![]() By drawing on the accounts of the first explorers and the most recent findings of archaeologists and academic historians, Paul Schneider offers a thrilling and authentic narrative to replace a legend of North American exploration. The journey of the Cabeza De Vaca expedition is one of the greatest survival epics in the history of American exploration. They became, in other words, whatever it took to stay alive long enough to inch their way toward Mexico, the only place where they were certain they would find an outpost of the Spanish empire. He and his family live in West Tisbury, Massachusetts. They became faith healers, arms dealers, canoe thieves, spider eaters, and finally, when there were only the four of them left in the high Texas desert, they became itinerate messiahs. Paul Schneider is the acclaimed author of Bonnie and Clyde, Brutal Journey, The Enduring Shore, and The Adirondacks, a New York Times Book Review Notable Book. They had become killers and cannibals, torturers and torture victims, slavers and enslaved. ![]() The four survivors of the Narváez expedition brought nothing back from their sojourn other than their story, but what a tale it was. Eight years and some five thousand miles later, three Spaniards and a black Moroccan wandered out of the wilderness to the north of the Rio Grande and into Cortes’ gold-drenched Mexico. ![]() ![]() One part Heart of Darkness, one part Lewis and Clark, Brutal Journey tells the story of a group of explorers who came to the new world on the heels of Cortés bound for glory, only four of four hundred would survive. ![]() A gripping account of four explorers adrift in an unknown land and the harrowing journey that took them across North America 270 years before Lewis and Clark ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and was made into a movie with an A-list cast in 2010. Never Let Me Go was undeniably a success when it first came out in 2005. You know those books that came out maybe 10 or 15 years ago that were huge hits and were nominated for some great prizes? You know those books that are old enough that they slipped under your radar, but new enough that they haven’t become true classics yet?Īs you can tell from the title of this blog post, the modern-day classic I’m reviewing today is Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. ![]() I was delighted to pick up some old classics, some recently released hits, and a few books that might be considered modern-day classics. I recently made off like a bandit at a library book sale, picking up 8 books for just $1-$2 apiece. ![]() ![]() ![]() “I really wanted to write something that felt old and new at the same time. The references to video games help put a modern twist on classic fantasy themes in “The Starless Sea.” The writing on the walls in this world is a reference to the video game Dungeon Crawl Classics, Morgenstern says. “I'm either blessed or cursed by having a lot of imaginary architecture that lives in my brain.” “This is a place in my head,” Morgenstern says of the book’s otherworldly setting. ![]() How did his story end up in a book? To find out, he tumbles into an underground world with stories written on flower petals and walls, and couches and pillows and lamps for reading. Then as a young man, he comes across a book that tells that story. As a child, he was tempted to open a mysterious door in a wall, but he didn’t. The story stars Zachary, a graduate student who studies video gaming but loves books. 1 bestseller, translated into 37 languages and adapted into an upcoming movie.Įight years later, Morgenstern is back with a new novel, “ The Starless Sea,” which is already on The New York Times bestseller list. Her readers fell in love with a dream-like big top that served as the playing field for a contest between rival magicians. ![]() (Allison Hagan/Here & Now) This article is more than 3 years old.Īuthor Erin Morgenstern made a huge splash in 2011 with her debut novel, “The Night Circus.” ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Stevenson’s account of his chequered relationship with Modestine the donkey is both pithy – ‘she tried, as was her invariable habit, to enter every house and every courtyard. (He had a pressing need to earn money.) Now the genre has been badly abused, and anyone tempted to find a new gimmick (such as walking with a fridge) should go back to Travels with a Donkey and see how he did it – properly. Though I didn’t know it when I first read it, Stevenson had started a new tradition in travel literature – he had set out on his journey in order to write a book about it. His Travels with a Donkey filled me with romantic ideas – the independence of the lone explorer the rapport with natural beauty the almost sacred duty to record experiences. But Stevenson himself fitted my expectations of a dashing young adventurer, setting off alone in a foreign land. Stevenson’s donkey Modestine, on the other hand – ‘patient, elegant, the colour of an ideal mouse’ – was a comforting antidote, domestic and affectionate for all her perceived obstinacy. Many of the fictional characters who figured largest in my childhood were full of machismo, because they were in books filched from my brothers. The brown cover of her 1906 edition is faded with fingering, its pages frayed and loose from her rereadings. ![]() Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes, Robert Louis Stevenson’s account of his walk through the mountains in 1878, was my mother’s favourite book, which automatically made it one of mine. ![]() ![]() ![]() This edition also includes further letters to his wife, his friends, the Home Secretary, newspaper editors and his lover Lord Alfred Douglas - Bosie - himself, as well as 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol', the heart-rending poem about a man sentenced to hang for the murder of the woman he loved. 'De Profundis' is an epistolic account of Oscar Wilde's spiritual journey while in prison, and describes his new, shocking conviction that 'the supreme vice is shallowness'. But by May of the same year, Wilde was in Reading prison sentenced to hard labour. De Profundis and Other Prison Writings is a new selection of Oscar Wilde's prison letters and poetry in Penguin Classics, edited and introduced by Colm Tóibín.