![]() “An impressive collection of essays that touch upon many important aspects of the war in the Eastern Theater.”- America’s Civil War “Offers a fresh and nuanced view of the eastern war’s closing chapter.”- McCormick Messenger “Effectively mediates between the rank and file and the high command, while demonstrating refreshing methodological breadth.’- Journal of Southern History Janney, Stephen Cushman, and Elizabeth R. Assessing events from the siege of Petersburg to the immediate aftermath of Lee’s surrender, Petersburg to Appomattox blends military, social, cultural, and political history to reassess the ways in which the war ended and examines anew the meanings attached to one of the Civil War's most significant sites, Appomattox.Ĭontributors are Peter S. ![]() ![]() But this volume of essays by leading scholars of the Civil War era offers a fresh and nuanced view of the eastern war's closing chapter. War veterans and generations of historians alike have focused on the seemingly inevitable defeat of the Confederacy after Lee's flight from Petersburg and recalled the generous surrender terms set forth by Grant, thought to facilitate peace and to establish the groundwork for sectional reconciliation. The last days of fighting in the Civil War's eastern theater have been wrapped in mythology since the moment of Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House. ![]()
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![]() They strike up a friendship that quickly escalates into something more as they wrestle with issues of fate and mortality. Woodley plays Hazel, the typical outgoing teen-next-door living a middle-class life in suburban Indiana - who has cancer and must travel with an oxygen tank wherever she goes.Īmong those destinations are youth-support group gatherings - where she meets newcomer Gus (Ansel Elgort, Divergent), who has lost a leg to his disease. Weber, and stars Woodley, who moved up to star status this year with Divergent.Īlso like Spectacular, Our Stars walks the fine line between moving and mawkish without falling too far over to the latter side.Īlthough the earlier film didn’t make a huge splash in the mainstream, Fault might become the teary alternative to the boom and bang of the summer superheroes. Our Stars is rooted in a popular young-adult novel, was written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. ![]() This year, that movie is The Fault in Our Stars - which shares many attributes with its predecessor. It was based on a well-regarded best-seller and starred up-and-comer Shailene Woodley. ![]() Last summer, The Spectacular Now became the teen-trauma film of note. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Whether lugging slopping washbasins or binding her breasts to prevent exposure, Zhu is sympathetic and resilient. In the book’s opening chapters, Parker-Chan masterfully balances poetry and tension, keeping the reader flying through the pages as they watch Zhu gain a foothold in life. The jacket copy of "She Who Became the Sun" describes this epic as “Mulan" meets "The Song of Achilles,” but the fantasy hit that it most resembles is "A Game of Thrones." The world Parker-Chan has built is structured by ambition above all else, and the characters within manipulate, murder and connive to get ahead in a hardscrabble world. Over the course of this ambitious, sweeping novel, Zhu works her way into positions of greater power, until control of all of China is within her grasp. She assumes her brother’s identity – down to his very name and male gender – and enters a monastery in his stead. It is his nameless sister, with “none of the roundness that makes children adorable,” who survives their ordeal. ![]() The brother, Zhu Chongba, is the supposedly lucky eighth-born child, but he soon dies. Two starving children are orphaned by bandits in 1345 Mongol-ruled China in Shelley Parker-Chan's "She Who Became the Sun" (Tor, 416 pp., ★★★½ out of four). ![]() Watch Video: Trans teen publishes children's book about inclusivity ![]() ![]() Penguins look like waiters, so lets give him his white shirt by colouring in his head, wings and sides, black.Ĩ. Now for his wings, which look like two sausages on either side.ħ. Lets get the proportion first by drawing a circle on top of a bigger circle.ĥ. As you can see from this study of the anatomy of a penguin, it is made up of only three parts: head, body and useless wings, Its important to get these right.Ĥ. Can't find a photo? Alright, Alright I'll show you. If you failed to complete step 1, then step 2 is find a photograph of a penguin.ģ. ![]() And they are quite expensive, so buying one is out of the question. ![]() ![]() Ok, so its pretty tricky to borrow a penguin. We all know how important it is to draw from REAL LIFE so step 1 is: borrow a penguin.Ģ. I'm a big fan of Oliver Jeffers' children's books (( Oliver Jeffers' book Stuck has me in stitches every time I read it to my children and the Heart and the Bottle was one of the first really good interactive children's books launched on the iPad.)), so I was pleased to stumble across a post by Oliver on the Guardian website where he provides a tongue-in-cheek tutorial on how to draw the penguin from Lost and Found ((The original post can be found here: )). ![]() ![]() ![]() WASA “The _ Seal,” 1893 short story by Rudyard Kipling which is about a rare seal’s journey WHITE “The _ of the Garden,” 1911 text of poem by Rudyard Kipling and C.R.L. ETC … kissed thee _ killed thee: Othello EREI “When I _ kid …”: 2 wds. Smith, poet who won a Pulitzer for "Life on Mars" TRACY … you know the rest: Abbr. Smith, poet who won a Pulitzer for "Life on Mars" Clue Answer _ K. We think TRACY is the possible answer on this clue.Ĭrossword clues for _ K. This answers first letter of which starts with T and can be found at the end of Y. The crossword clue possible answer is available in 5 letters. Smith, poet who won a Pulitzer for "Life on Mars" was discovered last seen in the Maat the New York Times Crossword. ![]() ![]() But no Peanuts history is really complete without a discussion of this major holiday as featured in the strip and on TV.