Julia Boyd and her book about “ Third Reich travellers” were good company on my Deutsche Bahn trains across Germany, heading for Berlin. This is the second in a series about train and bicycle rides from Switzerland to Belarus, in those carefree days before pandemic lockdowns. Hotel Adlon, Berlin: In the 1930s a favorite of touring British aristocrats and stay-at-home Nazi hierarchs.
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I haven't actually seen Ken Burns' PBS series The War to which this is a "companion book." The written work survives alone, but it did, at times, feel scattered. All the iconic events are here, from Pearl Harbor to the liberation of the concentration camps-but we also move among prisoners of war and Japanese American internees, defense workers and schoolchildren, and families who struggled simply to stay together while their men were shipped off to Europe, the Pacific, and North Africa.Įnriched by maps and hundreds of photographs, including many never published before, this is an intimate, profoundly affecting chronicle of the war that shaped our world. Woven largely from their memories, the compelling, unflinching narrative unfolds month by bloody month, with the outcome always in doubt. They are the voices of ordinary men and women who experienced-and helped to win-the most devastating war in history, in which between 50 and 60 million lives were lost.įocusing on the citizens of four towns- Luverne, Minnesota Sacramento, California Waterbury, Connecticut Mobile, Alabama - The War follows more than forty people from 1941 to 1945. The vivid voices that speak from these pages are not those of historians or scholars. I didn't understand the whole slight magical element - it wasn't very well explained. The plot was very small and straightforward and didn't really do anything for me. It was so uninteresting and not memorable. I would think this kind of writing style (which was very simplistic and dumbed down) was for much younger people. It was just not complex enough for a book aimed a YOUNG ADULTS. I was kind of hoping for some dark brooding boy who has struggles and some sort of character arc. I've never read a Mary Hoffman book before, but I think she is more suited to writing Middle Grade age aimed books. But he acted like he was ten or something. I could have made excuses for it if it was supposed to be a child's book (and I'm not sure I recommend writing a book about the Tudors for kids people - you will never capture that world fully), but this was AIMED AT YOUNG ADULTS. Everything felt so juvenile, and this book is supposed to be aimed at young adults. So, as I said above, Tudor books need to have that more grown up element. And I guess my fears were only again confirmed in this book. Mainly because they normally fail to capture that particular adult darkness about the Tudor world - the stuff that makes literally defines it. I'm always apprehensive when going into books about the Tudors for younger people. 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I - II - III - IV - V - VI - VII - VIII - IX - X - XI - XII - XIII - XIV - XV - XVI - XVII - XVIII - XIX - XX - XXI - XXII - XXIII - XXIV - XXV - XXVI - XXVII - XXVIII - XXIX - XXX - XXXI - XXXII - XXXIII - XXXIV - XXXV - XXXVI - XXXVII - XXXVIII - XXXIX - XL - XLI - XLII - XLIII - XLIV - XLV - XLVI Portuguese King D.João II is the first to receive Columbus and learns of his belief that he had discovered Índia on an expedition for the Spanish King (today we know that the Columbus was wrong and he had in fact discovered America). But why divide the world and the seas with the Spanish if the world already belonged to the Portuguese?Īccording to the Treaty of Alcáçovas, signed years before, Portugal already had the agreement of the Catholic Church that recognized the efforts of the Discoveries of the Portuguese and stated that all the land discovered by the Portuguese (except the Canaries that were given to the Spanish) would belong to the Portuguese – the Mare Clausum.However, on March 4th,1493 a world famous figure arrives in Lisbon claiming a discovery that questions this agreement – Columbus. João II signed the final document of the famous Treaty of Tordesillas, at the Jesus Convent in Setúbal. This happened today, 523 years ago, an important fact of Portuguese History!ĭid you know that 523 years ago Portugal and Spain signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, recognized by the Catholic Church, and all the new discovered world would be divided between them? On September 5th 1494, King D. Portugal and Spain claimed the world for themselves. The new season begins with a look at vinegar. Magnolia Network, 2pm also streams on discovery+Īward-winning chef and restaurateur Katie Button returns to explore the stories behind different delicious ingredients. The episode is followed by the retrospective special A Salute to NCIS: Los Angeles. Sunday, May 21Ĭallen (Chris O’Donnell) and Sam (LL Cool J) brought a lot of fugitives and criminals to justice over 14 seasons of this NCIS spinoff, which ends tonight with “New Beginnings, Part 2.” NCIS continues the search for stolen military-grade weapons, and Callen and Anna (Bar Paly) decide on an impromptu wedding. Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2023 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window).Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window).Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window).Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window).Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window). Once I popped out of grad school, I settled in to try to write my first novel (it was bad and rightfully ended up languishing in the trash, but it was for kids). All through high school and college I worked on shorter pieces, focusing on creative nonfiction, sketches, short stories-that sort of thing. They pushed me into proposing edits and changes to whatever I was reading, and from there I started dreaming up my own stories from scratch. Wilson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 184 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 7.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. I got started in 5th and 6th grade and began by criticizing what I was reading to my parents. Wilson The Door Before (100 Cupboards Prequel) (The 100 Cupboards Book 4) Kindle Edition by N. These stories are (and always have been) my favorite kind. When his travel-writer parents are kidnapped in Colombia, 12-year-old Henry York takes a bus to Kansas to stay with Uncle Frank, Aunt Dotty and cousins. Wilson depicts lovingyet realisticfamilies complete with sibling/cousin bickering and married couples who orbit around each other without seeming cheesy. More specifically, you could say that I want kids who read my stuff to see courage, sacrifice, love, and selflessness learned and exemplified by my characters.ĬCBR: How did you get started writing books for kids and young adults? The 100 Cupboards Series is finely crafted with imaginative new worlds, complex plotting, and terrific character development. I hope to communicate the message and messages that reality (the greatest and grandest of all stories) communicates. She outlines how the fire progressed, the science associated with both the fire itself and the investigation into its causes, and how that investigation ended up focusing on Harry Peak, an aspiring actor who was seen in and around the library by several different people at different times on the day of the fire, and who confessed to friends that he had set it. The first, recounted in a journalistic, research-based style, is the story of the 1986 fire that virtually destroyed the Los Angeles Central Library. Throughout the book, the author entwines a number of narrative and thematic threads. The narrative is a blend of objective investigation, subjective commentary, and memoir, each chapter beginning with a list of book titles that are relevant to that chapter’s content. The following version of this book was used to create this study guide: Orlean, Susan. coated paper stock and featuring items ranging from preliminary sketches to promotional pieces, this beautiful edition holds everything a Sin City fan, or connoisseur of fine art, could ever hope for. To honor the artist and his groundbreaking work, Dark Horse Maverick is pleased to present Frank Miller: The Art of Sin City, a unique and handsomely bound hardcover coffee table book, containing pieces both published and unpublished - some never before seen by the public. While Miller is primarily praised for his outstanding stories, it is his breathtaking artwork that continues to shine on. With Sin City, Miller sent a shock wave through the industry and beyond, stunning critics and amazing readers, the after-affects of which are still being felt today. From Dark Horse: In 1991, visionary creator Frank. "In 1991, visionary creator Frank Miller continued his shakedown of the comics industry when he premiered his visceral and powerfully charged Sin City series. A showcase for art from the Frank Miller comic book series, including some unpublished pieces and roughs. A showcase for art from the Frank Miller comic book series, including some unpublished pieces and roughs. Though this viewer would also be disappointed to discover that Let the Right One In, a reimagining of the Swedish bestseller that’s already spawned two well-regarded movies, suffers from the same ailment of needless elongation due to a surfeit of subplots padding the original text. Those not taken with the update of Anne Rice’s dark fable yet invested in its basic setup will be relieved to find that this week brings another series fitting that exact description, complete with matching sexual metaphors. L ast week saw the premiere of AMC’s Interview with the Vampire TV show, an uncalled-for small-screen adaptation of a beloved vampire film that repackages the genre’s familiar tropes – primarily, a heedless young female hemovore reined in by her older male handler, who constantly wrestles with the cloudy morality of their untenable lifestyle – with a more diverse cast and timely nods to the now. |