On September 29, 1967, he stood on the dock in Annapolis where his great-great-great-great-grandfather was taken ashore on September 29, 1767. Haley has talked in Juffure with his own African sixth cousins. It took ten years and a half a million miles of travel across three continents to find it, but finally, in an astonishing feat of genealogical detective work, he discovered not only the name of "the African"-Kunta Kinte-but the precise location of Juffure, the very village in The Gambia, West Africa, from which he was abducted in 1767 at the age of sixteen and taken on the Lord Ligonier to Maryland and sold to a Virginia planter. Still vividly remembering the stories after he grew up and became a writer, Haley began to search for documentation that might authenticate the narrative. When he was a boy in Henning, Tennessee, Alex Haley's grandmother used to tell him stories about their family-stories that went back to her grandparents, and their grandparents, down through the generations all the way to a man she called "the African." She said he had lived across the ocean near what he called the " Kamby Bolongo" and had been out in the forest one day chopping wood to make a drum when he was set upon by four men, beaten, chained and dragged aboard a slave ship bound for Colonial America.
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An amulet in dark times, to be carried like a talisman out into the world, where it is very much needed' Dara McAnulty Written to be read aloud, painted in brushstrokes that call to the forest, field, riverbank and also to the heart, The Lost Spells summons back what is often lost from sight and care, teaching the names of everyday species, and inspiring its readers to attention, love and care. Moving, joyful and funny, The Lost Spells above all celebrates a sense of wonder, bearing witness to nature's power to amaze, console and bring joy. Kindred in spirit to The Lost Words but fresh in its form, The Lost Spells introduces a beautiful new set of natural spell-poems and artwork by beloved creative duo Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris.Įach "spell" conjures an animal, bird, tree or flower - from Barn Owl to Red Fox, Grey Seal to Silver Birch, Jay to Jackdaw - with which we share our lives and landscapes. This pocket-sized treasure is the perfect gift for fans of nature, language and rich artwork, adult and child alike! Griffin soon realizes he’ll need to confront some of the darkest days of his life if he–and those he cares about–are going to escape a downward spiral of murder that crosses continents. When FBI agent Declan Gray takes over the case, past and present collide. Dani Pettrey Launches a New Romantic Suspense Series In college, Griffin McCray and his three best friends had their lives planned out. Griffin just wants the case to go away, but charming forensic anthropologist Finley Scott determines that the body is modern–a young social justice lawyer missing since spring–and all evidence points to the work of an expert sniper. The job is mostly quiet–until the day he captures two relic hunters uncovering skeletal remains near Little Round Top. Now Griffin is a park ranger at Gettysburg, having left life as a SWAT-team sniper when a case went bad. But then Luke vanished before graduation and their world–and friendships–crumbled. Declan Gray would head to the FBI, and Parker Mitchell would go on to graduate school as a crime scene analyst. Griffin and Luke Gallagher would join the Baltimore PD. In college, Griffin McCray and his four best friends had their lives planned out. I almost missed that one of my favorite authors, Dani Pettrey, had a book release early this month! I usually zoom straight for the historical genre, but Dani’s books are the best contemporaries I’ve ever read! Check out her latest release below… In the end, she was not overly impressed with the editor, however, which may have been one reason why the story was never was published in Everybody’s. She then “instantly succumbed to a fit of Brilliance, during which I evolved THE NECKLACE.” Though she told her friend Miss Wallace – in her now-habitual, self-deprecating way – that she didn’t think much of the story, she was pleased that it at least matched the synopsis given to her by the magazine’s editor. She had written 8,000 words of this before deciding, just before midnight on 12 December, that it “wouldn’t do”. She had been asked by the editor of the English magazine, Everybody’s, for a Regency short and had spent ten days working on a story she called “Snowbound”. “a fit of Brilliance”Įarly in December 1955 Georgette Heyer began writing a short story. 1957 Heinemann first edition showing the detail on the spine. Although Henry tries to scare him off the land in some hilarious antics, her straight-forward nature wins him over. Readers of Quinn’s earlier books already know he is an unconventional man (a friend of women) of great humor, but he really comes into his own in this story. Henry has overseen the estate since she was 14, and, six years later, is doing such a fine job she doesn’t want a foppish dandy taking her beloved Stannage Park away from her.