![]() The Los Angeles Review of Books said of Ruby, “A beautifully wrought ghost story, a love story, a survival story… wonderful debut.” “Bond proves to be a powerful literary force, a writer whose unflinching yet lyrical prose is reminiscent of Toni Morrison’s. She is currently completing the second book in the Ruby Trilogy. Cynthia Bond has written a book everyone should read, about the power of love to overcome even the darkest of histories. She was born in Hempstead, Texas, and now lives in Los Angeles. Her debut novel Ruby spent six consecutive weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list, and was chosen as a selection for Oprahs Book Club 2.0. ![]() Cynthia has taught writing to at-risk and homeless youth for over fifteen years, and is on staff at Paradigm Malibu Adolescent Treatment Center. A native of East Texas, she lives in Los Angeles with her daughter. Books by Cynthia Bond (Author of Ruby) Ruby by Cynthia Bond Ruby My First Novel by Alan Watt My First Novel Ruby by Cynthia Bond by Cynthia Bond Ruby by. Cynthia Bond (born 1961) is an American author. She founded the Blackbird Writing Collective in 2011. A PEN Rosenthal Fellow, Bond attended Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, then moved to New York and attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Cynthia Bond shollycreativeinc T16:05:28-07:00 2016Ĭynthia Bond’s debut novel, Ruby, became a New York Times bestseller and was named an Oprah Book Club 2.0 selection, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, and an Indie Next Pick. ![]()
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![]() Go Tell It on the Mountain, his first novel, is a partially autobiographical account of his youth. Critics, however, note the impassioned cadences of Black churches are still evident in his writing. In the early 1940s, he transferred his faith from religion to literature. At age 14, Baldwin became a preacher at the small Fireside Pentecostal Church in Harlem. He was the eldest of nine children his stepfather was a minister. James Baldwin offered a vital literary voice during the era of civil rights activism in the 1950s and '60s. James Arthur Baldwin was an American novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic. ![]() Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Even stranger is the man named Herbert, apparently an art collector from the future, who emerges from the wardrobe the next night. But he must admit that a kitten walking into a wardrobe and returning full-grown a moment later is quite odd. This novel will engross anyone who loved When You Reach Me and A Wrinkle in Time.įederico doesn’t mind being a political hostage of the Pope, especially now that he has a cat as a friend. Two unlikely friends-Federico, in sixteenth-century Rome, and Bee, in present-day New Jersey-are linked through an amiable cat, Leonardo Da Vinci’s mysterious wardrobe, and an eerily perfect sketch of Bee. Newbery Honor author Catherine Gilbert Murdock’s Da Vinci’s Cat is a thrilling, time-slip fantasy about rewriting history to save the present. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ren continues to perpetuate the lie forming the foundation of the colony for the good of her fellow colonists, despite the personal cost. All that time, Ren has worked hard as the colony’s 3-D printer engineer, creating the tools necessary for human survival in an alien environment, and harboring a devastating secret. More than twenty-two years have passed since Ren and the rest of the faithful braved the starry abyss and established a colony at the base of an enigmatic alien structure where Suh-Mi has since resided, alone. Ren believed in that vision enough to give up everything to follow Suh-Mi into the unknown. ![]() A planet promising to reveal the truth about our place in the cosmos, untainted by overpopulation, pollution, and war. Renata Ghali believed in Lee Suh-Mi’s vision of a world far beyond Earth, calling to humanity. From the award-nominated author Emma Newman, comes a novel of how one secret withheld to protect humanity’s future might be its undoing… ![]() ![]() For once, he hopes, his time-traveling family may be wrong about the future. And there is also the matter of a tiny clipping from The Wilmington Gazette, dated 1776, which reports Jamies death, along with his kin. ![]() But from his wife Jamie knows that three years hence the shot heard round the world will be fired, and the result will be independence with those loyal to the King either dead or in exile. ![]() With chaos brewing, the governor calls upon Jamie Fraser to unite the backcountry and safeguard the colony for King and Crown. A Breath of Snow and Ashes Diana Gabaldon Random House Publishing Group, Fiction - 992 pages 84 Reviews Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when. Men lie dead in the streets of Boston, and in the backwoods of North Carolina, isolated cabins burn in the forest. The year is 1772, and on the eve of the American Revolution, the long fuse of rebellion has already been lit. Now, A Breath of Snow and Ashes continues the extraordinary story of 18th-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser and his 20th-century wife, Claire. ![]() Since the initial publication of Outlander fifteen years ago, Diana Gabaldons New York Times bestselling saga has won the hearts of readers the world over and sold more than twelve million books. Eagerly anticipated by her legions of fans, this sixth novel in Diana Gabaldons bestselling Outlander saga is a masterpiece of historical fiction from one of the most popular authors of our time. ![]() ![]() ![]() She wrote a story and made a submission to a publisher. ![]() The author responded by following in her parent’s footsteps. He wanted the couple to clear their student loans before expanding their family. She already had one child, and her husband was hesitant to add a second one. And even though Robert wanted her to read the classics, he permitted Eloisa to consume one romance novel a week.