6/29/2023 0 Comments After the fall by ben rhodesPrior to joining the administration, Rhodes was a senior speechwriter and foreign policy adviser to the Obama campaign from 2007 to 2008. Ben Rhodes is a writer, political commentator, and national security analyst. In the book’s most appealing passages, Rhodes “sits down with people very much like himself, chastened idealists who have come to know the world as it is but refuse to conform to its demands,” said a review in The New York Times. “It’s an inquiry into the rise of authoritarianism, with a lot of introspection into what has changed in the US, and what has not,” said the review. Since the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989, the US has fallen from its position as the world’s only truly global power. His book was a “fascinating look into America in context with the rest of the world (specifically in comparison to Hungary, Hong Kong and Russia),” said a review on. After the Fall is an excellently written book that is equally alarming and comforting in its diagnosis regarding the nationalist direction that both America and the world at large has taken in recent years.įrom 2009 to 2017, author Ben Rhodes served as deputy national security adviser to former US President Barack Obama, overseeing the administration’s national security communications, speechwriting, public diplomacy, and global engagement programming.
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6/29/2023 0 Comments Cruel Reign by Helen ScottHer majesty has also been a frequent character cameo in comedies and parodies. The latest high-profile entry in the ranks is Imelda Staunton (whom you may remember as Dolores Umbridge from the “Harry Potter” movies), who’s playing the royal in seasons five and six of Netflix’s hit drama “ The Crown” (the fifth is set to premiere in November). King Charles’ coronation schedule, procession route, and looksĪs prestige parts go, Queen Elizabeth II had been a juicy one for actors over several decades. We predicted the queen’s death - and worry about King Charles’ coronation Want to see Queen Elizabeth get low on the dance floor? Thank AI for that Prince Harry was ‘cruel’ to queen during ‘painful’ final days: friend Beckett finds Samara in the ruins of the lost city, and uncovers so much more than he ever bargained for - a challenge to all he's ever believed in or sworn to. So she flees, to Canaan, the lost city of her ancestors, to Forget.Beckett has flown through the stars to find a dream: Canaan, the most infamous social experiment of Earth's antiquity. Hidden deep in the comfort and splendor of her underground city, a refuge from the menace of a coming Earth, Samara learns what she should have never known and creates a memory so terrible she cannot live with it. Samara is one of the Knowing, and the Knowing do not forget. Sharon Cameron returns to the rich world of #1 New York Times bestseller The Forgetting with a companion novel as thrilling and intricately crafted as the first. 6/29/2023 0 Comments Homie danezIn Dan Chiasson’s review of that collection for the New Yorker, he praised Smith’s “restorative imagination,” noting that “summer, somewhere,” a gut-wrenching and kaleidoscopic remembrance of murdered black boys both well-known and unacknowledged, quarrels with a history that is “like a stubborn child: nobody can coax it into confessing.” The poem won the inaugural Four Quartets Prize from the Poetry Society of America.īut after accruing all these accolades, Smith starts out the new collection Homie by electing others to pride of place. Smith’s next book, Don’t Call Us Dead (2017), was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the UK’s Forward Prize. Homie, by Danez Smith, Graywolf Press, 84 pages, $16Įver since Danez Smith’s debut poetry collection, Boy (2014), won both the Lambda and the Kate Tufts Discovery awards, the poet’s rise has been swift, the critics near unanimous in their praise. 6/29/2023 0 Comments The divine comedy modern englishLaced with gruesome descriptions of tormented souls, lashings of politics and references to historical figures, Dante’s journey through the twenty-four circles of hell, guided by his mentor or “leader” as he most often refers to him, the poet, Virgil, is amazing. In order to revisit it, I turned to the “plain English” version and absolutely loved it, though missed, at times, the poesy of more authentic translations and the way they mimic the arduousness and emotional complexity of Dante’s journey through hell. It’s been over twenty-five years since I last looked at Dante’s poetic work, Inferno. A superior student, she is promoted from pupil to teacher - only to lose her position to the privileged son of a town benefactor. A gifted quilter, she tragically loses her hope chest in a flood. Set in Creek's Crossing, Pennsylvania, in the years leading up to the Civil War, the story begins with friends and neighbors taking sides in the abolitionist debate, and as events unfold, an ex-traordinary young heroine passes from innocence to wisdom against the harrowing backdrop of the American struggle over slavery.