5/11/2023 0 Comments Louise fitzhugh books![]() Brody-working with interviews given by various friends of Fitzhugh’s-links her death on November 19, 1974, to the middling reviews that Nobody’s Family Is Going to Change received that fall. ![]() Brody’s account of the novel relies heavily on generational analysis she sees Harriet the Spy as a prototypical Baby Boomer text, a 'countercultural' story that questions authority, and she-like many other critics-presents the novel instrumentally, as a tool that readers can use to do something else with. The stories that Brody is able to tell the reader, then, are mostly second- or third-hand, conveyed to her by friends as they reminisced after Fitzhugh’s death or by the handful of enterprising earlier writers who attempted to crack the nut of Fitzhugh’s life. But Fitzhugh herself left few personal papers: she didn’t write a lot of letters, and the small number of journals she kept continue to be held closely by the estate. ![]()
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5/11/2023 0 Comments Unfamiliar fishes book![]() In examining the place where Manifest Destiny got a sunburn, she finds America again, warts and all. With her trademark wry insights and reporting, Vowell sets out to discover the odd, emblematic, and exceptional history of the fiftieth state. UNFAMILIAR FISHES by Sarah Vowell RELEASE DATE: MaEver-clever NPR contributor Vowell ( The Wordy Shipmates, 2008, etc.) offers a quick, idiosyncratic account of Hawaii from the time Capt. Whalers who fire cannons at the Bible-thumpers denying them their god-given right to whores an incestuous princess pulled between her new god and her brother-husband sugar barons, con men, Theodore Roosevelt, and the last Hawaiian queen, a songwriter whose sentimental ode Aloha 'Oe serenaded the first Hawaiian-born president of the United States during his 2009 inaugural parade. From the arrival of the New England missionaries in 1820, who came to Christianize the local heathens, to the coup d'état led by the missionaries' sons in 1893, overthrowing the Hawaiian queen, the events leading up to American annexation feature a cast of beguiling, if often appalling or tragic, characters. ![]() ![]() Of all the countries the United States invaded or colonized in 1898, Sarah Vowell considers the story of the Americanization of Hawaii to be the most intriguing. Unfamiliar Fishes By Sarah Vowell Hardcover, 256 pages Riverhead List Price: 25. ![]() From the author of Lafayette in the Somewhat United States comes an examination of Hawaii, the place where Manifest Destiny got a sunburn. ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments GLBTQ by Kelly Huegel![]() This is the book I wish my pansexual self had as a teenager to refer back to regularly and know I was not (and am not) alone. " LGBTQ is a book for EVERYONE, whether queer or hetero, to learn how to be a true advocate for yourself and the rainbow community under the umbrella of the social justice movement. Resources point the way to books and websites with more information, and quotes from LGBTQ teens (and allies) share stories of personal experiences.Ĭreated with input from PFLAG, GLSEN, GLAAD, and others, this book is for young people who are beginning to question their sexual orientation or gender identity, those who are ready to work for LGBTQ rights, and those who may need advice, guidance, or reassurance that they are not alone. Other advice covers topics such as coming out, confronting prejudice, getting support, making healthy choices, and thriving in school and beyond. This fully revised and updated third edition includes current information on LGBTQ terminology, evolving understandings of gender identity and sexual identity, LGBTQ rights, and much more. ![]() LGBTQ is the indispensable resource for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning teens and their allies. ![]() ![]() ![]() They called the nosy mortician a freakshow-a ghastly thing. Twenty-four years later, she returned to Weeping Hollow, a town she’d only heard about in stories during restless nights under a marble moon, to take care of her last living relative. Once upon a time, there lived a girl named Fallon who was taken far away from home shortly after she was born.Ī home that held more than strange traditions and bizarre superstitions. ![]() You may also like Love and Bonds by Liz E. Before starting the reading or downloading, here is the summary of the book that you can read. “Hollow Heathens by Nicole Fiorina ” is a good book that you can read online or download to read it later. ![]() If you need this book in any specific format, you can request us. “Hollow Heathens by Nicole Fiorina ” is an impressive book that is now available in various format including Kindle, ePub, and PDF. Hollow Heathens by Nicole Fiorina PDF Book read online or download for free. ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments This is all i ask by lynn kurland![]() There are exceptions, of course, but for the most part when a hero is disabled, it is limited to something relatively minor, in terms of affecting his ability to live independently. When it comes to debilitating disabilities, Catherine Anderson deserves some serious praise for taking risks and writing about it: in Blue Skies, the heroine is formerly blind, and at risk for becoming blind again in Phantom Waltz, the heroine is paralyzed and perhaps the most challenging, My Sunshine, in which the heroine has brain damage, and Annie’s Song, in which the heroine is thought to be mentally handicapped but is in fact deaf.