![]() ![]() His mother trafficks in everything, skilled in manipulating the black market to support her family. In this haunting novel he explores the coming-of-age of an Amerasian in Korea, torn between his mother's world - haunted by ghosts, fox demons, and the specter of Japanese occupations - and his father's transplanted America.Young Insu grows up in the chaotic streets of Pupyong, a district in the city of Inchon, the site of General Douglas MacArthur's historic invasion. ![]() The New YorkerHeinz Insu Fenkl is the son of a German-American soldier who married a Korean woman when he was stationed near Seoul. This beautiful and haunting story of an Amerasian's search for his true identity affords an intimate look at a volatile, rarely glimpsed landscape. ![]()
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![]() Reconstruction was happening in the aftermath of Lincoln's assassination and it had all of the problems and growing pains one would expect after a country has fought a protracted Civil War and a group of millions of enslaved people were freed, with many lacking resources or the education and knowledge to adequately use this newfound freedom. President Lincoln had set up this bureau before his death. At the start, a "Freedman's Bureau" was set up to assist newly-freed blacks in areas such as gaining literacy and a general education, the acquisition of property, familiarity and participation with the country's political system and helping freed blacks assert their legal rights in a country riven by a long, painful war. This sort of sums up Eric Foner's sad tale of the optimism generated at the start of America's Reconstruction after the Civil War and emancipation of all slaves. ![]() ![]() ![]() It was the best of times it was the worst of times, and then it got even worse. ![]() I need time to recover from this book! It may be a five-star book, but I don't possess a five-star mind. ![]() ![]() ![]() It examines in detail the arguments of certain religious leaders against homosexuality: the faulty logic, the quotation of scriptures out of their historical context, the convenient interpretation of biblical quotes, the power of charismatic preachers. It asks about the fate of frozen embryos: are they people or property? Who has rights over them when a marriage breaks up? It touches on the importance of music in our lives. This novel details the single-mindedness, the almost obsessive lengths to which some people will go to overcome infertility. But other issues also make an appearance: as Picoult herself says, this book is about a lot of things. This time it is homosexuality and the attitude of society, government and, in particular, organised religion, to those who are openly homosexual. As always, Picoult deals with big issues. Sing You Home is Jodi Picoult’s 18th novel. ![]() ![]() ![]() It's a great entry in the series, and left me wanting more." - Sci-Fi and Fantasy Reviews "Time Siege is a thrilling, summer-blockbuster of a novel." - Every Read Thing "It's a fun series. There's people being, well, people, the best and worst of us, in a detailed, believable, broken world. ![]() There's sharp wit, and poignant dialogue. ![]() It's easy enough to jump right into the action with Time Siege, and those returning to the Time Salvager universe will find a sequel that's bigger and better in every way." - Sam Reader, for the B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog "So, I'm going to give a hefty five stars to 'Time Siege' and say that, if you're looking for fresh sci fi with cool as hell world building, time travel and bloodthirsty capitalist corporations vying for intergalactic dominance then this is the series for you." - Lord Belatiel "Really impresses." - Strange Alliances "There's explosions. ![]() "The story's intricate plotting, breathtaking battles, and hefty doses of cruelty, betrayal, sacrifice, courage, and hope culminate in a cliff-hanger that will leave readers longing for the next installment." - Publishers Weekly, starred review "If you're looking for a book that embodies the spirit of the best summer blockbusters, I cannot recommend this series enough. ![]() ![]() ![]() Doom) is abusive and hits the boys with a yardstick. The bedrooms are cold, the food is awful (and is often stolen by bullies) and the superintendent, Mr. When Dave first arrives at the orphanage, he absolutely hates it. Ida sends Dave to a Hebrew orphanage, the Hebrew Home For Boys. Always having lived under the shadow of his older brother Gideon, he is abandoned by his stepmother Ida while Gideon goes to live with his uncle. ![]() More recently, his father dies after falling off a roof of a house he was helping to build. This gives her the opportunity to include the Yiddish language which is spoken by the character, Solomon Gruber.ĭave Caros, a teenager troublemaker, lost his mother during his birth. Levine bases the setting of her book in the Lower East Side of New York City in the Hebrew community. This book was inspired by leading figures in the arts during the Harlem Renaissance and her father, David Carson, whose childhood was spent in an orphanage. Dave at Night is a young adult, historical fiction novel written by award-winning author Gail Carson Levine in 1999. