![]() ![]() ![]() In impassioned, elegant prose, celebrated author Susan Jacoby paints a striking portrait of more than two hundred years of secularist activism, beginning with the fierce debate over the omission of God from the Constitution. An authoritative history of the vital role of secularist thinkers and activists in the United States, from a writer of "fierce intelligence and nimble, unfettered imagination" ( The New York Times)Īt a time when the separation of church and state is under attack as never before, Freethinkers offers a powerful defense of the secularist heritage that gave Americans the first government in the world founded not on the authority of religion but on the bedrock of human reason. ![]()
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Only small lot(s) could be H&S directly from Artelisted via USPS into the USA. We mainly ship via USPS Priority or First Class. American Express, COD (cash on delivery), Discover, MasterCard, Money Order / Cashiers Check, Personal Check, Visa, Wire Transfer Shipping ![]() ![]() ![]() Situations where what's being said and what's being done are at odds and places where the postcard picture hides ugly, painful truths. Joan Didion is the Shakespeare of things that don't quite add up. And in Where I Was From Didion shows that California was never the land of the golden dream. The eight essays in Political Fictions–on censorship in the media, Gingrich, Clinton, Starr, and “compassionate conservatism,” among others–show us how we got to the political scene of today. ![]() ![]() In After Henry Didion reports on the Reagans, Patty Hearst, and the Central Park jogger case. Miami exposes the secret role this largely Latin city played in the Cold War, from the Bay of Pigs through Watergate. Salvador is a riveting look at the social and political landscape of civil war. The White Album covers the revolutionary politics and the “contemporary wasteland” of the late sixties and early seventies, in pieces on the Manson family, the Black Panthers, and Hollywood. Slouching Towards Bethlehem captures the counterculture of the sixties, its mood and lifestyle, as symbolized by California, Joan Baez, Haight-Ashbury. Now the seven books of nonfiction that appeared between 19 have been brought together into one thrilling collection. Joan Didion’s incomparable and distinctive essays and journalism are admired for their acute, incisive observations and their spare, elegant style. ![]() ![]() ![]() The bike he had traded for was not as good as his old bike, so he had trouble maneuvering over some of the rougher patches. (Sidenote: I want some of that spice cake.)īest quote: “Dark came quickly, along with a cold and stinging rain. Also, three cheers for a great relationship with his parents! And their delivery system they had worked out was amazing. I liked his ordinary bravery and his courage to push himself for the sake of others. Also, the Tour de France? Why have I not heard of this? :D :Dīecause this was packed with fascinating history, it was a little slow in spots, but the author did a good job keeping the historical facts mostly to some pretty cool appendices in the back. This book covers a time period in history I knew next to nothing about, so frankly-I was geeking out. ![]() ![]() I’ve loved everything I’ve read by this author, so when my sisters brought this home from the library (and I suddenly remembered it was on my TBR XD), I was excited to read it. ![]() ![]() Yet there are moments of greater promise-the ad on the back cover, with its zinelike look the girlcentric endpapers (rainbows! cupcakes! butterflies! stars! goat?!?)-that hint at something edgier and more distinctive that hasn’t quite developed.Ī tale about coming to love someone-or something-for who they are and not what one hopes them to be: a pleasant addition to the odd-couple shelf.Ī lift-the-flap book gives the littlest trick-or-treaters some practice identifying partygoers under their costumes. And Young hits all the visual beats, creating something likable and appealing. ![]() The pencil, pen, and watercolor illustrations, done in a simple, loose style, offer expressive, playful character poses. Luckily, the two bond while Sparkle awaits pickup, and catastrophe is averted. Sparkle, spotted and flea-ridden, is persistent in his goatishness, and the black-and-kinky–haired, peach-complexioned Lucy calls for a refund. ![]() But when a bleating crate arrives, expectations and reality collide. When Lucy spots an ad for a 25 cent unicorn, she pops her money in the mail and begins to imagine riding her majestic beast over rainbows, adorning it with flowers, and bringing it to show and tell. ![]() Lucy dreams of owning a unicorn, but a mail-order scam brings a one-horned, smelly goat instead-who just might be her perfect match. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Satter are never at war with each other” in Family Properties. But “the historian and the storyteller in Ms. Her father, Mark Satter, was a white lawyer in Chicago who loudly did battle with discriminatory housing practices before his death, at 49, in 1965. To hang on, families rented out parts of their homes and themselves became exploitative landlords.