![]() ![]() ![]() And it was a 2014 conversation he had with the Dragons’ head coach, Lou Richie - himself a player on the team 25 years earlier - that sparked the idea for the book. Yang was a computer science teacher at Bishop O’Dowd High School for nearly two decades. ![]() On one level, Yang’s latest graphic novel is like a fast-paced documentary, intercutting the Dragons’ thrilling wins and crushing losses with basketball’s own turbulent history, from the invention of the game in 1891 by James Naismith, to the 1948 face-off between the Harlem Globetrotters and the all-white Minneapolis Lakers, to the often controversial, politically charged careers of today’s N.B.A. ![]() debut, and the first graphic novel to be a finalist for the National Book Award - Gene Luen Yang’s DRAGON HOOPS (First Second, 446 pp., $24.99 ages 14 to 18) weaves multiple story lines of American identity and anxiety into a comics format.Įngaging, entertaining and full of insight about race and ethnicity, “Dragon Hoops” follows the real-life Bishop O’Dowd Dragons, an Oakland high school basketball team, in its quest to win the California state championship. Like “American Born Chinese” - his groundbreaking 2006 Y.A. ![]()
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![]() Shayla was anxious to see Ma and Pa, and all the Halseys, but Randal was taking the road much too fast. ![]() It had been Randal Quincey’s idea to purchase the automobile in New York and bring it by train, so they could arrive in Sumpter, Oregon in style. Shayla Halsey clung to the rail on the side of the seat to keep from bouncing out of the1904 Eldredge Runabout. Published in the United States of America ![]() No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission of the author or Windtree Press except in the case of brief quotations in critical articles or reviews. ![]() THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION, Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales, is entirely coincidental.Īll rights reserved. ![]() ![]() ![]() Perrault was an influential figure in the 17th century French literary scene, and was the leader of the Modern faction during the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns.Ĭharles Perrault was born in Paris to a wealthy bourgeois family, the seventh child of Pierre Perrault and Paquette Le Clerc. ![]() Many of Perrault's stories were rewritten by the Brothers Grimm, continue to be printed and have been adapted to opera, ballet (such as Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty), theatre, and film (Disney). The best known of his tales include Le Petit Chaperon rouge (Little Red Riding Hood), Cendrillon (Cinderella), Le Chat Botté (Puss in Boots) and La Barbe bleue (Bluebeard). He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. Charles Perrault (12 January 1628 – ) was a French author and member of the Académie française. ![]() ![]() ![]() It provides a much-needed close reading of the story that will hopefully inspire other, similarly detailed analyses of Gogol’s works. The Nose by Nikolai Gogol, Classics, Literary (English, Paperback, Gogol Nikolai Vasilevich) Language: English Binding: Paperback Publisher: Aegypan Genre. Its attention to style and language is especially refreshing. These annotations are informed by a deep understanding of the historical and social context of the work they not only identify interesting linguistic moments, but also point out ways in which the nineteenth-century Russian reader would have understood Gogol’s text… ‘The Nose’: A Stylistic and Critical Companion is a helpful resource for students of Russian literature as well as for scholars new to Gogol criticism. ![]() ![]() Ksana Blank’s companion to Gogol’s ‘The Nose’ is an excellent new resource for students of Russian language and literature… The annotations to the text are remarkably thorough and identify allusions, irony, and colloquialisms that the casual reader may miss and the second-language student may struggle with even while paying great attention. ![]() ![]() ![]() Flo and Clara, two impressionable students, are obsessed with each other and with a daring young writer named Mary MacLane, the author of a scandalous bestselling memoir. Our story begins in 1902, at the Brookhants School for Girls. The award-winning author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post makes her adult debut with this highly imaginative and original horror-comedy centered around a cursed New England boarding school for girls-a wickedly whimsical celebration of the art of storytelling, sapphic love, and the rebellious female spirit Named a Most Anticipated Book by Entertainment Weekly "A multi-faceted novel, equal parts gothic, sharply funny, sapphic romance, historical, and, of course, spooky." -ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY exquisite." -Ron Charles, THE WASHINGTON POST what makes all this so much fun is Danforth's deliciously ghoulish voice. ![]() "A delectable brew of gothic horror and Hollywood satire. ![]() ![]() Among her publishing credits are twelve historical romances, including her latest, And Then He Kissed Her, now available from Avon Books. ![]() Her books routinely hit the USA Today Bestseller List, and Guilty Pleasures has been honored with the Romantic Times Award for Best European Historical Romance of 2004. Romantic Times has proclaimed her, “One of the most natural voices in historical romance to be found today”. She has been honored with the most prestigious award of romance fiction, the Romance Writers of America Rita Award, and she has received additional awards from Romantic Times and All About Romance. Among her publishing credits are twelve historical romances, including her latest, And Then He Kissed Her, now From the publication of her very first historical romance, Laura Lee Guhrke has received numerous honors and critical acclaim for her novels and her writing style. ![]() ![]() From the publication of her very first historical romance, Laura Lee Guhrke has received numerous honors and critical acclaim for her novels and her writing style. