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![]() ![]() Most parents do think about their childrens needs and often but they just don't know how to make things better in a fast paced world where society is constantly changing. I'm not sure if she's merely trying to show that she empathises with us (by speaking the words that are often thought) but there appears to be a lot of placing the blame on the parents in a way that suggests we're all too wrapped up in materialism and ego and selfishness. ![]() I am surprised to say that the author is also quite negative with her labelling of the parents in her stories. ![]() The author refers to 'sitting with your emotions' quite often which I fear may be the only advice given other than think before you speak. I'm over half way through this book and so far there have been no suggestions on actually how to deal with a situation, only stories of happenings with other families that are usually quite negative. ![]() ![]() ![]() Miles Unger narrates the life of this tormented genius through six of his greatest masterpieces. ![]() Michelangelo was ambitious, egotistical, and difficult, but through the towering force of genius and through sheer pugnaciousness, he transformed the way we think about art. Throughout his long career he clashed with patrons by insisting that he had no master but his own demanding muse. Michelangelo stands alone as a master of painting, sculpture, and architecture, a man who reinvented the practice of art itself. 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In his dystopian masterpiece, George Orwell deftly weaves political satire, cultural studies, linguistics, and prescient caveats into a haunting narrative replete with unforgettable characters and enduring motifs. This volume includes essays that profiles the life of George Orwell and his politics, and compares 1984 to other dystopian novels. ![]() ![]() This title contextualizes George Orwell's final and finest novel within the author's multidisciplinary oeuvre, the complex cultural climate of its composition, and the diverse range of critical responses to the text. ![]() ![]() ![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Drawing on contemporary diaries, letters, reminiscences, and hitherto inaccessible newspaper ads, broadsides, and images, Benes suggests why some elements of Europe's carnival and folklore traditions failed to gain acceptance in American society while others flourished brilliantly. 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By the 1740s, colonists living in North America began to encounter scores of itinerant performers from England and Europe. ![]() ![]() ![]() But desperation leads to bad decisions, and I thought there was no way I could lose. I knew better than to bet more than I could afford to lose that night. He was a predator, and he had set his sights on me. One look at Jericho Forge and I knew the rumors were true. “You can put that man in a suit, but he’ll never be tame.” India Forge’s life is now part of Jericho Forge’s calculated game. India Baptiste, his latest prey, is now caught in the high stakes game that has become her life since colliding with Forge, and she’ll need the luck of the devil to survive. ![]() From New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller Meghan March comes the first book in a new riveting romance trilogy filled with international high-stakes, dangerous hidden agendas, and-in true March fashion-plenty of twists and turns.įrom New York Times bestselling author Meghan March comes the story of the ruthless, calculating billionaire Jericho Forge. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, the mature topics in Blume's books have generated criticism and controversy. They are praised for teaching children and young adults about their bodies. īlume's novels are popular and widely admired. She was recognized as a Library of Congress Living Legend and awarded the 2004 National Book Foundation medal for distinguished contribution to American letters. Edwards Award in 1996 for her contributions to young adult literature. īlume has won many awards for her writing, including the American Library Association (ALA)'s Margaret A. Her novels have sold over 82 million copies and have been translated into 32 languages. ![]() Blume was one of the first young adult authors to write novels focused on such controversial topics as masturbation, menstruation, teen sex, birth control, and death. ![]() As an attempt to entertain herself in her role as a homemaker, Blume began writing stories. īlume was born and raised in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and graduated from New York University in 1961. She was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2023. Blume's books have significantly contributed to children's and young adult literature. Among her best-known works are Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Blume began writing in 1959 and has published more than 25 novels. Judith Blume ( née Sussman born February 12, 1938) is an American writer of children's, young adult, and adult fiction. ![]() ![]() Rich in content and emotion, this is a first-rate companion to the historical tales of the onderduikers, the hidden Jews of Holland, and a compelling read despite its mildly rose-tinted resolution. ![]() ![]() Hesse’s impeccable research meshes almost seamlessly with Hanneke’s present-tense narration, bringing the time and place to life. Janssen’s hidden room, Hanneke stumbles into a pocket of the resistance and begins to understand the depths of the horror facing her country and the immensity of the Nazi evil. When one of her clients asks her to find a missing Jewish girl, 15 and vanished from Mrs. Hanneke knows things are bad, but her own guilty grief-her boyfriend died in the futile fight against the Nazis, and Hanneke blames herself for pushing him to fight-blinds her. Hesse’s debut novel turns the story around: “Aryan poster girl” Hanneke spends her days cycling through her occupied city, using the ration cards of the dead to play the black market for her undertaker boss. World War II Amsterdam, the world of Anne Frank: because most readers know it through that lens, it’s imagined as a claustrophobic, invisible world. ![]() A political features writer at the Washington Post turns to teen fiction and delivers the goods. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Washington, to the role of spokesman for the race. Since the end of Reconstruction in 1876, Du Bois claims that the most significant event in African American history has been the rise of the educator, Booker T. The Bureau's failures were due not only to southern opposition and "national neglect," but also to mismanagement and courts that were biased "in favor of black litigants." The Bureau did have successes as well, and its most important contribution to progress was the founding of African American schools. In addition to these enduring concepts, Souls offers an assessment of the progress of the race, the obstacles to that progress, and the possibilities for future progress as the nation entered the twentieth century.ĭu Bois examines the years immediately following the Civil War and, in particular, the Freedmen's Bureau's role in Reconstruction. In this work Du Bois proposes that "the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line." His concepts of life behind the veil of race and the resulting "double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others," have become touchstones for thinking about race in America. Du Bois' The Souls of Black Folk (1903) is a seminal work in African American literature and an American classic. ![]() ![]() ![]() The issues he deals with are those that today’s youth will instantly relate to,” adds Kapur. “He has crafted a dramatic plot with such sharply defined characters, that you constantly wonder how things will play out. ![]() Revolution 2020 narrates the story of three central characters - Gopal, Raghav and Aarti - whose destinies are intertwined. When he shared his latest book with us even before it was published, we read it cover to cover in a single sitting.” HT Image Siddharth Roy Kapur, CEO, UTV Motion Pictures, says, “We have been in discussions with Chetan for a while to do something together. UTV Motion pictures has acquired the rights to author Chetan Bhagat’s latest bestseller, Revolution 2020. ![]() |