Author: Melanie Greene
Publisher: Melanie Greene
ISBN: 1941967299
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Austin Wells: everyone’s comic relief, the unmotivated baby brother with the occasional bright idea. In other words, nowhere good enough for brilliant, driven, gorgeous Leyla Robinson. He tries to content himself with admiring her from across the barista counter while she works on taking the world by storm. Austin is, Leyla’s sure, just as sweet and funny and attentive and flirty with her as he is with everyone else he serves at Pier Three Coffee. She’s nothing special. To be blunt, she’s boring. All she ever does is follow the rigorous schedule she sets herself to get through grad school and fight for the career she craves. They’ve been watching each other for so long, each so sure of their own opinions about themselves and each other. But when Leyla finds she can help with Austin’s secret ambitions, so long as she gives up a few layers of her own self-protections, they must both decide how much to risk on the other’s behalf. And what happens if, in the process, they begin to see themselves the way they see each other?
Latte for Leyla
Author: Melanie Greene
Publisher: Melanie Greene
ISBN: 1941967299
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Austin Wells: everyone’s comic relief, the unmotivated baby brother with the occasional bright idea. In other words, nowhere good enough for brilliant, driven, gorgeous Leyla Robinson. He tries to content himself with admiring her from across the barista counter while she works on taking the world by storm. Austin is, Leyla’s sure, just as sweet and funny and attentive and flirty with her as he is with everyone else he serves at Pier Three Coffee. She’s nothing special. To be blunt, she’s boring. All she ever does is follow the rigorous schedule she sets herself to get through grad school and fight for the career she craves. They’ve been watching each other for so long, each so sure of their own opinions about themselves and each other. But when Leyla finds she can help with Austin’s secret ambitions, so long as she gives up a few layers of her own self-protections, they must both decide how much to risk on the other’s behalf. And what happens if, in the process, they begin to see themselves the way they see each other?
Publisher: Melanie Greene
ISBN: 1941967299
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Austin Wells: everyone’s comic relief, the unmotivated baby brother with the occasional bright idea. In other words, nowhere good enough for brilliant, driven, gorgeous Leyla Robinson. He tries to content himself with admiring her from across the barista counter while she works on taking the world by storm. Austin is, Leyla’s sure, just as sweet and funny and attentive and flirty with her as he is with everyone else he serves at Pier Three Coffee. She’s nothing special. To be blunt, she’s boring. All she ever does is follow the rigorous schedule she sets herself to get through grad school and fight for the career she craves. They’ve been watching each other for so long, each so sure of their own opinions about themselves and each other. But when Leyla finds she can help with Austin’s secret ambitions, so long as she gives up a few layers of her own self-protections, they must both decide how much to risk on the other’s behalf. And what happens if, in the process, they begin to see themselves the way they see each other?
The Adventures of Mrs. Smith
Author: Leif Mills
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456876155
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
In The redoubtable Mrs. Smith Leif Mills introduced Mrs. Leila Smith, the deputy general secretary of a major British white collar trade union. In this book we read of four further adventures of Mrs. Smith in the increasingly harsh and competive world of trade unions and the environment in which they operate. She has to deal not only with some diffi cult employers but also severe internal pressures and international problems.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456876155
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
In The redoubtable Mrs. Smith Leif Mills introduced Mrs. Leila Smith, the deputy general secretary of a major British white collar trade union. In this book we read of four further adventures of Mrs. Smith in the increasingly harsh and competive world of trade unions and the environment in which they operate. She has to deal not only with some diffi cult employers but also severe internal pressures and international problems.
The Life and Times of Layla the Ordinary
Author: Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 9351184048
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
‘I am Layla the Ordinary. Doesn’t have the same ring to it as Alexander the Great, but then, some of us do have to be ordinary to make the specials stand out even more. Right? Right.’ Sift through the journal of Layla, whose overnight transformation from pedestrian to popular sends her world spinning into a riot of endless lists that range from: . Platonic (or, Laylanic) love to first kisses . BFF trouble to BF confusion . Fashion faux pas to ideal coffee dates This rib-tickling and charming account of an average teenager’s life will have you hooked from the first page to the last.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 9351184048
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
‘I am Layla the Ordinary. Doesn’t have the same ring to it as Alexander the Great, but then, some of us do have to be ordinary to make the specials stand out even more. Right? Right.’ Sift through the journal of Layla, whose overnight transformation from pedestrian to popular sends her world spinning into a riot of endless lists that range from: . Platonic (or, Laylanic) love to first kisses . BFF trouble to BF confusion . Fashion faux pas to ideal coffee dates This rib-tickling and charming account of an average teenager’s life will have you hooked from the first page to the last.
