Washington a life book review7/4/2023 Ĭhernow conceived the idea of a book on Washington while researching Hamilton's life the two men had worked together closely, and Chernow had come to believe that "Hamilton is the protagonist of the book but Washington is the hero of the book". In 2004, he published a biography of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, for which he won the inaugural $50,000 George Washington Book Prize. Morgan's family, The House of Morgan, won the National Book Award for Nonfiction. The book's author, Ron Chernow, is a former freelance business journalist who later fashioned himself as a "self-made historian". In 2011, the book won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, as well as the New-York Historical Society's American History Book Prize. The book was released to wide acclaim from critics, several of whom called it the best biography of Washington ever written. Washington: A Life took six years to complete and makes extensive use of archival evidence. Ĭhernow, a former business journalist, was inspired to write the book while researching another biography on Washington's long-time aide Alexander Hamilton. The book is a "one-volume, cradle-to-grave narrative" that attempts to provide a fresh portrait of Washington as "real, credible, and charismatic in the same way he was perceived by his contemporaries". Washington: A Life is a biography of George Washington, the first president of the United States, written by American historian and biographer Ron Chernow and published in 2010.
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Cupidity raven kennedy7/4/2023 This reading habit pushed her to create interesting worlds through her imagination or her creative mind. She was born and brought up there and developed a love for books at an early age. Kennedy takes great pride in being a California girl. Her books will either make the readers cry or laugh and it gives her immense pleasure to create characters and worlds that readers can root for. She is often praised for having the expertise to write excellent stories in a variety of genres. Kennedy has collaborated with Ivy Asher to write one book in the Kingdom of Wolves series as well as one in the Paranormal Prison series.Īuthor Kennedy has also partnered with Coralee June on multiple occasions to write the installments of several of her original series. She is the creator of several mind-blowing novel series of paranormal romance, including the Savannah Heirs series, Heart Hassle series, Void Universe series, Plated Prisoner series, Hellgate Guardians series, etc.Īdditionally, Kennedy has written a few single novels and contributed to the series of other authors. Raven Kennedy is a famous American writer of paranormal, romance, erotica, romantic suspense, urban fantasy, humor, supernatural, and fantasy stories. Tyler and her friends are likable (if somewhat two-dimensional) characters and the dialogue occasionally veers into stilted didacticism when the women discuss issues such as prostitution and politics. Drury’s extraordinarily socially-involved cast of characters includes a Jewish doctor doing inner-city work with battered women and children, an empowered, self-employed prostitute, a single mom organizing and advocating for women of color, and two feminist attorneys. Like many reunion stories, Drury, the owner and chief editor of Spinster’s Ink, asks its characters, and, implicitly, its readers if they have abandoned earlier values and ideals. For Edgar-award nominated author Drury, this mystery constitutes a solid, readable effort as in her earlier work, she focuses more on the atmosphere and relationships than on the action. The island setting creates an intriguing “locked room” mystery scenario, and Drury makes good use of bad weather and other natural features to build suspense around the cottage-bound women. In this installment, Tyler attends a reunion of her college pals on an island above Puget Sound, where the body of a dead lumber company CEO is soon found. “Who finds three bodies in her lifetime?” wonders Bay-area journalist Tyler Jones, the lesbian protagonist/sleuth of Joan Drury’s third mystery. Lisa kleypas devon ravenel7/4/2023 But the fiery attraction between them is impossible to deny-and from the first moment Devon holds her in his arms, he vows to do whatever it takes to possess her. Kathleen knows better than to trust a ruthless scoundrel like Devon. along with Kathleen, Lady Trenear, a beautiful young widow whose sharp wit and determination are a match for Devon's own. His estate is saddled with debt, and the late earl's three innocent sisters are still occupying the house. But his powerful new rank in society comes with unwanted responsibilities. Readers have long waited for the return of New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas to historical romance-and now she's back with her most breathtaking yet.ĭevon Ravenel, London's most wickedly charming rake, has just inherited an earldom. Lisa Kleypas is back with a stunning new historical romance! A lot of novels starting with an opener like this would burn out, that is not the case with The Natural Way of Things. The confusion and fear at the start is palpable and rather explosive. Soon they are taken to another room, where they initially think they will be raped or killed, to have their heads shaved and join a further eight women, all dressed the same and shaven, who too have become captives to a pair of men. Well, as much as anyone can panic when they are groggy from clearly having been drugged. When Verla and Yolanda find themselves waking up in a strange unknown room, both strangers to each other, dressed in old fashioned uniforms their first instinct is that they are dreaming, then when the realise they are not they panic. She can do nothing to resist it, cannot understand or question. The drug has dissolved adrenaline so completely it almost seems surprising to be here, with a stranger, in a strange room, wearing this bizarre olden-day costume. But she is cotton-headed, too slow for that. She understands the fear is the only thing now that could conceivably save her from what is to come. The floorboards glisten like honey in the sun. Allen & Unwin, 2015, paperback, fiction, 316 pages, kindly sent by the lovely Anna who I am forever thankful for All for nothing by walter kempowski7/3/2023 It reaches its last devastating line with poetic sensibility and the grace of a classical tragedy, confirming Kempowski as a truly great writer.
