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Last year the San Francisco Chronicle named it one of the twentieth century's 100 best nonfiction books from west of the Rockies. Written with her husband, Jeanne delivers a powerful first-person account that reveals her search for the meaning of Manzanar.įarewell to Manzanar has become a staple of curriculum in schools and on campuses across the country. She tells of her fear, confusion, and bewilderment as well as the dignity and great resourcefulness of people in oppressive and demeaning circumstances. For her father it was essentially the end of his life.Īt age thirty-seven, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston recalls life at Manzanar through the eyes of the child she was. She tells of her fear, confusion, and bewilderment. At age thirty-seven, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston recalls life at Manzanar through the eyes of the child she was. For her father it was essentially the end of his life. For Jeanne Wakatsuki, a seven-year-old child, Manzanar became a way of life in which she struggled and adapted, observed and grew. For Jeanne Wakatsuki, a seven-year-old child, Manzanar became a way of life in which she struggled and adapted, observed and grew. One of the first families to arrive was the Wakatsukis, who were ordered to leave their fishing business in Long Beach and take with them only the belongings they could carry. Its purpose was to house thousands of Japanese American internees. During World War II a community called Manzanar was hastily created in the high mountain desert country of California, east of the Sierras.
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This incredibly lucid book should also work splendidly in undergraduate and graduate courses on the Qur'an, gender, feminist thought, Muslim modernism, and Islam in America. Written with exemplary clarity, Feminist Edges of the Qur'an introduces non-specialists to the fascinating yet complicated terrain of feminist and indeed modernist Qur'an exegesis while offering specialists more familiar with this terrain groundbreaking conceptual interventions and new avenues of thought and research. Feminist Edges of the Quran is one of those books that compels you to rethink one of the most fundamental. In this book, Hidayatullah seamlessly and brilliantly combines intellectual history, discursive analysis, and critical theological reflections. Hidayatullah: Feminist Edges of the Quran. She also considers and highlights some of the limitations of such feminist exegetical projects, concluding that perhaps patriarchal readings of the Qur'an cannot be entirely or conclusively dismissed as impossible. In this shining book, Hidayatullah presents a detailed and nuanced explanation of the varied paradigms of Muslim feminist Qur'an exegeses, primarily though not exclusively focusing on the work of scholars in the US. What are some of the key features and characteristics of the Muslim feminist Qur'an exegetical tradition and what are some of the tensions and ambiguities found in that tradition? Those are the central questions addressed by Aysha Hidayatullah, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Theology at the University of San Francisco, in her path clearing new book, Feminist Edges of the Qur'an (Oxford University Press, 2014).
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Lost Souls by Hwang Sun-won7/4/2023 Stories from the 1950s confront the catastrophes of the Korean War. Written during the chaos of 1945, "Booze" recounts a fight between Koreans for control of a distillery formerly owned by the Japanese, and "Toad" relates the suffering created by hundreds of thousands of returning refugees. Surrealist tales embody the unsettling sensation of colonial domination, while stories centering on the outcast reveal the thrill and terror of awakening to independence and surviving in a land devastated by war. Some stories are modernist narratives set in the metropolises of Tokyo and Pyongyang, while others are starkly realist portraits of rural life. These captivating short stories represent three major periods within the history of modern Korea: colonial modernity in the late 1930s the postcolonial struggle to rebuild society after four decades of oppression, emasculation, and cultural exile (1945 to 1950) and the post-Korean War efforts to reconstruct a shattered land and heal a traumatized national psyche.Lost Soulsexemplifies Hwang Sunwon's remarkable versatility, echoing the exceptional work of China's Shen Congwen and Japan's Kawabata Yasunari.
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Deathless divide by justina ireland7/4/2023 But after the hell she has endured, she knows friends are hard to come by - and that Jane needs her, too, whether Jane wants to admit it or not. Katherine Deveraux never expected to be allied with Jane McKeene. Caught between mysteries and lies, the undead, and her own inner demons, Jane soon finds herself on a dark path of blood and violence that threatens to consume her. What’s more, this safe haven is not what it appears - as Jane discovers when she sees familiar faces from Summerland amid this new society. The sequel to the New York Times best-selling epic Dread Nation is an unforgettable journey of revenge and salvation across a divided America.Īfter the fall of Summerland, Jane McKeene hoped her life would get simpler: Get out of town, stay alive, and head west to California to find her mother.īut nothing is easy when you’re a girl trained in putting down the restless dead, and a devastating loss on the road to a protected village called Nicodemus has Jane questioning everything she thought she knew about surviving in 1880s America.
