When Will This Cruel War Be Over? The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson ("Dear America" series also see below), Scholastic (New York, NY), 1996. Shadow Life: A Portrait of Anne Frank and Her Family, Scholastic (New York, NY), 2005. Lindbergh, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1996.Īll Shook Up! The Life and Death of Elvis Presley, Scholastic (New York, NY), 2001. The Story of Muhammad Ali: Heavyweight Champion of the World, Gareth Stevens (Milwaukee, WI), 1996.Īn American Hero: The True Story of Charles A. Voices from Vietnam, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1995. Edgar Hoover and the FBI, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1993. Nelson Mandela: "No Easy Walk to Freedom": A Biography of Nelson Mandela, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1991. Stealing Home: The Story of Jackie Robinson, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1990. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, America's 35th President, Scholastic ( New York, NY), 1988. AWARDS, HONORS:Īmerican Library Association Best Books for Young Adults designation, and New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age designation, both for An American Hero: The True Story of Charles A. Worked as a bookseller, book buyer, and marketing executive in publishing. Born in Brooklyn, NY married Jean Feiwel (a publisher).
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She grew up in Accrington, Lancashire, and was raised in the Elim Pentecostal Church. Winterson was born in Manchester and adopted by Constance and John William Winterson on 21 January 1960. She has received an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to literature, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Louis Literary Award, and the Lambda Literary Award twice. She has won a Whitbread Prize for a First Novel, a BAFTA Award for Best Drama, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, the E. She broadcasts and teaches creative writing. Other novels explore gender polarities and sexual identity and later ones the relations between humans and technology. Her first book, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, was a semi-autobiographical novel about a sensitive teenage girl rebelling against convention. Jeanette Winterson CBE, FRSL (born 27 August 1959) is an English author. From the BBC programme Bookclub, 4 April 2010. Turnover is huge, and the companies profit from it: Short-term workers accrue few benefits and are less likely to organize. Teenagers and recent immigrants make up much of the fast food workforce, often under intimidating and poor conditions. To promote mass production and profits, the industry must keep labor and material costs low. By bringing the all-American concept of assembly-line production into the food industry, they started an industry that would be worth billions. Shrewd entrepreneurs like Carl Karchner and Ray Kroc expanded their drive-in restaurants to accommodate Americans’ increasing mobility and desire for familiarity. The McDonald’s, Burger Kings, and Wendy’s of the world have their roots in the car-centric culture of California of the late 1940s and 1950s, a culture that spread as the interstate highway system was laid and suburbs sprawled nationwide. It is a serious piece of investigative journalism into an industry that has helped concentrate corporate ownership of American agribusiness, while engaging in labor practices that are often shameful. Yet Fast Food Nation is far more than a lament for home cooking and mom-and-pop diners. Fast Food Nation traces the history of the fast food industry from modest hotdog stands to the umpteen billion burgers sold as America spread its gospel of quick-and-easy (and greasy) cuisine around the globe. For example, FEAST features Sansa Stark, a fugitive princess coping with Littlefinger’s manipulation and sexual advances and a bastard identity while trying to escape capture. The main strength of both books is what has caused readers to flock to the series for more than two decades now: his phenomenal characters. Each page is riveting and by the end you’ll be so obsessed with the characters, it won’t feel like enough. Combined, they come in at approximately 1,800 pages, but don’t let that dissuade you. That’s why I wanted to review both at once. It was a risky move for Martin, but it works because half of the main characters in the series are in FEAST and half of them are in DANCE. They cover the same chronological time period. I just want to let you know that this is a huge mistake.Ī FEAST FOR CROWS and A DANCE WITH DRAGONS are books four and five of the series. However, many readers stop after the first book, A GAME OF THRONES. It’s arguably the greatest fantasy series of the century so far. Of the seven planned novels, five are currently published. Martin’s fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire. Game of Thrones, the hit HBO show that everyone has been talking about for years, is based on George R. However by then they had escaped from Spain and returned to England.