![]() The novel begins with a portrait of Micah's life and daily routine. The novel is set in the city of Baltimore. Scenes from the characters’ pasts are narrated whenever relevant to the present action. Following the time frame of the week, the events of the plot are told in linear chronological order. The novel is told from the point of view of a third-person semi-omniscient narrator who does not figure as character in the action of the novel. The chapter structure follows this timeline, where chapter one falls on a Monday, and the last chapter falls on the following Monday. ![]() ![]() Each chapter describes a day during a single week in his life. The action of the novel describes a week in the life of a 43-year-old-man, Micah Mortimer, who runs his own tech support company and also manages a tenement building. Tyler's novel is divided into eight chapters. ![]() The following version of this book was used to create the guide: Tyler, Anne. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Morrison drew on a Cincinnati murder case arising from a woman's sacrifice of her children to keep them out of the grasp of slave catchers. ![]() Because the crimes at the heart of the novel repulse some readers, a small vocal coterie of critics has lambasted Morrison's work as soap opera, a "blackface holocaust novel," and a revamped Heart of Darkness. In rebuttal, she has insisted, "It's not my job to make black peoples' values acceptable to society as a whole." Rather, Morrison chooses to marvel that slaves who were brutalized beyond endurance were able to function as well as they did, especially after emancipation, when their expectations were high but their social station reflected little change from plantation days. Beloved, which is classified as historical fiction, gothic horror story, and bildungsroman (coming-of-age novel), demonstrates Toni Morrison's skill in penetrating the unconstrained, unapologetic psyches of numerous characters who shoulder the horrific burden of slavery's hidden sins. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "The work of a sure and gifted new writer. Spanning generations, transcending social strata, and crossing the boundaries between duty and desire, the stories in this collection are rendered with "such strength and intimacy, such lucidity and composure, that in each and every case the truths of their lives detonate deep inside the reader's heart, with the power and force of revelation (Paul Harding). You'll meet mothers who will go to the ends of the earth for their children and daughters who will love whomever they want-even if that means risking everything, even their own lives. What does happiness look like for the women in this acclaimed debut collection? Here is a cast of characters, in their Nigerian homeland and abroad, who whose world is marked by lush landscapes, historical legend and lively folktales, and the search for identity at all costs. A triumphant collection of stories centered on Nigerian women as they build lives out of love and longing, the struggle to stay and the mandate to leave, by an award-winning writer who "is a certainly a voice to watch, and clearly deserves a place on any bookshelf beside fellow Nigerian authors Achebe and Adichie (Bustle). Happiness, Like Water introduces a true talent, a young writer with a beautiful heart and a capacious imagination. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Venturing into the realms of mysticism and religion, Neville''s work is rooted in an empowering insistence on the agency and power of individuals to shape their own reality. Neville Lancelot GoddardĪ New Collection From One of America''s Most Powerful Mystical Writers Neville Goddard was a 19th century author whose deep belief in human potential formed the basis of all of his writings. He doesn''t turn back and become just a reflector of life from here on in he is the affector of life. 13, 1968 Come, O Blessed - NovemConception - MaConsigned to Disobedience - ApMind and Speech - ApCreation - Faith - Divine Signs - Election and Change of Consciousness - FebruEnter the dream - NovemJacob and Esau - NovemEsau - Jacob - Israel - FebruEschatology: The Doctrine of the End - JanuWhen man begins to discover this power within him, he never plays the part that he formerly played. ![]() Included are the following lectures by Neville Goddard: Building Your Temple - NovemBy water and by blood - 1956 Changing the Feeling of "I" - 1953 Christ bore our sins - FebruChrist In You - Christ is your life - OctoChrist Unveiled - MaChristmas: Man''s Birth as God - Dec. This book contains a special selection of Neville Goddard lectures from 1953 to 1972. ![]() ![]() These activities laid the foundation for the entry of political Islam into electoral competition and its eventually successful bid for power in the 1990s. The Turkish-Islamic Synthesis (TIS, a mixture of Sunni Islam and Turkish nationalism), adopted and implemented by the military and maintained by the center-right Motherland Party (MP) rule (1983–91), opened the door to organizational and framing activities by Islam ist forces – activities reinforced by such external factors as the Islamic Revolution in Iran and the financial support of Saudi capital, and supported by an emerging Islamist business class in Turkey. The military’s strategy for legitimizing the Turkish state and securing popular support for it involved a radical departure from the Kemalist secularism that had