![]() ![]() ![]() In spite of the family’s money problems, she was kept by the nuns in their convent for a year, and attended school up through the first year of junior high. Malnutrition and handling the fungicides used on the plantations frequently caused the workers to grow ill.Īlthough Rigoberta’s parents could not read or write, Rigoberta was lucky enough to receive education when some Belgian nuns found her to be bright and promising. The intense heat of the coast frequently made the highland Indians sick. Many Indians, like Rigoberta’s family, had to spend half the year working on coastal plantations that typically exported coffee and cotton. Her father organized a peasant group, the United Peasant Committee (CUC), and worked to hold on to his land. Her mother and father were both leaders in her community. ![]() Rigoberta was born into a large peasant family. But her story can still be read as a description of the common experiences of many Indians who led lives of exploitation, deep discrimination and fear of Guatemala’s brutal military dictatorships. Some of the facts that Rigoberta shares about her life have been questioned. Rigoberta Menchú’s powerful autobiography begins with these simple words: “This is my testimony. I’d like to stress that it’s not only my life, it’s also the testimony of my people. My personal experience is the reality of a whole people.” ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We learn a bit more about the Fae and the chaos ridden countries that they rule over… and through it all, Irene is amazing. This whole book happens in the span of about two days. And since The Library can’t interfere- being neutral and such- she must go against them and do it alone. The dragons put Irene on a time limit to bring him back or else a war will be started between Dragons and Fae. THEY’RE LIKE LIBRARY BOOKS HOW OBVIOUSLY CONVENIENT.Īfter their last mission, Kai and Irene are on a sort of break when Kai gets kidnapped by the Fae into a highly chaotic Italy, which is extremely harmful to him since he’s a dragon. I sat on my couch and didn’t move for about an hour and a half without realizing. I may be biased, since it’s set in my favorite place- Venice, Italy and it was so fast paced. That’s not saying much, considering we have three more books, but still. I am not alone.”īest book of the series so far. “This is a place built to store books, by people who wanted to preserve books, and used by people who want to read those books. ![]() ![]() ![]() This simple sense of connection matters with something like philosophy, which is a massive and diverse rain forest of ideas.” In addition to delightful explorations of the history of philosophy, the author shows behind-the-scenes moments from The Good Place and touches on the strangeness that exists in the discipline-e.g., Jeremy Bentham’s decision to house his remains in a hideous “skeleton-wax-head contraption” he called an “auto-icon,” now on display at University College London. “They’re the ones that made sense to me, in a cartoon-lightbulb-turning-on-above-my-head kind of a way. “The works discussed in this book are simply the ones I liked and connected with,” he writes. Fully admitting his own limitations, Schur stresses the importance of personal connection. With the assistance of "philosophical nitpicking" by professor May, Schur takes us through 13 chapters, beginning with the question “Should I Punch My Friend in the Face for No Reason?” He then moves on to increasingly trickier philosophical concepts and how best to approach them in our daily lives. Like Schur’s work on The Office, Parks and Recreation, and The Good Place, this book is both heartfelt and funny. ![]() The acclaimed showrunner and TV writer considers philosophy and ethics. ![]() ![]() ![]() She was an inmate and patient at Ashecliffe Hospital, a federal penal institution for the criminally insane, housed in a Civil War-era former barracks on the island. ![]() ![]() Now, in 1954, he's sent back out to Shutter Island to investigate the disappearance of murderess Rachel Solando. Teddy Daniels grew up a boat ride's distance away, then went on to fight honorably in World War II before becoming a marshal and being stationed in his hometown. The rocky isle from which Lehane takes his title is supposedly one of four located immediately outside the busy harbor of Boston, Massachusetts. In Shutter Island, what should be nourishing is not-and what appears to be reality is not, either. Water, in Teddy's migraine-induced dreams, is a cruel instrument of death, and the heavy rains at the midpoint of Lehane's novel cause considerable physical and psychic damage. ![]() Early on in this story we're told that when Teddy's fisherman father took him out on his boat for the first time, the still patches of water caused the boy to throw up "violently, pitching black ropes of it" into the sea. marshal at the center of Dennis Lehane 's second standalone novel, Shutter Island, water is as dangerous as acid. But to Edward "Teddy" Daniels, the troubled U.S. Water has long been represented in literature as a positive force of nature, a source of rebirth and change. ![]() ![]() ![]() Reservation Road is an actor's movie and it's these strong performances that lift the film above TV movie fare. ![]() Even his lawyers don't see much hope for his case but then Ethan's memories of that night return more clearly, leading him to plot a terrible revenge. ![]() His relationship with Grace deteriorates as he seeks out solace in victims' groups and becomes obsessed with attaining justice. ![]() When it becomes apparent that his son's killer will get away, Ethan grows embittered, haunted and withdrawn. Ethan witnesses the hit-and-run, but can't make out the details of the SUV clearly enough to be of much help to the police. Dwight compounds his fatal error, however, by fleeing the scene, telling his startled and slightly injured son that he hit a log. Dwight gets distracted by his cell phone just long enough for a tragic accident to occur, which results in the death of Josh. Also driving down the poorly lit country road is lawyer Dwight Arno (Mark Ruffalo), a divorced dad bringing his boy Lucas (Eddie Alderson) back to his mother's (Mira Sorvino) after a Red Sox game. Connecticut college professor Ethan Learner (Phoenix), his wife Grace (Jennifer Connelly), daughter Emma (Elle Fanning) and young son Josh (Sean Curley) are coming home from Josh's recital when they stop for gas along Reservation Road. ![]() ![]() ![]() Through them he learns the art of war, learning how to fight and becoming an envied charioteer.