SIGNED & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally & externally! Tight, bright, clean. A best friend bildungsroman in the Elena Ferrante mould, the novel tells the story of two girls growing up on the wrong. Zadie's first novel, White Teeth, won the Whitbread First Novel Award, the James Tait Black Memorial prize for fiction, and the commonwealth Writer's First Book Prize. Swing Time is Zadie Smith’s fifth novel and for my money her finest. As of 2012, she has published four novels, White Teeth (2000), The. The British author's fifth novel which interweaves the lives of two childhood girlfriends whose love of dancing takes them into the realm of high artistry and dealing with problems of inequality then back into the rhythms of their ancestral West African roots. Zadie Smith is a novelist, essayist and short story writer. She has been listed in the Top 1 by the NYTimes. Zadie is an enormously clever and wonderfully gifted author. Personal Life Smith met Nick Laird at Cambridge University, and the couple married in 2004. The novel, a coming-of-age story, follows the fate of two girls of color who became fast friends through their mutual love of dance. SIGNED by the Author on a publisher's front endpaper, tall 8vo (9 1/4" x 6 1/2"), black quarter cloth with red lettering over matching black boards with tiny red double-diamond, archival mylar-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped), 453 pages + Acknowledgements. Swing Time, Smiths fifth novel, was released in 2016, again to solid acclaim.
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As he becomes a symbol to the Soviet people, the world changes drastically from what we know - bringing Superman into conflict with Batman, Lex Luthor and others. In this vivid tale of Cold War paranoia, the ship carrying the infant who would grow up to become Superman lands in the midst of the 1950s Soviet Union, where he is raised on a collective. Note: This section can be skipped by those who have never read or have no interest in the source material. As a result, this is probably the best DC animated film that’s been released in quite a while – the exception, perhaps, being The Death of Superman! SOURCE MATERIAL While there are some noticeable differences compared to the book, you can tell the team behind this film made a point to stay true to the core message created by Mark Millar and Dave Johnson. Whether they’re adding content to pad a story, or to simply subvert expectations, I feared DC would implement something like this and ultimately diminish the impact of this specific movie. While I would consider DC’s animated films mostly enjoyable, they tend to tread too far from the source material – often resulting in a final product that just doesn’t hold up as well when all is said and done. The latest outing from DC Comics and Warner Home Media is the animated adaptation of one of DC’s best Elseworlds stories, Superman: Red Son! I was excited for this when it was announced at San Diego Comic-Con, but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have some reservations. Hernan Diaz is the author of Borges, Between History and Eternity (Bloomsbury) and edits an academic journal for Columbia University. Will be an exploration of the fictions of the West and, more generally, the fictionsĪbout America-and the place of foreigners in the conformation of our national canon. And what matters even more is that America welcomed these stories-outlandishĪs they may have been-and reworked them into its own literary tradition. Is that these non-American writers felt the need to explain and populate America through But referential accuracy is of no real importance here. Most of the factual details in the stories that conform this weird canon are wrongĪnd misguided. Of texts about America written by authors who had little or no contact with this country. Hernan Diaz has always been fascinated by a bizarre, hidden literary tradition-that This lecture is co-sponsored by the Burton K. The lecture will be preceded by a book-signing and followed by a reception, both in Place: Hager Auditorium, Museum of the Rockies In collecting nine reviews of popular-on-Amazon pseudo-archaeology books by professional archaeologists, Holly hopes that this will both "offer the silent and curious majority that is interested in these works a professional perspective on them" and give archaeologists unfamiliar with the books a pseudoarchaeology primer. "It's time we talk to the guy sitting next to us on the airplane," Holly asserts. People who read these books are not ignorant or obstinate, he points out, but rather undecided about alternative archaeological explanations and clearly interested in understanding the past. He starts a recent open-access book review section in the journal American Antiquity by asking archaeologists to entertain the idea of pseudoarchaeology - just for a little bit - so that we can create better teachable moments, whether we're talking to students or to anyone interested in our jobs. People are also reading books about ancient aliens and other forms of pseudoarchaeology, according to archaeologist Donald Holly. Contact author to request a Skype presentation to your book club. The Manhattan Book Review also gave it five stars, and called it a "must-read" for anyone interested in the Middle East. San Francisco Book Review gave the book five stars and compared it to The Kite Runner. Theresa's greatest challenge will be balancing respect for cultural values while trying to introduce more enlightened attitudes toward women - at the same time seeking new spiritual dimensions within herself.