The story is well told by Julia Franklin who has a pleasing and clear voice. This book is well researched and also offers new material on the life of Harriet, Duchess of Suffolk, friend to many of the great men of letters of the age, of Whig politicians and a witness of an age. Her life, though difficult, not least because of her brute of a husband, was a fascinating account of this period. Harriet was Woman of the Bedchamber so moved in court circles. This was a period of letter writing and diaries, as well as gossip, so was well documented and used to great effect in telling this story. She knew and corresponded with many of the great men of letters of her age like John Gay, Alexander Pope and Dean Swift as well as friends like Lord Chesterfield. It was a period of great change in England beginning with the end of the reign of Queen Anne and ending with her death in the reign of George III. Henrietta Howard (1689-1767) led a long and full life spanning much of the 18th Century.
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Dickens's stories, accompanying her song lyrics, provide additional insight into her heritage ( "Coal Miner's Grave," "West Virginia My Home"), personal experience and eccentric voice: "Scraps from Your Table," she says, is "one of those nasty smart-alecky songs that I like to write." This tribute to Dickens's life and work will interest bluegrass fans and activists. Malone, an author and Tulane University history professor, illuminates the life of a "sensitive and discerning child of the poor" who overcame "a society that discouraged women from expressing themselves," and, over the decades, ended up speaking out for many. Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupWorking Girl Blues Hazel DickensA Few Old Memories 1976 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, In. Still churning out songs "that challenge the easy complacency and corporate arrogance of our time," influential Appalachian singer-songwriter Hazel Dickens has devoted her life to writing music not just about "the predictable themes of bluegrass-mama, the old home place, the distant but cherished past," but "questions of estrangement, survival, human dignity, and social and economic justice that concern us all." This slim biography, which includes many black and white photographs, lyrics and personal notes from Dickens, as well as a complete discography, chronicles her personal and professional life. 6/6/2023 0 Comments Five little peppers booksThey all wind up stuck together in a quarantined house. Trouble ensues when the littlest Pepper comes down with the measles and infects Jasper and his grandfather, Mr. Polly's newest friend is Jasper, a rich kid who likes to play with the Pepper kids. In this, the first entry in four-part series, children's movie, Polly Pepper takes care of her siblings while her mother toils at a factory. The rest of the kids were Charles Peck as Ben, Tommy Bond of "Our Gang" as Davie, Bobby Larson as Joey, and Dorothy Ann Seese as Phronsie.įIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AND HOW THEY GREW (1939) The four films were vehicles for Columbia's juvenile star Edith Fellows, who played Polly. The Pepper books were the inspiration for a brief series of feature films produced by Columbia Pictures in 1939-40. It covers the lives of the five children of Mamsie and the late Mister Pepper who are born into poverty in a rural "little brown house". The Five Little Peppers book series was created by Margaret Sidney from 1881 to 1916. THIS RARE MOVIE COLLECTION HAS NOW BEEN TOTALLY REPACKAGED IN A 4 DVD SET. So MMM+DD is some math I could REALLY get on board with. The three men in this relationship not only want this structure, but need it, and work hard to keep it functioning. Not just play, not just for the sake of it, but a way of life that has to have a structure or it doesn’t work. But, I love kink–and this is one that absolutely intrigues me because it’s ALL THE TIME. HOT.ĭomestic Discipline–good lord a’mighty. In fact, it’s mostly off-page–but whatevs. There isn’t loads of on-page triple-M action. So…I’m scratching the depths of my aging memory to tell you what I loved about this book. Even if it’s just the three little words “I liked it.” A review can have the power to breathe new life. Here’s the thing I’ve learned: Reviews ALWAYS make a difference–no matter how small, no matter where posted, no matter how long the book has been out in the world. Or, I thought the book had been out so long my little review wouldn’t make much difference. I think (maybe) I was so eager to move to the next book. And I don’t have a good excuse because even though I wasn’t blogging at the time, I was reviewing. Ratings are 1 to 5 stars and based mostly on GoodReads standards.