5/29/2023 0 Comments Erasure novel![]() The author lacks the skills to connect storytelling and writing. Instead of looking at the capabilities of these marginalized authors, judges look at how well the authors present their racial ideas. ![]() He explains how the work of the black authors is measured in his country. For instance, the author provides readers with a damning critique about racial attitudes, or discriminations in the literary culture and the publishing industry. I like the way he tackles complicated issues that people go through in their day-to-day lives. He differentiates his writing skills from the other authors, and hence stands on a creative plane. For instance, blacks are perceived as drug dealers, sportsmen, or musicians, but not good authors.įrom his novel, it can be judged that Everett is a genius novelist, but a poor, or an average storyteller. He looks at the stereotyped depictions of the black cultures and how the whites perceive them. The writer focuses on how race and political issues affect the black people in America. ![]() However, the subject of the novel is sensitive. He also mentions the despicable promotions of junk novels. For instance, the author pokes playful fun at the publishing scene of America when he talks about the mutual back-scratching of the award judges. ![]()
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5/29/2023 0 Comments The enigma andrew hodges![]() ![]() This New York Times bestselling biography of the founder of computer science and artificial intelligence is the definitive account of an extraordinary mind and life. Despite his wartime service, Turing was eventually arrested, stripped of his security clearance, and forced to undergo a humiliating treatment program- all for trying to live honestly in a society that defined homosexuality as a crime. ![]() This work was directly related to Turing's leading role in breaking the German Enigma ciphers during World War II, a scientific triumph that was critical to Allied victory in the Atlantic. Turing brought the idea to practical realization in 1945 with his electronic design. ![]() Hodges tells how Turing's revolutionary idea of 1936- the concept of a universal machine- laid the foundation for the modern computer. Includes bibliographical references and indexĪ gripping story of mathematics, science, computing, war history, cryptography, and homosexual persecution and liberation. ![]() ![]() ![]() Finally, the Rhesus depicts a world of espionage between the warring Greek and Trojan camps. Read more from the gods in their mission to Troy. In the Bacchae, a king mistreats a newcomer to his land, little knowing that he is the god Dionysus disguised as a mortal, while in Iphigenia at Aulis, the Greek leaders take the horrific decision to sacrifice a princess to gain favour. Phoenician Women portrays the rival sons of King Oedipus and their mother's doomed attempts at reconciliation, while Orestes shows a son ravaged with guilt after the vengeful murder of his mother. Through their sheer range, daring innovation, flawed but eloquent characters and intriguing plots, the plays of Euripides have shocked and stimulated audiences since the fifth century BC. Euripides (c.484-406 B.C.) was the most controversial of the three great Greek tragedians and the most modern. Covers such plays as: "Phoenician Women", "Orestes", "Bacchae", "Iphigenia at Aulis", and the "Rhesus". Description for The Bacchae and Other Plays Paperback. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Half blood sally green![]() 'Take our word for it, this book is going to be huge.' Stylist 'This will haunt you.' Marie Lu, author of Legend. 'A brilliant debut that is both deeply unique and unsettling, one that chilled me to the bone and broke my heart even as I sped through its pages. 'Edgy, arresting and brilliantly written, Half Bad grips you from the first page and doesn't let go.' Michael Grant, author of Gone. 'Teens rejoice: the inheritor to Stephenie Meyer's crown has arrived.' Fiona Wilson, The Times. Brilliant and utterly compelling - I loved it.' Kate Atkinson, author of Life after Life and Behind the Scenes of the Museum. 'A book about witches with no owls and not a pair of round spectacles in sight. But if White Witches are good and Black Witches are evil, what happens if you are both? He's been kept in a cage since he was fourteen. His mother was a healer, his father is a killer. ![]() ![]() In the year 2007, author Landy signed a 1 million USD deal with the Warner Bros to give the right to adapt the series. The publishing company paid a sum total of 1.8 million pounds for obtaining the publishing rights of the book. ![]() Its first novel, Skulduggery Pleasant was published by the publishers at Harper Collins. ![]() After writing 2 scripts, he got frustrated with the filmmaking’s collaborative process and decided to move on to write the Skulduggery series. Author Landy himself received a nomination in the category of the Best Script for IFTA Award. The latter has won the IFTA Award whereas the former has also been nominated for the same award and has actor Samantha Mumba in the lead role. Initially, he began his career as a screenwriter and wrote a couple of screenplays, both of which have been adapted into movies titled Boy Eats Girl and Dead Bodies. Apart from being a popular author, he is also a well known screenwriter. ![]() He is particularly famous for writing his bestselling young adult book series called Skulduggery Pleasant. The Skulduggery Pleasant Grimoire is a prequel to the series.