6/4/2023 0 Comments American war by omar![]() ![]() ![]() Eventually Sarat is befriended by a mysterious functionary, under whose influence she is turned into a deadly instrument of war. But not everyone at Camp Patience is who they claim to be. When her father is killed and her family is forced into Camp Patience for displaced persons, she begins to grow up shaped by her particular time and place. But even she knows that oil is outlawed, that Louisiana is half underwater, and that unmanned drones fill the sky. Sarat Chestnut, born in Louisiana, is only six when the Second American Civil War breaks out in 2074. Omar El Akkad's debut novel, American War, is an unlikely mash-up of unsparing war reporting and plot elements familiar to readers of the recent young-adult dystopian series The Hunger Games and Divergent."Īn audacious and powerful debut novel: a second American Civil War, a devastating plague, and one family caught deep in the middle-a story that asks what might happen if America were to turn its most devastating policies and deadly weapons upon itself. As haunting a postapocalyptic universe as Cormac McCarthy in The Road, and as devastating a look as the fallout that national events have on an American family as Philip Roth did in The Plot Against America. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() History was no mere backdrop to these lives: Vicky's eldest child, Willy, grew up to become Kaiser Wilhelm II, to her great despair, and Alice's daughter Alexandra married Tsar Nicholas II. In addition, his loving (or disparaging) descriptions of the five daughters' residences in London, Argyll, Berlin, Darmstadt and Ottowa reflect his eager research. Packard combed the daily correspondence the sovereign required of her eldest daughter, Vicky, as well as letters, journals, memoirs and biographies of the other principals involved. As a family, the V&As make for a story as dramatic as any fictional saga, but Packard also shows real sympathy and affection for these royal individuals, including the vastly complicated Queen Victoria herself. In this engaging group biography, Packard (Farewell in Splendor) writes about scores of lives and several generations of this fecund couple's progeny-which is why the book is best devoured in small bites and why the comprehensive list of ""Principal Characters"" is indispensable. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert had nine children-five of them daughters-and 40 grandchildren. ![]() 6/4/2023 0 Comments A stranger in olondria review![]() Graham Joyce lived in Leicester with his wife and their two children. He was awarded a PhD degree by publication at Nottingham Trent University, where he taught creative writing from 1996 until his death and was made a reader in creative writing. After selling Dreamside to Pan Books in 1991, Joyce moved back to England to pursue a career as a full-time writer. He subsequently quit his position and moved to the Greek islands of Lesbos and Crete to write his first novel, Dreamside. degree from the University of Leicester in 1980, Joyce worked as a youth officer for the National Association of Youth Clubs until 1988. After receiving a BEd degree from Bishop Lonsdale College in 1977 (now University of Derby) and an M.A. He grew up in a small mining village just outside Coventry to a working-class family. ![]() ![]() ![]() Henry Award and the World Fantasy Award, for both his novels and short stories. Graham William Joyce (22 October 1954 – 9 September 2014) was a British writer of speculative fiction and the recipient of numerous awards, including the O. Joyce signing books at Imagicon 2: Swecon 2009 ![]() ![]() Wishing to follow in her father's footsteps, EVELYN PROCTEN has always tended to those in need. Still, in order to ensure her well-being, he is forced to call upon the one woman who has always been able to melt the ice from his heart. Determined to maintain her secret, Richard keeps her locked away from prying eyes. But does that mean he doesn't care? However, his own issues retreat into the background when his unmarried sister reveals to him that she is with child. He's never been able to read between the lines, understand subtle facial expressions or interpret the many meanings of a smile. Richard couldn't care less about the way others look at him. ![]() ![]() His heart is made of ice, and a single look out of his piercing gray eyes sends people fleeing his presence. England 1808: As far as society is concerned, RICHARD DAVENPORT, VISCOUNT ASHWOOD, doesn't have a caring bone in his body. In this Regency romance by USA TODAY bestselling and HOLT Medallion winning author Bree Wolf, a cold-hearted lord and self-sufficient woman find themselves tied to one another against their will.but not their hearts. In this Regency romance by USA TODAY bestselling and HOLT Medallion win… More. ![]() Bree Wolf: Oppressed & Empowered: The Viscount's Capable Wife (Paperback) - Paperback ![]() 6/3/2023 0 Comments Book britt marie was here![]() Trivia-on-Books is an independently curated trivia quiz on the book for readers, students, and fans alike. You may call yourself a fan, but few truly are. You may have liked the book, but not be a fan. You may have read the book, but not have liked it. Her journey will surely make you fall in love with her! ![]() As the story unfolds, readers meet a feisty Britt-Marie who is considered to be fussy and worthless by her kin. Britt-Marie Was Here is a fast-paced, inspirational story about Britt-Marie, a lady in her sixties who decides to leave her cheating husband behind and be independent. A New York Times bestseller The bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry