![]() ![]() And, The Education of John Adams is the first biography to examine Adams's conflicted and hesitant ideas about slavery and race in the American context, raising serious questions about his mythic status as a friend of human equality and a foe of slavery. Constitution his service as the nation's first vice president and second president and his retirement years, during which he was first a vexed and rejected ex-president and then became the revered "Sage of Braintree."īernstein establishes Adams as a key figure in the evolution of American constitutional theory and practice. ![]() Bernstein explores Adams’ flourishing legal career and the impact that law had on him, his perception of himself, and his role in defining and expounding ideas about constitutionalism and how it should work as the governing ideology of the new United States.īernstein traces Adams’ part in launching the government of the United States under the U.S. ![]() In a new take on the second President of the United States, The Education of John Adams by R.B. ET.īuy The Education of John Adams in The Shop at Monticello! ![]() Bernstein, Lecturer in Law and Politics at the City College of New York. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello for a digital book talk with R.B. ![]()
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![]() ![]() In fact, he’s the only reason the cat, New Name Every Day, has nine lives.Īll this is swell except for Portico’s other secret, his not-so-super secret. And behind those fifty doors live a bunch of different people who Stuntboy saves all the time. ![]() But a building with fifty doors just in the hallways is definitely a castle. His mom calls where they live an apartment building. He lives in the biggest house on the block, maybe in the whole city, which basically makes it a castle. No one in his civilian life knows he’s actually…Stuntboy!īut his regular Portico identity is pretty cool, too. Portico Reeves’s superpower is making sure all the other superheroes-like his parents and two best friends-stay super. A Schneider Family Award Honor Book for Middle Gradeįrom Newbery Medal honoree and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes a hilarious, hopeful, and action-packed middle grade novel about the greatest young superhero you’ve never heard of, filled with illustrations by Raúl the Third! ![]() ![]() ![]() Book request titles must contain details about the kind of book you’re looking for.Inflammatory titles like Does Anyone Else, Unpopular Opinion, or similar are not allowed.Gush and critique posts should contain the book title/author if applicable. Reviews and screenshots of book excerpts must contain the book title/author in the post title.Book request titles must contain details about the kind of book you’re looking for and/or keywords that will inform future searches.Rules Post titles must be clear and informative ![]() For updated information regarding ongoing community features includings upcoming AMAs, please visit 'new' Reddit. Resource links will direct you to Wiki pages, which we are maintaining. ![]() Please be aware that the sidebar in 'old' Reddit is no longer being updated with informative links about Book Clubs, AMAs, etc. Home of the magic search button and endless book recommendations as well as discussions about tropes and characters, Author AMAs, book clubs, and more. R/RomanceBooks is a discussion sub for readers of romance novels. ![]() ![]() Neil has survived the last eight years by running. One of Neil's new teammates is a friend from his old life, and Neil can't walk away from him a second time. His lies will hold up only so long under this kind of scrutiny and the truth will get him killed.īut Neil's not the only one with secrets on the team. The team is high profile and he doesn't need sports crews broadcasting pictures of his face around the nation. Signing a contract with the PSU Foxes is the last thing a guy like Neil should do. He's short, he's fast, he's got a ton of potential-and he's the runaway son of the murderous crime lord known as The Butcher. Neil Josten is the newest addition to the Palmetto State University Exy team. So today I want to share my thoughts on these three books. Before I knew it I finished the whole trilogy haha. And for some reason I decided to start listening to The Foxhole Court at the start of June. ![]() The Foxhole Court has been on my wishlist for at least two years now and I recently discovered the hole series was available on Scribd. ![]() ![]() ![]() Time and again, he’d phoned Morgenstern with rising panic about the exam. Constitution, Gödel had dedicated himself to the study of American history and constitutional law. To prepare for his citizenship test, knowing that he’d be asked questions about the U.S. Einstein, up front with Morgenstern, turned around and said, teasing, “Now, Gödel, are you really well prepared for this examination?” Gödel looked stricken. Morgenstern had founded game theory, Einstein had founded the theory of relativity, and Gödel, the greatest logician since Aristotle, had revolutionized mathematics and philosophy with his incompleteness theorems. The three men, who’d fled Nazi Europe and become close friends at the Institute for Advanced Study, were on their way to a courthouse where Gödel, an Austrian exile, was scheduled to take the U.S.-citizenship exam, something his two friends had done already. ![]() In 1947, Kurt Gödel, Albert Einstein, and Oskar Morgenstern drove from Princeton to Trenton in Morgenstern’s car. ![]() ![]() ![]() Perfect for those looking for a steamy slow-burn with the promise of a sweet happy-ever-after. The Spanish Love Deception is an enemies-to-lovers, fake-dating romance. Never has there been a more aggravating, blood-boiling and insufferable man.