As he rode the colonial court circuits, and later as he was swept up in the emerging imperial crisis, she was left with the primary responsibility for raising and educating the couple’s children, managing their farm and investments, and caring for an extended web of family and friends. The Library of America presents 430 of these remarkable letters-including more than a hundred published for the first time-in an edition of unparalleled scope selected and annotated by acclaimed Adams biographer Edith Gelles.įrom virtually the moment she married the ambitious young lawyer John Adams in 1764, Abigail Smith Adams (1744–1818) was more or less on her own. They also bring vividly to life the everyday experience of American women in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. “If as a Female I may be calld an Idle, I never can be an uninterested Spectator.” Through her brilliant and insightful correspondence Adams fully engaged with the political, social, and intellectual currents of her age, and her letters offer a unique vantage on historical events in which her family played so prominent a role. “You know my mind is much occupied with the affairs of our Country,” Abigail Adams wrote to her husband in 1793.
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Three to Conquer started out as something that appeared to be a pretty typical and mundane mystery with a paranormal twist, but quickly took a sharp left turn and was off and running from there. Three to Conquer was a lot of fun! Obviously, telepathy was a popular idea in this time period of science fiction, as several of the Hugo nominees I've read have focused on this idea. Reminds me of Mark Phillips and Lawrence M. This a work that shares more from the Pulp age than the Golden one. There's no style here - no noir or literary tricks - and no big ideas. The book, too, has a lot of faults, but has an earnestness to it that makes it likeable as well. Wade Harper had his faults, but he was a generally likeable guy. With his main street, common sense outlook, he'll show those white collar, college educated boys from the nation's capital how things ought to be done. The reader gets to meet the character of Wade Harper, "a squat man with immense breadth of shoulder, hairy hands and bushy eyebrows." Wade Harper is ready for whatever the combined genres of murder mystery and science fiction can throw at him. Firearm enthusiasts, amateur-detective aspiring, federal government-hating, readers of crime novels - and science fiction novels. Gun-toting, do-it-yourselfers with dreams of aiding the local police. Libertarians who everyday hope for an opportunity to exercise their right to self-defense. This 1956 Hugo finalist is a ready read for libertarians. Helps children learn counting and balance while having fun with the humorous antics of animal characters through the funny and silly story "Ten Apples on Top!" UniquenessĬhildren love Dr. The illustrations are colorful and playful, adding to the appeal of the book. The book is written in simple rhymes, making it an interesting read for young children. As you grow more and more apples, you will encounter various obstacles and challenges, such as being hung on a clothesline and being chased by birds. The book tells the story of his three animals such as a lion, a dog and a tiger who are trying to find out who can balance the apple on his head. "Ten Apples on Top!" is a children's book written and illustrated by Dr. Known for its simple rhyming lyrics and colorful illustrations, the book is a beloved classic of children's literature. First published in 1961, the book tells the story of three animals, a lion, a dog and a tiger, competing to see who can get the most apples on their heads. Seuss and his book "Ten Apples Up On Top!" is a children's book written and illustrated by Dr. The Imaginary World in Ten Apples Up on Top from Dr. Agent: Nancy Miles, Miles Stott Literary Agency. In the guise of a gorgeously written and disconcerting fairy tale, Hardinge ( A Face Like Glass) delves deeply into the darker side of family life, particularly sibling rivalry and the devastating effect war can have on those left at home. I am happy to say that it also lived up to my very high expectations. Her memories are spotty and inconsistent, store mannequins and dolls turn their heads to follow her movements, and every time she closes her eyes she senses “dreams waiting at the mousehole of her mind’s edge, ready to catch her up in their soft cat-mouth and carry her off somewhere she did not want to go.” Triss feels an overwhelming hunger that cannot be assuaged by human food and suspects she is no longer human. Frances Hardinge, Cuckoo Song A deliciously other-worldly story, this novel is gripping and packed with vivid description. As the story opens, Triss has somehow fallen into a local pond, barely escaping with her life, and she regains consciousness to find that the world has gone strange. In this painful and powerful tale set in post-WWI England, readers meet 11-year-old Triss, the coddled daughter of a respected civil engineer and an overprotective mother, as well as her jealous younger sister, Pen. That sweetness was something I wanted to bring out as well. I also love that she’s the most badass assassin, but once she’s shown actual love, friendship and mentorship, she also has a soft, tender side. There’s something very moving to me about the idea that our choices can be that powerful. I was always drawn to the fact that she’s built to be a villain, that’s the path she’s on, that seems like her undeniable fate-but she breaks away and decides to become a hero instead. Sarah Kuhn: Ever since her debut, I’ve loved Cassandra Cain with all my heart. What is it about Cass that makes her such a special character? What aspects of the character did you want to focus on in Shadow of the Batgirl? This is the first story to feature Cassandra Cain in the lead role in way too long. A teenage assassin isn’t typical superhero material, but that’s Cassandra Cain’s journey in Shadow of the Batgirl, a new DC graphic novel for young adults written by Sarah Kuhn and illustrated by Nicole Goux.