Įloisa, who attended Havard, Oxford, and Yale University, started writing romance during her stint at the University of Virginia. She blames the obsession on Georgette Heyer. Her fascination with romance at that time was difficult to ignore. She started producing plays with her siblings and charging adults a fee to witness the results of her hard work. These stories sparked the author’s imagination. Eloisa’s father was always reading to his children, introducing their young minds to literary classics. Instead, her family had amassed a sizable collection of books. Wright wrote a poem for Eloisa, which he included in ‘Collected Poems.’ The volume won a Pulitzer Prize. Her godfather (James Wright) was even more awe-inspiring. In fact, Carol used her daughter for inspiration when she wrote ‘The Maternity Wing, Madison, Minnesota.’ On the other hand, Carol Bly wrote short stories. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that writing runs in Eloisa’s blood. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When she asked the pastor to start a Bible study group in their house to her delight Rick attended (and still does to this day!). Rick wasn’t interested in attending, but the rich Bible teaching transfixed Francine. After receiving invites to church, including one from a young boy of just eight years old, she relented. “We ended up living between two families that were Christians, both attending the same church,” she recalls. The couple had moved to northern California in the 1980s, hoping that being closer to family would help them work through their differences. ![]() At that point her marriage to husband Rick was “on the verge of collapse”.
![]() ![]() He primarily used large-format cameras because the large film used with these cameras (primarily 5x4 and 8x10) contributed to the clarity of his prints.Īdams initiated the photography group known as Group f/64, along with fellow photographers Willard Van Dyke and Edward Weston.Īdams was born in the Western Addition of San Francisco, California, the only child of Charles Hitchcock Adams and Olive Bray Adams. The resulting clarity and depth characterized his photographs. His black-and-white landscape photographs of the American West, especially Yosemite National Park, have been widely reproduced on calendars, posters, books, and the internet.Īdams and Fred Archer developed the Zone System as a way to determine proper exposure and adjust the contrast of the final print. ![]() Ansel Easton Adams (Febru– April 22, 1984) was an American photographer and environmentalist. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Raleigh’s wit, ambition, and adventurous spirit endear him to all, including the queen herself, but Elizabeth’s favor proves as much hindrance as help, as Raleigh still has but one goal in mind to take to the seas and secure his place as one of the great explorers of the age. ![]() He dreams of someday exploring the New World he’s heard about in snippets of sailors’ stories on the docks of the fishing villages where he was raised and his good fortune leads him to rise in the court of Elizabeth I, becoming a most trusted friend and advisor to the power players of the day. Raleigh knew from the time he was a boy that his life would be exceptional. In one of her earliest works, beloved author Norah Lofts brings us her riveting and romantic account of Sir Walter Raleigh and the court of Elizabeth I. The Fall of Midas (As:Juliet Astley) (1975).Rupert Hatton’s Story / Rupert Hatton’s Tales (1972).The Maude Reed Tale / Story of Maude Reed (1971).Her Own Special Island / Uneasy Paradise (1971).The Witches / The Little Wax Doll / The Devil’s Own (As:Peter Curtis) (1960).Afternoon ofan Autocrat / The Devil in Clevely / The Deadly Gift (1956).Eleanor the Queen / Queen in Waiting (1955).Lady Living Alone (As:Peter Curtis) (1945).Michael and All Angels / The Golden Fleece (1943).The Road to Revelation / Winter Harvest (1941).Bride of Moat House / Dead March in Three Keys / No Question of Murder (As:Peter Curtis) (1940). ![]() ![]() The main thrust of the study is to understand how interpretations of jihad vary. The hermeneutic devices used to understand the meaning of the Quranic verses and the Prophetic traditions relating to jihad will be the focus of this study. The focus of the study is the idea of jihad with its changing interpretations mostly those available in exegetical literature of key figures in South Asia. ,, In the wake of radical Islamist terrorist attacks described as jihad worldwide and in South Asia, it is imperative that there should be a book-length study of this idea in this part of the world. ,, In the wake of radical Islamist terrorist attacks described as jihad worldwide and in South Asia, it is imperative that there should be a book-length stu… More. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rahman, Tariq: Interpretations of Jihad in South Asia An Intellectual History Tariq Rahman Buch Englisch 2018 De Gruyter EAN 9783110550276 - hardcover ![]() |