![]() For others, their inclusion highlights important contributions their work has made in preserving and celebrating disappearing culture. For some of these women, we may be familiar with their work and not even realize it. Still, we're treated to a number of inspiring biographical sketches about artists, dancers, architects, and various types of scientists. ![]() Even within the selected bios, there were a few disappointing oversights I was glad to see that Hypatia of Alexandria was included as a mini bio at the end, for example, but I was curious as to why she didn't get the full treatment. I wasn't expecting that, and so was a little disappointed not to see names like Emmeline Pankhurst or Malala Yousafzai. Little Dreamers, however, concentrates on women who are creators, either in the arts or the sciences (and, in some cases, both). ![]() Little Leaders profiles African-American women in all fields. ![]() While it is more of a global look at inspiring women, it's limited in a different way. So when I saw that Harrison had also written Little Dreamers: Visionary Women Around the World, I was excited to take a look. While I thought it was great (and a perfect read for Black History Month), the limited scope of African-American women left me wanting a bit more. ![]() I recently read Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by the same author/illustrator. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() This e-book includes a sample chapter of THE IMMORTAL IRISHMAN. In an era that promises ever-greater natural disasters, The Worst Hard Time is "arguably the best nonfiction book yet" (Austin Statesman Journal) on the greatest environmental disaster ever to be visited upon our land and a powerful reminder about the dangers of trifling with nature. ![]() Brilliantly capturing the terrifying drama of catastrophe, he does equal justice to the human characters who become his heroes, "the stoic, long-suffering men and women whose lives he opens up with urgency and respect" (New York Times). Surviving the Dust Bowl, a 2007 documentary, part of the American Experience series on PBS, would make a valuable contribu on to any book club discussion. Following a dozen families and their communities through the rise and fall of the region, Timothy Egan tells of their desperate attempts to carry on through blinding black dust blizzards, crop failure, and the death of loved ones. The dust storms that terrorized the High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since. In a tour de force of historical reportage, Timothy Egan's National Book Award–winning story rescues an iconic chapter of American history from the shadows. ![]() ![]() Maddex, this book is characteristic Genovese-informative, insightful, and provocative.- Library Journal ![]() Both challenging and complementary to works by Drew Gilpin Faust, Mitchell Snay, and Jack P. ![]() Tests the rhetoric of slave-holding as stewardship against a fearful reality many argued to reform. Genovese has again essayed important questions that scholars need to address in more depth as they probe the many effects of the Civil War upon the South.- Journal of Southern History Genovese makes a convincing, well-documented case that, although southern ministers supported the war for a slaveholding republic, they did not do so uncritically and repeatedly warned southerners that they had to conform to God's word on the treatment of their slaves if the Confederacy were to benefit from God's support and achieve victory.-Gaines M. Gives historians of the pro- and antislavery causes much to think about.- American Historical Review Thoroughly researched and cogently argued. book belongs on the required reading list of all seriously interested in southern history.- Civil War Book ReviewĪlways a superb essayist, develops a crisp and powerful argument about the religious strand in the pro-slavery argument, before, during, and after the war.- Times Literary Supplement Written with intellectual rigor and impressive scholarship. A remarkable and important contribution to southern history during its most critical period. ![]() ![]() When a young college student drowns in the river, signs point to more than just a drowning, and the local police chief asks Daisy to help with the investigation. Working for the local police force as a clerk, she also takes on tasks for Hel that have to do with the supernatural community. Daisy's father is a demon, so she's already a half-breed. ![]() It's also the hometown to an agent of the Norse goddess Hel, Daisy Johanssen. The Michigan resort town of Pemkowet is a strange place, full of eldritch beings that live side-by-side with normal ("mundane") people: ghouls, werewolves, fairies, nymphs, even vampires. It's a great change-of-pace novel, and one I really enjoyed. The last thing I expected to see from Carey is her latest book, Dark Currents, an urban fantasy that not only moves away from the sex (at least slightly) but is also something I never thought I would hear about a Carey book: funny. They have a reputation for being sexually-charged, gritty novels with sado-masochistic themes and explicit sex. Jacqueline Carey is best known for the Kushiel series of books ( Kushiel’s Dart, etc), which I haven't had the pleasure of reading yet. Many authors have a regular style of writing, and sometimes a reputation for something in their novels that may turn off (or turn on) certain types of readers. ![]() ![]() ![]() Urban fantasy book review: Jacqueline Carey's *Dark Currents: Agent of Hel* , ![]() ![]() ![]() Likewise, there are some flashbacks which act as windows into another world and another life, but the worldbuilding in those alternate scenarios seems thin to the careful attention paid to life on the mountain where the main narrative is set. The start is quite slow, which allows the reader to soak in the lives of the main cast, but it drags on quite a bit with perhaps too much density before the story really starts to gain pace. There are some perplexing parts to the book which made it a bit of a difficult read. ![]() The plot is at times grim – very grim, in fact – and descends into some extraordinarily bleak places, but