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Out on a lone reconnaissance mission, pilot Wedge Antilles watches Imperial Star Destroyers gather like birds of prey circling for a kill, but is taken captive before he can report back to the New Republic leaders. But above the remote planet Akiva, an ominous show of the enemy's strength is unfolding. ![]() As the Empire reels from its critical defeats at the Battle of Endor, the Rebel Alliance-now a fledgling New Republic-presses its advantage by hunting down the enemy's scattered forces before they can regroup and retaliate. ![]() ![]() Indeed, he notes, many of the pieces discussed-from Francis Bacon’s disquieting studies of morbidity to Jeff Koons’s glossy essays in camp-are not what most people would want to display in their homes or offices. Among the factors at play, Thompson avers, the artwork’s quality is rarely prominent. Evincing astute knowledge of the arcane workings of high-end art galleries and auction houses, the author walks readers through the mechanics of how a contemporary artist’s work comes to be regarded as worthy of notice. He bravely attempts to apply theories of basic economics and markets to the contemporary art scene, in which absurdity frequently rules. ![]() This world has been fodder for mockery ever since Marcel Duchamp signed a urinal and proclaimed it art, but there’s a whole lot more money at stake now, notes Thompson (Marketing and Economics/York Univ.). Informative and occasionally hilarious look at the surreal contemporary art market. ![]() ![]() ![]() Dale Johansen asked what the hell was the point of having an Association if not to prevent such a thing from happening. “Just the messenger,” he kept saying, although no one could hear him. The room sputtered to life, and Percy threw up his hands, suddenly finding himself in front of a firing squad. ![]() The Lawsons on Sycamore Way were selling their house and a colored man had just placed an offer to buy it. What they did not expect was this: current president Percy White standing in front of the room, his face beet red as he delivered regretful news. The Estates, the newest subdivision in Brentwood in 1968, had only called one emergency meeting before, when the treasurer was accused of embezzling dues, so that night, the neighbors gathered in the clubhouse, whispering hotly, expecting the hint of a scandal. A notice was pinned to the front door of every house in the Palace Estates, calling for an emergency Homeowners Association Meeting. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Let me break it down.įirstly, I struggled with the start and I’m not entirely sure why. What’s the low down on this one? Well, to be honest I had a few issues with the novel. 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(Pardon the Twilight reference-all those Christmas chocolates have started clogging the blood flow to my brain.)īack to business. ![]() Needless to say, as a fan of Zapata’s slow burns, I sunk my teeth into that one like Edward Cullen to a mountain lion. ![]() What a pleasant pre-Christmas surprise! I wasn’t aware there was another Zapata romance in the cards when Luna and the Lie suddenly popped up on my Kindle. ![]() ![]() Sett), and why (“some of the boys in class giggle”), they decide to take action, finding allies and adversaries in unexpected places. When they discover what’s been censored (references to breasts), who’s done it (Ms. “We don’t tolerate any of the behaviors your age group usually indulges in.” For “lit circle,” Mac picks Jane Yolen’s The Devil’s Arithmetic (classroom rule: Don’t Read Ahead!), but he and his groupmates soon encounter a series of “ugly black rectangles” covering up words. She seems okay, though, on the first day of school, promising her students she’ll treat them like adults-as long as they follow classroom rules. She’s famous-“as famous as a person can get in our town”-for writing letters to the newspaper decrying everything from junk food to girls wearing shorts in school. ![]() Sixth grader Mac Delaney isn’t sure what to expect after being assigned to Ms. ![]() Intermediate, Middle School Scholastic 263 pp. ![]() ![]() Tinged with biblical echoes of the fall of Adam and Eve and the rivalry of Cain and Abel, this sprawling saga has captivated audiences everywhere for generations. Part allegory, part autobiography, and part epic, East of Eden was an ambitious project from the start – a gift to Steinbeck’s sons that was meant to teach them about identity, grief, and what it means to be human. From this plot emerged some of Steinbeck’s most fascinating characters – many of whom are modeled after people