![]() ![]() Homage to Bradbury with Journey Into Dandelion Wine Country. Gordon shares with one of the great masters of speculative fiction. It is this priceless quality that Alan Ira With everyday people in sometimes extraordinary circumstances. ![]() ![]() One aspect of his fiction that shines out is his insight into human nature and his endless fascination There are as many theories about what makes Ray Bradbury's work exceptional as there are Bradburyįans. He's alsoĪn adjunct faculty member at Clark University, teaching community planning. Since 1984, he has beenĪ community planner in a variety of places including, most recently, Worcester. Degree inĬommunity Planning and Area Development from the University of Rhode Island. Degree from Clark University and an M.C.P. Degreeįrom Worcester State College, an M.A. Journey Into Dandelion Wine Country: And Other Different StoriesĪlan Ira Gordon was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1958. The SF Site Featured Review: Journey Into Dandelion Wine Country: And Other Different Stories ![]()
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![]() Sweeping in scope and meticulous in detail, The Heretic Queen is a novel of passion and power, heartbreak and redemption. Destined to be the most powerful Pharaoh in Egypt, he is also the man who must confront the most famous exodus in history. While political adversity sets the country on edge, Nefertari becomes the wife of Ramesses the Great. Yet all of Egypt opposes this union between the rising star of a new dynasty and the fading star of an old, heretical one. Soon Nefertari catches the eye of the Crown Prince, and despite her family’s history, they fall in love and wish to marry. But this changes when she is taken under the wing of the Pharaoh’ s aunt, then brought to the Temple of Hathor, where she is educated in a manner befitting a future queen. ![]() The girl’s deceased family has been branded as heretical, and no one in Egypt will speak their names.Ī relic of a previous reign, Nefertari is pushed aside, an unimportant princess left to run wild in the palace. ![]() A devastating palace fire has killed the Eighteenth Dynasty’s royal family-all with the exception of Nefertari, the niece of the reviled former queen, Nefertiti. ![]() The winds of change are blowing through Thebes. In ancient Egypt, a forgotten princess must overcome her family’s past and remake history. ![]() ![]() ![]() Charnas’s engrossing work is one of the few hip-hop sagas to take the music as seriously as its maker. ![]() The book’s heart is its rich, evocative musicological analysis, complete with rhythm diagrams, of Dilla’s beats (“The hyperactive kick drum raced ahead of the samba sample, which in turn seemed to be racing ahead of the snare drum-which gave the paradoxical illusion that the snare was somehow late, making the beat feel oddly relaxed, tumbling endlessly forward”). And there are some rather moving passages, especially in scenes of Dilla’s mother, Maureen, tending to him in his decline. Charnas’s account is no hagiography: here, Dilla is a canny and sometimes generous, but prickly figure, not a Tupac-style prophet. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Set against the atmospheric panorama of Detroit’s rap scene, Charnas’s probing narrative follows Dilla’s ascent through the hip-hop ranks: from getting a whirlwind of producing gigs to presiding at strip clubs, occasionally brandishing a firearm, and dying young (of a rare blood disease) at the age of 32. Buy Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm by Charnas, Dan (ISBN: 9781800751767) from Amazons Book Store. Music journalist Charnas ( The Big Payback) profiles James Dewitt Yancey (1974–2006), aka J Dilla, a rap producer-really a composer-and drum machine virtuoso who created innovative beat tracks with off-kilter rhythms and samplings that, Charnas argues, revolutionized pop music. A little known but influential rap genius gets his due in this spirited biography. ![]() ![]() ![]() In alternating chapters, Sarah and Adam describe their experiences, first in the woods and then with their tormentors. When a paramilitary group kidnaps Mia, Adam has no choice but to put himself in their hands. Adam sees the potential death date of everyone he looks at, a curse that makes him valuable to dangerous people. But Adam is different from everyone else in this ravaged England, because he's the wild-eyed prophet who predicted the Chaos. ![]() Like so many other former Londoners, this young family lives in the woods, surviving by hunting after the devastating earthquake that destroyed their society. ![]() A trilogy that began in the recognizable present concludes in a post-apocalyptic dystopic England, 17 years from now.