īut soon Hui finds himself in an even greater battle - one for the very heart of Egypt itself. Determined to seek vengeance for the death of his father and rescue his sister, Ipwet, Hui swears his allegiance to these enemies of Egypt. Craving power and embittered by jealousy, Hui's stepmother, the great sorceress Isetnofret, and Hui's own brother Qen, orchestrate the downfall of Hui's father, condemning Hui and seizing power in the city.Ĭast out and alone, Hui finds himself a captive of a skilled and powerful army of outlaws, the Hyksos. ![]() But behind the beautiful façades a sinister evil is plotting. The favoured son of a doting father, and ruler-in-waiting of the great city, his fate is set. In the city of Lahun, Hui lives an enchanted life. An Egyptian novel from the master of adventure fiction, Wilbur SmithĪn Ancient Egyptian novel from the master of adventure fiction and global number 1 bestselling author, Wilbur Smith. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jeremy Fisher 8 The Tale of Tom Kitten 9 The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck 10 The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies 11 The Tale of Mrs. The Tailor of Gloucester is number three in Beatrix Potter's series of 23 little books, the titles of which are as follows: 1 The Tale of Peter Rabbit 2 The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin 3 The Tailor of Gloucester 4 The Tale of Benjamin Bunny 5 The Tale of Two Bad Mice 6 The Tale of Mrs. Not only are they exceedingly helpful, but they are also, luckily, far far too clever for the tailor's sly cat, Simpkin. He has a terribly important commission to complete for the Mayor of Gloucester's wedding on Christmas Day but is ill and tired, and before long is running out of food and thread, as well as time! How will he possibly complete the beautiful coat and embroidered waistcoat? Luckily, there lives in the dresser, some very kind and very resourceful mice who set about helping the poor tailor with his work. The Tailor of Gloucester was first published in 1903 and tells the story of a poor tailor trying to survive in his freezing workshop over a hard winter. ![]() ![]() ![]() Dream Dark is set before the much-anticipated third Beautiful Creatures novel, Beautiful Chaos. In this never-before-seen short story by New York Times bestselling authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, listeners witness Link's heart-racing transformation. For being bitten by a Supernatural does more than break the skin - it changes a person, inside and out, turning Link into someone more and more like the dark creature who injured him. Wounded during a climactic battle, Link discovers that tending his injuries won't be as simple as visiting a doctor and that healing his arm should be the least of his worries. ![]() But returning home to Gatlin, South Carolina was just the beginning. When Link joined his best friend, Ethan Wate, on a quest through a mysterious network of underground passageways endlessly crisscrossing the South, he knew the journey would be dangerous. Dream Dark is an exclusive short story linked to the internationally bestselling Beautiful Creatures series. ![]() ![]() ![]() He was exhausted and hypothermic, battling 30 knot winds and two metre swells that threatened to bring his new fantasy friends crashing down on him. “I’ve never had hallucinations before but I’ve also never stayed awake for that period of time before.” When the snowman appeared, Ridler had been awake for 36 hours, most of them spent attempting to swim 100km between Great Barrier Island and Auckland. “At that stage it was definitely getting harder to determine exactly what was going on,” Ridler laughs over Zoom, safely back on dry land. ![]() Drawing on his already-dwindling energy reserves, his voice rang through the night air: “Are you guys real?” When he peered below, the ocean floor gleamed with luxurious courtyard tiling. Then, around him, picture frames and solar panels began to bob on the surface of the sea. ![]() ![]() On the nearby support boat, a snowman and a giant potato stood side by side. Alex Casey talks to ultramarathon swimmer Jono Ridler about exactly what happens when you swim in the sea for nearly two days straight – and why he put himself through it.Īs Jono Ridler ploughed through the water on the second night of his ultramarathon swim, he caught a glimpse of something strange in the darkness of the Hauraki Gulf. ![]() ![]() ![]() In this informative, timely and often harrowing study, Elaine Showalter demonstrates how cultural ideas about 'proper' feminine behaviour have shaped the definition and treatment of female insanity for 150 years, and given mental disorder in women specifically sexual connotations. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBK 3JH 3JJ HBJD1 HBLL HBLW JFSJ1 MMH. A vital counter-interpretation of madness in women, showing how it is often a consequence of, rather than a deviation from, the traditional female role. ![]() Description for The Female Malady: Women, Madness and English Culture, 1830-1980 Paperback. ![]() |