5/24/2023 0 Comments A whiskey in a teacupIt’s an appealing image, one in which femininity and feminism don’t need to be in conflict. “Beautiful and presented well on the outside… fierce and very strong on the inside.” The book’s title comes from a Dorothea maxim: “Southern women are like whiskey in a teacup,” she would say. (Never has a more impassioned defense of monograms appeared in print.) Witherspoon’s view of Southern traditions is nostalgic–a bit old-fashioned even–though she makes a fair case that true traditions are timeless. Growing up very close to her grandparents as well as her own mother and father, Whiskey in a Teacup is in large part a tribute to her grandmother, Dorothea, whose influence is evident on every page. And one of her three dogs is named Nashville.īorn in New Orleans and raised in Nashville, Witherspoon is as Southern as her June Carter Cash accent would have you believe. Here’s the first thing you need to know about Reese Witherspoon’s devotion to the South, even before reading Whiskey in a Teacup: Her youngest son is named Tennessee.
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The increased threat of Iran-despite increased pressure from the United States and Europe, its acquisition of nuclear weapons may only be a matter of time. This latest edition of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Middle East Conflict offers a completely updated view of events in the region through the corrective lens of present-day knowledge, as well as a look at what's going on there right now- The rearming of Hezbollah, and what it may mean to Israel and the Lebanese government. This updated guide provides readers with an intense look at current events and the ever-changing political and social landscape, as well as the history-ancient and modern-of the region. There is, perhaps, no other place in the world fraught with as much turmoil as the Middle East. 5/24/2023 0 Comments The vanishing half goodreadsWeaving together multiple strands and generations of this family, from the Deep South to California, from the 1950s to the 1990s, Brit Bennett produces a story that is at once a riveting, emotional family story and a brilliant exploration of the American history of passing. What will happen to the next generation, when their own daughters’ storylines intersect? Still, even separated by so many miles and just as many lies, the fates of the twins remain intertwined. The other passes for white, and her white husband knows nothing of her past. Many years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern town she once tried to escape. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it’s not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it’s everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. Goodreads Summary: The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. 5/24/2023 0 Comments John adams author david mcculloughThe Johnstown Flood (1968) garnered excellent reviews, and McCullough decided to become a full-time writer. His first book came after he “stumbled” across the story of the 1889 Johnstown flood, a disaster that struck the steel town an hour east of his own hometown. Intending to be a playwright, he took a job with the Luce magazines, including the newly launched Sports Illustrated, then worked for the US Information Agency and finally for American Heritage magazine, then published by Forbes. After his graduation from Yale, they married. He was also a member of the secret Skull and Bones Society, many of whose members have gone on to have a profound influence on history.Īt the Rolling Rock country club in Pittsburgh in 1951 he met Rosalee Barnes. His teachers there included John O’Hara, John Hersey, Robert Penn Warren and, most influentially, the playwright Thornton Wilder, from whom he learned to maintain an “air of freedom” to avoid giving away a story to a reader he applied this to his own writing, even though history’s outcomes are always thought to be known. Please see extended rules for appropriate alternative subreddits, like /r/suggestmeabook, /r/whatsthatbook, etc. ‘Should I read …?’, ‘What’s that book?’ posts, sales links, piracy, plagiarism, low quality book lists, unmarked spoilers (instructions for spoiler tags are in the sidebar), sensationalist headlines, novelty accounts, low effort content. Promotional posts, comments & flairs, media-only posts, personalized recommendation requests incl. Please use a civil tone and assume good faith when entering a conversation. All posts must be directly book related, informative, and discussion focused. If you're looking for help with a personal book recommendation, consult our Suggested Reading page or ask in: /r/suggestmeabook Quick Rules:ĭo not post shallow content. It is our intent and purpose to foster and encourage in-depth discussion about all things related to books, authors, genres or publishing in a safe, supportive environment. Subreddit Rules - Message the mods - Related Subs AMA Info The FAQ The Wiki Many more colour images illustrate attractive old and new topics that have evolved in recent years. As indicated by the new title two new chapters have been included on proto-planetary disks and young exoplanets. Recent advances and contemporary research on the theory of star formation are explained, as are new observations, specifically from the three great observatories of the Spitzer Space Telescope, the Hubble Space Telescope and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory which all now operate at the same time and make high resolution space based observing in its prime. Several sections devoted to key analysis techniques demonstrate how modern research in this field is pursued and new chapters are introduced on massive star formation, proto-planetary disks and observations of young exoplanets. It illustrates how these processes reveal themselves from radio wavelengths to high energy X-rays and gamma–rays, with special reference towards high energy signatures. This new, substantially updated and extended edition of Norbert Schulz’s unique book "From Dust to Stars" describes complex physical processes involved in the creation and early evolution of stars. Starburst regions in nearby and distant galaxies have a profound impact on our understanding of the early universe. 