The last unicorn paperback7/3/2023 If you've already read it, you need to read it again."-Patrick Rothfuss "Peter S. Beagle and The Last Unicorn "Comes alive and stays alive on bright intensity of imagination."- The New York Times Book Review "Written in lyrical prose and rife with both whimsical humor and philosophical ruminations on what it means to be human, Beagle spins a quasi-medieval fairy tale that remains timeless."- Time " The Last Unicorn is the best book I have ever read. Beagle is a true magician with words, a master of prose and a deft practitioner in verse."- The Saturday Review, Praise for Peter S. Tolkien, but he stands squarely and triumphantly on his own feet.The book is rich, not only in comic bits but also in passages of uncommon beauty. Louis Post-Dispatch "Beagle.has been compared, not unreasonably, with Lewis Carroll and J.R.R. LeGuin "Almost as if it were the last fairy tale, come out of lonely hiding in the forests of childhood, The Last Unicorn is as full of enchantment as any of the favorite tales readers may choose to recall.A delicate, sensitive, yet powerful rendering of all the intangibles that make a fairy tale unforgettable."- St. Beagle is (in no particular order) a wonderful writer, a fine human being, and a bandit prince out to steal readers' hearts."-Tad Williams "Beagle illuminates with his own particular magic."-Ursula K. Beagle and The Last Unicorn "Comes alive and stays alive on bright intensity of imagination."- The New York Times Book Review "Peter S. The last to vanish7/3/2023 Most of the town’s residents attribute the mysterious goings-on to accidents on the trail, but Landon’s disappearance unsettled Abby, and now she’s starting to wonder if they are all connected.Ī pervasive sense of unease runs throughout The Last to Vanish, whether Abby is facing the dangers of the mountains or the sneaking suspicion that the locals are monitoring her every move. Now Landon’s brother, Trey, has arrived at the Passage Inn to try and find clues to his brother’s whereabouts. Most recently, a journalist named Landon West set out to write about the strange history of Cutter’s Pass only to disappear himself. Over the years, two women also disappeared. Decades ago, a group of college students, dubbed the Fraternity Four, vanished while on a hike. Unfortunately, Cutter’s Pass has a dark history of people becoming lost for good. The inn butts up against the Appalachian Trail, catering to guests looking to lose themselves in nature. Set in an isolated and hazardous pocket of the Appalachian Mountains, The Last to Vanish elegantly builds a near-gothic atmosphere as it tells the story of an inn with a troubled past and the locals who are keeping deadly secrets.Ībigail Lovett loves her quiet job at the Passage Inn in Cutter’s Pass, North Carolina. Megan Miranda knows how to land a twist, and her latest thriller demonstrates that to dizzying effect. Then another set of short sections of German, French, Dutch, Czechoslovakian, Canadian, Russian, and Hungarian rhymes, and a Roumanian lullaby. (I have the advantage of having my own very real memories confirmed by watching her with my younger sisters, particularly Debbie, who was born when I was 8.)įor example, the book suggests how to hold a baby's arms and clap while mother recites "Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man" (which sounded more like "patty-cake" to me) and how to play with the babies toes for "This little piggy went to market." It's exactly how my mother did it, although she sometimes added a rhythmic bouncing as she held me on her knee, which I believe was important in showing me that whatever else words in such arrangements were about, they were first of all about rhythm and music. Once I'd learned to read I don't recall my mother offering any guidance as suggested, but she seems to have heeded some of the suggestions on reading to babies. It provides advice and information in a direct and informal tone, like the then wildly popular books by Doctor Spock. This approach is codified in a general way by the Parents Guide Book titled In Your Hands. The twelve volumes were arranged in a graduated sequence of readings for children from babydom to early adolescence. The content is comprised of verse and prose, often by (or adapted from) classic authors from many countries. Ghost by jason reynolds full book7/2/2023 But Ghost has been running for the wrong reasons - it all starting with running away from his father, who, when Ghost was a very little boy, chased him and his mother through their apartment, then down the street, with a loaded gun, aiming to kill. If he can stay on track, literally and figuratively, he could be the best sprinter in the city. Ghost has a crazy natural talent, but no formal training. They all have a lot to lose, but they also have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team - a team that could qualify them for the Junior Olympics if they can get their acts together. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are explosive when they clash. Ghost wants to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school track team, but his past is slowing him down in this first electrifying novel of a brand-new series from Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award-winning author Jason Reynolds. Named An Amazing Audiobook for Young Adults by the Young Adult Library Services Associate (YALSA)! Winner of the American Library Association’s Odyssey HonorĪn American Library Association Notable Children’s Recording |