īut Dunford is no fop. Minx is the delightful love story of hoydenish “Henry” (Henrietta) Barrett and handsome, wealthy Dunford (sorry, he is known only as “Dunford” throughout much of Quinn’s trilogy, and that’s how I see him), who has inherited a landed title in Cornwall. That’s why I liked Dancing at Midnight less than Splendid, and why I like Minx better than Dancing at Midnight. Julia Quinn writes wonderfully witty, sexy books that work best when there isn’t a plot, or a traditional “villain.” That’s why Splendid is one of my all-time keepers. With this book, it might be more enjoyable to me than A New Hope. Right after I finished reading this, I began reading the adaptation from the Star Wars Trilogy collection, and I find myself thinking of details from this book while I read the James Kahn adaptation. I definitely liked Return, but I would never say it was my favorite of the Original Trilogy, ranking higher than only Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones. I sincerely mean it: because I read this book, I enjoy Return of the Jedi more fully. I’ll say it right away: Beware the Power of the Dark Side is one of the few adaptations that gave me more appreciation for the source material. Tom Angelberger’s Beware the Power of the Dark Side! is a young adult/YA adaptation of the script for The Return of the Jedi. Adam Gidwitz’s So You Want to be a Jedi? Is a second-person retelling of The Empire Strikes Back, putting you into the boots of Luke Skywalker as he trains to be a Jedi. Alexandria Bracken’s The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farmboy reimagined A New Hope through the eyes of Princess Leia, Han Solo, and Luke Skywalker, where each character’s unique viewpoint covered a third of the movie each. Rather than acting as new novelizations of the film, these adaptations were loose translations of the Original Trilogy, recast in a new light for kids (and adults) to get a new angle on the story in a new age. With the media onslaught for the release of The Force Awakens, Disney formed a new line of retellings of the Original Trilogy movies aimed at kids. In the beginning of her epic story, Talia inhabits a pounding, siren-ready world as she trains to become one of the country's specialized covert operatives. A small percentage of the population is still born with a genetic mutation that manifests as Talents-extraordinary abilities like harnessing electricity, manipulating light, altering perception, or even shifting their physical form.Īs an exceptionally powerful mental manipulator, seventeen-year-old Talia Lyons has the ability to both read and control the thoughts of others. One hundred years after the Great Contamination-a series of cataclysmic natural disasters that led to the breakdown of the world’s nuclear reactors-the world continues to deal with the fallout. The series is complete so click HERE to learn more. The Talented Saga is an emotionally raw Dystopian Romance/Thriller about the life of a girl with extraordinary psychic powers, and what happens when a heart is torn between love and rage. In other relationships, this kind of self-referential terminology shows up as inside jokes or silly secret languages. Send me updates about Slate special offers. Their intersecting friend groups make up a “friendweb” their aversion to catty gossip and in-group fighting makes them “low-drama mamas.” When they took a California vacation that would become a large annual gathering of friends, they gave it a title (“Desert Ladies”) and an ethos with a proper name (“Body’s Choice,” or doing whatever your body tells you to do). When the longtime friends and podcast co-hosts came up with the idea of “Shine Theory,” (a philosophy of friendship premised on the words “I don’t shine if you don’t shine,” which is to say: mutual encouragement rather than competition), they spent thousands of dollars trademarking the phrase and sending cease-and-desists to protect it. Slate has relationships with various online retailers.īut note that deals can expire and all prices are subject to change.Īll prices were up to date at the time of publication.Īminatou Sow and Ann Friedman have a knack for coining lingo. This is our heritage, what makes us human." We've accumulated this immense mass of imagination and creativity in the creative arts. They would like to know very much about our culture. "Not our science - we are juveniles to them. "What would an alien civilization like to know about this one?," Wilson said. What would an alien civilization like to know about this one? Not our science - we are juveniles to them. Not just ten million years ago, but given the age of the galaxy, a 100 million years ago. "There are civilizations elsewhere - if they exist - and some of them could easily have reached our level, not just a million years ago. "In barely an eye blink in evolutionary and geological time, we have gone from Paleozoic to advanced techno-scientific civilization," Wilson tells Here & Now's Robin Young. The book covers evolution, the coming of human consciousness, and humans' ability to think about existence.Īs a scientist, Wilson says the disciplines categorized as the humanities are where humankind's soul resides. Wilson has written thirty books, won two Pulitzers, holds the title Professor Emeritus at Harvard and he is the world's leading authority on ants.Īnts are featured in his new book, " The Meaning of Human Existence," which has been longlisted for the National Book Award. Wilson is author of "The Meaning of Human Existence." (Jesse Costa/Here & Now) This article is more than 8 years old.īiologist and naturalist E.O. In this galaxy, years are seasons and the invisible current forces flow through everyone in the galaxy, resulting in each person having a current gift that appears usually sometime in adolescence. The nine planets have peacefully co-existed for years, with few incidents. It begins in a futuristic galaxy, made up of nine planets with different people, different governments and different lifestyles. It’s insight fully detailed plot with memorable star crossed characters, who bring the plot to life. This interplanetary sci-fi and dark fantasy fuelled thriller by Roth has all the natural elements of a high stakes tale into a world of fate favoured friends, mystical current gifts and world defying battles of characters inner demons. Carve the Mark and The Fates Divide are set in an addictive, amazingly detailed world for sci-fi fans everywhere in a duology that is part galactic adventure and part metahuman tradegy. It has more of a science fiction drama genre than the dystopia action adventure of Divergent. The Carve the Mark Duology by Veronica Roth follows her best-selling, Divergent series. *Beware of Spoilers for the Carve the Marks sequel, and The Fates Divide, later on,* |