![]() ![]() ![]() Gr 6-10-Rosalind is the 15-year-old willful daughter of a British major and his wife who are stationed in India. The historical and cultural details occasionally veer into docunovel territory, but Whelan balances the facts with distinctive, sometimes comical characterizations and vibrant, original sensory descriptions, whether Rosalind is describing an aunt's suit as "the color of burnt bacon" or the feeling, as ashes drift from the funeral pyres, that "the dead had become part of me." Set during a pivotal moment in Indian history, Whelan's vivid, episodic story explores the tension between doing what's right, rather than what's expected, and the infinite complexitiesof colonialism: "Though I have never been there, home, of course, is England." After she is caught listening to Gandhi at a rally, Rosalind's furious father ships her off to her English aunts, where her free-thinking spirit once again shakes up the status quo. Then her father returns, and she chafes against his strict colonial views. ![]() While her British Army major father has been away in WWI, 15-year-old Rosalind has enjoyed freedom in her southeast Indian town, roaming the bazaar with her Indian friends rather than chatting with other Brits at the local club. Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman, hardcover, $15.99. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Now faced with the end of his quiet, settled life, reluctant spy Milo Weaver has no choice but to turn back to his old job as a “tourist.” Before he can get back to the CIA’s dirty work, he has to prove his loyalty to his new bosses, who know little of Milo’s background and less about who is really pulling the strings in the government above the Department of Tourism-or in the outside world, which is beginning to believe the legend of its existence. The Tourist, Steinhauer’s first contemporary novel after his award winning historical series, was a runaway hit, spending three weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and garnering rave reviews from critics. ![]() Milo Weaver has nowhere to turn but back to the CIA in Olen Steinhauer’s brilliant follow-up to the New York Times bestselling espionage novel The Tourist. ![]() ![]() From the Back Cover Spend this holiday season in a town youll never forget-and never want to leave. She doesnt always feel welcomed in the close-knit town, and Emily continually wonders, Wheres the snow? Can a friendly stranger and his family help restore Kristas Christmas spirit before the big day? Bestselling author Melody Carlson invites you to spend this holiday season in a town youll never forget-and never want to leave. ![]() As she tries to make her tiny new apartment feel like home for her and her eight-year-old daughter, Emily, Krista begins to wonder if this move was a mistake. The small town is famous for its Christmasville celebration, something that the city manager. ![]() But when she accepts a job as a city manager in the mountain town of Winter Hill, Washington, Christmas is part of the deal. After her rough childhood in multiple foster homes, the holiday season just brings too many bad memories to the surface. About the Book Krista Galloway has a good reason to dislike the holiday season, but when her new job as city manager forces her to plan the towns over-the-top Christmas celebration, she and her daughter may find a new home - and some Christmas spirit - in the process - Book Synopsis Krista Galloway is not a fan of Christmas. ![]() ![]() ![]() Gordon contends that the nation's productivity growth will be further held back by the. But has that era of unprecedented growth come to an end? Weaving together a vivid narrative, historical anecdotes, and economic analysis, The Rise and Fall of American Growth challenges the view that economic growth will continue unabated, and demonstrates that the life-altering scale of innovations between 18 cannot be repeated. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, motor vehicles, air travel, and television transformed households and workplaces. In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. ![]() Category: (G) General (US: Trade) (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). ![]() Num Pages: 784 pages, 96 b/w illus., 32 tables. Standard of Living since the Civil War (Princeton Economic History of the Western World) Paperback. Description for The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This story is almost two in one, as the village dilemma is solved and then and almost new adventure begins when the two main characters continue onto a new journey. But the truth comes out when tricks are played, and retaliation leads to suffering. This book starts out with message about acceptance, when those in the village believe someone who is different makes them evil. When a mysterious, and breathtaking piper visits his village, they find themselves drawn to each other. Julie Mannino creates a fantasy story that begins with a young man living on his own. It seemed like basic respect, and it wasn’t that hard anyway. I don’t want you being hounded because I don’t think the others will get it.” “All right.” If that was what they wanted, Aiden could do it. If you speak of me to someone else, you can use he only to avoid questions. ![]() ![]() ![]() With warmth and wit, Jackson also recounts how he navigated the many obstacles and quirks of his transition––like figuring out how to have a chest binder delivered to his NYU dorm room and having an emotional breakdown at a Harry Potter fan