![]() This period left a scar on the country still felt today. Millions of people were killed by Chairman Mao’s followers, and multiple civil wars broke out between Communist factions, all claiming to be true Marxists, and the all rest were imitators. ![]() The Cultural Revolution saw the wort of humanity rise to the surface. As young as he was, he would have witnessed the violence of the Cultural Revolution and was in fact sent back to the family’s ancestral home in Henan to avoid the worst of it. As a child, his parents worked in the mines of Shanxi province. Liu Cixin was born in China during the 1960’s, just before the advent of the Cultural Revolution, when Chairman Mao Zedong was at the height of his power. Part one of a trilogy, the novel is not just a good read, but an important one as well. The Three-Body Problem, written by Liu Cixin, is a work of Chinese science-fiction. But science-fiction does not belong to the West alone. Jules Verne was a pioneer with The War of the Worlds, William Gibson created the modern vision of virtual reality with Neuromancer, and George Lucas will go down as one of the most influential filmmakers of all time for creating the universe of Star Wars. ![]() ![]() Since the inception of the genre, American and English authors have dominated the field, telling the stories we all know. Readers will be forgiven for believing that all science-fiction originates in the West. ![]()
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![]() This first entry in a series is both sweet and suspenseful. But if Buddy can’t get out of the house, how is he going to use his skills, and his nose, to find Connor? Tugeau’s full-page line drawings enliven a story that should captivate young readers. Every kind of food Buddy encounters, for example, is Buddy’s “favorite food!” Buddy identifies Connor not so much by sight as by smell and describes that smell to get clues from other animals. Enter Dirk Bones, skeletal investigative journalist for the Ghostly Tombs. Two specters haunting a house in the aptly named town of Ghostly are frightened by mysterious, un-ghostly clackings and clickings. Has Connor been kidnapped? Butler tells the story from Buddy’s perspective, throwing in details to convince readers that it’s really Buddy talking. The creator of Aunt Eater and Inspector Hopper opens a new easy-reader series featuring an even less conventional sleuth. When Connor suddenly disappears, Buddy tries to find him. 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Most of the action of A Woman of No Importance takes place at an English country house that is the home to an aristocratic woman known as Lady Jane Hunstanton. James's Theatre and its plot and themes are similar to those of the earlier play. A Woman of No Importance was commissioned as a direct result of the critical and commercial success of Wilde's 1892 play Lady Windermere's Fan at London's St. It was first performed at the Haymarket Theatre in London's West End on April 19, 1893. ![]() It is a romantic comedy that satirizes the British upper classes. Promotional image for a 2015 London production of A Woman of No Importance.Ī Woman of No Importance is a play by the Irish writer Oscar Wilde. ![]() ![]() ![]() She did have it easy growing up, so she was perfect for Chase’s daughter to help her navigate things that were a hit out of control. Megan was a spitfire and I absolutely loved her. This small-town romance is a standalone novel with tons of heat and even more heart. ![]() It turns out that the only time I don’t get under Chase’s skin is when I’m under him.įrom USA Today Bestselling author Adriana Locke comes a grumpy, blue-collar single dad that falls hard for his new nanny. The next second he’s complaining about how I fold his work shirts. The smirk that graces his kissable lips after one of our verbal spars after his daughter has gone to bed? The seemingly innocent touches while making breakfast? If I’m so irritating, then what’s up with the lingering looks when he thinks I’m not watching? He swears I’m a never-ending headache-the most infuriating woman he’s ever met. This nanny makes things hard for her boss. Grumpy + Sunshine, Single Dad + Nanny, Small Town Romance ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Use this review to determine who would like Winter’s Tale, and why. His characters disappear into the cloud wall, and then reappear, but why? Their conflicts with each other and the events in their lives are portrayed in such a way that the reader is constantly surprised. Helprin knows just how to introduce conflict and create a sense of anticipation as he weaves his story. Winter’s Tale has 748 pages, divided into four sections and an epilogue, so reading this in-depth review before reading the book will provide valuable insight into the plot, setting, and the multiple characters' lives. The characters are those Peter comes in contact with and those who impact his life in one way or another. Helprin’s believable, yet fictional world provides a foundation for the enjoyable contemplation of justice, love, and the afterlife. With comprehensive and vivid descriptions, the city of New York becomes one of the leading characters in the book. Winter’s Tale spans a century in New York City, from 1900 until the millennium in 2000. ![]() ![]() ![]() On the contrary, Jesus warned that “whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do so, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 5:19). Jesus may have disagreed with the scribes and scholars over the correct interpretation of the