From stories of their childhood in the South, Midwest, and New York to transcendent experiences with lovers, psychedelics, and fragrances to trips home to their motherland, Tanaïs builds a universe of memories and scent: a sensorium. A 2022 Kirkus Prize Winner for Nonfictionįragrance has long been used to mark who is civilized and who is barbaric, who is pure and who is polluted, who is free and who is damned-\nFocusing their gaze on our most primordial sense, writer and perfumer Tanaïs weaves a brilliant and expansive memoir, a reckoning that offers a critical, alternate history of South Asia from an American Bangladeshi Muslim femme perspective.
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"Wise masterfully captures the tension between appearances and reality, spinning a fast-paced and darkly funny tale of three young women each with her own secrets, each reaching for her dreams. For three neighbors with stakes so high, someone is headed for a downfall. But with his career not taking off and tensions high, even sweet Embry has something she's desperate to keep hidden. With everything going so right, why is Riki flirting with something so wrong, so.dangerous? Embry Taylor is as devoted to her children as she is to her husband, who's a bartender by night, an aspiring actor by day. If only she didn't have feelings for her neighbor-who happens to be her close friend's husband. Riki McFarlan has a good career and an amazing boyfriend who wants to settle down. But Sylvia's not going to let that happen. The only thing unpredictable about him is his needy ex-girlfriend, who is this close to shattering Sylvia's dreams. He's sweet, simple, and dependably clueless about what she's up to. All three women who live at 1054 Mockingbird Lane have secrets.and with a body at the bottom of their apartment building's staircase, those secrets need to stay buried. For three women with so much to hide, there's no such thing as a little white lie. Her interest is piqued by her solitary, elderly neighbor. Montana, 1983: Lily is a lonely teenager looking for adventure in small-town Montana. But when the war finally ends, instead of freedom, Odile tastes the bitter sting of unspeakable betrayal. Together with her fellow librarians, Odile joins the Resistance with the best weapons she has: books. When the Nazis march into the city, Odile stands to lose everything she holds dear, including her beloved library. Paris, 1939: Young and ambitious Odile Souchet seems to have the perfect life with her handsome police officer beau and a dream job at the American Library in Paris. An instant New York Times, Washington Post, and USA TODAY bestseller-based on the true story of the heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris during World War II- The Paris Library is a moving and unforgettable “ ode to the importance of libraries, books, and the human connections we find within both” (Kristin Harmel, New York Times bestselling author). “And I on the opposite shore will be, Ready to ride and spread the alarm …“ It didn’t take long for Longfellow to stray from the truth. Longfellow, an ardent abolitionist, designed the poem to stir up patriotic fervor, not to record history. He wrote it just before the start of the Civil War. And it is true that he did participate in part of the ride that night to warn of British movements.īut beyond that, the majority of Longfellow’s poem amounts to fictional propaganda. Paul Revere did play a part in these events, and he did arrange for the famous signal from the steeple of Christ Church (Old North Church) – one if by land and two if by sea. The most critical part of the preparation was prior warning. The colonist had prepared for just such an eventuality. The possibility of a confrontation between British forces and colonists had been brewing for months. While the events described in the poem all took place on the night of April 18, 1775, they were set in motion long before that. Just as Hollywood creates heroes, Longfellow created a heroic persona for Revere far beyond what he actually did. When he died in 1818, his obituary made no mention of the “famous” ride. He was locally well-known as an artisan and entrepreneur. In fact, until Longfellow wrote the poem, Revere, was known for his metalwork but not for Revolutionary War heroics anywhere in New England, let alone the rest of the country. Paul Revere holds his then-claim to fame. By spilling his mother's blood, however, he invites the wrath of the ancient Erinyes, or Furies, and they begin to pursue him. With the aid of his sister Electra, Orestes kills Clytemnestra, and her lover, Aegisthus. The second play in the trilogy, The Libation Bearers ( Choephoroe), portrays the vengeance of Agamemnon's son Orestes, who returns from exile to exact the price of his father's murder. Horrible as this deed is shown to be, we also come to understand in the course of the play how justice has been satisfied by Agamemnon's murder. In Agamemnon, the Argive king reaches home following his victory in the Trojan War, only to meet his death at the hand of his wife, Clytemnestra.