Īt the start of 1895, Oscar Wilde was the toast of London, widely feted for his most recent stage success, An Ideal Husband. ![]() ![]() ![]() For one, she can move things by merely looking at them. The novel features Lila, a young teenager with two secrets she is determined to keep from the world. It’s a perfect blend of paranormal, romance, and science fiction. Hunting Lila is the first book in Lila series by Sarah Alderson. Sarah lives with her family in Ojai, California. Her other novel, The Sound, has also pushed her in the limelight and comes with numerous positive reviews. The Hunting Lila series won the Kingston Book Award and is one of her best works. She wrote the sequel while enjoying the beach in India and had more book deals lined up by the time she settled in Bali. ![]() She wrote her debut novel Hunting Lila just before she left the UK. After spending months in Australia, the US, Singapore, and India, she finally settled in Bali where she lived for close to five years. Her writing journey started with a world tour that saw her living on different continents in a bid to find a place where she, together with her husband and daughter, could call home. The London-born writer quit her job in the non-profit sector in 2010 to concentrate on writing. ![]() Sarah Alderson, otherwise known as Mila Gray, is an accomplished young adult mystery and fantasy writer who also doubles as a screenwriter. ![]() ![]() Schwab, before releasing this 1937 best-seller. Journalist Napoleon Hill studied more than 500 self-created wealthy men, including Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, and Charles M. Quote from the “Rich Dad Poor Dad” Book 3. “The key to financial freedom and great wealth is a person’s ability or skill to convert earned income into passive income and (or) portfolio income.” ![]() He underlines the critical distinctions between an asset and a liability. Also, he describes the distinctions between how rich people and average people choose to get paid. By telling the story of his dad and the father of his best friend - he makes it clear how to build wealth even with a small salary.Īdditionally, Kiyosaki challenges the well- known belief that your house is an asset. In this best-seller, Kiyosaki breaks the myth that to get reach, mentioning that you need to earn a lot of money. Quote from the “The Richest Man In Babylon” Book. “Budget thy expenses that thou mayest have coins to pay for thy necessities, to pay for thy enjoyments and to gratify thy worthwhile desires without spending more than nine-tenths of thy earnings.” Paying yourself first and spending money only on what you can afford, this is what’s important. To get rich, you should master a few simple concepts. It appears that the “secret” isn’t much of one. ClasonĪlmost a century ago, Clason exposed the “ secret” to gaining wealth in his 1926 personal finance classic. ![]() “How Rich People Think” – Steve Sieboldġ. “The Little Book of Common Sense Investing” – Jack Bogle “The Intelligent Investor” – Benjamin Graham ![]() ![]() Nobody was dwelling on what had happened-it would probably be newsworthy for a day or so and then forgotten. Now they were laughing, commenting on the unpredictability of Mother Nature while the waitresses hurried to clean up spilled drinks. Everyone had been bracing for something worse and breathed a collective sigh of relief when it didn’t come. I gripped his hand more tightly, closed my eyes, and waited for the blinding light that would surely come to return me to my prison in the sky.īut a moment later the earth was still again and normal activity resumed around us. The blissful faraway expression on Xavier’s face vanished, replaced by the hard, fighting look I’d seen far too much on him lately. Outside I saw the sky darken like bruised flesh and the treetops tremble as if shaken by an invisible hand. The tremor lasted only a matter of seconds but the jukebox cut out and the alarmed waitresses teetered as they tried to balance their loaded trays. ![]() I clutched the edge of the table and watched my engagement ring tumble onto the checkered floor of Sweethearts Café. ![]() If heaven ain’t a lot like Dixie, I’d just as soon stay home If heaven ain’t a lot like Dixie, I don’t wanna go If you believe the copy of this e-book you are reading infringes on the author’s copyright, please notify the publisher at: us./piracy. ![]() Copyright infringement is against the law. You may not make this e-book publicly available in any way. The author and publisher have provided this e-book to you for your personal use only. ![]() ![]() ![]() This parcel came by special runner from Anatyr. Galen, the head of our household guard, tall and dark with the cheekbones of one of my imaginary princes, carried a parcel. Yes? I called, glad for the excuse to postpone opening the letter. What if the envelope contained news of his death? I’d already lost Mama and Stesi I couldn’t lose Papa. He wasn’t the kind of man to sit at the sidelines of a battle. I’d hardly slept, knowing Papa’s life hung in the balance. He’d believed he could take Costas Galatien by surprise in Galantia and come to an almost bloodless victory by capturing the High City swiftly. He’d said he meant to keep the combat short and sharp. I’d spent days without a word from Papa, living in a state of constant anxiety, waiting for news of the war. The study, usually a refuge, seemed an ominous place this morning. The mahogany-paneled walls of Papa’s study seemed to close around me, making my chest tight and airless. Istared at the envelope in my hands, working up the courage to open it. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Today, this fascinating and elusive woman is shrouded in controversy and unanswered questions about her life, her infamous husband, and her suspicious death. Always fragile in health, Anne was dead before the age of thirty. She was to ride the wheel of fortune with him, becoming the mother of his child and then his Queen. ![]() In a series of events that belong more in a fairy tale, she disguised herself as a kitchen maid but Richard still found her and the marriage took place. Worse still, their killer was her childhood friend, the future Richard III. Married as a teenager to the immature and bloodthirsty heir to the English throne, she returned from exile expecting triumph, only to find herself fatherless and widowed. ![]() As the daughter of the notorious Kingmaker, she was no substitute for the sons he did not have, but her gender made her a valuable commodity on the marriage market of the day. Was Anne a passive victim? Did she really jump into bed with the enemy? Through Anne's short life, she was the pawn of powerful men and their fortunes on the battlefield. She curses the killer of her husband and father, before succumbing to his marriage proposal, bringing to herself a terrible legacy of grief and suffering an untimely death. Shakespeare's enduring image of Anne is one of bitterness and sorrow. ![]() |