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nypl:

In 1796, George Washington gave his farewell address as he left the American presidency. His speech warned against the dangers of partisanship and made the case for unity across the country. Recently, New York Times political correspondent Maggie Haberman joined Daily Beast editor-in-chief John Avlon at the Library to discuss his new book, Washington’s Farewell: the Founding Father’s Warning to Future Generations. For this week’s episode of the New York Public Library Podcast, we’re proud to present Avlon and Haberman discussing how Washington’s views have held up or proven inadequate within the political context of the present.

laughingsquid:

The Amazing Art of Making Traditional Chinese Suo (Thread) Noodles by Hand

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halfpastinsomniac:

This is what is happening at University of Missouri right now. White students have been reported gathering on campus chanting “white power”, white students in pickup trucks are driving around harassing black students, there have been numerous threats on social media of a shooting on campus targeting black students. As of right now no classes have been cancelled for these students tomorrow. MU Alerts has issued a statement saying there is no immediate threat to campus. If you thought Mizzou making the news would stop at the resignation of the president and chancellor your wrong. There is so much more that has to happen at this university to make it a safe and secure environment for these students. And this isn’t just a problem here, this is a problem all across America at college campuses.

Please keep the students of Mizzou, especially the black community, in your thoughts. Please stay aware of the racism that is still alive and roaring in this country. 

If you want to keep updated here is a live audio of the police feed in the area: http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/436/web

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yainterrobang:

New Releases » August 11

Here’s a selection of new YA novels hitting shelves this week! For lists of weekly releases and all things YA lit, visit our website, follow us here and on Twitter, and subscribe to our weekly newsletter!

U.S.

Another Day (Every Day #2) by David Levithan
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Release date: August 25th
Every day is the same for Rhiannon until the morning her boyfriend Justin seems to see her for the first time, and they share a perfect day—a perfect day Justin doesn’t remember the next morning.

Code of Honor by Alan Gratz
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Release date: August 25th
When seventeen-year-old Iranian American Kamran Smith learns that his brother has been labeled a terrorist, he knows something isn’t right. It’s up to Kamran to prove his brother’s innocence.

The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall by Katie Alender
Publisher: Point
Release date: August 25th
Delia’s new house used to be an insane asylum, a place to lock up “troubled” young women. And a restless, wicked spirit is still at play–and it doesn’t want defiant girls like Delia to go anywhere.

Dead Upon a Time by Elizabeth Paulson
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Release date: August 25th
A sinister kidnapper is on the loose in Kate’s world. She’s not involved until one day she heads to her grandmother’s house in the woods – and finds her grandmother has also been taken.

Diary of a Haunting by M. Varano
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Release date: August 25th
Strange things are happening in Paige’s new house. Things only get creepier when she learns about the sinister cult that conducted experimental rituals in the house almost a hundred years earlier.

Frost by E. Latimer
Publisher: Patchwork Press
Release date: August 25th
Megan Walker’s touch has turned to ice. She can’t stop the frost, and the consequences of her first kiss are horrifying. Megan finds herself caught up in an ancient war between Norse giants.

Game On by Calvin Slater
Publisher: Kensington Teen
Release date: August 25th
Xavier Hunter hoped senior year would be bad news-free. But he’s not hearing good things about his dream girl’s new man. Showing Samantha the truth could be the one game Xavier can’t win…

Hide and Seek (Jess Tennant #3) by Jane Casey
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin
Release date: August 25th
In Port Sentinel, the tiny English town where Jess Tennant has been living for more than a year, Jess Tennant’s classmate is kidnapped right before the Christmas holiday.

Insidious (The Twixt #3) by Dawn Metcalf
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Release date: August 25th
Joy Malone finally knows who she is, where she comes from and how to live in two worlds at once. But when Ink’s twin sister, Invisible Inq, calls in a favor, Joy must accept a dangerous mission.

Keepers of the Labyrinth by Erin E. Moulton
Publisher: Philomel Books
Release date: August 25th
Lilith Bennette runs at midnight. She hopes that if she follows exactly in the steps of her strong air force pilot mother, she’ll somehow figure out the mystery of her mother’s death.

Lair of Dreams (The Diviners #2) by Libba Bray
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Release date: August 25th
After a supernatural showdown with a serial killer, Evie O'Neill has outed herself as a Diviner earning the title, “America’s Sweetheart Seer.” But not everyone is so accepting of the Diviners’ abilities…

Legacy of Kings (Blood of Gods and Royals #1) by Eleanor Herman
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Release date: August 25th
Alexander, Macedonia’s sixteen-year-old heir, is on the brink of discovering his fated role in conquering the known world but finds himself drawn to newcomer Katerina.

A Little in Love by Susan Fletcher
Publisher: Chicken House
Release date: August 25th
As a young child Eponine never knew kindness, except once from her family’s kitchen slave, Cosette. At sixteen their circumstances are reversed. Eponine must decide what their friendship is worth.

Maid of Wonder (Maids of Honor #3) by Jennifer McGowan
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Release date: August 25th
Thrust into a dangerous and horrifying competition to solve a deadly prediction before the next doomed soul dies, Sophia finds herself pitted against the most celebrated mystics of Europe.

Mechanica by Betsy Cornwell
Publisher: Clarion Books
Release date: August 25th
Nicolette’s awful stepsisters call her “Mechanica”. The nickname fits: she learned to be an inventor at her mother’s knee. But on her sixteenth birthday, Nicolette discovers a secret workshop.

Stranded by Melinda Braun
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Release date: August 25th
Plagued with guilt after surviving the car accident that took her sister’s life, Emma ventures into the mysterious wilderness of the Boundary Waters and must fend for herself when a storm hits.

Thirteen Days of Midnight by Leo Hunt
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Release date: August 25th
When Luke Manchett’s estranged father dies unexpectedly, he leaves his son a dark inheritance: a collection of eight restless spirits who want revenge for their long enslavement.

Until Friday Night (The Field Party #1) by Abbi Glines
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Release date: August 25th
West Ashby has everything. But while West may be Big Man on Campus on the outside, on the inside he’s battling the grief that comes with watching his father slowly die of cancer.

Air Awakens (Air Awakens #1) by Elise Kova
Publisher: Silver Wing Press
Release date: August 27th
The Solaris Empire is one conquest away from uniting the continent, and the rare elemental magic sleeping in seventeen-year-old library apprentice Vhalla Yarl could shift the tides of war.

U.K.

Concentr8 by William Sutcliffe
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Release date: August 27th
Concentr8 is a prescription drug intended to help kids with ADD. Soon every troubled teen is on it, to keep the undesirable elements in line and keep people like us safe from people like them.

One by Sarah Crossan
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Release date: August 27th
Grace and Tippi are twins – conjoined twins. And their lives are about to change. What neither Grace or Tippi realises is that a heart-wrenching decision lies ahead. A decision that could tear them apart.

The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
Publisher: Walker Books
Release date: August 27th
What if you aren’t the Chosen One? What if you’re like Mikey? Who just wants to work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes and blows up the high school. Again.