"Your best friends won't tell you what not to wear. But we're not your friends. And we will." The popular BBC show What Not to Wear begins with this "reassuring" message from the hosts, Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine. They spend the rest of the episode making over and fashion-policing some badly-dressed woman who's been nominated for the show by the people who supposedly love her. The underlying positive message is that any woman can look good if she wears the right clothes.
Though Trinny (real name: Sarah-Jane) and Susannah have become world-famous as TV hosts, they first teamed up
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter By Carson McCullers
by T Akery March 28th, 2011 | New Releases
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter is listed on Oprah's Book Club. It centers around a town in the Great Depression. The story is about the individuals in that town who are struggling against poverty, racism, growing up, and other hardships that life throws at people.
Growing up poor is hard for 12-year old Mick, who has a passion for music. She must accept the facts of unfulfilled dreams. Her younger brother makes a terrible mistake that he will pay for the rest of his life. A black lawyer admires Karl Marx and struggles against the circumstances that sends his
Growing up poor is hard for 12-year old Mick, who has a passion for music. She must accept the facts of unfulfilled dreams. Her younger brother makes a terrible mistake that he will pay for the rest of his life. A black lawyer admires Karl Marx and struggles against the circumstances that sends his
Wings by Aprilynne Pike
by Junou Mathieu March 25th, 2011 | Fiction, Young Adults
In the book called Wings by Aprilynne Pike, Laurel has always been a tad different from the other kids. She doesn’t sleep much, drinks more than she eats, and prefers vegetables and fruits to potato chips and French fries. Both Laurel and her parents never expected these differences to be any more than just differences.
Fifteen-year-old Laurel – the ‘new girl’ – only wishes to make friends in her first year of attending public school as a sophomore. On her first day of school, she meets David, a boy who will serve as her loyal best friend for the remainder
Fifteen-year-old Laurel – the ‘new girl’ – only wishes to make friends in her first year of attending public school as a sophomore. On her first day of school, she meets David, a boy who will serve as her loyal best friend for the remainder
The Things A Brother Knows By Dana Reinhardt
by Chang Song March 23rd, 2011 | Young Adults
At times, parents have a hard time getting their kids interested in reading a wide range of books or any book at all. But those parents keep trying because they understand that even with all of the technology nowadays, picking up a book is still the best way for their kids to gain knowledge and wisdom. With that in mind, one of the books that can get these video game-crazed kids' attention and actually interest them in reading is The Things A Brother Knows.
The Things A Brother Knows is written by Dana Reinhardt, a very accomplished young adult fiction
The Things A Brother Knows is written by Dana Reinhardt, a very accomplished young adult fiction
First Do No Harm By Lisa Belkin
by T Akery March 21st, 2011 | Nonfiction
First Do No Harm by Lisa Belkin documents the tough decisions that doctors have to make in order to treat their patients. Often their decisions have no real answers and sometimes there is no good choice. It is the basic struggle of how to help patients and still maintain some hope even in the face of incredible odds. It also brings up the question of how much human life is really worth yet still addresses the aspect of placing the massive costs of health care on loved ones and the decisions they have to make about treatment.
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