![]() ![]() ![]() Also central to the story of Portugal’s ascent was its drive to eradicate Islamic culture and establish a Christian empire in the Indian Ocean. Figures such as King Manuel “the Fortunate,” João II “the Perfect Prince,” marauding governor Afonso de Albuquerque, and explorer Vasco da Gama juggled their private ambitions and the public aims of the empire, often suffering astonishing losses in pursuit of a global fortune. Conquerors reveals the Império Português in all of its splendor and ferocity, bringing to life the personalities of the enterprising and fanatical house of Aviz. Portugal’s discovery of a sea route to India, campaign of imperial conquest over Muslim rulers, and domination of the spice trade would forever disrupt the Mediterranean and build the first global economy.Ĭrowley relies on letters and eyewitness testimony to tell the story of tiny Portugal’s rapid and breathtaking rise to power. ![]() ![]() In Conquerors, New York Times bestselling author Roger Crowley gives us the epic story of the emergence of Portugal, a small, poor nation that enjoyed a century of maritime supremacy thanks to the daring and navigational skill of its explorers-a tactical advantage no other country could match. ![]()
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![]() Once she and her classmates Maxine and Lena reach the vibrant streets of France, Frances learns that the spell she used to speak to her dead brother has had terrible consequences-the veil between the living and the dead has been torn by her recklessness, and a group of magicians are using the rift for their own gain at a horrifying cost. When an opportunity to visit Paris arises, Frances jumps at the chance to go, longing for adventure and seeking answers about her power. ![]() But one thing nags: her magic has begun to act strangely. Druon and the witches of Haxahaven, Frances has built a quiet, safe life for herself, teaching young witches and tending the garden within the walls of Haxahaven Academy. Months after the devastating battle between the Sons of St. ![]() ![]() The lush and pulse-pounding sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Witch Haven “sparkles with magic” ( Kirkus Reviews) as it follows Frances and her fellow witches to the streets of Paris where family secrets, lost loves, and dangerous powers await. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now she spends her days throwing living room dance parties for her two princesses and conquering realms of her own imaginings. Though her fairy tale didn’t quite turn out as planned, she did work for Disney-that was an enchanted moment of its own. Charming) and live in a castle (aka The Plaza Hotel). Not so long ago, SARA ELLA dreamed she would marry a prince (just call her Mrs. ![]() I highly recommend this series to you if you at all enjoy Young Adult fiction and especially if you enjoyed Book One (don’t miss it!). I was totally #TeamKy after reading the end of Unblemished, but I’m even more so now! Still, if you’re on the fence of which hero you’re pulling for, or even #TeamJoshua (how? just, how?), you’ll still undoubtedly enjoy Unraveling by Sara Ella. Woven all together, they make up a fascinating plot that had me turning pages well into the night! But Unraveling dives into the character’s minds, motivations, and individual missions. I absolutely loved how this book delved deeper than the first, which had to understandably introduce the storyworld. And I think I finished this book even faster than I did the first one. Since it immersed me right back into the story that began in Book One, I felt like I picked up right where we left off with no hitch. The much-anticipated sequel to Unblemished, Unraveling by Sara Ella takes it up a notch. ![]() ![]() When Larry Flint published cartoons in Hustler magazine depicting Andrea in a sexually explicit way, she sued the publisher, but lost. Al Goldstein, founder of Screw Magazine, said that he would "rather suck dick than have sex with Andrea Dworkin". Shouting about "freedom of speech" and the first amendment. Public hearings on the ordinance were organised across the US, and it was the first time in history that victims of pornography testified directly before a government body. Three years later, Dworkin and MacKinnon were commissioned by the Minneapolis city council to draft a local ordinance that would embody the legal principle that pornography violates the civil rights of women, and is "hate speech". ![]() They discovered that, under current law, there was nothing they could do. In 1980 Andrea asked MacKinnon to help her bring a civil rights suit for Linda Marchiano, who as Linda Lovelace had been coerced into making the film Deep Throat. Heroine or hate figure, her name became an adjective, used and misused to describe the type of feminist we are supposed to strive not to be.Īlthough her previous books, including the notorious Pornography: Men Possessing Women (1981), were widely read in feminist circles, both in the US and Britain, Dworkin achieved fame when, in 1983 along with legal academic Catharine MacKinnon, she drafted and promoted the civil rights law recognising pornography as sex discrimination in Minneapolis. Since the mid-1970s, Dworkin symbolised women's war against sexual violence. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In order to make simple the great truths of Nature and the abstract principles of natural law, the vital forces of the universe were personified, becoming the gods and goddesses of the ancient mythologies. To the discerning few were revealed the esoteric, or spiritual, teachings, while the unqualified many received only the literal, or exoteric, interpretations. There are, however, but few mature minds in the world and thus it was that the philosophic-religious doctrines of the pagans were divided to meet the needs of these two fundamental groups of human intellect-one philosophic, the other incapable of appreciating the deeper mysteries of life. Thoughtlessness is almost synonymous with childishness, while thoughtfulness is symbolic of maturity. The Apostle Paul said that these little ones must be fed with milk, but that meat is the food of strong men. They depend almost entirely upon the ministrations of the shepherd. While the former may be qualified to solve the riddle of their own destiny, the latter must be led like a flock of sheep and taught in simple language. Those of immature mentality, on the other hand, when similarly confronted, are overwhelmed. “When confronted with a problem involving the use of the reasoning faculties, individuals of strong intellect keep their poise, and seek to reach a solution by obtaining facts bearing upon the question. ![]() ![]() ![]() Over a century later, the now abandoned and crumbling Brookhants is back in the news when wunderkind writer, Merritt Emmons, publishes a breakout book celebrating the queer, feminist history surrounding the “haunted and cursed” Gilded-Age institution. Less than five years later, The Brookhants School for Girls closes its doors forever-but not before three more people mysteriously die on the property, each in a most troubling way. ![]() This is where their bodies are later discovered with a copy of Mary’s book splayed beside them, the victims of a swarm of stinging, angry yellow jackets. They meet in secret in a nearby apple orchard, the setting of their wildest happiness and, ultimately, of their macabre deaths. To show their devotion to Mary, the girls establish their own private club and call it The Plain Bad Heroine Society. ![]() Flo and Clara, two impressionable students, are obsessed with each other and with a daring young writer named Mary MacLane, the author of a scandalous bestselling memoir. Synopsis from Goodreads: Our story begins in 1902, at The Brookhants School for Girls. This ARC was provided by Harper Collins UK (via NetGalley) in exchange for an honest review. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Hoping to become an important symbol for those battling against racial In the process, they developed an international anticolonial consciousness that boldly confronted the British and American empires. Restrictive immigration policies and political repression in North America to colonial subjugation at home. How did thousands of Indians who migrated to the Pacific Coast of North America during the early twentieth century come to forge an anticolonial movement that British authorities claimed nearly toppled their rule in India during the First World War? Seema Sohi traces how Indian labor migrants, students, and intellectual activists who journeyed across the globe seeking to escape the exploitative and politically repressive policies of the British Raj, linked ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A self-described “average guy” with a typical 9-to-5 job in the suburbs, Neil started his blog 1000 Awesome Things, as a small reminder - in a world of rising sea levels, global conflict, and a troubled economy - of the free, easy little joys that make life sweet. Neil Pasricha never imagined that writing about the smell of gasoline, thinking it’s Thursday when it’s really Friday, or wearing underwear just out of the dryer would amount to anything. Arising out of Pasricha’s riffs on popping bubble wrap and getting a trucker to blow his horn is an unexpected, genuine sort of inspiration, as The Book of Awesome offers up a hearty cheer for all the little things we take for granted. With its focus on the many things that bring us together rather than the few things that split us apart, it’s a book that will appeal to people from all walks of life - housewives and college kids, children and senior citizens alike. But while powered along by Pasricha’s distinctive, fresh, and hilarious voice, The Book of Awesome isn’t about one man’s favorite things, but rather a catalog of the universal little pleasures we all share. ![]() From neighbors with pools to ordering off the menu at fast-food restaurants to fixing electronics by smacking them, The Book of Awesome takes on life’s sweet feats with all the honest humor and winning enthusiasm that has earned Pasricha’s blog its millions of followers. ![]() ![]() The Bunnies’ performative friendship rankles Samantha to no end, and she complains about them to her best friend, Ava, a semi-Goth cynic who also can’t abide the stubbornly twee clique, and to Jonah, a sweet young poet and recovering alcoholic who has taken a shine to Samantha. … All four of their glossy mouths making squealing sounds of monstrous love that hurt my face.” ![]() The coterie of four young women have made an art form out of platonic and public displays of affection: “How fiercely they gripped each other’s pink-and-white bodies, forming a hot little circle of rib-crushing love and understanding it took my breath away. ![]() Samantha, a student in a creative writing graduate program at a prestigious New England university, finds her simpering classmates intolerable, and with good reason. ![]() ![]() ![]() The other side of Butler’s storytelling equation has gone missing, however. Like other involuntary-time-travel stories, it is inherently suspenseful, generating cliffhangers at regular intervals, and the show takes full advantage. Only minutes or hours have elapsed in the present when she returns home, sometimes after perilous weeks or months in the past. (Made for FX, it premieres Tuesday on Hulu.) The ingenious premise is still there: Dana James (Mallori Johnson), now an aspiring television writer in 2016 Los Angeles, finds herself being zapped to 1815 Maryland whenever Rufus Weylin (David Alexander Kaplan), the young son of a plantation owner, feels his life is in danger and he needs saving. ![]() ![]() “Kindred” is finally coming to the screen, 43 years after its publication, not as a movie or a mini-series but as an eight-episode season meant to be the first in a series. The effectiveness of the fantasy depends on the density of the reality. But its power comes from Butler’s meticulously imagined depiction of the lives of slaves and slave owners in the antebellum South and her rigorous consideration of how a time-traveling contemporary Black woman (circa 1976) might fare in that world. You may race through the book because it’s a cleverly constructed and paced science-fiction(-ish) page-turner. ![]() Butler’s beloved novel “Kindred” is its believability. ![]() |