramanları hiç duymadınız mı? Karışık Kuruşuk Masallar, zamanında anlatılan ancak zamanla unutulan kahramanlarla tanıştırıyor sizi.

Heyecanla beklenen Bal Bayramı’nda bir oyun yarışması düzenlenecektir. Küçük ayı Turtayı, bu yarışmaya katılmak ister. Ancak kardeşlerinin aksine, oyun bulmak onun için çok zordur. Bir türlü başaramaz. Peki, ne yapmalıdır? Acaba dedesi *hayal et* derken neyi kastetmiştir? Turtayı yılın orman oyuncusu seçilebilecek midir? Olacakları merak ettiyseniz haydi Bal Bayramı’na! Orada neler mi var? Dans, bal, masal, seksek, bal, eğlence, topaç, bal, uçurtma, tekerleme, bal, bilmece, müzik, bal, oyun, bal, bal ve bal, çokça bal.

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When the deep-space vessel Covenant encounters an impossible planet where none should exist, xenobiologist Rowan Hale knows something is wrong before the alarms ever sound. The anomaly doesn’t just pull them off course. It responds.