![]() ![]() I must have been drawn to the late James even then, since I also recall writing a paper on the latter novel, though what I chiefly remember about that exercise is a gentle suggestion from the instructor that I was not as clear as I might have been about what exactly its innocent protagonist, Lambert Strether, discovers in the climactic episode. ![]() I was a bookish child who spent much of her adolescence consuming nineteenth-century novels indiscriminately with twentieth-century bestsellers, but while I have vivid memories of weeping over Tess of the d’Urbervilles and impressing adults with my capacity to read all of War and Peace, I do not recall encountering James until my sophomore year in college, when a course on the English novel introduced me to both The Portrait of a Lady (1880–1881) and The Ambassadors (1903). ![]() I have been teaching and writing about Henry James for half a century, but it was only the other day that I realized how closely I associate him with the classroom. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Lolo and Abuela were one of the first waves of Cubans who immigrated to south Florida and now they are the heads of a family that includes two children and four grandchildren. Her protagonist Merci Suarez is how Suarez saw herself at the center of one these families, surrounded by grandparents and cousins from both sides of the families. Meg Medina notes that she wrote this book as an ode to multi-generational Latinx families who live in proximity to each other and face challenges that might not be evident in their Caucasian neighbors. I took this as a sign that I wouldn’t overlook this book anymore. Now the youngest is in middle school but I have been teaching in my sharing of upper elementary classrooms, and three Merci Suarez books line most classroom bookshelves. When the book first came out five years ago my three daughters were in late elementary school and the perfect age for this book, but somehow it got overlooked. Every time I go to the library I see this vibrant cover staring at me. I haven’t checked off many award winners in the last few years, as my time has become limited and hence so has my reading. I put more emphasis on the awards themselves than my taste in books, which can be eclectic but does not encompass everything. ![]() Going into every year I say I’m going to win the Pulitzer winners, national book award winners, Newberry winners, etc. ![]() ![]() ![]() Then make it back home to an empty home we found online. Chuckle with me as we live among the French and try to learn their ways and language. ![]() ![]() Experience some wonderful and not-so-wonderful people. Climb mountains, descend into the Paris Metro, dodge pickpockets, endure nasty weather and illness, and witness the flood of the century with us. Come with my wife and me and see this country's amazing beauty, along with all the humorous cultural differences and "what the hell" moments you'll get a kick out of. Paul de Vence), to Provence (Arles, Avignon), then a month in Paris. We traveled from Florida (Tampa and Key West), to Portugal (Funchal, Madeira), to Spain (Malaga, Cartagena, and Barcelona), to the Côte d'Azur in the south of France (Antibes, Nice, Eze, St. With no mortgage or rent to pay, we left with no return date or home to come back to. Putting all our furniture in storage, we left everything behind to experience an adventure of a lifetime. Find out how life threw a lemon at us with losing our home, and our attempt to make lemonade. "Vagabonds in France" is a lighthearted book about an unexpected travel adventure to France. ![]() ![]() Fawcett gave up his railway job to become a cub reporter for the Minneapolis Tribune. Three more sons followed over the next five years: Roger, Gordon, and Roscoe Kent. The same year he began clerking, Fawcett's wife gave birth to twins, Marion and Wilford H. Paul, where Fawcett clerked for the Railway Mail Service. Fawcett was injured in the Philippines and returned to the United States. ![]() He spent two years in the Philippines, serving in the Philippine-American War, where he absorbed military culture and the war stories told by older soldiers. His enlistment papers described him as a ruddy-faced, brown-haired youth standing just over five-foot-five.Īrmy life suited Fawcett. Fawcett ran away from home in 1902, at age sixteen, to join the US Army. The Fawcett family moved to North Dakota three years after Wilford's birth. Wilford Fawcett was born in 1885 in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, to Maria Neilson and John Fawcett, a physician. He was also a veteran of two wars, an Olympic athlete, a world traveler, a big-game hunter, and a resort owner. ![]() He was editor and publisher of a bawdy men's humor magazine called Captain Billy's Whiz Bang. ![]() ![]() One of the most colorful characters on the scene in early twentieth century Minnesota was Wilford Hamilton "Captain Billy" Fawcett. ![]() ![]() ![]() Roma knows it’s his fault for letting the ruthless Juliette back into his life, and he’s determined to set things right-even if that means killing the girl he hates and loves with equal measure. Roma is still reeling from Marshall’s death, and his cousin Benedikt will barely speak to him. If Juliette were actually guilty of the crime Roma believes she committed, his rejection might sting less. The only way to save the boy she loves from the wrath of the Scarlets is to have him want her dead for murdering his best friend in cold blood. One wrong move, and her cousin will step in to usurp her place as the Scarlet Gang’s heir. The year is 1927, and Shanghai teeters on the edge of revolution.