![]() ![]() In Ambrose's hands, this enterprise, with its huge expenditure of brainpower, muscle, and sweat, comes vibrantly to life. ![]() Locomotives, rails, and spikes were shipped from the East through Panama or around South America to the West or lugged across the country to the Plains. government pitted two companies-the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railroads-against each other in a race for funding, encouraging speed over caution. It is the story of the men who built the transcontinental railroad-the investors who risked their businesses and money the enlightened politicians who understood its importance the engineers and surveyors who risked, and sometimes lost, their lives and the Irish and Chinese immigrants, the defeated Confederate soldiers, and the other laborers who did the backbreaking and dangerous work on the tracks. Nothing Like It in the World gives the account of an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and courage. ![]() In this New York Times bestseller, Stephen Ambrose brings to life the story of the building of the transcontinental railroad, from the men who financed it to the engineers and surveyors who risked their lives to the workers who signed on for the dangerous job. ![]()
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The Black Death spurred a rapid increase in the rates of marriage © PAINTING / Alamy Stock Photo ![]() Nuptial frenzy: Bruegel’s “The Peasant Wedding” from 1568. ![]() ![]() ![]() Scattered across the continent and racing against time, Chaol, Manon, and Dorian are forced to forge their own paths to meet their fates. Yet they soon realize that the many allies they've gathered to battle Erawan's hordes might not be enough to save them. With Aelin captured, Aedion and Lysandra remain as the last line of defense to protect Terrasen from utter destruction. Aware that yielding to Maeve will doom those she loves keeps her from breaking, though her resolve begins to unravel with each passing day… ![]() Locked within an iron coffin by the Queen of the Fae, Aelin must draw upon her fiery will as she endures months of torture. Aelin Galathynius's journey from slave to king's assassin to the queen of a once-great kingdom reaches its heart-rending finale as war erupts across her world.Īelin has risked everything to save her people-but at a tremendous cost. ![]() Maas's #1 New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series draws to an epic, unforgettable conclusion. ![]() ![]() ![]() They land ashore grab some breakfast from a couple of lunchbox trees. ![]() The fact that Billina the yellow hen can talk tells Dorothy that she’s in a fairy land again. In the morning, she finds out that a hen has also sought safety in the little coop and she and Dorothy chat while the hen lays her daily egg. Luckily a wooden box was also washed overboard and she manages to climb onto it as the steamer carries on through the mountainous storm waves. A storm picks up and Dorothy is washed overboard. The story begins with Dorothy travelling with Uncle Henry on a steamer to Australia. Frank Baum’s series is really the first major American fantasy world. ![]() Ozma of Oz was published in 1907, and as I’ve noted in my previous posts, L. This book was also my introduction to the otherworldly art of John R. While I’d seen the Wizard of Oz of course, Ozma of Oz was the first book I’d read and luckily it can be read entirely fine with nothing more than the 1939 movie as an introduction. I’ve been doing more reading with my 10-year old niece and book 3 of L. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Not to say that there are places that are better than others, but we're doing this where two steps forward, one step back dance with actual equality. Hood Feminism is a critical feminist text that interrogates the failings of the mainstream feminist movement and gives us the necessary expertise of Black. But I think we've got, what, 30 women CEOs or something like that, maybe 300 in the entire country? That's not a number that helps.Īt some point we have to talk about the fact that women are slightly more than half of the world's population and in most places are getting almost nowhere in terms of ongoing, sustainable equality. You know, Lean In worked to make some people a CEO. How feminist are we if we're not looking out for the people who build these institutions and sustained that wealth. A potent and electrifying critique of today's feminist movement announcing a fresh new voice in Black feminism, the New York Times bestseller Hood Feminism is the perfect pick for book clubs looking to discuss topics of gender, race, class, and social justice. 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