![]() ![]() One result of that interest is his new book, “ The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution.” It examines the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, which banned slavery, universalized due process, and granted black men the vote. Throughout his work, Foner evinces a fascination with how the history he studies has been understood and relayed since the Civil War. “ The Fiery Trial,” his story of Lincoln’s relationship to the idea and reality of American slavery, won the Pulitzer Prize, in 2011. ![]() ![]() In 1988, he published “ Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877,” which became a standard history of the period. Over the past several decades, Eric Foner, a professor emeritus of history at Columbia, has established himself as one of the preëminent historians of the Civil War and Reconstruction. The historical context of the constitutional amendments passed in the wake of the Civil War, Eric Foner argues, are widely misunderstood. ![]()
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![]() ![]() I have only just begun to read it, but so far I enjoy it very much. I recently purchased Children’s Literature: A Reader’s History from Aesop to Harry Potter by Seth Lerer. The words are simple, and the rhymes are lilting and gentle. Some nights we read backward because my son wants to turn the pages himself. On some squirmy nights we read very quickly. Some nights I point out the toys in the pictures. But it is a different experience every night. Yes, every night the little bunny says goodnight to the same objects in his same green room in the same order. But nights like the other night, nights when he is excited to read, reinforce the need to keep reading.īesides, I’ve found that I love to read Goodnight Moon. Reading to him was a struggle for a few months, especially when he started “eating” the books (literally taking a bite out of one book). After all, at four months, I know he wasn’t really listening or looking at the pictures. I read it to him every night for months.Īt first, I thought I’d get tired of reading him the same story every night. At that point, it was one of the five children’s books that was not 16,000 miles away in storage. My son was 3½-months-old when my mother sent him Goodnight Moon for Christmas. He stopped squirming and clapped his hands together, ready for his story. ![]() “In the great green room,” I began, setting him on my knee. ![]() ![]() We swooned: ‘Ah, it’s so beautiful.’ Actually, it wasn’t. The achieved vision was generally accompanied by gasps of appreciation as if a great work of art had been unveiled for the first time before your very eyes. ![]() ![]() Though it seems odd, on those grounds, that we didn’t also require a personal view of our anuses, the goal was a sighting of the cervix, a seeing into the very core: a conflation of geography, biology and mythology. ![]() At the time it was clear that there was no chance of getting in touch with your self unless you had witnessed what nature had so perversely, so patriarchally, hidden from your view. Consciousness-raising began, as it always must, by peering into the heart of darkness. ![]() It was considered to be an essential encounter with the centre of your being. For many women in the 1970s, the response to the exhortation ‘Know thyself’ took the form of specula, hand mirrors, torches and a group of comrades who would angle the looking glass and beam just right so that, reclining on your elbows, you could look down through your bent legs and see what really lay between them. ![]() ![]() Audible? Could we have a correction on the author's name and a View Series to link these books together? That is the only thing that would improve the whole book. ![]() First is Clementine, second is The Talented Clementine, 3rd - Clementine's Letter, 4th - Friend of the Week, 5th - Family Meeting, 6th - Spring Trip. ![]() While not exactly critical, it is helpful to listen in order. Make sure you see all 6 books when you search for Clementine. Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?įor reasons I do not understand, some of these books are listed as Sarah Pennypacker and others are Sara Pennypacker. This story is starting to be read too fast. It might be the production or it might be Jessica's voice has changed. This book narration is starting to sound different. Have you listened to any of Jessica Almasy’s other performances before? How does this one compare? In this book she worries about another child coming into the family. 2,947 Ratings 203 Reviews published 2011 39 editions This New York Times bestselling chapter book serie More Want to Read Rate it: Book 6 Clementine and the Spring Trip by Sara Pennypacker 4. Maybe I will implement that in my household! Clementine is the funniest child. Everyone knows and the meeting is after dinner. I really like the idea of a Family Meeting sign that is posted on the refrigerator. ![]() ![]() One company of Infantry stands between all of these enemies and live Pershing II nuclear missiles. ![]() The pressure is rising quickly in the Cold War. It appears nothing can solve this standoff except complete, nuclear annihilation or capitulation by one of the sides. Thousands of protestors are regularly picketing sites that house nuclear weapons. Leftist, terrorist groups such as West Germany's Red Army Faction (RAF) and France's Action Directe (AD) are threatening further attacks on western military installations. They are also mired in a war of conquest in Afghanistan. ![]() ![]() The USSR is in turmoil over General Secretary of the Communist Party, Mikhail Gorbachev, proposing a revolutionary policy of Glasnost or "openness" toward the west. President Ronald Reagan is proposing the Strategic Defense System, also known as "Star Wars", further raising the heat on the Soviets. The Soviet Union is outraged over a large number of Pershing missiles being kept in West Germany. The Cold War is five years from its end bringing a close to a nearly fifty year standoff between the United States and the USSR. ![]() Second Place Winner in the 2011 Reader Views Literary Contest (History/Science) ![]() ![]() They'll do anything to protect their families. until the women start receiving anonymous messages threatening to expose the quiet neighborhood's dark past-and the lengths they've gone to hide it.