text: TweetSumoMeTweetIf you're looking for an affordable and unique weekend away then glamping in a yurt might be the perfect option….I remember a time when camping holidays in the UK were something to be dreaded. Cold, wet nights were spent eating burnt BBQ food while huddling under a canopy to stay dry. I always ended up sharing a tent with our Labrador who stank in a way that only wet dogs can.These days, camping has had a luxury makeover and suddenly, camping is cool. When did this happen? When did we trade in our basic equipment for high-tech gadgets and tents that actually keep you dry? And if you're feeling particularly glamorous you can switch your tent for a yurt or a tree house or a teepee!Welcome to the wonderful world of glamping – or glamorous camping – and what a wonderful place it is to be.I spent the weekend glamping in a yurt near Hay-on-Wye, a border town between England and Wales in Hereford. Hereford has more than its fair share of glamping options and I'd chosen a yurt in Brilley.We drove there through country lanes, putting all of our trust into Google Maps as we quickly lost our bearings with all those winding roads and rolling hills."This can't be right,' we muttered as we turned down yet another narrow lane where sheep grazed peacefully and there didn't appear to be another soul in the world.We arrived in Hay-on-Wye just in time for lunch and a stroll around the beautiful little village. Hay (as it's often shortened to) is best known for being the 'town of books' and is the National Book Town of Wales.Each one of the crooked streets is filled with secondhand bookstores.I could have spent hours in Booth Books, Europe's largest second hand bookstore. It's a place with creaking floorboards and wonky shelves, leather bound books piled high and worn sofas you could sink in to for an afternoon as you get lost in all those stories.Loaded with books, we finally dragged ourselves away from Hay and drove the short distance to New Inn Brilley.Glamping in a yurtWe were greeted by prayer flags and flowers as they spilled out in a colourful welcome from the main house of the B&B. Daphne, the owner, came out to meet us and we instantly fell in love with her. She's the kind of person you'd want to sit and chat with for hours. She's warm and welcoming and has created a peaceful, spiritual and homely atmosphere.This is a place where you can't quite tell what was created my nature and what was created by man.Trees seem to have fallen in the perfect spot to create a bench and little stools around a table. Branches sneak through windows to provide the perfect canopy from the sun. Flowers bloom bright and beautiful and lead you through the garden to the stream or the prayer flags and meditation area.The fields feel half wild and half groomed as little paths lead you to the different styles of accommodation.There's the B&B in the main house, a gypsy wagon, a gorgeous rustic cabin, a building inspired by a Victorian tin tabernacle, a 70's caravan and another option called Mother Earth which looks a lot like a Hobbit's house but for full sized people. We'd opted to stay in the yurt.Our yurt was warm and cozy with a higgledy piggledy mismatch of furniture that somehow worked perfectly together.We spent the afternoon lazing around and reading the stack of new books we'd picked up in Hay. I explored the gardens and took hundreds of photos while Louie chased the feisty chickens who quickly told him who was boss around these parts. Hint – it wasn't Louie and I think he'll have a lifetime phobia of chickens.As evening set in it was time to light the BBQ and open a bottle of red as we cooked steaks over the smoldering flames.We sat outside admiring the stars until Sam's caveman instinct kicked in and he felt the strong urge to build a fire. There was a log burner inside the yurt and he's a man and men make fires, even in the middle of summer…apparently…Within 10 minutes the yurt was cosy and warm. Louie instantly lay in front of the log burner and began snoring as the iron kettle on top of it began to whistle. Half an hour after that and the yurt was a sauna. I had no idea a yurt could get so hot without bursting into flame! We had to retreat into the cool night air with Louie panting after us until the heat subsided.Thankfully, we've tried and tested the warmth of the fire and I can safely say that even if you visit in the winter you'd be warm enough!The following morning we awoke to the sounds of birdsong and sunshine streaming in through the yurt. We drank cups of tea next to the log burner before relighting the BBQ to cook our bacon and sausages.The yurt offered the perfect combination of outdoorsy, back-to-nature adventure but with comfort, warmth and style. It was quirky and unique and unlike anything we'd ever stayed in before. This was such a simple weekender but it was due to the simplicity that we left feeling refreshed and relaxed. We'd done nothing but eat and drink and stroll and read and generally enjoy being close to nature and spending time together.If you're looking for a budget weekender, I can't recommend glamping in a yurt enough!More InfoWe stayed at the Fresh Spring Yurt with Canopy and Stars. The yurt costs £70 per night and is an extra £20 for pets.At just £70 a night, this was one of the most affordable but also most interesting Weekenders I've ever taken.Update: Unfortunately, it looks like the New Inn Brilley no longer have the yurt on the property. Canopy and Stars do still have a great selection of affordable yurts so check them out here. All photos were taken with the LG G3 and edited using VSCO cam. This trip was sponsored by LG. 28 Responses Gemma July 14, 2014 I've always liked camping, but yurts and the like definitely help people with bad childhood memories of faffing around putting up tents!I love all your photos and really *need* to check out that book shop!Gemma http://www.fleetingplanet.com Reply TheTravelHack July 15, 2014 You really do, best bookshop ever! Reply Elle Croft July 14, 2014 This looks like my kind of camping! I'm totally terrified of the idea of camping, but glamping looks like something I could get on board with! Reply TheTravelHack July 15, 2014 Glamping all the way! I actually love regular camping when it's sunny but at least you can go glamping all year round. Reply Actually... July 15, 2014 We're also just back from a weekend of glaming – those stoves are effective! We were out on the deck at midnight just to let some of the heat out. Good to know for a colder night though – I guess that's why glamping has more staying power than standard camping. Reply TheTravelHack July 15, 2014 I'm glad we're not the only ones that overloaded on the stove! Reply Renuka July 15, 2014 A yurt looks like a lovely place to stay, especially when you have a stack of books to read! Sounds bliss. 