![]() ![]() “Exceptionally good … read enormously in all the secondary sources about her subject, and her use of the primary sources is adroit …Hanley’s assessment of the various roles Matilda filled in her life is uniformly thought-provoking, and her portrayal of Matilda’s abilities as a military commander is convincing.” “Lively and authoritative … Hanley’s anger at the limitations placed on such a capable woman is palpable … if Matilda’s story reveals much about the differences between the twelfth century and the present day, it also highlights some uncomfortable similarities.” “ impressive study … does a fine job of making the case for Matilda as a far more autonomous figure than historians have previously suggested.” “Lively and illuminating … wear its considerable learning lightly … Catherine Hanley has written, in the best sense, an imaginative biography of a remarkable medieval woman.” “Authoritative but accessible … This is excellent and reliable popular history, confidently relating the dramatic, compelling tale of a remarkable woman in remarkable times … this volume is designed for a wide readership and deserves to find one.” Helen Castor, author of She-Wolves (this quote appears on the Human, and utterly compelling – is a triumph.” Narrative military expertise with a fine-grained understanding of the challengesįacing a twelfth-century woman who sought to rule. ![]() Catherine Hanley combines lucid scholarship with page-turning ![]() Waiting for: as clear-sighted, forthright and formidable as the empress ![]()
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![]() It also takes society to task for discriminatory obstacles that prove insurmountable. The multilayered narrative provides insight into one Black man's hard-won success, encouraging compassion for how people of color must surmount additional, unnecessary hurdles. For those who see themselves in Ray, and for those pursuing their passion, his journey is an unmitigated source of inspiration. The relationship between Ray and his girlfriend is a fiery addition to the story, and Ray's bumbling charisma a welcome comic relief. Yet through it all, Slocumb imbues Ray with both an admirable patience and an unyielding self-respect, a clear message that it is important-and necessary-to assert one's own worth. The steps that lead to the discovery of the Stradivarius proceed with suspense and hope, sharing with readers the anxiously excited emotions of a young man enraptured by music, driven to push himself, ready to prove everyone wrong.At the same time, the microaggressions and blatant racism that Ray experiences, both in the past and in the present, illuminate a harsh reality. ![]() The smooth transition to Ray's past effectively introduces a boy whose love for music is instantly infectious. Brendan Slocumb's part mystery, part coming-of-age novel unfolds layer by complicated layer. ![]() ![]() As a boy, Wayne was ignorant of the medical details, and knew only that he has to take special vitamins. Treadway desperately wanted a traditional, masculine son, and despaired at Wayne’s more feminine interests. Jacinta wished she could raise Wayne as both son and daughter, and only vaguely understood the challenges this could pose for Wayne as he grew up. ![]() From that moment on the baby was known as Wayne, although Thomasina often called him “Annabel” in private. Treadway decided the baby would be raised as a boy, and while Jacinta felt otherwise, she would not go against her husband. She was the only one outside the family who knew, and supported Jacinta as she struggled to accept what this would mean to them, and to the baby. One woman, Thomasina, noticed something unusual right away: the baby had both male and female genitalia. The birth was attended by a few village women, all close friends. In 1968, a baby was born to Jacinta and Treadway Blake, in a small Labrador trapping village. ![]() ![]() I remember Kindergarten fondly–we were energetic, vibrant kids, incredibly excited to get to school every day to do our work. After many undergraduate and graduate education classes, several NAEYC conferences and time spent in Kindergarten classrooms, it is obvious that the stakes are higher in ways that are not necessarily producing results or more importantly, happy kids. ![]() However, it’s a not-so-hidden-secret that much has changed in Kindergarten since 1988. The option of an additional year in a private, small, loving classroom, where early childhood education would be championed, lessons would be developmentally appropriate, aligning with logical assessments and teachers would not be stressed by paperwork or preparing for state exams several years away was not something people thought about at the time (1988). Growing up, there were no private Kindergartens as alternative options to public school, unless a family chose to enter into a private school system, which were mostly religion-based and a choice families made that was generally part of a long-term educational plan for their child. Why private Kindergarten? I asked myself this in Spring 2013 over and over and over again. ![]() ![]() ![]() Literary Escapism: Why Morgan? What was it about Morgan that drew you to her and want to tell her story? Caught between two worlds, Dana isn’t sure where she’ll ever fit in and who can be trusted, not to mention if her world will ever be normal again… Someone’s trying to kill her, and everyone seems to want something from her, from her newfound friends and family to Ethan, the hot Fae guy Dana figures she’ll never have a chance with… until she does. Soon, Dana finds herself tangled up in a cutthroat game of Fae politics. But from the moment Dana sets foot in Avalon, everything goes wrong, for it turns out she isn’t just an ordinary teenage girl-she’s a Faeriewalker, a rare individual who can travel between both worlds, and the only person who can bring magic into the human world and technology into Faerie. When her alcoholic mom shows up at her voice recital drunk, again, Dana decides she’s had enough and runs away to find her mysterious father in Avalon: the only place on Earth where the regular, everyday world and the captivating, magical world of Faerie intersect. Jenna is celebrating the release of Glimmerglass, the first novel in her new Faeriewalker series.