Ĭlick for more information regarding ratings. Some very dangerous people are threatening her and her coworkers, and witnesses are dropping like flies. To top it all off, it looks like Aimée isn’t the only one looking for the painting. The next day, Yuri is found tortured to death in his kitchen. By the time she gets to his Montparnasse atelier, the precious painting has already been stolen, leaving Aimée smelling a rat. At least, that what she tells herself … repeatedly.īut all bets are off when Yuri Volodya, a mysterious old Russian man, hires Aimée to protect a painting. When Aimée’s long-term partner and best friend Rene leaves their detective agency for a new job in Silicon Valley, Aimée knows she can handle the extra workload. A long-lost Modigliani portrait, a grieving brother’s blood vendetta, a Soviet secret that’s been buried for eighty years-Parisian private investigator Aimée Leduc’s current case is her most exciting one yet. With the fate of the Earth resting heavily upon his shoulders, Simba is left with no choice but to fightback.Īuthor Derek Goneke has lived an extraordinary life, aiming to be fulfilled through his passionate pursuits and excellent work. Simba and his friends are faced with another challenge-retrieving the stone of conquestbefore it falls into the wrong hands. Simba The Fireboy and the Aliens of Yttrium is the fifth book of Derek Goneke's six-part series Simba the Fireboy. The fierce battle between the forces of both good and evil continues on. Read between the covers of "The Last Mind Bender", and walk along Simba in a timeless battle. How will Simba come back to his timeline? How long can Lily hide from Quinn? And will Simba be able to beat Quinn, or will it be his last battle? Lily took the treasure with her to keep it out of Quinn's reach, but he is after her. In a battle against Quinn and his boys, Simba was knocked out and Lily had to leave him behind. Simba, our young Fireboy, had traveled across time planes with Lily to get the treasure of Calin and to save the world from the hands of Quinn. The Course was initially scribed and typed up during the years of 1965–1972 by two professors of Medical Psychology at Columbia University: Helen Schucman and Bill Thetford. “ A Course in Miracles is a modern-day program for healing the Mind, removing all judgment, learning to trust the Higher Self/Holy Spirit/Intuition, and coming to consistent Peace of Mind.” 6/5/2023 0 Comments Author of american dirtOn Wednesday, Miller did appear to recognize missteps by the company in a statement. “I hope this makes people realize how conservative publishing really is,” Myriam Gurba, a Mexican American writer, told the Guardian.Īmid the controversy, Flatiron Books and Headline, the book’s British publisher, kept up support for the author. Roxane Gay deplored Oprah’s decision to elevate the novel. Author Celeste Ng shared a review calling Cummins’ depictions of Mexico “laughably inaccurate”. Julissa Arce Raya, the author of My (Underground) American Dream, argued American Dirt was not representative of her experience as an undocumented immigrant in America. But, following its release, Cummins and Flatiron Books quickly drew fire for positioning the novel as a seminal book about Mexican immigrants. American Dirt, Cummins’ third novel, had been met with massive pre-publication praise and had been selected for Oprah Winfrey’s book club. 6/4/2023 0 Comments The weather jenny offill“’I wish you were a real shrink,’ husband says. She is reckoning with middle age (and a bad knee) and is the kind of empathetic soul who soaks in the humanity around her, a person to whom people tell their troubles. Lizzie, once a promising graduate student, now works in a university library. The Buddha once described how his father protected him from the elements.Ī white sunshade was held over me day and night so that no cold or heat or dust or grit or dew might inconvenience me. Offill’s structure seems to approximate human thought in the digital age, where every idea that surfaces can be pursued down rabbit holes of facts and associations, such as when Lizzie, the narrator, is caring for her infant niece: The effect is not fragmentation, however, but cumulative awareness and understanding. She writes in short dispatches, describing everyday occurrences and numinous moments alike in only a few lines. Jenny Offill’s voice in Weather stays in your bones and invades your thought patterns long after the book is set aside. |