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "Especially when it's so easy to let the universe know what you want by touching blue or turning around three times or crossing your fingers."Īvailable on Amazon and at your public libraryTess and her family have lived on Bethsaida Island, off the coast of Maine, for as long as she can remember. Eleven-year-old Tess Brooks believes that you can help bring luck your way if you do a few simple things. When I read Touch Blue, by Newbery award-winning author Cynthia Lord, I thought a lot about luck, how you call it to you, and how you just need to let it come and be grateful for the luck that you have. But he was always aware how luck played such an important role - it was his way of being grateful for what the universe brought his way. He was a man who pulled himself up from the bootstraps, the first in his family to go to college, and he worked hard to do well. You couldn't do it just with hard work - everyone needs some luck to get by. ![]() My grandfather used to tell me that you needed a little luck and a lot of hard work to do well in the world. ![]() ![]() Pessl’s fictional mash-up of Stanley Kubrick, Roman Polanski and David Lynch hasn’t been seen in public for 30 years. Movie rights are already spoken for by Chernin Entertainment, the studio behind “Oblivion” and “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” and critics are raving about Pessl’s multimedia storytelling approach, which takes readers beyond the novel’s pages to explore the story of a mysterious director and the washed-up reporter out to expose him. Seven years later, “Night Film” is hitting bookstores this week amid greater expectations and even more hype. But the book lived up to expectations, selling some 200,000 copies and landing on The New York Times’ list of Best Books of 2006. Pessl burst onto the scene in 2006 with “Special Topics in Calamity Physics.” She received a six-figure advance, almost unheard of for a first-time author, a ton of hype and even some snarky backlash over her photogenic looks. ![]() ![]() ![]() Who is Stanislas Cordova? That’s the burning question at the heart of “Night Film,” the anticipated follow-up to best-selling author Marisha Pessl’s 2006 literary debut. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Kennedy years were fondly and famously labeled "Camelot" by Jackie herself, suggesting an almost mythical quality about the young President and his family. In 1961, Kennedy made it seem like anything was possible, and Americans were eager to believe him. Months into his presidency, Kennedy exhorted the country to reach for the stars, calling upon the nation to send a man to the Moon and back by the end of the decade. ![]() ![]() The decade began with a sense of idealism, personified by the attractive Kennedy, his beautiful and fashionable wife Jackie, and his young children. "Don't let it be forgot that once there was a spot for one brief shining moment that was known as Camelot" In many ways, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and his young family were the perfect embodiment of the '60s. *Includes pictures of the Kennedys and important people, places, and events in their lives. Author: Charles River Charles River Editors ![]() ![]() ![]() They kept the Jewish population in order on behalf of the Roman Empire, “tasks for which they were richly compensated.” ![]() The priest class collected taxes and tribute.To become a high priest in Jerusalem meant coming from a noble, high-class background.Understanding the politics of Jesus’s lifetime Cicero called it “a hole in the corner.”.It was nothing but “an inconsequential speck on the imperial map.”.Along with religion, or the temple is the “main repository for the legal documents, historical notes, and genealogical records of the Jewish nation.”.It is the center of commerce for all Judea, its chief financial institution and largest bank.” “The Temple serves as a calendar and clock for Jews its rituals mark the cycle of the year and shape the day-to-day activities of every inhabitant of Jerusalem.Jewish rebels took back the Holy Land from Rome, until the Romans returned in 70 CE.ĭuring Jesus’s time, the temple was central to Jewish life. ![]() Every story written about Jesus came after the Jewish rebellion against Rome in 66 CE (Common Era). ![]() He notes that they wrote their stories many years after Jesus died.The four Gospels in the New Testament were written in this chronological order:Īslan wonders why the evangelists softened their interpretations of Jesus. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Review Quotes PRAISE FOR THE LOST HERO, THE GRAPHIC NOVELIt goes without saying that this book will fly off the shelves. Julius Kane, embark on a worldwide search for the Book of Ra, but the House of Life and the gods of chaos are determined to stop them.This non-stop thrill ride is adapted and brought to life by Orpheus Collar, who developed the first Kane Chronicles graphic novel and worked on The Lightning Thief, The Graphic Novel The Lost Hero, The Graphic Novel and many other titles including The Amazing Spider-Man and Ultimate X-Men. About the Book Adapted from the novel The Kane chronicles, Book two: The throne of fire-Colopho Book Synopsis In this exciting second installment of the three-book series, Carter and Sadie, offspring of the brilliant Egyptologist Dr. ![]() |