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() For example, Braun Lamia is a private investigator and her tale reads like a hard-boil detective novel, albeit it's pure sci-fi. Simmons talent for telling each pilgrim's story is beyond mere imagination, for he is successful in capturing the dialect and thematic style of each of the travelers. From the start they realize that each has been chosen because of some special knowledge and past experience with Hyperion. And so they reluctantly and painfully agree to tell their stories as they make their interesting journey. Each story is absolutely captivating. Structured much like the Canterbury Tales,we learn the stories of each of the travelers. ![]() To complicate matters, the Ousters are on their way to stage a war to take over the planet and the interstellar Hegemony is making plans to both evacuate and protect Hyperion. Typically, those who make this trip do not return. And this time it is believed that the Time Tombs are about to open freeing the Shrike. ![]() Seven people are chosen by the Church of Shrike and confirmed by the All Thing for the final pilgrimage to the Time Tombs on the outback world of Hyperion. ![]() ![]() Going back to the earliest autism research and chronicling the brave and lonely journey of autistic people and their families through the decades, Silberman provides long-sought solutions to the autism puzzle while casting light on the growing movement of 'neurodiversity' and mapping out a path towards a more humane world for people with learning differences. What is autism: a devastating developmental condition, a lifelong disability, or a naturally occurring form of cognitive difference akin to certain forms of genius? In truth, it is all of these things and more - and the future of our society depends on our understanding it.įollowing on from his groundbreaking article 'The Geek Syndrome', Wired reporter Steve Silberman unearths the secret history of autism, long suppressed by the same clinicians who became famous for discovering it, and finds surprising answers to the crucial question of why the number of diagnoses has soared in recent years. NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity seeks to unearth what autism is and why it remains a mystery. Autism is a heterogeneous disorder that brings both challenges and amazing gifts and a lot of stuff in between. ![]() Don’t: Classify people by functioning labels (i.e. ![]() ![]() It is paramount that we respect aut and others. ![]() Winner of the 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction The word autism comes from the Latin word aut meaning self. ![]() ![]() Sabrina James is an overachiever who has a tense relationship with Dean. He loves hockey but he is also using it to get the education he needs to pursue his business dreams. Garrett, Logan and Dean are all off to pro-hockey (if not immediately, then eventually) but Tucker is going to buy a business and seek his fortune there. He also doesn’t plan on having a career in hockey after college. He’s the odd man out in some ways – he is quieter than the other guys and keeps his cards close to his chest. He’s a big guy with auburn/brown hair who, at the start of the book, is rocking a lumberjack style beard (rowr). Tucker does the cooking and ensures everyone eats well but he’s otherwise been fairly quiet and largely unknown to series readers. ![]() John Tucker is well known in the rented house he shares with fellow Briar hockey players Garrett Graham, John Logan and Dean Di Laurentis, as being the nurturer. ![]() With Tucker’s and Sabrina’s story, The Goal, out now, the wait is finally over. Those of us who read The Score, have been waiting to find out just how it was that Tucker’s announcement (that he was to be a dad and his baby mama was Sabrina James) came about. Kaetrin B Reviews / B+ Reviews baby / Boston / Contemporary / hockey / New Adult 16 Comments ![]() ![]() Mati is new to town too, visiting the U.S. When Elise meets Mati, they quickly discover how much they have in common. But after her brother’s death in Afghanistan, she and her mother move from San Francisco to a sleepy coastal village. The last thing Elise wants is to start her senior year in a new town. The story is The Impossibility of Us by Katy Upperman out today in the Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult Genre. I spoke about this with Katy, the Author, so stay with me a little longer. ![]() The nationality we belong to can’t be used as a parameter of judgment–which is why I understand Elise. Yet, sometimes pain burns too much to see it, to see reason–which is why I understand Elise’s parents. ![]() Not hating, taking that step into understanding that one person can’t be held responsible for anything other than his or her actions. Not just the one for another person, but also the one we have for our children, that they have for us parents. We need more stories like this one, stories about the power of love. ![]() |