convention. Illuminated by journal entries spanning childhood to adolescence to today, he candidly recalls the challenges he faced while trying to sort out his gender and sexuality, and worrying about how to interact with the world. So how did he get here? In this remarkable, educational, and uplifting memoir, Jackson chronicles the ups and downs of growing up gender confused. Today, Jackson is a writer, YouTuber, and LGBTQ+ advocate living openly and happily as a transgender man. He barely remembers meeting anyone who was openly gay, let alone being taught that transgender people existed outside of punchlines. Growing up in Texas in the 1990s, he had no transgender role models. Jackson didn't share this thought with anyone because he didn't think he could share it with anyone. Assigned female at birth and having been raised a girl, he often wondered if he should have been born a boy. When Jackson Bird was twenty-five, he came out as transgender to his friends, family, and anyone in the world with an internet connection. Growing Up, Coming Out, and Finding My Place ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Those who have read the book will know what I’m talking about. Charles Yu obviously has a knack for stringing together words…upon words…upon words…as if he were stuck in one of his own time travel loops continuing to spew the same random thought for two pages straight, phrase after phrase, divided by a staccato of never ending commas, and run on sentences, until the reader is wondering, will there ever be a need for periods again, where did this paragraph start, where did this page even start, what was the predication that started this train of though, this seemingly infinitely recursive word dump that pauses, loops, meanders, jumps, and yet, more importantly still, will it ever end, or will it just continue until Yu’s comma key breaks? Despite my obvious disdain for the use of this lowly form of punctuation in this work, apparently Charles Yu and his editor never met a comma they didn’t love!! Why am I starting with the commas? Because it was distracting. ![]() But as critics (and fellow writers) love to download their ideas and opinions on others, so I feel the need to inform readers of this book.Įxcept, in actuality, I wouldn’t have given the book that title because I didn’t love the comma, not one bit. I would have entitled this book “ How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Comma” but that would be hard to do since I didn’t write it. ![]() ![]() ![]() And more importantly, it teaches you to stand up, speak out and fight for what you think is right. Yes, this book can help you understand yourself if you are trans, but it can also help you understand your trans classmates, siblings, family, or community at large. While he dealt with things nobody should deal with, they are handled respectfully. I like how Gavin Grimm and Kyle Lukoff presented this memoir. You are a trans kid who at first, seemed to be okay at school, being themselves, then things took a turn. ![]() ![]() You need to deal with gossip, bullying and having to tell your parents that they thought you were a girl, but you are really a boy and the name given at birth does not fit. If You’re a Kid Like Gavin things are not as easy as you might like them. ![]() ![]() ![]() Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. And sure enough, when Gaea is resurrected, Leo destroys her in a big explosion…and dies. Here’s the thing, though: Leo wants to be the one to die, so he hides the cure once they get it. How many pages are there in the Percy Jackson books? The Blood Of Olympus (The Heroes of Olympus, Book 5) Interest Level ![]() What grade level is the blood of Olympus? This book features third person narration of five characters that alternate every four chapters in no proper order, except for chapter 57, narrated by Piper, and chapter 58, narrated by Leo. How many chapters are in the blood of Olympus?Įach chapter has a name of one of the main characters and is written in Roman Numerals. The Lost Hero (2010) The Son of Neptune (2011) The Mark of Athena (2012) The House of Hades (2013) The Blood of Olympus (2014) The logo for The Heroes of Olympus series ![]() ![]() ![]() In Macbeth, the three witches are sometimes called the weird sisters. Go rent "Hogfather" or "The Colour of Magic" for a real introduction. Terry Pratchetts work is full of references, allusions, parodies and in-jokes. If you're already a Pratchett fan, stay far away from this ghastly thing, and if you're new to Discworld, don't judge Pratchett's fiction by this movie. ![]() As a result, a finely nuanced piece of literature comes through flat, lifeless and annoying. The producer and screenwriter simply took the book and stuffed it onto film, so it appears disjointed and random. Granny Weatherwas never screeches - she has a hard flat voice that doesn't come through here at all. The voices don't fit the characters at all. The animation is quite bad, on the level of a children's Saturday morning cartoon show. "Wyrd Sisters," the book is a complex interweaving of the plot of "Macbeth", and the lives of the people of Lancre, but none of this subtlety comes through in the adaptation: it's just a -pardon me- two dimensional portrayal of the witches, and everyone else, as stock figures that you can't possibly come to care about. I give it a vote of 1 only because I can't post negative numbers. I'm a longtime fan of Pratchett and his worlds, and that's why I write to steer people away from this abomination. ![]() |