![]() Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race,” a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men-bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis. NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review.NAMED ONE OF PASTE ’S BEST MEMOIRS OF THE DECADE.NAMED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY CNN Hailed by Toni Morrison as “required reading,” a bold and personal literary exploration of America’s racial history by “the most important essayist in a generation and a writer who changed the national political conversation about race” ( Rolling Stone) ONE OF OPRAH’S “BOOKS THAT HELP ME THROUGH”.NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST. ![]() NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Warner retired from the University after eleven years and died in 1986. dc.date.accessioned: dc.date.available: dc.date.digitalpublicationdate: 4 dc.date. Warner was an Honorary fellow of Wadham College, Oxford awarded the Black Memorial Prize (1961) decorated commander of the Royal Order of the Phoenix (Greece, 1963) and received D. dc.thor: Thucydides dc.thor: Warner, Rex Tr. He was the Tallman Professor of Classics at Bowdoin College (1961-1962) before joining the English faculty at the University of Connecticut in 1962. He was employed as a teacher in England and Egypt (1928-1945) and was associated with the control commission in Berlin, Germany (1945) and director of British Institute in Athens, Greece (1945-1948) before coming to the United States in 1961. with honors, 1928), Warner was a member of the British Home Guard from 1942 until 1945. ![]() Author, translator and professor of English, Rex Warner was born 9 March 1905, in Birmingham, England, the son of Frederick Ernest (a clergyman) and Kathleen (Luce) Warner. ![]() ![]() Premiering next week, it stars Abby Ryder Fortson as the preteen from New Jersey with a lot of questions about religion, boys and her own body. For the first time, one of her books has been adapted into a major Hollywood film: “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” is written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig. Now 85, Blume has never been forgotten, but is currently enjoying renewed interest. Brooks, right, and Judy Blume, author of the 1970 novel upon which the film is based, at the premiere of the film, Saturday, April 15, 2023, at the Westwood Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles. ![]() Kelly Fremon Craig, center, writer/director of "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret," poses with producer James L. “I remind them of their childhood,” she likes to say. She is also a literary celebrity of the rarest kind, who has not only sold millions of books, but also moved young readers so profoundly that, as adults, they approach her in tears and thank her. ![]() (AP) - At Books & Books, the nonprofit store Judy Blume and her husband have run for the past seven years, you will find her own work in various sections: from general fiction, among the other “B”-named authors, to a shelf dedicated to her - a name unto herself.įor more than 50 years, Blume has been a proud member of the literary community. Free Press 101: How we practise journalism. ![]() ![]() For a period, she worked for the famous lawyer David Boies. ![]() In 2007, she told the New York Times that she decided to apply after the events of 9/11 left her “largely unable to write.” Though she failed the New York Bar on her first attempt, she eventually passed and became a litigator who focused on intellectual property. In 2008, Wurtzel earned a JD from Yale Law School. The book was eventually adapted into a 2001 film starring Christina Ricci. ![]() Its title became a stand-in for a mode of thinking that has retained relevance as other antidepressants have overtaken the market. Though the book initially received mixed reviews, it predicted and influenced a wave of works that dealt with drugs and mental health in a genre, memoir, that had historically been dominated by established names. In it, she claimed to be one of the first people put on the drug Prozac after it received FDA approval. Wurtzel published Prozac Nation, a book that chronicled her own experiences with depression and psychiatric medication, in 1994, and it sparked controversy and a frank conversation about mental health. According to NPR, the cause was breast cancer. Elizabeth Wurtzel, the essayist and lawyer whose best-selling Prozac Nation became a Gen X touchstone, died Tuesday in a Manhattan hospital at the age of 52. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sometimes these posts are harder when I don’t have anything to complain about, because I’m not really trying to convince anyone to agree a particular thing was bad. ![]() I feel like I’ve started a lot of book club discussions this way, but I have no excuse for why I haven’t read this one yet. The Nebula award-winning FALLING FREE precedes it by internal chronology in the same future history.