![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Under Nielsen's penetrating eye, Ott's story illuminates the messy historical forces that shaped nineteenth-century women's encounters with money, marriage, and madness. Nielsen brings impassioned analysis to the ways that ableism, patriarchy, violence, and money shaped the life of one reputedly mad woman. "The book brilliantly renders the complex life of Dr. A wonderful read." - Indiana Magazine of History ![]() A Disability History of the United States pulls from primary-source documents and social histories to retell US history through the eyes, words, and impressions of the people who lived it. Covering the entirety of US history from pre-1492 to the present, this is the first book to place the experiences of people. As Nielsen tells Ott's life story, she examines the relationship between interlocking power structures-race, gender, class, ability, and settler colonialism-and personal circumstances. Nielsen - Author Erin Bennett - Narrator. "Kim Nielsen's Money, Marriage, and Madness: The Life of Anna Ott is a brief, beautifully written, and wholly original biography. a powerful way of backing into the story of a life that would otherwise be completely lost." - Annals of Iowa "Nielsen brilliantly contrasts the differences that occurred once Ott swiveled from doctor to patient. Reviews"Ott's story is both compelling in itself and revealing about the broader society she inhabited." - Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel People with disabilities - United States - History, Sociology of disability - United States - History, People with disabilities - Legal status, laws, etc. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() I was glad to find it in the library when I was looking for quick reads to get through over the holiday break. Thoughts and Themes: I had seen this book around but just hadn’t had the time to pick it up yet. ReviewĬW: Islamophobia, War, Hate Crime Depiction, Racism Maybe America, too, is a place where Jude can be seen as she really is. But this life also brings unexpected surprises-there are new friends, a whole new family, and a school musical that Jude might just try out for. The American movies that Jude has always loved haven’t quite prepared her for starting school in the US-and her new label of “Middle Eastern,” an identity she’s never known before. But when things in her hometown start becoming volatile, Jude and her mother are sent to live in Cincinnati with relatives.Īt first, everything in America seems too fast and too loud. ![]() Jude never thought she’d be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rue is the only half-god, half-human there, where leaders protect their magical powers at all costs and thrive on human suffering. Rue’s taken from her neighborhood by the father she never knew, forced to leave her little sister behind, and whisked away to Ghizon-a hidden island of magic wielders. But when her mother is shot dead on her doorstep, life for her and her younger sister changes forever. “Make a way out of no way” is just the way of life for Rue. Perfect for fans of Angie Thomas, Tomi Adeyemi, and The Hunger Games! In this riveting, keenly emotional debut fantasy, a Black teen from Houston has her world upended when she learns about her godly ancestry and must save both the human and god worlds. ![]() In her spare time, she volunteers at an alternative school, provides feedback for aspiring writers, loves on her three littles, and cooks up dishes true to her Texas and Louisiana roots. She’s worked as a preschool director, middle school teacher, and high school creative writing mentor. Elle’s passion for empowering youth dates back to her first career in education. An advocate for marginalized voices in both publishing and her community, J. Elle was born in Houston, Texas, and is a first-generation college student with a bachelor’s in journalism and MA in educational administration and human development. Elle for a discussion on “Wings of Ebony.” ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() That the planet itself is one not even suspected to exist when the Inhabits in the galactic year 2053, which in earth terms would be 4272. The ancestor of most, if not all, of the inhabitants of the planet he Known as the Senior, the oldest man alive and to one degree or another Smith on the planet Earth in the year 1912 and is, as the novel opens, Would be an overstatement - of the man who was born Woodrow Wilson The story - one must avoid the temptation to say life story, for that Of inhabited planets in it can be viewed only in approximations. When not only the human population of the galaxy, but the very number History and countless light-years of space. Most ambitious, ranging as it does over twenty-three centuries of Time Enough for Love is Robert Heinlein's longest novel. ![]() ![]() After your parents die, you see it differently.” She describes the forthcoming novel as “a book about what matters….What matters is loving and being loved.” The key to long term happiness, she adds, is having a partner “who understands you better than you understand yourself.” As with many of her earlier books, Dying is about “humor and sadness-that’s my thing.” She later comments, “My humor is the humor of the gallows…of the pogrom.” It is worth noting that she is an expert on satire, having writing a master’s thesis on Alexander Pope. ![]() ![]() “As you get older, you see your life differently. At seventy-two, with four marriages and twenty-five major publications under her belt, Jong remains passionate about writing-with a new novel, Fear of Dying, due out in 2015.įear of Dying, although fiction, reflects the insights that Jong has acquired during her maturation from feminist icon to doyenne of letters. In Erica Jong’s best-selling 1973 novel, Fear of Flying, narrator Isadora Wing reflects, “No writer can tell the truth about life, namely that it is more interesting than any book.” Maybe that prophesy is self-fulfilling, because over a four-decade literary career as a poet, novelist, memoirist and patron of younger writers, Jong has led a life far larger than much fiction. