![]() At first rivals, Noa and Astrid soon forge a powerful bond. Noa finds refuge with a German circus, but she must learn the flying trapeze act so she can blend in undetected, spurning the resentment of the lead aerialist, Astrid. And in a moment that will change the course of her life, she snatches one of the babies and flees into the snowy night. When Noa discovers a boxcar containing dozens of Jewish infants bound for a concentration camp, she is reminded of the child that was taken from her. She lives above a small rail station, which she cleans in order to earn her keep. ![]() Sixteen-year-old Noa has been cast out in disgrace after becoming pregnant by a Nazi soldier and being forced to give up her baby. ![]() A powerful novel of friendship set in a traveling circus during World War II, The Orphan's Tale introduces two extraordinary women and their harrowing stories of sacrifice and survival ![]()
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![]() ![]() And who did Thorton find chained to a bench? Captain Tangle, the most notorious corsair of the age, condemned to death in the galleys. Captain Bishop was a rat bastard and made Thorton's life miserable, ultimately stranding him aboard a sinking galley. In the beginning I thought that some how he and Perry were going to make it work, but they didn't. ![]() That gave the material an interesting and different twist - and it's hard to be interesting and different in a genre that's been published for 250 years. Peter Thorton was gay and he had a hopeless secret crush on his best friend and fellow lieutenant, Roger Perry. I started off with the standard formula of the genre: we meet our hero. I'll write one for my own amusement." It snowballed from there. ![]() A couple of years ago, I got disgusted and said, "I'm a writer. I'm a fan of nautical fiction and got tired of the mainstream novels without gay characters, or, when they did, setting them up as nasty little incompetent minor characters whose sole reason for existence was to get knocked down by the big manly straight hero. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Even so, he hasn't forgotten and will point to a child and ask if that one is "coffee.” It took something he hadn't really remarked upon, and told him it was both important and remarkable. ![]() We almost immediately stopped reading the actual text to him and instead talked about what the kids are doing, asked him to find a child with glasses, a barrette, and so on. Kids learn what's important by watching us, and by reading this book to him I've just essentially told him labeling skin color is important. Because the book is busy labeling the different shades, he's now interpreted that to mean it's important to label shades of skin. It's had the complete opposite effect from what I was hoping for. One the other hand, this book has made my son obsessed with skin color. The book shows children playing in various scenarios, and talks about how people come in "cocoa," "rose," "almond," etc. On the one hand, I get what it's trying to do and like many reviewers I love how the author referred to people coming in different "shades" rather than colors. I'm really torn on how to rate this book. ![]() ![]() Whitfield and Roddenberry shared another amusing anecdote about the shooting: As the image formed on the film, he kept saying to himself, ‘My God, this woman is green!’ And so he kept correcting the film developing process in order to turn her back to normal skin color again!” ![]() The technician over at the film lab would receive the film every day and run it through the development solution. We had her so green you couldn’t believe it and she kept coming back pink! Finally we figured out what was happening. Recalling the incident, he says, “We did this three days in a row. Gene’s orders to Fred Phillips: “Paint her greener!” The following day the test film again showed her as pink skinned as ever. Imagine everyone’s surprise, upon viewing the developed film the next day, to find the actress’ face just as normally pink skinned as ever! There was no trace of green." He did a thorough job with the makeup and was quite satisfied with the results. "Now, Fred Phillips is an exceptionally fine makeup artist and recognized as a top pro in the business. ![]() ![]() ![]() Whitfield and Gene Roddenberry recalled in The Making of Star Trek (1968) how Phillips grew increasingly frustrated as three consecutive makeup screen tests, in which Roddenberry’s future wife Majel Barrett had been painted green, came back negative. The “green girl” was the creation of Fred Phillips who also made Spock’s Vulcan look for the original Star Trek television series. ![]() ![]() ![]() Unwilling to express her true feelings to a white woman, Aibileen says that everything is fine.Ī few days later, Minny Jackson, another black maid and Aibileen’s best friend, loses her job working for Hilly’s mother. ![]() Disgusted by Hilly’s idea, Skeeter finds Aibileen and asks if she ever wished she could change things. The novel opens with a luncheon at Leefolt’s house where the 23-year-old white women Hilly Holbrook and Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan discuss Hilly’s initiative to pass a bill that would require every white household to have a separate bathroom for black housemaids. Miss Leefolt, a white housewife, neglects her daughter, but Aibileen showers Mae Mobley with affection. ![]() Set in Jackson, Mississippi, the novel begins in August 1962 with Aibileen Clark, a middle-aged black domestic worker, taking care of Elizabeth Leefolt’s only child, Mae Mobley. ![]() ![]() ![]() One of the best things about the book, is that it had me hooked from the very beginning and kept me hooked until the very end, which many books do not do. The reader gets to take a look at what is going on at her house to see what everyone is doing to try and find her while still being able to know what Summer is doing. The format keeps the book interesting as it changes perspectives with all of the characters. On her walk there, Summer got stopped by a man who kept calling the name “Lilly.” Confused, Summer apologizes and begins to walk away right as the man grabs her and put’s her into the van. Summer seems to have a wonderful life enjoying not having to drive everywhere and instead being able to walk to all of her favorite places, but that all changes.