Īnd, while I’m at it, let me note that there’s never been a comprehensive collection of Peanuts Christmas strips, and there should be. ![]() Perhaps the author thought “A Charlie Brown Christmas” had been written about enough, and it’s true that there’s a book about it, as well as at least a couple books featuring Christmas strips. Any fan of Peanuts knows that Christmas was the basis of a seasonal plot line almost every year, as well as being the subject of the first, best, and most famous of the Peanuts TV specials. Why did I give this otherwise excellent book only four stars? Because Christmas - either as a theme in the strip or in the form of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” - is almost entirely neglected in this book, except for a few passing references. Even The School Building is featured as a character. Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Schroeder, and Snoopy are there, of course, as are the well-known Great Pumpkin and the Little Red-haired Girl, but so is Charlotte Braun, who came and went in a short time during the 50s. ![]() It features original artwork, finished strips, and memorabilia among the illustrations, and provides one- or two-page spread on all of the major characters, many of the minor characters, and some of the themes that recur in the strip. The Peanuts Book is a well-researched and extensively illustrated history of the greatest comic strip. ![]() ![]() As the author recounts her time through several jobs, companies, and locations, she alternates the narration between the daily grind of the workers and the vistas of startling beauty surrounding them. She delves deep into the milieu of Fort McMurray, highlighting the complex relationships among the work camps, the oil companies, and the people living and working there. It’s all over our music, our literature, our art, and our understanding of our place in the world.” On the surface, the book is a chronicle of the three years following the author’s college graduation (she also spent a year working at the Maritime Museum of British Columbia), but Beaton captures much more than her personal story. The author begins with an introduction to her home in Cape Breton, where the people have “a deep love for home, and the knowledge of how frequently they will have to leave it to find work somewhere else. Known primarily as the creator of the web-based comic series “Hark! A Vagrant,” Beaton moves to memoir with this examination of the two years she spent working in the oil sands to pay off her student loans. An ambitiously complex graphic narrative of a Nova Scotian woman’s experience working in the oil sands of Fort McMurray, Alberta. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Curtis appears to devote himself to his parish and the new church they're building, but is he really focusing his attention on the female parishioners trying to lure him into bed? Suddenly Curtis and Charlotte find themselves slipping into dangerous territory, and not even Curtis' seven-figure salary can prevent what is about to happen. When confronted about her behavior Charlotte starts spending time away from home, all the while getting closer to her ex-boyfriend. ![]() Despite her best efforts to keep her feelings hidden, Charlotte resents Curtina, taking her emotions out on the young girl. While the living, breathing reminder of her husband's infidelity infuriates Charlotte, Curtis couldn't be happier to finally have his whole family together. But when Curtis' long-time mistress and mother of his illegitimate two-year-old, dies, he and Charlotte have no choice but to raise Curtina together. The infamous Reverend Curtis Black's sordid past is no secret, as his wife, Charlotte, is well aware. ![]() ![]() ![]() ‘If I met with a farmer at the end of some fallow field, I would stop to look at this man whose seedtime was spent in the shadow of the same wheat among which he would soon be reaped.’ ‘A gamekeeper at Combourg named Raulx,’ we are told of René’s adolescent years, ‘grew fond of me was killed by a poacher.’ Often, just to see a fellow human was to think of death. ![]() ![]() No attempt is made to create suspense with the many turns of fortune that befell his family: ‘My brother perished on the scaffold,’ we are told almost at once ‘my two sisters departed their painful lives after many years spent languishing in prison, and my two uncles didn’t leave enough to pay for the four planks of their coffins.’ But if such forewarnings draw our attention to the great political upheaval that would shape Chateaubriand’s life, this wry mannerism cannot be entirely attributed to the French Revolution. ![]() ‘President Le Pelletier de Rosambo, who later died with such courage, was, when I arrived in Paris, a model of frivolity.’ And again: ‘The Bishop of Dol was … a friend of my family and a prelate of quite moderate political views who, on his knees, crucifix in hand, was shot with his brother.’ Again and again, in this first volume of Memoirs from beyond the Grave, a character is introduced only for their death to be immediately announced. T he Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jack crouched low to the ground and scanned his surroundings. ![]() Muddy lumps dripped down his scarred face, oozing odorously into his eyes, nose and mouth, making him want to retch.Ī spotlight swept past, outlining the barred windows. Squatting beside the door, he scooped handfuls of muck from a puddle and plastered it through his white hair. Outside the yard was quiet and thick dark clouds hid the moon from view. Jack stepped through the crack into the night. ![]() " A spellbinding sequel, a roller coaster journey full of catastrophe, buried secrets, breathtaking courage and intrigue." Lancashire Post Read more "A 'tockingly' good steampunk mystery." Kirkus A must-read for all fans of adventure - children or not." Kiran Millwood Hargrave Lily and Malkin, the mechanical fox, must stay one step ahead before Jack play his final, deadly card. Jack is playing a cruel game that Robert is a part of. Suddenly, dark secrets from Robert's past plunge him into danger. For Jack is searching for the mysterious Moonlocket - but that's not the only thing he wants. Storm clouds gather over Lily and Robert's summer when criminal mastermind the Jack of Diamonds appears. It's hard to escape the secrets from the past. The exhilarating second Cogheart Adventure: the bestselling series of fantastical imagination set in a gripping Victorian world, from award-winning Peter Bunzl. A thrilling tale of catastrophe and courage. ![]() |