5/30/2023 0 Comments Ron chernow hamilton![]() ![]() In 1998, he wrote a biography about John D. Morgan and went on to win the National Book Award for Nonfiction. In 1990, he published The House of Morgan, which covered the life of financier J.P. The stage production went on to win numerous accolades, including 11 Tony Awards.īefore working on Alexander Hamilton, Chernow had previously written multiple books in the topics of business and finance. In 2015, the book was adapted into the musical Hamilton by playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda. The book, which was met with mostly positive acclaim, went on to win the inaugural George Washington Book Prize for early American history and was a nominee for the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award in biography. ![]() Constitution, founder of the nation's financial system, and its first Secretary of the Treasury. ![]() Hamilton, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, was an instrumental promoter of the U.S. Alexander Hamilton is a 2004 biography of American statesman Alexander Hamilton, written by historian and biographer Ron Chernow. ![]()
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5/30/2023 0 Comments Emma Hamilton by Quintin Colville![]() ![]() ![]() Fetherstonhaugh took Emma there as a mistress, but frequently ignored her in favour of drinking and hunting with his friends. ![]() She is said to have danced nude on his dining room table. Emma next worked as a model and dancer at the "Goddess of Health" for James Graham, a Scottish " quack" doctor.Īt 15, Emma met Sir Harry Fetherstonhaugh, who hired her for several months as hostess and entertainer at a lengthy stag party at Fetherstonhaugh's Uppark country estate in the South Downs. She also worked as a maid for actresses, among them Mary Robinson. She started to work for the Budd family in Chatham Place, Blackfriars, London, and began acting at the Drury Lane theatre in Covent Garden. Only a few months later she was unemployed again and moved to London in the autumn of 1777. With her grandmother struggling to make ends meet at the age of 60, and after Mary went to London in 1777, Emma began work, aged 12, as a maid at the Hawarden home of Honoratus Leigh Thomas, a surgeon working in Chester. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments The silent corner by dean koontz![]() It is adapted from Koontz’s popular series of the same name about clairvoyant getting by as a small-town chef. However, arguably his best movie adaption is the 2013 film Odd Thomas which stars Anton Yelchin. It is adapted from his novel of the same name and there have been multiple sequels. The film, with the same name, premiered in 1977 and stars Julie Christie and Fritz Weaver.Īs well, Watchers premiered in 1988 starring Corey Haim. ![]() His 1973 bestseller Demon Seed sold more than two million copies and was made into a movie a few years later. Is There a Dean Koontz Movie Adaptation?ĭean Koontz has had multiple movie adaptations. ![]() He is one of the most prolific authors today. Koontz has more than a dozen novels that have reached the top of the New York Times bestsellers list. He has published more than 100 novels during his career, and has written under multiple pseudonyms.Ĭollectively, his books have sold more than 500 million copies worldwide and translated into 38 languages. ![]() Who is Dean Koontz?ĭean Koontz is a well-known author of many novels, novellas, and short stories. His most popular book series is Odd Thomas, which centers around the main character’s adventures as he tries to save people from supernatural threats.īefore we dive into the book list, let’s learn a little bit about Dean Koontz himself. With so many books, it’s no wonder you’re looking for a list of Dean Koontz books in order. ![]() Dean Koontz is a well-known and beloved author, with dozens of bestsellers to his name. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Eisenhorn omnibus![]() ![]() THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG, THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES and the names of the characters, items, events and places therein are trademarks of Middle-earth Enterprises, LLC under license to New Line Productions, Inc. GW, Games Workshop, Citadel, White Dwarf, Space Marine, 40K, Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000, the ‘Aquila’ Double-headed Eagle logo, Warhammer Age of Sigmar, Battletome, Stormcast Eternals, Warhammer: The Horus Heresy, the 'winged-hammer' Warhammer logo, and all associated logos, illustrations, images, names, creatures, races, vehicles, locations, weapons, characters, and the distinctive likenesses thereof, are either ® or ™, and/or © Games Workshop Limited, variably registered around the world. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Otherlands tad williams![]() ![]() ![]() But when her young brother is struck down by a bizarre and mysterious illness, Renie swears to save him. Renie Sulaweyo, a teacher and the backbone of her family, proud of her African heritage, has fought all her life simply to get by. But every age has its heroes, and unusual times call for unusual champions: Fewer still are willing or able to take up the challenge of this perilous and seductive realm. Only a few have become aware of the danger. And somehow, bit by bit, it is claiming the Earth's most valuable resource -its children. The best minds of two generations have labored to build it. ![]() Incredible amounts of money have been lavished on it. Surrounded by secrecy, it is home to the wildest dreams and darkest nightmares. First book in New York Times-bestselling author Tad Williams's cyberpunk fantasy series - "Tad Williams is the brightest and best of the fantasists." ―Neil Gaiman, author of American Gods ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Deafo![]() ![]() **The illustration is from El Deafo and was found on Cece Bell's website. # 2: Cece Bell got her master’s degree in illustration and design, right here at Kent State University. # 1: Cece Bell is married to the author of the Origami Yoda series, Tom Angleberger. ![]() If you’d like to see what else Cece has written and illustrated you can visit her website. Cece Bell both wrote and illustrated this book. Feeling like everyone is staring at Phonic Ear, or is it her, Cece feels lonely, until she realizes that having the Phonic Ear may just give her superpowers! Will her new superpower make the kids like her? Will she use her superpower for good? Read El Deafo by Cece Bell, laugh with her, cry with her, fly with her, experience how Cece felt growing up a little different from everyone else.