![]() ![]() ![]() The novel Stalingrad (1950), later renamed For a Just Cause (За правое дело), is based on his own experiences during the siege. In addition to war journalism, his novels (such as The People are Immortal (Народ бессмертен) were being published in newspapers and he came to be regarded as a legendary war hero. As the war raged on, he covered its major events, including the Battle of Moscow, the Battle of Stalingrad, the Battle of Kursk, and the Battle of Berlin. He became a war reporter for the popular Red Army newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda (Red Star). Grossman was exempt from military service, but volunteered for the front, where he spent more than 1,000 days. When the Great Patriotic War broke out in 1941, Grossman's mother was trapped in Berdichev by the invading German army, and eventually murdered together with 20,000 to 30,000 other Jews who did not evacuate Berdychiv. Young Vasily Grossman idealistically supported the Russian Revolution of 1917. His father had social-democratic convictions and joined the Mensheviks. A Russian nanny turned his name Yossya into Russian Vasya (a diminutive of Vasily), which was accepted by the whole family. ![]() Born Iosif Solomonovich Grossman into an emancipated Jewish family, he did not receive a traditional Jewish education. ![]()
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![]() A Flower is On A Mountain (산유화), another famous poem, enscapulates the solitary life and the cyclical nature of existence. The poem is written to a departing lover, and its potent mixture of sorrow, gentle spitefulness, and beauty are key qualities in Kim Sowol’s poetry. Jindallae Flower (진달래꽃) is perhaps the most well-known poem in Korea, and it would not be an exaggeration to claim that almost every Korean knows this poem by heart. ![]() ![]() ![]() The three poems that have been selected and translated here are insightful samples of Sowol’s deep songs. The musicality and deceptive simplicity of Sowol’s lines are astounding in the original text to read them in Korean is to experience deeper awareness of the connection between language and the innate music in one’s body and mind. His lines have been turned into popular songs, and his poems are ubiquitous in Korean literary textbooks and anthologies.īringing together traditional and modern forms in a unique blend of Korean lyricism, longing and lamentation harmonize with imagination and soul in Sowol’s poetry. Though he was mostly unknown by his contemporaries and died in extreme poverty, appreciation and love for his work grew after his untimely death. Kim Sowol (1902-1934) is often regarded as the Poet of Korean people. ![]() ![]() ![]() Selene plots furiously to do what she knows her mother Cleopatra would want her to do-reclaim her destiny as the queen of Egypt. There she fights desperately to keep her brothers safe from poisonings and secret assassination attempts. Her parent's vicious enemy, the snake-like Octavianus, forces Cleopatra Selene to march through the streets of Rome in golden chains and then sentences her, along with her brothers, to live as political prisoners in his own home. ![]() It is the end of Cleopatra's rule and the start of Selene's nightmare. Then she hears the haunting wails of the priestesses of Isis on the island of Pharos and knows her mother died. The only daughter of the last queen of Egypt watches her beloved father-Mark Antony-fall on his sword in front of her. ![]() The Critically Acclaimed Young Adult Novelīased On The Real Life Of Cleopatra's Daughter, Selene. ![]() ![]() I have to admit that prior to this series I wasn’t all that familiar with Blair Underwood’s acting. Hollywood, the music business, the police – everyone might have had a role in the death and Hardwick is going to get to the bottom of things, one way or another. That’s what leads him to uncover a city-wide scandal involving the death of a celebrity. Fortunately for Ten, he inherited his dad’s strong personal moral code and sense of justice. He also dabbled in being a bodyguard before becoming a struggling actor. Ten made the opposite choices of his dad in a lot of key ways – the main one being working as a gigolo. Ten is the son of a respected and recently retired LAPD cop. Due have worked with actor Blair Underwood on this hard-boiled mystery/thriller series around a character called Tennyson Hardwick. When I was browsing his books I found out that he and his spouse Ms. ![]() ![]() My local librarians mentioned to me that Steven Barnes is a great sci-fi writer. Black writers are woefully underrepresented in my Goodreads lists, and so I’m trying to add more African American authors to my regular readings, as well as black authors from around the world. ![]() ![]() ![]() I liked how intense it was at some parts, you actually feel intensely horrified along with Kristi. I didn't really like some of the imagery, most of it geared toward her "ginormous boobs", but the storyline was great. The beginning of this book made me really mad, but after a few chapters it got better. And i don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. It's hard for her to deal with the problems in her life while she hears what people are really thinking.This book is different.very different. She feels her mom helped push her dad out, and takes most of her aggression out on her mom. Her dad left her and her mom two years ago, she thinks because of a malpractice suit filed against him, but finds out the real reason sooner than she wants. She is a self proclaimed bitch, and loves to blast her opera to tune peoples thoughts out. Overall she is a very weird girl, she loves opera, thinks she can read minds, and she created clothes from different materials