Makeda's bookshelf: all en-US Wed, 30 Apr 2025 00:38:16 -0700 60 Makeda's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Shuna's Journey 60384799
Shuna, the prince of a poor land, watches in despair as his people work themselves to death harvesting the little grain that grows there. And so, when a traveler presents him with a sample of seeds from a mysterious western land, he sets out to find the source of the golden grain, dreaming of a better life for his subjects.

It is not long before he meets a proud girl named Thea. After freeing her from captivity, he is pursued by her enemies, and while Thea escapes north, Shuna continues toward the west, finally reaching the Land of the God-Folk.

Will Shuna ever see Thea again? And will he make it back home from his quest for the golden grain?]]> 160 Hayao Miyazaki 1250846528 Makeda 4 tbr-graphic-novel 4.35 1983 Shuna's Journey
author: Hayao Miyazaki
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average rating: 4.35
book published: 1983
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Medea and Other Plays: Medea / Alcestis / The Children of Heracles / Hippolytus]]> 19802904 That proud, impassioned soul, so ungovernable now that she has felt the sting of injustice�

‘Medea�, in which a spurned woman takes revenge upon her lover by killing her children, is one of the most shocking and horrific of all the Greek tragedies. Dominating the play is Medea herself, a towering and powerful figure who demonstrates Euripides� unusual willingness to give voice to a woman’s case. ‘Alcestis�, a tragicomedy, is based on a magical myth in which Death is overcome, and ‘The Children of Heracles� examines the conflict between might and right, while ‘Hippolytus� deals with self-destructive integrity and moral dilemmas. These plays show Euripides transforming the awesome figures of Greek mythology into recognizable, fallible human beings.

John Davie’s accessible prose translation is accompanied by a general introduction and individual prefaces to each play.

Previously published as Alcestis and Other Plays

]]> 239 Euripides Makeda 0 currently-reading 4.05 -428 Medea and Other Plays: Medea / Alcestis / The Children of Heracles / Hippolytus
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]]> Gender Queer: A Memoir 42837514 Gender Queer is here. Maia's intensely cathartic autobiography charts eir journey of self-identity, which includes the mortification and confusion of adolescent crushes, grappling with how to come out to family and society, bonding with friends over erotic gay fanfiction, and facing the trauma of pap smears. Started as a way to explain to eir family what it means to be nonbinary and asexual, Gender Queer is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity—what it means and how to think about it—for advocates, friends, and humans everywhere.]]> 240 Maia Kobabe 1549304003 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-graphic-novel 4.25 2019 Gender Queer: A Memoir
author: Maia Kobabe
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average rating: 4.25
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]]> <![CDATA[Studio Ghibli: Architecture in Animation]]> 207302343
Explore the dazzling animated worlds of Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, and more with Studio Ghibli: Architecture in Animation!

Learn how the visionary animation studio brings its vibrant worlds to life through hundreds of pieces of concept art, sketches, and background paintings that illuminate the architectural inspirations of Studio Ghibli’s animated classics. Distinctive interiors, imaginative exteriors, breathtaking landscapes, and the interplay between the three are all examined in detail through collected remarks from acclaimed director Hayao Miyazaki, exclusive commentary from renowned architect Terunobu Fujimori, and quotes from the artists and art directors of Studio Ghibli’s beloved films.

Readers will learn of the historical, architectural, and personal inspirations behind such iconic and inventive buildings and structures as the bathhouse from Spirited Away, Howl’s moving castle, and Satsuki and Mei’s country home from My Neighbor Totoro. This book is the perfect gift for all fans of Studio Ghibli’s timeless movies.

This book is the translated reprint edition of the catalog for the exhibition Studio Ghibli’s Architecture in Animation.]]> 192 Studio Ghibli 1974740862 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-pop-culture 4.63 2014 Studio Ghibli: Architecture in Animation
author: Studio Ghibli
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average rating: 4.63
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]]> Childhood’s End 414999
But at what cost? With the advent of peace, man ceases to strive for creative greatness, and a malaise settles over the human race. To those who resist, it becomes evident that the Overlords have an agenda of their own. As civilization approaches the crossroads, will the Overlords spell the end for humankind . . . or the beginning?]]> 224 Arthur C. Clarke Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-sci-fi 4.12 1953 Childhood’s End
author: Arthur C. Clarke
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average rating: 4.12
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]]> <![CDATA[Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)]]> 112537 243 Arthur C. Clarke 1857231589 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-sci-fi 4.12 1973 Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
author: Arthur C. Clarke
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average rating: 4.12
book published: 1973
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]]> <![CDATA[The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)]]> 59711610
Moiraine Damodred arrives in Emond’s Field on a quest to find the one prophesized to stand against The Dark One, a malicious entity sowing the seeds of chaos and destruction. When a vicious band of half-men, half beasts invade the village seeking their master’s enemy, Moiraine persuades Rand al’Thor and his friends to leave their home and enter a larger unimaginable world filled with dangers waiting in the shadows and in the light.]]> 808 Robert Jordan 0356516857 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-fantasy, owned 4.16 1990 The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)
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average rating: 4.16
book published: 1990
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]]> Selected Poems 119239 864 Lord Byron 0140424504 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-poetry 4.07 1848 Selected Poems
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]]> Metamorphoses 1715
In Metamophoses, Ovid brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the idea of transformation—often as a result of love or lust—where men and women find themselves magically changed into new and sometimes extraordinary beings. Beginning with the creation of the world and ending with the deification of Augustus, Ovid interweaves many of the best-known myths and legends of ancient Greece and Rome, including Daedalus and Icarus, Pyramus and Thisbe, Pygmalion, Perseus and Andromeda, and the fall of Troy. Erudite but light-hearted, dramatic and yet playful, Metamorphoses has influenced writers and artists throughout the centuries from Shakespeare and Titian to Picasso and Ted Hughes.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.]]> 723 Ovid 014044789X Makeda 0 4.08 8 Metamorphoses
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]]> <![CDATA[Oedipus the King (Library Edition Audio CDs) (L.A. Theatre Works Audio Theatre Collections)]]> 409941 0 Sophocles 1580812856 Makeda 4 4.22 -429 Oedipus the King (Library Edition Audio CDs) (L.A. Theatre Works Audio Theatre Collections)
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]]> <![CDATA[Every Monument Will Fall: A Story of Remembering and Forgetting]]> 217188645 Paul Gilroy, founding Director of the Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the Study of Race and Racism at UCL

‘Hicks� must-read book describes how it was possible for a human skull to be made into a drinking cup and used in a genteel Oxford college, well into the 21st century, as if empire were an eternal state of nature . . . Read it to learn new ways to be anti-racist, abolitionist and to tell other stories than those commemorated by the monuments that surround us, from statues, to museums and the police� Nicholas Mirzoeff, author of White Sight

‘Brave and clear-sighted. Hicks opens up an extraordinary conversation between the past and the present. This is a book about falling statues, but so much more. It’s about how we’ve been lied to, and how we can approach the past with honesty. Hicks asks whether history and archaeology should be used to justify actions we know impinge on the rights of others - or to understand ourselves better� Alice Roberts, bestselling author of Crypt

‘Dan Hicks writes with grace and fierce focus about what we choose to remember and why, in our patterns of thought, our institutions and the built environment in which we live� Eyal Weizman, director of Forensic Architecture

The culture war is over. If you want it to be. It wasn’t even a culture war; it was a war on culture. A sustained attack, Dan Hicks argues, in the form of the weaponisation of civic museums, public art, and even universities � and one that has a deeper history than you might think.

