HE WAS A TEACHER AND miracle worker who spent nearly all of his brief ministry in the tiny and obscure province of Galilee, often preaching to outdoor gatherings. PART VI - New Worlds and Christian GrowthĬhapter Twenty - Pluralism and American Piety PART III - Consolidating Christian EuropeĬhapter Ten - Constantine’s Very Mixed BlessingsĬhapter Twelve - Islam and the Destruction of Eastern and North African ChristianityĬhapter Fourteen - The Dark Ages and Other Mythical ErasĬhapter Sixteen - Faith and the Scientific RevolutionĬhapter Seventeen - Two Churches and the Challenge of HeresyĬhapter Nineteen - The Shocking Truth About the Spanish Inquisition Chapter Three - Jesus and the Jesus MovementĬhapter Four - Missions to the Jews and the GentilesĬhapter Five - Christianity and PrivilegeĬhapter Eight - Persecution and CommitmentĬhapter Nine - Assessing Christian Growth
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Things got off to a rocky start when keyboardist David Sancious, and drummer Ernest “Boom” Carter, decided to leave the E-Street Band.īoth excellent musicians whose playing was central to “Born to Run”‘s frenzied sound, it was an unwelcome and untimely blow. The career-saving anthem didn’t come quickly – recording sessions dragged on for six months – but when the dust settled, Springsteen would have his first big hit, and, crucially, a label that was now on-board. Good thing, so, that the song he came up with was “Born to Run”. If not, Bruce was on the first Greyhound bus back to New Jersey. Get on the radio, and they’d put up for the new record. But, before he could get to work, there was a hurdle to get over first.Īs a way of testing the waters, Columbia decided that they’d only fund a single, not an album. “One Book, One New York” was started by MOME Commissioner Julie Menin in 2017. When Egan was asked how it felt to have her book picked for the program, she immediately said that she was “ecstatic to be selected.” They chose Manhattan Beach to be the book of the citywide initiative by the New York City Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME). In April, 40,000 New Yorkers voted in the “One Book, One New York” campaign. The Dweck Center at the Brooklyn Public Library was packed to capacity with more than 200 people in attendance. L-R: Alexis Coe, Jennifer Egan, Meredith Wisner, and Zaheer Ali (Photo courtesy of The Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment) Part of the 2018 Brooklyn Book Festival, the event was a panel discussion with Zaheer Ali of the Brooklyn Historical Society and Meredith Wisner formerly of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, moderated by author Alexis Coe. She is a self-possessed and open woman with the look and delivery of sharp news anchor. PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Last night author Jennifer Egan was in the green room of the Brooklyn Public Library‘s central branch getting ready to go on stage for a talk about her book Manhattan Beach. More often than not, these tangled narratives also speak of shame, stigma, denial and harrowing suffering – both for the addicted and their immediate circle. “The first time Ed Bisch heard the word ‘Ox圜ontin’,” writes Beth Macy, “his son was dead from it.”ĭopesick is threaded through with similar stories of loss and bewilderment: sad stories told by grieving parents and siblings, angry stories told by activists, and stoical stories told by police officers and local representatives who have witnessed entire communities laid waste by addiction. When a bewildered Bisch asked what had happened, one of them replied, “Oxy” – shorthand for Ox圜ontin, the opioid-based painkiller that Eddie had overdosed on. By the time Bisch made it home, paramedics had given up the fight to save his son’s life. She had just found her 18-year-old brother, Eddie, unconscious and turning blue in the bathroom of their house in suburban Philadelphia. I n February 2001, Ed Bisch, a middle-aged American IT worker, received a frantic call from his daughter. Noah is nearly ten years older than Ruby Grace, and if that’s not enough, Ruby Grace is getting married in six weeks. Ruby Grace is practically southern royalty, and Noah has a hot, dirty job raising barrels at the distillery. As the affluent and pious citizens of Stratford like to say, those Becker boys are “nothing but trouble,” and Ruby Grace is the mayor\’s daughter. This is the setup for Noah and Ruby Grace\’s romance, aside from the fact that there\’s everything wrong with these two being together. A southern small town where family bonds are unbreakable, Tennessee whiskey, wrong-side-of-the-tracks romance and a hero that makes me swoon all over myself? Yes, please!! The Becker boys pulled me right in and had me ready to pack the car to move to Stratford. Some of her YA readers didn’t like the darker elements in Ninth