she finds (old umbrellas, her dad's old medical scrubs, and a plastic pool tube). Kristi has an interesting power, she can read minds. ![]() ![]() This volume collects Preacher #34-40, Preacher Special: One Mans War, Preacher Special: The Good Old Boys, Preacher Special: The Story of You-Know-Who. Also includes a story spotlighting the Saint of Killers and a standalone tale starring Cassidy, the vampire. ![]() During some down time, Jesse Custer faces an enemy from the past, who seeks vengeance for his fathers death. Preacher Jesse Custers dark journey to find God, accompanied by his gun-toting girlfriend and Irish vampire buddy, continues in this third volume. ![]() Book Synopsis Writer Garth Enniss violent, scabrous journey across Americas religious landscape continues in this third volume. ![]() ![]() Other stories include The Adventure of Black Peter, The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton, and The Adventure of the Three Garridebs. In the fifth story, The Adventure of the Priory School, Holmes and Watson investigate the mysterious disappearance of a young boy. In the fourth story, The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist, Holmes assists a young woman who is being followed by a mysterious stranger. In the third story, The Adventure of the Dancing Men, Holmes investigates a series of coded messages which lead to a sinister plot. In the second story, The Adventure of the Norwood Builder, Holmes solves a case of a strange burglary and a missing will. In the first story, The Adventure of the Empty House, Holmes is presumed dead and returns from hiding to solve a mysterious case involving a strange disappearance. The thirteen stories in this collection contain a variety of different cases, all of which are solved by the brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes. The stories featured in this book are set in Victorian England and are full of suspense, intrigue, and unexpected twists. ![]() Watson, to solve complex and exciting cases. This book continues the adventures of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who works with his faithful assistant, Dr. The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 13 detective stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published in 1905. The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle. ![]() ![]() While serving on the Western Front he was wounded in the head and suffered serious injuries-a crippled arm and headaches that plagued him all his life-but also winning a medal of honour. After an education that included stints in Germany and England, he performed a variety of dead-end jobs before he enlisted in the French cavalry in 1912, two years before the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. ![]() His parents were poor (father a clerk, mother a seamstress). Louis-Ferdinand Destouches was raised in Paris, in a flat over the shopping arcade where his mother had a lace store. His highly innovative writing style using Parisian vernacular, vulgarities, and intentionally peppering ellipses throughout the text was used to evoke the cadence of speech. ![]() Louis-Ferdinand Destouches, is best known for his works Voyage au bout de la nuit ( Journey to the End of the Night), and Mort à crédit ( Death on the Installment Plan). ![]() ![]() She is the award-winning author of three novels, My Year of Meats, All Over Creation, and A Tale for the Time Being, which was a finalist for the 2013 Booker Prize. ![]() ![]() Ruth Ozeki is a novelist, filmmaker, and Zen Buddhist priest. There, Benny discovers a strange new world and meets a beautiful street artist with a smug pet ferret, a homeless philosopher-poet who encourages him to ask important questions and find his own voice among the many, and his very own Book-a talking thing-who narrates Benny’s life and teaches him to listen to the things that truly matter. ![]() When his mother, Annabelle, develops a hoarding problem and the voices grow more clamorous, Benny seeks refuge in the silence of the public library, where objects speak in whispers. With its blend of sympathetic characters, riveting plot, and vibrant engaging subjects, her brilliantly inventive The Book of Form and Emptiness is bold, wise, poignant, playful, humane, and heartbreaking.įollowing the death of his beloved musician father, thirteen-year-old Benny Oh begins to hear the voices of household objects filled with emotional tones some are pleasant, while others are snide and full of pain. Booker Prize-finalist Ruth Ozeki is a novelist, filmmaker, and Zen Buddhist priest. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With this digital bundle of high school resources for teaching “The Cats of Ulthar,” English teachers will save valuable time at home without sacrificing rigor in the classroom. Lovecraft is a macabre short story featuring savage neighbors, an avenging curse, and flesh-eating felines-making it an especially chilling choice for the Halloween season. Gothic fantasy and horror are genres that maximize many high school students’ engagement with literature. Peculiar discoveries inside the old couple’s house. ![]() A change in the cats’ physical appearance upon their return.The paintings on the travelers’ caravan.The community’s general disposition toward the couple.By completing this assessment, students will demonstrate knowledge of the following: Materials are delivered in printable Word Document and PDF formats. An answer key and copy of the public domain narrative are included. This multiple choice quiz on “The Cats of Ulthar” helps English teachers promote homework accountability, evaluate reading comprehension, and save time at home without sacrificing quality in the classroom. ![]() |