Tracing the origins of contemporary conflicts over art, heritage, memory, and colonialism, Every Monument Will Fall joins the dots between the building of statues, the founding of academic disciplines like archaeology and anthropology, and the warehousing of stolen art and human skulls in museums � including the one in which he is a curator.

Part history, part biography, part excavation, the story runs from the Yorkshire wolds to the Crimean War, from southern Ireland to the frontline of the American Civil War, from the City of London to the University of Oxford � revealing enduring legacies of militarism, slavery, racism and white supremacy hardwired into the heart of our cultural institutions.

Every Monument Will Fall offers an urgent reappraisal of how we think about culture, and how to find hope, remembrance and reconciliation in the fragments of an unfinished violent past. Refusing to choose between pulling down every statue, or living in a past that we can never change, the book makes the case for allowing monuments to fall once in a while, even those that are hard to see as monuments, rebuilding a memory culture that is in step with our times.]]> 559 Dan Hicks 1804940011 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-politics 0.0 Every Monument Will Fall: A Story of Remembering and Forgetting
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]]> <![CDATA[Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell]]> 21413663 Beowulf by J.R.R. Tolkien was an early work, very distinctive in its mode, completed in 1926: he returned to it later to make hasty corrections, but seems never to have considered its publication.

This edition is twofold, for there exists an illuminating commentary on the text of the poem by the translator himself, in the written form of a series of lectures given at Oxford in the 1930s; and from these lectures a substantial selection has been made, to form also a commentary on the translation in this book.

From his creative attention to detail in these lectures there arises a sense of the immediacy and clarity of his vision. It is as if he entered into the imagined past: standing beside Beowulf and his men shaking out their mail-shirts as they beached their ship on the coast of Denmark, listening to the rising anger of Beowulf at the taunting of Unferth, or looking up in amazement at Grendel’s terrible hand set under the roof of Heorot.

But the commentary in this book includes also much from those lectures in which, while always anchored in the text, he expressed his wider perceptions. He looks closely at the dragon that would slay Beowulf "snuffling in baffled rage and injured greed when he discovers the theft of the cup"; but he rebuts the notion that this is "a mere treasure story", "just another dragon tale". He turns to the lines that tell of the burying of the golden things long ago, and observes that it is "the feeling for the treasure itself, this sad history" that raises it to another level. "The whole thing is sombre, tragic, sinister, curiously real. The ‘treasure� is not just some lucky wealth that will enable the finder to have a good time, or marry the princess. It is laden with history, leading back into the dark heathen ages beyond the memory of song, but not beyond the reach of imagination."

Sellic spell, a "marvellous tale", is a story written by Tolkien suggesting what might have been the form and style of an Old English folk-tale of Beowulf, in which there was no association with the "historical legends" of the Northern kingdoms.]]> 425 Unknown 0544442784 Makeda 0 3.71 2014 Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell
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]]> The Aeneid 220450463 Rome’s epic origin story, brilliantly rendered in a vivid, rhythmic idiom.


Crafted during the reign of Augustus Caesar at the outset of the Roman Empire, Virgil’s Aeneid is a tale of thrilling adventure, extreme adversity, doomed romance, fateful battles, and profound loss. Through its stirring account of human struggle, meddling gods, and conflicting destinies, the poem brings to life the triumphs and trials that led to one of the most powerful societies the world has ever known. Unlike its Homeric predecessors, which arose from a long oral tradition, the Aeneid was composed by a singular poetic genius, and it has ever since been celebrated as one of the greatest literary achievements of antiquity.



This exciting new edition of the Aeneid, the first collaborative translation of the poem in English, is rendered in unrhymed iambic pentameter, the English meter that corresponds best, in its history and cultural standing, to Virgil’s dactylic hexameter. Scott McGill and Susannah Wright achieve an ideal middle ground between readability and elevation, engaging modern readers with fresh, contemporary language in a heart-pounding, propulsive rhythm, while also preserving the epic dignity of the original. The result is a brisk, eminently approachable translation that captures Virgil’s sensitive balance between celebrating the Roman Empire and dramatizing its human costs, for victors and vanquished alike. This Aeneid is a poem in English every bit as complex, inviting, and affecting as the Latin original.



With a rich and informative introduction from Emily Wilson, maps drawn especially for this volume, a pronunciation glossary, genealogies, extensive notes, and helpful summaries of each book, this gorgeous edition of Rome’s founding poem will capture the imaginations and stir the souls of a new generation of readers.


]]> Virgil 1324096446 Makeda 0 4.00 -19 The Aeneid
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]]> Windhaven 38911543 A full-color graphic novel adaptation of the first fantasy novel from the bestselling author of A Game of Thrones, co-written with Lisa Tuttle.

Among the scattered islands that make up the water world of Windhaven, no one holds more prestige than the silver-winged flyers, romantic figures who cross treacherous oceans, braving shifting winds and sudden storms, to bring news, gossip, songs, and stories to a waiting populace. Maris of Amberly, a fisherman's daughter, wants nothing more than to soar on the currents high above Windhaven. So she challenges tradition, demanding that flyers be chosen by merit rather than inheritance. But even after winning that bitter battle, Maris finds that her troubles are only beginning. Now a revolution threatens to destroy the world she fought so hard to join--and force her to make the ultimate sacrifice.]]> 240 George R.R. Martin Makeda 4 3.52 2018 Windhaven
author: George R.R. Martin
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average rating: 3.52
book published: 2018
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Shortest History of France: From Roman Gaul to Revolution and Cultural Radiance―A Global Story for Our Times (The Shortest History Series)]]> 207606803
France has long been feted for its unsurpassed cultural and historical riches. Gothic architecture, Louis XIV opulence, revolutionary spirit, café society . . . what could be more quintessentially French? Rarely do we think of France as a melting pot, and yet historian Colin Jones asserts it’s no less a mélange of foreign ingredients than the United States—and by some measures, more so.

The Shortest History of France reveals a nation whose politics and society have always been shaped by global forces. With up-to-date scholarship that avoids the traps of national exceptionalism, Jones reminds us that it was only after the first millennium of French history—after constant subjugation to the Roman Empire and Germanic tribal forces—that a nation-state began to emerge, while absorbing influences from its European neighbors. Later, the Crusades and subsequent overseas colonization paved the way for cultural exchange with Africa, the Caribbean, East Asia, and elsewhere.

France has been home to the Enlightenment, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Paris Agreement . . . but also to the Vichy regime, the Algerian War, and persistent racism and civil unrest. By turns serious and spirited, The Shortest History of France is a dynamic, global story for our times.]]> 304 Colin Jones Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-history 3.93 The Shortest History of France: From Roman Gaul to Revolution and Cultural Radiance―A Global Story for Our Times (The Shortest History Series)
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]]> <![CDATA[Mythica: A New History of Homer’s World, Through the Women Written Out of It]]> 226179506 Did you love Madeline Miller’s Circe? Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls? Jennifer Saint's Elektra? Natalie Haynes� A Thousand Ships?

But did you ever wonder who the real women behind the myths of the Trojan War were?

Now award-winning classicist and historian Emily Hauser takes readers on an epic journey to uncover the astonishing true story of the real women behind ancient Greece’s greatest legends � and the real heroes of those ancient epics, Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.