īetween 19, Orwell worked on propaganda for the BBC. Orwell and his wife were accused of "rabid Trotskyism" and tried in absentia in Barcelona, along with other leaders of the POUM, in 1938. Later the organization that he had joined when he joined the Republican cause, The Workers Party of Marxist Unification (POUM), was painted by the pro-Soviet Communists as a Trotskyist organization (Trotsky was Joseph Stalin's enemy) and disbanded. Orwell was severely wounded when he was shot through his throat. In addition to his literary career Orwell served as a police officer with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma from 1922-1927 and fought with the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War from 1936-1937. His work is marked by keen intelligence and wit, a profound awareness of social injustice, an intense opposition to totalitarianism, a passion for clarity in language, and a belief in democratic socialism. Eric Arthur Blair, better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist. 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In one way, Bookshelves is the version of Goodreads, except with Bookshelves you are able to get a much more personalized experience. You can also use it to discover new books to read and learn more about books. has many other features too.īookshelves is a free tool to track books you have read and want to read. Bookshelves is only one of many features at. You are currently viewing the details page on Bookshelves for the book Chasing Her Fire by Claire Kingsley.īookshelves is one feature of Bookshelves is found under the /shelves/ subfolder at. My mother lights the moon.Ī few days before Sue Lynn Tan announced that her debut, Daughter of the Moon Goddess, was being released in 2022, I had a sudden yearning for a Chang’e retelling. But when treachery looms and forbidden magic threatens the kingdom, she must challenge the ruthless Celestial Emperor for her dream-striking a dangerous bargain in which she is torn between losing all she loves or plunging the realm into chaos. To save her mother, Xingyin embarks on a perilous quest, confronting legendary creatures and vicious enemies across the earth and skies. Disguising her identity, she seizes an opportunity to learn alongside the emperor’s son, mastering archery and magic, even as passion flames between her and the prince. But when Xingyin’s magic flares and her existence is discovered, she is forced to flee her home, leaving her mother behind.Īlone, powerless, and afraid, she makes her way to the Celestial Kingdom, a land of wonder and secrets. Growing up on the moon, Xingyin is accustomed to solitude, unaware that she is being hidden from the feared Celestial Emperor who exiled her mother for stealing his elixir of immortality. While I enjoyed both characters very much - I LOVED Elijah. When Cole and Elijah's lives collided, "literally," they never expected the rush of emotions that would come crashing soon after. He came from a home in which he was accepted and loved, and had a close relationship with his mother and sister. When he caught his only son locking lips with another boy, he punished him by treating him differently as if something was wrong with him, Cole was a man who never hid who he was. His father was a "preacher" whose religious beliefs were outdated and biased. Elijah was from a conservative town and even more conservative family. Cole and Elijah experienced a very different upbringing, but they both ended up in the one place that would change the course of their lives - King University. Everything about Elijah and Cole's relationship was "wrong" - there was the age-gap aspect and the student/professor issue, as well as the fact that they were of the same sex - which in the eyes of Elijah's parents was the biggest sin of all. Forbidden Love is sometimes the best kind of loveĪBSOLUTELY FANTATSTIC! Marley Valentine delivers another emotionally gripping love story of self discovery, sacrifices and forbidden love. Other violent deaths follow, with the victims all bearing the same horrified expression. When the corpse is unearthed, both of Haddon’s eyes are bloodshot and frozen in an expression of extreme terror. Jim Haddon, a wealthy real estate developer, is found “jutting out of the ground like an arrow, his head buried in the valley mud,” near a bluff outside of town. King’s Branch, Ind., police detective Carl Lancaster, who’s haunted by the death of his wife and daughter in a car accident, believes himself to be desensitized to violence after 11 years on the force-until a bizarre killing rocks both him and the small community. A profound sense of supernatural creepiness permeates this superb, blood-chilling horror novel from Janz ( The Raven). |