5/20/2023 0 Comments Space by James A. Michener![]() ![]() ![]() Michener has also hit on that theme, expanded on it, deepened it. But I recall that one of the characters in that naive novel said that the world is divided into two kinds of people, those who have faith in space flight and those who don't. Like most first novels, it was never published, and a good thing it wasn't. This is a novel about faith, religious faith, even though it is not a novel about religion.īack when I was a teenager I wrote a science fiction novel about the first voyage to the moon. For what Michener is really writing about is something far deeper. In typical Michener fashion, the novel examines every aspect of its subject: the men who build and fly the rockets, the women who marry them, the scientists, the politicians, the journalists, the astronauts.īut that is only on the surface. ![]() Michener's latest epic novel is the story of the American space program, from its roots in World War II to the magnificent Voyager 2 probe of the ringed planet Saturn. ![]()
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5/20/2023 0 Comments Hlomu series![]() He looks at his hands and is convinced there’s blood in them, throws himself onto the floor and sobs. ![]() He gets a mini heart attack and you can see him wishing he was dead instead of his baby. Mqhele’s reaction to her miscarriage was so cleverly delivered by the talented Bonko Khoza that you almost wanna hug him through your screen. Therefore, they are just as heartbroken as Hlomu when they learn that Mqhele killed his unborn child when he physically and emotionally abused her and caused her miscarriage. The Zulu brothers pride themselves in having each other’s backs – which means they always look after their own and take care of their women. #TheWifeShowmax- Chillie-Bite □ February 3, 2022ĪLSO READ:‘ Maphorisa ruining her career’: Thuli Phongolo is written out of ‘The Wif e’ MQHELE’S MINI HEART ATTACK Let Mqhele and Hlomu got a divorce bcs sleeping with thr brother nje there's no coming back from that!! □ ![]() Qhawe taking advantage or a miserable vulnerable drunk Mahlomu gaah sis man□ ![]() 5/20/2023 0 Comments The pale horseman![]() ![]() Book enhanced with curriculum aligned questions. The Pale Horseman, an even more powerful and dramatic book than The Last Kingdom, brings both Uhtred and the Saxons' dilemmas vividly to life. The is the exciting - yet little known - story of the making of England in the ninth and 10th centuries, the years in which King Alfred the Great, his son and grandson defeated the Danish Vikings who had invaded and occupied three of Englands four kingdoms. Read The Pale Horseman: A Novel by Cornwell, Bernard, lexile & reading level: 900, (ISBN: 9780061801914). But once there, the attractions of his many friends among the Vikings coupled with his disillusion with the Saxons' leadership and anger at Alfred's criticism of his own conduct, draws him back again to his allegiance to the Vikings. ![]() His plan is to become accepted by their leaders, and to sit in their councils and uncover their plans. RT Neloangelo314: White Horse- Conquest Red horse- War Black Horse- Famine Pale horse- Death These are the 4 horseman of the apocalypse. Determined to discover the enemy's strategies, he draws once again on his Viking upbringing, and attempts to enter the Viking camps. There, forced to move restlessly to escape betrayal or detection, using the marsh mists for cover, they travel by small boats from one island refuge to another, hoping that they can regroup and find some more strength and support. ![]() Defeated comprehensively by the Vikings who now occupy most of England, Alfred and his very small group of surviving followers retreat to the trackless marshlands of Somerset. ![]() ![]() She grew to love her captors and became infamous as the "White Squaw" who refused to return until her tragic capture by Texas Rangers in 1860. ![]() White settlers arriving in Texas from the eastern United States were surprised to find the frontier being rolled backward by Comanches incensed by the invasion of their tribal lands.Īgainst this backdrop Gwynne presents the compelling drama of Cynthia Ann Parker, a nine-year-old girl who was kidnapped by Comanches in 1836. They were so masterful at war and so skillful with their arrows and lances that they stopped the northern drive of colonial Spain from Mexico and halted the French expansion westward from Louisiana. ![]() ![]() Comanche boys became adept bareback riders by age six full Comanche braves were considered the best horsemen who ever rode. The second is the epic saga of the pioneer woman Cynthia Ann Parker and her mixed-blood son Quanah, who became the last and greatest chief of the Comanches.Īlthough readers may be more familiar with the tribal names Apache and Sioux, it was in fact the legendary fighting ability of the Comanches that determined just how and when the American West opened up. The first traces the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history. Empire of the Summer Moon spans two astonishing stories. In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West, centering on Quanah, the greatest Comanche chief of them all. ![]() 5/20/2023 0 Comments Stuart cosgrove cassius x![]() ![]() Followers of two extremist groups have now been convicted of seditious conspiracy: Oath Keepers in March, and yesterday, Proud Boys. But more than 400 have faced prosecution for higher-level crimes, and at least 237 have been sentenced to prison.Second, Thursday’s conviction hints at prosecutions that may come. As of April, law enforcement had arrested 1,020 people for participating in the Capitol assault. Most of those brought to trial have faced only minor charges. First, it’s a symbol of the grinding Justice Department effort to hold accountable those responsible for Jan. ![]() ![]() government.The verdict is important for two reasons. The juror told Vice News that it was the Proud Boys’ own texts and messages that convinced the jury the men had engaged in seditious conspiracy – an effort to “overthrow, put down, or destroy by force” the U.S. and the fact they wanted to do so much in secret.”That’s what a juror said following Thursday’s conviction of four members of the Proud Boys far-right extremist group for plotting to attack the U.S. ![]() 5/19/2023 0 Comments Fixed on you book series![]() ![]() It has two emotionally damaged characters, a plot full of jealousy and deception, and some alpha male goodness. You can read more on my disclosures page.