Hundreds of thousands of people worked to death and left where their bodies fell, consumed by the frozen elements and plowed beneath the permafrost road.įascinated by the history, documentary producer Felix “Teig” Teigland is in Russia to drive the highway, envisioning a new series capturing Life and Death on the Road of Bones with a ride to the town of Akhust, “the coldest place on Earth,” collecting ghost stories and local legends along the way. Known as the Road of Bones, it is a massive graveyard for the former Soviet Union’s gulag prisoners. A narrow path where drivers face such challenging conditions as icy surfaces, limited visibility, and an average temperature of 60 degrees below zero, fatal car accidents are common.īut motorists are not the only victims of the highway. Surrounded by barren trees in a snow-covered wilderness with a dim, dusky sky forever overhead, Siberia’s Kolyma Highway is 1200 miles of gravel packed permafrost within driving distance of the Arctic Circle. A stunning supernatural thriller set in Siberia, where a film crew is covering an elusive ghost story about the Kolyma Highway, a road built on top of the bones of prisoners of Stalin's gulag. When Patrick witnesses an accident, he calls on Tom for help and the two men strike up a friendship soon after. He refuses to spend any time with his former lover but when Marion does something that takes both Tom and the audience by surprise, he is given the incentive to reconnect with Patrick.ĭo Tom and Patrick get a second chance at love? Or is it too late for them to resume their relationship? Let’s take a closer look at the film: Tom is unhappy about this, presumably because he doesn’t want a reminder of the love affair he had decades before. When Patrick has a stroke, Marion brings him into her home so she can act as his carer. We learn that Tom and Marion remained together after getting married and that the relationship between Tom and Patrick ended. The film regularly flashes forward in time to the 1990’s and this gives us the opportunity to reconnect with each character. As a consequence, they meet in secret, but as Tom is engaged to be married to a schoolteacher called Marion, the two men don’t have the opportunity to spend a great deal of time together. Unfortunately, Tom and Patrick are bound by the legalities of the time which forbid them from having an openly gay relationship. Based on Bethan Robert’s novel of the same name, My Policeman tells the story of closeted gay policeman Tom who falls in love with museum curator Patrick in 1950s Brighton. Abby is set to be married as soon as she turns eighteen. This is because of the uncertain future that awaits her. Abby is feisty, but she is waiting for her birthday in trepidation. The book features Abby, a young girl who has every reason not to look forward to her eighteenth birthday. Before she started writing full-time, Davis had a successful career in human resource management.Ĭruel Intentions is the first book in the Rydeville Elite series. Her stories are designed for young adults and come with characters that many people in this category can identify with. She crafts emotionally intense new adult and young you adult fiction with complex characters, worth romance, and lots of unexpected twists and turns. Siobhan Davis is an Irish USA Today bestselling author of romance, young adult, fantasy, and science fiction books. Rabbi Sandy is the author of many books, both for adults and children. Support Independent Bookstores by purchasing the bookĪffiliate link in post Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso Just a wonderful coincidence to share the same name, Eisenberg □ Visit Rabbi Sandy’s websiteto learn more about her books for both children and adults.Īlso, for those who are wondering, we are not related. Rabbi Sandy’s other books in this series include Judy Led the Way and Sally Opened Doors. She is an important person in Jewish history. This is why I wanted to share this story on my website so other children and adults can know all about Regina Jonas and how she helped pave the way for other women to become rabbis. She was killed and her story was not told till now. In 1944, just 7 years after being hired as a rabbi, Regina was taken to a concentration camp. She officially was hired as a rabbi in 1937. Regina’s dream came true in 1935 when she passed the test and became a rabbi. In one part of the book, one of her professors even told her “Stop trying to be a rabbi. She had many obstacles that held her back. The story begins when Regina was a child and dreamed of being a rabbi. Regina Persisted, An Untold Story written by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso and illustrated by Margeaux Lucasis a wonderful book that tells the heroic story of Regina Jonas. I discovered this nonfiction picture book, Regina Persisted when reading the most recent Hadassah magazine. At the top of the stairs, Gwendy catches her breath and listens to the shouts of the kids on the playground. Every day in the summer of 1974, 12-year-old Gwendy Peterson has taken the stairs, which are held by strong (if time-rusted) iron bolts and zigzag up the cliffside. There are three ways up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road and the Suicide Stairs. The little town of Castle Rock, Maine, has witnessed some strange events and unusual visitors over the years, but there is one story that has never been told.until now. Stephen King teams up with longtime friend and award-winning author Richard Chizmar for the first time in this original, chilling novella that revisits the town of Castle Rock - paired on audio with King's Edgar Award-nominated story 'The Music Room'. Includes a conversation between Stephen King and Richard Chizmar. |
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