![]() Was Rhode Island's architect, Roger Williams, America's founding freak or the father of the First Amendment? Same difference.Was Massachusetts Bay Colony governor John Winthrop a communitarian, a Christlike Christian, or conformity's tyrannical enforcer? Answer: Yes!. ![]() Their story is filled with pamphlet feuds, witty courtroom dramas, and bloody vengeance. The people she finds are highly literate, deeply principled, and surprisingly feisty. ![]() What was this great political enterprise all about? Who were these people who are considered the philosophical, spiritual, and moral ancestors of our nation? What Vowell discovers is something far different from what their uptight shoe-buckles-and-corn reputation might suggest. To this day, America views itself as a Puritan nation, but Vowell investigates what that means - and what it should mean. The Wordy Shipmates is New York Times best-selling author Sarah Vowell's exploration of the Puritans and their journey to America to become the people of John Winthrop's "city upon a hill" - a shining example, a "city that cannot be hid." ![]()
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![]() ![]() Moreover, Taiwan’s international trading relationship with the US, Japan, and European Union cannot explain its extreme patenting performance. Compared to other countries, Taiwan’s ration of patents in triadic patent families to the US patent is lower than 40 countries in all technology fields. We endeavor to explain the discrepancy between US patents and triadic patent families. This study adopts a statistical method to verify Taiwan’s patent performance as outlier among 40 major countries. ![]() In those ranking results, Taiwan exhibits inconsistent performance by different indicators, ranking fourth by the number of USPTO-granted patents (US patents) but twenty-second by the number of triadic patent families (TPF). These indicators are usually used by many internationally-renowned ranking institutions to measure innovative activities at country level. Issued patents are frequently maneuvered as indicators for measuring innovative technology development. ![]() ![]() ![]() ***** Everything below is a SPOILER ***** What happened in The Diviners? Mary White – John Hobbs’s former companion, now an elderly woman Miss Addie and Miss Lillian – elderly ladies that live in Evie’s building, can feel the changes in the spirits Sister Walker – is looking for the Diviners, works with Isaiah on his ability, secretly works with Will ![]() Theta – Performer that lives in Evie’s building Sam – pickpocket that can tell people not to see him and they won’tīlind Bill – a homeless man that once had an ability and it was stolen from him thrusting him into an early old age ![]() Jericho – Will’s assistant, love interest of Mabel Naughty John (John Hobbs) – Notorious murderer that is in the process of bringing himself back from the dead Isaiah – Memphis’s young brother, can read cards Memphis – lives in Harlem, once had the ability to heal Mabel – Evie’s best friend in NYC, lives in her building Will – Evie’s uncle that she goes to live with in NYC, owner of the “Museum of Creepy Crawlies” James – Evie’s dead brother that she sees in dreams If you are wondering what happened in The Diviners, then you are in the right place!ĭiviners – people with various supernatural abilitiesĮvie – Girl from Ohio that moves to NYC, can read the past from objects Read a full summary of The Diviners by Libba Bray now! This page is full of spoilers so beware. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Actually, I can see an interesting comparison study being possible between these two stories. Censoring An Iranian Love Story by Shahriar Mandanipour, 9780349121451, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. His blurs the lines between the metanarrative and narrative and also subtlely and artistically points out absurdities in (native Canadian) culture. The most similar author to which I can liken this book is. I think that's alright, though, because Dara and the narrator are the main characters, and they're more likeable. I don't actually like Sara she is coquettish but stubborn and arrogant.? I don't really know how to describe her, but I didn't really empathize with her. Overall the interaction between the narrator and his story is intriguing from a writer's perspective and that of a storyteller. As the book progresses, the narrative and internal story crisscross, which is more challenging to wrap my mind around - the lines between the two stories really blurs. It also adds humour to the novel because of the absurdity of some traditions and conventions. This dialogue is really interesting (even though it gets tedious in the middle, it picks up again) to help a Westerner like myself. It is a metanarrative, in which the narrator explains why certain choices are made in the love story (the internal story) and explains a lot of the Iranian culture as it relates to literature. I recognize I am very unfamiliar with real Iranian literature, so it's difficult to distinguish between cultural characteristics and the author's style. It's hard to pin down my thought on this book. ![]() ![]() ![]() When Ox learns Joe’s family’s secret, his world is forever changed. Joe, who would be the one to change Ox’s life. The House in the Cerulean Sea Read-A-Likes Do you want a book dealing with found family? Visit my shop for recommendation lists here. ![]() ![]() See my review of Flash Firefor confirmation! Honestly, there is nothing like the characters in a Klune book.ĭisclosure: I am an affiliate of and I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. Among other things! Seriously, TJ Klune is one of the best writers of character and relationships. However, that doesn’t mean there aren’t books that feel similar! As we move into the end of summer, these are books you’ll want to check out for whismy and found family. It’s really just such a happy book! The House in the Cerulean Sea is truly one of a kind. It is truly one of my new favorites, and it will be that way for many years to come, I think. If you follow me on Instagram, you know that I hosted a readalong for this book in June with my friend Meghan! We had a great time, reading and discussing this lovely book. ![]() ![]() ![]() Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). ![]() ![]() Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes Holly, Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. These are just some of the haunting scenarios to be found in this classic collection-spellbinding tales from the darkest places and the unparalleled imagination of fiction’s master storyteller. The classic short story collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King.