![]() Yet as their fortunes rise, this perfect partnership comes under threat, from the searing passion of a lover who wants more than his allotted nights to the attentions of an admiring Turk in search of human novelties for his sultan's court. Together they make the perfect partnership: the sharp-tongued, sharp-witted dwarf, and his vibrant mistress, trained from birth to charm, entertain, and satisfy men who have the money to support her. With a mix of courage and cunning they infiltrate Venetian society. ![]() ![]() Escaping the sack of Rome in 1527, with their stomachs churning on the jewels they have swallowed, the courtesan Fiammetta and her dwarf companion, Bucino, head for Venice, the shimmering city born out of water to become a miracle of east-west trade: rich and rancid, pious and profitable, beautiful and squalid. Thus begins In the Company of the Courtesan, Sarah Dunant's epic novel of life in Renaissance Italy. ![]() My lady, Fiammetta Bianchini, was plucking her eyebrows and biting color into her lips when the unthinkable happened and the Holy Roman Emperor's army blew a hole in the wall of God's eternal city, letting in a flood of half-starved, half-crazed troops bent on pillage and punishment. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Nixon) Oil and Gas, 1977 The Son Who Came Home Again, 1977 Writing Mysteries for Young People, 1977 (with H. Publications: Mystery of Hurricane Castle, 1964 Mystery of the Grinning Idol, 1965 Mystery of the Hidden Cockatoo, 1966 Mystery of the Haunted Woods, 1967 Mystery of the Secret Stowaway, 1968 Delbert: The Plain- clothes Detective, 1971 The Alligator under the Bed, 1974 The Mysterious Red Tape Gang, 1974 The Secret Box Mystery, 1974 The Mysterious Prowler, 1976 Who Is My Neighbor?, 1976 Five Loaves and Two Fishes, 1976 (with H. teacher, Los Angeles, 1947-50 Creative writing instr., Midland Col., Texas, 1971, and University of Houston, 1974-78. Genres: Children's fiction, Young adult fiction, Children's non-fiction, Young adult non-fiction. ![]() ![]() ![]() But he didn’t know the feeling of home until Ivy entered his world. Jack knew plenty of hardship before the agency refined his rough edges, transforming him into the man who never misses. But it’s the hours she spends among the towering bookshelves in the library and stargazing on the roof with Agent Jack Vale that make her heart fly. Her education-from explosives to etiquette, sharpshooting to sabotage-is as far reaching as the organization’s missions. Then destiny thrusts her into the nest of a covert agency of assassins sworn to drive back the world’s darkness, and she acquires a new set of lethal skills. Washington, DC, 1914. Ivy Olwen knows how to survive on the streets without two coins to rub together. Amid the chaos of the Great War, two elite assassins learn precisely how dangerous it is to have something-or someone-worth losing. ![]() ![]() ![]() Two lots were purchased in West Hazleton and a basic design was chosen. Numerous articles detail the meetings and planning that went into this effort. The speakers were preceded by “a big demonstration”:Īt this time, plans to build a monument in the city of West Hazleton came about. This article, from Septemfrom the Philadelphia Enquirer describes either the same event, or another one, in Lattimer, this time not mentioning Mother Jones, but prominent members of the UMWA speaking at the event, held in Lattimer. This article from 1903, six years after the event, describes a Labor Day plan to commemorate “Lattimer Day” with a speech by Mother Jones addressing miner’s of the Lehigh Region: In the following decades, efforts were made to commemorate the event, and plans made to build a monument to the fallen in the city of Hazleton. ![]() This was the first commemoration of the fallen. In the days and weeks immediately afterwards, funeral processions made up of the families, community members and fellow workers of the fallen made their way across the city of Hazleton. The entire event took place over about 5 to 7 minutes in the late afternoon of that day. On September 10th, 1897 19 miners were shot to death on the road and fields at the east end of Lattimer. ![]() ![]() She uses this technique to share her personal thoughts on racism as she defines words through her own viewpoint. She states in her book Black Feminist Thought, “Over the years I have tried to replace the external definitions of my life forwarded by dominant groups with my own self-defined viewpoint.” (Collins, vi). After she went silent, she wanted to share her thoughts to the world. ![]() Patricia Hill-Collins reveals to the world her unique point of view on racism, oppression, and nationalism. As an author she is very important to us today as she is a black feminist leader sharing her voice. Patricia Hill-Collins has become a very powerful African American feminist who truly made a difference in our world. As a result, she started to write books to regain her voice and power. She “tried to disappear” (Collins vi) and hide the pain. Knowing people were judging her, she felt small and went silent. ![]() She knew that part of the world felt that her race defined her. When Patricia Hill-Collins was younger, she was one of the only African Americans in her schools, community, and work environment. By Sara Hedglin (Business Management, Class of 2024) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Determined to survive through her enduring faith in family unity, Adeline struggled for independence as she moved from Hong Kong to England and eventually to the United States to become a physician and writer.