![]() ![]() ![]() Furthermore, Grace is an unreliable narrator, which made the story even more compelling. Russia, Israel, Germany, Brazil, Canada and the USA are only a small sample of the countries situated on Embassy Row.Ĭontaining brilliant, relatable characters, major plot twists and a cliffhanger that will leave you wanting for more, "All Fall Down" is an enthralling page turner and completely realistic, despite Carter inserting an entirely new country into the modern world. Embassy Row is one such feature – it lies on the outer ring of the country and, as befitting its name, consists of a multitude of embassies representing places all over the world. Adria has a rich history and a beautiful landscape which I absolutely loved learning about. "All Fall Down" takes place in Adria, a small European country that stands as a meeting point for countries of the world. "All Fall Down" is the first book in Ally Carter’s "Embassy Row" series. ![]()
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Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence, the Lambda Award, and the California Book Award Who says you can't run away from your problems? You are a failed novelist about to turn fifty. WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEĪ San Francisco Chronicle Top Ten Book of 2017 A struggling novelist travels the world to avoid an awkward wedding in this hilarious Pulitzer Prize-winning novel full of "arresting lyricism and beauty" ( The New York Times Book Review). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1939, Hattie McDaniel-who already had appeared in more than a dozen films-was cast as Mammy in Gone With the Wind and won an Oscar. Other movies, though, depicted Blacks in the stereotypical roles-e.g., servants and maids-that would persist for decades between 19, for example, nine films were made of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Micheaux went on to produce many other movies, casting Paul Robeson in one and, in 1930, adding talking pictures. 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Ok now let’s see why would you as an author possibly want to make an Amazon giveaway. ![]() The good news though is that you don’t have to be in KDP Select to be able to organize giveaways and of course giving away ebooks is more affordable and there are no shipping charges involved obviously. It seems like the Amazon giveaway can organize only the US residents, so if you have account but no US address linked to your account then you won’t be able to make it… Hopefully they will roll over to the other markets soon too. Well before I dive into this, I have to make a disclaimer. So why is Amazon giveaway different you may think. I tried a giveaway of my first novel Highfall on Goodreads and although it did bring visibility to my book it did not impact the sales figure. Unfortunately you could give aways only paperbacks. What many authors did before was organizing book giveaways – mainly on Goodreads. The interesting part of this for us is that we can now create kindle ebook giveaways. Amazon let’s you create and promote a giveaway of items that are sold there. ![]() Then I thought that maybe you have not heard of it yet so decided to let you know about this. In the previous days I have come across the same topic several times. ![]() ![]() ![]() The first three relate to impact, the next two to change and the last five to learning focus. The understanding of school vision was a useful focus for the professional development, recruitment and selection of teachers in 2018.įor Hattie and Zierer, teachers’ passion and enthusiasm manifest in ten mindframes. ![]() Visible Learning research provided a framework for school improvement. John Hattie and Klaus Zierer’s, 10 Mindframes for Visible Learning: Teaching for Success (2018) provided a coherent vision to guide reform at Clarkson Community High School (CCHS). The Little Prince is so right – which is why we need to be concerned especially with the big hearts that most teachers have to truly make the difference.’ (Prof John Hattie, in correspondence, 2018) Yes learning is not often visible yes 80% of what happens in a class a teacher does not see or hear and much more – so how to resource schools to better understand these essential attributes. ‘The major notion of VISIBLE is to help make the invisible more visible. I like to ponder the above quotation as I have thought learning should always be serious fun and so I asked an expert and here was his response. ![]() ‘It is only with the heart that one can see rightly what is essential is invisible to the eye.’Īntoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince ![]() |