I didn’t have the support I needed.”Īs an adult, Stevenson continued to face anti-LGBTQ+ bias. “I didn’t feel safe in the school anymore. Stevenson dropped out of high school after a fellow student found a love letter Stevenson had written to another girl. It’s not the first time Texas has made Stevenson feel unwelcome. She now does the job from Washington, D.C., where she moved last year with her wife and two children to escape the increasing amount of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in her home state of Texas. In 2021 she became the first Black CEO of the non-profit organization Family Equality. Stevenson had what she calls “COVID clarity” in 2020, taking stock of what she really wanted out of life and ditching her steady career in corporate finance to help lead the fight for queer families’ rights full-time. After experiencing discrimination from her parents, school, adoption agencies, and too many others, Stacey Stevenson has formed a happy family and found a home working for acceptance for all LGBTQ+ families like hers.
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Richards Prize by the American Historical Association for her book Ashoka in Ancient India. Her book Ashoka in Ancient India was awarded the 2016 John F. Nayanjot Lahiri won the Infosys Prize 2013 in the Humanities-Archaeology. She is co-author of Copper and Its Alloys in Ancient India (1996), editor of The Decline and Fall of the Indus Civilization (2000), co-editor of Ancient India: New Research (2009), Buddhism in Asia: Revival and Reinvention (2016), and an issue of World Archaeology entitled The Archaeology of Hinduism (2004). Hello Select your address Kindle Store Hello, Sign in. 200 BC) (1992), Finding Forgotten Cities: How the Indus Civilization Was Discovered (2005), Marshalling the Past: Ancient India and its Modern Histories (2012), Ashoka in Ancient India (2015), Monuments Matter: India’s Archaeological Heritage Since Independence (2017), and Time Pieces: A Whistle-Stop Tour of Ancient India (2018). Ashoka in Ancient India eBook : Lahiri, Nayanjot: : Kindle Store. She is author of Pre-Ahom Assam (1991), The Archaeology of Indian Trade Routes (upto c. Her research interests include Ancient India, Indian archaeology, and heritage studies. Nayanjot Lahiri is Professor of History at Ashoka University. The doomsday calendar and eerie memories of the ancient Maya.The pyramids of the Sun and the Moon in Mexico.The myths of Viracocha and Quetzalcoatl.And Fingerprints of God tells us something more. The mysterious astronomical alignments of the pyramids and the Great Sphinx. A record-breaking number one bestseller in Britain, Fingerprints of the Gods contains the makings of an intellectual revolution, a dramatic and irreversible change in the way that we understand our pastand so our future.The incredible construction of the great pyramids of Egypt and of megalithic temples on the Giza plateau.Evidence of the devastating scientific and astronomical information encoded into prehistoric myths.Accurate ancient maps that show the world as it last looked during the Ice Age, thousands of years before any civilisation capable of making such maps is supposed to have existed.THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING SENSATION THAT TURNED HISTORY ON ITS HEADĪ revolutionary rewrite of history that has persuaded millions of readers throughout the world to change their preconceptions about the origins of modern society.Īn intellectual detective story, this unique history book directs probing questions at orthodox history, presenting disturbing new evidence that historians have tried - but failed - to explain. Investigative journalist and bestselling author of controversial history books, including bestseller The Sign and the Seal, uncovers the evidence of Earth's lost civilisation. Sinclair embraced socialism wholeheartedly within months of being introduced to it, and, except for a brief interlude during World War I, he would remain a committed member of the Socialist Party of America for decades thereafter. The Jungle initially appeared in a socialist newspaper. At one point, he also stumbled upon a laborer’s wedding party, which served as the inspiration for his opening chapter. For The Jungle, a 26-year-old Sinclair spent seven weeks in Chicago, touring stockyards and slaughterhouses and interviewing the laborers there, along with priests, bartenders, policemen, politicians and social workers. Yet he reported his books much like a journalist. Unlike most other muckrakers, such as Ida Tarbell and Lincoln Steffens, Sinclair mainly wrote fiction. Sinclair is arguably the best known of the so-called muckrakers, the forerunners of today’s investigative journalists who in the early 1900s exposed widespread corporate and political malfeasance. Upton Sinclair (1878-1968), American novelist, circa 1915. He’s infatuated with Rose, thinking about her constantly. It was only ever supposed to be a one night stand, but as Nic moves around, he realizes he can’t move on. They give in to their desires and spend one passionate night together. The instant connection the two have is magical. He meets Rose in