Weatherford does not shy away from relying on The Secret History of the Mongols as a (un)reliable source for Genghis Khan's earlier struggles as a teenager and young adult for there was very little documentation in the steppe. On the surface, this book can be regarded as an epic story encompassing a wide range of topics, such as history, warfares, empires, parenthood, and royal court struggles. Having studied and lived extensively in Mongolia, he writes this biography with immersive imagination and vivid proses that a reader cannot help but feel as if they were in those historical scenes with the young, low-born Temüjin, a.k.a. It could be said that Jack Weatherford was born to write a biography on Genghis Khan and his long-lasting legacies throughout human history. This is a book review of Jack Weatherford's book Genghis Khan. Review: Thoughts on Jack Weatherford's Genghis Khan
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Drawing from the wisdom of sages, scientists, and activists, Kaur reclaims love as an active, public, and revolutionary force that creates new possibilities for ourselves, our communities, and our world. Kaur takes readers through her own riveting journey - as a brown girl growing up in California farmland finding her place in the world as a young adult galvanized by the murders of Sikhs after 9/11 as a law student fighting injustices in American prisons and on Guantánamo Bay as an activist working with communities recovering from xenophobic attacks and as a woman trying to heal from her own experiences with police violence and sexual assault. Starting from that place of wonder, the world begins to change: It is a practice that can transform a relationship, a community, a culture, even a nation. It enjoins us to see no stranger but instead look at others and say: You are part of me I do not yet know. How do we love in a time of rage? How do we fix a broken world while not breaking ourselves? Valarie Kaur - renowned Sikh activist, filmmaker, and civil rights lawyer - describes revolutionary love as the call of our time, a radical, joyful practice that extends in three directions: to others, to our opponents, and to ourselves. “In a world stricken with fear and turmoil, Valarie Kaur shows us how to summon our deepest wisdom.” Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat Pray Love An urgent manifesto and a dramatic memoir of awakening, this is the story of revolutionary love. Part of the fun is someone finding out that the jar in the back of the cupboard is worth a fortune or the cruel looking posh person’s treasure is a fake but one of the other interesting aspects are the stories of how an object got into your family. In the UK we have a tv show called The Antiques Roadshow where experts look at people’s old items/junk. She's a northern daughter in a mage-made summer exile, but she will bend history to her will and bring down her enemies, piece by piece. Rabbit, a handmaiden, sold by her parents to the palace for the lack of five baskets of dye, befriends the emperor's lonely new wife and gets more than she bargained for.Īt once feminist high fantasy and an indictment of monarchy, this evocative debut follows the rise of the empress In-yo, who has few resources and fewer friends. Alone and sometimes reviled, she must choose her allies carefully. Her brothers are dead, her armies and their war mammoths long defeated and caged behind their borders. Price - £8.99 paperback £2.06 Kindle eBookĪ young royal from the far north, is sent south for a political marriage in an empire reminiscent of imperial China. It was, she felt, a sign from God-proof that England should return to the Catholic Church. 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As the house slowly reveals his wife’s secrets, the bridegroom will be forced to choose between reality and fantasy, even if doing so threatens to destroy their marriage. For within the crumbling manor’s extravagant rooms and musty halls, there lurks the shadow of another girl: Azure, Indigo’s dearest childhood friend who suddenly disappeared. They exchanged gifts and stories and believed they would live happily ever after-and in exchange for her love, Indigo extracted a promise: that her bridegroom would never pry into her past.īut when Indigo learns that her estranged aunt is dying and the couple is forced to return to her childhood home, the House of Dreams, the bridegroom will soon find himself unable to resist. Once upon a time, a man who believed in fairy tales married a beautiful, mysterious woman named Indigo Maxwell-Casteñada. A sumptuous, gothic-infused story about a marriage that is unraveled by dark secrets, a friendship cursed to end in tragedy, and the danger of believing in fairy tales-the breathtaking adult debut from New York Times bestselling author Roshani Chokshi. “It is pornographic material, and the public school system is not the platform to be exposing them to this, much less without the parent’s awareness,” said Eulalia Maria Jimenez, mother and chair of Moms for Liberty of Miami-Dade County. The Governor’s Office has supported recent book removals, claiming that in some cases, the books provide pornographic material. Now, in its Index of School Book Bans, which covers the U.S., PEN America said it's listing instances where students' access to books in schools was restricted or diminished for either limited or indefinite periods of time. They had 566 bans across 21 districts, ranging from the Panhandle to South Florida. It's an issue that isn't going away and one the Florida 24 Network has been covering for months now.Īccording to PEN America, a global organization that protects rights of literature and free expression, during the 2021-2022 school year, Florida had the second-highest number of book bans in the country. School districts in the state, including Duval and Broward counties, recently removed more books from shelves. Darren must solve the crimes - and save himself in the process - before Lark's long-simmering racial fault lines erupt. When his allegiance to his roots puts his job in jeopardy, he travels up Highway 59 to the small town of Lark, where two murders - a black lawyer from Chicago and a local white woman - have stirred up a hornet's nest of resentment. Deeply ambivalent about growing up black in the lone star state, he was the first in his family to get as far away from Texas as he could. When it comes to law and order, East Texas plays by its own rules - a fact that Darren Mathews, a black Texas Ranger, knows all too well. "In Bluebird, Bluebird Attica Locke had both mastered the thriller and exceeded it."-Ann Patchett A "heartbreakingly resonant" thriller about the explosive intersection of love, race, and justice from a writer and producer of the Emmy-winning Fox TV show Empire ( USA Today). |