Resultados narrador por "Robin Eller" en Todas las categorias

In this startling group memoir, four friends - Black and White, gay and straight, immigrant and American-born - use Toni Morrison’s novels as a springboard for intimate and revealing conversations about the problems of everyday racism and living whole in times of uncertainty. Tackling everything from first love and Soul Train to police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement, the authors take up what it means to read challenging literature collaboratively and to learn in public as an act of individual reckoning and social resistance.

A good cop can always spot trouble. That’s why my senses started pinging the moment I met the hottie next door. The neighborhood may never be the same. First, she confuses me for a male stripper and tries to remove my uniform. (The guys on the force will never let me live that down.) And then there’s the breaking and entering. I don’t know what to do with her. My libido has a few ideas of its own, though. Bad, bad ideas.

The (Other) F Word combines the voices of Renée Watson, Jes Baker, and more in a relatable and gift-worthy guide about body image and fat acceptance. This dazzling collection of poetry, essays, and fashion tips is meant for people of all sizes who desire to be seen and heard in a culture consumed by a narrow definition of beauty. By combining the talents of renowned fat YA and middle-grade authors, as well as fat influencers and creators, The (Other) F Word offers teen listeners and activists of all ages a tool for navigating our world with confidence and courage. 

Morgan Tyree wants to help you take back your time with her proven time-management system. With energy and enthusiasm, Morgan shows you how to organize and manage your time using her simple three-color time-zone system of green, yellow, and red - moxie time, multitasking time, and me time.

Savannah is lucky. The daughter of upper-class African-American parents in Washington DC in 1919, she lives luxuriously, with an elite education and her pick of the young men in her set. But lately the structure of her society - the croquet games, the Sunday teas, the pretentiousness - has felt suffocating. When she meets a young man from the working class named Lloyd, Savannah has a chance to see how the “other half” lives. Saddened by their situation, she is motivated to make a true difference.

Who do you trust when you have no one left but yourself? Kenzie is a military-trained assassin, hunting her target in Mexico. Cori is a student at the University of Guadalajara. One fateful afternoon their lives will come together under a flurry of gunfire. Questioning the lies around them, they will soon learn that they can not live without each other. On the run from an unknown enemy, they must learn to trust each other, and to believe they'll make it out alive. 

Dr. Niki Hamilton has given up on men and is focusing her attention on her patients. After three kids in her care die, she is determined to get away from nasty threats and ugly reporters. Niki goes to the Jersey Shore to visit her friend, ex-Playboy centerfold, Kim. She ends up running Kim's dating service, "Coffee Mates". Cary Thomas, a hot gardener (or so Niki thinks) arrives with plants, a sexy smile, and lots of personality. Whenever he's near, Niki's hormones go into overdrive.

Every girl has a vision of what it will be like to surrender her virginity, but it doesn’t always work out according to plan. Choosing whom you will love first is a way of choosing who you intend to become.

Urban magic is afoot when a sleek white Impala follows a runner along her course, an automotive reminder of mortality and a telescoper of a lifetime in a few sweaty miles.

Rowena is 15 years old and growing up on the rough side of the tracks in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. After becoming pregnant with her second child, Rowena is taken out of school to participate in a program for "Girls Like You", aimed at educating and providing resources for young mothers. Through the program she meets "First White Lady", a social worker who has some of her own learning to do. Honest, witty, and full of heart, "Girls Like You" gives voice to a young woman often silenced.

Eight-year-old Leeza hates the boys on twenty-fifth street. Worse than anything, she thinks, after they spit on her and tell her she smells. At home, Leeza's stepmother shows her no sympathy, scrubbing her skin raw and ordering her to chew gum. When the teasing from the "beady-eyed" twins on twenty-fifth takes a dangerous turn, so does the tension between Leeza, her stepmother, and her father.

Radio talk-show host Charlotte "Charlie" Canfield has her share of admirers, but one fan appears to have become obsessed with her. Needing a break from work and what now appears to be a stalker, Charlie doesn't hesitate to go when she's invited to her class reunion aboard a cruise ship. She's delighted to see old friends, but her former love, Devin Spencer, causes a wave of mixed feelings leaving Charlie wondering - who is this man? Despite this confusion, Charlie can't help but fall into Devin's open arms.