ĭiscussion: This book has been on my radar for so long that I can’t remember the first person who recommended it to me. Bujold’s SHARDS OF HONOR is the first book in her SF universe to feature the Vorkosigan clan, followed by the Hugo award-winning BARRAYAR. A science fiction romance by a Hugo and Nebula Award winning master. ![]() Aral and Cordelia survive countless mishaps while their mutual admiration and even stronger feelings emerge. ![]() When Cordelia Naismith and her survey crew are attacked by a renegade group from Barrayar, she is taken prisoner by Aral Vorkosigan, commander of the Barrayan ship that has been taken over by an ambitious and ruthless crew member. Following a short review, please feel free to discuss the book in the comments! Welcome to the Speculative Chic Book Club! Each month, we invite you to join us in reading a book that is voted on by YOU, our readers. ![]() ![]() ![]() Since the beginning of civilization there has always been a. ![]() ![]() To this end, Communists of various nationalities have assembled in London and sketched the following manifesto, to be published in the English, French, German, Italian, Flemish and Danish languages. Analysis Of Communist Manifesto By Karl Marx. It is high time that Communists should openly, in the face of the whole world, publish their views, their aims, their tendencies, and meet this nursery tale of the spectre of communism with a manifesto of the party itself. Communism is already acknowledged by all European powers to be itself a power. Where is the party in opposition that has not been decried as communistic by its opponents in power? Where is the opposition that has not hurled back the branding reproach of communism, against the more advanced opposition parties, as well as against its reactionary adversaries? All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Pope and Tsar, Metternich and Guizot, French Radicals and German police-spies. A spectre is haunting Europe - the spectre of communism. ![]() ![]() ![]() 'Hallelujah' is a Hebrew word meaning 'Praise the Lord'. The mystical 15th could merely reflect a slight change in lyrics of one verse, or may simply have been a mistake by Cale. It looks like this involves seeing each verse as two verses (they could be seen this way by simply splittling them in half), which gives 14 verses. There has been much speculation about '15 verses' of Cohen's song, based on a comment made by John Cale. ![]() Burke sang a shorter version than Buckley, taking 2 verses from the 1984 original and one from the 1988 version. Buckley's song takes 2 verses from the 1984 version and three from the 1988 version. In 1988, he sang a different song, with 3 new verses (shown here in red) and the same concluding verse. ![]() Here are the versions (click on each for lyrics):Ĭohen's original song contained 4 verses (shown here in black). So, where do the three versions come from and what do they mean? The original, written and released in 1984, also made it into the same Top 40 chart for the week beginning 15th December 2008. Amazingly, the number two song on the same charts was Jeff Buckley's version of the same song. 'Hallelujah' was the UK Christmas number one for X-Factor winner Alexandra Burke in 2008. ![]() ![]() ![]() Tully is a former search-and rescue dog who is trying to enjoy his retirement after years of performing daring missions saving lives. Here is a description from the publisher: The Trouble With Chickens by Doreen Cronin is a fun take on the old detective stories from the 1940’s. The illustrations and style of the book are reminiscent of some of the older James Marshall books. I wish these books were around when my boys were younger, it could have made reading even more fun. I found myself laughing out loud at the duck’s antics. Young readers will laugh out loud at the duck’s silly antics as Dodsworth has the unexpected adventure of his life in the Big Apple. ![]() What he didn’t want was to be joined by a duck. He especially wanted to visit New York City. ![]() The Dodsworth Adventures series is written and illustrated by Tim Egan.ĭodsworth wanted adventure. I was introduced to this series by Alyson at. I thought I’d share a few of them with you: These are books filled with fun characters or quirky plot twists. I have been reading a whole host of fun books lately. ![]() ![]() ![]() He implies that communism is the result of a carefree lifestyle, and he does not like this way of living. The Time Traveler’s relationship with Eloi is contradictory. ![]() ![]() Weena shows a sense of gratitude and affection towards the Time Traveler, and they become friends. The Time Traveler’s perception of the ultimate destination of humanity is realizable unless humankind adopts measures to minimize the class struggle. As he delves in the future, the Time Traveler learns that class struggles persist as exhibited in the coexistence between the Eloi and the Morlocks. 66) argues that the Eloi have become increasingly ineffective due to loss of spirit and fitness, which is necessary for humanity to stay productive. The Morlocks represent the working classes, which are deprived of their social privileges, and thus they use cruelty to survive by preying on the Eloi. Morlocks are ape-like creatures living underground during the day and on the surface during the night. On the other side, he meets the Morlocks, who have evolved to reverse the class struggle by taking control. ![]() The author describes Eloi as an idle and unproductive segment of beings evolving from the human race. In the narrative, the Time Traveler uses the time machine to take a journey to the future where he meets a small group of childlike adults called Eloi. ![]() ![]() ![]() □ Is that how you guys feel when reading?” “The order of many of them has shuffled, putting me in constant anxiety b/c now I don’t know when someone’s going to die. “There are changes (inevitable w/film&tv), but most key elements are in there,” she wrote in another tweet. However, Mead acknowledged that you might find some differences between the Vampire Academy book and the TV adaptation. That’s good news if you fell in love with characters like dhampir Rose Hathaway or royal Moroi vampire Lissa Dragomir. ![]() ![]() “They’ve nailed the characters’ personalities.” Though Mead wasn’t directly involved in the show’s production, she wrote on Twitter that she got to watch several episodes ahead of its Sept. Fifteen years after the first Vampire Academy book came out, the paranormal romance is getting a TV adaptation - and yes, it appears to have author Richelle Mead’s blessing. Spoilers ahead for the Vampire Academy books and TV series, Episodes 1-4. ![]() |