![]() ![]() ![]() Junior was born with too much cerebrospinal fluid in his brain, and the consequent brain damage has resulted in numerous complications, including: ![]() Although based on the author’s childhood, True Diary is a work of fiction.ġ4-year-old Junior (Arnold Spirit, Jr.) lives in Wellpinit, Washington, a small town on the Spokane Indian Reservation, known to residents as “the rez.” Junior describes the rez as “located approximately one million miles north of Important and two billion miles west of Happy.” Set in 2006, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a semi-autobiographical novel by Sherman Alexie. 1-Page Summary 1-Page Book Summary of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() or the prime suspect? The Sammy Keyes mysteries are fast-paced, funny, thoroughly modern, and true whodunits. So when one of Lana's competitors for the big role is found dead in the room next door, Sammy can't help wondering: Is her mother the next likely victim. Lana's phony persona is crumbling just as she is being considered for the part of a lifetime. Sammy hops a bus to Hollywood and finds her mother in deeper trouble than she imagined. (Take that, Nancy Drew!)" -Midwest Children's Book Revie w When Sammy finds out that her mother has changed her name, dyed her hair, and shaved ten years off her age, she knows it's time for Lady Lana to get reacquainted with reality. including her own mom.īook Synopsis "The most winning junior detective ever in teen lit. So when a woman is killed in the room next door, Sammy's hard-pressed to find someone who doesn't have a motive. About the Book Sammy's mom ran off to Hollywood nearly a year ago to get "discovered." But when Sammy discovers that her mom has changed her name, dyed her hair, and told everyone she's only 25, she decides Lana needs a little reality check. ![]() ![]() Hail, Egypt! Land of ancient pomp and pride Each personage was depicted in their national costume as interpretated by Long and including the present lot the following countries were represented: Aden Bethlehem India Wales Australia Canada Cyprus (Ancient: Love's Messenger, and Modern) England: the Parson's Daughter, The Violet, The Rose (a portrait of Princess Mary of Teck, later Queen Mary, wife of King George V), The Primrose, The Little Sister of the Poor Ireland Jamaica Malta Gibralter Scotland and Trinidad.Įgypt was exhibited with the following verse: The series included twenty national beauties which included five of England and fifteen of the other countries in the British Empire. ![]() The present work belongs to Long's well-known Daughters of our Empire series commissioned by Agnews in 1887 for the Royal Jubilee of Queen Victoria. ![]() ![]() Gagnon, Cecile A New House Reviewed by Nancy Tully Gagnon, Cecile Le Champion des Bricoleurs Reviewed by Patricia Cooper Gagnon, Cecile I'm Hungry Reviewed by Nancy Tully Gagnon, Cecile I'm Hot Reviewed by Nancy Tully Gagnon, Cecile Hello Tree Reviewed by Nancy Tully Gagnon, André and Ann Meeting the Challenge: Library Service to Young Adults Reviewed by P.J. Gagnon, Ann and André Gagnon (Edited by) Canadian Books for Young People/Livres Canadiens Pour La Jeunesse, 4th Edition Reviewed by Ted Monkhouse WielerĬanadian Books for Young People/Livres Canadiens Pour La Jeunesse, 4th Edition Reviewed by Ted Monkhouse Gaffin, Jane Jane Gaffin The Adventures of Chuchi Reviewed by Sharon A. ![]() Gaffen, Fred In the Eye of The Storm: A History of Canadian Peacekeeping Reviewed by Charles Ottosen ![]() Gaetz, Dayle Campbell A Sea Lion Called Selena Reviewed by Hugh A. Gabereau, Vicki This Won't Hurt a Bit! Reviewed by Joan M. ![]() ![]() ![]() Together, text and image re-create the terrible beauty of Antarctica, the awful destruction of the ship, and the crew's heroic daily struggle to stay alive, a miracle achieved largely through Shackleton's inspiring leadership. ![]() And she presents the astonishing work of Frank Hurley, the Australian photographer whose visual record of the adventure has never before been published comprehensively. Their ordeal would last for twenty months, and they would make two near-fatal attempts to escape by open boat before their final rescue.ĭrawing upon previously unavailable sources, Caroline Alexander gives us a riveting account of Shackleton's expedition-one of history's greatest epics of survival. Soon the ship was crushed like matchwood, leaving the crew stranded on the floes. Weaving a treacherous path through the freezing Weddell Sea, they had come within eighty-five miles of their destination when their ship, Endurance, was trapped fast in the ice pack. In August 1914, days before the outbreak of the First World War, the renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven set sail for the South Atlantic in pursuit of the last unclaimed prize in the history of exploration: the first crossing on foot of the Antarctic continent. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I love the way he managed to actually produce a textbook on religious history using a fictional narrative as the vehicle in which to tell it. I liked the basic premise as much as The Da Vinci Code but Dan Brown went a little overboard in this one. Peter's tomb, catacombs, castles, secret passageways, various churches and more. The journey takes you inside the Vatican Library, into St. This is one I actually couldn't stop listening too! The story takes you into the depths of Rome and inside the Vatican, detailing several practices. ![]() But after the first several chapters the mystery unfolds and the book plays out like a favorite Robert Ludlum novel. I had to re-listen a few times to deeply understand. The beginning takes you inside CERN and was a bit hard to listen to since they were describing several scientific processes. However, once I got into the book, I actually felt it was faster-paced and more suspenseful than The DaVinci Code. I also saw a different side of his main character which I didn't really appreciate at first. In the beginning I felt his style of writing was a bit rustier than the smoothness of The DaVinci Code. Although this book is a prequel to The DaVinci Code, also written by Dan Brown, I actually read it afterwards. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Too long eclipsed by Lawrence, Gertrude Bell emerges at last in her own right as a vital player on the stage of modern history, and as a woman whose life was both a heartbreaking story and a grand adventure. In this masterful biography, Janet Wallach shows us the woman behind these achievements -a woman whose passion and defiant independence were at odds with the confined and custom-bound England she left behind. ![]() After the war, she played a major role in creating the modern Middle East and was, at the time, considered the most powerful woman in the British Empire. Recruited by British intelligence during World War I, she played a crucial role in obtaining the loyalty of Arab leaders, and her connections and information provided the brains to match T. Here is the story of Gertrude Bell, who explored, mapped, and excavated the Arab world throughout the early twentieth century. ![]() " Desert ucks Gertrude Bell out of the shadow of Lawrence of Arabia." - The Boston Globe The definitive biography, mesmerizing and “richly textured ” ( Chicago Tribune), that inspired the acclaimed documentary, Letters from Baghdad. ![]() ![]() While the target audience is likely to anticipate some of the twists, this clever tale hits all the right notes. As identities are revealed and prophecies fulfilled, it all comes down to some clever stage work to confront the archduke once and for all. What they find are a band of reclusive monks with a secret, a family of traveling performers and their trained bears, and a group of unusually talented outlaws. Her plan to escape his clutches causes her to join forces with Hans, as they flee from the archduke and the wicked Necromancer. Angela is a teenage countess with a passion for puppetry and plays, who is unwillingly promised to the evil archduke Arnulf. ![]() Found adrift in a wooden chest as a baby, Hans was adopted by the notorious grave robber Knobbe the Bent at 13, he is chafing at the gruesome business of stealing from the dead. Stratton (Borderline) invokes Shakes-pearean themes and influences to offer a fast-paced, entertaining historical fantasy. ![]() ![]() ![]() ‘Her use of language is sublime.’ Scotsman ‘Garner is a natural storyteller.’ James Wood, New Yorker ![]() So, afterwards, it is possible to see the beginning of things, the point at which you had already plunged in, while at the time you thought you were only testing the water with your toe. I popped up, hanging on to the rail, hair streaming on my neck. I rolled and rolled in the water, deafening my ears while I thought of, and discarded, all the reasons why I shouldn’t go. Her novels include Monkey Grip, The Children’s Bach, Cosmo Cosmolino and The Spare Room. In 2006 she received the inaugural Melbourne Prize for Literature, and in 2016 she won the prestigious Windham–Campbell Prize for non-fiction. Helen Garner is one of Australia’s finest authors. ![]() When Nora falls in love with Javo, she is caught in the web of his addiction and as he moves between loving her and leaving, between his need for her and promises broken, Nora’s life becomes an intense dance of loving and trying to let go. Today, Monkey Grip is regarded as a masterpiece-the novel that shines a light on a time and a place and a way of living never before presented in Australian literature: communal households, music, friendships, children, love, drugs, and sex. Helen Garner’s gritty, lyrical first novel divided the critics on its publication in 1977. ![]() ![]() ![]() Patton, who was always concerned about shaping his public image according to his own lights, did not care to call attention to his dyslexia nor did those who wrote about his swashbuckling exploits as a tank commander in the aftermath of World War II care to investigate the subject, despite such red flags as the frequent symptomatic idiosyncrasies in his spelling and punctuation. Historians will inevitably examine the past through the lens of their own time likewise, historical figures present themselves to their contemporaries according to the knowledge and prejudices of their epoch. Even with such voluminous, detailed, and often extremely personal material available on Patton, it was not until the 1980s that historians began to form a clear picture of the hidden elements that made up the man. Additionally, his family and heirs have gone to great lengths to preserve the artifacts of his existence. Historians have had a treasury of material at their disposal as Patton was a prolific writer, kept personal diaries, and saved virtually every scrap of paper he ever handled. His career was also one of the most thoroughly documented of any of the war’s great commanders. ![]() Patton, Jr., was one of the most flamboyant and controversial figures of World War II. ![]() |