Through her deliveries, we get to know the people on her route - almost all of them impoverished but with an intense love of the written word. Inspired by the real blue people of Kentucky and the Pack Horse Libraries instituted by President Roosevelt, this is a compelling, sweet, sad and ultimately uplifting story of Cussy Mary, one of the last blue people living in the holler who also serves as a pack horse librarian. Inspired by the true blue-skinned people of Kentucky and the brave and dedicated Kentucky Pack Horse library service of the 1930s, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek is a story of raw courage, fierce strength, and one woman’s belief that books can carry us anywhere―even back home.Ĥ.5 Stars. If Cussy wants to bring the joy of books to the hill folks, she’s going to have to confront prejudice as old as the Appalachias and suspicion as deep as the holler. Not everyone is keen on Cussy’s family or the Library Project, and a Blue is often blamed for any whiff of trouble. Thanks to Roosevelt’s Kentucky Pack Horse Library Project, Troublesome’s got its very own traveling librarian, Cussy Mary Carter.Ĭussy’s not only a book woman, however she’s also the last of her kind, her skin a shade of blue unlike most anyone else. The hardscrabble folks of Troublesome Creek have to scrap for everything―everything except books, that is.
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“This is a terrific book for those who have a newborn in the house… And for those of us who just need a book that rights the world for us, that reminds us of that world in all its richness.” - American Indians in Children’s Literature “Highly recommended” - Canadian Review of Materials, 4/4 stars Young children will be captivated by the stunning beauty of the Arctic world embracing little Kulu.” - Quill and Quire Lyrically and tenderly told by a mother speaking to her own little Kulu an Inuktitut term of endearment often bestowed upon babies and young children, this visually stunning book is infused with the traditional Inuit values of love and respect for the land and its animal inhabitants. This beautiful bedtime poem, written by acclaimed Inuit throat singer Celina Kalluk, describes the gifts given to a newborn baby by all the animals of the Arctic. "Dream a little, Kulu, this world now sings a most beautiful song of you." 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Unlike Fort, known for his idiosyncratic writing style, Corliss initially offered little in the way of his own opinions or editorial comments, preferring to let the articles speak for themselves. Many of the articles in Corliss's works were earlier mentioned in Charles Fort's works. Corliss was inspired by Charles Fort, who decades earlier also collected reports of unusual phenomena. Each volume was devoted to a scientific field ( archeology, astronomy, geology, et cetera) and featured articles culled almost exclusively from scientific journals. Starting in 1974, Corliss published a number of works in the "Sourcebook Project". Agent: Nell Pierce, Sterling Lord Literary.(Jan. Readers will be left hooked but unsatisfied. This series opener is literary, ambitious, and epic in scope, but it is unclear how the disparate plot threads will connect, and the novel ends just as the story picks up. Elsewhere, a group of zealots from the kingdom of Oromondo invade their neighboring countries, leading to a guerilla war. Download a FREE sneak peek of debut author Sarah Kozloff's breathtaking and cinematic epic fantasy of a ruler coming of age, A Queen in Hiding, first in the quartet of The Nine Realms series.Exiled and hunted, Cerulia, Princess of Weirandale, knows she has one destiny.Her enemies failed to kill her, and no one harboring her is safe. Meanwhile, Weirandale’s regent, Matwyck, searches for the missing princess, seeing her as a threat. As the years pass, Wren develops the ability to communicate with animals and Cressa’s quest takes a tragic turn. She joins her husband on the high seas, working to wipe out the threat of piracy as part of her long-term plan to retake the throne, and sends her eight-year-old daughter, Cerulia, into hiding with a common family who know the child as Wren. After a political betrayal, Queen Cressa of Weirandale is exiled. A queen and her young daughter are forced to separate and go into hiding when a corrupt politician tries to. Spanning the course of 12 years, Kozloff’s sweeping debut fantasy, the first in the Nine Realms series, introduces a vast cast and an intricate universe. Kaladin makes a friend while working as a bridgeman, an apparent wind spren who is able to talk to him named Syl. Kaladin himself has to deal with depression and trauma from his own time as a soldier, then a slave, and then a bridgeman.