He also criticized McClure for the rise in crime the city had seen during his terms as mayor. McClure was challenged by marketer Marcus Aton who was campaigning alongside his brother Alexander, who was running for council member for General Seat A in the city council.Īton criticized McClure's and the city's handling of COVID-19, arguing that stay-at-home orders and capacity limitations, as well as mask mandates were hurting the city, despite the majority of Springfield residents supporting the mandates. McClure previously served as a member of the Springfield City Council beginning in 2015 and was chief of staff to former governor Matt Blunt from 2004 to 2006 and was vice president of Missouri State University until his retirement in 2015. McClure first became mayor of Springfield in 2017, taking the place of incumbent mayor Bob Stevens. Springfield mayoral elections are nonpartisan and candidates are not affiliated with a specific party on ballots. McClure was re-elected mayor by a margin of 34.94 percentage points. Incumbent mayor Ken McClure was challenged by opponent Marcus Aton. Springfield, Missouri held an election for mayor on April 6, 2021.
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Wendy lives with her family in New Jersey. When Alyssa must spend the summer with her aunt, uncle, and bratty cousin Emily in Willow Falls she thinks its a good time to start over. Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary. She tells people her hobbies are photography and hiking, but they're really collecting candy bar wrappers and searching for buried treasure with her metal detector. Wendy Mass - 13 Gifts (Willow Falls) - 9781407146843 - KOG0000365. Wendy Mass is the author of the award-winning books for readers A MANGO-SHAPED SPACE, LEAP DAY, JEREMY FINK AND THE MEANING OF LIFE, HEAVEN LOOKS A LOT LIKE THE MALL, EVERY SOUL A STAR, THE CANDYMAKERS, 11 BIRTHDAYS, FINALLY, and the Twice Upon a Time series. In this brainy, playful, shattering account, Machado ultimately tells her own singular tale. Love that dare not speak its name.” Elsewhere, she imagines they are characters in I Love Lucy and Star Trek. In one chapter, she compares her torrid romance to a lesbian pulp novel: “Depraved inversion. Her dazzling autobiography drags that discussion into the light, examining her experience through the prism of different tropes and genres in search of answers to her traumatic past. And by “the silence,” she means a dearth of similar stories: Seldom is domestic abuse in same-sex relationships summoned from the shadows. “I speak into the silence,” Machado writes. When Machado was a grad student in Iowa, she met her first girlfriend it made her feel like “a child buying something with her own money for the first time.” That woman would become her abuser. Now, with her inventive memoir, In the Dream House, Machado continues this thrilling amalgamation of narratives to lay bare the emotional toll of her own real-life horror story. In 2016’s genre-bending short story collection, Her Body and Other Parties, she melted the raw materials of literary fiction and fantasy-horror and melded them into an uncannily original assemblage of feminist fairy tales. Carmen Maria Machado is as much alchemist as author. This is a BEAUTIFUL set and would make a wonderful gift. The line that says This Book Belongs To_, is blank in ALL 28 books. They have bright shinny covers, and clean white pages. There are NO marks, NO names, and NO writing of any kind, in ANY of the books. They are out of print and no longer available through Grolier. You are looking at a COMPLETE SET of 28 Alice in Bibleland Books from Grolier. These books have literally been sitting in a box UNTOUCHED for the last 20 years!!! I bought them in 1992 for my first born and never opened the box again until just a few days ago! Comes from a smoke/pet free home.įREE PRIORITY MAIL SHIPPING ANYWHERE IN THE US, INCLUDING APO'S!!! 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The first in USA TODAY bestselling author Alice Clayton's Redhead series is a playful and erotic romance between an aspiring actress and Hollywood's hottest new leading man. Why I liked it: Fairestfocuses on the evil Lunar queen, Cinder's aunt and Winter's stepmother. This extraordinary book includes a special full-color image of Levana's castle and an excerpt from Winter, the exciting conclusion to The Lunar Chronicles. New York Times–bestselling author Marissa Meyer reveals the story behind her fascinating villain in Fairest, an unforgettable tale about love and war, deceit and death. But who is Queen Levana? Long before she crossed paths with Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress in The Lunar Chronicles, Levana lived a very different story-a story that has never been told. Pure evil has a name, hides behind a mask of deceit, and uses her "glamour" to gain power. The basic plot from Amazon: Mirror, mirror, on the wall. I thought It will be a cute and sweet love story which is set in Italy, Don’t take me wrong I love Italy and stories set there but cliche also annoys me. I have known about this book for months and many people recommended it to me, But I was reluctant to pick it. “You know, people come to Italy for all sorts of reasons, but when they sat, it’s for the same two things.” People come to Italy for love and gelato, someone tells her, but sometimes they discover much more. It’s a secret that will change everything she knew about her mother, her father-and even herself. A world that inspires Lina, along with the ever-so-charming Ren, to follow in her mother’s footsteps and unearth a secret that has been kept for far too long. Suddenly Lina’s uncovering a magical world of secret romances, art, and hidden bakeries. But what kind of father isn’t around for sixteen years? All Lina wants to do is get back home.īut then she is given a journal that her mom had kept when she lived in Italy. She’s only there because it was her mother’s dying wish that she get to know her father. Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany, but she isn’t in the mood for Italy’s famous sunshine and fairy-tale landscape. Hardy thought it his finest novel, and Tess the most deeply felt character he ever created. Hardy's indictment of society's double standards, and his depiction of Tess as 'a pure woman', caused controversy in his day and has held the imagination of readers ever since. When Tess meets Angel Clare, she is offered true love and happiness, but her past catches up with her and she faces an agonizing moral choice. But Alec d'Urberville is a rich wastrel who seduces her and makes her life miserable. Young Tess Durbeyfield attempts to restore her family's fortunes by claiming their connection with the aristocratic d'Urbervilles. Nature, in her fantastic trickery, had set such a seal of maidenhood upon Tess's countenance that he gazed at her with a stupefied air: "Tess- say it is not true! No, it is not true!"'
During this period he came to realize that he wanted to write for a living, and determined his love of history might provide an avenue for him to do so. While doing so he earned an MA in liberal studies from Reed College in 1978, followed by an MS in mathematics from Portland State in 1981. He taught at the high school for the next five years. After receiving his undergraduate degree in history in 1975, he worked for a year doing sales in his family's cutlery business before returning to Jesuit High School to teach mathematics. Brands enrolled at Stanford University, where he studied mathematics and history. He attended Jesuit High School, where he was a three-sport athlete and National Merit Scholar. Early life and education īorn in 1953, Brands grew up in Oregon in the Portland metropolitan area. His works have twice been selected as finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. He has authored more than thirty books on U.S. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned his PhD in history in 1985. (born August 7, 1953) is an American historian. |