law, particularly when it came to such matters as the prohibition against working on the Sabbath. ![]() Where the law states, “thou shall not commit adultery,” Jesus extended it to include “everyone who looks at a woman with lust” (Matthew 5:28). Where the law commands, “thou shall not kill,” Jesus added, “if you are angry with your brother or sister you are liable to judgment” (Matthew 5:22). Far from rejecting the law, Jesus continually strove to expand and intensify it. This New York Times bestseller gives a compelling assessment of the imminent dangers looming on the worlds horizon. ![]() After all, Jesus claimed to have come to fulfill the Law of Moses, not to abolish it. Among some of the claims in Zealot, a biography in the top five of The New York Times Best Seller list and the leading book in a few Amazon categories, is that: Jesus was a revolutionary and a zealot who advocated the use of violence as a devout Jew Jesus would have rejected the idea of an incarnate God Jesus was crucified for sedition. With prophetic timing, Pat Robertson takes a penetrating look at the reality and rhetoric of the coming new world order and the implications for people of faith. “Paul’s breezy dismissal of the very foundation of Judaism was as shocking to the leaders of the Jesus movement in Jerusalem as it would have been to Jesus himself. ![]() ![]() ![]() Cover art by Cline-Ransome's husband, James Ransome, tops the treat. Personal life Cline-Ransome grew up in Malden, Massachusetts. Hearts will go out to this appealing young narrator as he tells his story, and eyes may tear up as he forges new human connections and begins to heal. Lesa Cline-Ransome (née Cline), is an American author of picture books and middle grade novels, best known for her NAACP Image Award -nominated picture book biography of Harriet Tubman, Before She Was Harriet and her middle grade novel Finding Langston. ![]() ![]() There's lots of information about the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago in 1946, and much of the story takes place in the historically significant George Cleveland Hall branch of the Chicago library, which hosted an important lecture series featuring black writers of the era.īut the book is never overwhelmed by the historical content and works beautifully on its own as a warm, touching story. And Cline-Ransome makes it easy to enter the poem excerpts by tying them so closely to the boy's own experience. Readers can think about what it might be like to move from a rural community with outhouses to stacked urban apartments with indoor plumbing. ![]() Finding Langston weaves in historical information meaningfully but gently. This emotionally rich story of a young boy adjusting to the loss of his mom works as a lovely human story, as well as an introduction to the Great Migration and the poetry of Langston Hughes. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jakes, and Tyrese Gibson found their paths to wealth what they did or didn't learn about money early on what they had to sacrifice to get to the top and the role of discipline in managing their success. Listeners will learn about how business leaders, entrepreneurs, and celebrities like Bob Johnson, Spike Lee, L. ![]() Based on a seven-year study of 1,000 of the wealthiest African Americans, The Wealth Choice offers a trove of sound and surprising advice about climbing the economic ladder, even when the odds seem stacked against you. Dennis Kimbro, observing how the weight of the continuing housing and credit crises disproportionately impacts the African-American community, takes a sharp look at a carefully cultivated group of individuals who've scaled the heights of success and how others can emulate them. Approximately 35 percent of African Americans had no measurable assets in 2009, and 24 percent of these same households had only a motor vehicle. ![]() ![]() ![]() People were brought there in the clothes they were wearing when they were detained. "What was it like?" Tokayeva repeats as she considers the question. But Dariga Tokayeva, a guide at the Ekibastuz city museum, says the prison remains infamous for its miserable conditions. The camp has long since vanished, replaced by the city's Shakhtyor Stadium. This city in northeastern Kazakhstan is where Soviet planners chose to build one of their most notorious labor camps, a special facility for political prisoners that was part of the massive network of prisons known collectively as the Gulag. ![]() The temperatures have dipped to minus-20 degrees Celsius, whipped to a bone-freezing chill by strong winds that blow in across the steppe, unimpeded by hills or forests. ![]() EKIBASTUZ, Kazakhstan - November is not a good time to find yourself on the streets of this flat, windswept city. ![]() ![]() ![]() They boasted unique premises and voices, which Eugenides handled adeptly. His first two novels have become classics of the contemporary, perhaps because both seemed wholly their own. The billboard treatment (which he seems embarrassed by) attests to Eugenides’ strange rock-star status - strange for an author, especially so for an author of literary fiction - which cannot be explained by the success of the Virgin Suicides, the awards for Middlesex, or the many millions of copies he has now sold. Given Jeffrey Eugenides’ bestseller status, the Sofia Coppola adaptation, his Pulitzer Prize, his image, striding manfully (okay, he’s carrying his glasses and a Moleskine), plastered on a billboard in Times Square, one can forget that his most recent novel, The Marriage Plot, is only his third. ![]() |