įixed on You was a very interesting read. Goodreads This post contains affiliate links. Or maybe their less than ideal pasts give them an opportunity to heal each other and finally find the love their lives have been missing. When she learns Hudson has a dark history of his own, she realizes too late that she’s fallen for the worst man she could possibly get involved with. Avoiding him isn’t an option after he offers a business proposition she can’t turn down and she’s drawn further into his universe, unable to resist his gravitational pull. He wants her in his bed and makes no secret of it. He’s smart, rich, and gorgeous –the kind of guy Alayna knows to stay away from if she wants to keep her past tendencies in check.Įxcept, Hudson’s fixed his sights on her. But what Alayna didn’t figure on is Hudson Pierce, the new owner of the nightclub. With her MBA newly in hand, she has her future figured out –move up at the nightclub she works at and stay away from any guy who might trigger her obsessive love disorder. ![]() Stalking and restraining orders are a thing of Alayna Wither’s past. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The spectacle of Roosevelt defending himself in a lawsuit captured the imagination of the nation, and more than fifty newspapers sent reporters to cover the trial. ![]() The furious Barnes responded by suing Roosevelt for an enormous sum that could have financially devastated him. ![]() Roosevelt, the boisterous and mostly beloved legendary American hero, had accused his former friend and ally, now turned rival, William Barnes of political corruption. "No more dramatic courtroom scene has ever been enacted," reported the Syracuse Herald on as it covered "the greatest libel suit in history," a battle fought between former President Theodore Roosevelt and the leader of the Republican party. A Reputation at Stake.ĪBC News legal correspondent and host of LIVE PD Dan Abrams reveals the story of Teddy Roosevelt's last stand-an epic courtroom battle against corruption-in this thrilling follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Lincoln's Last Trial. Theodore Roosevelt for the Defense is a must-read." -NPRĪ President on Trial. Look for Dan Abrams and David Fisher's new book, Kennedy's Avenger: Assassination, Conspiracy, and the Forgotten Trial of Jack Ruby.Ī Mental Floss Book to Read in Summer 2019 ![]() 5/19/2023 0 Comments Veronika decides to die novel![]() ![]() The discussion centres around how we look at life, what we make of it and our time living it. Mari has the most influence on Veronika’s thinking during her last week and in return Veronika’s situation impacts profoundly on these three people. Each of these individuals has something to teach Veronika about the state of life and a way of viewing what life is about. She meets Zedka who has been in Villete for depression, Mari who suffers from panic attacks and Eduard who is a young schizophrenic. The remainder of the novel follows her last week in Villete and her interactions with some of the other inmates. Not only does she find herself in this hospital, but she also finds that she has damaged her heart with her suicide attempt and will die within the week. Unfortunately for Veronika her attempt fails and she wakes in Villete, “the famous and much-feared lunatic asylum”. Her preference is by overdosing on sleeping pills, which she takes one day in her rented room in a convent. She decides, in quite an organised way, to end her life. She is not, however, happy with this life. Veronika is loved by her parents, she has a steady job as a librarian and has had a string of boyfriends. ![]() ![]() ![]() The novel is set in Ljubljana, Slovenia and the eponymous Veronkia is a beautiful young woman who seemingly should have the world at her feet. This is my second Paulo Coelho book after reading The Devil and Miss Prym a couple of years ago. Book # 90 Reviewer: Ms Oh Waily (first published January 2014) ![]() 5/19/2023 0 Comments Finding cinderella review![]() ![]() Our heroine, the black-lipsticked and goth-laced “Bad Cinderella” (as she’s called in the punchy, calling-card number that leads the overture and is reprised on umpteen occasions) lives in Belleville, which, according to lyricist David Zippel, is “a town so picturesque/ every other seems grotesque.” The rest of the population consists of under-dressed men who are buff and manly, and over-dressed women who are blonde and perfect. ![]() But the ride he’s written for her with Oscar-winning screenwriter Emerald Fennell (“Promising Young Woman”) is seriously bumpy. With actor/singer and internet sensation Carrie Hope Fletcher wholly energizing the new-wine-in-old-bottles story of a self-assured heroine defiantly refusing to fit in with the fairytale world that despises her, he’s halfway there. Where do you go after you’ve seen “Wicked”? That worldwide smash has built a vast young audience hungry for stories propelled by power ballads of female empowerment, and it’s clearly that crowd that Andrew Lloyd Webber’s much-delayed new musical version of “ Cinderella” is eager to please. ![]() 5/19/2023 0 Comments Joyful militancy![]() Anger and rage rightly, inevitably drive militants, the authors argue, but we must also discover joy and friendship in struggle, which are our highest rewards. “This wonderful book, infused and informed by activist experience, emphasizes the importance of the full range of political affects. Read it, live it!” - John Holloway, author of Crack Capitalism A very well argued case for Joyful Militancy, and against the dead hand of puritanical revolution. ![]() “Yes, yes, yes! This book is so timely! Absolutely what we need in these days of spreading gloom. Nick Montgomery is an organizer and writer currently at Queen’s University, Ontario. About the Authors:Ĭarla Bergman co-edited Stay Solid: A Radical Handbook for Youth. Interviewees include: Silvia Federici, adrienne maree brown, Marina Sitrin, Gustavo Esteva, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Walidah Imarisha, Margaret Killjoy, Glen Coulthard, Richard Day, and more. ![]() In conversation with organizers and intellectuals from a wide variety of political currents, the authors explore how rigid radicalism smuggles itself into radical spaces, and how it is being undone. ![]() ![]() Why do radical movements and spaces sometimes feel laden with fear, anxiety, suspicion, self-righteousness, and competition? Montgomery and Bergman call this phenomenon rigid radicalism: congealed and toxic ways of relating that have seeped into social movements, posing as the “correct” way of being radical. Description by Carla Bergman and Nick Montgomery ![]() |