Īfter meeting up with some of her friends, Summer went to the park to try and find another friend who was upset. The beginning of the book starts out telling the story of a teenager named Summer who lives in a small town with her family, friends and boyfriend. I came across this book at the book store under “best seller” and wanted to see for myself if this book really should be a “best seller.” Immediately when I got home I started reading. Natasha Preston’s book, The Cellar, is a novel that has made its way to the top of the “must read” books. ![]() ![]() Make your masters appear more brilliant than they are and you will attain the heights of power.Ģ. In your desire to please or impress them, do not go to far in displaying your talents or you might accomplish the opposite – inspire fear and insecurity. ![]() Published in September 1998, the book has been compared to Sun-Tzu's The Art of War, another manual which provides rules to live ones life by.Īlways make those above you feel comfortably superior. The book uses ancedotes from notable historical figures such as Machiavelli, Talleyrand, Bismarck, Catherine the Great, Mao, Haile Selassie, Lola Montes and various con artists in order to give meaning and examples to the 48 rules. while others decrease it and even ruin us." The book ascribes to a simple premise: "certain actions always increase one's power. It is a manual which provides rules, or laws, for those who seek to increase their power in life. ![]() The 48 Laws of Power is a seminal book by Robert Greene and Joost Elffers. ![]() ![]() Industrial & Organisational : Introduction : Personnel : Organizational psychology : Occupations: Work environment: Index : Outline ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() McBride's bibliography lists twenty-six editions printed between 1869 & 1902 in the Collection of the Mark Twain Memorial and the Stowe-Day Foundation in Hartford, Connecticut. As noted on title page, there are "Two Hundred and Thirty-Four Illustrations" throughout, & with the subtitle: "Being Some Account of the Steamship Quaker City's Pleasure Excursion to Europe and the Holy Land with Descriptions of Countries, Nations, Incidents and Adventures, as they Appeared to the Author." Title page preceded by two illustrations on opposite pages, protected & divided by opaque rice paper. Hardcover in black cloth with gilt lettering, decorations on front cover & spine embossed decorations on back cover. Two collectible versions of an early-career classic travelogue by Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain, the canonical American humorist & writer: (1) The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrim's Progress, American Publishing Company's 1880 printing of the work it first published in 1869. ![]() ISBN: 0195101324 Hartford, CT New York, NY: American Publishing Company Oxford University Press, 1880 1996. Twain, Mark The Innocents Abroad (Two Editions) ![]() ![]() Living in a future where children are a commodity due to a disaster of biblical proportions, he finds himself thrown into a dangerous game that could get him and his family killed. He is not particularly the bravest person to have as a lead character, but I found this made him more human and lifelike to me. He is a hardworking computer programmer/analyst in a huge corporation. I love Science Fiction and Dystopian genres, so when I was offered the chance to read this book, I snatched at it. I received a copy of this book from the author in return for an honest review. ![]() Robyn's Egg - A Futuristic Thriller by Mark Souza Moyer agrees and is soon asked to spy on Perko's enemies. ![]() The cost for their baby, all of their savings and the promise of a favor. When his wife learns their friends negotiated the price of their baby, she sends Moyer to Hogan-Perko, a corporation with a monopoly on human cloning, to negotiate for their child, and Moyer finds himself face to face with Viktor Perko - The Father of Mankind. In an age when babies must be cloned and purchased, the high cost almost makes the point moot. ![]() His wife Robyn, however, is frantic for a child, and Moyer wonders how long his marriage will survive without one. In a dismal future driven by corporations, where most citizens are human billboards focused on status and entertainment, Moyer and Robyn Winfield struggle to attain a baby. 2013 Indie Reader Discovery Award Winner for Best Science Fiction ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "Allusions to Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, the portrayal of a whole community's healing process, and the sharp insights into Caitlyn's behavior enhance this fine addition to the recent group of books with narrators with autism and Asbergers. "A strong and complex character study."- The Horn Book And in her search for it, Caitlin discovers that the world may not be so black and white after all. Then she comes across the word closure-and she realizes this is what she needs. ![]() Caitlin wants everything to go back to the way things were, but she doesn't know how to do that. In order to avoid shame to his family, Boos father decided. When Boo was younger, his father became concerned about some of his behaviors. But Devon was killed in a school shooting, and Caitlin's dad is so distraught that he is just not helpful. Boo Radley is a thirty-three-year-old citizen of Maycomb. Before, when things got confusing, Caitlin went to her older brother, Devon, for help. The world according to her is black and white anything in between is confusing. THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER and ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT NOVELS OF OUR TIME FOR YOUNG READERSĬaitlin has Asperger's. ![]() |