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Embassytown7/4/2023 This includes, but is not limited to, hate speech and fighting about politics. All mod actions will be taken with these goals in mind. Our guidelines were designed to foster a diverse and welcoming discussion community while avoiding drama, flamewars, and promotional activity. Say "hi" at our sister subreddits- SpecArt and SF Videos-and join our reader-managed Goodreads group. The key is that it be speculative, not that it fit some arbitrary genre guidelines. History, Postmodern Lit., and more are all welcome here. Not sure what counts as speculative fiction? Then post it! Science Fiction, Fantasy, Alt. Canticle for Leibowitz Rendezvous with Rama Princess of Mars Altered Carbon Foundation Blindsight Accelerando Old Man's War Armor Cities in Flight A Brave New World Children of Dune Stranger in a Strange Land Dhalgren Enders Game Gateway A Fire Upon the Deep Neuromancer A Clockwork Orange Ringworld Diamond Age Lord of Light Hyperion Startide Rising Terminal World The Forever War Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Hunger Games Left Hand of Darkness Man in the High Castle The Martian Chronicles The Player of Games The Shadow of the Torturer Sirens of Titan The Stars my Destination To Your Scattered Bodies GoĪ place to discuss published Speculative Fiction
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Beyond the Grave by Jude Watson7/4/2023 As they dash out of the hotel, a strange woman pulls up in car and provides miraculous transportation. Instead, they discover an Ekhat stronghold, hidden in the hotel, and narrowly escape imprisonment by Alistair's sinister uncle, Bae Oh. Palace, so they head to Hotel Excelsior, where Alistair Oh had rooms, to try and spend time pondering over their acquired knowledge. The clue is cryptic, something about an L. They agree, and find a tile in the house that bears the Lucian crest, which hides a clue behind it. He notices that they are attempting to buy a genuine (forged) golden Sakhet that Napoleon had once owned, and offers to take them to a museum that used to house Napoleon's scholars. While hiding from Irina Spasky, they meet Theo, an Egyptologist. My spoiler heavy synopsis is to help me remember the events in the series if you are reading this review, be warned.As usual, Amy and Dan are following a vague clue that suggests Cairo could lead them to another one of the big Clues, and once there they use a combination of luck and skill to trace the trail left by their Cahill ancestors. I greatly enjoyed this book, more than any other in the series, probably helped along because I love Egypt and its ancient archaeological wonders. Amy and Dan, with faithful au pair Nellie, travel to Egypt in the fourth adventure in the 39 clues series.
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Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle has earned a treasured place on the shelves of fantasy lovers everywhere, alongside the works of such beloved authors as J.R.R. With millions of copies sold worldwide, Ursula K. Now the two must join forces again and help another in need-the physically, emotionally scarred child whose own destiny has yet to be revealed. Tenar has since embraced the simple pleasures of an ordinary life, while Ged mourns the powers lost to him through no choice of his own. Together, they shared an adventure like no other. Years before, they had helped each other at a time of darkness and danger. In this fourth novel in the Earthsea series, we rejoin the young priestess the Tenar and powerful wizard Ged. Le Guin The Nebula and Locus Award-winning fourth novel in the renowned Earthsea series from Ursula K. The Nile on eBay FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Tehanu by Ursula K.
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Thank for your servitude7/4/2023 If you could get beyond the bluster and menace of Trump (and, okay, the cruelty, bigotry, lunacy, criminality, incompetence, and so on), his message did contain kernels of cogent defiance against Washington’s permanent syndicates. It was conceivable someone like Trump, for whom there was no pertinent antecedent in American life, might have more success transcending the partisan ghettos than the other would-be change agents who came before. I tried to make the case that the political system might benefit from an overhaul like this, despite the industrial park of red flags that preceded the overhauled. I tried to convince myself-and all the distraught liberals in my life who believed Trump to be an irredeemable buffoon-that we were not all screwed. Thank You for Your Servitude is Mark Leibovich’s unflinching account of the moral rout of a major American political party, tracking the transformation of Rubio, Cruz, Graham, and their ilk into the administration’s chief enablers, and the swamp’s lesser lights into frantic chasers of the grift.
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The Dead Bird by Margaret Wise Brown7/4/2023 Brown takes a direct approach to a difficult subject, suggesting how community rituals provide solace. Robinson’s illustrations hint at how the improvised funeral enables the children to acknowledge impermanence, his close-ups capturing their concentration as they assemble the memorial. That was how they knew it was dead.” They solemnly bury the bird under the leafy trees, improvise a mourning song, and surround a stone marker with summer flowers, behaving “the way grown-up people did when someone died.” Even as the children imitate grief in response to the wild bird’s death, they genuinely grieve the joy that has been lost: “You’ll never fly again,” they realize. The sad news arrives on the first page: “The bird was dead when the children found it.” The frowning children gently lift the small brown bird, finding “it was still warm and its eyes were closed. Robinson ( Leo: A Ghost Story) pictures a verdant urban park, where four children-one dressed as a red fox, another wearing blue fairy wings-frolic with a big gray dog. Brown’s 1938 story, best known from a 1958 version illustrated by Remy Charlip, describes a group of children who discover a dead bird.
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And an anniversary they will never forget. One of them is lying, and someone doesn’t want them to live happily ever after. They both know this weekend will make or break their marriage, but they didn’t randomly win this trip. Every anniversary the couple exchange traditional gifts – paper, cotton, pottery, tin – and each year Adam’s wife writes him a letter that she never lets him read. He can’t recognize friends or family, or even his own wife. Self-confessed workaholic and screenwriter Adam Wright has lived with face blindness his whole life. When Adam and Amelia win a weekend away to Scotland, it might be just what their marriage needs. Goodreads says, " Think you know the person you married? Think again… Things have been wrong with Mr and Mrs Wright for a long time. |