Īs secrets seep out and the threats intensify, the Ivy Five must sort the loyal from the disloyal, the good from the bad. This year's block party should be the best yet. When a new mother moves to town, eager to fit in, the moms see it as an opportunity to make the group whole again. An influential group of neighborhood moms-known as the Ivy Five-plans the event for months.Įxcept the Ivy Five has been four for a long time. The annual Halloween block party is the pinnacle of the year on idyllic suburban cul-de-sac Ivy Woods Drive. ![]() Andrea Bartz, New York Times bestselling author of We Were Never Here ![]() "A witty, wicked thriller packed with hidden agendas, juicy secrets, and pitch-perfect satire of the suburban dream." ![]() The denouement is bonkers, but satisfying." "A polished and entertaining homage to Big Little Lies and Desperate Housewives. ![]() ![]() ![]() The bad people will pay their price for what they have done, but there will be also a price Logan has to pay when he decides what his future is. ![]() I love how Jake makes everyone see what is going on. She will be the main focus on this one, because Logan is forced to get out of that awful town. This book has the perfect ending, one you did not think you’d want until you read the last page!īrilliant! Everything is brilliant! Justice is being served, Logan can’t deny his feeling for Lana and this book is all about her. It is so set up in my mind, that honestly, I think whatever she writes will blow my mind. Abby AKA Kristy Cunning, is one of my favorite authors out there. There is no secret that CM Owens, AKA S.T. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Established by David and his wife, Michelle, the Wish You Well Foundation supports family and adult literacy programs in the United States.Ī lifelong Virginian, David is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Virginia School of Law.Īs all readers, I’ve seen “David Baldacci” in every bookstore and library I’ve entered since 1996. In addition to being a prolific writer, David is a devoted philanthropist, and his greatest efforts are dedicated to his family’s Wish You Well Foundation®. David has also published seven novels for younger readers. His books are published in over 45 languages and in more than 80 countries, with 150 million copies sold worldwide. In total, David has published 46 novels for adults all have been national and international bestsellers, and several have been adapted for film and television. ![]() (Much later, when David thanked her for being the spark that ignited his writing career, she revealed that she’d given him the notebook to keep him quiet, "because every mom needs a break now and then.”)ĭavid published his first novel, Absolute Power, in 1996 the feature film adaptation followed, with Clint Eastwood as its director and star. David Baldacci has been writing since childhood, when his mother gave him a lined notebook in which to write down his stories. ![]() ![]() ![]() A formula for mind transference (" The Thing on the Doorstep").The Voorish sign (" The Dunwich Horror").Chambers took inspiration for his King in Yellow concept from rumours he had heard regarding the Necronomicon ( HPL: " History of the Necronomicon"). ( HPL: " History of the Necronomicon")Īccording to Lovecraft's fiction, Robert W. It is banned in most countries and all organised ecclesiastics. ![]() A Latin translation was made in 1228 by Olaus Wormius. It was translated into Greek in 950 CE by Theodorus Philetas of Constantinople, who gave it the title Necronomicon. He completed the work sometime before his mysterious death in 738 CE. According to Lovecraft's pseudo-scholarly " History of the Necronomicon", the book was written in Damascus in the early 8th century by Abdul Alhazred, a "mad poet" from Sanaa in Yemen. ![]() ![]() I found both the plot and the narration to be both entertaining and more informative regarding this world. I have really enjoyed the Shifters Unbound series. For twenty years, Kendrick, a white tiger Shifter, has been the Guardian of un-Collared Shifters who spend their lives living in secretand in fear of being shunted into Shiftertowns. Soon she’s more than willing to help the crushingly sensual white tiger and his cubs in a passionate bid for freedom-whatever the cost. A woman is lured into the shadows of a dangerous manhunt. ![]() Summary: White Tiger Audiobook By: Jennifer Ashley Narrated by: Cris Dukehart. But when he risks everything to protect her, Addison’s fear turns to empathy, and empathy to desire as she learns more about her savior. Home » Reviews » White Tiger Audiobook by Jennifer Ashley. ![]() In a diner in the middle of nowhere, lonely waitress Addison Price has seen a lot of unusual drifters come and go, but none has ever captivated-and intimidated-her like the imposing fugitive who wields a broadsword with incredible skill. When Kendrick’s group is discovered and forced to flee, Kendrick is more desperate than ever to protect them. Tiger Magic is the fifth book in Jennifer Ashley’s Shifters Unbound series. For twenty years, Kendrick, a white tiger Shifter, has been the Guardian of un-Collared Shifters who spend their lives living in secret and in fear of being shunted into Shiftertowns. ![]() |