5/24/2023 0 Comments Russka rutherfurd![]() Though thoroughly researched, the novel is diminished by occasional soap-opera twists in the narrative thread and present-day phrasing (``pin money,'' ``red tape,'' ``heads or tails'') used in distracting asides to the reader. He weaves an expansive tapestry of Russian lore with a vivid exploration of the historical influences on the modern Russian psyche. through Cossacks, Tatars, Tsars, revolution and Stalin to touch on a contemporary Russian emigre community near New York City. Focusing on the changing fortunes of the small town of Russka and its controlling families, Rutherfurd moves from the tribes of the steppes in the second century A.D. Though the structure and style mirror that of his first saga, Rutherfurd's close observation of Russia's religious and ethnic diversity give this epic a distinctive flavor. Edward Rutherfurd was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, and educated at Cambridge University and Stanford University in California. Russka (Rutherfurd) Book Reviews Spanning 1800 years of Russia's history, people, poltics, and culture, Edward Rurtherford, author of the phenomenally successful Sarum: The Novel of England, tells a grand saga that is as multifaceted as Russia itself. With his second sprawling historical novel, Rutherfurd moves from his hometown of Salisbury, England, the site of the bestselling Sarum, to the rich foreign soil of Russia. ![]()
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5/24/2023 0 Comments You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour![]() This is an ownvoices book and you can tell. I really liked the focus on the formative years of identity, and how being in that stage of your life where you're trying to find yourself is complicated so much by also trying to understand your queer identity. I related to them both a lot, but also felt quite Seen because it's really rare to have queer friends in books. I always say queer people travel in packs and the friendship between the two really resonated with me. The friendship between Mark and Kate was my favourite thing about this. Kate is in love with a girl she barely knows, and Mark is in love wish his best best friend Ryan who may or may not know. They run into eachother in the city one night and realise, over one wild night, that they do have some things on common. You Know Me Well follows Kate and Mark, who sit next to eachother in class and never talk. I read it pretty much in one sitting and enjoyed all of it so much. I loved the friendship between Mark and Kate, a lesbian and gay character and just how this whole book played out. ![]() To be honest, this was the exact kind of queer book I needed and I didn't even realise that until I read it. ![]() This book had the most iconic mlm/wlw solidarity and I am HERE FOR IT. I'm ready to find myself, but I'm not ready for you to know what I find” “I'm ready to love myself, but I'm not ready to lose you. ![]() ![]() It represents the final updates made to the text before the author’s death in 2005. This revised edition includes new sections detailing the prophet’s expanding influence and his spreading of the message of Islam into Syria and its neighboring states. ![]() Scrupulous and exhaustive in its fidelity to its sources, Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources is presented in a narrative style that is easily comprehensible, yet authentic and inspiring in its use of language, reflecting both the simplicity and grandeur of the story it tells. Based on the sira, the eighth- and ninth-century Arabic biographies that recount numerous events in the prophet’s life, it contains original English translations of many important passages that reveal the words of men and women who heard Muhammad speak and witnessed the events of his life. Martin Lings’ biography of Muhammad is an internationally acclaimed, comprehensive, and authoritative account of the life of the prophet. You can read this before Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources PDF full Download at the bottom. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources written by Martin Lings which was published in 1983–. ![]() ![]() Brief Summary of Book: Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources by Martin Lings ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Maureen mahon black diamond queens![]() ![]() ![]() Along with her good looks and Negotiating “Brown Sugar” her professional connections to high-profile rock musicians such as George Harrison, Joe Cocker, and Leon Russell, Lennear’s assumed connection to “Brown Sugar” and her relationship with Jagger received comment in press coverage about her career, competing with discussions of her musical sound and creative vision. The two began an affair that lasted for a few years. She and Jagger met when she was performing as an Ikette during the Ike and Tina Turner Revue’s 1969 tour of England. ![]() Mick Jagger has never confirmed whom he had in mind when composing “Brown Sugar,” but conventional wisdom has held that Claudia Lennear was the inspiration for the song. ![]() No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher. Excerpt of Chapter Five from Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll by Maureen Mahon reprinted with permission by Duke University Press (footnotes omitted). ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Just so stories illustrated![]() ![]() I love that the various writers have retained Kipling’s device of authorial intrusion speaking directly to the ‘dear reader’ (albeit in different terminology to those he used himself).Īll in all, it is always wonderful to see timeless classic stories being introduced to contemporary children with modifications that appeal to today’s child without losing any of the flavour of the originals. With loads of onomatopoeia there will also be much fun to be had with joining in a read-aloud. The pages are alive with the simplistically styled illustrations with minimal text on each, allowing for plenty of perusal time for little ones as each story unfolds. ![]() ![]() This collection presents six of Kipling’s best: How the Camel got his Hump, How the Whale got his Throat, How the Elephant got his Trunk, How the Rhino got his Skin, How the Leopard got his Spots and Why the Kangaroo Jumps. The simplified narrative and colourful illustrations will be well-received by little people, who are invariably very engaged with animal stories. Therefore I was rather delighted to have this lovely new revamp of his stories arrive and to note that they are intended for younger children. Astute readers of this blog may have suspected that I have affection for the writing of Rudyard Kipling – yes, very old-fashioned I know – but it is what it is. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Joy DeGruy, answers these questions and more. What do repeated traumas, endured generation after generation by a people produce? What impact have these ordeals had on African Americans today? Dr. Today the violations continue, and when combined with the crimes of the past, they result in yet unmeasured injury. Given such history, isn't it likely that many of the enslaved were severely traumatized? And did the trauma and the effects of such horrific abuse end with the abolition of slavery? Emancipation was followed by one hundred more years of institutionalized subjugation through the enactment of Black Codes and Jim Crow laws, peonage, convict leasing, domestic terrorism and lynching. They experienced the worst kind of physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual abuse. In the 16th century, the beginning of African enslavement in the Americas until the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment and emancipation in 1865, Africans were hunted like animals, captured, sold, tortured, and raped. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments The Near Witch by Victoria Schwab![]() ![]() If you’ve already read THE NEAR WITCH, “The Ash-Born Boy” is guaranteed to change the way you see Cole.Īnd if you haven’t read THE NEAR WITCH yet, don’t worry, “The Ash-Born Boy” won’t spoil anything!Īnd if you want to wait and read THE NEAR WITCH first, don’t worry! Cole’s story will stay up on Disney*Hyperion’s website. It’s time to learn the truth behind the stranger’s story. ![]() Meet the Lord and Lady, and their son, the boy destined to inherit all…until everything turns to ash. LOOK AT THE SHINY BANNER ON THE HOMEPAGE.Īnd the short story now comes with a shiny summary:įollow us to Dale, a city on a hill, where in a matter of days fire will devour everything. Not only does THE NEAR WITCH come out in paperback TODAY, but, to celebrate its release, “The Ash-Born Boy” is finally up over at Disney*Hyperion’s website! I’m back in the states, jetlagged and just in time to celebrate! ![]() 5/23/2023 0 Comments Hannah kristin the nightingale![]() ![]() Kristin Hannah is the award-winning and bestselling author of more than 20 novels including the international blockbuster, The Nightingale, which was named Goodreads Best Historical fiction novel for 2015 and won the coveted People's Choice award for best fiction in the same year. But when he betrays her, Isabelle joins the Resistance and never looks back, risking her life time and again to save others. While thousands of Parisians march into the unknown terrors of war, she meets Gaëtan, a partisan who believes the French can fight the Nazis from within France, and she falls in love as only the young can…completely. Vianne’s sister, Isabelle, is a rebellious eighteen-year-old, searching for purpose with all the reckless passion of youth. Without food or money or hope, as danger escalates all around them, she is forced to make one impossible choice after another to keep her family alive. ![]() ![]() ![]() When a German captain requisitions Vianne’s home, she and her daughter must live with the enemy or lose everything. She doesn’t believe that the Nazis will invade France…but invade they do, in droves of marching soldiers, in caravans of trucks and tanks, in planes that fill the skies and drop bombs upon the innocent. In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says good-bye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front. ![]() 5/23/2023 0 Comments Dead Lake by Darcy Coates![]() ![]() ![]() Staying at the lake house is her final, desperate attempt to paint the collection that could save her floundering career. She's battling artist's block ahead of a major gallery exhibition. Perfect for fans of Paul Tremblay and Amy CrossĪ week's visit to the remote Harob Lake cabin couldn't have come at a better time for Sam.Dead Lake is a chilling, fast-paced read: Includes four bonus stories that will leave readers haunted.įrom bestselling horror author Darcy Coates comes Dead Lake, a cabin in the woods thriller that will make you double-check your locks at night. Stranded, alone, afraid, Sam may have become the prey in a hunter's deadliest game. ![]() He destroys her only way to communicate with the outside world. ![]() At first she tries to brush off her unease, but unnerving reports begin to surface of hikers missing from the nearby trail. A tall, strange man stands on the edge of her dock, staring intently into the swirling waters below. It isn't long before Sam realizes she's not alone out here. It's perfect.īut there's something deeply unnatural lingering by the lake. It's a chance for her to focus on her art without distractions: no neighbors, no phone, and only a small radio to keep her company. Sam is excited to spend a week at her uncle's remote lakeside cabin. ![]() 5/23/2023 0 Comments Dreamsnake vonda mcintyre![]() ![]() It’s pretty fucking brilliant for 1978, I have to say. So the premise is that this woman, nicknamed ‘Snake,’ is a healer, who uses her specially bred snakes and healer training to basically create individually tailored vaccines and cures. It reminded me a bit of Carol Nelson Douglas’ Six of Swordsseries. If I sound dismissive, it’s only because I grew up in heavily genderized sci-fi and it appears that I can’t even revisit it for long. It’s always about being a biological and gendered girl in a structure that resembles the Quest of the (Male) Hero. In the 1970s, it also includes sexual inequity, possibly insta-love with a man who struggles with women’s equity, and quite probably about rape. ![]() ![]() What’s Women’s Sci-Fi, you ask? Oh, it’s simple stuff it’s the stuff that’s about being a female and owning (female) power. It turns out that my feeling was not inaccurate the book sprung out of an award-winning novellete. Not to mention the novel-length ‘plot’ feels a great deal a series of short stories strung together into a novel. But some of the responsibility needs to go to McIntyre for writing what 100% seems like Women’s Sci-Fi, 1970s-Style. Why? I fully admit much of it is me, in this particular mood in my life at this moment. Read December, 2021 Recommended for people who really like classic sci-fi ★ ★ 1/2 ![]() |