![]() ![]() Johnson's Literary Club, and looked in from time to time on his friend Holroyd in Sussex. He took to London society quite easily, and joined the better social clubs, including Dr. ![]() By February 1773, he was writing in earnest, but not without the occasional self-imposed distraction. His father died in 1770, and after tending to the estate, which was by no means in good condition, there remained quite enough for Gibbon to settle fashionably in London at 7 Bentinck Street, independent of financial concerns. ![]() The Decline and Fall is known for the quality and irony of its prose, its use of primary sources, and its open criticism of organised religion. His most important work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was published in six volumes between 17. Edward Gibbon ( – 16 January 1794) was an English historian and Member of Parliament. ![]()
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![]() began publishing in the United States in 1991. ![]() Its first book as a publisher in the UK was First Aid Manual for the British voluntary medical services. DK has offices in New York, Melbourne, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto, Madrid, Beijing, and Jiangmen.ĭK works with licensing partners such as Disney, LEGO, DC Comics, the Royal Horticultural Society, MasterChef, and the Smithsonian Institution.ĭK has commissioned Mary Berry, Monty Don, Robert Winston, Huw Richards, and Steve Mould for a range of books.ĭK was founded in 1974 by Christopher Dorling and Peter Kindersley in London as a book packager. The worldwide co-CEOs of DK are Paul Kelly and Rebecca Smart. ![]() It is part of Penguin Random House, a subsidiary of German media conglomerate Bertelsmann.Įstablished in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including DK Eyewitness Travel), history, geography, science, space, nature, sports, gardening, cookery and parenting. For other uses, see DK.ĭorling Kindersley Limited (branded as DK) is a British multinational publishing company specialising in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 63 languages. ![]() ![]() The story moves back and forth between the past and the present timeline and features the perspectives of Joan, Miriam, August and their mother, Hazel. While Joan tries to settle in, the past is relentless with its memories. Joan is uncomfortable being back as she experienced a horrific and traumatic event at the house when she was a toddler. Joan’s grandfather built this house in the historic Black neighborhood of Douglass-only to be lynched days after becoming the first Black detective in the city. They’re now back in Memphis where Miriam grew up and are living with their aunt August and cousin Derek. ![]() We meet Joan as a 10-year-old who has just fled her home with her mother, Miriam, and younger sister, Mya, after her father committed acts of violence against her mother. The story is told from four Black women of the same family based in Memphis. I loved each of the four main characters. ![]() Lots of joy, sorrow, pain, betrayal-it’s very layered and the characters are quite complex. It’s one of those novels you have to read. Stringfellow said when crafting the novel, she wanted to write a Black fairy tale. The writing is compelling, vivid and the story is fascinating. And in exciting news, Jenna Bush Hager selected the novel for her Read with Jenna Book Club! Stringfellow has been on my radar for quite some time. ![]() You read the synopsis, a bit of background, and yes, even an amazing cover all contributes! So Memphis by Tara M. There are some novels you know will be great. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() THE TUDORS weaves together all the sinners and saints, the tragedies and triumphs, the high dreams and dark crimes, that reveal the Tudor era to be, in its enthralling, notorious truth, as momentous and as fascinating as the fictions audiences have come to love. In the process he plunged his kingdom into generations of division and disorder, creating a legacy of blood and betrayal that would blight the lives of his children and the destiny of his country. Meyer (Author) 358 ratings Kindle Edition 11.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 20.14 22 Used from 6.33 4 New from 36. Half a century later his son, Henry VIII, desperate to rid himself of his first wife in order to marry a second, launched a reign of terror aimed at taking powers no previous monarch had even dreamed of possessing. The Tudors: The Complete Story of Englands Most Notorious Dynasty Meyer, G. The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty Paperback Illustrated, Maby G. In 1485, young Henry Tudor, whose claim to the throne was so weak as to be almost laughable, crossed the English Channel from France at the head of a ragtag little army and took the crown from the family that had ruled England for almost four hundred years. ![]() Meyer reveals the flesh-and-bone reality in all its wild excess. For the first time in decades, a fresh look at the fabled Tudor dynasty, comprising some of the most enigmatic figures ever to rule England. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Drawing on exhaustive research, this intimate account details how World War I reduced Europe’s mightiest empires to rubble, killed twenty million people. ![]() ![]() ![]() Tracking your weight is a way of taking control of your diet and health. Go ahead, look at the scale: The author urges dieters to weigh themselves every day.Tips from the “Buddha’s Diet: The Ancient Art of Losing Weight Without Losing Your Mind” by Tara Cottrell and Dan Zigmond, that can help you get lean and stay healthy the Buddha’s way. I hope it will lead to some weight loss, but in the end, it’s more about improving my self-dicipline that should help my long range healthy diet for years to come. So, I have decided to take a vow to not eat after lunch for the month of August. It was just one of the rules that have been handed down to Buddhist monks since the time of the Buddha. ![]() For the most part, that is the only time they ate. Then the monks took it all back to the temple to have a meal. When I lived in Thailand, every morning, monks would wander through the village and people would donate food and recieve a blessing. But I’ve decided to work at it at a different angle this time. Okay, I admit that my last two attempts at intermittent fasting didn’t really give me the results I hoped for. Look below for more thoughts on how to try your own “monks diet”. ![]() I’m going to continue as I would love to loose another 5kg (10lbs). I had some down days where I ate too much but overall, I was able to exercise more control over what I was eating. RESULTS: I lost 7.4 kg (16.3lbs) in 31 days (August 2020) eating only breakfast and lunch and nothing after 12 noon but water. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In the hotel’s dark dusty basement he begins looking for signs of the Okabe family’s belongings and for a long-lost object whose value he cannot begin to measure. And after Keiko and her family are swept up in the evacuations to the internment camps, she and Henry are left only with the hope that the war will end, and that their promise to each other will be kept.įorty years later, Henry Lee is certain that the parasol belonged to Keiko. Amid the chaos of blackouts, curfews, and FBI raids, Henry and Keiko forge a bond of friendship–and innocent love–that transcends the long-standing prejudices of their Old World ancestors. ![]() ![]() While “scholarshipping” at the exclusive Rainier Elementary, where the white kids ignore him, Henry meets Keiko Okabe, a young Japanese American student. This simple act takes old Henry Lee back to the 1940s, at the height of the war, when young Henry’s world is a jumble of confusion and excitement, and to his father, who is obsessed with the war in China and having Henry grow up American. As Henry looks on, the owner opens a Japanese parasol. It has been boarded up for decades, but now the new owner has made an incredible discovery: the belongings of Japanese families,left when they were rounded up and sent to internment camps during World War II. In the opening pages of Jamie Ford’s stunning debut novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Henry Lee comes upon a crowd gathered outside the Panama Hotel, once the gateway to Seattle’s Japantown. ![]() ![]() ![]() In “The Rule of Names”, names function as magical symbols. The idea of questioning one's government and acting when dissatisfied is a fairly central concept throughout Le Guin’s work. Likewise in “The Day Before the Revolution”, Odo and her companions lead an uprising which leads to a complete reconstruction of the Odonian’s way of life. In “The Matter of Seggri", the men in the castle stage a rebellion that leads to greater freedom and potential social mobility for men in Seggrian society. The fatc that it appears with such frequency speaks to Le Guin’s affinity for the idea of political change and upheaval. Social revolution is an idea that appears in several of Le Guin’s short stories. Finally, Odo in “The Day Before the Revolution” allows herself to finally pass away so that the young revolutionaries can come into their own power. In “Word of the Unbinding”, Festin martyrs himself so that he can rid the world of a great evil presence. In “Vaster Than Empires and More Slow”, Osden is the martyr, opting to live his life in the wilderness to save his crew and to soothe the agitated plant life on the planet. In “The Matter of Seggri”, the leader of the castle revolution is martyred and incites the castle riots. ![]() In “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”, martyrdom is a central feature of the narrative as seen with the suffering child under the city. ![]() ![]() Martyrdom is a motif that appears in Le Guin’s stories “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”, “The Matter of Seggri”, “Vaster Than Empires and More Slow”, “The Word of Unbinding”, and “The Day Before the Revolution”. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sharing the same title, it was later made into a successful movie in 1999 by BBC writer/director James Marsh. ![]() Originally published in 1973, the book became a cult favorite and is still in print today. dissertation from Rutger’s University on the work of Van Schaick eventually resulted in the publication of " Wisconsin Death Trip". ![]() Michael Lesy, was first introduced to the Charles Van Schaick collection of photographs at the Wisconsin Historical Society by Paul Vanderbilt, the Society’s first curator of Iconography. There are also many photographs in the collection that appear very casual, similar in style and anticipating the work of snapshot photographers in the decades to come. The work of Charles Van Schaick (Van Scoik) in the Wisconsin Historical Society collection includes over 8,000 images made between the years 1885-1940 in the small town of Black River Falls. View the original source document: WHI 24682 Allison, a horse dealer from Taylor County, and the horse stand in front of the Post Office on Main Street. A stallion with long curly mane, owned by Jack Allison. ![]() ![]() ![]() But having faith in love and choosing hope over fear might get Palmer and Cole to the sweet spot they’re looking for. ![]() But even though raising his average with Palmer seems impossible, it’s worth a shot.Īs promising as the summer nights are, fate turns small-town dreams upside down, and some lessons are learned the hard way. True, his long-term relationship score is zero. So why is he so hard to resist?Ĭole is swinging through town to visit his parents when he meets the kind of down-to-earth distraction he’s been looking for since retiring from the majors. ![]() Sure, the honey-tongued baseball legend is gorgeous, loves puppies, and has charmed his way into the community’s heart, but Palmer craves stability. Single mom Palmer Clark will not be sidelined by the new man in town. They’re both wishing for the best in USA Today bestselling author Adriana Locke’s charming and sexy hopefully-ever-after romance. The Sweet Spot by Adriana Locke-Review and TourĪ / Amazon.ca / Amazon.uk / /ĭon’t own a Kindle? Download the FREE Amazon Kindle App for your mobile device or pcĪBOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 29, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() "The quintessential Jack London is in the on-rushing compulsive-ness of his northern stories," noted James Dickey. Also included in this volume is "To Build a Fire," a marvelously desolate short story set in the Klondike, but containing all the elements of a classic Greek tragedy. ![]() ![]() White Fang (1906), which London conceived as a "complete antithesis and companion piece to The Call of the Wild," is the tale of an abused wolf-dog tamed by exposure to civilization. "Here, indeed, are all the elements of sound fiction." "No other popular writer of his time did any better writing than you will find in The Call of the Wild," said H. His story of the dog Buck, who learns to survive in the bleak Yukon wilderness, is viewed by many as his symbolic autobiography. Generally considered to be London's greatest achievement, The Call of the Wild brought him international acclaim when it was published in 1903. Doctorow wrote in The New York Times Book Review. ![]() To this day Jack London is the most widely read American writer in the world," E. The Call of the Wild -Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time ![]() |