If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say
Author: Leila Sales
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 0374381003
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
A novel about public shaming in the internet age, the power of words, the cumulative destructiveness of microaggressions, and the pressing need for empathy. Before we go any further, I want you to understand this: I am not a good person. We all want to be seen. We all want to be heard. But what happens when we’re seen and heard saying or doing the wrong things? When Winter Halperin—former spelling bee champion, aspiring writer, and daughter of a parenting expert—gets caught saying the wrong thing online, her life explodes. All across the world, people know what she’s done, and none of them will forgive her. With her friends gone, her future plans cut short, and her identity in shambles, Winter is just trying to pick up the pieces without hurting anyone else. She knows she messed up, but does that mean it’s okay for people to send her hate mail and death threats? Did she deserve to lose all that she’s lost? And is “I’m sorry” ever good enough? Decide for yourself.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 0374381003
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
A novel about public shaming in the internet age, the power of words, the cumulative destructiveness of microaggressions, and the pressing need for empathy. Before we go any further, I want you to understand this: I am not a good person. We all want to be seen. We all want to be heard. But what happens when we’re seen and heard saying or doing the wrong things? When Winter Halperin—former spelling bee champion, aspiring writer, and daughter of a parenting expert—gets caught saying the wrong thing online, her life explodes. All across the world, people know what she’s done, and none of them will forgive her. With her friends gone, her future plans cut short, and her identity in shambles, Winter is just trying to pick up the pieces without hurting anyone else. She knows she messed up, but does that mean it’s okay for people to send her hate mail and death threats? Did she deserve to lose all that she’s lost? And is “I’m sorry” ever good enough? Decide for yourself.
Leila
Author: M. K. Speaks
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1456710974
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Alejandro thought he had lost the fire and passion he had to compose his music until the night he meets a gorgeous Latino dancer, Leila. Everything about Leila, the color of her hair, the way she moves her hips, stirs something inside him that he thought he would never feel again. But his music once again comes together and his career in the Latino music industry soars, and it is all because of her. However Leila had escaped from Hell, a Hell no one should ever have to experience, at the hand of the world's cruelest and most powerful men. It left her with memories she could not reveal to anyone, not even Alejandro. As she and Alejandro travel the world, their love grows for one another, and her defenses gradually come down, until one night when she comes face to face with the fact that she isn't the only one with a secret past.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1456710974
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Alejandro thought he had lost the fire and passion he had to compose his music until the night he meets a gorgeous Latino dancer, Leila. Everything about Leila, the color of her hair, the way she moves her hips, stirs something inside him that he thought he would never feel again. But his music once again comes together and his career in the Latino music industry soars, and it is all because of her. However Leila had escaped from Hell, a Hell no one should ever have to experience, at the hand of the world's cruelest and most powerful men. It left her with memories she could not reveal to anyone, not even Alejandro. As she and Alejandro travel the world, their love grows for one another, and her defenses gradually come down, until one night when she comes face to face with the fact that she isn't the only one with a secret past.
Me and White Supremacy
Author: Layla F. Saad
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1728209811
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
The New York Times and USA Today bestseller! This eye-opening book challenges you to do the essential work of unpacking your biases, and helps white people take action and dismantle the privilege within themselves so that you can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too. "Layla Saad is one of the most important and valuable teachers we have right now on the subject of white supremacy and racial injustice."—New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert Based on the viral Instagram challenge that captivated participants worldwide, Me and White Supremacy takes readers on a 28-day journey, complete with journal prompts, to do the necessary and vital work that can ultimately lead to improving race relations. Updated and expanded from the original workbook (downloaded by nearly 100,000 people), this critical text helps you take the work deeper by adding more historical and cultural contexts, sharing moving stories and anecdotes, and including expanded definitions, examples, and further resources, giving you the language to understand racism, and to dismantle your own biases, whether you are using the book on your own, with a book club, or looking to start family activism in your own home. This book will walk you step-by-step through the work of examining: Examining your own white privilege What allyship really means Anti-blackness, racial stereotypes, and cultural appropriation Changing the way that you view and respond to race How to continue the work to create social change Awareness leads to action, and action leads to change. For readers of White Fragility, White Rage, So You Want To Talk About Race, The New Jim Crow, How to Be an Anti-Racist and more who are ready to closely examine their own beliefs and biases and do the work it will take to create social change. "Layla Saad moves her readers from their heads into their hearts, and ultimately, into their practice. We won't end white supremacy through an intellectual understanding alone; we must put that understanding into action."—Robin DiAngelo, author of New York Times bestseller White Fragility
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1728209811