Ī wrong turn on a lonely road lands a wayward couple in Rock and Roll Heaven, Oregon, where there’s no escaping the free nightly concert….A novelty toy becomes an unexpected and terrifying instrument of self-defense….An ex-con pieces together a map to unearth a stolen million dollars-but at what price?.A private investigator in Depression-era Los Angeles is finding his life unraveling as he discovers the shocking truth of who he really is….A third-grade teacher is willing to dig deep in order to exact revenge for his murdered wife. ![]() Includes the story “It Grows on You”-set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine ![]() ![]() ![]() They laugh it off and spend Amanda and Leo’s birthday together, watching the two bond and even take their first steps together. It turns out that both families have been booked into the same birthday room at the Magic Castle Birthday Party Palace by mistake. Ten years before the present time, on Amanda and Leo’s first birthday, both the Ellerbys and Fitpatricks are astonished to find themselves together again by pure chance. Even though they had promised, both the Ellerbys and the Fitzpatricks walked away believing they would never see each other again. She predicts that they will be the best of friends and makes them promise they will celebrate this day together every year before rushing off again. While an “uneasy feeling, like they were remembering something out of a storybook someone read to them when they were children”(Mass 3), runs through them, Angelina takes this moment to tell them that “being born on the same day is very special”(Mass 3). The Ellerbys exclaim that they are naming their daughter after her great-grandmother, Amanda Ellerby. Both parents to the babies appear next to her and they exchange stories about each one and they tell the Ellerbys that they are naming their son Leonard Fitzpatrick, after his great-grandfather. ![]() She spots the two little babies she ultimately came to see she has waited a long time for this day to arrive. The novel begins 11 years before the present time Angelina D’Angelo rushes through the halls of the Birthing Center stopping right in front of the nursery window to look at the newborn babies in the room. ![]() ![]() ![]() The only ones immune to this curse are local wizards who have now gone into hiding since they are being hunted. ![]() ![]() The land is now referred to as Lower Corte and its history, traditions, and customs are shrouded in mystery. During the war, Brandin lost his son in the skirmish and decides to curse the land of Tigana by striking the memory of it from every person living on the peninsula. ![]() The Peninsula of the Palm has been invaded and conquered by the wizard Brandin and the whole land has put under his rule. The amount of research, studies, and imagination Kay put into this novel is astonishing and it deserves a place with the all-time classics of this genre. This standalone fantasy novel Tigana takes place in a region called the Peninsula of the Palm and resembles Renaissance Italy as well as several character names having Italian pronunciations. For those of you who are new to Guy Gavriel Kay, apart from his own novels he is best known for his editorial contributions to The Silmarillion along with Christopher Tolkien. Guy Gavriel Kay is a Canadian fantasy writer whose works are known to have settings that resemble real places during historical periods. ![]() ![]() The way leads inwards, always inwards' ''). ![]() Not only have Fritz's studies brought him among faculty the likes of Fichte, Schiller, and Schlegel-but he himself is already a visionary poet helping bring the 18th century to its close (" 'The universe, after all, is within us. ![]() To say he's a salt inspector, though, is a little like saying Shakespeare was an actor. ![]() The pious and old (he's 56) father of the many-childrened family is Director of the Salt Mining Administration of Saxony, one of the few vocations (the military is another) not forbidden to members of the aristocracy, and the same calling the oldest Hardenberg son, Fritz, will follow upon conclusion of his studies at the universities of Jena, Leipzig, and Wittenberg. ![]() Times were once better for the Hardenbergs, who've sold two estates, may have to sell another, and meanwhile live in a more manageable house in town. The German poet Novalis (1772-1801) was really Friedrich Leopold von Hardenberg and Fitzgerald ( The Gates of Angels, 1992 Offshore, 1987, etc.) here re-creates him, his family, his doomed young lover Sophie von Kühn, and Sophie's huge family-not to mention the era all of them lived in-in the most human-sized and yet intellectually capacious narrative a reader could wish for. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Little do the two friends know that after surviving hundreds of dives and developing the closest of bonds, forces outside their control will push their friendship to the breaking point. Young-sook was born into a long line of haenyeo and will inherit her mother’s position leading the divers in their village. Mi-ja is the daughter of a Japanese collaborator, and she will forever be marked by this association. Throughout this time, the residents of Jeju find themselves caught between warring empires. ![]() The Island of Sea Women is an epoch set over many decades, beginning during a period of Japanese colonialism in the 1930s and 1940s, followed by World War II, the Korean War, and its aftermath, through the era of cell phones and wet suits for the women divers. As the girls take up their positions as baby divers, they know they are beginning a life of excitement and responsibility but also danger.ĭespite their love for each other, Mi-ja and Young-sook’s differences are impossible to ignore. ![]() When they are old enough, they begin working in the sea with their village’s all-female diving collective, led by Young-sook’s mother. Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends who come from very different backgrounds. A new novel from Lisa See, the New York Times best-selling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship and family secrets on a small Korean island. ![]() |