![]() This one has a bounty of fun history, and beautiful photos and illustrations. This collection highlights Jack Sparrow, of course, but also the literary pirates of Disney history such as Captain Hook and Long John Silver. However, the most impressive release takes a look at all of Disney’s pirate connections from the past 90 years, well beyond the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction and movie franchise, Disney Pirates: The Definitive Collector’s Anthology: Ninety Years of Pirates in Disney Feature Films, Television Shows, and Parks by Michael Singer. One of these releases is the young adult Dead Men Tell No Tales movie novelization by Elizabeth Rudnick. ![]() On April 11, Disney released four new Pirates-centered titles, ranging from a young readers’ picture book to a collection of its history with these salty rogues. In addition, the fifth installment in the movie franchise it inspired, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, sails into theaters May 26. The classic attraction, which debuted on Maat Disneyland Park’s New Orleans Square, is celebrating its 50 th Anniversary. ![]() It’s been a big year of Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean, and there is plenty of adventure on the horizon. ![]() Disney released new Pirates of the Caribbean books this week, celebrating 50 years of the favorite park attraction, the fifth installment in the movie franchise, and nearly a century of Disney’s love of high seas adventure. ![]()
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5/30/2023 0 Comments A Latent Dark by Martin Kee![]() ![]() Contradicting results regarding the frequency of MAIT cells in latent Mtb infection have been reported. Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) and invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells are innate T cells that can recognize Mtb-infected cells. HIV-1 infection is associated with an increased incidence of active tuberculosis, even in virally suppressed individuals. Despite intensive research efforts, it is not well understood why some individuals control Mtb infection and some others develop active disease. ![]() Increasing drug resistance and the lack of an effective vaccine are the main factors contributing to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) being a major cause of death globally. 4Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa, São Paulo, Brazil.3Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States.2School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.1Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Replay by sharon creech![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The elements of the play-within-the-novel device and the inclusion of Leo's frequent daydreams make the story's transition to audio a bit rough. But fantasy and reality dovetail nicely at the end as Leo learns more about his family and his role in it. Along with learning his lines, Leo spends much of his time rewinding and replaying scenes from his life, of course, dramatically fashioned to his liking. None of his accomplishments seems to measure up to his siblings' efforts and he is the only one excited about his winning a role in the school production of drama teacher Mr. Though he has a grand imagination and big dreams, young Leo often feels invisible in his large Italian family. The play's the thing in this uneven audio adaptation of Creech's latest novel. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Book tiny habits![]() ![]() Whether you want to lose weight, de-stress, sleep better, or be more productive each day, Tiny Habits makes it easy to achieve-by starting small. This proven, step-by-step guide will help you design habits and make them stick through positive emotion and celebrating small successes. Fogg shows you how to feel good about your successes instead of bad about your failures. With breakthrough discoveries in every chapter, you’ll learn the simplest proven ways to transform your life. Based on twenty years of research and Fogg’s experience coaching more than 40,000 people, Tiny Habits cracks the code of habit formation. “There are many great books on the topic : The Power of Habit, Atomic Habits, but this offers the most comprehensive, practical, simple, and compassionate method I've ever come across.” -John Stepper, Goodreads userīJ FOGG is here to change your life-and revolutionize how we think about human behavior. Fogg’s new and extremely practical method picks up where Atomic Habits left off. With Tiny Habits you’ll increase productivity by tapping into positive emotions to create a happier and healthier life. New York Times Bestseller | A habit expert from Stanford University shares his breakthrough method for building habits quickly and easily. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Nasty gal ceo![]() ![]() ![]() In the past eleven months alone, we have already seen the impacts of Sheree’s strategic thinking and approach in our product offering and experience. ![]() “Sheree brings a wealth of experience in both business and leadership that will help guide us into the next phases of our growth. “Today is an incredible day at Nasty Gal,” said Amoruso in a press statement. ![]() Prior to that she held roles as president of Speedo North America and vice president of merchandising, women’s, for Levi’s.Īs president and chief product officer at Nasty Gal, Waterson oversaw the merchandising, planning, and production functions of the company. Waterson was previously executive vice president and chief product officer at Lululemon from June 2008 to April 2013. While Amoruso has officially laid claim to the title “Girlboss” after her book of the same name, she is handing over the CEO reins to her president and chief product officer Sheree Waterson, who has been at Nasty Gal since February 2014. Nasty Gal founder Sophia Amoruso has announced that she will step down as CEO of the company she turned from a small eBay business into a major fashion brand and e-tailer. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments We were the lucky ones hunter![]() Driven by an unwavering will to survive and by the fear that they may never see one another again, the Kurcs must rely on hope, ingenuity, and inner strength to persevere.