Īt the same time, The Stormlight Archive is full of moments of hope and wonder that help balance out the darker elements. Shallan, a lady who is trying to learn from a notable scholar, has her own haunted past and issues. Dalinar, a noble trying to unite his kingdom against a looming threat to the world, has a troubled past full of demons and crimes. Many of the Stormlight Archive characters are not necessarily uncomplicated heroic. Some of the best passages of the book describe the horror and pain of these bridge runs. This bridge crews are sometimes made up of slaves, who are forced to go first in the army and bear the brunt of the enemies' archery. For that, they need bridges, which need to be carried by people. On the Shattered Plains, where the Alethi fight a war for vengeance over their dead king Gavalar, there are many cracks in the ground that people can't cross. Bridge Crews are the lowest part of the armies in this world. Kaladin finds himself, early in the novel, as part of a bridge crew. She’s the author of Young Adult, New Adult, and Adult fiction-with lots of kissing. She loves classic cars, traveling, puppies, and can be bribed with The People's Coffee mochas. She lives in Utah with her extremely supportive husband and their dog, S'more. She has worked as a journalist, freelance writer, and director of communications and marketing. However, after consulting with her parents, she realized she had already exceeded hobbit height and since fairies and dragonslayers were tricky jobs to get, she decided she wanted to create worlds of her own.Īngela is a USA Today Bestselling author, and a graduate of Westminster College where she double majored in communication and sociology and minored in business. Her childhood reading habit led her to consider her future career. She used to follow along with the narrator and dream of when she would be able to read by herself. As a child, Angela Corbett’s most prized possession was a set of read-along books. “Unmissable.”, “…incredible…”, “…an unstoppable read…”, “…a powerful book…”, and “…an exceptional story.” - Readers’ Favorite (★★★★★) Thais is left to discover what her mother bargained for while lies, deceit, and secrets propel her and all of her people into one epic struggle for survival.Įxperience the rise of tyranny, discover the power of a people amid a sea of lies, deceit, and secrets, and unveil the legacy behind the legend. Seeing no other option to end the pending war, Thais' mother strikes a bargain with their Mother Goddess, trading her life for her daughter's future. Yet the biggest threat to the people of Tiryns is not the soldiers on the plains but the growing division within the city. Thais, the Tiryns chieftain's daughter, is caught between her father's wish for peace without bloodshed and the senior councilman's desire to wage war. In 1650 BC, King Oceanus, a self-proclaimed lord of the sea, arrives with his soldiers on the shore of Tiryns and begins a struggle for power and dominance. Grab this gripping historical drama, and go back to a time when men became legends and kings became gods. Before the Muses spoke of Medusa, a woman inspired the myth. In this sense, the patriarchy extends well beyond the military the military is merely the most recognizable symbol of patriarchy and so in its extreme form it becomes the ultimate symbol of the patriarchy: fascism. Critique of Patriarchyįor neither the first nor last time, Woolf’s writing is attack against the corrosive legacy of the patriarchy. On the other hand, of course, women have not been so glorified and thus are naturally more resistant to war-like solutions. This conflation becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy of predetermination. Literature and history has served to conflate masculinity with heroism on the battlefield to the extent that while such warriors attain a certain kind of immortality, those who have sought diplomatic solutions to avoid war have been forgotten. Woolf argues that war remains an inevitability when the greatness of men is based upon the exploits of the warrior. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. Instead, education involves rising above a world of material things, which are only shadows or images of the truer realities, the immaterial Forms. Plato rejects the notion of education as simply providing information or filling students' heads with knowledge. The allegory is a story about what genuine education would be. After habituation, he becomes able to fully use his power of sight to see real things, the heavens, and the sun that illuminates them. One of the prisoners is freed of his chains and brought up into the sunlit world above. In this allegory, prisoners are confined within an underground dwelling, and believe that reality is the images and sounds projected in front of them. Specifically it examines his famous Allegory of the Cave set out early in book 7. This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher Plato's work, The Republic, in particular book 7. |