🙂 Lazying around and exploring the surrounding natural beauty…wow! Reply TheTravelHack July 15, 2014 Yes, it's the perfect place to catch up on reading with no distractions. Reply Amy July 15, 2014 We stayed in a yurt just outside York a couple of years ago, in February. It had been snowing that week and I can promise that with the log burning fire it was beautifully warm and cosy all night! Reply TheTravelHack July 16, 2014 That's so good to know. I can't wait to try glamping in the winter. Reply Becky Padmore July 15, 2014 I stayed in a yurt in Pembrokeshire and absolutely loved it, I have to admit I much preferred to regular camping! Reply TheTravelHack July 16, 2014 So much better. If only you could pack them up in the car and pitch them in a campsite! Reply Sara @ The Let's Go Ladies July 15, 2014 Oh man! I LOVE camping (seriously. Everything about it!) but that yurt looks fab. I've heard a lot about them over the years and I'm just itching to give them a try. Glamorous as they may be, there's still something wonderfully rustic about them that I just can't get enough of. Reply TheTravelHack July 16, 2014 So true, especially this one that had a lovely shabby-chic vibe. Reply My yurt holiday with the G3 | The Travel Hack | LG Hacks July 15, 2014 […] See the original post here: My yurt holiday with the G3 | The Travel Hack […] Reply @mrsoaroundworld July 15, 2014 Photos look good – how easy was the phone to use? Reply TheTravelHack July 16, 2014 So, so easy. I'll be writing more of a review next week but I really liked how intuitive it was. I'm completely non-techy and I've never used an LG phone before but I was comfortable using it within 20 minutes. Reply Scarlett July 16, 2014 I never thought I'd be into camping, but this actually looks really fun! x Reply TheTravelHack July 16, 2014 It's so much fun. Camping for non-campers! Reply Weekend Reads #6 | The Travel Hack July 18, 2014 […] My yurt holiday with the G3 […] Reply 5 reasons to love the LG G3 | The Travel Hack July 21, 2014 […] My yurt holiday with the G3 […] Reply Mary Anne July 22, 2014 You have some amazing adventures! Reply lola July 23, 2014 hahaha to Scarlett's comment. me too sister and guess what i'll be doing A LOT of in the upcoming weeks. CAMPING. unfortunately, not the glamping kind. but i might become a convert to camping and want to try this out for myself. it really looks amazing. Reply Chinmoy Lad July 27, 2014 Great pics! Never heard of teh place before though…looks intriguing. Reply the lazy travelers July 29, 2014 the yurt looks great, the LG G3 sounds fab, but LOUIE!!!!! we'd happily glamp our lives away with that smushface. 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Atria Developments is excited about our upcoming project the Y-Lofts in the former Historic YMCA building in the heart of downtown Peterborough, Ontario. The Y-Lofts conversion project is scheduled to begin in the spring of 2016. The Y-Loft project is a multi-purpose building that will feature 120 luxury apartments and retail on the corner of George and Murray.
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This Summer Atria Developments sponsored the Historic Peterborough YMCA photo contest. This contest was developed after we had a spike in interest from one of our blog postings "Say Goodbye To The Old Peterborough Y".
In October we hosted an opening exhibit inside the lobby of the historic building celebrating the works of the fourteen photographers, who were given access to the YMCA building in August.
Many of the photos can be seen online from our blog posting "Teen wins photo contest of Peterborough's historic YMCA".
The framed works have now moved next door to our neighbours on George Street in Peterborough at the Offices That Work! The exhibition will run until 2017 when we open up the new building.
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- Prospective tenants can now register for Y Lofts apartments (Peterborough Examiner)
- UrbanMetrics study offers a new vision for downtown Peterborough (Peterborough Examiner)
- Capturing a dark beauty, Oct. 31, 2015 (Toronto Star Homes & Condo)
- Tower, exterior facade, even Minty pool to be retained in Atria's 120-unit apartment redevelopment of former downtown Peterborough YMCA site (Peterborough Examiner)
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A factory worker in eastern Tennessee fatally shot his two supervisors and then took his own life Thursday afternoon, law enforcement officials said.
The shootings occurred at the Thomas & Betts steel fabrication factory in Athens, located about 60 miles northeast of Chattanooga.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation identified the gunman as Ricky Swafford, 45, and the supervisors as James A. Zotter, 44, and Sandra H. Cooley, 68.
A preliminary investigation indicates that Swafford, a long-time employee of the plant, became upset during a meeting with Zotter and Cooley.
Swafford abruptly left the meeting and the building, and returned shortly afterwards to the office where he met with his supervisors. He then fatally shot both of them, according to the TBI.
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The investigation remains active and ongoing.
The bodies of the two victims, as well as the shooter, will be taken to Knoxville for autopsies.
ABB, the parent company of Thomas & Betts, said in a statement, "Our loss is profound. The ABB family is shocked and saddened by the tragedy," adding that grief counselors are being made available to employees.
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Students and Baltimore's mayor gathered to promote healthy home grown food in the community during National Food Day.
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All new F-1 students are REQUIRED to attend the Orientation Program. During the Orientation Program, students will take all necessary placement tests, meet with International Student Counselors, select and register for classes, and take the Counseling 50 (Orientation to College) course.
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The Health Verification form must be completed by all students and returned to the ISP office with all of the appropriate medical documentation attached upon arrival to De Anza College. Failing to do this by the specific deadlines will result in 'HOLDS' on student accounts which prevents students from registering for classes.
De Anza, like most community colleges, does not have any dormitories or student residences. However, De Anza is conveniently located near many housing options. Check out the Local Housing Guide below for detailed information on temporary and permanent housing.