ĭo you notice a theme? There aren’t too many men who are disabled in these romance novels. The heroine in Jill Barnett’s Sentimental Journey is blind. ![]() Lily in Tessa Dare’s Three Nights With a Scoundrel is deaf, as are the heroines in Suzanne Brockman’s Into the Fire and Erin McCarthy’s Mouth To Mouth. In Virna DePaul’s upcoming book Shades of Desire, the heroine is coping with her recent loss of vision. However, when I asked the staff here at AAR to brainstorm, we came up with a much longer list than I had anticipated. ![]() When I first started writing this blog, I thought it was a rare occurrence in romance novels. “Disability” can mean a whole lot of things: blindness, paralysis, amputated limbs, deafness, a chronic illness, brain damage. ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments Mcghee the sum of us![]() When the subprime mortgage bubble burst, that problem became ever more urgent. ![]() ![]() A head-on consideration of the costs of American racism.įormer Demos president McGhee undertook her first project for the organization by studying credit card debt-which, by the early 2000s, was far more likely to affect Black and Latinx families than White ones. ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments Empress dowager cixi by jung chang![]() ![]() Chang comprehensively overturns the conventional view of Cixi as a diehard conservative and cruel despot.Ĭixi reigned during extraordinary times and had to deal with a host of major national crises: the Taiping and Boxer rebellions, wars with France and Japan-and an invasion by eight allied powers including Britain, Germany, Russia and the United States. She inaugurated women’s liberation and embarked on the path to introduce parliamentary elections to China. It was she who abolished gruesome punishments like “death by a thousand cuts” and put an end to foot-binding. ![]() Under her the ancient country attained virtually all the attributes of a modern state: industries, railways, electricity, the telegraph and an army and navy with up-to-date weaponry. ![]() In this groundbreaking biography, Jung Chang vividly describes how Cixi fought against monumental obstacles to change China. Cixi at once launched a palace coup against the regents appointed by her husband and made herself the real ruler of China-behind the throne, literally, with a silk screen separating her from her officials who were all male. When he died in 1861, their five-year-old son succeeded to the throne. She ruled China for decades and brought a medieval empire into the modern age.Īt the age of sixteen, in a nationwide selection for royal consorts, Cixi was chosen as one of the emperor’s numerous concubines. ![]() Empress Dowager Cixi (1835–1908) is the most important woman in Chinese history. ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments The Complete Poems by Emily Brontë![]() ![]() And Poems By Charlotte Brontë, Emily And Anne Brontë, And The Rev. 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Poems By Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë, Now for the First Time Printed (Classic Reprint)Įmily Bronte: Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets) Emily Bronts achievement as a poet has been eclipsed by her masterpiece, Wuthering Heights. ![]() The Emily Brontë Collection: Wuthering Heights, Collected Poems: (Illustrated) Moor Fires: With Introductory Poems by Edwin Waugh and Emily Brontë Sales Rank Publication Date Lowest New Price ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Frankenstein (1931) was originally conceived as a vehicle for Bela Lugosi, but it was to be Boris Karloff who would eventually play the monster in a remarkably sympathetic portrayal. Due to its massive success, Universal quickly went into production on a second horror picture. Based on the stage play rather than Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula (1931) starred Hungarian actor Bela Lugosi in a career (not to mention character) defining performance as the count. ![]() He also recognized the lucrative potential of horror movies and, much against the advice of his father, pursued the rights to Dracula for the studio’s first horror ‘talkie’. was more of a risk taker than his father and as well as building a chain of theaters he pushed Universal’s move into sound production. ![]() head of production as his 21st birthday present.Ĭarl Jr. Further silent chillers from the studio included The Cat and the Canary (1927) and The Man Who Laughs (1928) which was based on Hunchback writer Victor Hugo’s novel of the same name. 1928 was also the year that Universal Studios’ founder Carl Laemmle Sr. His grotesque (and self designed) makeup appalled and thrilled audiences and earned him the title ‘Man of a Thousand Faces’. Lon Chaney starred in two silent horror pictures for Universal The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925). Right from the early days, Universal Studios was known for dabbling in the horrific and the macabre. Lon Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera (1925) ![]() 5/9/2023 0 Comments Startide rising by david brin![]() The book follows the crew of the Streaker, a starship from Earth - but it isn't crewed by humans! Instead, its the first ship captained and crewed by dolphins, who humanity has 'uplifted' by helping to accelerate their evolution (along with chimps). Here's the setup (no spoilers, but still putting in spoiler tags in case you like to go in totally blank slate): ![]() It's also nice to take a break from the often-dour outlook of modern sci-fi and read a book where humans are the unapologetic good guys fighting against the institution of galactic slavery. The story is gripping, funny, and full of interesting, novel ideas. ![]() Startide won both the Hugo and the Nebula in 1984 - so I'm certainly not the only one who loved it. In Children of Time Adrian Tchaikovsky called the effort to accelerate evolution 'The Brin Project' - definite nod to this series! ![]() |