Īn extraordinary, propulsive novel, We Were the Lucky Ones demonstrates how in the face of the twentieth century’s darkest moment, the human spirit can endure and even thrive.ĭuring the war, their options were fewer, the stakes higher, their mission singular. But soon the horrors overtaking Europe will become inescapable and the Kurcs will be flung to the far corners of the world, each desperately trying to navigate his or her own path to safety.Īs one sibling is forced into exile, another attempts to flee the continent, while others struggle to escape certain death, either by working grueling hours on empty stomachs in the factories of the ghetto or by hiding as gentiles in plain sight. ![]() The talk around the family Seder table is of new babies and budding romance, not of the increasing hardships threatening Jews in their hometown of Radom, Poland. It is the spring of 1939 and three generations of the Kurc family are doing their best to live normal lives, even as the shadow of war grows closer. of Pages: 403 Click here to view Trigger Warningsĭeath, Murder, Exile, Starvation, War themes Publication: 14 February 2017 | Read: 9 October 2020 Genre(s): Historical Fiction | Age Group: Adult ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments American Elves by John E. Roth![]() Long scraggly hair, hiding pellet-like eyes, and a sharp knife-like nose. “What of you, old hag,” Trauco countered. Such a husband is far from inspiring desire.” “No one but I would marry so ugly a being like you, with your long nose, beady eyes, and stubs for feet. Resulting in the loss of his feet.įiura still married Trauco but irritated by his recklessness she taunted and teased. Drunk with glee, Trauco paid little attention to what was going on around him. To purchase special items for the celebration Trauco joined a group of men. Now it so happens that on one such day, Trauco and Fiura, the two had long been engaged. ![]() Most of their time was free and unimpeded by thoughts of earning a living or working, but when the need did arise Trauco would become a lumberjack or woodcutter. ![]() ![]() Here among the dense forests of Chiloé Island, the people have long attached much promiscuity to an elusive mythical couple.ĭeep in the forest, among the security of large trees lived a pair of supernatural beings. This creature comes from Chilota Mythology associated with Southern Chile. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Paul young author of the shack![]() Though initially intended only to help his family understand faith, The Shack, as well as Young’s later books, also attempt to combat a perceived decline in faith and growing disillusionment with religion. Young has gone on to write other Christian-themed novels. Just a few years later, the book had rocketed to the top of The New York Times’ bestseller list, catching on largely thanks to word-of-mouth and church groups who shared the book. Friends saw potential in the book and encouraged him to self-publish it. ![]() One year, he wrote The Shack as a Christmas gift for his six children. Though Young held down a number of jobs-working in churches, construction companies, insurance, food processing, and more-he never imagined himself as a professional author. From there, Young attended Bible College and received an undergraduate degree in religion. ![]() Though Young was sent to boarding school at the age of six and moved around schools in Western Canada for the rest of his education, his early days in New Guinea were formative. ![]() The Dani became a second family to Young, teaching him their language and welcoming him into their homes. There, he became close with the Dani people, an ethnic group from the region. In his case, Young spent the first ten years of his life in the highlands of New Guinea, where his parents were missionaries. William Paul Young had what he calls an “unusual” upbringing-although he also likes to point out that each person’s life story is unusual in its own way. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Needful things leland gaunt![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Gaunt's first customer is a boy named Brian Rusk who buys a rare baseball card featuring Mickey Mantle in exchange for 95 cents and a prank on his neighbor Wilma Wadlowski Jerzyck. Gaunt demands payment both in cash and in small "favors", usually pranks played by his customers on their neighbors. The store sells various items of great personal worth to the residents (some of which, like a pendant that eases pain or a toy which predicts the outcome of horse races, are clearly supernatural). ( February 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Ī mysterious proprietor named Leland Gaunt, claiming to be from Akron, Ohio, arrives in the small town of Castle Rock, Maine in a sinister-looking black car and opens a new antique store called "Needful Things". Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Red country joe![]() ![]() With their old life gone up in smoke, they follow the kidnappers to get the children back. After provisioning in town, Shy and Lamb come back to find their farm burned to the ground, their old friend Gully hanged and the two children Ro and Pit gone. Shy South and her stepfather Lamb live in a farmstead south of the little town Squaredeal in the Near Country, a lawless and largely unsettled land west of Starikland. Even worse it will force them into alliance with Nicomo Cosca, infamous soldier of fortune, and his feckless lawyer, Temple, two men no one should ever have to trust. Their journey will take them across the barren plains to a frontier town gripped by gold fever, through feud, duel and massacre, high into the unmapped mountains to a reckoning with the Ghosts. And out in the lawless Far Country, the past never stays buried. But it turns out Lamb’s buried a bloody past of his own. She sets off in pursuit with only a pair of oxen and her cowardly old step father Lamb for company. Shy South hoped to bury her bloody past and ride away smiling, but she’ll have to sharpen up some bad old ways to get her family back, and she’s not a woman to flinch from what needs doing. ![]() |