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De Anza International Student Programs also works with an organization called International Student Placements that will find homestays with families for our international students. These homestays can provide daily meals (breakfast and dinner) and serve as excellent opportunities for students to learn more about the American culture and improve their English skills. If you prefer to live on your own or with other students (and you are 18 years or older), you can also contact the ISP homestay program for apartment living and shared housing options.
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The City Library hosts art exhibitions at all of our locations to expose residents to new art forms and ideas, to foster creativity and inspire curiosity, and to provide exhibition opportunities for the artistic community.
Art Exhibit Call For EntriesSubmission Deadline: October 10
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A monthly showcase of short new works and works-in-progress by local artists in many disciplines. One Sunday a month, come see new pieces in music, dance, writing, film, theater, performance art and the like, each 12 minutes or less.
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Learn more about the 2016 elections and sample some political platforms to find out which party aligns most with your values. The City Library and KRCL's RadioActive will bring together several of Utah's political party leaders to help inform your vote.
Vision begins with the eyes, but it truly takes place in the brain.Fei-Fei Li
Become inspired and informed at a series of events featuring TED Talk videos and conversations with your community. Each month, the Marmalade Branch invites all to experience dynamic talks centered around a central theme at TEDxMarmaladeLibrary.
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Experience live performance art suitable for all ages and interests. Thirteen local and international artists will fill one of Salt Lake City's most remarkable buildings with thought-provoking pieces that should be experienced live and in-person.
First Folio! The Book That Gave Us ShakespeareOn exhibit at the Main Library Oct 8–31
Marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, "First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare" is a nationwide, touring exhibition. The wonderful book in this exhibition, the 1623 First Folio, includes 36 of Shakespeare's plays, 18 of which were originally printed only in the Folio.
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Learn the who, what, where, when, and why of meditation in this class presented by Meditation SLC. Attendees will learn and practice three meditation techniques that they will be able to apply to their everyday lives. No experience with meditation is necessary, and all are welcome.
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Banned Books Discussion Group
Celebrate Banned Books Week with a weekly discussion about banned kids, teen, and adult titles. The Day-Riverside Branch's Banned Book Discussion Group will meet each Tuesday in September.
If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.Amit Ray
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Relax with a healing sound meditation presented by The Sound Bath Experience.
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Join the Library and experts from Salt Lake SCORE to explore topics related to business ownership. In May, find out how marketing yourself and managing your personal brand can help you build a dedicated client and fan base.
The Salt Lake City Library hosts art exibits throughout the year. We also lists citywide exhibits here and in our events calendar. If you are a local artist, click on "Call for Entries" to get involved.
Steven Attardo: Covering Books Explore the relationship between graphic design and storytelling with award-winning book jacket designer Steven Attardo. Main Library Auditorium
Unresting Event: Paintings by Ben Kilbourne Reception: Sat, Sep 24, 4pm Marmalade Branch
Children's Expression Through Painting: Works by Fahimeh Amiri and Students Reception: Tue, Aug 30, 6:30–8pm Main Library Children's Gallery, Level L1
Expressions in Ink: Drawing and Printmaking by Desarae Lee Reception: Mon, Sep 12, 6:30–8pm Main Library Canteena, Level 2
Water Ways: Watercolors by Anne Penrod Reception: Thu, Aug 18, 7–8:30pm Anderson-Foothill
Recovering the Classics Recovering the Classics is a crowdsourced collection of original covers for great literary works. All Locations
Exhibits are chosen by a staff committee according to the needs and interests of the community, the variety of shows, the artistic quality of the works, and the suitability of format for each library's physical space. Submissions are accepted twice annually: during the two-week periods prior to April 10 and October 10.
Teen artists and art instructors, submit your or your student's portfolio to be featured at The City Library! We are always on the lookout for original art exhibitions for the Main Library's Canteena Space on Level 2, and welcome submissions year-round.


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- Home Additions – Do you have a pool? A trampoline? Perhaps even a treehouse? Many home insurance providers don't want to deal with houses that have these additions. They're usually seen as high risk liabilities that would cost much more than they earn. Trampolines, pools, and treehouses are known to be the cause of a multitude of different injuries that home insurance providers are held liable for. If you have any of these on your property, it would be best to discuss it with your agent to find the best possible solution for your situation. They can either agree to provide Illinois home insurance for trampolines with the exclusion of these features, or cover them as long as you put the right safety measures into action.
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Lets see hear Its been a while since ive been on frankly to long i have had my PS3 for probably about two months now we just took our senior photo on MArch 20th and I still have to find a date to prom man and IM in the process of trying to find a car and I just bought God of War2 an dits so friggin awesome I am planning on gettin Amored Car 4for my PS3 any other suggestions oh and this is my first day off in like 8 days wooh yeah happy happy joy joy
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Sorry, no suggestions here...Posted: Mar 21, 2007 12:00AM PST by retroyoshi
...it looks like a great system, but I won't pay nearly that kind of money for any system, no matter who makes it.
yeahPosted: Mar 21, 2007 12:00AM PST by darkdragonmonk
but i told myself this and then a car because once i getta car im screwed so yeah
Ya...Posted: Mar 21, 2007 12:00AM PST by Mucudadada
AC is only for those who are truley hardcore mech fans
Bitch.Posted: Mar 24, 2007 12:00AM PST by Eldritch_Eric
Log in and wish me happy birthday, damnit.
You can have my car, no joking. You just gotta pay for it to be released from the shop, that's all. Runs great!
Prom was/is lame. Don't bother, just go to post-prom and win shit, that's what I did. Hells yea.
