Interestingly, this article says that the earliest Chinese immigrants during the 1700’s were well received and became wealthy but attitudes changes negatively during the mid-1800’s when less skilled Chinese “Coolies” came during the gold rush.Īs I think about the Chinese immigrant experience - my father immigrated from China to pursue a Ph.d program at U.C.L.A. There is a great one-page overview on Chinese immigration that details this history. The Chinese immigrant experience is one with a long history in America resulting in becoming the largest Asian population in America today. This blog post originally appeared in the Pragmatic Mom Blog (Best Chinese American Books for Kids) and later posted to the MomsRising blog by Mia Wenjen.
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His early plays were mainly comedies and histories, genres he raised to the peak of sophistication and artistry by the end of the sixteenth century. Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 15. Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive, and there has been considerable speculation about such matters as his sexuality, religious beliefs, and whether the works attributed to him were written by others. He appears to have retired to Stratford around 1613, where he died three years later. Between 15 he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part owner of the playing company the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. Scholars believe that he died on his fifty-second birthday, coinciding with St George’s Day.Īt the age of 18 he married Anne Hathaway, who bore him three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon. His plays have been translated into every major living language, and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. His surviving works consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "The Bard"). William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. 7/4/2023 0 Comments Annie jacobsen cia'This is a first rate book on the CIA, its paramilitary armies, operators, and assassins' New York Journal of Books Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself - While the Rest of us Die Graff, author of Raven Rock: The Story of the U.S. 'Annie Jacobsen takes us inside the darkest and most morally ambiguous corner of our government, where politicians ask brave men and women to kill-up close and personal-on America's behalf' Garrett M. 'A behind-the-scenes look at the most shadowy corners of the American intelligence community.Well-sourced and well-paced, this book is full of surprises ' Kirkus Highly recommended for those seeking a better understanding of American foreign policy in action' Jacob Sherman, Library Journal 'Jacobsen here presents a tour de force exploring the CIA's paramilitary activities.this excellent work feels like uncovering the tip of the iceberg. 'As fast paced as a thriller' Fred Burton, Stratfor Talks' Pen and Sword Podcast 7/4/2023 0 Comments Theirs to keep by maya banksIt made her overlook the consequences of being discovered. She would leave again before daylight, and no one would be the wiser.ĭesperation made her bold. If only she could be warm and sleep for a few hours, she’d have the strength to keep moving. She could easily slide through if she could maneuver it upward. Somewhere she could feel safe even if only for a few hours.ĭrawing herself into the shallow alcove where the service entrance to the shop was, she huddled there numb and desolate. She’d give anything for a warm place to sleep. She may as well be wearing nothing for all the protection her torn clothing offered. She stopped outside a building, shivering as a gust of wind blew down the alleyway. He’d left her to die in the river, but somehow she’d survived. She only knew that if she stopped, he’d find her.Īnd she didn’t even know who he was, only that a shadowy figure haunted her mind. She had no money, no belongings, no place to rest and hide. Now, all she felt was overwhelming emptiness. She was so tired, she could barely keep herself upright, and hunger had long ago ceased. There wasn’t a part of her that didn’t hurt. SHE CREPT ALONG THE DARK ALLEYWAY, wincing as her scraped, torn feet made contact with the cracked pavement. 7/4/2023 0 Comments Sapphire flames ilona andrewsFast-paced, funny, and with sexy leads who never fail to entertain, SAPPHIRE FLAMES is one scorching-hot must-read.Ĭatalina and Alessandro are far from perfect, and they know it. And if she’s not careful, she won’t survive to see how the case turns out. In the process, Catalina learns more than she bargained for. In the course of her investigation, she runs into danger, and into the path of her teenage crush, Alessandro Sagredo, an Italian Prime with dangerous secrets.īound to help her client get to the bottom of a conspiracy laden with very powerful people, Catalina and her funny, quirky family navigate danger as they strive to solve the case. But now as head of her House, she is called on to use her powers to help a friend solve a murder. She has spent the majority of her life fading into the background, being invisible. So much that they won’t stop until they’ve consumed every part of her. With no effort, she can make people love her. This trilogy follows Catalina Baylor’s point of view, as she is now House Prime and leading her family’s PI firm.