Because, contrary to perceptions built up over three millennia, ancient history is not all about men � and it's not only men's stories that deserve to be told . . .

In Mythica Emily Hauser tells, for the first time, the extraordinary stories of the real women behind some of the western world’s greatest legends. Following in their footsteps, digging into the history behind Homer’s epic poems, piecing together evidence from the original texts, recent astonishing archaeological finds and the latest DNA studies, she reveals who these women � queens, mothers, warriors, slaves � were, how they lived, and how history has (or has not � until now) remembered them.

A riveting new history of the Bronze Age Aegean and a journey through Homer’s epics charted entirely by women � from Helen of Troy, Briseis, Cassandra and Aphrodite to Circe, Athena, Hera, Calypso and Penelope � Mythica is a ground-breaking reassessment of the reality behind the often-mythologized women of Greece’s greatest epics, and of the ancient world itself as we learn ever more about it.]]> 320 Emily Hauser 1529932483 Makeda 0 3.95 2025 Mythica: A New History of Homer’s World, Through the Women Written Out of It
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]]> <![CDATA[Figuring Out Thirty: Decoding the decisive decade (and what really matters)]]> 228501218
Figuring Out Thirty covers the big questions we ask ourselves as the defining decade looms. How do we know the decisions we're making for our futures are the right ones for us, and not what society expects of us? Is marriage still relevant, and how do we decide if we want to have children - and when? Do our dream careers have expiration dates? And why do our friendships hit different now?

In her characteristically warm and relatable style, Bridget brings together collected wisdom from her hit podcast of the same name to deliver wide-ranging perspectives on crossing the threshold from our twenties to our thirties, and all that comes with it. Along the way she shares her frank, hard-earned lessons about what really matters at this time in our lives, and how we can navigate the ups and downs while staying true to ourselves. As you'll discover, there is magic to be found in things not going exactly to plan.]]> Bridget Hustwaite Makeda 3 tbr-non-fiction 3.80 Figuring Out Thirty: Decoding the decisive decade (and what really matters)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Mystery Knight: The Graphic Novel]]> 32671231 A full-color graphic novel edition of The Mystery Knight, one of the thrilling Dunk and Egg novellas from George R. R. Martin's A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and a prequel of sorts to A Game of Thrones

Every wedding needs a singer, and every tourney needs a mystery knight.

Westeros is eerily peaceful. King Aerys I sits on the Iron Throne. A ravaging plague has abated. Yet beneath the surface, tensions linger sixteen years after a failed rebellion. In these restless times, noble hedge knight Ser Duncan the Tall ("Dunk" to his friends) and his precocious boy squire, Egg, travel the Seven Kingdoms performing chivalrous deeds, though Egg's bloodline must be concealed at all costs.

After heading north for Winterfell, Dunk and Egg are lured off the kingsroad by a wedding feast and an unusually lucrative tournament. The champion jouster will claim a rare trophy indeed: a dragon's egg. Dunk, always better in a melee, would be satisfied with a hot meal, a cup of wine, and a purse full of coins. But a treasonous plot is more likely to hatch before another dragon ever stretches its wings. Someone's onto Egg. And a mystery knight with designs on an even bigger prize soon throws the entire affair into chaos.]]> 160 Ben Avery 0345549392 Makeda 3 4.10 2017 The Mystery Knight: The Graphic Novel
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average rating: 4.10
book published: 2017
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]]> 14734291 2 Unknown 9626348658 Makeda 2 4.05 1375 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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]]> <![CDATA[A True History of the United States: Indigenous Genocide, Racialized Slavery, Hyper-Capitalism, Militarist Imperialism and Other Overlooked Aspects of American Exceptionalism (Truth to Power)]]> 55844117
Brilliant, readable, and raw . Maj. (ret.) Danny Sjursen, who served combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and later taught history at West Point, delivers a true epic and the perfect companion to Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States .

Sjursen shifts the lens and challenges readers to think critically and to apply common sense to their understanding of our nation's past—and present—so we can view history as never before.

A True History of the United States was inspired by a course that Sjursen taught to cadets at West Point, his alma mater. With chapter titles such as "Patriots or Insurgents?" and "The Decade That Roared and Wept", A True History is accurate with respect to the facts and intellectually honest in its presentation and analysis.



"Sjursen exposes the dominant historical narrative as at best myth, and at times a lie . . . He brings out from the shadows those who struggled, often at the cost of their own lives, for equality and justice. Their stories, so often ignored or trivialized, give us examples of who we should emulate and who we must become." —Chris Hedges, author of Empire of Illusion and The Farewell Tour]]> 688 Daniel A. Sjursen 1586422537 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-history 4.40 A True History of the United States: Indigenous Genocide, Racialized Slavery, Hyper-Capitalism, Militarist Imperialism and Other Overlooked Aspects of American Exceptionalism (Truth to Power)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Six: The Untold Story of Titanic’s Chinese Survivors]]> 230300716 Steven Schwankert 1803997842 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-history 4.00 The Six: The Untold Story of Titanic’s Chinese Survivors
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]]> The Last Unicorn 18159959 246 Peter S. Beagle Makeda 5 3.82 1968 The Last Unicorn
author: Peter S. Beagle
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average rating: 3.82
book published: 1968
rating: 5
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]]> American Born Chinese 61885143
Bonus Includes an interview with author Gene Luen Yang and series creator Kelvin Yu

A tour-de-force by New York Times bestselling graphic novelist Gene Yang, American Born Chinese tells the story of three apparently unrelated Jin Wang, who moves to a new neighborhood with his family only to discover that he's the only Chinese-American student at his new school; the powerful Monkey King, subject of one of the oldest and greatest Chinese fables; and Chin-Kee, a personification of the ultimate negative Chinese stereotype, who is ruining his cousin Danny's life with his yearly visits. Their lives and stories come together with an unexpected twist in this action-packed modern fable. American Born Chinese is an amazing ride, all the way up to the astonishing climax.

American Born Chinese is the winner of the 2007 Michael L. Printz Award, a 2006 National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature, the winner of the 2007 Eisner Award for Best Graphic New, an Eisner Award nominee for Best Coloring, a 2007 Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year, and a New York Times bestseller.]]> 240 Gene Luen Yang 1250891396 Makeda 3 3.90 2006 American Born Chinese
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average rating: 3.90
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]]> The Island of Dr. Moreau 29981 Librarian note: An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here.

Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettable movies, this early work of H. G. Wells was greeted in 1896 by howls of protest from reviewers, who found it horrifying and blasphemous. They wanted to know more about the wondrous possibilities of science shown in his first book, The Time Machine, not its potential for misuse and terror. In The Island of Dr. Moreau, a shipwrecked gentleman named Edward Prendick, stranded on a Pacific island lorded over by the notorious Dr. Moreau, confronts dark secrets, strange creatures, and a reason to run for his life.