returns with an irresistible novel about finding love and second chances in the most unlikely of places. The New York Times bestselling author, Fredrik Backman, is back with another compelling story about an ordinary lady living an extraordinary life. ![]() Take the fan-challenge yourself and share it with family and friends! The book is set in Sweden, in a period of about three weeks. The young lady, after Britt-Marie's constant calling, finds her a job, a small village, run down, in the middle of nowhere. ![]() Trivia-on-Book: Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman Fredrik travels on business, Britt-Marie will not go, she hates changes in her life. ![]() ![]() ![]() Reid, a young woman who carries this parasite, has been given a chance to get away - to move to one of the last remnants of pre-disaster society - but she can't bring herself to abandon her mother and the community that relies on her. Then came Cad, mysterious mind-altering fungi that invade the bodies of the now scattered citizenry. The world is nothing like it once was: climate disasters have wracked the continent, causing food shortages, ending industry, and leaving little behind. ![]() "In this rich and nuanced universe, Mohamed offers an emotionally fierce and human story that takes the time and space to personalize apocalypse." - STARRED review, Quill & QuireĪ novella set in post–climate disaster Alberta a woman infected with a mysterious parasite must choose whether to pursue a rare opportunity far from home or stay and help rebuild her community "One of the most unique and engaging voices in genre fiction." - Booklist "This packs a punch." - Publishers Weekly ![]() 6/3/2023 0 Comments Transatlantic by colum mccann![]() ![]() This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. To watch a novelist assert their - and our - humanity can be magical indeed, and few novelist-magicians are as practised these days as the Irish-American writer Colum McCann. Story, plus the evolution of character, equals humanity. Connections between characters spread like mortar between the bricks of plot. One story becomes perfectly plastered onto another and another. For the reader, the seduction comes from the sensation of witnessing the flowering of life. You learn something about a character on, find that detail built upon dramatically 30 pages later, behold their surprising connection to another character mid-book and are swept into the breadth of their daughter’s life even further on. When delivered with ease and conviction, the reader has the impression of attending a birth. Another is the genius of the accumulation of story. ![]() The richness of human voice - the sense that a character on the page is holding your hand, whispering into your ear or bawling out their hilarity or horror as their world view comes into focus - can be one of the novel’s greatest gifts. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt. ![]() 6/2/2023 0 Comments The Stolen Lake by Joan Aiken![]() ![]() I have twice thought I had read the whole series, only to find out there were books in the series of which I had never heard. ![]() It’s not as if the titles of all the books in the series are listed anywhere (or if they are, the list is frightfully out of date) and finding them all stretches the abilities of even the most advanced search engine. Some of them are no longer in print some that weren’t in print are back in print (but who knew?) and some that were back in print a short time ago are out of print again (but who knew?). ![]() Purchase hereįor such a terrific series of adventures, the Wolves series by Joan Aiken is sure hard to find. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The oddities of the backwards world provide fast-paced thrills as Otto and Toot are pursued by the “star rats” police force (“Rats chasing a cat! That is backwards!” quips Otto) and find out who stole Otto’s birthday loot. Otto will be fine there, since his name is a palindrome, and so will his companion, a robot named Toot who can transform into a race car and kayak (palindromes, as well). a world very much like our own, except that everything is backwards, topsy-turvy,” Barkwords explains. Readers get a crash course in palindromes (and what’s really important where birthdays are concerned) as Otto travels through the professor’s gateway to “the backwards world. ![]() Catching a glimpse of the thief, Otto follows the perpetrator into Professor Barkwords’s doghouse laboratory. Luckily for Otto, his birthday is tomorrow unluckily, someone has stolen his gifts. Five years after Otto’s Orange Day, Cammuso and Lynch return with Otto the cat’s second adventure. ![]() ![]() During his reign, relations with the Byzantine Empire soured because of his support for Patriarch Ignatios of Constantinople, who had been removed from his post in favor of Photius I. Despite pressure from the Carolingians, who laid siege to Rome, his decision held. When a council pronounced in favor of annulment, Nicholas I declared the council deposed, its messengers excommunicated, and its decisions invalid. Nicholas refused King Lothair II of Lotharingia's request for an annulment of his marriage to Teutberga. ![]() ![]() Nicholas I asserted that the pope should have suzerainty over all Christians, even royalty, in matters of faith and morals. ![]() He is remembered as a consolidator of papal authority, exerting decisive influence on the historical development of the papacy and its position among the Christian nations of Western Europe. 800 – 13 November 867), called Nicholas the Great, was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 24 April 858 until his death. ![]() |