The Silence In Her Words

About the Book The town is stricken with a plague, and no one knows why. With people asking questions, the only hospital in town is said to have the answer... or do they? In all this chaos, there stands a girl with a premonition to stop it all before it’s too late. The question depends on whether she will put an end to the madness or die trying. About the Author J.S. Williams is a Delawarean and a wife with two young children. She enjoys writing, drawing, and painting, and is also a jewelry designer. When she is not doing the things mentioned above, she writes music to play on the piano. She enjoys old-fashioned classical music. Williams is also a heavy video gamer and a game creator. She loves to cosplay with her family and goes to Comic Con events. Most of Williams’ writings are written in poems and then expanded into stories like this one. Her favorite spot to write is in a public park. She has expressed that she daydreams throughout the day, so she consistently carries a notebook to record her thoughts everywhere she goes.

In A Silence of Words, Olivia Dresher's poetic aphorisms and other brevities, taken from her first few years at Twitter beginning in 2009, express her devotion to short forms that she also explored in her book In Pieces: An Anthology of Fragmentary Writing. Ten years later, in 2019, she has a significant following at Twitter and has written over 58,000 tweets, of which 874 appear in this book. As one of her followers noted, "You write as you breathe, shaping everything with some sort of second nature." Published by Impassio Press, www.impassio.com

Summer Taylor had been dealt a bad hand her entire childhood. She was abandoned and left behind like trash by her parents who she would never know. Throughout her adolescence, she had no clear direction to her true identity. After being taken in by Miss Dangerfield, her only ally and possibility of a real family, things would soon changes when Summer packs up and takes a job in a new state leaving behind all she'd ever known. She eventually finds love as she falls for Christopher Diamond, an inherited millionaire who swept her off her feet. As Christopher adds sunlight to Summer's dark world, he becomes all the happiness she could ever desire. However, nothing is as it seems... Summer finds herself running from that very perfect sunset that has turned into a cloud of darkness and starts flooding out her happiness and washing away every inch of her newfound perfect life. This novel centers around pure love that's driven by lust, manipulation, obsession, and danger. If you loved movies like Fifty Shades of Grey and Sleeping with the Enemy, this is a book for you.

About the Book The town is stricken with a plague, and no one knows why. With people asking questions, the only hospital in town is said to have the answer... or do they? In all this chaos, there stands a girl with a premonition to stop it all before it's too late. The question depends on whether she will put an end to the madness or die trying. About the Author J.S. Williams is a Delawarean and a wife with two young children. She enjoys writing, drawing, and painting, and is also a jewelry designer. When she is not doing the things mentioned above, she writes music to play on the piano. She enjoys old-fashioned classical music. Williams is also a heavy video gamer and a game creator. She loves to cosplay with her family and goes to Comic Con events. Most of Williams' writings are written in poems and then expanded into stories like this one. Her favorite spot to write is in a public park. She has expressed that she daydreams throughout the day, so she consistently carries a notebook to record her thoughts everywhere she goes.

A sensuous, textured novel of life in a refugee camp, long-listed for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction On a hill overlooking a refugee camp in Sudan, a young man strings up bedsheets that, in an act of imaginative resilience, will serve as a screen in his silent cinema. From the cinema he can see all the comings and goings in the camp, especially those of two new arrivals: a girl named Saba, and her mute brother, Hagos. For these siblings, adapting to life in the camp is not easy. Saba mourns the future she lost when she was forced to abandon school, while Hagos, scorned for his inability to speak, must live vicariously through his sister. Both resist societal expectations by seeking to redefine love, sex, and gender roles in their lives, and when a businessman opens a shop and befriends Hagos, they cast off those pressures and make an unconventional choice. With this cast of complex, beautifully drawn characters, Sulaiman Addonia details the textures and rhythms of everyday life in a refugee camp, and questions what it means to be an individual when one has lost all that makes a home or a future. Intimate and subversive, Silence Is My Mother Tongue dissects the ways society wages war on women and explores the stories we must tell to survive in a broken, inhospitable environment.