While this riveting tale was intended to be a commentary on evolution, divine creation, and the tension between human nature and culture, modern readers familiar with genetic engineering will marvel at Wells’s prediction of the ethical issues raised by producing “smarter� human beings or bringing back extinct species. These levels of interpretation add a richness to Prendick’s adventures on Dr. Moreau’s island of lost souls without distracting from what is still a rip-roaring good read.]]> 160 H.G. Wells 0553214322 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-classics 3.73 1896 The Island of Dr. Moreau
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]]> <![CDATA[Poems and Ballads & Atalanta in Calydon]]> 345688
This volume brings together Swinburne's major poetic works, Atalanta in Calydon (1865) and Poems and Ballads (1866). Atalanta in Calydon is a drama in classical Greek form, which revealed Swinburne's metrical skills and brought him celebrity. Poems and Ballads brought him notoriety and demonstrates his preoccupation with de Sade, masochism, and femmes fatales. Also reproduced here is 'Notes on Poems and Reviews', a pamphlet Swinburne published in 1866 in response to hostile reviews of Poems and Ballads. In addition, this Penguin edition contains a preface, a table of dates, a commentary on the poems and two appendices, one of which is a map of the places mentioned in Atalanta in Calydon.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators.]]> 448 Algernon Charles Swinburne 0140422501 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-poetry 4.20 1866 Poems and Ballads & Atalanta in Calydon
author: Algernon Charles Swinburne
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average rating: 4.20
book published: 1866
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]]> <![CDATA[Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)]]> 43448 Such wonderful children. Such a beautiful mother. Such a lovely house. Such endless terror! It wasn't that she didn't love her children. She did. But there was a fortune at stake—a fortune that would assure their later happiness if she could keep the children a secret from her dying father. So she and her mother hid her darlings away in an unused attic. Just for a little while. But the brutal days swelled into agonizing years. Now Cathy, Chris, and the twins wait in their cramped and helpless world, stirred by adult dreams, adult desires, served a meager sustenance by an angry, superstitious grandmother who knows that the Devil works in dark and devious ways. Sometimes he sends children to do his work—children who—one by one—must be destroyed.... 'Way upstairs there are four secrets hidden. Blond, beautiful, innocent struggling to stay alive....']]> 389 V.C. Andrews 0743496310 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-horror 3.84 1979 Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)
author: V.C. Andrews
name: Makeda
average rating: 3.84
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]]> Flowers for Algernon 59715727
But an extraordinary operation had been performed upon Algernon. Algernon was now a very special mouse, a downright genius among mice.

Suppose Charlie underwent a similar operation...

So begins Daniel Keyes's strikingly original first novel. Won by Charlie from the start, the reader follows his great adventure with rapt attention, high hope, a mounting sense of triumph. And yet, beneath the surface, there is dread. The experiment may be too daring. Unpredictable dangers may lie ahead for Charlie and for Algernon...

In other versions, as a widely anthologized story and as a noteworthy television drama, Flowers for Algernon has fascinated millions. In this full-bodied, richly populated novel, its appeal is stronger than ever.]]> 311 Daniel Keyes 0151315108 Makeda 5 tbr-ya 4.23 1966 Flowers for Algernon
author: Daniel Keyes
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.23
book published: 1966
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt]]> 8536070 646 Toby Wilkinson 0747599491 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-history 4.12 2010 The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt
author: Toby Wilkinson
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.12
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]]> So, Anyway... 33032675 En route, John Cleese describes his nerve-racking first public appearance, at St Peter's Preparatory School at the age of eight and five-sixths; his endlessly peripatetic homelife, with parents who seemed incapable of staying in any house for longer than six months; his first experiences in the world of work, as a teacher who knew nothing about the subjects he was expected to teach; his hamster-owning days at Cambridge; and his first encounter with the man who would be his writing partner for over two decades, Graham Chapman. And so on to his dizzying ascent via scriptwriting for Peter Sellers, David Frost, Marty Feldman and others to the heights of Monty Python.
Punctuated from time to time with John Cleese's thoughts on topics as diverse as the nature of comedy, the relative merits of cricket and waterskiing and the importance of knowing the dates of all the kings and queens of England, this is a masterly performance by a former schoolmaster.]]> John Cleese Makeda 3 3.85 2014 So, Anyway...
author: John Cleese
name: Makeda
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2014
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Unsettled: A Journey Through Time and Place]]> 221488492 What does it mean to be on land taken from others?
‘What does it mean to be on land that was taken from other people? Now that we know how the taking was done, what do we do with that knowledge?�


Kate Grenville is no stranger to the past. Her success and fame as a writer exploded when she published The Secret River in 2005, a bestseller based on the story of her convict ancestor, an early settler on the Hawkesbury River.


More than two decades on, and following the defeat of the Voice referendum, Grenville is still grappling with what it means to descend from people who were, as she puts it, “on the sharp edge of the moving blade that was colonisation�.


So she decides to go on a kind of pilgrimage, back through the places her family stories happened, and put the stories and the First People back into the same frame, on the same country, to try to think about those questions. This gripping book is the result of that journey.]]> 235 Kate Grenville 1743824009 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-non-fiction 4.27 Unsettled: A Journey Through Time and Place
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]]> Hekate 222914134 A propulsive, electrifying and enraging retelling of the life ofGreek goddess Hekate, child of war turned all-powerful goddess of witchcraft and necromancy, by internationally bestselling poet Nikita Gill.

Born into a world on fire, Godling Hekate has never known safety. After her parents are on the losing side of the war between the ruling Titans and new Olympian Gods, Hekate is taken by her mother Asteria to the Underworld, where Styx and Hades agree to raise her. Meanwhile, Asteria is pursued across the world by Zeus and Poseidon and, to escape their clutches, transforms herself into an island in a stormy sea.

Orphaned and alone, Hekate grows up amongst the horrors and beauties of the Underworld, desperate to find her divine purpose and a sense of belonging in the land of the dead.

When Hekate finally uncovers her powers and ascends to Goddess status, she realises that even the most powerful Olympians are terrified of her. But when immortal war breaks out again, threatening to destroy everything from Mount Olympus to the Underworld itself, the Goddess of witchcraft and necromancy is the only one who can bring the deadly conflict to an end. . .

ADVANCE PRAISE FORHEKATE
‘InHekate, we are plunged into a vivid and imaginatively wrought divine world that is monstrous, magical and beautiful through the perspective of a bewildered child of war who grows up to understand and embrace her power. It's a timely and achingly resonant reflection on conflict, fear and the unbreakable bonds of family conveyed in exquisite, evocative poetry.’�� Jennifer Saint, author ofAriadne

‘In awholly original, incandescent take on the myth of Hekate, Nikita Gill captures the beauty, brutality and otherworldly strangeness of the ancient world like no other writer. This beautifully imagined tale of a Refugee Goddess's. . . quest to find her destiny among a kingdom of outcasts is both deeply moving and absolutely captivating. . . This poem is pure magic.’�� Elodie Harper, bestselling author ofThe Wolf Dentrilogy

'A magical journey of survival and discovery through the Greek Underworld, from the mist-filled Asphodel meadows to the blessed Elysian fields and the deepest pits of Tartarus. Populated with unforgettable gods and titans and narrated in dream-like poetry, Hekate is a unique creationand the most original addition to the retelling genre I have read in a while. A powerful reflection on magic, power, family and the consequences of war. I absolutely loved it.' –�Costanza Casati, bestselling author of Clytemnestra
]]> 416 Nikita Gill 1398537160 Makeda 0 4.90 2025 Hekate
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]]> <![CDATA[The Other Ancient Civilisations: Decoding Archaeology’s Less Celebrated Cultures]]> 156992775
Journey through 15,000 years of history and discover fascinating ancient civilisations and cultures that may have been overlooked in history class with Raven Todd DaSilva, award-winning scholar, archaeologist, and creator of the popular archaeology online educational platform Dig it With Raven.