īut Catalina is desperate and as the wedding gets closer the more desirable an option Aaron Blackford becomes. But even then, when Aaron Blackford – the 6'4", blue-eyed pain in the arse – offers to step in, she's not tempted even for a second. She clearly dislikes her work nemesis, Aaron Blackford, with a burning passion after he dismissed her on the first day he started. IN SHORT: This romance book based on a trope is OK but not great. ![]() ![]() NYC to Spain is no short flight and her family won't be easy to fool. Summary: The Spanish Love Deception The novel centers on Lina Martín, a young woman working at a large company, InTech, in New York City. She only has four weeks to find someone willing to cross the Atlantic for her and aid in her deception. Now everyone she knows – including her ex-boyfriend and his fiancée – will be there. Especially when her little white lie about her American boyfriend has spiralled out of control. This enemies-to-lovers and fake-dating story takes two total opposite characters and brings them together in a sweet way. Three days to convince your family you're actually in love.Ĭatalina Martín desperately needs a date to her sister's wedding. The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas gives everything you might want in a romance novel: a lovable protagonist, classic tropes, and a fun setting. ![]() ![]() Betty Smith has, in the pages of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, captured the joys of humble Williamsburg life-from “junk day” on Saturdays, when the children of Francie’s neighborhood traded their weekly take for pennies, to the special excitement of holidays, bringing cause for celebration and revelry. By turns overwhelming, sublime, heartbreaking, and uplifting, the Nolans’ daily experiences are tenderly threaded with family connectedness and raw with honesty. ![]() Often scorned by neighbors for her family’s erratic and eccentric behavior-such as her father Johnny’s taste for alcohol and Aunt Sissy’s habit of marrying serially without the formality of divorce-no one, least of all Francie, could say that the Nolans’ life lacked drama. ![]() The beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the century.įrom the moment she entered the world, Francie needed to be made of stern stuff, for the often harsh life of Williamsburg demanded fortitude, precocity, and strength of spirit. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the runway show, some of the most incredible ensembles featured painted or heavily embroidered images from famous Italian Renaissance artists. Encrusted with crystals, rhinestones, 3-D flowers, and diamonds, the dresses featured in every Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda event are inspired by classic, vintage, and historic Italian art. These events have drawn A-list celebrity clients from all over the world, due to the brand’s global appeal and Dolce & Gabbana’s effective immersion in the luxury lifestyle.Īlta Moda takes couture to the next level, with wearable works of art that pay tribute to the small local artisans that have made Italian fashion world renowned. ![]() Since that time, Alta Moda events have traveled the globe, starting in other Italian cities like Venice, Portofino, and the Isle of Capri, and branching out to such exotic locales as Hong Kong and New York City. ![]() With inspiration drawn from Sicilian culture, this location was an appropriate choice for the exclusive weekend event that immersed guests in luxury couture. The premiere Alta Moda event by Dolce & Gabbana was held in Taormina, Italy. Dolce and Gabbana, Fashion Show, Winter 2011, ” by Wonderlane is licensed under CC BY 2.0 wearing stunning red velvet dress with gold decoration. ![]() ![]() No one loves other people’s kids this much without getting paid. Which makes her untrustworthy to normal, slacker moms. She has been the field trip bomb-diggity since kindergarten, and she makes sure you know that before your butt meets the hard seat of the bus. The Professional Chaperone: This mom is the first one to turn in her form with handwritten notes and exclamation points everywhere. Here are my least favorite parts of every field trip:ġ. But there is something about embarking off school grounds with other people’s kids that pushes my buttons. ![]() I know field trips are part of the curriculum and necessary and blah blah. And I bow in utter awe to every teacher on the planet … but chaperone duty is exhausting. ![]() _ I would rather walk barefoot on hot coals but I haven’t chaperoned all year so if no one else signs up then, yeah, I guess so. _ Not if I was the last living, breathing parent in the universe after the apocalypse. When the form comes home, there is that little section along the bottom asking for chaperones. ![]() ![]() $16 at Amazon How does your poetry influence your fiction? For example, in this book, the chapter that’s set in the detention center and a lot of the stuff around immigration developed from the work I was doing with women in detention. ![]() How does your background as an organizer influence your writing?Ī lot of the stuff I was organizing around shows up in my writing because those are the things that I’m interested in and thinking about frequently. caught up with the author about her interest in nonlinear storytelling, the complexities of Latinx immigration narratives, and how to write about male violence without centering violent men. ![]() The intergenerational narrative tackles immigration, addiction, and sexual trauma with ambition and a poetic voice. The novel traces a broad arc across time and distance, zigzagging from a cigar factory in 19th-century Cuba to early 2000s Miami to a detention center in Texas in 2014. It’s no surprise, then, that Of Women and Salt, her debut novel, was so highly anticipated it was praised by Roxane Gay for its “precision and generosity and beauty,” and described as a “fierce and powerful debut” by Teresa Marie Mailhot. ![]() ![]() Gabriela Garcia’s poetry and fiction have appeared in Tin House, Zyzzyva, and the Iowa Review, and she’s been anthologized in The Best American Poetry in 2019. ![]() |