defined Turkey until then. ![]() ![]() The coup was initiated primarily against the leftists. The coup was aimed at putting an end to an extraordinary outbreak of extremist politics and to the attendant political violence between radical leftists and ultranationalists. The political opportunity structure (POS) exploited by Islamist political forces in the 1990s had its origins in a crucial policy choice made by the military government that took power on September 12, 1980. This chapter analyzes the first phase of the mobilization of political Islam in Turkey (1980–91). ![]() 3 The Turkish-Islamic Synthesis and the Islamist Social Movement ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Pi and a Bengal tiger are the only survivors. They leave India by boat, but the ship sinks on the way. In the midst of this, the protagonist, Piscine Patel (known as Pi) emigrates from India to Canada with his family. Set against the backdrop of a period of Indian history known as the Emergency, the novel opens in the southern Indian city of Pondicherry, which was once the capital of French India, and the story explores the tensions facing this tiny city during a time of deep political turmoil. ![]() Considered most simply, Yann Martel's acclaimed novel, Life of Pi (2001), can be described as a postcolonial novel, focusing on the culture and stories of a former British colony (in this case, India.) But to see this novel only as a postcolonial story is to limit its possibilities. ![]() ![]() ![]() It raises questions about the protocols an author should observe in fictionalizing historical fact. It leaves the reader with an overload of brutal images. This is a grim book, disquieting in many ways. They spend their lives in an impossibly extreme setting and their individual fates enact instructive variations on the consequences of passivity and careless complicity in the face of established evil. The characters with whom the novel is concerned make up an advantaged group-they are well educated and well connected socially. It is more a study in ethical blankness than it is of active, absolute evil. “Snakepit” is right! Moses Isegawa, author of Abyssinian Chronicles (1998), has set his strong new novel in Uganda between 19, the precise period of Idi Amin Dada’s ghastly reign of terror in that country. ![]() ![]() In some ways these two are running along the very same basic plot line. Eliza, too, is concerned with the flow of money, as she is set to learn everything possible about it in order to help the King of France fund his wars. Jack and his fellow galley slaves are about to embark on an impossible mission, to steal a king’s ransom in silver from a Spanish treasure ship in a desperate bid to earn their freedom and a percent of the profits. Once lovers, these two could not be further apart. In this book we are relieved to see Jack relatively sane again, the pox burned out of his blood by a horrible fever, and Eliza, though still without the considerable funds she managed to amass is managing to stay afloat thanks to her spite the fact she’s carrying around an infant son. Jack Shaftoe was a galley slave, half mad with the pox, Eliza was in danger of losing everything. When last we saw our heroes, they were both in serious trouble. ![]() ![]() (Reviewed by Cindy Lynn Speer AUG 22, 2004) ( Jump over to read a review of Snow Crash ) ( Jump down to read a review of Quicksilver) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it's too late. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn't dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors-until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.Įver the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova's son disappeared. Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she's been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago. Memorable and tender." - Washington Postįor fans of A Man Called Ove, a charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopusĪfter Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. " Remarkably Bright Creatures an ultimately feel-good but deceptively sensitive debut. NAMED A BEST BOOK OF SUMMER by: Chicago Tribune * The View * Southern Living * USA Today A Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick! ![]() ![]() The Archeology of North American Great Plains Archaeology. History Nebraska Publications in Anthropology No. Suggested Books and Publications Nebraska ArchaeologyĪrcheological Investigations at Engineer Cantonment: Winter Quarters of the 1819-1820 Long Expedition, Eastern Nebraska. This list is just an introduction to some of the resources available, including several popular non-fiction books – many more books and reports are out there waiting to be read - a quick library or Google Search is always a good place to start! Lincoln’s Bennett Martin Public Library, in particular, has a number of publications related to Nebraska History and Archaeology in their Heritage Room. ![]() Visit your local library and find one of the suggested books below, or search for any others that focus on an archaeological topic! Can’t find the one you are looking for? Encourage your library to add more books on archaeology to their collections! Know of additional books we should add to our list? Send your suggestions to Note: The following is a list of books related to Archaeology that can be found at area libraries. Dig into Reading this September during Nebraska Archaeology Month! ![]() |