Oh yea and fuck you.
ps3Posted: Mar 24, 2007 12:00AM PST by incrediblebrendan
you lucky bastard! man, i need to rob a band and get me one of those...no idea whats out for it that you might want, i'd just be waiting for heavenly sword right now...
yeahPosted: Mar 27, 2007 12:00AM PST by darkdragonmonk
yeah im waiting for some better games to but my dad says his 360 is bvetter cuz there are so many games out for well i would hope so it been out a whole fuckiong year longer than my PS3 so he can go to hell oh and my friend said sony droopped Devil May Cry 4 and not releasing it on PS3 anymore hes full of shit right
GamesPosted: Mar 28, 2007 12:00AM PST by Cloud_Strife_525
Get Motorstorm, Oblivion, and Rainbow Six Vegas: those are the 3 hottest games of the next 3 months or so.. skIp F.E.A.R...it was an oK game: not legendary like ppl claim
i guess you have resistance: fall of man already?Posted: Mar 28, 2007 12:00AM PST by adagio16
then i'd say virtua fighter 4 looks freakin' awesome. but otherwise, you'd probably be better off waiting for a few more ps3 exclusives.
and sorry, devil may cry 4 is gonna be on the 360 now. i expect the ps3 to start picking up the pace in a year or so, though, or else i'll be disappointed.
wowPosted: Mar 29, 2007 12:00AM PST by dark_graham
sounds like you have been busy.
ohhPosted: Mar 29, 2007 12:00AM PST by darkdragonmonk
oh beleive me i have i already have Motorstorm my dad has Oblivion and im waiting for Unreal Tournament 3 oh and uh Im waiting for Spider-Man 3 as well yeah bitches and that new game Sabotuer looks good


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My boyfriend and I took the 7 night Western Caribbean cruise on the Nieuw Amsterdam. It was my first cruise and his second. We had such a wonderful time on the ship, we can't wait to book another cruise!
Our biggest concern going into it was that we would be the youngest people on the ship and would find it boring. We had done our research before booking the trip, and we knew that Holland America caters to a more mature crowd. While I think the average age on the ship was 50+, and my boyfriend and I are both in our late 20's, we did not find it to be a problem at all. We really wanted to have a relaxing vacation and being that a lot of colleges were on Spring Break, we wanted to stay away from the party scene. We met a few other young people or couples on the ship, but mostly it was just the 2 of us and we had a wonderful time.
We were extremely impressed with the cleanliness, atmosphere of the ship and overall service provided. I cannot say enough good things about the Nieuw Amsterdam ship and staff! Everywhere you looked, people were cleaning, I never saw so much as a speck of dust, and everything felt extremely sanitary. I liked that there was hand sanitizer stations conveniently located all over the ship, outside of each bathroom and at the entrance to each dining spot.
The crew provided a higher level of service than I could have ever expected. We weren't staying in a suite, but we felt like VIP at the nicest of hotels. Our stateroom attendant met us in the hall our second day, greeted us by name, introduced himself, provided his business card and asked us to please let him know if there was anything else he could do to improve our stay. We were blown away. ALL of the crew members were kind, friendly and helpful at all times. The service was top notch.
We dined in the Manhattan Dining Room every night and most mornings and loved the experience. The food was excellent: flavorful, good presentation and tons of variety. We felt as though we were treating ourselves to a fancy night out every day.
We saw a few of the shows, and weren't blown away by any of them, but we did really enjoy the Filipino Crew show, which was fun to watch. We went to the Casino once or twice and spent some time in a few of the bars. My boyfriend especially loved the Crow's Nest, and I liked the Piano Bar. I will say I was pleasantly surprised by the cost of the cocktails onboard. I thought they were very reasonably priced, and the ship does offer Happy Hour specials once or twice a day in select bars. We played Pub and Team Trivia each day, and attended a few other activities but overall found that a lot of them didn't appeal to us. This may have been because we aren't in the right age bracket.
Bottom line, our vacation was absolutely wonderful, we had a fantastic time and the ship experience exceeded our expectations. We would definitely cruise again.
We weren't sure about going to Half Moon Cay as we knew it is owned by the Cruise Line, and I especially like to see different places and wander around when I travel. Any fears or concerns we had were pushed aside when we looked out the window in the morning and saw the island. It is absolutely stunning, an island paradise for sure. It ended up being the most beautiful place we visited. We didn't do an excursion here, but we had a lovely time laying out on the beach and lounging in the water on a raft. One of the most relaxing and beautiful places I have ever been.


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Ajax Is All About Attackby Jim Shepard
A Vintage Shorts "Short Story Month" SelectionVelibor Vasovic is not political. He is a soccer player; has played for Partizan Belgrade and his national team. Scored Partizan's only goal against Real Madrid in the European Cup. He is the rock supporting any defense. But in 1966, he starts playing for Ajax Amsterdam, firmly in the West. And politics catches up to him. Jim Shepard is the wildly inventive guru of the historical fiction short story; a finalist for the National Book Award, and "one of the United States' finest writers" (Joshua Ferris). "Ajax Is All About Attack" is classic Shepard, from the collection Love and Hydrogen. An eBook short.