ĭerek Landy is one of the well recognized Irish author, who is known for writing young adult, horror, thriller, mystery, and children’s fantasy books. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments Jenny jackson book![]() ![]() It was amusing in parts, and interesting to read how the “1 percent” live. This is an entertaining story of a very rich Brooklyn family. As well as family events there is some interesting information about buildings and districts in New York City (which I have never visited) and a few American expressions that I needed to look up. Perfect escapism from the more average lives most of us live. There’s a lot going on in this enjoyable novel, centred on this rich family. ![]() At first appearances these rich 1% ers seem to have it all (as indeed they have!), but then as the reader gradually gets to know the characters, and what is going on in their lives so, under the almost perfect facade, things are not quite as they seem. UK CoverĬord, Georgiana and Darley are siblings in a very rich family and Sasha has joined the family through her marriage to Cord, but is struggling to feel accepted. Though perhaps this is not quite as perfect as it first seems. ![]() Sasha has married Cord and, wonderfully, his parents have moved out of the large Brooklyn family home to allow them to live there. Entertaining escapism into the lives of a rich Brooklyn family ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments Wall of Fire by J.G. Holtrop![]() ![]() Wall of Fire also tells the true stories of Gods miraculous protection of Israel during her wars and how the people are being restored to Him through Y’shua the Messiah. Wall of Fire is Jan’s way of sharing how God is fulfilling the prophecies written in the Bible – prophecies that foretell the restoration of the land of Israel, the rebuilding of the ruined cities, and the re-gathering of the Jewish people back to their land. Although the fictional storylines are compelling and entertaining, it is through the factual accounts that we get glimpses of Gods glory. Over a decade ago Jan began to write a story that became Wall of Fire. Skillfully weaving together true accounts and fictional storylines, she writes to reveal the glory and salvation of God. Wall of Fire also tells the true stories of Gods miraculous protection of Israel during her wars and how the people are being Jan is a storyteller with a purpose. ![]() ![]() ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments The Locker Room by Amy Lane![]() ![]() As jurors left the courtroom in front of him, Sheeran smiled, nodded his head at several of them, and mouthed the words: “Thank you.” Later, he posed for a hallway photograph with a juror who lingered behind. ![]() ![]() Sheeran, 32, briefly dropped his face into his hands in relief before standing to hug his attorney, Ilene Farkas. The emotions of an epic copyright fight that stretched across most of the last decade spilled out as soon as the seven-person jury revealed its verdict after over two hours of deliberations. NEW YORK (AP) - British singer Ed Sheeran didn’t steal key components of Marvin Gaye’s classic 1970s tune “Let’s Get It On” to create his hit song “Thinking Out Loud,” a jury said with a trial verdict Thursday, prompting Sheeran to joke later that he won’t have to follow through on his threat to quit music. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments The fury and dark reunion![]() She also likes to collect things: angels (they remind her of her late mother), tiny boxes from different countries or of fanciful shape, nineteenth century children's literature, and books about quantum physics-especially about the mystery of the dark energy in the universe. ![]() Once, while hiking, she saw a snow-white buck which allowed her to follow it nearly half a mile. ![]() She loves to visit a friend's little cabin in the Point Reyes National Seashore area, which has lots of trees, lots of animals, lots of beaches to walk on, and lots of places to hike. She lives in the Bay Area of California, with a backyard that is full of flowers, which she adores, especially with many different shades of roses. She has written over two dozen books for children and young adults, and has enjoyed writing every one of them. SMITH, Lisa Jane Smith, is the New York Times #1 Bestselling author of The Vampire Diaries, The Secret Circle, The Forbidden Game, Dark Visions, Wildworld and Night World series. ![]() I have a new blog about my Vampire Diaries fanfic. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments Chuck wendig star wars![]() ![]() But when Norra intercepts Wedge Antilles's urgent distress call, she realizes her time as a freedom fighter is not yet over. ![]() Meanwhile, on the planet's surface, former rebel fighter Norra Wexley has returned to her native world-war weary, ready to reunite with her estranged son, and eager to build a new life in some distant place. Out on a lone reconnaissance mission, pilot Wedge Antilles watches Imperial Star Destroyers gather like birds of prey circling for a kill, but he's taken captive before he can report back to the New Republic leaders. But above the remote planet Akiva, an ominous show of the enemy's strength is unfolding. But the battle for freedom is far from over.Īs the Empire reels from its critical defeats at the Battle of Endor, the Rebel Alliance-now a fledgling New Republic-presses its advantage by hunting down the enemy's scattered forces before they can regroup and retaliate. Devastating blows against the Empire, and major victories for the Rebel Alliance. ![]() The second Death Star has been destroyed, the Emperor killed, and Darth Vader struck down. ![]() |