Shetterly margot lee5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() “The thrilling thing to me about the book, and the movie, is this is an American story that we’re getting to see through the faces of these women,” Ms. Shetterly sold her book proposal in 2014, and well before she started writing the book in earnest, a disorientingly fast, if exhilarating, turn. The movie rights were snapped up weeks after Ms. ![]() Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe, is scheduled for a year-end release and set for an Oscars run. The book garnered an early burst of attention because its movie version, starring Taraji P. Shetterly’s first book, “Hidden Figures,” a history being released on Tuesday by William Morrow. ![]() For decades, as the space race made heroes out of lantern-jawed astronauts, the stories of those women went largely untold.įour of them are the subjects of Ms. And that many women in her hometown defied convention, too, by having vibrant, and by most standards, unusual careers.īlack and female, dozens had worked at the space agency as mathematicians, often under Jim Crow laws, calculating crucial trajectories for rockets while being segregated from their white counterparts. It would be years before she learned that this was far from the American norm. Growing up here in the 1970s, in the shadow of Langley Research Center, where workers helped revolutionize air flight and put Americans on the moon, Margot Lee Shetterly had a pretty fixed idea of what scientists looked like: They were middle class, African-American and worked at NASA, like her dad. ![]()
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Plutarch greek lives5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() Students in Charlotte Mason’s schools studied the Lives of famous Greeks and Romans by Plutarch as a means to the study of character and citizenship. High School Government, Economics, and Civics.元-Science Through Time (Secrets of the Universe). ![]()
The bane chronicles books5/24/2023 ![]() There is also an interesting exploration of historical periods and the description of certain time periods draws the reader straight into the past, for example to the time of Prohibition.Įach story is introduced by an illustrated quote from that tale, and these are the ideal 'tasters' to draw in the reader before each story. ![]() ![]() All of the stories have a dark humour, yet are underpinned by more serious issues, such as: homosexuality, grief, ethnic origins, love and feeling accepted by others. They are portrayed as second class citizens in a World where humans are referred to as 'Mundanes' and the ruling classes are Shadowhunters.įans of the Cassandra Clare series will enjoy the extra tales, especially as there are 10 short stories and an exclusive additional story told only in answer machine messages. It gives the reader a much closer insight into the life of a Downworlder, which includes the races of Werewolf, Warlocks, Fairies and Vampires. ![]() This set of short stories is based around the life of Magnus Bane, a Warlock from The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices series. ![]() The 6th extinction an unnatural history5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() Throughout, she combines a historical perspective with the best modern science on offer, while bringing both scientists and species to life. Kolbert’s reporting takes her from the Andes to the Great Barrier Reef, and from a bare rock island off the coast of Iceland to a cave near Albany, N.Y. The eponymous extinction refers to the fact that the current rate of species loss is approaching that of the mass extinctions that ended five previous geologic epochs. New Yorker staff writer Kolbert (Field Notes from a Catastrophe) accomplishes an amazing feat in her latest book, which superbly blends the depressing facts associated with rampant species extinctions and impending ecosystem collapse with stellar writing to produce a text that is accessible, witty, scientifically accurate, and impossible to put down. ![]() No Way Out by Hunter Cara5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() I won’t go too far into the whys and wherefores as I would hate to give anything away. He was married and he did have a child, but his marriage broke up and his child sadly passed away. ![]() As is common with a lot of lead police characters, Fawley has a bit of a complicated personal life. The main character in this book is Detective Inspector Adam Fawley, who is in charge of a small team. ![]() I absolutely loved ‘No Way Out’ but more about that in a bit. I was lucky enough to have a sneaky peek at a review copy and I can honestly say that ‘No Way Out’ was well worth the wait. ‘No Way Out’ isn’t scheduled for release until 18th April 2019. I couldn’t wait to read her latest book called ‘No Way Out’. I have been a fan of Cara’s books since the moment I first picked up ‘Close To Home’, which was Cara’s first book and which was released on 14th December 2017. Then new evidence is discovered, and DI Fawley’s worst nightmare comes true.