#1 Best Seller in Mayan History

Lesser-known ancient civilisations and cultures. Go beyond the popular stories of Greece, Rome, Egypt, the Inca and the Maya, and uncover the rich diversity of people that are often overlooked. From the world's first peace treaty to daring expeditions across the Pacific, learn about 20 ancient and historic cultures from around the world that have had monumental impacts on our modern world.

A more nuanced look at the ancient world. The Other Ancient Civilisations looks outside mainstream ancient civilisations and cultures and delves into astounding finds unearthed at archaeological sites around the world. Discover the archaeology that sheds light on the secret stories of the Nubians, Olmec, Xiongnu, Minoans, Akkadians, and many more. Each chapter delves beyond the rise and fall of each society, highlighting the lives of everyday peoples of the past. Discover who they interacted with and how they lived, and what we can learn from them.

How archaeologists decode ancient cultures from what they left behind. Packed with summaries of current archaeological evidence, detailed maps and striking images of astounding artefacts and archaeological sites, The Other Ancient Civilisations is an indispensable collection of fascinating stories and facts that have helped archaeologists change the way we understand history.

Inside discover:

A more in-depth understanding of lesser-know ancient cultures from around the world
An appreciation for the people who lived during these times and in these cultures—not just the great rulers and the monumental buildings left behind
A realization that ancient people were not that different from who we are today

If you’ve read books such as The Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World, The Lost World of The Old Ones, or 1177 B.C., you’ll love Raven’s The Other Ancient Civilizations.]]> 350 Raven Todd DaSilva 1684813239 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-history 3.94 2024 The Other Ancient Civilisations: Decoding Archaeology’s Less Celebrated Cultures
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]]> The Kite Runner 17165596 The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption; and an exploration of the power of fathers over sons—their love, their sacrifices, their lies.

A sweeping story of family, love, and friendship told against the devastating backdrop of the history of Afghanistan over the last thirty years, The Kite Runner is an unusual and powerful novel that has become a beloved, one-of-a-kind classic.

The 10th anniversary edition of the New York Times bestseller and international classic loved by millions of readers.

]]> 371 Khaled Hosseini Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-fiction 4.47 2003 The Kite Runner
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name: Makeda
average rating: 4.47
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]]> Parable of the Sower 115559438
When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day. Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding anarchy. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy, a debilitating sensitivity to others' emotions.

Precocious and clear-eyed, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small community stubbornly ignores. But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much the birth of a new faith . . . and a startling vision of human destiny.
]]> 347 Octavia E. Butler 153875939X Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-sci-fi 4.16 1993 Parable of the Sower
author: Octavia E. Butler
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1993
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]]> <![CDATA[Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)]]> 15196
A brutally moving work of art—widely hailed as the greatest graphic novel ever written—Maus recounts the chilling experiences of the author’s father during the Holocaust, with Jews drawn as wide-eyed mice and Nazis as menacing cats.

Maus is a haunting tale within a tale, weaving the author’s account of his tortured relationship with his aging father into an astonishing retelling of one of history's most unspeakable tragedies. It is an unforgettable story of survival and a disarming look at the legacy of trauma.]]> 159 Art Spiegelman 0394541553 Makeda 0 4.39 1986 Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)
author: Art Spiegelman
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.39
book published: 1986
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]]> The Name of the Rose 119073 552 Umberto Eco 0156001314 Makeda 0 4.13 1980 The Name of the Rose
author: Umberto Eco
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.13
book published: 1980
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]]> On the Road 315233 310 Jack Kerouac 0140185216 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-classics 3.53 1957 On the Road
author: Jack Kerouac
name: Makeda
average rating: 3.53
book published: 1957
rating: 0
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]]> The Glass Menagerie 6336561 92 Tennessee Williams 0141190264 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-plays 3.84 1945 The Glass Menagerie
author: Tennessee Williams
name: Makeda
average rating: 3.84
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]]> No Exit 123933 The play is a depiction of the afterlife in which three deceased characters are punished by being locked into a room together for all eternity. It is the source of Sartre's especially famous and often misinterpreted quotation "L'enfer, c'est les autres" or "Hell is other people", a reference to Sartre's ideas about the Look and the perpetual ontological struggle of being caused to see oneself as an object in the world of another consciousness.]]> 60 Jean-Paul Sartre 0573613052 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-plays 4.13 1944 No Exit
author: Jean-Paul Sartre
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.13
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]]> Tender Is the Night 46164 Tender Is the Night is the tragic romance of the young actress Rosemary Hoyt and the stylish American couple Dick and Nicole Diver. A brilliant young psychiatrist at the time of his marriage, Dick is both husband and doctor to Nicole, whose wealth goads him into a lifestyle not his own, and whose growing strength highlights Dick's harrowing demise. A profound study of the romantic concept of character, Tender Is the Night is lyrical, expansive, and hauntingly evocative.]]> 430 F. Scott Fitzgerald Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-classics 3.81 1934 Tender Is the Night
author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
name: Makeda
average rating: 3.81
book published: 1934
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]]> <![CDATA[Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens]]> 152034931 A rollicking historyof England's earliest kings and queens, a story ofnarcissists, excessive beheadings, middle-management insurrection, uncivil wars,and more, fromaward-winning British actor and comedian David Mitchell

Think you know the kings and queens of England? Think again.

In Unruly , David Mitchell explores how early England’s monarchs, while acting as feared rulers firmly guiding their subjects� destinies, were in reality a bunch of lucky bastards who were mostly as silly and weird in real life as they appear to us today in their portraits.

Taking us right back to King Arthur ( he didn’t exist), Mitchell tells the founding story of post-Roman England right up to the reign of Elizabeth I ( she dies), as the monarchy began to lose its power. It’s a tale of bizarre and curious ascensions, inadequate self-control, and at least one total Cnut, as the English evolved from having their crops stolen by the thug with the largest armed gang to bowing and paying taxes to a divinely anointed King.

How this happened, who it happened to, and why the hell it matters are all questions Mitchell answers with brilliance, wit, and the full erudition of a man who once studied history—and is damned if he’ll let it off the hook for the mess it’s made of everything.

A funny book that takes history seriously, Unruly is for anyone who has ever wondered how the monarchy came to be—and who is to blame.]]> 433 David Mitchell 0593728491 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-history 4.13 2023 Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
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]]> <![CDATA[How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America]]> 55643287 Poet and contributor to The Atlantic Clint Smith’s revealing, contemporary portrait of America as a slave owning nation

Beginning in his own hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader through an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks-those that are honest about the past and those that are not-that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation's collective history, and ourselves.

It is the story of the Monticello Plantation in Virginia, the estate where Thomas Jefferson wrote letters espousing the urgent need for liberty while enslaving over 400 people on the premises. It is the story of the Whitney Plantation, one of the only former plantations devoted to preserving the experience of the enslaved people whose lives and work sustained it. It is the story of Angola Prison in Louisiana, a former plantation named for the country from which most of its enslaved people arrived and which has since become one of the most gruesome maximum-security prisons in the world. And it is the story of Blandford Cemetery, the final resting place of tens of thousands of Confederate soldiers.

In a deeply researched and transporting exploration of the legacy of slavery and its imprint on centuries of American history, How the Word Is Passed illustrates how some of our country's most essential stories are hidden in plain view-whether in places we might drive by on our way to work, holidays such as Juneteenth, or entire neighborhoods—like downtown Manhattan—on which the brutal history of the trade in enslaved men, women and children has been deeply imprinted.

