![]() White is not merely retelling the story of Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table (although one can pick up the salient points by reading The Once and Future King) he is using the legend to explore the idea of honor, might, strength, and the feudal system. White expects his reader to have read Mallory, making reference to it more than once. The Once and Future King is, of course, Arthur, about whom Sir Mallory made his fame, and made Arthur famous, in L’Morte D’Arthur. It is like Tolkien’s The Hobbit and “Lord of the Rings”–it opens on a light, fanciful note, then moves into a deepening gloom, filled with despair and humor, epic quests and little character studies, ending on both a sad and hopeful note. ![]() ![]() After reading it, I can see how it could easily capture the heart of the young. A selection from Jill’s library, she recommended White’s magnum opus to me as a book that she loved from her youth, but wasn’t quite sure how well it help up today. ![]()
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![]() She documents the tragic failings of our political divisions, of our educational bureaucracy, of our own insufficiencies as parents, in lines we cannot turn from. With a mother’s instinct to keep everyone safe, Beck navigates a world of lockdowns and ICE, of hunger and tears with whatever it takes to shepherd her charges to a safe place. Mama Tried reports again and again on the rage and wonder, the grief and small triumphs of the students in Elizabeth Beck’s classrooms. Katerina Stoykova, author of The Porcupine of the Mind & others Elizabeth Beck’s brave and heartbreaking poems. The world needs more teachers “Unwilling / to throw up hands”. Someone who suffers the unimaginable loss of students to suicide and stray bullets. ![]() “Mother, teacher, woman // who collapsed, howling / screaming pain in empathy”, someone who wakes up early to cook for her students, makes sure they have the right prescription glasses. The poems in this collection slowly reveal the burden of understanding the difficulties faced by underprivileged children in public schools and their devoted teacher’s reaction. ![]() ![]() ![]() We all should have been so lucky to have had the speaker in “Mama Tried” as our teacher, with her desire to keep all the children of the world safe and fed, and at the same time to be a caring mother for her own child. ![]() ![]() We hope you’ll support a talented author and our budding indie press by buying a copy for yourself and one for a friend (or two, if you have more than one friend who likes to read, and we really hope you do) and helping us spread the word. + Listen to Jared read Punch-for-Punch from PANK Issue 10 (Then go buy it here.) ![]() It was the best of both worlds, the perfect combination of ice and fire that made my life so very enjoyable.” “There was something wonderful about sitting down for roast and vegetables with the family, drinking a glass or two of wine, helping with the dishes, and then making up some excuse as to why I had to go back to the office-papers to grade, classes to prep-and then choking the life out of the evening by crawling bars with Mackenzie and her hot-tempered friends. 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Don't miss this second installment of Zack Loran Clark and Nicholas Eliopulos's Adventurers Guild trilogy, where the stakes are raised, the action is breathless, and the dangers will stop even the bravest of hearts. ![]() ![]() In the now, she’s exhausted a laundry list of fertility options, from IVF treatments to adoption, and the silver lining is harder to find. ![]() ![]() Back then, Quinn’s bad breakup leads her to the love of her life. The “then and now” format - with alternating chapters moving back and forth in time - allows a hopeful romance to blossom within a dark but relatable dilemma. A few years later, they are happily married but struggling to conceive. Quinn meets her future husband, Graham, in front of her soon-to-be-ex-fiance’s apartment, where Graham is about to confront him for having an affair with his girlfriend. Named for an imperfectly worded fortune cookie, Texas author Colleen Hoover’s latest, “All Your Perfects,” compares a woman’s relationship with her husband before and after she finds out she’s infertile. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She’s seen plenty of arranged marriages grow into love maybe that will happen for her too. With the clock ticking, Sana agrees to a marriage arranged by her family. But there’s no chance of them becoming close again Daniel may be as hot as a Bollywood heartthrob, but not only is he Sana’s new boss, her mother would disown her if she ever brought him home. When Daniel Malik walks into Sana’s office at the Department of Environmental Conservation, she’s astonished-their childhood friendship has been a cherished memory ever since a feud between their families put an end to it eighteen years ago. ![]() But their traditional mother won’t allow Sana to be named as his future guardian… unless she’s married. 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It’s almost like reading or listening to a play by play fantasy role playing game like any of the Elder Scrolls, World of Warcraft, or other role playing games. What makes LitRPG different than standard scifi/fantasy is the tracking of character skills, stats, and abilities. If you’re new to the genre like I am, you might be asking, “What is LitRPG?” LitRPG is a subgenre of fantasy and occasionally science fiction in which (at least so far) a real person is pulled into a game, usually virtual reality-based. Comparing the two, The Land is LitRPG with the training wheels taken off. The land is the second audiobook I’ve listened to as well as the second LitRPG book I have “read.” My first experience with LitRPG was reading Awaken Online by Travis Bagwell. ![]() I just finished listening to The Land: Founding by Aleron Kong, and what a treat it was. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Rates of unemployment and inflation were low, and wages were high. Between 19, the gross national product more than doubled, growing from $200 billion to more than $500 billion, kicking off “the Golden Age of American Capitalism.” Much of this increase came from government spending: The construction of interstate highways and schools, the distribution of veterans’ benefits and most of all the increase in military spending–on goods like airplanes and new technologies like computers–all contributed to the decade’s economic growth. In all, by the time the boom finally tapered off in 1964, there were almost 77 million “baby boomers.”Īfter World War II ended, many Americans were eager to have children because they were confident that the future promised peace and prosperity. About 4 million babies were born each year during the 1950s. ![]() Historians use the word “boom” to describe a lot of things about the 1950s: the booming economy, the booming suburbs and most of all the so-called “baby boom.” This boom began in 1946, when a record number of babies–3.4 million–were born in the United States. ![]() |