īecause this fire wasn’t an accident. Why were they left in the house alone? Where is their mother, and why is their father not answering his phone? ![]() The toddler is dead, and his brother is soon fighting for his life. The Christmas holidays, and two children have just been pulled from the wreckage of their burning home in North Oxford. It’s one of the most disturbing cases DI Fawley has ever worked. ![]() Faye's Sacrifice by Madeline Martin5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() Despite the fire of attraction between them, she’s determined to keep her wounded heart locked away. Ewan is brave and handsome and ignites a desire inside her that burns brighter than anything she’s ever imagined possible. But when her grandfather drags her to the Highlands, she’s forced to wed in order to save her sisters. But the woman he married is not the same as the girl he once knew, and his new wife stirs an unexpected blaze of passion within him.įaye Fletcher had no plans to marry, as she knows love brings the deepest hurt. After an unsuccessful first marriage, Ewan is determined to avoid making the same mistakes-a feat made all the more difficult by the threats pushing him into marriage with his new bride. Dangerous lands yield dangerous rebels in Madeline Martin’s steamy, suspenseful spin-off series from the Borderland Ladies.Įwan Sutherland, Chieftain of the Sutherland clan, needs an heir, especially with his uncle intent on claiming the chieftainship. ![]() A declaration of rights of magicians5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() This was a very conversation-oriented book, and ultimately, it just didn't work for me. I kept plugging along, hoping it would become better, and there were definitely moments where I became very interested in the characters and what was going on, but for the most part, I had to really force myself to pay attention. But when I started listening, and it may have been the combination of the narrator and the story, but I had trouble keeping plugged in with endless discussions about politics, philosophy, and religion, The narrator also had this weird way of putting pauses in the middle of his sentences that ended up being more distracting than effective. Thrown on top of that were vampires and magicians. The time period of the French Revolution, the issue of slavery in Britain as well as in the US and France, and well-known public figures of the time, like Robespierre all sounded great. ![]() It didn't really inspire any emotions in me, which is pretty unfortunate. It didn't make me mad, it didn't make me sad, it didn't make me glad. ![]() My biggest complaint is that it was boring. 2.5 stars I expected this to be so much better than it actually was. ![]() Elizabeth by Jessica Hamilton5/23/2023 ![]() Through a mirror in her room she is influenced by Frances a long dead relative and participant in the medieval practice of witchcraft. “An unsettling piece of work.” – New York Times Read moreĮlizabeth Cuttner is the narrator in this somewhat disturbing and twisted tale of a 14 year old who has a story to tell. “An elegant study of a world in which evil is total and totally triumphant.” – Sundays Times (London) “A whirlwind of horror!” – Library Journal This edition includes a new introduction by Jonathan Janz. įirst published in 1976, Ken Greenhall's debut novel Elizabeth is a lost classic of modern horror fiction that deserves rediscovery. ![]() Power that begins with the killing of her parents. ![]() Through Frances, Elizabeth learns what it is to wield power – power of a kind that is malevolent and seemingly invincible. The image in the mirror of fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Cuttner is that of the fey and long-dead Frances, who introduces Elizabeth to her chilling world of the supernatural. You might notice that the image is not yours, but that of an exceptional person who lived at some other time. ![]() ![]() Sit patiently, looking neither at yourself nor at the glass. “If you were to go into your bedroom tonight – perhaps by candlelight – and sit quietly before the large mirror, you might see what I have seen. ![]() Alan moore hbo watchmen5/23/2023 ![]() While Watchmen is famous for putting the superhero genre under a lens, the graphic novel began life as something much more specific. But for the full story, of a multinational corporation and a famously hermetic creator both refusing to play nice, we have to begin at the beginning. The simplest way to put it is that Alan Moore doesn’t approve of Watchmen continuations. has any obligation towards him, they rarely unpack the full details of Moore’s long-standing feud with DC Comics and its origins. But when comics people talk about whether or not Moore has a bone to pick, and whether or not Warner Bros. Same with the credits of Zack Snyder’s 2009 Watchmen film.Īt this point, Moore’s opposition to DC Comics and Warner Bros.’ use of Watchmen is as well known as his co-creation of it. ![]() ![]() But those who stick around for the credits in HBO’s Watchmen will only see Dave Gibbons’ name. The Watchmen graphic novel is generally credited to two people: writer Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. ![]() |