there are plenty of excellent moments when the painstakingly defined characters swing into action. Her son Mamoru, the heir to his father’s legacy, straddles the divide between his parents, striving to live up to his father’s reputation while, at times, seeing the world through his mother’s eyes. ![]() Her husband is a cold man, engrossed in his own thoughts to the point where he seems alien, even to his wife. The story swirls around Misaki Matsuda, the matriarch of the Matsuda clan, the ancient protectors of Kaigen. ![]() ![]() ![]() Veering from the ludicrous to the endearing and back again, Notes from a Small Island is a delightfully irreverent jaunt around the unparalleled floating nation that has produced zebra crossings, Shakespeare, Twiggie Winkie's Farm, and places with names like Farleigh Wallop and Titsey. ("I had recently read," Bryson writes, "that 3.7 million Americans believed that they had been abducted by aliens at one time or another, so it was clear that my people needed me.") But before departing, he set out on a grand farewell tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his home. "Suddenly, in the space of a moment, I realized what it was that I loved about Britain-which is to say, all of it."Īfter nearly two decades spent on British soil, Bill Bryson - bestselling author of The Mother Tongue and Made in America-decided to return to the United States. ![]() ![]() ![]() When she first marries Eil, Afi is completely subservient to society’s expectations and worries about her cooking, cleaning, and pleasing her husband. There are complicated relationships between the characters, made even more dynamic by cultural expectations and traditions. ![]() I loved the simple and straightforward way this is written. ![]() As she becomes accustomed to her new luxurious life, she also becomes obsessed with securing her position as Eli’s only wife. Slowly, Afi learns more about her husband and the other woman he is hiding. Weeks pass, and she’s yet to meet her husband. From there, Afi moves from her small village, where she shared a tiny room with her mother, into a fancy apartment in the city. She finds it a bit strange that her new husband, Eli, doesn’t come to the wedding, but she’s told not to worry about it. When Afi’s family arranges a marriage for her with one of the richest and sought after men in Ghana, she is excited and nervous. Anna: Thank you to Algonquin Books for sending me a copy of this lovely book! His Only Wife is a smart simply written and beautiful story about a modern woman finding her voice under complicated circumstances. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And of course we have a book excerpt just for our ebook readers, too-it's a snippet from THE NIGHT MARKET by Jonathan Moore. For our ebook readers, our exclusive novella is by Will McIntosh ("A Thousand Nights Till Morning"). All that, and of course we also have our usual assortment of author spotlights, along with our book and media review columns, and an interview with author Fonda Lee. Our fantasy reprints are by Joanna Ruocco ("Auburn") and Roger Zelazny ("Divine Madness"). Our fantasy originals are from José Pablo Iriarte ("The Substance of My Lives, The Accidents of Our Birth") and Sarah Pinsker ("The Court Magician"). Valente ("Golubash, or Wine-Blood-War-Elegy") and James Patrick Kelly ("Someday"). We also have with SF reprints by Catherynne M. Susan Jane Bigelow gives us our other piece of original SF ("The Eyes of the Flood"). ![]() Our cover art this month is by Alan Bao, illustrating a new science fiction short by Adam-Troy Castro ("The Streets of Babel"). In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF-and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales. ![]() LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Penelope Flood is the thoroughly disreputable daughter of a merchant and the best beekeeper in town. In a world without epinephrine and antihistamines, bees were a lot more frightening to the uninitiated than they are now, so the only solution if she wants to get the business back on track, is to call in a local beekeeper and have them move the hive. The last thing she needs is a warehouse full of bees, but when she journeys out to their second workshop in the portentously named town of Melliton, that's exactly what she finds. Unfortunately for her, he's much more interested in pursuing radical politics and in her very best apprentice than the administrative demands of the business. The second in Olivia Waite's series of wlw regency romances, The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows is another bi/lesbian romance - this time featuring two older women, radical politics, and weaponized bees.Īgatha Griffin is a respectable widow, running one of the largest printing companies in England and trying to prepare her son to take over one day. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This review won’t be particularly long it’s not a very long book but it’s a beautiful one, inside and out. The last of the Folk of the Air book reviews, and I feel like I should just start the main trilogy all over again now. ![]() Each chapter is paired with lavish and luminous full-color art, making this the perfect collector’s item to be enjoyed by both new audiences and old. This new installment in the Folk of the Air series is a return to the heart-racing romance, danger, humor, and drama that enchanted readers everywhere. ![]() This tale includes delicious details of life before The Cruel Prince, an adventure beyond The Queen of Nothing, and familiar moments from The Folk of the Air trilogy, told wholly from Cardan’s perspective. #1 New York Times bestselling author, Holly Black reveals a deeper look into the dramatic life of Elfhame’s enigmatic high king, Cardan. Once upon a time, there was a boy with a wicked tongue.īefore he was a cruel prince or a wicked king, he was a faerie child with a heart of stone. GoodReads: An illustrated addition to the New York Times bestselling Folk of Air trilogy, that started with The Cruel Prince, from award-winning author Holly Black.Īn irresistible return to the captivating world of Elfhame. ![]() |