Īfter sacrificing her relationship with Roma to protect him from the blood feud, Juliette has been a girl on the warpath. Shanghai is under siege in this captivating and searingly romantic sequel to These Violent Delights, which New York Times bestselling author Natasha Ngan calls “deliciously dark.” Our Violent Ends ( These Violent Delights #2) ![]() ![]() ![]() We show that, in tomato, a strategy based on fruit-specific engineering of three regulatory genes ( AmDel, AmRos1, AtMYB12) and a single biosynthetic gene ( AmDFR), together with the availability of a specific mutation ( f3′5′h), results in the generation of three different varieties producing high levels of anthocyanins with different levels of hydroxylation. The level of hydroxylation of the B-ring is determined by the activity of two key hydroxylases, F3′H and F3′5′H, and by the substrate preference of DFR, an enzyme acting downstream in the biosynthetic pathway. ![]() ![]() Besides colour, this modification can also affect other properties of anthocyanins, including the ability to protect the plant against different stresses or, when included in the human diet, to provide benefits for disease prevention. ![]() The degree of hydroxylation on the B-ring affects the hue of these pigments, causing a shift from the orange end of the visible spectrum to the blue end. The range of colours of many flowers and fruits is largely due to variations in the types of anthocyanins produced. ![]() ![]() ![]() Leon Uris magnificently portrays the birth of a new nation in the midst of enemies-the beginning of an earthshaking struggle for power. Exodus is an international publishing phenomenon-the towering novel of the twentieth century's most dramatic geopolitical event. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with some rubbing to the extremities. He is a co-author of five other books and has penned scores of historical articles and book reviews in various learned journals, such as The Journal of Contemporary History, Slavic Review, The Russian Review, German Studies Review and Journal of Military History. He was the author of seven books, the most recent of which was War Crimes, Genocide, and the Law: Historical Perspective, published in 2009. He was twice a Fulbright scholar in Germany in 03. Arnold Krammer Shalom Leon Uris." The recipient, Arnold Krammer was a historian who specialized in German and United States history and a professor at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to historian Arnold Krammer, "For Dr. ![]() ![]() ![]() Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. First edition, early printing of the authorâ s magnum opus. ![]() ![]() There is an expression, no doubt about it, which indicates that one has not a single doubt about some issue. I know in some cases this is first language interference, because speakers of Romance languages such as Italian, Spanish, and apparently Portuguese actually do say (in their language) the equivalent of I have a doubt, but this translates poorly to English. In English we don't normally say or think I have a doubt. In English, we ask questions when we are in doubt, or when we doubt something. But native English speakers would much more likely say I'm not sure about. You ask a question relevant to your doubt about some subject. But in English you do not say I have a doubt. ![]() Local inhabitants havent the slightest doubt as to who is the rightful owner. There can be little doubt that he will offend again. I had my doubts when she started, but shes getting really good. If you are in doubt about something, it means you are not sure of the answer or solution. This raises doubts about the point of advertising. ![]() I have a doubt does not mean I have a question. ![]() ![]() Their efforts would end the fighting for good, but they’re not without sacrifice. Noemi and Abel are enemies in an interstellar war, forced by chance to work together as they embark on a daring journey through the stars. To the people of Genesis, he’s an abomination. He wants only to protect his creator, and to be free. ![]() To their enemies on Earth, she’s a rebel.Ībandoned in space for years, utterly alone, Abel’s advanced programming has begun to evolve. Noemi Vidal is willing to risk anything to protect her planet, Genesis, including her own life. The cover caught me first, the summary second, and finally I decided I just had to read it. Why I Chose It: I kept looking at it while at work. Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers ![]() Series: Book 1 of the Constellation Series ![]() ![]() He marries Queen Guinevere, and Merlin gifts them the Round Table, foretelling the great deeds of the knights still to arrive. Balyn strikes the Dolorous Stroke, cursing King Pelles and his Castle Carbonek but creating the conditions for the Holy Grail to come to Camelot in the future.Īrthur defeats his evil opposition and banishes the Saxons. ![]() One of Arthur’s knights, Balyn, has a series of tragic adventures after keeping a cursed sword. Arthur gathers followers and receives the sword Excalibur and its magical scabbard from Avalon, which the wizard Merlin prophesizes will help him create the godly realm of Logres. After being raised in secret, the young Arthur miraculously pulls a sword from an anvil, which declares he is the rightful king. Book 1 “The Coming of Arthur” tells how Arthur became king and united Britain. ![]() King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table is divided into four books, each following a different era of King Arthur’s reign. ![]() |