![]() ![]() Nick fancies himself a man of high morals and while he does not always succeed, he tries his best to adhere to his principles at all times. ![]() Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" begins with a straightforward introduction to its main character and narrator, Nick Carraway. A sweet, romantic historical fiction that is sure to have you feeling for the characters and thinking of how your reaction may be similar or different from that of Lorna's. When Lorna receives news of her brother's disappearance, she reacts unkindly toward Paul, but their love for one another mends their broken bond over time. As Lorna begins to warm up to Paul and Paul to her, they begin to build a friendship, and Lorna's original view alters as their relationship builds even though the views of her schoolmates, church friends, and fellow townspeople remain the same: judgmental and unkind. Paul, a scarred German teenage soldier is quiet and hard-working, helping wherever he is needed. Lorna, a teenage Scottish girl growing up during World War II is quick to pass judgement for a German POW (prisoner of war) who has been assigned to her father's farm to work. ![]() ![]() Beautifully written by Caroline Leech, Wait For Me embodies the importance of love and learning other peoples' stories before passing judgement. ![]()
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![]() A rising standard of living throughout the empire deepened the legitimacy of Habsburg rule, as citizens learned to use the empire s administrative machinery to their local advantage. By supporting new schools, law courts, and railroads, along with scientific and artistic advances, the Habsburg monarchs sought to anchor their authority in the cultures and economies of Central Europe. ![]() Judson examines their motives and explains just how wrong these rearguard critics were.Rejecting fragmented histories of nations in the making, this bold revision surveys the shared institutions that bridged difference and distance to bring stability and meaning to the far-flung empire. In the decades before and after its dissolution, some observers belittled the Habsburg Empire as a dysfunctional patchwork of hostile ethnic groups and an anachronistic imperial relic. Across divides of language, religion, region, and history, ordinary women and men felt a common attachment to their empire, while bureaucrats, soldiers, politicians, and academics devised inventive solutions to the challenges of governing Europe s second largest state. In a panoramic and pioneering reappraisal, Pieter Judson shows why the Habsburg Empire mattered so much, for so long, to millions of Central Europeans. ![]() ![]() It’s become incredibly difficult for anyone, public figure or not, to speak their truth without pre-calculating how much shit they’re willing to take for it, and calibrating their message accordingly. From filtered selfies to blogged polemics designed to dominate the outrage cycle of any given day, there’s maybe never been more manufacturing of confessional impulse. ![]() There’s a misconception that we’re living in a time of over-sharing in fact, it’s more accurately a time of managed sharing, of shaping our shares to either avoid conflict or instigate it. ![]() This is a pretty succinct summing-up of our cultural moment, in which provocative self-display often fronts for fear of true self-revelation, and in which art and commentary both are rarely allowed to exist in the ether for long before they become grist for attacks and counterattacks, which, inevitably, distort the original beyond all recognition. ![]() ![]() ![]() A fascinating work of historical fiction, beautifully crafted and richly detailed (Jennifer Chiaverini), read by a four-time Audie Award. ![]() ![]() Gordonhastings on FIRST Principles/THOMAS E. This masterpiece (Pam Jenoff) from a New York Times bestselling duo paints an intimate portrait of Eliza Schuyler, the general’s daughter who married Alexander Hamilton. A painless, enjoyable lesson in American History.ĭray and Kamoie also authored America’s First Daughter.Īnother excellent Hamilton biography is ALEXANDER HAMILTON, A LIFEby Willard Sterne Randall. The entire cast is in the book: Eliza, Hamilton, Angelica, Washington, Burr, Lafayette, Madison, Monroe, Adams, Lauren’s, Jefferson, King George, the Schuyler sisters and Hamilton children. Additionally, it is an excellent stand alone summer read offering insight not only insight into Eliza’s and Hamilton’s relationship and the Revolutionary War but also the life style of 18th century New York City and the wealthy Dutch plantations along the Hudson. My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie Book Review Light Spoilers - YouTube Hello, viewers Heres my raving review for 'My Dear Hamilton' by Stephanie Dray and Laura. If you have not seen either the Broadway production or the movie HAMILTON read this novel first as a guide through the nuances of the story line. MY DEAR HAMILTON, A NOVEL OF ELIZA SCHUYLER HAMILTON by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie is an excellent work of well researched historical fiction. I recommend another very good “HAMILTON” read in addition to Ron Chernow’s popular biography. ![]() ![]() ![]() In The Good Earth she presents a graphic view of a China when the last emperor reigned and the vast political and social upheavals of the twentieth century were but distant rumblings for the ordinary people. "I can only write what I know, and I know nothing but China, having always lived there," wrote Pearl Buck. Though nearly eighty years have passed since this novel won the Pulitzer Prize, it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. Signed and inscribed examples of the first edition in the original dust jacket are rare. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Near fine in the original dust jacket with some tape repairs to the verso. It is interesting to note that Buck knew the first issue points and makes note of it. Buck also underlined the error "flees" on page 100, and marked it with an arrow on the left margin. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by Pearl Buck on the half-title page. Octavo, original brown cloth, illustrated endpapers. First edition, first issue with "flees" for "fleas" on page 100, line 17 of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece. ![]() |