Ī compelling, painful, and ultimately triumphant story of a girl's journey into adulthood, Adeline's story is a testament to the most basic of human needs: acceptance, love, and understanding. But wealth and position could not shield Adeline from a childhood of appalling emotional abuse at the hands of a cruel and manipulative Eurasian stepmother. ![]() Born in 1937 in a port city a thousand miles north of Shanghai, Adeline Yen Mah was the youngest child of an affluent Chinese family who enjoyed rare privileges during a time of political and cultural upheaval. ![]() ![]() " presents the story of early Virginia almost as though it were the plot of a colorful novel. This work has the special merit of revealing a historical treasure-like a lost Gilbert Stewart found in the dusty attic of history, a subject whose importance becomes as obvious as our neglect of it seems silly and wrong."― Washington Times "A rip-snortin' adventure, petty-and power-politics, blood-and-guts rivalries and more. A Land as God Made It should take a rightful place in the very short list of books that are must reading for anybody who wants to understand how it all began."― Richmond Times-Dispatch " is eminently well qualified and writes with assurance about the actual events and the many myths that surround the first years of the Colonial experience. All in all, an absolutely terrific book."― Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post ![]() He's also strong on the details: his version of the 1609 famine.ignites the horror in the reader's mind."― Russell Shorto, New York Times Book Review has done a careful job of synthesizing his material. ![]() Horn writes with clarity and precision, and in John Smith, he has a larger-than-life central figure. ![]() "A thorough and painstaking history of the Jamestown settlement. ![]() ![]() ![]() The brief definitions provided below however do match up with their use in the book as I see them. The historical meanings may not exactly translate into the world of this book. Please note that while many of these words are directly taken from Norse history, The Shadow of the Gods is a work of fiction. Before you read the book then, check out the guide below for some of the common ones. Set in a new world reminiscent of Viking society, there are lots of Scandinavian terms to get to grips with. At the start of the story, Orka is enjoying a quiet life with her family, but she clearly knows how to look after herself.Įlvar is a warrior in one of the warbands – the Battle-Grim – and Varg is just about to get involved with another, the Bloodsworn.Īll three main characters have battle in their blood, or at least in their future, and we spend a good amount of time in the shield walls and oar benches of the warbands. The book follows three point-of-view characters, Orka, Varg and Elvar. Before you read The Shadow of the Gods, you should also know about the characters. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Unnamed Narrator Is A Disillusioned Modern Writer Who Answers A Personal Ad (``teacher Seeks Pupil. Is It Man's Destiny to Rule The World? Or Is It A Higher Destiny possible For Him- One More Wonderful Than He Has Ever imagined?publishers Weeklyquinn ( Dreamer ) Won The Turner Tomorrow Award's Half-million-dollar First Prize For This Fascinating And Odd Book-not A Novel By Any Conventional Definition-which Was Written 13 Years Ago But Could Not Find A Publisher. like All Great Teachers, Ishmael Refuses To Make The lesson Easy He Demands The Final Illumination To come From Within Ourselves. It Is A Story That Extends Backward And forward Over The Lifespan Of The Earth From The Birth of Time To A Future There Is Still Time Save. Ishmael Is a Creature Of Immense Wisdom And He Has A Story to Tell, One That No Other Human Being Has Ever heard. 'you Are The teacher?' He Asks Incredulously. He Answers An Ad In A Local newspaper From A Teacher Looking For Serious pupils, Only To Find Himself Alone In An Abandoned office With A Full-grown Gorilla Who Is Nibbling delicately On A Slender Branch. The Narrator Of This Extraordinary Tale Is A Man in Search For Truth. ![]() ![]() ![]() OL56908W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 97.22 Pages 326 Ppi 643 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0747231265 ![]() ![]() At age 17, Miles is allowed to take the entrance exams to the elite military academy he passes the written but manages, through miscalculation in a moment of anger, to break both his. Miles Vorkosigan makes his debut in this frenetic coming-of-age tale. Date-raw AugDonorįriendsofthesanfranciscopubliclibrary External-identifier The book opens with him flunking out of the. Miles is the son of a famous Barrayaran military commander and lord and a former Betan explorer ship captain, stunted and given brittle bones in the womb by chemical weapons. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 15:17:22 Boxid IA146120 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York, N.Y. Bujold does a good job of filling in the necessary background, and this book is quite readable without the previous books. ![]() |