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
The New York Times and USA Today bestseller! This eye-opening book challenges you to do the essential work of unpacking your biases, and helps white people take action and dismantle the privilege within themselves so that you can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too. "Layla Saad is one of the most important and valuable teachers we have right now on the subject of white supremacy and racial injustice."—New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert Based on the viral Instagram challenge that captivated participants worldwide, Me and White Supremacy takes readers on a 28-day journey, complete with journal prompts, to do the necessary and vital work that can ultimately lead to improving race relations. Updated and expanded from the original workbook (downloaded by nearly 100,000 people), this critical text helps you take the work deeper by adding more historical and cultural contexts, sharing moving stories and anecdotes, and including expanded definitions, examples, and further resources, giving you the language to understand racism, and to dismantle your own biases, whether you are using the book on your own, with a book club, or looking to start family activism in your own home. This book will walk you step-by-step through the work of examining: Examining your own white privilege What allyship really means Anti-blackness, racial stereotypes, and cultural appropriation Changing the way that you view and respond to race How to continue the work to create social change Awareness leads to action, and action leads to change. For readers of White Fragility, White Rage, So You Want To Talk About Race, The New Jim Crow, How to Be an Anti-Racist and more who are ready to closely examine their own beliefs and biases and do the work it will take to create social change. "Layla Saad moves her readers from their heads into their hearts, and ultimately, into their practice. We won't end white supremacy through an intellectual understanding alone; we must put that understanding into action."—Robin DiAngelo, author of New York Times bestseller White Fragility
Lady's Realm
Lissa
Author: Hamdy, Sherine
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487593473
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
As Anna and Layla reckon with illness, risk, and loss in different ways, they learn the power of friendship and the importance of hope.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487593473
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
As Anna and Layla reckon with illness, risk, and loss in different ways, they learn the power of friendship and the importance of hope.
Leila Stories
Author: Yossef Barniv
Publisher: 21 Century Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Kazaam is a fairy tale for the whole family engaging narrative style of The Thousand and One Nights. The book tells a fascinating story about wizards, demons, kings queens, jealousy, love and other passions ...
Publisher: 21 Century Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Kazaam is a fairy tale for the whole family engaging narrative style of The Thousand and One Nights. The book tells a fascinating story about wizards, demons, kings queens, jealousy, love and other passions ...
Winter’s Daughter
Author: Val Wood
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473598389
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
With her trademark warmth and powerful characters, Winter's Daughter is a stunning new Victorian saga - about a young child separated from her mother, and the family who bring her in from the cold. 'As always, Val tells it from the heart . . . A stirring story of faith, hope and charity will enthral you' Peterborough Telegraph Hull, 1856. James Ripley and his wife Moira have always looked out for the poor of Hull. When, during one stormy night, there is a flood in a nearby cellar - a popular shelter for the homeless - James rushes to help. Among those rescued is a dark-haired little girl who speaks a language no one can understand. Some say that she came to the cellar with her mother, but no one knows where the mother is now. Concerned for the child's safety, James is unsure of what to do. Where has the girl's mother disappeared to? And what can be done to help the homeless who have lost the only shelter they knew? A stunning new story of family, love and the importance of kindness, from the Sunday Times bestselling author Val Wood. Praise for Val Wood: 'A heart-warming story filled with compelling action' Rosie Goodwin 'Hull's answer to Catherine Cookson' BBC Radio 4's Front Row 'Wonderfully fully-fleshed characters are the mainstay of [Val Wood's] stories' Peterborough Telegraph 'With fully developed characters and a compelling story, it's no wonder the author won the Catherine Cookson Prize for Fiction for her debut... A great choice for a book club' Belfast Telegraph
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473598389
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
With her trademark warmth and powerful characters, Winter's Daughter is a stunning new Victorian saga - about a young child separated from her mother, and the family who bring her in from the cold. 'As always, Val tells it from the heart . . . A stirring story of faith, hope and charity will enthral you' Peterborough Telegraph Hull, 1856. James Ripley and his wife Moira have always looked out for the poor of Hull. When, during one stormy night, there is a flood in a nearby cellar - a popular shelter for the homeless - James rushes to help. Among those rescued is a dark-haired little girl who speaks a language no one can understand. Some say that she came to the cellar with her mother, but no one knows where the mother is now. Concerned for the child's safety, James is unsure of what to do. Where has the girl's mother disappeared to? And what can be done to help the homeless who have lost the only shelter they knew? A stunning new story of family, love and the importance of kindness, from the Sunday Times bestselling author Val Wood. Praise for Val Wood: 'A heart-warming story filled with compelling action' Rosie Goodwin 'Hull's answer to Catherine Cookson' BBC Radio 4's Front Row 'Wonderfully fully-fleshed characters are the mainstay of [Val Wood's] stories' Peterborough Telegraph 'With fully developed characters and a compelling story, it's no wonder the author won the Catherine Cookson Prize for Fiction for her debut... A great choice for a book club' Belfast Telegraph