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Only Yesterday by Frederick Lewis Allen5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Peppering his narrative with actual stock quotes and breaking financial news, Allen tracks the major economic trends of the decade and explores the underlying causes of the crash. Harding’s oil scandal, the growth of the auto industry, the decline of the family farm, and the long bull market of the late twenties. Allen provides insightful, in-depth analyses of President Warren G. Pierpont Morgan, Henry Ford, Sigmund Freud, Albert Einstein, Al Capone, Babe Ruth, and Jack Dempsey. This bestselling, enduring account brings to life towering historical figures including J. ![]() Allen, who witnessed firsthand the events he describes, immerses you in the era of flappers, speakeasies, and early radio, making you feel like part of history as it unfolds. A history of roaring prosperity-and economic cataclysm: “The one account of America in the 1920s against which all others must be measured” ( The Washington Post).īeginning November 11, 1918, when President Woodrow Wilson declared the end of World War I in a letter to the American public, and continuing through his defeat, Prohibition, the Big Red Scare, the rise of women’s hemlines, and the stock market crash of 1929, Only Yesterday, published just two years after the crash, chronicles a decade like no other. ![]()
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Author andrew clements5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() When they finally have a serious discussion about comics, what does Greg realize about Maura? What does Maura realize about Greg? How does Mr. Z feel about Greg's situation? What role does math play in his analysis? Z like about numbers? What happens when he sees Maura give Greg a bloody nose? How does Mr. What competition do Chunky Comics face? Who creates the competition? Describe the relationship between these characters in the first half of the novel. Would you have been willing to work so hard to make something to sell? What does this tell you about Greg? What does Greg sell at the beginning of sixth grade? Describe how he learned to create this product over the summer. In Chapter 2, what discovery does Greg make about quarters? What happens when he tries to sell candy and toys at school? Is Principal Davenport correct in her actions? Explain your answer. What is Greg's greatest talent? How does he earn money? Do you like to earn money? How do you earn money? What do you do with your money? ![]()
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Author of half blood blues5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() The novel was short-listed for the Man Booker Prize, the Orange Prize for Fiction, and the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. Half-Blood Blues is the winner of the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize, Canada’s most prestigious literary award, and the 2012 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. While working as a writer-in-residence in Stuttgart, Germany, she found the inspiration for her second novel, Half-Blood Blues, a tale of African-American jazz musicians who flourished in Berlin during the cabaret heyday of the Weimar Republic and then found themselves endangered by the rise of the Third Reich. Abstract: African Canadian author Esi Edugyans second novel Half Blood Blues, published in 2011, undertakes an excavation of the trajectories of different. Her debut novel, The Second Life of Samuel Tyne, was nominated for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award.Įdugyan has held fellowships in the United States, Scotland, Iceland, Hungary, Finland, Spain, and Belgium. ![]() Her work has appeared in several anthologies, including Best New American Voices 2003 and Revival: An Anthology of Black Canadian Writing (2006). ![]() “Loyalties were always mixed,” she said, “and the world inside the walls of my home was significantly different from the world beyond it.”Įdugyan was raised in Calgary and graduated from the University of Victoria and Johns Hopkins University. As the Canadian-born daughter of Ghanaian immigrants, Esi Edugyan grew up between worlds. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Though the Warriors series has appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list, none of the novels in Warriors: Omen of the Stars have won a significant literary award. The arc's themes deal with forbidden love and the effect that being different can have on relationships. Omen of the Stars details the experiences of Jayfeather, Lionblaze, and Dovewing, who, as part of a prophecy, have special powers. The novels were written by Erin Hunter, a pseudonym that refers to authors Kate Cary, Cherith Baldry, and Tui Sutherland, as well as plot developer and editor Victoria Holmes. It is made up of six novels published by HarperCollins from 2009 to 2012: The Fourth Apprentice, Fading Echoes, Night Whispers, Sign of the Moon, The Forgotten Warrior, and The Last Hope. Warriors: Omen of the Stars is the fourth arc in the Warriors juvenile fantasy novel series about feral cats who live in Clans. ![]()
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Behold the Man by Michael Moorcock5/24/2023 ![]() Not accidentally the time machine is made more or less like a womb because this isn’t a hard science fiction novel so we don’t know how time travel works. Thus we see Karl’s tough family situation, the many bad things that happen to him in the years of his growth and the difficulty in the relationships with his girlfriends.įor Karl it’s also a problem to do something with his life so the chance to participate in a time travel experiment is a kind of rebirth. “Behold the Man” begins with the arrival of Karl Glogauer in Palestine but during the novel the tale of his adventures in the past alternates with the story of his previous life. ![]() “Behold the Man” is a novel with a very strong theme and if you’re a devout Christian it’s probably better if you don’t read it because you’ll feel offended. Many people however started mistaking Karl for Jesus so he can only organize his preaching and his own death. ![]() Karl goes in search for Jesus but when he finds him he realizes that he’s not the person he expected. Thus he finds John the Baptist, who is their leader, but nobody seems to know Jesus. His machine falls apart in a quite violent arrival and Karl is rescued by a group of Essenes. ![]() Karl Glogauer travels in a time machine to arrive in Palestine in 28 AD searching for Jesus. In 1966 it had already been published in a shorter version which won the Nebula Award as the best novella of the year. The novel “Behold the Man” by Michael Moorcock was published for the first time in 1969. ![]() Behold the Man by Michael Moorcock (Italian edition) ![]()