Informed by scholarship and brought alive by the story of people living today, Clint Smith’s debut work of nonfiction is a landmark work of reflection and insight that offers a new understanding of the hopeful role that memory and history can play in understanding our country.]]> 336 Clint Smith 0316492930 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-history 4.71 2021 How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity]]> 56269264
For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike—either free and equal innocents, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, alternatively, by taming our baser instincts. David Graeber and David Wengrow show how such theories first emerged in the eighteenth century as a conservative reaction to powerful critiques of European society posed by Indigenous observers and intellectuals. Revisiting this encounter has startling implications for how we make sense of human history today, including the origins of farming, property, cities, democracy, slavery, and civilization itself.

Drawing on pathbreaking research in archaeology and anthropology, the authors show how history becomes a far more interesting place once we learn to throw off our conceptual shackles and perceive what’s really there. If humans did not spend 95 percent of their evolutionary past in tiny bands of hunter-gatherers, what were they doing all that time? If agriculture, and cities, did not mean a plunge into hierarchy and domination, then what kinds of social and economic organization did they lead to? The answers are often unexpected, and suggest that the course of human history may be less set in stone, and more full of playful, hopeful possibilities, than we tend to assume.

The Dawn of Everything fundamentally transforms our understanding of the human past and offers a path toward imagining new forms of freedom, new ways of organizing society. This is a monumental book of formidable intellectual range, animated by curiosity, moral vision, and a faith in the power of direct action.]]> 692 David Graeber 0374157359 Makeda 0 tbr-philosophy, to-read 4.20 2021 The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
author: David Graeber
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.20
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hundred Years� War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917�2017]]> 41812831
In 1899, Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi, mayor of Jerusalem, alarmed by the Zionist call to create a Jewish national home in Palestine, wrote a letter aimed at Theodore Herzl: the country had an indigenous people who would not easily accept their own displacement. He warned of the perils ahead, ending his note, “in the name of God, let Palestine be left alone.� Thus Rashid Khalidi, al-Khalidi’s great-great-nephew, begins this sweeping history, the first general account of the conflict told from an explicitly Palestinian perspective.

Drawing on a wealth of untapped archival materials and the reports of generations of family members—mayors, judges, scholars, diplomats, and journalists—The Hundred Years' War on Palestine upends accepted interpretations of the conflict, which tend, at best, to describe a tragic clash between two peoples with claims to the same territory. Instead, Khalidi traces a hundred years of colonial war on the Palestinians, waged first by the Zionist movement and then Israel, but backed by Britain and the United States, the great powers of the age. He highlights the key episodes in this colonial campaign, from the 1917 Balfour Declaration to the destruction of Palestine in 1948, from Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon to the endless and futile peace process.

Original, authoritative, and important, The Hundred Years' War on Palestine is not a chronicle of victimization, nor does it whitewash the mistakes of Palestinian leaders or deny the emergence of national movements on both sides. In reevaluating the forces arrayed against the Palestinians, it offers an illuminating new view of a conflict that continues to this day.]]> 336 Rashid Khalidi 1627798552 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-politics 4.50 2020 The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917–2017
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]]> As I Lay Dying 10974 As I Lay Dying, originally published in 1930, remains a captivating and stylistically innovative work. The story revolves around a grim yet darkly humorous pilgrimage, as Addie Bundren's family sets out to fulfill her last wish: to be buried in her native Jefferson, Mississippi, far from the miserable backwater surroundings of her married life. Told through multiple voices, As I Lay Dying vividly brings to life Faulkner's imaginary South, one of literature's great invented landscapes, and is replete with the poignant, impoverished, violent, and hypnotically fascinating characters that were his trademark.

Along with a new foreword by E. L. Doctorow, this edition reproduces the corrected text of As I Lay Dying as established in 1985 by Faulkner expert Noel Polk.]]> 231 William Faulkner 0375504524 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-classics 3.82 1930 As I Lay Dying
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average rating: 3.82
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]]> The Kite Runner Graphic Novel 30848891 The perennial bestseller-now available as a sensational new graphic novel.

Since its publication in 2003, nearly 7 million readers have discovered The Kite Runner. Through Khaled Hosseini's brilliant writing, a previously unknown part of the world was brought to vivid life for readers. Now, in this beautifully illustrated graphic novel adaptation, Hosseini brings his compelling story to a new generation of readers.

]]> 132 Khaled Hosseini 1101666218 Makeda 4 4.31 2011 The Kite Runner Graphic Novel
author: Khaled Hosseini
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Gods and Monsters: Mythological Poems]]> 125070529
People all over the world have always told each other stories. And from the very earliest times, many of these stories were told in verse. This collection of poems includes retellings and reimaginings of Roman, Greek, Egyptian, Norse, Celtic, Aztec, Japanese and Inuit mythology.

You will meet gods, monsters, tricksters, heroes, magical creatures and objects, magicians and spirits including Medusa, Icarus, Loki, Osiris, the Minotaur, Pegasus, Bunyip, Kukulcan, Cerberus, Beowolf and Mjolnir and there are footnotes to shine a light on stories themselves.

Includes poems from Neil Gaiman, W B Yeats, Kae Tempest, Sylvia Plath, Shakespeare, Benjamin Zephaniah, Joseph Coelho and many more. . .]]> 312 Ana Sampson 1035025604 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-poetry 4.02 Gods and Monsters: Mythological Poems
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]]> <![CDATA[I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud: ...And Other Poems You Half-Remember from School]]> 7261774 192 Ana Sampson 1843173948 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-poetry 4.01 2009 I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud: ...And Other Poems You Half-Remember from School
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average rating: 4.01
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]]> <![CDATA[Returner's Wealth (Wyrmeweald, #1)]]> 7796794
He soon finds a chance to prove his worth when he meets with Eli, a veteran tracker, and together they defend a rare whitewyrme egg and its precious hatchling. But the fledgling wyrme has its own guardian in the shape of the beautiful, brave and dangerous Thrace. Thrace and Micah should never mix - but the magnetism between them is strong. Together they join forces on a mission to rescue the hatchling - and seek vengeance for lost loved-ones.

A truly immersive fantasy epic: full of thrilling, high octane action; powerful romance and a cast of credible, colourful characters.]]> 410 Paul Stewart 038561733X Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-fantasy 3.76 2010 Returner's Wealth (Wyrmeweald, #1)
author: Paul Stewart
name: Makeda
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2010
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]]> <![CDATA[The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness]]> 10802160
As the United States celebrates the nation's "triumph over race" with the election of Barack Obama, the majority of young black men in major American cities are locked behind bars or have been labeled felons for life. Although Jim Crow laws have been wiped off the books, an astounding percentage of the African American community remains trapped in a subordinate status--much like their grandparents before them.

In this incisive critique, former litigator-turned-legal-scholar Michelle Alexander provocatively argues that we have not ended racial caste in America: we have simply redesigned it. Alexander shows that, by targeting black men and decimating communities of color, the U.S. criminal justice system functions as a contemporary system of racial control, even as it formally adheres to the principle of color blindness. The New Jim Crow challenges the civil rights community--and all of us--to place mass incarceration at the forefront of a new movement for racial justice in America.]]> 312 Michelle Alexander 1595586431 Makeda 0 4.57 2010 The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
author: Michelle Alexander
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average rating: 4.57
book published: 2010
rating: 0
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]]> Little Lord Fauntleroy 19323125
Little Lord Fauntleroy is the first children's novel written by English playwright and author Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was originally published as a serial in the St. Nicholas Magazine between November 1885 and October 1886, then as a book by Scribner's in 1886. The accompanying illustrations by Reginald Birch set fashion trends and Little Lord Fauntleroy also set a precedent in copyright law when in 1888 its author won a lawsuit against E. V. Seebohm over the rights to theatrical adaptations of the work.