The Book of Aronby Jim Shepard
By National Book Award finalist Jim Shepard, a deeply affecting novel that will join the shortlist of classics about the Holocaust and the children whose lives were caught up in it. For readers of Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl, Kenneally's Schindler's List; Szpilman's The Pianist; Anne Michaels' Fugitive Pieces; Markus Zusack's The Book Thief; the works of Pimo Levi and Elie Weisel and Michael Chabon. When we meet Aron, he is a beguiling and perceptive and not always happy young boy coming into awareness of himself and his family's struggles. When soon they are driven from the countryside into Warsaw, their lives are changed forever. Aron and a group of boys and girls risk their lives scuttling around the ghetto, smuggling and trading things through the "quarantine walls" to keep their people alive, while they are hunted by blackmailers and Jewish and Polish and German police, as gradually things catastrophically worsen, people begin to disappear, and survival is threatened on all sides. Eventually, Aron comes to know Janusz Korczak, a Jewish-Polish doctor famous for his advocacy of children's rights, whose orphanage was relocated to the ghetto once the Nazis swept in. In the end, he and the children he takes care of, Aron among them, are brought to the station to be put on a train to Treblinka. The Book of Aron is a breathtaking novel of extraordinary craft, humanity, and masterful storytelling. Fearless, and devoid of sentimentality, it looks squarely into the face of unspeakable suffering, evil and lawlessness, revealing the persistence and strength of the human spirit despite all odds and the redemptive power of love. It is nothing less than a masterpiece.
The Book of Aronby Jim Shepard
The acclaimed National Book Award finalist--"one of the United States' finest writers," according to Joshua Ferris, "full of wit, humanity, and fearless curiosity"--now gives us a novel that will join the short list of classics about children caught up in the Holocaust. Aron, the narrator, is an engaging if peculiar and unhappy young boy whose family is driven by the German onslaught from the Polish countryside into Warsaw and slowly battered by deprivation, disease, and persecution. He and a handful of boys and girls risk their lives by scuttling around the ghetto to smuggle and trade contraband through the quarantine walls in hopes of keeping their fathers, mothers, brothers, and sisters alive, hunted all the while by blackmailers and by Jewish, Polish, and German police, not to mention the Gestapo. When his family is finally stripped away from him, Aron is rescued by Janusz Korczak, a doctor renowned throughout prewar Europe as an advocate of children's rights who, once the Nazis swept in, was put in charge of the Warsaw orphanage. Treblinka awaits them all, but does Aron manage to escape--as his mentor suspected he could--to spread word about the atrocities? Jim Shepard has masterfully made this child's-eye view of the darkest history mesmerizing, sometimes comic despite all odds, truly heartbreaking, and even inspiring. Anyone who hears Aron's voice will remember it forever.From the Hardcover edition.
Childhoodby Ralph Manheim Jim Shepard Jona Oberski
A rediscovered masterpiece: an unblinking view of the Holocaust through a child's eyes Told from the perspective of a child slowly awakening to the atrocities surrounding him, Childhood is a searing story of the Holocaust that no reader will soon forget. As five-year-old Jona waits with his mother and father to emigrate from Nazi-occupied Amsterdam to Palestine, they are awakened at night, put on a train, and eventually interred in the camps at Bergen-Belsen. There, what at first seems to be a merely dreary existence soon reveals itself to be one of the worst horrors humanity has ever created. A triumph of heartrending clarity and dispassionate amazement, Childhood stands tall alongside such monuments of Holocaust literature as The Diary of Anne Frank, Elie Wiesel's Night, and Primo Levi's Survival in Auschwitz. For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Flightsby Jim Shepard
A thirteen-year-old hatches a plan of escape, solace, and utter independence through a dream of flight that's both literal and figurative in this engrossing novel by National Book Award finalist Jim Shepard As beset by the world as any thirteen-year-old--and maybe a little more so--Biddy Siebert does his best to negotiate both the intimacies and isolations of his world and his own maddening and slightly comical idiosyncrasies. His ferocious younger sister hates everyone, including him; his sprawling Italian family, when it comes to emotional matters, has the touch of a blacksmith; and his Catholic school education provides a ready framework against which he can measure himself as continually falling short of the ideal. As his grades slip and his family begins to come apart, Biddy searches for a focus and finds one during a trip in a family friend's private plane: To rise above his troubles, he's going to have to learn to fly. Biddy resolves to steal the plane, having taught himself as a pilot through manuals and observation, and as he moves through the progressions of his plan, he slowly develops the confidence and independence he's going to need later in life. In this compassionate and honest portrait of the challenges, missteps, and small successes of adolescence, Biddy is an unforgettable character whose problems might seem common but whose solutions are often extraordinary.
Kiss of the Wolfby Jim Shepard
A New York Times Notable Book:A lethal accident turns life into a waking nightmare for a mother and her son in this gripping novel of secrecy and dread Abandoned by her husband, Joanie Mucherino and her eleven-year-old son, Todd, struggle to cope while dealing with their comically tactless and intrusive Italian family. Further complicating things, Joanie now seems available to Bruno Minea, an old family friend whose two-decade passion for her has been unwavering and faintly frightening. When Joanie and Todd kill an acquaintance in a hit-and-run accident, they soon discover--to their horror--that they're keeping it a secret. But as the weight of their lies becomes more than they can can bear, their crime connects them to something even more sinister, as the victim had powerful, dangerous friends who will go to great lengths to avenge his death. Part family drama, part thriller, Kiss of the Wolf exemplifies the talents of National Book Award finalist Jim Shepard, author of 2015 favorite The Book of Aron, who crafts hilarious, spot-on dialogue with the same mastery he lends to the ingenious, page-turning plot, in which a loving mother is forced to confront her role as the architect of her son's anguished guilt.
Lights Out in the Reptile Houseby Jim Shepard
A shy and apolitical herpetologist-in-training finds the weight of history bearing down on him as the effects of repression ramp up in his country In an unspecified country that combines elements of Chile under its military regime, South Africa under apartheid, and Italy under fascism, fifteen-year-old Karel Roeder asks only to be left alone to learn from Albert, his mentor at the zoo's reptile house, and to devote himself to his girlfriend, Leda. But both Leda and Albert lead him into increasingly proscribed areas of thought and speech, and thus into conflict with a newly ascendant party that intends to prosecute a border war against an officially despised ethnic group and criminalize dissent. Citizens have been disappearing and surveillance in the name of safety has become all-pervasive. When Kehr, a special assistant of the civil guard, billets himself at Karel's house for unknown reasons, Karel finds his already tenuous hold on his own innocence crushed as Kehr--tribune, inquisitor, and metaphysician of terror--instructs his unwilling protégé in those moments when history is let off the leash. Lights Out in the Reptile House is at once a dystopian political parable, a meditation on totalitarianism, and a moving coming-of-age story, as its protagonist struggles to understand his own values and meaning even in the most extreme of crucibles.