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The Glass Spare by Lauren DeStefano5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() When it leads to tragedy, though, Wil is forced to face the destructive power within her and finally leave her home to seek the truth and a cure.īut finding the key to her redemption puts her in the path of a cursed prince who has his own ideas for what to do with Wil's power. At first Wil is horrified-but as she tests its limits, she's drawn more and more to the strange and volatile ability. Until one night Wil is attacked, and she discovers a dangerous secret. ![]() Kept hidden from the world in order to serve as a spy for her father-whose obsession with building his empire is causing a war-Wil wants nothing more than to explore the world beyond her kingdom, if only her father would give her the chance. Wilhelmina Heidle, the fourth child and only daughter of the king of the world's wealthiest nation, has grown up in the shadows. ![]() Perfect for fans of Shannon Hale and Renee Ahdieh. Biography edit DeStefano was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and has an English degree from Albertus Magnus College. She is best known for the Chemical Garden series of novels and her gallows humor. ![]() The first in a new fantasy duology, The Glass Spare is a gorgeously told tale of love, loss, and deadly power from Lauren DeStefano, the bestselling author of the Chemical Garden series. Lauren DeStefano (born October 13, 1984) is an American young adult author. ![]()
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Daughter of fortune5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() A private land development company, Arosume Property Development (Pvt) Ltd, has said that the stands totalling 213 794 square metres in Carrick Creagh and listed in divorce papers as belonging to cde Bona Mugabe or Simba Chikore, or both, have had their title deeds cancelled and have reverted to State land. “Bona, Chikore don’t own land in Carrick Creagh. On Thursday, a Zanu PF twitter account refuted claims that Bona owned residential properties and that the title deeds were cancelled. The government requested land from council, then it is transferred to Zanu PF corrupt politicians,” said Chin’ono. This is how land has been stolen from Zimbabweans by Zanu PF corrupt politicans. “Many Zimbabweans were shocked today with the amount of land owned by Bona Mugabe in Borrowdale. ![]()
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The Coast by Joseph J. Thorndike Jr.5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() In June 1934, he started work at Time magazine, writing People, Miscellany and Education articles. Thorndike was a straight A student at Peabody High, valedictorian of his class, and a writer for two school magazines.Īt Harvard ('34) he majored in Economics, but spent much of his time at The Harvard Crimson, rising to Managing Editor his junior year, and to President his senior year. His father was a stockbroker, his mother a teacher. Thorndike was born and raised in Peabody, Massachusetts, a small town north of Boston. He was Managing Editor of Life for three years in the late 1940s, and a co-founder of American Heritage and Horizon magazines. Joseph Jacobs Thorndike (J– November 22, 2005) was an American editor and writer. In June 1934, he started work at Time magazine, writi For the Tax historian, see Joseph J. At Harvard ('34) he majored in Economics, but spent much of his time at The Harvard Crimson, rising to Managing Editor his junior year, and to President his senior year. Thorndike was a straight A student at Peabody High, valedictorian of his class, and a writer for two school magazines. Thorndike Joseph Jacobs Thorndike (J– November 22, 2005) was an American editor and writer. ![]()
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The Home Court Advantage by N.M. Silber5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() Yes, the mystery letter writer debacle is solved in this book but that's really about it. I loved the adventures in Law of Attraction. Both books in the series are only around 200 pages. I just personally don't think this needed to be a two book story.just make the first book a little bit longer. I might have even skimmed parts of it.I know, I know shame on me. And I found myself drifting and distracted. Honestly there just was not a lot happened in this book. Gabi has been receiving anonymous threatening notes. Home Court Advantage picks up where Law of Attraction left off. I don't remember that being the case in The Law of Attraction. I felt like I was being told what was happening and not experiencing and feeling it. IDK-but this one just wasn't as funny, wasn't as HOT and wasn't as entertaining for me. I was so excited for this book and more Gabi, Braden, Bruno and the gang. I'm afaid it suffered from the dreaded sophomore slump. ![]()
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![]() He's determined to get past all my defenses and show me what I've been missing.Ĭan Thresh singlehandedly take on armed and dangerous men out to kill us AND my freight train of emotional baggage? Thresh doesn't know how to take “no” for an answer, though. He's a mountain of rugged, masculine sex appeal.īut I have walls that no man, no matter how big he is, has ever been able to break through. Just the name suggests power, dominance, danger.and the man himself? Oh man. He hired the best of the best, the scariest, nastiest, toughest-and sexiest-security experts in the business. ![]() After Roth and Kyrie holed up in their island fortress estate in the Caribbean, Nick started a private security contracting company: Alpha One Security. Ex-Army Ranger, former personal security for the one and only Valentine Roth, mercenary, assassin, pilot, and my lover. ![]() Nicholas Harris is a professional badass. ![]() |