Long ago, a young English nobleman married a beautiful American girl, causing a rift between the man and his father. Because of this rift, eight years later, in New York we come across the offspring of this union, young Cedric Errol. Ceddie is a beautiful boy both inside and out. Although he is but seven years old, he is very wise for his years. Shortly before his father’s death, Ceddie had made a promise to take care of this mother. This he did with such loving kindness, that he soon regarded his mother as his best friend and she returned the sentiment. In fact, he treated all of those around him with the same kindness he had shown his mother, until he won the hearts of the local grocer, the bootblack and all of the servants of his house as well as almost anyone he met.

Soon, though, he learns that he has a grandfather in England who is an earl, and that he must go and learn to be an earl also. Though separated from his mother because of the feud, his love of her and his natural virtues win the heart of his grandfather. Although his grandfather gives him anything he wants, Cedric uses it for the good of others. Because of the example of this young boy, the old man soon learns that money and good breeding do not necessarily make one noble, but that nobility is defined by one’s actions.]]> 192 Frances Hodgson Burnett Makeda 3 unread-on-ds 3.73 1885 Little Lord Fauntleroy
author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
name: Makeda
average rating: 3.73
book published: 1885
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Locke & Key, Vol. 6: Alpha & Omega]]> 16164271
The final arc of New York Times bestselling Locke & Key comes to a thundrous and compelling conclusion.

An event not to be missed!

Collects Alpha #1-2 and Omega #1-5 .]]> 192 Joe Hill 1613778538 Makeda 4 tbr-graphic-novel 4.47 2014 Locke & Key, Vol. 6: Alpha & Omega
author: Joe Hill
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2014
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Illustrated Meditations: Life Lessons from Marcus Aurelius]]> 217453594
“What is not good for the hive is not good for the bee either.� —Marcus Aurelius

Roman Emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius wrote the twelve books of Meditations over two thousand years ago as a personal diary of notes, nudges, and mental exercises to help him live a good life. His work has since become one of the greatest works of spiritual reflection ever written—required reading for statespersons and philosophers and inspiration to generations of readers who have responded to the intimacy of his writing. With their gentle instructions on living stoically, in harmony with nature, and in pursuit of the common good, Aurelius’s lessons still resonate today, helping us manage the modern malaise.

This beautifully designed book features a curated selection from modern philosopher James Romm of the most significant life lessons, arranged in chapters that touch on the mind, living well, nature, community, compassion, time, death, and more. Woodcut-style art adds texture and color to the pages, illustrating the concepts of each lesson in the book. Chapter introductions explain each lesson’s history and philosophy, and throughout, modern philosophical commentary expands on each lesson, making this a perfect Stoic starting point and gift for anyone who loves ancient philosophy.]]> 192 Marcus Aurelius 0593800001 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-philosophy 0.0 The Illustrated Meditations: Life Lessons from Marcus Aurelius
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]]> <![CDATA[The Uncanny Gastronomic: Strange Tales of the Edible Weird]]> 123852925 A man is tortured by the lurking fear that he lives among a society of cannibals. Visitors to the hottest restaurant in town discover the arcane origins of its sublime soup. A groom’s obsession with the teeth of his betrothed prompts a sickening end to a Gothic romance.
The significance of food and eating in storytelling traditions dates back to fairy tales, folklore and beyond, with the capacity for the edible to transform or to cause otherworldly effects sometimes inspiring wonder, but often touching on a deep-rooted fear. Exploring themes of body horror, consumption and myriad forms of strange eating, this new collection includes a feast of bitesize tales from masters of the macabre such as Shirley Jackson and Roald Dahl � alongside lesser-known oddities from the British Library’s collections � to digest the significance of the uncanny gastronomic.]]> 288 Zara-Louise Stubbs 071235428X Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-horror 4.06 The Uncanny Gastronomic: Strange Tales of the Edible Weird
author: Zara-Louise Stubbs
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]]> <![CDATA[Anne Frank: The Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic Biography]]> 7352725 152 Sid Jacobson 0809026856 Makeda 5
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it� - George Santayana]]> 4.20 2005 Anne Frank: The Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic Biography
author: Sid Jacobson
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2005
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/27
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A chilling and heartbreaking read, especially given the current political climate. I never thought I’d see the day where Nazism would return, but I guess it’s true: history is cyclical.

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it� - George Santayana
]]> <![CDATA[A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience (The Unexpected Adventures of Lady and Lord Riven, #1)]]> 214915520
However, when she realizes that she's not the only one who's been forced into this marital union, it's time to join forces with her unwanted new husband. If they can combine her scholarly skills with his ancient history, then, working together, they might just manage to reclaim her inheritance, break his curse, and find their freedom.

...Just so long as they don't fall in love along the way.

A witty and sparkling gothic fantasy novella that puts a new twist on Beauty and the Beast in an alternate-history version of late 19th century England.]]> Stephanie Burgis Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-romance 3.45 2024 A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience (The Unexpected Adventures of Lady and Lord Riven, #1)
author: Stephanie Burgis
name: Makeda
average rating: 3.45
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Batman: White Knight Presents: Harley Quinn]]> 56034770
Batman: White Knight Presents: Harley Quinn takes place two years after Batman: Curse of the White Knight. Azrael has wiped out criminals in Gotham, Jack Napier (formerly The Joker) is dead, Bruce Wayne (Batman) is in prison, and Harley Quinn is adjusting to life as a single mother, raising the twins she had with Jack.

But as new villains arise, Harley is forced to dance with madness once again and confront her own past with The Joker and Batman while helping the Gotham City police and an eager young FBI agent uncover the truth behind a series of gruesome murders.

This collection also features a chapter from Harley Quinn's newest digital first series, Harley Quinn Black + White + Red, told in a traditional black-and-white format with the color red uniquely shaping Harley Quinn's story.

Collection includes Batman: White Knight Presents: Harley Quinn #1-6 and Harley Quinn Black + White + Red #4]]> 160 Katana Collins 1779510144 Makeda 3 4.14 2021 Batman: White Knight Presents: Harley Quinn
author: Katana Collins
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2021
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Locke & Key, Vol. 5: Clockworks]]> 17445120 153 Joe Hill 1613776993 Makeda 5 tbr-graphic-novel 4.56 2013 Locke & Key, Vol. 5: Clockworks
author: Joe Hill
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.56
book published: 2013
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Locke & Key, Vol. 4: Keys to the Kingdom]]> 13265983
The Locke children have grown accustomed to the myriad magical keys discovered within the ancestral family home of Keyhouse. The have also grown accustomed to tragedy. What they may not be prepared for is just how closely danger stalks their every move as Lucas "Dodge" Caravaggio, alias Zack Wells, continues his relentless quest for the key to the black door. New keys and old specters join the story as innocence is lost and determination is forged in this collection of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez 's Locke & Keys to the Kingdom .