Įl Deafo is a graphic novel, a novel that is a combination of text and artwork, like a comic book. El Deafo is the story of her early years, starting school, making friends, first crushes, everything that goes into elementary school life, only difference is Cece has to do it with a large hearing aid, called the Phonic Ear, strapped to her chest. ![]() 1 – 2, El DeafoĪs a result of an illness at the age of four, Cece Bell became “severely to profoundly” deaf. I found caterpillars with my friend Emma. I rode on the back of my father’s bicycle. The book has been lauded for its humor and heart, and has. El Deafo has been praised for its accurate and relatable portrayal of what it is like to grow up with a hearing loss. The book chronicles Bell’s experiences growing up with a hearing loss. I watched TV with my big brother, Ashley, and my big sister, Sarah. El Deafo is a graphic memoir written and illustrated by Cece Bell. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Clarity & connection book![]() ![]() Through their books and services, River shares the tools they have gained in the hope of encouraging others to embark and continue on their own healing journeys. ![]() ![]() For years, River has been on their own journey of healing and connecting with their inner power, with the support of Shiva, Pietkela, and their other guides, beings who have worked with me since childhood and even in previous lifetimes. Through their books, channeling services, and energy healing practices, River Lightbearer and their guides, beings of light called Shiva and Pietkela, assist people in finding and reconnecting with that inner power. Sometimes you need someone to support you through change. Sometimes you need guidance and support to find the power within you and learn to work with it rather than fearing it. The power for change.Ĭonnecting with that inner power isn’t always easy, especially when it’s been obscured by trauma. The power to determine who we are, progress in our healing journey, and create the life we want to live. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Camus the pest![]() His smuggling allows him to profit from the situationĪnd he escapes notice for his former crimes. “shelter in place.” Giddy with schadenfreude, Cottard, a shady sketchy criminal,Įnjoys the dark times. Psychological stances to cope with quarantine, now euphemistically called, In Camus’s novel, the six main characters take six Reminds me of the spring-breakers who now insist on partying while the world Many citizens revel in profligate eat-drink-and-be-merry behavior,Įnjoying a few nights of debauchery and lust, even if it risks death. To die, cope with various strategies as the months drag on their languished The doomed citizens, shut off and abandoned The plague increasingly and randomly kills the youngĪnd the old, the rich and the poor. Riveting story of the quarantined city of Oran, Algeria, that suffers a vicious ![]() ![]() In his 1947 novel, The Plague, Albert Camus tells the ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ‘when the men come, set yourself on fire.’” They carry with them such human depth, none more so than the poem In Love and In War. The poems are also about reality, the horrors that some people have to face in a word driven by war. Through Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth the empowerment of women becomes like a burning tempest kindled up by the rawness of Warsan Shire’s words. ![]() Warsan has read her work internationally, including recent readings in South Africa, Italy and Germany, and her poetry has been translated into Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. Born in 1988, she is an artist and activist who uses her work to document narratives of journey and trauma. Warsan Shire is a Kenyan-born Somali poet and writer who is based in London. ![]() As Rumi said, "Love will find its way through all languages on its own" in 'teaching my mother how to give birth', Warsan's début pamphlet, we witness the unearthing of a poet who finds her way through all preconceptions to strike the heart directly. What elevates 'teaching my mother how to give birth', what gives the poems their disturbing brilliance, is Warsan Shire's ability to give simple, beautiful eloquence to the veiled world where sensuality lives in the dominant narrative of Islam reclaiming the more nuanced truths of earlier times - as in Tayeb Salih's work - and translating to the realm of lyric the work of the likes of Nawal El Saadawi. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Novel push![]() She is expelled from her school owing to her pregnancy, but the head teacher manages to inform her of a special school catering for young misfits like Precious. But there is no malice in her actions, and in general she passively submits to humiliation. She can have moments of anger when, like an angry bear, she thwacks a peer who is causing a disturbance in her maths class, or who makes a snide reference to her fatness. In these fantasies she is a famous star smiling to cheering crowds, or adults are kind and supportive towards her. This creative gift carries a medical term, but in essence it allows her to transcend her suffering and protects her from disintegration. She also has a knack for creating positive healing fantasies, even at – or particularly at – times when she is being subjected to unbelievable cruelty. She is good at maths, and her maths teacher, a decent white man she is infatuated with, has noticed this and tries to encourage her. How bad can it get?ĭespite all these disadvantages, Precious has some things going for her. Her peers bully her, and her mother (acted by Mo'Nique) regularly but randomly hurls objects or insults at her. He has now pushed off, having repeatedly abused his daughter for several years. Both children were conceived out of incest with her father. ![]() Her first child (whom she calls ‘Mongol’) has Down's syndrome. She is obese, illiterate, dirt poor and living in a seedy flat in Harlem with a mother from hell. Precious, a black American teenager, appears to have everything going against her. ![]() |