her town during a chance encounter, and the sparks fly. He never stays in one place for too long. Nic’s a playboy, a bachelor, and always on the go. She’s determined to be a mother, but it seems every man she meets is a dud. Rose has always felt her life would be complete with a family. She has a lot going for her, including her successful career and her hilarious friends. Rose is a fiercely confident and sexy woman who owns her own business. Baby Daddy (Irresistible Bachelors Book 8) by Lauren Landish Published in 2016, Sarah Bakewell’s At the Existentialist Café is a fantastic place to start for anyone with a budding interest in existentialism. At the Existentialist Café, by Sarah Bakewell It contains a mix of primary and secondary literature - from introductions and anthologies to the original texts of the deeply influential existentialist figureheads themselves. Otherwise, this reading list puts together the top eight books of and about the philosophical movement of existentialism. Philosophies for Living: the Ultimate Guide to Enriching Your Personal PhilosophyĮnhance your approach to life by exploring 7 of the world’s wisest and most influential philosophies for living - including Buddhism, Stoicism, and Existentialism. Barney's questions himself without any input from his wife. Had Cromwell not been sick, he would have answered all of Mr. Cromwell is showing some authority and involvement, but it is only because her husband is allowing her to. Cromwell "pointed to his wife and said that whatever she agreed upon, he would make it good" (36). Barney directed his first question towards Cromwell and was surprised when Mr. Cromwell was sick which resulted in some hearing loss. One example I read was about Jacob Barney going to Phillip Cromwell's house to negotiate a marriage. They were only allowed to do what their husbands allowed them to do. During the time period of 1650-1750, husbands ran the households and the wives did exactly what was expected of them and what they were told to do. In almost every story or example that I read, she disproves her claim. This may be what Ulrich claims she believes, however, there are many examples and a lot of evidence that say the opposite thing in her book. In Good Wives, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich claims that "the story of women is important not simply because it affected what we have come to know as the history of early New England but because it was an integral and essential part of that history" (240). The sweet scene is interrupted by a car that pulls into the lot and shines its headlights on the people in line. Alas, there are hundreds already there, so he gets in line and chats warmly with a young woman carrying her infant daughter (tough to find 3 a.m. About a decade ago, at the height of the recession, a young man arrives at a community center in a Midwestern city for a job fair at 3 a.m., figuring he'll beat the crowd. The series opens, as the book did, with a shocking act of violence. Kelley ( Boston Legal) has hewed closely to the book, and the 10-episode format allows the story and characters to develop, and the tension to build to a roar. The first four episodes of the TV series made available for review suggest that it will be just as chilling as the novel. That does not keep it from being terrifying. Mercedes is resolutely realistic - one of the few King novels without any supernatural elements. Mercedes is on the opposite end of the King fiction spectrum from the Dark Tower books, which are a colossal feat of world-building and mythic fantasy. Kellan Kyle is nothing less than PERFECT in my eyes. Most of my friends know this series is my #1 FAVE series of all time. Reading this series for the 4th time in preparation for the upcoming release of “Thoughtful”!!!! And then one night everything changes… and none of them will ever be the same. At first, he’s purely a friend that she can lean on, but as her loneliness grows, so does their relationship. Then an unforeseen obligation forces the happy couple apart.įeeling lonely, confused, and in need of comfort, Kiera turns to an unexpected source-a local rock star named Kellan Kyle. When they head off to a new city to start their lives together, Denny at his dream job and Kiera at a top-notch university, everything seems perfect. For almost two years now, Kiera’s boyfriend, Denny, has been everything she’s ever wanted: loving, tender and endlessly devoted to her. I understand some of the criticism about it and it's writing style but I didn't come to expecting it to be a literary great I was expecting a superhero story and I got what I asked for.Īs a now 26 year old gay man I'm not really its target anymore but looking back at when it was written and published I regret not reading it then. Today I've read the whole thing (I've been at home waiting for a plumber to fix the shower) and felt like sharing some of my thoughts and feelings.Īs a booked aimed at the teen/young adult audience I think its a good book and great read. It's a book about a gay teen coming to terms with his superpowers and understanding his parents, while also being a standard superhero story. |