![]() ![]() The epidemics exacerbated post-colonial racial prejudice and encouraged xenophobia Philadelphia built the nation’s first quarantine station in response to a 1793 outbreak. They even pointed the finger at the luggage of foreign sailors. ![]() They blamed West Indian refugees and shipments of rotten coffee. Medical professionals speculated that it was caused by slum conditions in city centers (including landfill and stagnant water-this was closest to the mark). Yellow fever, which is spread by mosquitoes, was poorly understood at the turn of the 19th century. Irving, a native New Yorker, made his first trip up the Hudson River to Tarrytown in 1798, at age 15.Īt that time, New York City was in the grip of its tenth epidemic of yellow fever, a viral disease that killed 5,000 residents of Philadelphia in a single year and was on track to do as much cumulative damage in New York. Sound familiar? It did to Washington Irving, too. An indiscriminate infection that holds a community captive. ![]()
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![]() When they meet a few nights later on the observation deck of the Icarus, instead of a friendly encounter, Tarver finds he is dismissed abruptly by Lilac. They spend a few minutes talking until Anna returns and Tarver understands he is supposed to leave. He moves to intervene in an altercation and manages to meet Lilac, whose beauty, red hair and straightforward manner appeal to Tarver. Tarver is unaware who Lilac is when he first sees her. ![]() Men consciously avoid Lilac LaRoux, heiress to an unimaginable fortune, because even to be seen talking to her can have deadly consequences for a man. On the same ship is decorated war hero, eighteen year old Major Tarver Merendsen, heading home for his next posting. ![]() Lilac is traveling through dimensional hyperspace on the Icarus, one of her father's spaceships with a friend, Anna and her bodyguard, Swann, on her way home to Corinth. Lilac Rose LaRoux is the only child of Roderick LaRoux, the wealthiest and most powerful man in the universe. ![]() A galactic love story with shades of Titanic, These Broken Stars is unlike any science fiction novel you will read. ![]() ![]() ![]() James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. Psalm 23:4 Yes, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for you are with me your rod and your staff they comfort me. Psalm 37:7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For your is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. Your kingdom come, Your will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:9-13 After this manner therefore pray you: Our Father which are in heaven, Hallowed be your name. From the verses, we can understand that when we rely on God, He will bestow promises on us and strengthen our faith. We recommend the following 15 bible verses about looking up to God, which teach us how to depend on and look to Him. From David to the Rebuilding of Jerusalem’s Walls.From God's Creation to His Destruction of the World by Flood.Grow in Christ - Jesus Christ - Bible Study ![]() ![]() Mother and sister both died young.Ī defining personality trait: Overprotective toward women. She never should have slept with him.įamily background: Grew up on the streets. What drives her: The need to prove she’s the best.Ĭomplication: Her Cy-Ops partner. Goal: Discover the secret location of the terrorist mastermind, Lamani. (Her father called it ‘washing out.’) She was recruited to become a cyborg and join a covert paramilitary force fighting terrorism in the galaxy.Ĭurrent occupation: Field agent, Cyber Operations ![]() Moment that changed her life: As a Terran military commander she was critically injured and medically discharged. Father alive.ĭefining personality trait: She’ll do anything to get the job done. ![]() Introducing the heroine and hero of Trapped with the Cyborgįamily background: Mother deceased. ![]() Cara is visiting Whiskey With My Book today to share a little bit about her new book.įirst she gives us some insight into her heroine and hero…. Today, Cara Bristol is releasing her new book in the Cy-Ops Sci-fi Romance series, Trapped With the Cyborg. Fans of Cyborg SciFi Romance, this is your lucky day. ![]() ![]() The home itself, with its rich past, and Alvaro, then Christina, become Wyeth’s muses – the young artist sees in them something that others have failed to. The main narrative features an aging Christina living with her brother Alvaro in the now crumbling house, the siblings’ daily focal point the visits by artist Andrew Wyeth (based on the real American artist). ![]() A descendant of the cursed Salem witch trials judge on her maternal side, and impoverished Swedish farm stock on her father’s, Christina lives in a once-grand farmstead on the coast of Maine. In a Piece of the World, Christina Olson suffers a debilitating degenerative disease that restricts her mobility. The result is her latest book: a sublimely beautiful and deeply moving meditation on the human condition. ![]() When the bestselling author of Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline , cast around for the subject of her next novel, inspiration struck in the form of a famous painting by the great American artist, Andrew Wyeth, hanging in New York’s Museum of Modern Art. ![]() ![]() ![]() Writer’s favorites are not always reader favorites. Still, the