ĭC Nation spoke with Kuhn and Goux about the book, what they love about Cassandra Cain as a protagonist, and how Barbara Gordon-the original Batgirl-fits into the story. The Apaches were once a great nation they are now but few, and because of this they want to die and so carry their lives on their fingernails. They roam over the hills and plains and want the heavens to fall on them. How is it? Why is it that the Apaches wait to die-that they carry their lives on their fingernails. After many summers I walked again and found another race of people had come to take it. “When I was young I walked all over this country, east and west, and saw no other people than the Apaches. To the Indians it seemed that these Europeans hated everything in nature-the living forests and their birds and beasts, the grassy glades, the water, the soil, and the air itself.”īury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West Already the once sweet-watered streams, most of which bore Indian names, were clouded with silt and the wastes of man the very earth was being ravaged and squandered. (Only Uncas was remembered.) Their musical names remained forever fixed on the American land, but their bones were forgotten in a thousand burned villages or lost in forests fast disappearing before the axes of twenty million invaders. Machapungas, Catawbas, Cheraws, Miamis, Hurons, Eries, Mohawks, Senecas, and Mohegans. (Only Pocahontas was remembered.) Scattered or reduced to remnants were the Pequots, Montauks, Nanticokes. “On the mainland of America, the Wampanoags of Massasoit and King Philip had vanished, along with the Chesapeakes, the Chickahominys, and the Potomacs of the great Powhatan confederacy. First published between 19 in Swedish, these four books were considered a single work by Moberg, who intended that they be read as documentary novels. Moberg's extensive research in the papers of Swedish emigrants in archival collections, including the Minnesota Historical Society, enabled him to incorporate many details of pioneer life. His consistently faithful depiction of these humble people's lives is a major strength of the Emigrant Novels. Considered one of Sweden's greatest 20th-century writers, Vilhelm Moberg created Karl Oskar and Kristina Nilsson to portray the joys and tragedies of daily life for early Swedish pioneers in America. Never mind I was learning to take the reins of my family’s apple orchard business. At twenty-seven years old I found myself divorced, and the mother of a one-year-old son. The butterfly effect - one small change, one moment in time that impacts the future.Īt twenty-six years old I never dreamed I’d walk in on my husband in bed with my best friend. I can't wait for the next book in the series! I loved getting to sit and read their story, and I think anyone who loves a good small town romance with just enough pulling at their heart, will love this read. Willa and Aiden were perfection and you are rooting for them from the very first scene they have together. This novel had the prefect blend of emotions from the happy to the sad. Kelly did them all justice and delivered a perfect dessert for us to read. Throw in a dash of second chance romance and a pinch of military read and this was the perfect blend of a bunch of my favorites. Plus, brother best friend? One of my favorite tropes. The small town romance leaves you completely in love. I am in love with Boggy Creek and everyone in it. It is no secret that I am a big fan of Kelly's books and this series will be no different. One would be forgiven for thinking the story predictable, but the author has an unusual way of churning up the norm and making it look extraordinary. The story deals with some typical fantasy themes: love, loyalty, bravery, evil, and good. Events in the book start out slow and steady and only slightly ups their pace in the final fourth or so of the book. Combined with an increasingly complex magic system, it makes for a thoroughly enjoyable read. of the King's Dark Tidings series, Kade is now able to create universes spanning. A mark of truly good characters is when readers begin to feel actual emotions for these characters regarding their fate, and this book displays that. Kel Kade lives in Texas and occasionally serves as an adjunct college. There’s a lot of character development in this book. The main character is almost perfect, but it’s all balanced out by the numerous flaws in the other characters. Submit feedback for this page How are we doing Send us comments about our Author Pages. Manage your follows View and manage who you follow on Amazon. The story is somewhat typical, but it’s set out in a very unusual way that makes it very hard to predict. Kel Kade Follow to get new release updates, special offers (including promotional offers) and improved recommendations. Kel Kade has managed to create a very cool kind of fantasy here, a kind of fantasy that is just as thematically oriented as the Sword of Truth series but still possesses many of the elements of modern, swashbuckling fantasy. Her recent collections include An Atlas of the Difficult World (1991) and Dark Fields of the Republic: Poems 1991–1995 (1995). In addition to her poetry, Rich has published many essays on poetry, feminism, motherhood, and lesbianism. In Diving into the Wreck (1973) and The Dream of a Common Language (1978), she continued to experiment with form and to deal with the experiences and aspirations of women from a feminist perspective. In the 1960s, however, Rich began a dramatic shift away from her earlier mode as she took up political and feminist themes and stylistic experimentation in such works as Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law (1963), The Necessities of Life (1966), Leaflets (1969), and The Will to Change (1971). Auden for the Yale Series of Younger Poets Award, and her next, The Diamond Cutters and Other Poems (1955), earned her a reputation as an elegant, controlled stylist. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Radcliffe college in 1951, the same year of her first book of poems, A Change of World. Works, notably Diving into the Wreck (1973), of American poet and essayist Adrienne Rich champion such causes as pacifism, feminism, and civil rights for gays and lesbians.Ī mother bore Adrienne Cecile Rich, a feminist, to a middle-class family with parents, who educated her until she entered public school in the fourth grade. |