Throughout the book, Nielsen deftly illustrates how concepts of disability have deeply shaped the American experience-from deciding who was allowed to immigrate to establishing labor laws and justifying slavery and gender discrimination. As historian and disability scholar Nielsen argues, to understand disability history isn’t to narrowly focus on a series of individual triumphs but rather to examine mass movements and pivotal daily events through the lens of varied experiences. By doing so, the book casts new light on familiar stories, such as slavery and immigration, while breaking ground about the ties between nativism and oralism in the late nineteenth century and the role of ableism in the development of democracy.Ī Disability History of the United States pulls from primary-source documents and social histories to retell American history through the eyes, words, and impressions of the people who lived it. In other ways, however, it is a radical repositioning of US history. Covering the entirety of US history from pre-1492 to the present, A Disability History of the United States is the first book to place the experiences of people with disabilities at the center of the American narrative. The first book to cover the entirety of disability history, from pre-1492 to the presentĭisability is not just the story of someone we love or the story of whom we may become rather it is undoubtedly the story of our nation.
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Melmoth legend7/8/2023 However, I found it isn’t necessary to read it first in order to appreciate her contemporary take on Maturin’s novel in which her interpretation of Melmoth is female even if some of the finer subversions were inevitably lost on me. The main inspiration behind Sarah Perry’s third novel is a little-known 1820 novel ‘Melmoth the Wanderer’ by Charles Maturin in which a man makes a pact with the devil to extend his life by 150 years. Helen’s initial scepticism of the legend wanes when Karel disappears and she is forced to confront the reasons why she cannot forgive herself for the outcome of events in her own past. Among the papers is a manuscript which tells of Melmoth the Witness, an obscure legend in which, according to superstition, Melmoth travels through the ages, persuading those wracked with guilt to wander alongside her on a journey of eternal damnation. Her friend Karel has come into possession of the papers of fellow scholar Josef Hoffman who has recently been found dead in the National Library. ‘Melmoth’ by Sarah Perry tells the story of Helen Franklin, a British woman in her forties working as a translator in Prague where she has lived for some twenty years in self-imposed exile. Books like a deadly education7/8/2023 There is something refreshing and unique about the setting and how the characters have to interact with their surroundings. I was immediately impressed with the world building. The problem? Her powerful dark magic might also kill all the other students. It would be easy enough for El to defeat the monsters that prowl the school. She may be without allies, but she possesses a dark power strong enough to level mountains and wipe out millions. And beware of the monsters who lurk everywhere.Įl is uniquely prepared for the school’s dangers. Survival is more important than any letter grade, for the school won’t allow its students to leave until they graduate… or die! The rules are deceptively simple: Don’t walk the halls alone. There are no teachers, no holidays, and no friendships, save strategic ones. Lesson One of the Scholomance: Learning has never been this deadly.Ī Deadly Education is set at Scholomance, a school for the magically gifted where failure means certain death (for real) - until one girl, El, begins to unlock its many secrets. It was time.Įverything about this book promises to be right up my alley. So when I saw it on the shelf of my small, humble library, I took it as a sign from the universe. But finally, the pressure of seeing it flick through my feed on both TikTok and IG made me cave. This was definitely a case of ‘BookTok made me do it’, but I’ve had ‘A Deadly Education’ by Naomi Novik on my radar for a little while now. Tag Along by Tom Ryan7/7/2023 Highly recommended for leisure reading., It's prom night, and four teens' plans for the evening are about to get hijacked.They all manage to meet, get connected and ultimately have a prom night that is far more memorable than their original plans. The story is a page-turner with humour, angst, anger and joy breathing life through the momentous events of the evening. This could also spark discussions about loyalty, friendship, and being true to yourself., A novel of rites of passage, experience, and teenage angst, Tag Alongcaptures the teen audience with well-written narrative, rich with emotion and spicy with the complications of life. Most teens will identify with one of the main characters, though they each have their quirks. Ryan must be given lots of points for style.Junior high teachers who put this fun and entertaining novel in the hands of reluctant and struggling readers are sure to be thanked by their students., A quick read with some of the antics being laugh-out-loud funny. The prelude 18057/7/2023
