Welcome to the world, book babies! We’ve got a new Don Winslow novel! We’ve got an innovative book in which you can choose your own starting point! We’ve got dinosaurs!! There’s something for everyone here. * Don Winslow, City on Fire (William Morrow) “City of Fire, with its large cast of memorable characters and low-key allusions to classical literature, maintains Mr. Winslow’s well-earned place in these ranks. The book displays earthy eroticism, rough ethnic humor and a cyclical worldview as old as Ecclesiastes.” –The Wall Street Journal Michelle de Kretser, Scary Monsters (Catapult) “Michelle de Kretser’s fiction does more than beckon us in; it requires us to show up. The reward is room to wonder in both senses of the...
It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for a new batch of book releases! Here are a few of the books out today you should add to your TBR. This is a very small percentage of the new releases this week, as well as a few others you may have missed from recent weeks. Make sure to stick around until the end for some more Book Riot resources for keeping up with new books. The book descriptions listed are the publisher’s, unless otherwise noted. Finding Me by Viola Davis This is my story, from a crumbling apartment in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to the stage in New York City, and beyond. This is the path I took to finding my purpose...
Contains ideas some readers may find offensive. Between 1948 and 1994, South Africa suffered under apartheid, which treated 'whites' as superior to 'blacks', and maintained a state of segregation by force for decades. Under this brutal regime, South Africa's police force routinely tortured political dissidents and caused the violent deaths of a distressing number of black people. When this repressive government fell after the release and election of Nelson Mandela, the country faced an immense challenge: how could it rebuild trust between its citizens? Their solution was a 'truth and reconciliation' commission, which listened to the tragedies suffered and invited those who had endured the worst human rights abuses to testify. The commission offered amnesty from prosecution to all who...
3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Practice You’ll LOVE! Teachers, are you in need of 3rd-grade reading comprehension practice? This blog post has a resource that will make your heart very happy (as well as very happy students!). Reading comprehension is SO IMPORTANT. But passages can be… well… really boring. How do we get students motivated and excited to practice their reading comprehension skills when they are bored out of their minds with yet again another passage? Say HELLO to color by number reading comprehension! Keep reading to learn more about color by number reading comprehension and how it will completely transform your students‘ comprehension skills. Don’t forget to grab the reading comprehension FREEBIE at the end of the post for a free...
Small business owners use Microsoft PowerPoint presentations for multiple purposes. Be it a sales presentation, elevator pitch, or financial presentation, PowerPoint never lets you down. So, learning how to make a PowerPoint into a video can go a long way, for a video has more reach and better conversion than most content formats. There are two options to turn PowerPoint presentations into videos – the first is an Export option, and the other is a Save As option. This article will explore both the options to help you convert your personal or professional presentations into videos. How to Turn a PowerPoint into a Video Here is the step-by-step process to export a file as a video: 1. Go to the...
