![]() ![]() She lets us hear the voice of the people as revealed in the other "declarations" of 1776: the local resolutionsmost of which have gone unnoticed over the past two centuriesthat explained, advocated, and justified Independence and undergirded Congress's work. ![]() In Maier's hands, the Declaration of Independence is brought close to us. ![]() Maier describes the transformation of the Second Continental Congress into a national government, unlike anything that preceded or followed it, and with more authority than the colonists would ever have conceded to the British Parliament the great difficulty in making the decision for Independence the influence of Paine's Common Sense, which shifted the terms of debate and the political maneuvers that allowed Congress to make the momentous decision. ![]() It is truly "American Scripture," and Maier tells us how it came to befrom the Declaration's birth in the hard and tortuous struggle by which Americans arrived at Independence to the ways in which, in the nineteenth century, the document itself became sanctified. Pauline Maier shows us the Declaration as both the defining statement of our national identity and the moral standard by which we live as a nation. ![]()
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![]() There are more things here to kill you than anywhere else in the world: all of the ten most poisonous snakes, sharks and crocodiles in abundance, the paralytic tick, and venomous seashells that will “not just sting you but actually sometimes go for you.” A place harsh and hostile to life, “staggeringly empty yet packed with stuff. ![]() It was here, after all, that the Prime Minister dove into the surf of Victoria one day and simply disappeared-the prime minister, mind you. This time it is Australia, a country tailor-made to surrender just the kind of amusing facts Bryson loves. “And so once more to the wandering road,” declares Bryson-which is music to the ears of his many deserving fans. ![]() ![]() Just in time for Sydney’s upcoming Olympic games, this travel narrative from veteran wanderer Bryson ( I’m a Stranger Here Myself, 1999, etc.) provides an appreciative, informative, and hilarious portrait of the land Down Under. ![]() ![]() A genius billionaire playboy with a flying, weaponized suit an alien with actual superpowers a superpowerful World War II experiment a genius who turns into an angry green giant a superspy skilled at manipulation and armed to the teeth and a guy who shoots arrows. Among the Avengers that made it to the big screen in 2012, most of them seemed logical choices. It worked, but some B listers are more B list than others. Turn the B team into the A team, starting with Iron Man and working their way through the Avengers. At the beginning, the talking heads discuss the difficulty of getting Marvel Studios up off the ground, especially since their A-list heroes-the Fantastic Four, Spiderman, and the X-Men-were (and remain!) controlled by other studios. I say this as someone who whooped at the screen and side-eyed their efforts to pretend Edward Norton was never the Hulk. ![]() Last week, instead of airing another episode of the tepid Agents of SHIELD, ABC instead aired Creating the Marvel Universe, a hour-long commercial for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, especially Captain America: The Winter Soldier and The Avengers: Age of Ultron. ![]() ![]() Hawkeye: My Life as a Weapon by Matt Fraction, David Aja, and Javier Pulido ![]() ![]() ![]() It was inexplicable, impossible, but it had to be true-didn't it? When two young cousins, Frances Griffiths and Elsie Wright from Cottingley, England, claim to have photographed fairies at the bottom of the garden, their parents are astonished. Now, in her newest novel, international bestseller Hazel Gaynor reimagines their story.ġ917. ![]() The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home turns the clock back one hundred years to a time when two young girls from Cottingley, Yorkshire, convinced the world that they had done the impossible and photographed fairies in their garden. One of BookBub's Most-Anticipated Books of Summer 2017! An artful weaving of old legends with new realities, this tale invites the reader to wonder: could it be true?" - Kate Alcott, New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmaker "The Cottingley Secret tells the tale of two girls who somehow convince the world that magic exists. ![]() ![]() ![]() The last tradition left was the weekly dance, which ceremoniously brought these courageous women and men together for a quickstep, fox trot and brief respite from the rigours of wartime. For the first time, women were doing their bit as nurses in war zones, members of the services, farmhands, factory workers or volunteers in community service. Their passion, courage, resilience and commitment during wartime were all a precursor to the astonishing changes brought about by this incredible generation. ![]() From Malta to Australia, New Zealand to the UK, the challenges and adventures faced by these women were unprecedented. My books inc A Womans War, Between the Dances. Revealing poignant and personal conversations, photographs and letters, Between the Dances is a testament to real life during World War 2. Published by Ventura Press Distributed by Simon & Schuster eBook. I find it inspiring to write about pioneering & heroic women. Thousands of women ventured where few had gone before – into the services and workplaces previously considered the sole preserve of men.In preparation for her book Between the Dances, Jacqueline Dinan, interviewed over three hundred women around Australia to collect the last first hand stories from World War Two. The start of World War 2 changed women's lives and their place in Australian society forever. Between The Dances Jacqueline Dinan Ventura Press via RRP 32.99 ISBN 9781925183757 bodyFrom Asia to Australia, Malta to the Middle East and New Zealand to the UK, the challenges and adventures faced by women during World War II were unprecedented. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It shows convincingly and compellingly, what would happen if everyone in the world were given a single blunt command: Think or die. Which was why Joe Carter, the worlds only true telepath, and two brilliant Professors had to assume the role of Skid Row bums.Īll this is only the beginning of one of the most thoughtfully written, and thought provoking, science fiction novels ever written. So Bossy had to go underground, and work in hiding. Soon the men who worked with Bossy found themselves able to solve their problems, to erase their prejudices - in short, to think.ĭid the world welcome Bossy with open arms and glad cries? No, because for four decades the world had been in the grip of opinion control, and Bossy represented a serious threat to that dominance. But she became something much greater: a hypercomputer. ![]() Given those facts, her conclusions and predictions were inevitably correct.īossy had been designed as a servomechanism for guiding airplanes. She was limited only in that she had to have facts - not assumptions - with which to work. ![]() ![]() Everything I thought I knew was now questioned, and I didn’t know who could be trusted or where to turn. ![]() Just when I thought I had everything under control, our enemies attacked the hunter guild from every angle, and my whole world was kicked out from beneath me. There’s too much at stake to allow myself to be influenced or for him to stand in my way. There’s one thing Kieran didn’t count on, though. He’s an egotistical maniac with a secret agenda and a psychotic need to possess and control me. The transition should have gone smoothly, and it would have if Kieran Knight hadn’t shown up. ![]() The moment I took control, everything began to unravel around me. When the unthinkable happened, my father was taken, and I was forced to step up. ![]() I’d trained my entire life to take over the hunter guild. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Desire and love-perhaps never forgotten-re-igniting in the dark.īut even as passion rekindles, what destroyed them the first time, could destroy the delicate hope that’s begun to take root. ![]() As a result, they’re dredging up emotions and truths which had never been shared. Regardless, both Finn and Molly are forced to re-live the best and worst of their marriage. It had been a long time since their relationship imploded, Finn had dated, and she had finally found her stride with their two kids, including working with Poppy (her friend and ex-sister in law) at The Maysen Jar.īut as more letters arrive, it becomes clear Finn isn’t sending them. Every word and sentiment stir up long-buried feelings, upsetting the now-easy truce between them. Molly Alcott has been divorced for six years, and so she didn’t expect to receive a letter from her ex-husband dated fifteen years ago, chronicling the night they first met. A woman reconnects with her ex-husband after they revisit their past- the good, and the ugly-via mysterious letters in Devney Perry’s latest novel. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Not long after Milos arrives on set, he realizes this will not be an ordinary porn film, and as he's dosed with drugs and led from one extreme of sex, violence, and human debasement to another, Milos becomes aware that his physical and emotional survival is being put to the ultimate test. Milos agrees, even though Vukmir won't tell him what the movie is about. ![]() Vukmir (Sergej Trifunovic) is a mysterious man who offers to pay Milos a huge sum to appear in his next film - enough to support his family for life. Milos has been having serious money problems and wants to better provide for his family, so when an old friend tells him about a wealthy filmmaker who'd like to work with him, he's willing to listen. Milos (Srdjan Todorovic) was once a star in pornographic movies, well known for his ability to perform longer than any of his peers, but he gave up his career and now lives a quiet life with his wife and young son. Filmmaker Srdjan Spasojevic pushes the boundaries of what can (or should) be shown onscreen in this violent and malignly erotic thriller. ![]() ![]() In addition, the story’s further cast of characters are all well-written and thought out each character feels like a real person from society, and they are all reflective of the attitudes people of all walks of life contain today. ![]() Despite any preconceived notions about his race, Justyce always did what he felt was not necessarily always the right choice but the best he could come up with. ![]() He never refrained from speaking questions, and was direct with his thought processes. There was a clear thought process behind every action he made, especially in times when he was subject to a great number of dilemmas over what choice he should make and how it would affect himself and those in his surroundings. As he is tested by classmates and society, he only has one question: what would Martin do?įrom the very beginning, Justyce proved himself to be an empathetic protagonist. ![]() He decides to start a project called “Dear Martin” where he writes a series of letters to the deceased Martin Luther King Jr. One day, an incident in which he is brutalized by a cop causes him to question racial issues in today’s society. He goes to an elite school, he’s a high-ranking member of the debate club and will attend Yale University. ![]() The book focuses on Justyce McAllister, who has just about everything going right in his life. ![]() |