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Lucasfilm is, of course, the iconic production company founded by George Lucas in 1971, which is best known for its work on the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises. The company most recently released the Gorō Miyazaki-directed fantasy Earwig and the Witch, based on the novel of the same name by Diana Wynne Jones, back in 2020. The revered Japanese animation studio’s video post simply flashed its own logo alongside that of the famed Disney subsidiary, and the latter studio couldn’t be reached for comment this morning.īut the notion of something major stemming from the enigmatic message was given some weight when it was retweeted by Walt Disney Pictures’ President of Marketing Asad Ayaz, in a post which you can view below.įounded in 1985 by filmmakers Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata and Toshio Suzuki, Studio Ghibli is the Oscar-winning company behind such classic films as My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle, among many others. It’s not yet clear what the project is, what medium it’s in or who’s involved. PREVIOUSLY, NOVEMBER 10: Studio Ghibli took to Twitter on Thursday to hint at a collaboration with Lucasfilm. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Because my Spanish speaking experience has been in the Andean and Caribbean regions, I sometimes know other words. ![]() Personally for me I almost gave this four stars instead of five because this book liek so many books this seems to me to be very Mexican-American focused (bear with me, no hate emails please). Because in order for the paragraph to make sense (and rhyme) you kinda need to know how to pronounce what you are reading. If you don't speak Spanish (or can't pronounce Spanish words) this book may be slightly difficult. Other books have just certain characters speaking Spanish (Think Dora Explorer style), this book has Spanish words thrown in the text flow like a natural Spanglish speak. Some bilingual books have the English and Spanish text on the page which ever makes a super long book or a confused page. I love that the Spanish words are interspersed with the English text. And a week before Christmas I stumbled upon this book in my local library. I am always looking for good bilingual books. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is a book to share with all children, to help them understand that each one of them is unique and valuable.Ībout the Author Harvey Fierstein is a four-time Tony Award-winning writer, actor, and gay-rights activist. Henry Cole's gently humorous illustrations give it a new vitality. ![]() Acclaimed actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein has crafted a heartwarming story, based on his award-winning HBO animated special, about learning to embrace the special qualities we all possess. But when his father is wounded by a hunter's shot, Elmer proves that the biggest sissy can also be the greatest hero. While they like to play baseball, he wants to put on the halftime show. While they like to build forts, he loves to bake cakes. Elmer is not like the other boy ducklings. Full color.īook Synopsis From Tony Award-winning actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein, a funny and touching story of a duckling who embraces his identity. About the Book Based on an award-winning HBO animated special, this touching tale of a sissy duck who would rather bake than play baseball encourages children to embrace their special qualities. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Port Royal is a collection of alleys, with mud and manure on the ground and very few streets with cobblestones. Any flagging township people might envision from that is swiftly dashed: Crichton paints the town and its surrounding waters very realistically. Pirate Latitudes takes readers to Port Royal, the strongest English-established colony in Jamaica. The New World in the 1600’s is described in such a rich, grimy way that it is more exciting and infinitely more real than anything that has come before it. Pirate Latitudes, written by Crichton before his death in 2008, is a story of blood, mud and sacrifice, and relentless storms waiting to crush those who sail the ocean unprepared.Įxpect a story of theft, murder, revenge, betrayal and justice in the eyes of the men and woman who call themselves privateers, who believe in their laws and follow their code in life and to death. Do not, whatever you do, expect a story of banter and booze, parrying swords or armies of floating corsairs. The tale revolves around a crew of privateers stealing a sizable treasure from under the noses of the Spanish guarding it. Over the winter holidays, I sat down with a few days off to read the latest book from HarperCollins Publishers, Pirate Latitudes by the late (and truly great) Michael Crichton. ![]() ![]() It kind of forget-able and I’m not sure I even want to read the second book in the series at all. Second is that even though I enjoyed the book enough at the time. There wasn’t even a space between chapters (On the kindle version) to mark that the scene ended and that bugged me. Many times I had to stop and go back because I didn’t know what was going on. ![]() One is that the book likes to jump scenes without warning. I know this sounds like it should be rated higher, and I did consider giving it a 4 star rating, but I had some issues with it that I just couldn’t get past. Really I did and I finished it all in less than a day. In my head I pictured a beaten down building with the tree, but this was the closest I could find, and its a beautiful picture. He’s around her age and not very like-able, but then he saves her a promises to take her somewhere safe. She doesn’t know if you her parents and brother are safe or even alive. People are after her and obviously ready to kill, but she doesn’t know why. Hailey is a 20 year old girl who’s life was completely normal one minute and turned completely upside down the next. If you feel anything in my review is a spoiler and is not already hidden in spoiler brackets please let me know. I try to express only my most honest opinion in a spoiler free way. He opened his mouth to say something, then closed it again. Almost like he had expected a more personal question. No-name turned his head and squinted his eyes at me. ![]() ![]() “Why are these guys chasing me?” I finally asked him. ![]() |