īased on true events, The Kurdish Bike is gripping, tender, wry and compassionate - an eye-opener into little-known customs in one of the world's most explosive regions - a novel of love, betrayal and redemption. Befriended by a widow in a nearby village, Theresa is embroiled in the joys and agonies of traditional Kurds, especially the women who survived Saddam's genocide only to be crippled by age-old restrictions, brutality and honor killings. With her marriage over and life gone flat, Theresa Turner responds to an online ad, and lands at a school in Kurdish Iraq. "Courageous teachers wanted to rebuild war-torn nation." Gold Medal, Best Regional Fiction, Independent Publishers Book Awards 2017įirst Prize, North Street Book Contest 2017īest Cultural Fiction, Readers' Favorites Book Awards (bronze) 2018 “The potential you’ll be that you’ll never see” It shares the same primary philosophy and works as a somewhat practical self-improvement manual to go with the theoretical groundwork set in “The Element.” And we’re here to share with you the best bits.Let’s go! Written by one of the foremost educationalists of our time, Sir Ken Robinson, and his collaborator, Lou Aronica, “Finding Your Element” is a proper sequel to the pair’s tremendously successful debut titled “The Element.” That’s precisely where this book starts from, and, you’ll have to agree, that’s more than an excellent start for any book. There are many people on this planet, and each is a unique being with a unique set of talents - you included. To be honest from the outset: “Finding Your Element” is not the book that will give you the answers. What’s not okay is not doing anything about the constant lack of answers. Let us hazard a guess: you’re probably asking yourself that question right now.Īll those fears, anxieties, and unanswered questions about the meaning of life, they’re good for you! It’s okay, being normal is to have them. If you’re even a bit like us, you’ve asked yourself if you’re living your life the right way hundreds of times – and such reflection will likely come again a few hundred times more until the day ends. As a bond of friendship forms between them, Brown must face the realization that - being unlike the typical man - he may be deprived of the thing he has come to crave: a romantic relationship. Eileen Cole (Fiona Shaw), Brown makes great strides in his physical development. When he undergoes treatment from the unorthodox Dr. Nevertheless, his determined mother (Brenda Fricker, Oscar®-winner for Best Actress in a Supporting Role) finds ways to stimulate the deprived boy's imagination, and nurtures his ability to express himself, beginning with a piece of chalk held between his toes.Īs an adult, Brown manages to express himself through painting, as well as writing (most of the story is told in flashbacks, as a nurse reads Brown's autobiography). Daniel Day-Lewis's landmark performance earned him his first Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the young man born into poverty who, due to the congenital condition, had muscular command of little else but his titular left foot.īrown (played in his childhood years by Hugh O'Conor) is raised in a house crowded with siblings and without the financial resources to allow him medical treatment, or even a wheelchair. The extraordinary struggles of an Irish writer/painter born with severe cerebral palsy are dramatized in Jim Sheridan's 1989 film My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown. In this ground-breaking book, twenty-four Latina/o scholars provide an historical background review issues of student access and achievement, and lessons learned and present the problems of status and barriers faced by administrators and faculty. Opening access to Latinas/os, assuring their persistence as students in higher education, and their increased presence in college faculty and governance, is of paramount importance if they are to make essential economic gains and fully to participate in and contribute to American society. In fact Latinos are the least represented population in our colleges and universities, whether as administrators, faculty or students and as students have one of the highest levels of attrition. Their growth in the population at large is not reflected in higher education. They are propelling minority communities to majority status in states as disparate as California, Florida, New Jersey, New York and Texas. It connects us to the triumphs an tragedies of our Latino collective pasts and leads us to a more hopeful scenario for the future." - from the Foreword by Laura Rend n Latinas/os are the largest ethnic minority group in the U.S. "As a volume destined to be employed by researchers, practitioners and policy makers, "The Majority in the Minority" appears at the right time in our nation's demographic history. The story is based on the program that, from the 19th century until the Great Depression, carted orphans via train to adoptive families in the Midwest. Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline is a coming-of-age novel that connects the disparate lives of two women. They pass the time by telling tales of how the railroad played a significant part in each of their love lives. In Trains and Lovers by Alexander McCall Smith, four travelers, diverse in backgrounds and ages, are brought together on a train bound from Edinburgh to London. It's the story of a misguided, rookie NYPD transit cop assigned to the labyrinthine New York City subway system and how, when she falls in love with the wrong man, her life derails. That's what inspired me to write In Transit, a woman-in-jeopardy novel published two years ago. The call of a train whistle-the rumbling, chugging sound-awakens the spirit and encourages the imagination to crisscross time and place. For many of us, trains are fascinating: cargo and passenger trains, subways, high-speed rail. In the 2000 years since, myths about the last Queen of Egypt have been fueled by Shakespeare, Dryden, and Shaw, who put words in her mouth, and by Michelangelo, Delacroix, and Elizabeth Taylor, who put a face to her name. The subject of gossip and legend, veneration and speculation in her lifetime, Cleopatra fascinated the world right up to her death. Antony and Cleopatra's alliance and attempt to forge a new empire spelled both their ends. After Caesar's brutal murder, she began a nine-year affair with Mark Antony, with whom she had three more children. A lethal political struggle with her brother marked her early adulthood and set the tone for the rest of her life a relationship with Julius Caesar, forged while under siege in her palace, launched her into a deadly mix of romance and strategy a pleasure cruise down the Nile followed, a child, and a trip to Rome, which ended in Cleopatra's flight. Although her life spanned fewer than forty years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world.Īt only 18 years old, Cleopatra was already one of history's most remarkable figures: the Queen of Egypt. Cleopatra, the wealthiest ruler of her time and one of the most powerful women in history, was a canny political strategist, a brilliant manager, a tough negotiator, and the most manipulative of lovers. Her palace shimmered with gold but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. |