collections share six stories. This book collects Leiber’s favorite stories from about two-thirds of the way into a career that covered more than 50 years. That collection, though, is a retrospective of Leiber’s entire career. There are no stories from that series about Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser here unlike the recent Night Shade Books’ Selected Stories by Fritz Leiber. Or, more accurately, remembered for little more than a sword-and-sorcery series. ![]() Unfortunately, Leiber, winner of numerous awards, writer of many styles, adept in horror, fantasy, and science fiction, is something of a forgotten author. It’s the centennial of Fritz Leiber’s birth. Review: The Best of Fritz Leiber, Fritz Leiber, 1974. This collection has two Change War stories related to Leiber’s The Big Time. Continuing with the Fritz Leiber theme, here’s a retro review from Sept. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jonathan, the son of Lady Thornton, grows up with wealth and privilege but treats everyone as equal regardless of their background.She has grown up in poverty, but when she is given an expensive horse, instead of keeping this wonderful gift, she gives the horse to Ruth because she knows that it will help Ruth’s own emotional wounds to heal. Ada faces many challenges, both physical and emotional, and gradually is able to trust and be kind to others. ![]() ![]() Highly recommended for parents as well as children! It also has plenty of elements of a children’s fiction classic, including a strong, relatable heroine, orphans and horses! The sequel to the Newbery Honor Book The War That Saved My Life, The War I Finally Won works equally well as a standalone novel and received starred reviews in Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus, and The Horn Book. It has emotional complexity and depth, well-rounded characters, themes of found family, resilience, tolerance, and belonging. Set in the British countryside during World War II, this is a simply wonderful book. When she and her younger brother, Jamie, go to live with their guardian, Susan, on the country estate of imperious Lady Thornton, and then Jewish refugee Ruth comes to live with them, Ada discovers that, even during the hardships and uncertainties of war, happiness and even love can be found. Eleven-year-old Ada’s clubfoot and abusive mother have left her suspicious of kindness and afraid to believe that anything good could happen to her. ![]() ![]() His astonishing artwork was an instant success, catalyzing his career and appearing in more than two hundred editions of Dante in the century and a half since. ![]() ![]() Unable to find a publisher who was willing to take a financial risk on the lavish folio edition he envisaged, Doré self-published it in 1861. In 1855, nearly three decades before his engravings for Poe’s “The Raven,” Doré began working on a series of etchings for Dante’s Inferno ( public library). Dante’s poetry endures as one of our civilization’s most enchanting creations - so much so that it has inspired generations of artists to interpret and reimagine it, from William Blake’s breathtaking etchings for the Divine Comedy to Salvador Dalí’s sinister and sensual paintings for the Inferno.Īmong the most memorable and bewitching reimaginers is the celebrated French illustrator, sculptor, printmaker, and engraver Gustave Doré (January 6, 1832–January 23, 1883), who considered Dante’s work a “ chefs-d’oeuvre of literature.” ![]() ![]() On page 101, Thaddeus makes several allusions to Brother Bartholomew without explaining who he is. ![]() So far, Mary has suspected it and our detectives have assumed it, but Thaddeus's allusion to it makes it seem much more likely–though we still don't have concrete proof. This is said by Thaddeus to Mary when they first meet, implying that her father is dead. "Had your father, Miss Morstan, refrained from throwing a strain upon his hear, he might have been alive now" (101). "'Which is it to-day,' I asked, 'morphine or cocaine?'" (89.) This statement at the very beginning of the story alludes to the fact that Sherlock takes a variety of drugs, and perhaps is a drug addict, since it can feature so prominently in his process. ![]() "The Sign of Four" is an allusion to Small and his three Arab compatriots. ![]() ![]() Philippa’s answer He doesn’t know better about everything. Should I just accept his offer of help, even if I don’t want to, just to make him feel better for the sake of our relationship? I don’t enjoy feeling like a doormat, but I’m so tired of defending my choices. I think he’d be happy if I just accepted that he knows better about everything. I’ve always tried to “choose my battles”, but there seem to be so many. ![]() The result is I don’t feel I can vent if I’ve had a challenging day. He’s closed off to my experience of his teaching, so telling him “no” leads to an argument as he thinks I should feel differently. ![]() I make a conscious effort to express gratitude for his love – he’s kind and affectionate – so it surprised me that this is what he needs to feel loved. He covers the subjects he wants to share as opposed to those I need to learn. He’s an intelligent, clever man and early in our relationship when he tried to teach me a new language, he pitched way too high and I ended up feeling overwhelmed – how he explains things is not how I can learn. ![]() |