in his own life. In his journal, Journal of a Novel (often read as a companion to the novel) he notes that “this is the book I have always wanted and have worked and prayed to be able to write Set primarily in the Salinas Valley in the early twentieth century, the novel traces three generations of two families – the Trasks and the Hamiltons – as they grapple with the ever-present forces of good and evil. ![]() Steinbeck considered East of Eden to be his masterpiece. American fiction (fictional works by one author), ![]() ![]() ![]() MacLean’s lively characters, however improbable, provide a fun and unrestrained take on a buttoned-up era, and readers who choose to give themselves up to the tale will enjoy it. But the novel is grounded in both historical context (Napoleon’s escape from Elba and the anonymous publication of Austen’s novels) and historical detail (ball gowns and the rigors of etiquette), which set the scene convincingly. ![]() Formulaic plotting, repetitive phrasing and scant development of supporting characters, such as Alex’s rival Penelope, weaken the story. Alex’s insatiable curiosity further complicates her relationship with Gavin suspecting that he’s in danger, she’s determined to solve the puzzle of his father’s recent suspicious death, despite Gavin’s objections. But the 17-year-old’s impassioned resistance to courtship and marriage rings false from page 23, with the introduction of the ploddingly obvious object of her reluctant but inevitable affections, her brothers’ best friend Gavin Sewell, the Earl of Blackmoor. Lady Alexandra Stoddard is an anachronism-a feisty, outspoken feminist in Regency England. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now her basketball star husband is slapped with a paternity suit by another woman. For Ayinde, beautiful and from a privileged background as the daughter of an actor and a model, being biracial has been a lifelong struggle. An event planner who has orchestrated her life for maximum security, Kelly is thrown a curve when her husband gets laid off from his corporate job and becomes a couch potato. ![]() Overachieving Kelly’s issue is the poverty she has overcome. A restaurant owner married to a nice Jewish doctor, Becky’s challenge is her obnoxious, overbearing mother-in-law. Lia’s challenge is obviously her loss her underlying issue is her mother’s emotional coldness. In Weiner’s symmetry, each woman starts out with an issue and each faces a challenge. At the same time, Lia, an actress who has returned home to Philly to come to grips with her baby’s death, begins following Becky around and leaving her baby gifts (Weiner overlooks the stalker-creepiness of this behavior) until she joins the friendship circle as a kind of emotional counterweight to keep the others’ problems in perspective. Weiner ( Good in Bed, 2001 In Her Shoes, 2002) follows four Philadelphia women as they face the challenges, from trivial to profound, of new motherhood, becoming friends in the process.īecky, Kelly, and Ayinde meet at a pregnancy yoga class. ![]() ![]() Veering back and forth between the grittiest features of a small arctic town, the electrifying proximity of the world of animals, and ravishing world of myth, Tanya Tagaq explores a world where the distinctions between good and evil, animal and human, victim and transgressor, real and imagined lose their meaning, but the guiding power of love remains. ![]() When she becomes pregnant, she must navigate all this. She sees the spirits that surround her, and the immense power that dwarfs all of us. ![]() She knows the ravages of alcohol, and violence at the hands of those she should be able to trust. She knows the tedium of the everyday world, and the raw, amoral power of the ice and sky, the seductive energy of the animal world. She knows boredom, and listlessness, and bullying. She knows joy, and friendship, and parents' love. In the end, there may be no difference between them.Ī girl grows up in Nunavut in the 1970s. It can also be as dark, as violent, as rapturous. Winner of the 2018 Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design – Prose Fictionįrom the internationally acclaimed Inuit throat singer who has dazzled and enthralled the world with music it had never heard before, a fierce, tender, heartbreaking story unlike anything you've ever read.įact can be as strange as fiction. ![]() Winner of the 2019 Indigenous Voices Award for Published Prose in English ![]() Shortlisted for the 2019 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Shortlisted for the 2019 Amazon First Novel Award Longlisted for the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize ![]() |