![]() ![]() ![]() Complex in structure and turbulent in mood, it is in many ways Baldwin’s most ambitious novel. Another Country (1962), a wide-ranging exploration of America’s racial and sexual boundaries, depicts the suicide of a gifted jazz musician and its ripple effect on those who knew him. Giovanni’s Room (1956) is a searching, and in its day controversial, treatment of the tragic self-delusions of a young American expatriate at war with his own homosexuality. Ten years in the writing, its exploration of religious, sexual, and generational conflicts was described by Baldwin as “an attempt to exorcise something, to find out what happened to my father, what happened to all of us.” His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953), tells the story, rooted in Baldwin’s own experience, of a preacher’s son coming of age in 1930’s Harlem. His historical importance is indisputable.” Here, in a Library of America volume edited by Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, is the fiction that established James Baldwin’s reputation as a writer who fused unblinking realism and rare verbal eloquence. ![]() “The civil rights struggle,” said The New York Times Book Review, “found eloquent expression in novels. SALE: Buy all three Baldwin volumes and save 40% ![]()
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Read more A world that can bring her ruin, or salvation. The Beast.ĭeaf to her sisters’ protests, Yeva hunts this strange creature back into his own territory-a cursed valley, a ruined castle, and a world of magical creatures that Yeva’s only heard about in fairy tales. Out in the wilderness, there’s no pressure to make idle chatter with vapid baronessas…or to submit to marrying a wealthy gentleman.īut Yeva’s father’s misfortune may have cost him his mind, and when he goes missing in the woods, Yeva sets her sights on one prey: the creature he’d been obsessively tracking just before his disappearance. So when her father loses his fortune and moves Yeva and her sisters out of their comfortable home among the aristocracy and back to the outskirts of town, Yeva is secretly relieved. After all, her father is the only hunter who’s ever come close to discovering its secrets. New York Times bestselling author Meagan Spooner spins a thoroughly thrilling Beauty and the Beast story for the modern age, expertly woven with spellbinding romance, intrigue, and suspense that readers won’t soon be able to forget.īeauty knows the Beast's forest in her bones-and in her blood. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Hill Man follows Rady from his poor beginnings through his conquests of various women and pieces of property. Beginning his adult life with nothing more than a gun, a dog, and a guitar, Rady becomes a backwoods entrepreneur, working diligently to climb the social and economic ladder. Born the son of a preacher in the hills of Kentucky, Rady grows into a shrewd but likeable prankster and hell-raiser with a gift for separating people from their money. The novel's hero is Rady Cromwell, a man with dangerous ways that make men admire him and women love him. This special edition marks the first time the book has ever been available in hardback. ![]() Now one of the most sought-after novels in the Giles canon, Hill Man is desired as much for its rarity as for its compelling and unromanticized portrayal of poor, rural Kentuckians. Her usual publisher declined to issue the novel, arguing that it was too sexual and violent for a writer whose other books were popular family book club selections. ![]() Giles originally published the book in paperback in 1954 under the pseudonym John Garth. It is the most realistic ridge book we have written, completely honest and presenting the truest picture of most of the ridge men." After writing Hill Man, Janice Holt Giles said, "I was struck by its strength. ![]() ![]() ![]() This comparison was rejected quietly by Miss Carson, who in her very mild but firm manner refused to accept the identification of an emotional crusader. 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As the daughter of Briar’s head hockey coach, I’d be vilified if I hooked up with a player from a rival team.Īnd that’s who Jake Connelly is. But I draw the line at sleeping with the enemy. They’re only partly right-I don’t let fear rule me, and I certainly don’t care what people think. Plot: THE RISK takes you back to the world of hot hockey players, feisty heroines, bro banter, and steamy scenes.Įveryone says I’m a bad girl. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Kaur's debut book, See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love, was published in June 2020. She is the founder of the Revolutionary Love Project. To experience Valarie’s vision for America, watch her TED Talk and read her acclaimed book See No Stranger: A Memoir & Manifesto of Revolutionary Love. Valarie Kaur (born February 14, 1981) is an American activist, documentary filmmaker, lawyer, educator, and faith leader. ![]() In fall 2022, President Biden honored her at the White House in the first-ever Uniters Ceremony, naming her as one of 16 leaders whose work is healing America. Today, the Revolutionary Love Project is seeding networked communities of practice across the country to build the beloved community.Ī daughter of Punjabi Sikh farmers in California, Kaur lifts up her vision for America in her acclaimed TED Talk and #1 LA Times Bestseller See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love. Her work ignited a national movement to reclaim love as a force for justice. ![]() For two decades, in his memory, Kaur has led visionary campaigns to tell untold stories and change policy on issues ranging from hate crimes to digital freedom. She became an activist when a Sikh father and family friend was the first person murdered in hate violence in the aftermath of 9/11. Valarie Kaur is a civil rights leader, lawyer, award-winning filmmaker, educator and founder of the Revolutionary Love Project. Through her renowned storytelling, teaching, and embodied inquiry, Valarie helps us explore how Revolutionary Love can transform our lives and our movements for social justice. Valarie Kaur reframes the present moment in history as one of transition and calls on us to show up in the labor of birthing a new future. Is this the darkness of the tomb-or the darkness of the womb?" ![]() ![]() Mostly plants." Pollan's bracing and eloquent manifesto shows us how we can start making thoughtful food choices that will enrich our lives, enlarge our sense of what it means to be healthy, and bring pleasure back to eating. With In Defense of Food, Pollan proposes a new (and very old) answer to the question of what we should eat that comes down to seven simple but liberating words: "Eat food. The result is what Michael Pollan calls the American Paradox: The more we worry about nutrition, the less healthy we see to become. ![]() So why should anyone need to defend it? Because in the so-called Western diet, food has been replaced by nutrients, and common sense by confusion-most of what we're consuming today is longer the product of nature but of food science. There's plenty of it around, and we all love to eat it. ![]() ![]() (Consumer Health)īook Synopsis #1 New York Times Bestseller from the author of This is Your Mind on Plants, How to Change Your Mind, The Omnivore's Dilemma, and Food Rules Food. 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Morgan’s empire from its obscure beginnings in Victorian London to the financial crisis of 1987, acclaimed author Ron Chernow paints a fascinating portrait of the family’s private saga and the rarefied world of the American and British elite in which they moved–a world that included Charles Lindbergh, Henry Ford, Franklin Roosevelt, Nancy Astor, and Winston Churchill. Ron Chernow paints a fascinating portrait of the private saga of the Morgans and the rarefied world of the American and British elite in which they moved. It is a rich, panoramic story of four generations of Morgans and the powerful, secretive firms they spawned, ones that would transform the modern financial world. ![]() ![]() Morgan empire from its obscure beginnings in Victorian London to the crash of 1987.This rich and panoramic narrative spans four generations of Morgans and the powerful and secretive companies they spawned - J. Published to critical acclaim twenty years ago, and now considered a classic, The House of Morgan is the most ambitious history ever written about American finance. Kennedy, Atlantic MonthlyThis epic book traces the rise of the J. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() While nobody from Ghost Adventures has come out to give the exact reason for Groff’s departure from the hit paranormal show, it’s clear that Groff and Bagans didn’t see eye to eye on key features of the show. Nick Groff left Ghost Adventures because of the rising tension between him and the leader of the Ghost Adventures gang, Zak Bagans. Why Did Nick Groff Leave Ghost Adventures? However, fans who kept up with the squad’s social media pages weren’t shocked to find out what had happened.Īs the show was reaching peak popularity, tensions between the stars were also rising. When Groff announced that he would not be returning to the show in 2014, many fans were concerned that the show would never be the same without him. Nick Groff may have not been the center of attention during his time on the paranormal activity show Ghost Adventures, but his calmer nature made him the favorite founding member of the Ghost Adventures squad among the show’s fans. ![]() |