5/24/2023 0 Comments The Anathema by Zachary RawlinsThe Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks - Weeks is a heckuva author, and it was great to return to his series where characters use color as their magic.Kind of brutal and a little confusing, but worth it for the payoff. Pines by Blake Crouch - A “what the heck is going on in this weird small town” story.Yet you come to root for him, and that’s the amazing part. Prince/King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence - A dark fantasy series with a completely rotten character as the protagonist.Eli Monpress series by Rachel Aaron - Good light-hearted fantasy in a quite imaginative world where every object has a living, thinking spirit attached.Books 1-5 are the core story, with 6-8 designed to be a prologue series of sorts. It’s a fascinating idea that’s coupled with cool characters and lots of surprising twists. Wool is a series of (currently) seven novels and novellas centering around a post-apocalyptic society that lives in a giant underground silo. So take these as an award or just a “things I recommend that I saw/played/read/enjoyed this year.” I haven’t even really thought it through past today, but I’d hate to break a tradition. I’m a bit crunched for time with Christmas coming up, so I don’t have the time to really sit and doodle up a cool graphic for this year’s award ceremonies here at Bio Break. 5/23/2023 0 Comments Tiffany haddish the black unicorn|a First Gallery Books hardcover edition. |a The last black unicorn / |c Tiffany Haddish. |a DLC |b eng |e rda |c DLC |d YDX |d BDX |d OCLCO |d VTL |d CZA |d OQX |d OCLCQ |d FM0 |d ILC |d SADPL |d YDX |d OCLCO |d NZD |d NDS |d PFLCL |d DLC |d GTA |d DF$ |d HFU The Last Black Unicorn is a memoir of the struggles of a woman who was able to achieve her dreams by reveling in her pain and awkwardness, showing the world who she really is, and inspiring others through the power of laughter. She still cleans the toilet the way she was shown by a foster mom who worked as a maid, and she still rolls her joints the way one of her foster dads taught her. She's humble, grateful, down to earth, and funny as hell. Tiffany faced the 'routine' hindrances of climbing the entertainment business ladder, but had the added obstacles of sex, race, and class in her way. After a multitude of jobs, she finally realized that she had talent in an area she never would have suspected: comedy. As an illiterate ninth grader, Tiffany did everything she could to survive. Tiffany never fit in anywhere: not in the households she rotated through in the foster care system, and certainly not the nearly all white high school she had to ride the bus an hour to attend. Her mother wound up with a debilitating brain injury after surviving a car accident. Stand-up comedian and actress Tiffany Haddish grew up in one of the poorest parts of South Central Los Angeles. 5/23/2023 0 Comments Chains andersonAnderson doesn’t sugar-coat the cruelties of slavery and war, but she doesn’t go overboard with graphic descriptions either. The passages from relevant historical documents at the beginning of every chapter were informative and paved the way for further research. When Ruth is sold and shipped to the West Indies, Isabel finds herself locked in a battle with the cruel Madame Lockton - a war as fierce as the one being fought between the Patriots and the British and every bit as deadly.Īnderson’s novel is geared toward middle-grade readers, but there is much for adults to admire as well. Isabel is determined to secure their freedom, and she foolishly believes a fellow slave, Curzon, when he tells her that his master would be able to help in exchange for information about the Locktons’ involvement in plots against General Washington and his troops. The girls are sold to a Loyalist couple, the Locktons, and taken to New York City shortly before it is invaded by the British in 1776. The novel follows 13-year-old Isabel, a slave denied the freedom promised to her and her younger sister, Ruth, when their owner died. But she could no longer harm Ruth, and she could not hurt my soul, not unless I gave it to her.Ĭhains is the first book in Laurie Halse Anderson’s Seeds of America series set during the Revolutionary War. But what was one more beating? A flogging, even? I would bleed, or not. 5/23/2023 0 Comments We should all be feminists tedThis is one of my favorite TED Talks because I think that it highlights the fact that, no, women do not have equal rights everywhere, and, yes, feminism does matter. Adichie eventually embraced her feminist values, upset that she would come in second to boys, be regarded as a sex-worker because she wanted her own hotel room in a nice hotel in Nigeria, and be ridiculed by people she knew. Nigeria is vastly male-centered, and being a feminist was someone who was “unhappy and hated men”. She goes on to tell her story about her connection to feminism and how being a feminist was growing up. Adichie starts out by explaining what it was like growing up in Nigeria and how when she was a young kid, she was called a feminist as an insult. I first saw it a couple of years ago, but I thought it was a really important TED talk. One of my favorite TED Talks is this one by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. |