Ĭatalina is head of her house and has a power she’s spent her life keeping contained. SAPPHIRE FLAMES by Ilona Andrews is set in the Hidden Legacy world. 7/3/2023 0 Comments Building Stories by Chris WareWare said he proposed a similar boxed project to Eclipse Comics in 1987, though it was turned down, and had done some smaller-scale single-edition boxed projects while in art school. The parts of the work can be read in any order. It mainly focuses on her time in a three-story brownstone apartment building in Chicago, but also follows her later in her life as a mother. The intricate, multilayered stories pivot around an unnamed female protagonist with a missing lower leg. The work took a decade to complete, and was published by Pantheon Books. The unconventional work is made up of fourteen printed works-cloth-bound books, newspapers, broadsheets and flip books-packaged in a boxed set. 2012 graphic novel by American cartoonist Chris Ware Building Storiesīuilding Stories is a 2012 graphic novel by American cartoonist Chris Ware. With his older sibling, guitarist Duane Allman, the singer-keyboardist-guitarist-songwriter led one of the most popular concert attractions of the rock ballroom era the group’s 1971 set “At Fillmore East,” recorded at Bill Graham’s New York hall, was a commercial breakthrough that showed off the band’s prodigious songcraft and instrumental strengths.Īfter Duane Allman’s death in a motorcycle accident weeks after the live album’s release, his younger brother led the band through four more stormy decades of playing and recording. Gregg Allman, whose hard-jamming, bluesy sextet the Allman Brothers Band was the pioneering unit in the Southern rock explosion of the ‘70s, died Saturday due to currently unknown causes. 7/3/2023 0 Comments Elon Musk by Ashlee VanceIn the same year, he published his biography about Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and other tech companies. In 2015, Vance started writing and hosting the "Hello World" video series for Bloomberg, focusing on the tech scene in various countries. Vance hosted an audio podcast called Semi-Coherent Computing from 2007–2008, in which he discussed enterprise computing topics such as Datacenter cooling and blade servers, and interviewed guests including chip pioneer David Ditzel of Transmeta, Sun Microsystems, and Bell Labs. His writing often also appears in such publications as The Economist, Chicago Tribune, CNN.com, The Globe and Mail, the International Herald Tribune, and CNET. In 2007, Vance wrote a book, called Geek Silicon Valley, on the history of Silicon Valley. Vance covered companies such as IBM, HP, Intel, and Dell, and also writes about a wide range of technology topics, including robots, Segway scooters, and the R programming language. He moved to The New York Times in September 2008 and then to Bloomberg Businessweek in January 2011. Vance wrote for The Register from March 2003 to August 2008. He attended Pomona College, graduating in 2000. He lives with his wife Melinda and their two children Bowie and Tucker. His biography of Elon Musk, titled Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, was released on May 19, 2015. Ashlee Vance, at a signing for Elon Musk.Įlon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (2015)Īshlee Vance (born 1977) is an American business columnist and author. For fans of Nelson’s impressive body of children’s and adult poetry, including the brilliant A Wreath for Emmett Till (2005), this insight into her modulated memories gratifies that heartfelt belief that here writes a woman of great substance. Hooper’s line-and-shade illustrations, along with Nelson’s family photos, set a quiet and respectful tone and offer readers the feeling of taking an unsolicited peek behind a heavy curtain. The title poem comes near the end and is breathtaking in the perverse cruelty the young speaker experiences from an educator. Rather, her autobiographically inspired collection of 50 nonrhyming sonnets is enhanced by research and imagination. In the author’s note of her self-ascribed “portrait of an artist as a young American Negro girl,” Nelson disclaims that the “I” in the title is she. Chronicling the decade of 1950s America, a young self-aware speaker connects national events to daily life experiences. In this fictionalized memoir in verse, renowned poet Nelson lyrically recounts her passage from ages 4 to 14, from numerous military base homes through friends, schools, and dogs and from developmental stages of initiative through industry to identity. 7/2/2023 0 Comments Secretariat by william nackHis 1975 book "Secretariat: The Making of a Champion" is considered the definitive work on the Triple Crown-winning horse. Nack was awarded the 2017 PEN/ESPN America Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing, and won seven media Eclipse Awards for his writing on horse racing. He died Friday at his Washington home from complications associated with cancer. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browserīill Nack, writer known for coverage of Secretariat, dies at 77īill Nack, the former Sports Illustrated reporter and author known for his coverage of horse racing, and who chronicled Secretariat in particular, has died at the age of 77. |