House, so keep that in mind if you aren’t a fan of that either. Bardugo’s other novels are also pretty dark, but as YA they don’t go too deep into scarring territory. Ninth House is a very dark book and definitely not a YA novel. I’m a little hesitant to recommend this book to lovers of Bardugo as there has been quite a lot of backlash. So if that’s not your cup of tea, beware of boredom. I’ve been reading some reviews to figure out what other people did find boring and what I gather is that they call it a slow read with a lot of narration. But that description doesn’t really do the book justice. The most boring thing I can come up with about Ninth House is that, on the surface, it’s a girl with special powers story. Yale is filled with secret societies that perform actual magic and somehow it is now her job to make sure no one gets hurt. Alex grabs the opportunity to escape her old life but is not prepared for what it will entail. When she wakes up in the hospital someone from Yale is at her bedside, asking her to join a secret society that keeps the other secret societies in check. To escape their glares, Alex turned to drugs, living on the street from a young age and ended up as the only survivor in a mysterious multiple homicide. As long as she can remember, she’s been able to see the dead. “I want to survive this world that keeps trying to destroy me.” What is this book about?Īlex is a freshman at Yale, but woefully out of place there. She suspects Ophiuchus-the exiled 13th Guardian of Zodiac legend-has returned to exact his revenge across the Galaxy. Then, when more Houses fall victim to freak weather catastrophes, Rho starts seeing a pattern in the stars. But, a true Cancerian who loves her home fiercely and will protect her people no matter what, Rho accepts. When a violent blast strikes the moons of Cancer, sending its ocean planet off-kilter and killing thousands of citizens-including its beloved Guardian-Rho is more surprised than anyone when she is named the House’s new leader. While her classmates use measurements to make accurate astrological predictions, Rho can’t solve for ‘x’ to save her life-so instead, she looks up at the night sky and makes up stories. Rhoma Grace is a 16-year-old student from House Cancer with an unusual way of reading the stars. Buy this book at: Chapters | Book DepositoryĪt the dawn of time, there were 13 Houses in the Zodiac Galaxy. 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When we reach the ending, it feels convenient, as if the author ran out of steam or doesn't quite know how to wrap up all the concepts he introduced. The potential for something profound is there, but the narrative doesn't get anywhere close to that. And I'm not afraid to admit that her search for her "forever home" tugged at my heartstrings.īut I got a little bit confused soon after because I'm not sure what the author is trying to say with this story. But it fits the tone of the story, and I really enjoyed reading her growing awareness and insight. Since she's a robot and the story is told from her perspective, her narrative comes across as a bit robotic and detached. We start off with Klara at the store, hoping to be chosen as the Artificial Friend for a family. It didn't wow me in any way, but I didn't hate it either. But Klara and the Sun didn't elicit such strong emotions in me. This seems to be quite a polarizing book, with everyone either loving it or hating it. Instead, each repetitive day keeps going egregiously wrong, and the more perfect she tries to make it, the worse it gets. She keeps waking up on February 14th, Valentine’s Day, which was supposed to be the most perfect day ever, one she could check off on her to-do list. THE DO-OVER by Lynn Painter is a YA contemporary romance in which Emilie ends up in a weird groundhog’s-day-like time loop. How many days can one girl passively watch her life go up in flames? And when something good starts to come out of these terrible days, what happens when the universe stops doling out do-overs? In addition to Josh’s recurring infidelity, Emilie can’t get away from the enigmatic Nick, who she keeps running into-sometimes literally-in unfortunate ways. And the next day? Another nightmare V-Day.Įmilie is stuck in some sort of time loop nightmare that she can’t wake up from as she re-watches her boyfriend, Josh, cheat on her day after day. She passes out on the couch, but when she wakes up, she’s back home in her own bed-and it’s Valentine’s Day all over again. In this riotous young adult romp for fans of Recommended for You and A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow, a teen girl has the worst Valentine’s Day ever-only to relive it over and over again.Īfter living through a dumpster fire of a Valentine’s Day, Emilie Hornby escapes to her grandmother’s house for some comfort and a consolation pint of Ben & Jerry’s. |