![]() ![]() Together with their stepmother, Barbra, they embark on a cross-country road trip from their foreclosed Bel-Air home to the upstate New York hideout of the eldest daughter, disgraced art world it-girl Saina. Now all Charles wants is to get his kids safely stowed away so that he can go to China and attempt to reclaim his family’s ancestral lands-and his pride.Ĭharles pulls Andrew, his aspiring comedian son, and Grace, his style-obsessed daughter, out of schools he can no longer afford. A brash, lovable immigrant businessman who built a cosmetics empire and made a fortune, he’s just been ruined by the financial crisis. Synopsis (from ) – Charles Wang is mad at America. ![]() The World could be that kind of book a benchmark for younger people to remember where they’re from, who they are, and most importantly how their families arrived here. Nowadays, you can read so many stories of so many people and feel that sense of connection you need when you’re a young minority growing up in America. All I had was The Joy Luck Club and that was pretty much it. When you’re growing up in the 90s in America, there’s not a lot of stories that feature Asian characters. I think the last time I read a book by an Asian woman it was Amy Tan. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Through firearm training and forensic classes (and some hands-on research with the tempting detective), Finlay and Vero have the perfect cover-up to sleuth out the real criminal and free themselves from the mob's clutches-all the while dodging spies, confronting Vero's past, and juggling the daily trials of parenthood. ![]() Luckily, hot cop Nick has started up a citizen's police academy, and combined pressure from Finlay's looming book deadline and Feliks is enough to convince Finlay and Vero to get involved. Problem is, the killer might be an officer. Still running the show from behind bars, mob boss Feliks has a task for Finlay: find a contract killer before the cops do. After she and her nanny/partner-in-crime Vero accidentally destroyed a luxury car that they may have "borrowed" in the process of saving the life of Finlay's ex-husband, the Russian mob got her out of debt. ![]() Who said single moms can't have fun?įinlay Donovan has been in messes before-after all, she's an author and single mom who's a pro at getting out bloodstains for rather unexpected reasons-but none quite like this. Fresh, heartfelt and witty, Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun is a twisty page-turner, and its relatable heroine Finlay Donovan is irresistible -Janet Evanovich. "Fresh, heartfelt and witty, Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun is a twisty page-turner, and its relatable heroine Finlay Donovan is irresistible!" -Janet Evanovich, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum seriesĭating. From USA Today bestseller and Edgar Award nominee Elle Cosimano, comes Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun-the hilarious and heart-pounding next installment in the beloved Finlay Donovan series. ![]() ![]() ![]() Mick Whelan, general secretary of the Aslef union, stated: 'We do not want to go on strike, we do not want to inconvenience passengers, we have families and friends who use the railway, too, and we believe in investing in rail for the future of this country but the blame for this action lies, fairly and squarely, at the feet of the employers who have forced our hand over this by their intransigence. ![]() ![]() The union said it took eight one-day strikes to bring the train operators and the government 'to their senses and persuade them to sit down and talk properly'. The latest strikes by Aslef members are part of a lengthy dispute with the government and train companies over pay and conditions.Īslef said its negotiating team has met representatives of the employers on eight occasions over the past year to try to find a resolution. Travellers were forced to wait outside London Victoria station on the morning of Friday due to strikes by Aslef members Why are train drivers striking? ![]() ![]() The four volumes concern the same characters, but each of the several narrators tell the novels' complex tales from their own viewpoint, and they write at different times. It was based on the premise that people and events seem different when considered from different angles and periods, and that they can best be recorded, as Durrell himself put it, stereoscopically. It was an experimental novel of its day, perhaps related to the work of Durrell's friend Henry Miller, perhaps to Ulysses. It is actually neither specific nor precise about anything. The work itself is greater than its themes, and casts a spell that is neither precisely emotional nor specifically topographic. Almost infinite variations of love are certainly explored in its 1,000-odd pages, and the presence of Alexandria certainly permeates the work, but I think the legendary fascination of the quartet is essentially existential. ![]() T he Alexandria Quartet, Lawrence Durrell's celebrated tetralogy from the 1950s, was defined by its author as "an investigation of modern love", but has often been regarded by its readers more as an evocation of a city – the Greco-Arab, multi-ethnic Alexandria of its title. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I Am Scout is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year. Its also a perennial favorite in highschool English. Anyone who has enjoyed To Kill a Mockingbird will appreciate this glimpse into the life of its fascinating author. I Am Scout To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the most widely read novels in American literature. Shields is the author of the New York Times bestseller Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee, which he has adapted here for younger readers.What emerges in this riveting portrait is the story of an unconventional, high-spirited woman who drew on her love of writing and her Southern home to create a book that continues to speak to new generations of readers. Lee’s life is as rich as her fiction, from her girlhood as a rebellious tomboy to her days at the University of Alabama and early years as a struggling writer in New York City. I am Scout : the biography of Harper Lee by Shields, Charles J. Yet onetime author Harper Lee is a mysterious figure who leads a very private life in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, refusing to give interviews or talk about the novel that made her a household name. ![]() It’s also a perennial favorite in highschool English classrooms across the nation. Annotation: To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the most widely read novels in American literature. Shields is the author of theNew York TimesbestsellerMockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee, which he has adapted here for younger readers. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As a character, Evan is intentionally inscrutable, but more interesting because of this quality. The invasion has changed him from a normal teenager to a brainwashed army grunt to an enlightened rebel. ![]() Where Cassie’s sole motivation is the need to survive and find her brother, Ben goes through this incredible emotional transformation. It’s such a difficult determination to make, especially because the two other principle characters in the book, Ben and Evan, have much deeper inner lives. ![]() It’s a fine line though between relatable and generic, and I’m still on the fence if Cassie is the former or latter. Schools us.” She’s a character who serves the narrative first, before existing in her own right. Roughly half of the book is written in her voice, and Yancey uses her as his authorial surrogate, explaining the waves of the alien invasion, describing backstory, and making tumblr-ready aphorisms like, “It’s the strong who remain, the bent but unbroken … What doesn’t kill us sharpens us. Her personality consists of sarcastic quips, and a bleak attitude despite her strong will to keep moving and living. Cassie, Yancey’s first narrator, is fairly generic as far as teenage female survivalists go. ![]() ![]() ![]() They especially have to deal with the Machiavellian Arty as he develops his own cult: Arturism. ![]() The novel takes place in two interwoven time periods: the first deals with the Binewski children's constant struggle against each other through life. The results are Arturo ("Arty," also known as "Aqua Boy"), a boy with flippers for hands and feet Electra ("Elly") and Iphigenia ("Iphy"), Siamese twins Olympia ("Oly"), a hunchbacked albino dwarf and Fortunato ("Chick"), the normal-looking baby of the family who has telekinetic powers. When the business begins to fail, the couple devise an idea to breed their own freak show, using various drugs and radioactive material to alter the genes of their children. The novel is the story of a traveling carnival run by Aloysius "Al" Binewski and his wife "Crystal" Lil, and their children, seen through the eyes of their daughter Olympia ("Oly") who writes the family history for her daughter Miranda. ![]() It was a finalist for the National Book Award. ![]() Dunn published parts of the novel in Mississippi Mud Book of Days (1983) and Looking Glass Bookstore Review (1988). Knopf (a division of Random House) in 1989. Geek Love is a novel by American writer Katherine Dunn, published completely by Alfred A. ![]() ![]() This edition includes a definitive list of the greatest recordings of twentieth-century music. Ross writes that Philip Glasss music 'gives off a kind of Times Square neon glow', and reaches a peak of sensuous glee in talking about the 'stupefying sound' of Iannis Xenakiss 'meticulously. Above all, this unique portrait of an exceptional era weaves together art, politics and cultural history to show how twentieth-century classical music was both a symptom and a source of immense social change. In this comprehensive tour, Alex Ross, music critic for the 'New Yorker', explores the people and places that shaped musical development: Adams to Zweig, Brahms to Bjoerk, pre-First World War Vienna to 'Nixon in China'. This is invariably difficult to do.' A wise warning, which Ross himself mostly heeds. The landscape of twentieth-century classical music is a wild one: this was a period in which music fragmented into apparently divergent strands, each influenced by its own composers, performers and musical innovations. ![]() ![]() Alex Ross's sweeping history of twentieth-century classical music, winner of the Guardian First Book Award, is a gripping account of a musical revolution. Alex Ross, classical music critic of the New Yorker, has always astounded me with his extraordinarily engaging and highly intelligent music critiques. The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century (Part of the The Rest Is Noise Series) by Alex Ross See Customer Reviews Select Format Hardcover 7.19 - 7.59 Paperback 7.89 - 22.74 Audio CD - Select Condition Like New Unavailable Very Good - Good 7.59 Acceptable 7.19 New - See All 8 Editions from 7. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Against nearly insurmountable odds and relying on hunting and her own wits, Sarah Marquis survived the Mafia, drug dealers, thieves on horseback who harassed her tent every night for weeks, temperatures from subzero to scorching, life-threatening wildlife, a dengue fever delirium in the Laos jungle, tropic ringworm in northern Thailand, dehydration, and a life-threatening abscess. In Wild by Nature, National Geographic Explorer Sarah Marquis takes you on the trail of her ten-thousand-mile solo hike across the remote Gobi desert from Siberia to Thailand, at which point she was transported by boat to complete the hike at her favorite tree in Australia. One woman 10,000 miles on foot 6 countries 8 pairs of hiking boots 3,000 cups of tea 1,000 days and nights The only way to survive three years of walking was to embrace the moment of now."-from Wild by Nature Not since Cheryl Strayed gifted us with her adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail in her memoir, Wild, has there been such a powerful epic adventure by a woman alone. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Full programme announced and tickets go on sale for the Daily Mail Chalke Valley History Festival 26th June to 2nd July 2023.2023 Shortlist Announced for Women's Prize for Fiction.Q&A With Women's Prize for Fiction Chair, Louise Minchin.14 Fantastic Books for Deaf Awareness Week – Thought-provoking Non-fiction, and Fabulous Fiction That’ll Thrill You, Chill You, and Stir Your Soul.The 2023 Sports Book Awards, in association with The Sunday Times, announce their shortlists.May 2023 Book Club Recommendation: The Silence Project by Carole Hailey.Sheikh Zayed Book Award Announces 2023 Winners.Prepare to Celebrate the Nation's Favourite Genre with National Crime Reading Month.Author Q&A: Swéta Rana, Queuing for the Queen.20 Books to Support and Celebrate Caregivers for National Carer's Week.100+ Books for Every Dad this Father's Day.Which Domestic Noir Novel Should You Read? Take Our Quiz to Find Out!.Best Domestic Noir Novels – 20+ Brilliant Books about Household Horrors and Domestic Just Desserts.The 2023 Pulitzers Are Announced: See the Books, Drama and Music Award Winners. ![]() |