![]() ![]() The concept of racism is supported by a power system that believes that all people of color are inferior in every aspect of their lives: economics, education, entertainment, employment, law, religion, sex and sexuality, military, and healthcare, just to name a few. Before unpacking the psychological impact of racism, and its effects on one’s mental health, it is important to understand the social underpinnings of racism. ![]() Racism is a term that is used loosely and can generate misunderstanding, confusion, and distress. While systemic racism is a complex issue that largely impacts communities of color, there is room for opportunity to explore definitions of systemic racism, the effects of systemic racism, and solutions and interventions to overcome the short- and long-term effects of race-based stress. ![]() One focus area in trauma-informed care at Sunstone Counseling is race-based stress, which are symptoms that individuals experience after being exposed to distressing or life-threatening experiences, such as systemic racism or discrimination. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() She's arrived in a mysterious package.but she looks so familiar. In The Runaway Dolls, "Best friends Annabelle Doll and Tiffany Funcraft have stumbled upon an unexpected visitor, a new doll named Tilly May. In The Meanest Doll in the World, Annabelle and Tiffany sneak off to school with Kate, hiding in her backpack, but when school's out, they climb into the wrong one and end up at another girl's house, where the meet Princess Mimi, a.k.a. In the first book, they form the Society for Exploration and Location of Missing Persons to search for Annabelle's Auntie Sarah, who's been missing for 45 years. ![]() Eight year-old Kate Palmer owns a hundred year-old china doll named Annabelle and a more recent plastic doll named Tiffany, and they're best friends. Welcome to The Doll People and the world of dolls come to life when we're not looking. Martin and Laura Godwin, illustrated by Brian Selznick. First edition of The Runaway Dolls by Ann M. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A decade later, Return of a King told the story of British military misadventure in Afghanistan between 18. When “East and West, Islam and Christianity appeared to be engaged in another major confrontation”, it provided “a timely reminder that it is indeed very possible – and has always been possible – to reconcile the two worlds”. White Mughals, published in 2002, recounted an unlikely love story between an ambitious EIC soldier and a Muslim Indian princess. ![]() Dalrymple’s work has been justly praised for introducing the voices of the conquered and colonised alongside those more traditionally cited. He has been at the forefront of the new wave of popular history, consistently producing work that sacrifices nothing in historical accuracy or insight but engages with a wider audience through writerly craft, an emphasis on characters and their agency, evocative description of place and time, and the inclusion of long-neglected perspectives. Photograph: AC Cooper/De Agostini via Getty Imagesĭalrymple made his name with a series of erudite travel books before switching to histories that have recounted British engagement with south Asia in the 18th and 19th centuries. A British Library print of the storming of Delhi during the Sepoy uprising (1857-1858) against the rule of the British East India Company, known as the Indian Mutiny. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "convoluted but not oppressive", "short and sweet", "dark, scary, and timely", "easy to read" Read Moreīrowse 1708 recommendations to read after The Secret History As Richard is drawn into their inner circle, he learns a t. 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Gargoyles trust no one outside their Clan, but due to a cryptic prophecy, Terak, Leader of the Gargoyles, has been watching over the human woman for months. Her life is as ordinary as it gets - that is, until one day she walks out of her apartment and is attacked by a mob of Zombies, only to be saved by a Gargoyle. Larissa Miller may have been born after the Great Collision, but as a history teacher who lives in the human-only city, she has never come into contact with any other race or species, nor has she wanted to. Gryphons flying past skyscrapers? Wizards battling it out in coffeehouses? Women riding motorcycles with large swords strapped to their backs? 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This is their story Hunter is telling so beautifully and profoundly, and ours as well. ![]() But the true wonder of the book is how convincingly Hunter inhabits these characters, each modeled after her own family members. Her engrossing and deeply affecting account of how the Kurc family survives the Holocaust, against every possible odd, will leave you breathless. "Reading Georgia Hunter's We Were the Lucky Ones is like being swung heart first into history. Selected as a Great Group Read by the Women's National Book Association Hunter sidesteps hollow sentimentality and nihilism, revealing instead the beautiful complexity and ambiguity of life in this extraordinarily moving tale." "The story that so grippingly comes across in the pages of We Were the Lucky Ones isn't strictly fiction-the characters and events that inhabit this Holocaust survival story are based on her family's own history." We come to care deeply about the fate of each of these resourceful, determined characters." Her novel brings the Kurcs to life in heart-pounding detail, from passionate young love and beloved traditions to narrow escapes, heartbreaking choices, starvation, imprisonment and torture. "Turning history into fiction can be tricky, especially when using real names and details. ![]() ![]() ![]() Watson would later call CRISPR “the most important discovery since DNA’s structure,” Walter Isaacson writes in The Code Breaker. Today, she credits the book and her insatiable inquisitiveness for driving her to become a scientist and for setting the foundation for her to codiscover, nearly four decades later, a set of molecular scissors called CRISPR that can edit the genetic blueprint of life. ![]() Doudna sped through the pages, absorbing how Watson and Francis Crick deciphered the structure of DNA. ![]() Noticing that curiosity, Doudna’s father left James Watson’s book The Double Helix on her bed one day. “What causes the leaves to close when you touch them?” a young Jennifer Doudna wondered growing up in Hawaii. With the slightest touch, the fernlike vine known as sleeping grass folds over on itself, like a Venus flytrap closing its flaps. ![]() ![]() ![]() "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Edwards, Sonoma County Library, Santa Rosa, CAĬopyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. Although their short length and sly humor would make the books appeal to reluctant readers, the difficult font makes it hard to recommend them to that audience.Ĭarol A. ![]() Although "The Princess Tales" lack the complexity of plot and fantastical invention found in Levine's Ella Enchanted (HarperCollins, 1997), they make a nice addition to the genre of novels based on and yet departing from traditional tales. There is a rich use of language and spirited characters, especially the females. The Princess Test is based on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Princess and the Pea." Illustrated with full-page pen-and-ink drawings, both retellings are delightfully lighthearted, with little doubt that good will ultimately triumph over evil. The Fairy's Mistake is a play on "Toads and Diamonds," a story from Perrault about gifts given by a witch to two sisters, one kind and the other unkind. : The Princess Test (The Princess Tales) (9780439227575) by Gail Carson Levine and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books. ![]() ![]() Grade 3-6-Two novellas that are grounded in well-known tales and set in the magical kingdom of Biddle. ![]() ![]() I made my own mind the sole judge of truth. That I spurned all advice given by my friends. I worked hard so that my body could endure more. I was never ashamed of following the saints. I would sing the refrain with a pure heart. I would join the chorus that followed the lead singers, I had learnt some sayings of the saints by roteĪnd I reproduced them with reverence and faith. On the day of ekadashi², my untutored way. In the beginning, I used to perform keertan¹ there. 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