5/13/2023 0 Comments Empire vidal novel![]() ![]() Following the events leading up to and following the ascension of Theodore Roosevelt to the presidency following William McKinley's assassination, it includes pithy portraits of such leading public figures of the day as Roosevelt, Hearst, Henry Brooks Adams, Henry James, Secretary of State John Hay and President William McKinley. As with Vidal's other books in his Narratives of Empire series, this novel offers an insight into the journalism of the time, following the exploits of William Randolph Hearst in his efforts to displace Theodore Roosevelt as president in 1904. ![]() Playing these characters against real-life figures of the years 1898 to 1907, the novel portrays the conjunction of government and mass media in the creation of modern-day America. The novel concerns the fictional newspaper dynasty of half-sibling characters Caroline and Blaise Sanford. Empire is the fourth historical novel in the Narratives of Empire series by Gore Vidal, published in 1987. ![]()
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5/13/2023 0 Comments Dry by neal shusterman![]() ![]() ![]() Suddenly, Alyssa's quiet suburban street spirals into a warzone of desperation neighbours and families turned against each other on the hunt for water. When the California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions, one teen is forced to make life and death decisions in this harrowing story of survival from New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman. Everyone's lives have become an endless list of don'ts: don't water the lawn, don't fill up your pool, don't take long showers. The drought - or the Tap-Out, as everyone calls it - has been going on for a while now. ![]() ![]() Truthfully, there's a huge part of me that understands this. I read on and realized you weren't abandoning Christ but rather the concept of Christianity. I understand that faith can be fluid, I do. The other day my google reader was full of posts about your decision to "quit Christianity" I have to admit my heart sank. I do have your memoir sitting in my towering pile of books waiting to be read though, and have watched with interest as you continue to write interesting books. He is the one figure I can't read historical fiction about. I was quickly assured you'd come to a place of faith or restored faith and the book wasn't meant to mock Jesus but I've never been able to read it. A few years ago I heard you'd written a book from the first perspective of Christ and the idea freaked me out a little to be honest. I moved on to other reading material and other interests. I also grew up in a fairly conservative evangelical Christian home and while my parents weren't thrilled about my fascination with vampires they tolerated it. When I had to write a character study for a creative writing class I chose Louis from your Interview with a Vampire book. Those books were well loved, beat up around the edges. ![]() ![]() I thought you were so cool, because I loved your vampires and even guiltily read your series about witches. When I was young, like early high school young, I had a picture of you up in my room. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments All the light we cannot see review![]() To help students connect this idea to their own lives, you could ask them to reflect on their experiences with the internet and social media. Radio transmitters, like the internet today, were a way to communicate with others on a massive scale and had the power to change lives. ![]() Marie-Laure uses radio transmissions to aid the French Resistance Werner uses them to track Resistance members. For example, technology is an important theme-it can be used for good or for evil. ![]() To expand the activity, have students create a timeline of events for the main characters, Marie-Laure and Werner.Īll the Light We Cannot See is rich with literary elements to analyze and discuss. For help visualizing the multiple settings and places identified in the story, students could plot the locations on a map as they read. Anthony Doerr’s historical fiction novel explores the nature of humanity through these extraordinary characters.Ī pre-reading lesson about the French Resistance could be beneficial to students, who might be unfamiliar with that aspect of WWII. Their separate stories progress toward each other until they intersect at a crucial moment. Its two teenage protagonists are on opposite sides of the war, yet they have more in common than it appears. ![]() All the Light We Cannot See offers a view of World War II from a fascinating perspective. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Chomsky camelot![]() ![]() ![]() In it, Noam Chomsky sheds light into the phenomenon of Trumpism, exposes the catastrophic nature and impact of Trump’s policies for average Americans, the environment and the planet on the whole, respectively, and captures the dynamics and contradictions operating in today’s USA–from the brutal class warfare launched by the masters of capital to maintain and even enhance the features of a dog-eat dog society to the unprecedented mobilization of millions of people against neoliberal capitalism, racism, and police violence.Ĭlick here to pre-order the book, out June 2021.Ĭonsequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance The book, a collection of interviews with the world’s leading public intellectual from the time of the rise of Donald Trump to power to the end of his presidency. The Precipice: Neoliberalism, the Pandemic and Urgent Need for Radical ChangeĪ collection of extensive interviews with the world’s greatest public intellectual on four years of an American nightmare. A number of Noam Chomsky’s books are also now available in e-book format.) Most recent titles: ![]() (Please note that has no specific recommendations as to where to obtain these titles, other than suggesting you try a well-stocked library or bookstore, or the various places to buy new or used books on the internet. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Declare by Tim Powers![]() ![]() ![]() "Declare" won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel and the International Horror Guild Award for Best Novel in 2001 the book is a fascinating look at mid-twentieth century history with gripping supernatural elements operating behind actual events. ![]() In his work, Powers demonstrates an adherence to real-life events and people for example, the British spy and double agent Kim Philby features in the book "Declare", a spy novel and secret history of the Cold War. 1952), who incorporates supernatural elements into his stories as motivations for the characters. Item #17031806 Historical events are often reimagined through works of fiction, but few writers bring the creative force and eloquent style of Tim Powers (b. 141 of 500, octavo size, 544 pp., signed by Tim Powers. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Lockdown escape the furnace![]() ![]() I didn’t look back to see what was behind us. Everywhere around me other kids were panicking, all bolting the same way, to safety. I forced myself to run faster, the metal staircase rattling beneath my clumsy steps. Just one more flight of stairs, one more and I might make it. ![]() If the siren hadn’t been hammering at my eardrums, then I’d have been able to hear my breaths, ragged and desperate, unable to pull in enough air to keep me going. I couldn’t even see where I was going anymore, my vision fading as my body prepared to give in. My lungs were on fire, my heart pumping acid, every muscle in my body threatening to cramp. Summary: When fourteen-year-old Alex is framed for murder, he becomes an inmate in the Furnace Penitentiary, where brutal inmates and sadistic guards reign, boys who disappear in the middle of the night sometimes return weirdly altered, and escape might just be possible. Lockdown : Escape from Furnace / Alexander Gordon Smith.-1st American ed. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Copyright © 2009 by Alexander Gordon Smithįirst published in Great Britain by Faber and Faber Limited, 2009 ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments Hellbent leigh![]() ![]() Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Drama, Action-Adventure, Thrillerĭisclosure: If you click a link in this post and make a purchase, I may earn a small commission. Thick with history and packed with Leigh Bardugo’s signature twists, Hell Bent brings to life an intricate world full of magic, violence, and all too real monsters. ![]() Something deadly is at work in New Haven, and if she is going to survive, she’ll have to reckon with the monsters of her past and a darkness built into the university’s very walls. But when faculty members begin to die off, Alex knows these aren’t just accidents. ![]() Together, they will have to navigate a maze of arcane texts and bizarre artifacts to uncover the societies’ most closely guarded secrets, and break every rule doing it. But Galaxy “Alex” Stern is determined to break Darlington out of purgatory―even if it costs her a future at Lethe and at Yale.įorbidden from attempting a rescue, Alex and Dawes can’t call on the Ninth House for help, so they assemble a team of dubious allies to save the gentleman of Lethe. A simple plan, except people who make this particular journey rarely come back. Alex Stern is back and the Ivy League is going straight to hell.įind a gateway to the underworld. Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo Hell Bent Book Synopsis ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments Come from away genevieve graham![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He is someone else entirely-someone not to be trusted. But after several weeks, she discovers that Rudi, her mysterious visitor, is not the lonely outsider he appears to be. He claims to be a trapper come from away, and as Grace gets to know him, she becomes enamoured by his gentle smile and thoughtful ways. Then, one day, a handsome stranger ventures into the store. As the harsh realities of war come closer to home, Grace buries herself in her work at the store. But three years later, the fighting rages on and rumours swirl about “wolf packs” of German U-Boats lurking in the deep waters along the shores of East Jeddore, a stone’s throw from Grace’s window. The war, everyone says, will be over before it starts. Grace stays behind, tending to the homefront and the general store that helps keep her small Nova Scotian community running. In the fall of 1939, Grace Baker’s three brothers, sharp and proud in their uniforms, board Canadian ships headed for a faraway war. Genre: Historical,Books,Fiction & Literature,Romance,Historical,įrom the bestselling author of Tides of Honour and Promises to Keep comes a poignant novel about a young couple caught on opposite sides of the Second World War. ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments Drive your plough![]() ![]()
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