ĭana Hathaway doesn’t know it yet, but she’s in big trouble. ![]() Of course, I couldn’t resist asking a few questions about my favorite demon exorcist, especially since The Devil’s Playground may be the last novel in the series. While at RT, I had the chance to talk with Jenna Black and I so took it. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Career Īs a young adult and minister in his father's church, Thomas Road Baptist Church, Jonathan invested in video processing technology and began overseeing the operations of the church ministry. During a 1974 family discussion about abortion as the 'national sin' of America, Jonathan asked his father why he did not do something about it, which was the start of his father's reading of other evangelical writers such as Francis Schaeffer on the issue. He is the son and successor of the late Reverend Jerry Falwell and the brother of former Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. Education įalwell earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Liberty University in 1987, his Master of Arts degree in Religion from the Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary in 1995, and a Juris Doctor degree in 2005 from the Taft Law School in Santa Ana, California. ![]() Jonathan Pate Falwell (born September 7, 1966) is the senior pastor at the Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia, and campus pastor at Liberty University. ![]() ![]() ![]() One day, that war arrives on her doorstep, quite literally, and everything changes. But for most of her life, she has been hiding and training in a remote monastery, a secret weapon that hasn’t been used yet in a growing political war. Nadya can speak to the gods, an entire pantheon of them. Alas, by the end of the book, the cover was still probably my favorite part. But I love the simplicity of this cover and the way the colorization is used. ![]() Sure, the description sounds good enough, but there were also some warning signs there (love triangle?) that would typically make me a bit wary. Review: This was book-cover love through and through. ![]() ![]() In a centuries-long war where beauty and brutality meet, their three paths entwine in a shadowy world of spilled blood and mysterious saints, where a forbidden romance threatens to tip the scales between dark and light. Together, they must assassinate the king and stop the war. Publishing Info: Wednesday Books, April 2019īook Description: A girl who can speak to gods must save her people without destroying herself.Ī prince in danger must decide who to trust.Ī boy with a monstrous secret waits in the wings. ![]() ![]() With Lula riding shotgun and Grandma Mazur on the loose, Stephanie Plum is racing against the clock in her most suspenseful novel yet. And if the Junkman doesn't find her first. There's only one safe place, and it has Ranger's name all over it-if she can find it. With super bounty hunter Ranger acting more mysteriously than ever (and the tension with vice cop Joe Morelli getting hotter), she finds herself with a decision to make: how to protect herself and where to hide while on the hunt for a killer known as the Junkman. It would be just another day in the life of Stephanie Plum, except that she becomes the target of a gang-and of an even scarier, more dangerous force that comes to Trenton. A robbery leads to an explosion, which leads to the destruction of yet another car. ![]() But Stephanie Plum and her partner, Lula, are clearly in the wrong place at the wrong time. ![]() It begins as an innocent trip to the deli-mart, on a quest for nachos. She's Stephanie Plum, and she kicks butt for a living (well, she thinks it sounds good to put it that way.). Her mother's convinced she'll end up dead. ![]() She's a target for every psycho and miscreant this side of the Jersey Turnpike. ![]() She's accidentally destroyed a dozen cars. Janet Evanovich is the hottest author in America, and her Stephanie Plum novels have taken the nation by storm! ![]() ![]() ![]() In an inspiring and detailed account, DeBaggio paints a vivid picture of the splendor of memory and the pain that comes from its loss. DeBaggio started writing on the first day of his diagnosis and has continued despite his slipping grasp on one of life's greatest treasures, memory. Losing My Mind is an extraordinary first-person account of early onset Alzheimer's - the form of the disease that ravages younger, more alert minds. ![]() But under such a curse, DeBaggio was also given one of the greatest gifts: the ability to chart the ups and downs of his own failing mind. After that fateful visit, and a subsequent battery of tests over several months, DeBaggio joined the legion of twelve million others afflicted with Alzheimer's disease. Then, one winter day, he mentioned to his doctor during a routine exam that he had been stumbling into forgetfulness, making his work difficult. When Tom DeBaggio turned fifty-seven in 1999, he thought he was about to embark on the relaxing golden years of retirement - time to spend with his family, his friends, the herb garden he had spent decades cultivating and from which he made a living. ![]() ![]() ![]() Translated from the Marathi by acclaimed novelist and critic Jerry Pinto, Sachin Kundalkar's elegantly wrought and exquisitely spare novel explores the disruption of a traditional family by a free-spirited stranger in order to examine a generation in transition. When he runs away with Anuja, he overturns the family's lives. He has no family, no friends, no history, and no plans for the future. ![]() He seems like the perfect tenant, ready with the rent and happy to listen to their mother's musings on the imminent collapse of Indian culture. Brother and sister Tanay and Anuja both fall in love with the same man, an artist lodging in their family home in Pune, in western India. ![]() Recently adapted into a stunning Netflix film, Cobalt Blue is a tale of rapturous love and fierce heartbreak told with tenderness and unsparing clarity. Now a film from Netflix India, this memorable novel confronts issues of sexuality in a changing society through a love triangle between a brother, sister, and their family's lodger ![]() |