john hughes 62 parminder nagra, keira knightley, anupam kher 170 votes bend it like beckham breaks barriers with its tale of cultural understanding, ambition, and the love for soccer. the inspiring journey of two teenage girls, played by parminder nagra and keira knightley, rebounds with charm,...
I hope that Andrew continues to read and write in retirement for many years, but meanwhile we haveConversations by the Sea: a book that ought to be on the reading list of every newly-ordained minister and minister in formation, and near the top of the list of books that more experienced ...
But the Kraal may not be the only danger, especially for a teenage girl and her ward. Not all survivors are willing to be as open and welcoming as Ashe. Dystopian worlds with teenagers (particularly teenage girls) are certainly nothing new and author Brandon Gillespie’s biggest challenge is...
I was struck by a comment quoted in the recent issue of Teaching Tolerance from a conservative Christian high school student, who wrote in The American Conservative magazine, “[The alt-right] has swallowed up most of the guys in the senior class at my school. Every discussion devolves into...
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Tagged: 4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Middle Grade, Reviews, Young Adult. Leave a comment It’s been a few years since I’ve read a book that could very easily qualify for the prestigious Caldecott Award, but Cary Fagan’s Hans Christian Andersen Lives Next Door is just such a book....
Cast: François Cluzet, Omar Sy, Anne Le Ny, Audrey Fleurot, Clotilde Mollet, Alba Gaïa Kraghede Bellugi, Cyril Mendy, Christian Ameri, Salimata Kamate, Marie-Laure Descoureaux. Overview: A true story of two men who should never have met - a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in...
As a well-educated Catholic woman, O'Connor had to balance her own rational thoughts with her faith, and the tension of such a balancing act plays out in interesting ways in the short story. Joy/Hulga's choice to reject her own name, Joy—a name that carries Christian conno...
One of my parents, who is not even a person of a Christian faith, recently told me that they thought we might be going through what the Bible refers to as the “End Times.” This parent went on to say that they had never seen anything like this in all their years. I don’t know...
Astrais a beguiling debut novel that reveals the different faces of one woman, as seen through the eyes of ten people over a lifetime. Longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and named a Best Book of the Year by theGlobe and Mail,Winnipeg Free Press, and CBC Books....