Like You'd Understand, Anywayby Jim Shepard
Following his widely acclaimed Project X and Love and Hydrogen--"Here is the effect of these two books," wrote the Chicago Tribune: "A reader finishes them buzzing with awe". Jim Shepard now gives us his first entirely new collection in more than a decade. Like You'd Understand, Anyway reaches from Chernobyl to Bridgeport, with a host of narrators only Shepard could bring to pitch-perfect life. Among them: a middle-aged Aeschylus taking his place at Marathon, still vying for parental approval. A maddeningly indefatigable Victorian explorer hauling his expedition, whaleboat and all, through the Great Australian Desert in midsummer. The first woman in space and her cosmonaut lover, caught in the star-crossed orbits of their joint mission. Two Texas high school football players at the top of their food chain, soliciting their fathers' attention by leveling everything before them on the field. And the rational and compassionate chief executioner of Paris, whose occupation, during the height of the Terror, eats away at all he holds dear. Brimming with irony, compassion, and withering humor, these eleven stories are at once eerily pertinent and dazzlingly exotic, and they showcase the work of a protean, prodigiously gifted writer at the height of his form. Reading Jim Shepard, according to Michael Chabon, "is like encountering our national literature in microcosm. "
Love and Hydrogenby Jim Shepard
I've been a problem baby, a lousy son, a distant brother, an off-putting neighbor, a piss-poor student, a worrisome seatmate, an unreliable employee, a bewildering lover, a frustrating confidante and a crappy husband. Among the things I do pretty well at this point I'd have to list darts, re-closing Stay-Fresh boxes, and staying out of the way. This is the self-eulogy offered early on by the unwilling hero of the opening story in this collection, a dazzling array of work in short fiction from a master of the form. The stories in Love and Hydrogen--familiar to readers from publications ranging from McSweeney's to The New Yorker to Harper's to Tin House--encompass in theme and compassion what an ordinary writer would seem to need several lifetimes to imagine. A frustrated wife makes use of an enterprising illegal-gun salesman to hold her husband hostage; two hapless adult-education students botch their attempts at rudimentary piano but succeed in a halting, awkward romance; a fascinated and murderous Creature welcomes the first human visitors to his Black Lagoon; and in the title story, the stupefyingly huge airship Hindenburg flies to its doom, representing in 1937 mankind's greatest yearning as well as its titanic failure. Generous in scope and astonishing in ambition, Shepard's voice never falters; the virtuosity of Love and Hydrogen cements his reputation as, in the words of Rick Bass, "a passionate writer with a razor-sharp wit and an elephantine heart"--in short, one of the most powerful talents at work today.
Nosferatuby Jim Shepard
A New York Times Notable Book:The richly imagined fictional life of one of cinema's founding fathers from National Book Award finalist Jim Shepard In 1907, while waiting for a train that would take him from his quiet rural hometown to university in cosmopolitan Berlin, Friedrich Wilhelm Plumpe met Hans Ehrenbaum-Degele, the great passion of his life. Hans was the catalyst for Plumpe's transformation into F. W. Murnau, the filmmaker best known for directing Nosferatu--the iconic silent film adaption of Bram Stoker's Dracula--as well as The Last Laugh, Sunrise, and Tabu. As we follow Murnau from the airfields of the Great War to the cafés and clubs of Weimar Berlin to the virtual invention of filmmaking, and from there to the South Seas, we chart the progress of a man desperate to open himself to others but nonetheless continually "at home in no house and in no country." While devoted to those he loved, Murnau remained hamstrung by self-loathing and, like his vampiric creation, afraid of his own "terrible inhumanness." In his fascinating fictionalized biography of Murnau, Jim Shepard, author of the critically acclaimed The Book of Aron, brings both Weimar-era Germany and the early days of film to life in roaring, irresistible detail, delving into the heart and mind of a troubled genius and uncovering the inner turmoil of a reclusive and enigmatic cinema pioneer.
Paper Dollby Jim Shepard
During the air war over Germany, the crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress tries to achieve some competence as a unit before their most catastrophic mission yet They call their plane "Paper Doll," the joke being its suggestion of flimsiness, inconsequence, and perishability, and none of them, from the veterans to the newcomers, feel the bravery they'd like to project. But now, despite their myriad limitations, they've been tasked with living through the tension and boredom of base life, saving one another's lives, and rejoicing at those missions they've survived--until they're confronted by the shock of a mission directed against the ball-bearing factories in Schweinfurt, a mission that will outfly the capacities of their fighter escorts and take them hundreds of miles through the most heavily defended sectors of the German Air Defense. National Book Award finalist and author of The Book of Aron Jim Shepard brilliantly illustrates both the lunacy and intimacy of these young men's lives on the ground as well as their growing disillusionment and terror at what lies ahead. Unsentimental and unsparing in its honesty, Paper Doll portrays with stirring clarity the realities of war and the bonds forged in the face of death.
