Matilda Rabinowitz's illustrated memoir challenges assumptions about the lives of early twentieth-century women. In Immigrant Girl, Radical Woman, Rabinowitz describes the ways in which she and her contemporaries rejected the intellectual and social restrictions imposed on women as they sought political and economic equality in the first half of the twentieth century. Rabinowitz devoted her labor and commitment to the notion that women should feel entitled to independence, equal rights, equal pay, and sexual and personal autonomy. Rabinowitz (1887–1963) immigrated to the United States from Ukraine at the age of thirteen. Radicalized by her experience in sweatshops, she became an organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World from 1912 to 1917 before choosing single motherhood in 1918. "Big Bill" Haywood once wrote, "a book could be written about Matilda," but her memoir was intended as a private story for her grandchildren, Robbin Légère Henderson among them. Henderson's black-and white-scratchboard drawings illustrate Rabinowitz's life in the Pale of Settlement, the journey to America, political awakening and work as an organizer for the IWW, a turbulent romance, and her struggle to support herself and her child.
On the brink of divorce, and with her fiftieth birthday just around the corner, Zoe's life is far from perfect. Out of the blue, she receives a card from an ex-lover from over twenty six years ago which completely turns her world upside down and has her questioning her life. She reminisces on how they first met in 1980 when she was backpacking through Greece and struggles with her decision to be reunited with him again in Turkey in 2007. Together they travel to Cappadocia for a six day sojourn and to see if there could possibly be any future in their relationship. 'In my heart of hearts I desperately wanted this. Murat made me feel alive and I knew that a few days together would be therapeutic and liberating. For years now there had been no intimacy in my marriage and the thought of being touched and loved by a man again sent shivers down my spine.'
Whose life means the most?'Clutched tight in my hand is a scrawled list of names…. A list of people who could save my life.'Liv wants to be the mother she never hadLiv has always dreamt of the moment she will hold her own baby. But just at the moment her new life – as a devoted mother to Max, a loving wife to Justin – should be starting, it looks like it may be ending. An undiagnosed heart condition, worsened by her pregnancy, has thrown her whole future into doubt. If she doesn't receive an urgent transplant, she won't live much longer. But what if she can't be here for her son?As she grows weaker, her determination to raise her baby grows stronger. Without her to protect him, what future does Max face? Slowly Liv begins to ask herself a terrible question: she needs someone's healthy heart to replace her failing one. For that to happen, an accident would have to befall someone else. But what if she could engineer that accident herself? What if she could choose someone to die in order that she could live?If the end of someone else's life offers you the chance of saving your own, whose life means the most?A powerful and completely gripping novel about love, sacrifice and how life forces you to do the unthinkable.
Discover the bagpipes in this simple and engaging book for curious kids. Beginning-level texts introduce young readers to common musical instruments. Each book in this series explains how a musical instrument works and how it is played. Simple sentences encourage kids to learn more about music and to learn to play themselves. Sample text: Bagpipes are made of leather and wood. They have pipes and a bag. Each book in this Discover Musical Instruments features brilliant photos to aid comprehension, a word list, and additional features for teachers and caregivers.
Discover the bagpipes in this simple and engaging book for curious kids. Beginning-level texts introduce young readers to common musical instruments. Each book in this series explains how a musical instrument works and how it is played. Simple sentences encourage kids to learn more about music and to learn to play themselves. Sample text: Bagpipes are made of leather and wood. They have pipes and a bag. Each book in this Discover Musical Instruments features brilliant photos to aid comprehension, a word list, and additional features for teachers and caregivers.