Ī dutiful daughter and niece, Dorothea Granger finds her dreams of furthering her education thwarted by the needs of home. History is thick with secrets in The Sugar Camp Quilt, seventh in the beloved Elm Creek Quilts series from bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini. Then he looked up and said, "I have something to tell you and your folks." Dorothea Granger took him to the grave and stood some distance away while he bowed his head in silent prayer. A week after Uncle Jacob's death, Abel Wright came to pay his respects. This theory posited that there were four key humors, or liquids, in the human body and that imbalances in these humors were responsible for many physical and mental illnesses.Īccording to the most influential version of this theory, these humors were: black bile, yellow bile, phlegm, and blood. Hippocrates - an Ancient Greek physician who lived in the fifth century before the common era and was one of the most important figures in the history of medicine - practiced medicine according to the theory of the four humors, or “humoral theory.” 6/29/2023 0 Comments I am that maurice frydmanThe publication in 1973 of I Am That, an English translation of his talks in Marathi by Maurice Frydman, brought him worldwide recognition and followers, especially from North America and Europe. Nisargadatta Maharaj (17 April 1897 – 8 September 1981), born Maruti Shivrampant Kambli, was a Hindu guru of nondualism, belonging to the Inchagiri Sampradaya, a lineage of teachers from the Navnath Sampradaya and Lingayat Shaivism. Translated from Marathi by Maurice Frydman
6/29/2023 0 Comments What the wind knows by amy harmonHowever, the personal stories of these two women are very different. Both books are about women who travel back in time during a time of war and know enough history to change the outcome. Sound familiar? This book is similar to Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. Should she reveal what she knows about Irish history? Everything changes when the truth is revealed and Anne finds herself in the middle of political conflict. But, as he starts to develop feelings for her, he questions what he should do. Owen’s guardian, Thomas Smith, is the first to notice that Anne is not who she is pretending to be. Only, he’s a young boy who thinks she’s his mother.Īnne has been given the chance to be with Owen again, but she has to pretend to be the woman they all believe she is… her great-grandmother. She’s taken in by a family who seems to know her and she recognizes the face of her grandfather. Through the magic of Ireland, Anne is transported back in time to the 1920s, during the Irish War of Independence. Owen meant the world to her and she doesn’t know what to do without him. On his deathbed, he asks Anne to spread his ashes in Ireland. What The Wind Knows by Amy Harmon is currently available through Kindle Unlimited and contains the audio companion What The Wind Knows (Summary)Īnne Gallagher was raised in New York by her Irish Grandfather, Owen. But, when doubts arise as to whether or not Edmund could ever be with an untitled American, what really ends up unraveling is Evie’s heart. There, Evie stumbles upon a real life prince charming, Edmund Stuart the second Prince of England, who is all too happy to be the counterpart to her damsel in distress.Įvie can’t resist her growing attraction to Edmund as they spend more time together trying to unravel the clues her mother left behind. The first item on the list is to attend Oxford, her mom’s alma mater. Charged with her late mother’s letters, Evie embarks on a quest into her past. In this modern day fairytale, Evie is on a path to figure out who her mom really was, while discovering for herself what the future will hold. Evie’s mom had a secret life before she was even born, one that involved tiaras. For American Evie Gray, finding out her deceased mother had a secret identity, and not one of the caped crusader variety, was quite the surprise. Especially when skeletons from the past pop up unexpectedly. The Heir and the Spare by Emily Albright Published by Merit Press on January 18th 2016įamily can be complicated. |