Project Xby Jim Shepard
n the wilderness of junior high, Edwin Hanratty is at the bottom of the food chain. His teachers find him a nuisance. His fellow students consider him prey. And although his parents are not oblivious to his troubles, they can't quite bring themselves to fathom the ruthless forces that demoralize him daily. Sharing in these schoolyard indignities is his only friend, Flake. Branded together as misfits, their fury simmers quietly in the hallways, classrooms, and at home, until an unthinkable idea offers them a spectacular and terrifying release.From Jim Shepard, one of the most enduring and influential novelists writing today, comes an unflinching look into the heart and soul of adolescence. Tender and horrifying, prescient and moving, Project X will not easily be forgotten.From the Trade Paperback edition.dicament is not their hatred of the world but their agonized and enduring love of it. Never before has Jim Shepard's compassionate virtuosity been on such conspicuous, unsettling, and haunting display.From the Hardcover edition.
Psychosby Edgar Allan Poe Lawrence Block Ray Bradbury Neil Gaiman Jack Ketchum Joan Aiken John Skipp David J. Schow Richard Connell William Gay Jim Shepard Amelia Beamer Mercedes M. Yardley Steve Rasnic Tem Kevin L. Donihe Norman Partridge Leah Mann Leslianne Wilder Joe Lansdale Laura Lee Bahr
This collection of thirty-eight terrifying tales of serial killers at large, written by the great masters of the genre, plumbs the horrifying depths of a deranged mind and the forces of evil that compel a human being to murder, gruesomely and methodically, over and over again.From Hannibal Lecter (The Silence of the Lambs) to Patrick Bateman (American Psycho), stories of serial killers and psychos loom large and menacing in our collective psyche. Tales of their grisly conquests have kept us cowering under the covers, but still turning the pages.Psychos is the first book to collect in a single volume the scariest and most well-crafted fictional works about these deranged killers. Some of the stories are classics, the best that the genre has to offer, by renowned writers such as Neil Gaiman, Amelia Beamer, Robert Bloch, and Thomas Harris. Other selections are from the latest and most promising crop of new authors.John Skipp, who is also the editor of Zombies, Demons and Werewolves and Shapeshifters, provides fascinating insight, through two nonfiction essays, into our insatiable obsession with serial killers and how these madmen are portrayed in popular culture. Resources at the end of the book includes lists of the genre's best long-form fiction, movies, websites, and writers.
Unleashed: Poems by Writers' Dogsby Jim Shepard Amy Hempel
An irresistible gift for dog lovers: poems from the dogs' point of view, written by the well-known writers & poets who love them. Filled with canine inspiration, 64 of our most respected literary lights have looked at the world from their dogs' points of view & discovered a remarkable range of thought & feeling. In styles as diverse as Arthur Miller's "Lola's Lament," Cynthia Heimel's "Sally," & Stephen Dunn's "Buster's Visitation," the results are by turns hilarious, silly, & deeply moving-as individual as the dogs themselves. The dogs hold forth formally (sonnets! villanelles! haiku!) & in free verse about the things that most concern them: food, play, food, & their masters. Photographs & drawings of the pooch poets accompany the verses.
Watchlist: 32 Stories by Persons of Interestby Cory Doctorow T. Coraghessan Boyle Aimee Bender Jim Shepard Bryan Hurt
In Watchlist, some of today's most prominent and promising fiction writers from around the globe respond to, meditate on, and mine for inspiration the surveillance culture in which we live. With contributions from Etgar Keret, T.C. Boyle, Robert Coover, Aimee Bender, Jim Shepard, Alissa Nutting, Charles Yu, Cory Doctorow, and many more, WATCHLIST unforgettably confronts the question: What does it mean to be watched?In Doctorow's eerily plausible "Scroogled," the US has outsourced border control to Google, on the basis that they Do Search Right. In Lincoln Michel's "Our New Neighborhood," a planned suburban community's 'Neighborhood Watch' program becomes an obsessive nightmare. Jim Shepard's haunting "Safety Tips for Living Alone" imagines the lives of the men involved in the US government's fatal attempt to build the three Texas Tower radar facilities in the Atlantic Ocean during the Cold War. Randa Jarrar's "Testimony of Malik, Israeli agent #287690" is "a sweet and deftly handled story of xenophobia and paranoia, reminding us that such things aren't limited to the West" (Sabotage Reviews) and Alissa Nutting's "The Transparency Project" is a creative, speculative exploration of the future of long-term medical observation.By turns political, apolitical, cautionary, and surreal, these stories reflect on what it's like to live in the surveillance state.
You Think That's Badby Jim Shepard
Following Like You'd Understand, Anyway--awarded the Story Prize and a finalist for the National Book Award--Jim Shepard returns with an even more wildly diverse collection of astonishingly observant stories. Like an expert curator, he populates the vastness of human experience--from its bizarre fringes and lonely, breathtaking pinnacles to the hopelessly mediocre and desperately below average--with brilliant scientists, reluctant soldiers, workaholic artists, female explorers, depraved murderers, and deluded losers, all wholly convincing and utterly fascinating.A "black world" operative at Los Alamos isn't allowed to tell his wife anything about his daily activities, but he can't resist sharing her intimate confidences with his work buddy. A young Alpine researcher falls in love with the girlfriend of his brother, who was killed in an avalanche he believes he caused. An unlucky farm boy becomes the manservant of a French nobleman who's as proud of his military service with Joan of Arc as he's aroused by the slaughter of children. A free-spirited autodidact, grieving her lost sister, traces the ancient steps of a ruthless Middle Eastern sect and becomes the first Western woman to travel the Arabian deserts. From the inventor of the Godzilla epics to a miserable G.I. in New Guinea, each comes to realize that knowing better is never enough.Enthralling and unfailingly compassionate, You Think That's Bad traverses centuries, continents, and social strata, but the joy and struggle that Shepard depicts with such devastating sensitivity--all the heartbreak, alienation, intimacy, and accomplishment--has a universal resonance.From the Hardcover edition.