Īdam-the child conceived in tragedy in Numbers (2010)-is a father now himself, caretaker to his girlfriend Sarah's daughter Mia. ![]() ![]() ![]() The chapter titles indicate the cardinal direction of his travel, and Chapter 1 is simply entitled “Eastward.” Throughout the whole journey, Heat-Moon encounters the populace of out-of-the-way places. Both books suggest a lot about Heat-Moon and hint at the true nature of his trip: This is a journey of self-discovery, one that will teach Heat-Moon valuable life lessons. He also brings along books: Whitman’s Leaves of Grass and John G. Heat-Moon lives in Columbia, Missouri, and sets off on his journey in his 1975 Ford van nicknamed “Ghost Dancing.” The van’s interior has been transformed into a makeshift camper, and as Heat-Moon traverses the nation, he spends most nights there. He is spurred on to this decision by two ongoing hardships: his separation from his wife, and his recent layoff from his role as a community college instructor. He decides to undertake the ultimate road trip around the United States using only old state routes rather than the convenience and speed of the interstate system. ![]() ![]() The edition used for this study guide is the Kindle edition published by Little Brown and Company in April 2012.Īs the book begins, Heat-Moon is at a crossroads in his life. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is the American dream in its rawest, most honest form, and We Cast a Shadow bathes in that ugly truth, exposing who is hurt and preyed upon when whiteness is the default. By conjuring a society in which whiteness is literally attainable, the book turns it from an unachievable ideal into a graspable luxury-a commodity. But We Cast a Shadow takes the metaphor further than these previous works. To see a body designed by racism is to witness racism’s inherent disfigurement, its necessary warping of real people into unreal forms. From the body swapping in Get Out, to the body modifications in Jess Row’s novel Your Face in Mine, to the garish Teddy Perkins and Benny Hope in Atlanta, to the horsemen in Sorry to Bother You, metamorphosis is suited to examining racism’s destructive twists and turns because it reifies monstrous ideas as monstrous people. Transformative procedures and racism have been a common pairing in recent films, TV series, and novels precisely because of their terrible yet also fun-house quality. ![]() ![]() ![]() For all of his presidential foibles, Grant’s contributions to the advancement of civil rights are his most enduring legacy, Chernow argues in the book. “He was called 'an intuitive general,' but he knew his tactics,” Chernow says. Grant’s reputation as a great military mind was no fluke, but actually the result of dedicated study. "He was better educated than people imagined because he was a reader,” Chernow told the Dallas Morning News of Grant. Then, do what's needed to accomplish each of these steps. Instead of simply deciding where you want to be in five years, figure out what individual steps are necessary to get you there. To apply Grant's successful tactics to your own career, try adopt a similar strategy to reach professional goals. Chernow makes the argument that Grant’s battlefield prowess lay in his ability to shape military outcomes by grasping the logistics of battle - technicalities like maintaining supply lines and communication. ![]() Here are some of the lessons from Chernow's new book that readers can apply to their own personal and professional lives.įocus on step-by-step logistics. Michael Rubenstein-The Washington Post/Getty Images ![]() ![]() ![]() As readers follow the large-eared explorer on his journey, they learn more about the famed Davinci, how Frederick played an important part in the creation of the most famous painting in the world and how important friendship is to a person whether they be a bushy-bearded inventor or a cheese-inclined mouse. ![]() One priceless broken drawer later and Frederick finds himself transported to 15th century Florence, where he falls under the care of the great thinker himself. In Davinci''s Desk, Frederick investigates the appearance of a new exhibit to the museum the very desk that Leonardo Davinci used to create his artistic masterpieces. Using his quick wit, mischievous nature and cheeky grin, Frederick finds new adventures everywhere, all under the watchful eye of the museum janitor, Henry. Frederick the mouse resides in the famous Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum along with his best friend, Jeremy the elephant. ![]() A mouse who is small in size, but big in heart takes centre stage in John McEwan-Whyte''s debut children''s book. ![]() ![]() ![]() James's Palace and Buckingham Palace - no matter who stands in their way. The guards are known to carry on their duties - to protect the official entrance to St. Still trying to look for sympathy among the gathered crowd, she pulled up her sleeve and claimed she 'got a broken arm'.Ī police officer then appeared, who politely asked her to leave, but the woman continued ranting at the mounted guard and at the policeman.Īfter arguing for several minutes, the woman finally left the scene. She shoved her can of Pringles into the guard and turned around to the crowd asking if they saw what happened, only for another bystander to reply: 'He asked you to move and you didn't do it'. He shouted 'make way' and used his arm to move the woman out of his path, which left her furious. She shoved her can of Pringles into him and turned around to the crowd asking if they saw what happened, only for another bystander to reply: 'He asked you to move and you didn't do it' ![]() ![]() : the whole number, quantity, or amount : totality.
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