![]() ![]() ![]() Hugh Lofting's doctor from Puddleby-on-the-Marsh who could speak to animals first saw light in the author's illustrated letters to children, written from the trenches during World War I when actual news, he later said, was either too horrible or too dull. "It does not bother me any more now, but I still feel there should be a category of 'seniles' to offset the epithet." "For years it was a constant source of shock to me to find my writings amongst 'juveniles,'" Lofting reported. Lofting was married three times and had three children, one of whom, his son Christopher, is the executor of his literary estate. Seriously wounded in the war, he moved with his family to Connecticut in the United States. Not wishing to write to his children of the brutality of the war, he wrote imaginative letters that were the foundation of the successful Doctor Dolittle novels for children. He traveled widely as a civil engineer before enlisting in the Irish Guards to serve in World War I. His early education was at Mount St Mary's College in Sheffield, after which he went to the United States, completing a degree in civil engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lofting was born in Maidenhead, England, to English and Irish parents. ![]() ![]() Hugh Lofting was a British author, trained as a civil engineer, who created the character of Doctor Dolittle - one of the classics of children's literature. ![]()
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![]() But they were too soon out of slavery and so they screwed up and white folks had to take control again.’ ![]() “And what happened to me was an 'A-ha' experience, although you might better consider it an 'Oh-no' experience: 16 out of my 17 students said, ‘Well, Reconstruction was the period right after the Civil War when Blacks took over the government of the Southern states. Loewen's “Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong” was published in 1995 and became a favorite of students and former students as it challenged what Loewen considered a white, Eurocentric view of the past and the stale prose and bland presentations of classroom books. "Achieving justice in the present helps us tell the truth about the past.” ![]() “Telling the truth about the past helps cause justice in the present," was his guiding principle, he wrote. A professor emeritus at the University of Vermont who lived in Washington, D.C., he had been diagnosed two years ago with Stage IV bladder cancer, enough time for him to post “Notes toward an obituary” on his website. Loewen's publisher, New Press, announced that the author died Thursday at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. ![]() Loewen, whose million-selling “Lies My Teacher Told Me” books challenged traditional ideas and knowledge on everything from Thanksgiving to the Iraq War, has died. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But Reed is relentless in his pursuit – although not in an alpha-male, grunting, demanding kind of way. Sam initially has a hard time getting past the fact that Reed is a “younger man” and isn’t sure if she’s even ready to be dating. He always had a crush on Sam and is all about getting a chance to be with her now that she’s divorced. Now he’s all grown up and come back home to coach the high school varsity football team that Sam’s son plays on. Reed Cassidy was Sam’s younger brother’s childhood best friend. During a moment of frustration she makes a post on her blog that ends up going viral. ![]() Now a single mom to a 15 year old son, Sam is navigating a new life after being blindsided by her husband’s infidelity. Samantha Decker has just finalized her divorce, a few months before her 40th birthday. Along with fantastic dialog, these are a few of my favorite story things! Some of it good, some not.īut first I want to say that I really, really liked this book! It takes place in a small town where the heroine (and her siblings) grew up, and has a close-knit family where everyone is all up in everyone else’s business. Wow, do I have LOTS to say about The Sidelined Wife. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() George Trench (page images at HathiTrust) Richard Trench, Being Selections From Her Journals, Letters, and Other Papers (second edition London: Parker, Son, and Bourn, 1862), by Melesina Chenevix St. Trench, Richard Chenevix, 1807-1886, ed.: The Remains of the Late Mrs.Trench, Richard Chenevix, 1807-1886: On the Study of Words (Gutenberg text).Trench, Richard Chenevix, 1807-1886: On the Authorized Version of the New Testament, in Connection With Some Recent Proposals for its Revision (New York: Redfield, 1858).Trench, Richard Chenevix, 1807-1886: On Some Deficiencies in Our English Dictionaries (second edition, 1860) (multiple formats at Google).Trench, Richard Chenevix, 1807-1886, ed.: Journal Kept During a Visit to Germany in 1799, 1800 (1861), by Melesina Chenevix St.Trench, Richard Chenevix, 1807-1886: Commentary on the Epistles to the Seven Churches in Asia: Revelation II, III (fourth edition, revised London: Kegan Paul, Trench and Co., 1886) (multiple formats at ).Scribner, 1863) (page images at HathiTrust) Trench, Richard Chenevix, 1807-1886: Commentary on the Epistles to the Seven Churches in Asia: Revelation II, III (New York: C. ![]() Online Books by Richard Chenevix Trench (Trench, Richard Chenevix, 1807-1886)Ī Wikipedia article about this author is available. Richard Chenevix Trench (Trench, Richard Chenevix, 1807-1886) | The Online Books Page The Online Books Page ![]() ![]() ![]() Reeves was married twice, and had five children. ![]() His other books included "President Kennedy: Profile of Power," “President Nixon: Alone in the White House” and “What The People Know: Freedom and the Press.” His most recent publication was “Infamy: The Shocking Story of the Japanese American Internment in World War II,” which came out in 2015. ![]() He opposed the Iraq War, faulted President Ronald Reagan for favouring the rich and wrote in a 2004 column: “I am always amazed when I get letters, many of them, accusing me of being a 'liberal' or, a lot worse, an 'elitist.' Yes, I am. He became a frequent commentator on PBS and even appeared on the “Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson. He released his first book, on then-President Gerald Ford, in 1975, and four years later began a weekly column that was syndicated for decades. Reeves was a New York City native who worked as a journalist for much of the 1960s, including several years with The New York Times. In President Kennedy Richard Reeves first shows us Kennedy in the early days of his presidency, carrying with him just a few firm ideological standpoints: anti-communism, a lifelong belief that an action filled life was the best way to live and do things, and finally, in governing vigorously. Reeves son' Jeffrey Reeves told The Associated Press that his father died Wednesday in Los Angeles and had been in failing health. Kennedy and other American presidents, has died at age 83. NEW YORK - Richard Reeves, an author and syndicated columnist who wrote about politics for more than 50 years and published books on Richard Nixon, John F. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ambrose isn’t sure about letting in someone new, but Barrett hasn’t proven to be anything but a good person. Barrett saves Ambrose’s life, and their bond is cemented. As he slowly warms up to Barrett, fate finds a way to push them together when danger and sabotage strike. But Barrett, his new neighbor, is kind and generous, and has soft brown eyes he can’t stop thinking about. Which is a pity, because Barrett finds him fascinating and incredibly good looking.Īmbrose didn’t move to the outskirts of nowhere to make a friend. When the new neighbor, Ambrose, arrives, Barrett realizes that the man is a loner, like himself, and clearly not looking for a friend. ![]() But even home has been a surprise of late, as his next door neighbor and good friend has suddenly passed away, and the house has been sold to someone new. His days as a forest ranger are filled with unpredictable adventure, so home is the one place he knows he can count on. Overview: Can two grouchy loners living in the wilderness find friendship and love?īarrett loves everything about living outside the remote mountain town of Lake Honor, but especially the peace and quiet. ![]() ![]() ![]() He asks probing questions: Why does a government with more success lifting people from poverty than any civilization in history choose to put strict restraints on freedom of expression? Why do millions of young Chinese professionals-fluent in English and devoted to Western pop culture-consider themselves "angry youth," dedicated to resisting the West's influence? How are Chinese from all strata finding meaning after two decades of the relentless pursuit of wealth? In Age of Ambition, he describes the greatest collision taking place in that country: the clash between the rise of the individual and the Communist Party's struggle to retain control. ![]() What we don't see is how both powerful and ordinary people are remaking their lives as their country dramatically changes.Īs the Beijing correspondent for The New Yorker, Evan Osnos was on the ground in China for years, witness to profound political, economic, and cultural upheaval. From abroad, we often see China as a caricature: a nation of pragmatic plutocrats and ruthlessly dedicated students destined to rule the global economy-or an addled Goliath, riddled with corruption and on the edge of stagnation. ![]() ![]() ![]() DON'T MAKE PAGES MANUALLY UNLESS A TEMPLATE IS BROKEN, AND REPORT IT THAT IS THE CASE. THIS SHOULD BE WORKING NOW, REPORT ANY ISSUES TO Janna2000, SelfCloak or RRabbit42. The Trope workshop specific templates can then be removed and it will be regarded as a regular trope page after being moved to the Main namespace. All new trope pages will be made with the "Trope Workshop" found on the "Troper Tools" menu and worked on until they have at least three examples.Pages that don't do this will be subject to deletion, with or without explanation. All new pages should use the preloadable templates feature on the edit page to add the appropriate basic page markup. All images MUST now have proper attribution, those who neglect to assign at least the "fair use" licensing to an image may have it deleted.Failure to do so may result in deletion of contributions and blocks of users who refuse to learn to do so. ![]() Before making a single edit, Tropedia EXPECTS our site policy and manual of style to be followed. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. Bribery, corruption, conspiracy, kidnapping-something is rotten on Kibou-daini, and it isn’t due to power outages in the Cryocombs. Read 1,077 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Here he finds a young boy with a passion for pets and a dangerous secret, a Snow White trapped in an icy coffin who burns to re-write her own tale, and a mysterious crone who is the very embodiment of the warning Don’t mess with the secretary. On Kibou-daini, Miles discovers generational conflict over money and resources is heating up, even as refugees displaced in time skew the meaning of generation past repair. But when a Kibou-daini cryocorp-an immortal company whose job it is to shepherd its all-too-mortal frozen patrons into an unknown future-attempts to expand its franchise into the Barrayaran Empire, Emperor Gregor dispatches his top troubleshooter Miles to check it out. Barrayaran Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan can hardly disapprove-he’s been cheating death his whole life, on the theory that turnabout is fair play. But when a Kibou-daini cryocorpan immortal company whose job it is to shepherd its. Barrayaran Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan can hardly disapprovehe’s been cheating death his whole life, on the theory that turnabout is fair play. Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. Miles Vorkosigan is back Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This was, yes, the film to bump off Avatar, thus securing for itself a permanent seat of honor in the cultural dialogue, where by "cultural dialogue" I mean "a moderately difficult trivia question". In doing so, it became the Lost in Space of the 21st Century, by standing proud and tall on the weekend of 5 February to unseat a James Cameron film that had been devouring all sorts of records from its reign at #1. Dear John, the first of two Nicholas Sparks adaptations from the first quarter of 2010, and the fifth overall, was the very first to open in the #1 at the U.S. ![]() |