Rosie Heinrich. We Always Need Heroes

Rosie Heinrich. We Always Need Heroes
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2018
Genre:
ISBN: 9789490119669

We construct our reality by telling stories. When faced with something that is inconsistent with our story, we most often find ways to reframe it, construe it to our convenience, or dismiss it. Yet sometimes events take place that differ so profoundly from our story that the entire thing seems in danger of collapsing. When the banking crisis hit Iceland in 2008, the country fell into a deep recession. Its citizens also found themselves in a ?cultural crash?, as their collective reality turned out to be an illusion. Rosie Heinrich constructs a meta-dialogue containing the building blocks of a story that she combines with a tangible cultural landscape: images of sand, clay, lava, rock, and pigment.

Not All Heroes Wear Capes

Not All Heroes Wear Capes
Author: Jennifer Moore-Mallinos
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2018-12-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1538390663

Most young people are familiar with superheroes, but in real life, it's the ordinary heroes that walk among us that really make a difference. Readers of this engaging volume learn that there's more to being a hero than being able to fly or having other superpowers. Being kind, helping others, or doing what's right even when it's tough are all things that make for pretty good, real-life heroes. Relatable characters are truly engaging through colorful illustrations, while age-appropriate text encourages readers to make positive, helpful decisions in their own lives.

Heroes Come in All Sizes

Heroes Come in All Sizes
Author: Cynthia Rubino
Publisher: Publishamerica Incorporated
Total Pages: 58
Release: 2010-11
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781456005078

In Search of Heroes

In Search of Heroes
Author: Mark Gruber-Lebowitz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2019-09-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781728326849

When you hear the word "hero," what does your mind's eye picture? If it is a superhero, soaring across the sky or scaling skyscrapers is a single leap, you need to read this book! In Search of HEROES will help you to understand that real, honest-to-goodness heroes are all around you every day . . . and they look an awful lot like you! Written in verse that is fun to read and great food for thought, with colorful and creative illustrations that will add to your pleasure, In Search of Heroes will delight the youngest child as a read-aloud favorite as it charms and challenges independent young readers through the early elementary grades. So pull up a chair and open this book to learn about some genuinely heroic traits lived out by everyday people who are anything but ordinary! Then let YOUR search for heroes begin!

The Rip-Off

The Rip-Off
Author: Jim Thompson
Publisher: Mulholland Books
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2012-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0316196002

Britton Rainstar never knew he could love a woman as deeply as he does Manuela Aloe and be so terrified of her at the same time. It's not just that he thinks she's out of his league. It's more that the longer he stays with her, the closer to death he seems to come. A vicious dog is somehow let loose in his hotel room. He's threatened at gunpoint by a man in a skeleton costume. And when he finally ends up in the hospital, someone pushes his wheelchair down the stairs. Nothing anything like this has ever happened to Britt before--and while Manuela's never around when the so-called "accidents" happen, neither can Britt prove she's behind the many threats on his life. Is a rival for Manuela's affections trying to chase him away? Is there more to Manuela herself than meets the eye? Whatever it is, Britt better find out fast--before whoever's after him hits their mark, and the man who never thought he'd land the ultimate girl ends up paying the ultimate price.

Penthesilea

Penthesilea
Author: Heinrich von Kleist
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 234
Release: 1998-11-25
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 0061180157

An army of Amazons sets out to conquer Greek heroes for the purpose of stocking their women's state with new female offspring. They blast into the midst of the Trojan War, confusing Greeks and Trojans alike and for a moment forcing those enemies into a terrified alliance. When Achilles, the pride and mainstay of the Greeks, and Penthesilea (Pen-te-sil-lay-uh), queen of the Amazons, meet, a chase begins, The like of which not even the wildest storms Set loose to thunder across the plain of heaven Have yet presented to the astonished world, and it is the queen who is hunting Achilles, to the uncomprehending horror of the Greeks. Thus begins a tragedy of love in a world governed by the rules of war, on which "the gods look down but from afar." For the first time, in this splendidly illustrated book, an English translation recreates the audaity, romance, and poetry of one of the strangest and most beautiful works of Western literature.