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![]() ![]() ![]() Giant trusts are monopolizing entire industries. Northern whites are prepared to take away black rights to appease the South. With Black people holding power in the Republican Party, it is Robert who helps John land his appointment to the Supreme Court.Īt first, John is awed by his fellow justices, but the country is changing. After the Civil War, Robert emerges as a political leader. Almost a century after his death, John Marshall Harlan’s words helped end segregation and gave us our civil rights and our modern economic freedom.īut his legacy would not have been possible without the courage of Robert Harlan, a slave who John’s father raised like a son in the same household. But not in the case of the most famous dissenter on the Supreme Court. They say that history is written by the victors. The “superb” ( The Guardian) biography of an American who stood against all the forces of Gilded Age America to fight for civil rights and economic freedom: Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() From brief reflections to longer, lyrical tales, Shonagon moves elegantly across themes including nature, society and her own flirtations and frustrations, to provide a witty, unique insight into a woman's life at court in classical Japan. A fascinating exploration of life amongst the nobility at the height of the idyllic Heian period, it describes the exquisite pleasures of a confined world in which poetry, love, fashion and whim dominated. Written by the court gentlewoman Sei Shonagon as a journal for her own amusement, The Pillow Book is one of the greatest works of Japanese literature. ![]() The Pillow Book retains its fresh, authentic appeal more than 1,000 years after its inception' Japan Times Antagonist: N/A Point of View: First Person Extra Credit for The Pillow Book Cultivating Delight. 1002 Where Written: Kyoto, Japan Literary Period: Classical Japanese (Heian period) Genre: Diary Setting: The imperial court of Kyoto, Japan in the 990s C.E. 'A mistress of wry observation and scalding wit. Full Title: The Pillow Book (Makura no soshi) When Written: c. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hess serves as executive editor of Education Next as lead faculty member for the Rice Education Entrepreneurship Program and on the review board for the Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools. He has edited widely cited volumes on the Common Core the role of for-profits in education education philanthropy school costs and productivity the impact of education research and No Child Left Behind. News & World Report National Affairs USA Today the Washington Post the New York Times The Wall Street Journal the Atlantic and National Review. Hess’s work has appeared in scholarly and popular outlets such as Teachers College Record Harvard Education Review Social Science Quarterly Urban Affairs Review American Politics Quarterly The Chronicle of Higher Education Phi Delta Kappan Educational Leadership U.S. ![]() ![]() His books include “The Cage-Busting Teacher” “Cage-Busting Leadership” “Breakthrough Leadership in the Digital Age” “The Same Thing Over and Over” “Education Unbound” “Common Sense School Reform” “Revolution at the Margins” and “Spinning Wheels.” He is also the author of the popular Education Week blog “Rick Hess Straight Up” and is a regular contributor to The Hill. Hess studies K-12 and higher education issues. ![]() An educator political scientist and author Frederick M. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is a low-stakes fantasy that delivers exactly what's advertised: a wholesome, cozy novel that feels like a warm hug. "Take a break from epic battles and saving the world. A suspicious traveler in gray, a gnome with a chip on her shoulder, a summer fling, and an improbable number of skeletons prove Murk to be more eventful than Viv could have ever expected. Still, adventure isn't all that far away. Spending her hours at a beleaguered bookshop in the company of its foul-mouthed proprietor is the last thing Viv would have predicted, but it may be both exactly what she needs and the seed of changes she couldn't possibly imagine. What's a thwarted soldier of fortune to do? ![]() Wounded during the hunt for a powerful necromancer, she's packed off against her will to recuperate in the sleepy beach town of Murk-so far from the action that she worries she'll never be able to return to it. ![]() Viv's career with the notorious mercenary company Rackam's Ravens isn't going as planned. Home Log in Search AuthorTitleISBN: Advanced Search Reviews Search. In Bookshops & Bonedust, a prequel to Legends & Lattes, New York Times bestselling author Travis Baldree takes us on a journey of high fantasy, first loves, and second-hand books. BOOKSHOPS & BONEDUST by Travis Baldree a book ISBN-1250886104 ISBN13-9781250886101 with cover, excerpt, author notes, review link, and availability. When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we need isn't always what we seek. ![]() ![]() ![]() Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not? Initially I was bothered by the monotone of the author's voice, the flattened affect, but getting further into the book this is the perfect voice for Adam. He's a painful character (in the sense of cringeworthy) but he's incredibly human & like cellophane - at times we see right through. His perspective is definitely warped though so we see some things he doesn't. A lot of