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The 43-year-old station is insufficiently sized and no longer meets the needs of the Fire Department’s day-to-day service operations. Built in 1977, Fire Station 2 in eastern Plymouth will be completely torn down and rebuilt. Becoming supernatural reddit7/6/2023 In "'Mysticism' in Quantum Mechanics: The Forgotten Controversy", Juan Miguel Marin discussed the controversy of such debate. There is no scientific evidence to support quantum mysticism. Moore, said that Schrödinger's two interests of quantum physics and Hindu mysticism were "strangely dissociated". "However," Hammer said, "in Heisenberg's Physics and Philosophy (1959) there is no substantial trace of quantum mysticism " and added "In fact, Heisenberg discusses at length and endorses the decidedly non-mystical Copenhagen interpretation." Hammer also said that " Schrödinger’s studies of Hindu mysticism never compelled him to pursue the same course as quantum metaphysicists such as David Bohm or Fritjof Capra." Schrödinger's biographer, Walter J. Olav Hammer stated that Werner Heisenberg, one of the main pioneers of the theory of quantum mechanics, was so interested in India that he got the nickname "The Buddha". Quantum mysticism is criticized by non-believers with expert knowledge of quantum mechanics to be pseudoscience or quackery. Quantum mysticism, sometimes referred pejoratively to as quantum quackery or quantum woo, is a set of metaphysical beliefs and associated practices that seek to relate consciousness, intelligence, spirituality, or mystical worldviews to the ideas of quantum mechanics and its interpretations. Vladimir becomes of great use to Rybakov and he begins his scam business pretending he is wealthy. Jordi is a very important figure in the drug cartel and as such, for his safety, Valdimir helps Rybakov obtain his naturalization in order for safety. However, upon arrival Jordi tries to have sex with Vladimir who runs away in fear. To pay off the debt, Vladimir takes a job posing as his friend’s boss’ ( Jordi) son. Vladimir finally feels content with where he is, but living Francesca’s lifestyle leaves him in debt, so much so that he borrows from Rybakov. Later he goes out with his friend and meets a wealthy young woman, Francesca, who accepts him into her social circle. Vladimir ignores this and resumes his normal lifestyle. One day Vladimir is approached by notorious mafia member, Aleksander Rybakov, who asks him to help him gain full citizenship to the US. His parents express disappointment at him for not doing something greater with his life. His life is tedious and monotonous, as he continues to work at Emma Lazarus Immigrant Absorption Society for very little wage. The narrator, Valdimir Girshkin, is a twenty-five year old Russian immigrant living in America, in 1993. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. The lost unicorn book7/6/2023 Ordinarily, Beagle tells us, unicorns are content to be solitary creatures. Our unicorn, who is never named, leaves her forest in search of others of her kind, after overhearing a couple of sorrowful hunters discussing how there are no unicorns - and thus no beauty or magic - left anywhere in the world at all. The Last Unicorn was meta before meta was cool. Beagle frames his story as a fractured fairy tale, rich in self-aware humor. All that makes the book sound like dour and dismal stuff indeed, but it hasn't become one of fantasy's most beloved and enduring classics - in print consistently for forty years and counting - for nothing. The Last Unicorn is an elegy for a world that has lost its magic, lost its sense of wonder, and whose people are desperate to get it back but so passive in their acceptance of the mundanity of their lives that they can't even see the magic and the beauty that's there in the world around them if only they'd look. This was one of those books I didn’t know I needed. At least Simon is trained in weaponry-even if it’s only from hours of playing D&D. And that differences-like being a former vampire-are greatly looked down upon. Like the fact that non-Shadowhunter students have to live in the basement. But the Academy is a Shadowhunter institution, which means it has some problems. So when the Shadowhunter Academy reopens, Simon throws himself into this new world of demon-hunting, determined to find himself again. And when Clary and Isabelle look at him, expecting him to be a man he doesn’t remember…Simon can’t take it. He knows he was friends with Clary, and that he convinced the total goddess Isabelle Lightwood to go out with him…but he doesn’t know how. But the events of City of Heavenly Fireleft him stripped of his memories, and Simon isn’t sure who he is anymore. Simon Lewis has been a human and a vampire, and now he is becoming a Shadowhunter. |