Faced with the challenges of transitioning from a Hard of Hearing School to a Hearing high school, Maya has more than a learning curve. But what if she has more to learn about herself and how far she is willing to push for what she believes in? Perfect for contemporary fiction fans, The Silence Between Us is a novel that doesn’t shy away from the real-life struggles of high school, heart break, and d/Deaf culture. Schneider Family Book Award, Best Teen Honor Book 2020 Torn from her Hard of Hearing school when her mother's job takes them across the country, Deaf teen Maya must attend a hearing school for the first time since her hearing loss. As if that wasn’t hard enough, she also has to adjust to the hearing culture, which she finds frustrating. When her new friends and classmates start pushing into Maya’s thoughts about what it means to be Deaf, it clashes with her idea of self-worth and values. Looking past graduation towards a future medical career, Maya knows nothing, not even an unexpected romance, will derail her pursuits or cause her to question her integrity. Wattpad sensation Alison Gervais writes a stunning portrayal of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing culture in this clean YA contemporary romance. Drawing from her own deaf experience and relationship with the HoH community, Gervais provides a personal interview and commentary on cochlear implants. The Silence Between Us mixes lighthearted romance with deeper social issues facing minority groups. “The Silence Between Us?is eminently un-put-down-able.” (NPR) “Gervais deftly renders both the nuanced, everyday realities of life with disability and Maya’s fierce pride in her Deafness, delivering a vibrant story that will resonate with Deaf and hearing audiences alike.” –?Booklist “A solid addition to middle/high school fiction that allows for deep discussion about stereotypes concerning disabilities.”?School Library Journal “This is a great YA contemporary (clean) romance that follows Maya as she navigates a new school and plans for her future. The addition of representation by a Deaf character was really beautifully done. Highly recommend for people looking for a sweet, engaging, and educational romantic read.” (YA and Kids Book Central)

As you read these pages you may feel compelled to... redefine forgiveness (a concept long misunderstood by those with spiritual convictions), build a tree stand to awaken your soul, learn to discern, and finally, accept your most important purpose for being. This novel is meant to help you reconcile with death, and write a prescription for your life which includes your last will and testament. This book includes: I Found Forgiveness, Don’t be Defined You Already Are, Never Say Goodbye, The Last Two Years of This Life, You Can’t Be Saved, Learn to Discern, My Last Will and Testament “Throughout the book, the author describes the inspirational people she’s known with vivid, tender details that bring them to life.” “Readers will be inspired by the author’s spiritual advice and wisdom.” The author’s writing is “insightful and engaging...and timely”. “The author’s tone is warm and reassuring. Readers will appreciate her kind voice and guidance.” “The author’s use of language is lovely.” “The author’s voice is comforting, inspirational, and relatable.”

In ancient Greece, the spoken word connoted power, whether in the free speech accorded to citizens or in the voice of the poet, whose song was thought to know no earthly bounds. But how did silence fit into the mental framework of a society that valued speech so highly? Here Silvia Montiglio provides the first comprehensive investigation into silence as a distinctive and meaningful phenomenon in archaic and classical Greece. Arguing that the notion of silence is not a universal given but is rather situated in a complex network of associations and values, Montiglio seeks to establish general principles for understanding silence through analyses of cultural practices, including religion, literature, and law. Unlike the silence of a Christian before an ineffable God, which signifies the uselessness of words, silence in Greek religion paradoxically expresses the power of logos--for example, during prayer and sacrifice, it serves as a shield against words that could offend the gods. Montiglio goes on to explore silence in the world of the epic hero, where words are equated with action and their absence signals paralysis or tension in power relationships. Her other examples include oratory, a practice in which citizens must balance their words with silence in very complex ways in order to show that they do not abuse their right to speak. Inquiries into lyric poetry, drama, medical writings, and historiography round out this unprecedented study, revealing silence as a force in its own right.