įor Satter, this is a personal story, said Dwight Garner in The New York Times. Exorbitant fees were often tacked on, and a single late payment was grounds for instant eviction. Speculators filled the vacuum in those areas, selling buildings at inflated prices to black buyers willing to sign onerous contracts. Unlike other Americans, blacks couldn’t borrow from a bank because the Federal Housing Administration would not provide mortgage insurance for homes in neighborhoods where even a handful of blacks lived. ![]() A half-century ago, she says, the typical African-American couple hoping to buy a home confronted a system that was seemingly engineered to destroy family and community. It’s no mystery how America’s black urban slums came to be, says historian Beryl Satter. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Is Miss Pettigrew naive? / She can handle her own when needs arise / One madcap helluva day!īook I now have to read because it was mentioned in the Preface: Stella Gibbons’ Cold Comfort Farm* Quote from blurb on book: “Miss Pettigrew is irresistible, a perfect mix of wistfulness and joy, substance and froth.” – Tracy Chevalier Thus? did this book kick off the year on a good note? YES! Random Thoughts Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson, Persephone 2008 (orig 1936), 234 pagesĬhallenge: What’s in a Name 5: Something on a Calendar, #601 on 1001 Books To Read Before You Die (or at least the list I’m using)įirst Sentence: “Miss Pettigrew pushed open the door of the employment agency and went in as the clock struck a quarter past nine.”įirst FULL read of the year. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her simplistic speech pattern when we are inside her head need finesse as she progresses through her development. I enjoyed Faye, the grey-eyed talented Okie kid who grows into her power, but I think I loved her because I root for grrl-power, and not because the characterization was done particularly well. I get the feeling he didn't research the 1920s for this book-more like he watched a couple of Al Capone movies. I don't know a lot about the 20s, but it almost seems if Correia is pulling on American political attitudes from the 40s-50s(post WWII) in his characterizations of Germans and Japanese and the political divisions. There's a lot of odd ethnic referrals going on as well that make me vaguely uncomfortable. ![]() There's more detail on guns then there are physical characteristics of setting and mood, critical elements of the detective noir. One reviewer hit it on the head when he noted that there is a lack of world building, and tossed-in 1920s vocabulary is supposed to stand for setting. Unfortunately, Hard Magic doesn't measure up to Correia's first series, Monster Hunters International. ![]() ![]() She’s riding high until one event goes tragically, spectacularly wrong. As an elite event planner, Margot’s rubbed elbows with the cream of Chicago society, and made elegance and glamour her business. Margot Cary has spent her life immersed in everything Lake Sackett is not. And true to form in small Southern towns, family business becomes everybody’s business. (What, you have a problem with one-stop shopping?) Two McCready brothers started two separate businesses in the same building back in 1928, and now it’s become one big family affair. ![]() Nestled on the shore of Lake Sackett, Georgia is the McCready Family Funeral Home and Bait Shop. ![]() Beloved author Molly Harper launches a brand-new contemporary romance series, Southern Eclectic, with this story of a big-city party planner who finds true love in a small Georgia town. ![]() ![]() ![]() He was being chased now, silent and fast. ![]() Harry ducked past two women, slipping through a narrow utility alley, and he ran. Like icy fingers down his skin.Īnd if someone was after Harry, it wasn’t good. That cold stab of dread, sixth sense, gut feeling. No one crossed after him, but whoever was after him was closer now. Together, they do.Ĭaution: on-page physical and gun violence. The stakes have too.īecause on their own, they had nothing to lose. But it’s not just the game or the rules that have changed. It’s a different game now, and Harry and Asher have a better chance at surviving if they stick together. ![]() ![]() His next job is a face he recognises, and after a tip-off, he learns he too is a marked man. He’s also a mercenary for hire to the highest bidder. A man without loyalty, a man without a nationality, without a country, or a home. He’s been in the game far too long, and when he sees a familiar threat, he knows his time is up.Īsher Garin is a dangerous man. A lone wolf, he’s single-handedly taken down terrorists and national security threats, or so he thinks. Ex-Australian Specialist Response Group, Tim “Harry” Harrigan, has been running covert ops for almost a decade. ![]() |