![]() ![]() It would appear that the author was trying to explore a century of disasters facing America and how they have affected social change within communities and the American society at large.Ĭhapter 1 relates the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 Chapter 11, the Halifax cargo ship explosion in 1917 Chapter 111, Mexico City earthquake in 1985 Chapter 1V, Septemattacks on the twin tower and Chapter V, the Katrina hurricane massacre of 2005. This book consist of five chapters which capture historical events ranging from 1906 San Francisco earthquake through to Katrina hurricane which ravished New Orleans in 2005. ![]() ![]() She depicts these concepts in exploring the sub caption, “The Extraordinary Communities that arise from Disaster.” Her precise remarks regarding this paradigm are, "At stake in disaster is the question of human nature The possibility of paradise is already within us as a default setting" (Solnit, 2009). “A paradise built in hell” describes the writer’s philosophy of disasters being opportunities as well as oppressive experiences. In this book review of Rebecca Solnit’s novel, ‘A Paradise built in Hell’ will offer a Summary of the author’s projects of ‘A paradise built in Hell ’ an assessment of her point of views an examination of the supporting arguments for the positron she has taken and the significance of her work from a sociological perspective. Sociology: Book Review- A Paradise Built in Hell Sociological Significance of, ‘A paradise built in hell’ ![]()
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![]() ExcerptĮxcerpt from The Official Residents’ Guide to Moon Base Alpha, Holtz was on the verge of an important new discovery, Dash finds out, and it’s a secret that could change everything for the Moonies-a secret someone just might kill to keep. Holtz went onto the lunar surface without his helmet properly affixed, simple as that. Dash senses there’s foul play afoot, but no one believes him. ![]() Then Moon Base Alpha’s top scientist turns up dead. ![]() Kids aren’t allowed on the lunar surface, meaning they’re trapped inside the tiny moon base with next to nothing to occupy their time-and the only other kid Dash’s age spends all his time hooked into virtual reality games. ![]() ![]() Like his fellow lunarnauts-otherwise known as Moonies-living on Moon Base Alpha, twelve-year-old Dashiell Gibson is famous the world over for being one of the first humans to live on the moon.Īnd he’s bored out of his mind. It’s a murder mystery on the moon in this humorous and suspenseful space adventure from the author of Belly Up and Spy School that The New York Times Book Review called “a delightful and brilliantly constructed middle grade thriller.” ![]() ![]() ![]() In a strange omission, McEwan offers clues suggesting both Jed's existence and his unreality but never explains the misleading evidence after the reader learns the truth. ![]() Even Jed's belief that he is meant to bring Joe to God through his love might be a reflection of Joe's distress at the senselessness of the balloon accident. It becomes unclear whether Jed exists at all: No one else sees him stalking Joe, and Clarissa worries that the handwriting in his letters resembles Joe's. The story moves almost entirely to Joe and his attempts to convince Clarissa and the police that Jed poses a threat to him. Yet suddenly, midway through the novel, McEwan practically abandons Jed. At times, his delirious love letters suggest a mix of the jealous poet in Vladimir Nabokov's "Pale Fire" and the crazed fan in Stephen King's "Misery." Psychotic or not, Jed is a fun character. Good researcher that he is, Joe hits the books and diagnoses Jed's mental condition as De Clerambault's syndrome, or erotomania-a delusional state bordering on psychosis. ![]() ![]() The double entendre in the book's title becomes apparent as Jed begins calmly to stalk Joe, his expressions of love growing more elaborate and insistent. ![]() ![]() ![]() Can Sumiko and Emi maintain their friendship when one of them is forced into a confinement camp, and the other is allowed to remain free? It's the storytellers who preserve a nation's history. When an arbitrary dividing line is drawn through Phoenix, the girls find themselves on opposite sides. Suddenly the girls are faced with anti-Japanese sentiment from classmates and neighbors. But everything changes after Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, and the United States enters World War II. In spite of her first-day jitters, she finds a friendly face in Emi Kuno. Can Sumiko and Emi maintain their friendship when one of them is imprisoned and the other remains free? It's August 1941 when Sumiko Adachi starts at a new school in Phoenix, Arizona. ![]() ![]() When an arbitrary dividing line is drawn through Phoenix, Sumiko finds herself forced into a confinement camp. Sumiko Adachi's life changes after Japan bombs Pearl Harbor. ![]() ![]() “I’ve never had my own ball to shoot with before,” he explained happily. While the other handful of lucky kids surely went home and put theirs in places of honor, this boy had already dribbled, shot and worn off Ceballos’s valuable signature.Ĭurious, I asked the boy why he hadn’t taken the ball straight home. ![]() But what really touched me was this: As I left the gym, I saw the boy outside shooting baskets on one of the blacktop courts. One lucky recipient, a boy about eleven years old, hugged Ceballos and then hugged the ball. At the end of the event, Ceballos-then playing for the Los Angeles Lakers-handed out half a dozen autographed basketballs. ![]() A number of years ago, NBA All-Star Cedric Ceballos hosted a free basketball clinic for a couple hundred youngsters. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, Eric's maker had negotiated a marriage between Eric and another vampire, without Eric's consent. The situation as the novel begins is that Sookie’s relationship with Eric Northman, a vampire who is her lover and, in vampire terms, her husband, has cooled suddenly. The protagonist of the novel is Sookie Stackhouse, a telepathic waitress who works at a bar, of which she has recently become part owner.Īt the end of the previous novel, Deadlocked, Sookie used (and used up) a magical artifact called a cluviel dor to save the life of Sam Merlotte, who had been killed by his girlfriend, Jannalynn. On May 14, 2012, Charlaine Harris' Facebook administrator announced that Dead Ever After would be the final book of the series and it was released on May 7, 2013. ![]() It is the thirteenth novel in The Southern Vampire Mysteries series. Dead Ever After is a fantasy novel by Charlaine Harris. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Suzanne Young created an idea and a world in which really made me think. The Program is set up by the government to cure those teens with the epidemic by taking away close to all their traumatic, “infected” memories. ![]() In a world plagued by a suicide epidemic in teens, Sloane the main character and her friends must deal with the complications and struggles of dealing with the “virus”, going undetected by avoiding the Program and keeping their memories. But despite the promises they made to each other, it’s getting harder to hide the truth. He’s promised to keep them both safe and out of treatment, and Sloane knows their love is strong enough to withstand anything. The only person Sloane can be herself with is James. ![]() Under constant surveillance at home and at school, Sloane puts on a brave face and keeps her feelings buried as deep as she can. Because their depression is gone-but so are their memories. She also knows that everyone who’s been through The Program returns as a blank slate. Sloane’s parents have already lost one child Sloane knows they’ll do anything to keep her alive. With suicide now an international epidemic, one outburst could land her in The Program, the only proven course of treatment. Sloane knows better than to cry in front of anyone. ![]() ![]() ![]() It mixes suspense, humor, politics and romance and offers a boldly honest examination of both Islamic and secular values. A thrilling investigation into modern Turkish culture, Snow tells the story of a poet named Ka who finds himself trapped in the eastern city of Kars. It’s probably best appreciated after having spent a few wintry months in the city. ![]() The first, Istanbul: Memories and the City, is a haunting memoir in which Pamuk recalls his youth and shares melancholy impressions of his hometown. I read three of his novels while in Istanbul, and enjoyed them so much that I’ll probably continue working through his canon. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s a game-changing opportunity for communities, particularly for young girls. “I’ll be giving the Gift of Water For Life, through Heifer International. ![]() “The best gifts for me are classic books and movies: ‘Treasure Island’ by Robert Louis Stevenson, ‘Moby Dick’ by Herman Melville, ‘Citizen Kane’ or ‘It’s a Wonderful Life.’” “It’s a Wonderful Life” DVD, $12 at AmazonĪ two-time Emmy winner and Heifer International’s first celebrity ambassador to Africa,Īduba is best known as Crazy Eyes on “Orange Is the New Black.” She will next portray Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American Congresswoman, in the FX miniseries “Mrs. Key, who recently voiced Kamari the hyena in “The Lion King” reboot, can be seen opposite Eddie Murphy in Netflix’s “Dolemite Is My Name” and hosting “Brain Games” (out Jan. ![]() ![]() ![]() no one can quite grasp where the innate truth of a story might lie. ![]() Patchett is interested in how the past fuses with the present. Unpretentious and ultimately heartbreaking, miniaturist but also sprawling, “Commonwealth” is a story about family stories: how they shift based on the person who tells them, and how they can slip from your grasp and become part of someone else’s narrative. Loosely inspired by Patchett’s own Los Angeles childhood - and the divorces and remarriages of her parents - “Commonwealth” is a beautiful puzzle box of a book, one that doesn’t clearly fit together until all of a sudden, midway through, it does. The party that starts as a kid’s celebration ends with an illicit kiss that will have repercussions still being felt 50 years later. In Ann Patchett’s bravura rendering, the two are dangerously intoxicating, triggering a kind of giddy, selfish blindness. ![]() Sunshine and citrus: In literary California, these have long been potent symbols of the abundant promise of life in the west. ![]() Suddenly, the orange trees that grow around the neighborhood are being stripped for juice, drunk adults are dancing in the midday sun and even the Catholic priest is comparing the bounty to the miracle of fishes and loaves. “Commonwealth” begins with a kind of fever dream: A christening party in 1964 Los Angeles that takes a left turn when a giant bottle of gin is introduced. ![]() |