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The Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) Program's Systems Linkages and Access to Care for Populations at High Risk of HIV Infection initiative was a multi-state demonstration project and evaluation of innovative models of linkage to and retention in HIV care. The initiative funded six demonstration states for four years to design, implement, and evaluate innovative strategies to integrate different components of the public health system such as surveillance, counseling and testing, and treatment to create new and effective systems of linkages and retention in care for hard-to-reach populations who have never been in care, have fallen out of care, or are at-risk for falling out of care. Populations of interest are limited to: those persons who at high risk for and/or infected with HIV but are unaware of their HIV status, are aware of their HIV infection but have never been referred to care, or are aware but have refused referral to care.
The University of California at San Francisco, the Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center for this initiative, coordinated the multi-state evaluation and provided programmatic technical assistance to the Demonstration States. The Demonstration State grant recipients were Louisiana, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
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RARE - 1990-91 O-PEE-CHEE Complete Set Uncut Sheets (528 Cards!)
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Wow - finding cards in their original uncut sheet is a rarity. Up for bid here is the complete 1990-91 O-PEE-CHEE set on four sheets. There are 132 cards on each large 43X28.5" sheet making 528 in all. Very seldom seen on sale to the public and are usually snatched up quickly by collectors.
Notable HOF'ers included in this set: Bourque, Chelios, Coffey, Gretzky (multiple), Roy, Kurri, Trottier, Messier, Lafleur, Lafontaine, Gilmour, Sakic, Nieuwendyk, Yzerman, M. Lemieux. Rookie cards of: Modano, Larionov, Brind'Amour, Richter, Recchi, Mogilny, Fetisov, Roenick and Joseph. The common rough edges and corners along with a few light creases can be seen. Very incredible opportunity for your sports collection.
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Clarion Suites Maingate - Kissimmee
Along with free buffet breakfast, this hotel offers a restaurant and free self parking. Go for a dip in the outdoor pool during your stay. There is also a poolside bar and a bar/lounge so guests can sip a refreshing drink by the pool or indoors. If you want low-key dining options, you will be pleased to find barbecue grills and a picnic area.
Knowledgeable staff are available at the front desk 24 hours-a-day and can provide tour/ticket assistance. Free WiFi is available.
Clarion Suites Maingate - Kissimmee
Hotel Info: 1-877-214-4288from $64
- Group Rate
- Suite, Non Smoking
- Suite, Non Smoking, Pool View
- Suite, 1 King Bed with Sofabed, Non Smoking, Pool View
- Suite, 1 King Bed with Sofabed, Non Smoking
Also popular with travelers from the USA
At a glance
Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 150 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 3 floors
- 24-hour check-in
- Check-out time is 11 AM
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
Travelling with others
- Up to 3 children (18 years old and younger) stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding
- Pets not allowed
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Free self parking
- RV/bus/truck parking
- Free theme park shuttle
Other information
- Smoke-free property
In the hotel
- Free buffet breakfast
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee shop/café
- Poolside bar
- Room service
- Barbecue grills
- Outdoor pool
- Children's pool
- Arcade/game room
- 24-hour business center
- One meeting room
- 24-hour front desk
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Laundry facilities
- Luggage storage
- Elevator/lift
- Picnic area
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
In the room
- Air conditioning
- Coffee/tea maker
- Iron/ironing board
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Sofa bed
- Private bathroom
- Shower/tub combination
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Pay movies
- Premium TV channels
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Free local calls
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
Clarion Suites Maingate - Kissimmee's small print
Also known as
- Clarion Suites
- Clarion Suites Maingate Kissimmee
- Clarion Suites Hotel Maingate
- Clarion Suites Maingate
- Clarion Hotel Kissimmee
- Clarion Hotel Maingate
- Clarion Kissimmee
- Kissimmee Clarion
- Clarion Suites Maingate Hotel Kissimmee
- Clarion Suites Maingate Hotel
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Mandatory fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at check in or check out:
- Resort fee: USD 10.00 per accommodation, per night
Resort fee inclusions:
- Breakfast
- Internet access (may be limited)
Inclusions may be listed elsewhere on the page as free or for a surcharge.
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.
Recent reviews
Good 3.7 /5 from 318 reviews
Good Clean Very close to Disney, good restaurants to eat when you return from the parks


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These tips work equally well if you hate your present job and you have had it for a long time. However, I wrote a post entitled "What to do if I hate my NEW job" previously and it occurred to me that job seekers really also need to know what not to do when they hate their new job.
When in a search, job seekers are often so wanting to get a new job that they convince themselves that their job would be OK even though they know before they are hired that it is not a good fit.
Top 4 tips: What not to do if you hate your new job
- Don't use company resources to search for the next job. Always good advice but especially if you were just hired. You have less leeway than most people. Company resources means phones, corporate cell phones, company computers, company time, company emails, and company fax or copy machines.
- Don't complain on social media about your new job. People read that and you need to realize that whether you are home, at lunch, or worse, at work, people can find ways to know what you said.
- Don't confide in anyone at work. They may seem like your best buddy but telling someone you just met that you are thinking of leaving may get you going out the door much faster than you planned.
- Don't slack in your new job just because you don't like it. You need to make sure that you keep your work up to top-level because when you are looking for a new job, they will check someone at your present position at least when you have a firm offer.
Keep notes of the good. Track your accomplishments so that when the time comes to make a move you can move with confidence providing substantial detailed statements of what you brought to the table. It is easy to think you did nothing but if you are really working at peak performance, you should have new accomplishments to report.
Your resume should reflect this job in most cases. You might want to leave it off and occasionally you can but in most cases, you should be including your new job on the resume unless you had it a very short time.
I help job seekers transform their resumes and job search strategies in interactive, solution-driven strategic planning sessions. To see how I can help you, call me (Julie Walraven) at 715-564-5263.
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