this book is us spending time in Adam's head. He certainly puts too much meaning in to his interactions with others & overthinks things. He thinks he's a fraud as a person & as a poet & neither of these seem likely. He’s uncomfortable, we’re uncomfortable but the people around him in the book seem to be completely fine with it all, although he ascribes to them a higher wisdom than is likely. He’s terrified the people around him will see him as a fraud. ![]() His lies are painful not least because he’s absolute rubbish at remembering that he lied at all. Adam has a serious case of imposter syndrome, and his way of dealing with this is sometimes to lie, try to look or sound mysterious (I'm not sure how well that actually works for him), or pop anxiety pills. I think part of it is the language (the author is a poet), the other part is how believable the main character is as a human being. ![]() ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, the problems with the real Comet were unfixable on existing aircraft and the redesign took long enough for US manufacturers and airlines to unseat England in the lead for air service. In No Highway, the "fix" was easy and inexpensive and England got to lead the world in jet transport. On the real Comet the failures were around the cabin windows as opposed to the tail plane on the fictional Reindeer, but the parallels between the story and the actual history are amazing. The real Comet ACTUALLY HAD structural metal fatigue failures that caused crashes and required extensive testing at Farnborough to identify. The Comet was the first commercial passenger jet, and like the fictional Reindeer in the book, was supposed to get England into the trans-Atlantic jet passenger service before anyone else. No Highway was published in 1948 a full year before the first flight of the DeHaviland Comet. What made the experience of listening to No Highway the most enjoyable? ![]() ![]() ![]() Nana Akua Goes to School, written by Tricia Elam Walker with illustrations by April Harrison Here are some of their picks for books, video games, and TV from 20. We asked a handful of children's media experts to recommend their favorite new content that gets high marks for both great storytelling and inclusion. ![]() You see yourself reflected in them, but you also get to learn about other things through them." "The shows and characters that resonate the most are actually both. She spent years as the head of education and research on Nickelodeon's Dora the Explorer and currently consults on the new PBS Kids show Alma's Way, one of our recommended titles below. "The media sometimes serves as a window and sometimes serves as a mirror," says Mariana Diaz-Wionczek. An increasingly diverse population favors diversity in the media they consume. ![]() Roughly half of all children are non-White.
![]() ![]() Over the past 30 years, various research projects related to early black settlements have been completed by independent researchers, college professors and students, IHS, Indiana Humanities, Ball State University, Conner Prairie and Indiana Landmarks.Ī planning grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. ![]() With the exception of a handful of monographs, graduate papers and journal articles, few publications have been written that focus on this history. With a mounting interest in history related to Indiana’s Bicentennial, now is an opportune time to uncover and share untold parts of Indiana’s history.ĭespite a rich history, little is known about the African-American experience from the state’s founding to the Civil War era. These untold stories have the potential to evoke pride and add a level of complexity to our understanding of black heritage and Hoosier history. This generalized thinking situates Indiana’s African-Americans as part of a national story, but fails to reveal the stories of free blacks and formerly enslaved people who settled the state much earlier. Popular understanding of Indiana black history focuses on post-Civil War African-American migration to cities in the north, such as Evansville, Fort Wayne, Gary, Indianapolis and South Bend. ![]() ![]() ![]() I’ve been on the lookout for Arsenic and Adobo since I saw it online. I received an Advanced Readers Copy of this book from the publisher as part of the blog tour hosted by Caffeine Book Tours. POC (Filipino-American MC, Pakistani Muslim American, Korean-American, Mexican-American, Japanese-American, Black American).This post contains affiliate links and I may earn a small commission through qualifying purchases. Armed with the nosy auntie network, her barista best bud, and her trusted Dachshund, Longanisa, Lila takes on this tasty, twisted case and soon finds her own neck on the chopping block… With the cops treating her like she’s the one and only suspect, and the shady landlord looking to finally kick the Macapagal family out and resell the storefront, Lila’s left with no choice but to conduct her own investigation. But when a notoriously nasty food critic (who happens to be her ex-boyfriend) drops dead moments after a confrontation with Lila, her life quickly swerves from a Nora Ephron romp to an Agatha Christie case. ![]() She’s tasked with saving her Tita Rosie’s failing restaurant, and she has to deal with a group of matchmaking aunties who shower her with love and judgment. ![]() When Lila Macapagal moves back home to recover from a horrible breakup, her life seems to be following all the typical rom-com tropes. ![]() |