Winner of the 2011 Eisner Award for Best Writer.]]> 147 Joe Hill 1613772076 Makeda 4 4.41 2011 Locke & Key, Vol. 4: Keys to the Kingdom
author: Joe Hill
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[A Wizard of Earthsea: A Graphic Novel (The Books of Earthsea)]]> 214504702 Ursula K. Le Guin’s timeless and revered A Wizard of Earthsea is reimagined in a richly expansive graphic novel by acclaimed artist Fred Fordham, creator of stunning adaptations To Kill a Mockingbird and Brave New World.

"The magic of Earthsea is primal; the lessons of Earthsea remain as potent, as wise, and as necessary as anyone could dream." —Neil Gaiman

Ged was the greatest sorcerer in Earthsea, but in his youth he was the reckless Sparrowhawk. In his hunger for power and knowledge, he tampered with long-held secrets and unleashed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tumultuous tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance.

Experience the bestselling first adventure of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea Cycle as a masterly crafted graphic novel. Fred Fordham brings new life to Le Guin's iconic fantasy classic with his breathtaking illustrations and thoughtful text adaptation.]]> 288 Fred Fordham 0063285762 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-graphic-novel 4.07 2025 A Wizard of Earthsea: A Graphic Novel (The Books of Earthsea)
author: Fred Fordham
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.07
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]]> <![CDATA[Locke & Key, Vol. 3: Crown of Shadows]]> 10354233
The dead plot against the living, the darkness closes in on Keyhouse, and a woman is shattered beyond repair in the third storyline of the award-winning series, . Dodge continues his relentless quest to find the key to the black door, and raises an army of shadows to wipe out anyone who might get in his way. Surrounded and outnumbered, the Locke children find themselves fighting a desperate battle, all alone, in a world where the night itself has become the enemy.

features an introduction by ( ).

Winner of the 2011 Eisner Award for Best Writer.]]> 141 Joe Hill 1600109535 Makeda 4 4.44 2010 Locke & Key, Vol. 3: Crown of Shadows
author: Joe Hill
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2010
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Pocket Love Poems (Gemini Pockets)]]> 214389620 128 Gemini 1786751828 Makeda 0 owned, tbr-poetry, to-read 3.78 The Pocket Love Poems (Gemini Pockets)
author: Gemini
name: Makeda
average rating: 3.78
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rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Rough Guide to Japan (Travel Guide) (Rough Guides)]]> 33673048 896 Rough Guides 0241279151 Makeda 0 to-read, owned, tbr-travel 3.87 1999 The Rough Guide to Japan (Travel Guide) (Rough Guides)
author: Rough Guides
name: Makeda
average rating: 3.87
book published: 1999
rating: 0
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]]> Order of Swans 211665659 In this spellbinding, fantasy-rich novel, a woman is swept into a world where she has the power to alter fairy tales, and change a kingdom’s destiny�

To Kaley Arens, a PhD student and expert in folklore, fairy stories have always had a power and an allure beyond mere entertainment.

It’s only when Kaley accompanies her lifelong friend Jobi on a visit to his home that she realizes how much she still has to learn. Bellis isn’t the remote island that she believed it to be. It’s another world—a stunningly beautiful and seductive one, with its own royalty, its own rules, and inhabitants who breathe life into the tales she was taught were fiction.

Kaley’s presence is no simple holiday. She has a mysterious connection with Jobi and with Bellis, and abilities that may help determine this world’s fate. Tasked with locating a lost prince, Kaley and her companions—the enigmatic Tanek, a member of the Order of Swans, and Sojee, Kaley's colossal bodyguard—journey through a land both thrilling and terrifying, where the uncanny and the familiar go hand in hand.

But in fairy tales, heroes and villains are easy to discern. Here, nothing is quite as it seems. And though Kaley is discovering that she can change the outcome of the fairy tales she knows so well, her own story is unfolding in ways impossible to predict, with a destiny she could never have foretold…]]> 336 Jude Deveraux 0778368424 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-fantasy 3.19 2025 Order of Swans
author: Jude Deveraux
name: Makeda
average rating: 3.19
book published: 2025
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[PCOS Diet for the Newly Diagnosed: Your All-In-One Guide to Eliminating PCOS Symptoms with the Insulin Resistance Diet]]> 35134263 Manage PCOS with beginner recipes that give your body a boost.

You’ve been diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)—now what? PCOS Diet for the Newly Diagnosed is a way to help you feel better with food. It’s a complete starter guide that lays out the basics of living with PCOS and makes it easy to adopt an insulin resistance diet that eases symptoms naturally.

Author, personal trainer, nutritionist, and fellow PCOS patient Tara Spencer walks you through practical ways to cook and eat for insulin resistance with full recipes and meal plans. She also offers concise, user-friendly tips for exercise and managing your self-esteem during this difficult time.

PCOS Diet for the Newly Diagnosed

3 recipe types—Every recipe is categorized as “Fertility Boost,� “Lower Calorie,� or “Inflammation Fighter”—or all 3—so you can adjust based on your own health goals.Daily worksheets—The Gratitude and Habit Tracker sheets help you stay on track and see your progress over time.Steps for success—Includes a 2-week meal plan with accompanying shopping lists, and detailed recipes featuring accessible, affordable ingredients.Learn to live a healthy, energetic lifestyle with PCOS, with this complete guide for the recently-diagnosed.]]> 285 Tara Spencer 162315913X Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-cookbooks 3.77 2017 PCOS Diet for the Newly Diagnosed: Your All-In-One Guide to Eliminating PCOS Symptoms with the Insulin Resistance Diet
author: Tara Spencer
name: Makeda
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[A Year of Ravens: A Novel of Boudica's Rebellion]]> 199534431 560 Kate Quinn 0063310600 Makeda 0 4.18 2015 A Year of Ravens: A Novel of Boudica's Rebellion
author: Kate Quinn
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Wildwood Dancing (Wildwood, #1)]]> 876015 370 Juliet Marillier 140505204X Makeda 4 owned
I think I would have enjoyed it slightly more as an adolescent, but as it was, I enjoyed Wildwood Dancing enough (wouldn’t read it again but UGH THAT COVER ART IS TOO BEAUTIFUL NOT TO HAVE ON MY BOOKSHELF!)

I appreciated the atmosphere, the setting and most of the characters. Jena was a strong, sensible protagonist who basically had to support her whole family because her older sister is too busy being beautiful and lovestruck. But hey, at least Tati and Sorrow aren’t BLOOD RELATED.

My biggest dislike was the main love triangle between three first cousins. I understood Cezar’s greed extending to wanting to marry and ‘possess� Jena, but the plot twist with Gogu really being Costi all along and Jena and Costi being all thirsty for each other and wanting to hurry up and start making babies together was GROSS ]]> 4.05 2006 Wildwood Dancing (Wildwood, #1)
author: Juliet Marillier
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2006
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/10
date added: 2025/03/11
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Have been meaning to read this since around the time it came out in 2006-7. It is 2025. Oops.

I think I would have enjoyed it slightly more as an adolescent, but as it was, I enjoyed Wildwood Dancing enough (wouldn’t read it again but UGH THAT COVER ART IS TOO BEAUTIFUL NOT TO HAVE ON MY BOOKSHELF!)

I appreciated the atmosphere, the setting and most of the characters. Jena was a strong, sensible protagonist who basically had to support her whole family because her older sister is too busy being beautiful and lovestruck. But hey, at least Tati and Sorrow aren’t BLOOD RELATED.

My biggest dislike was the main love triangle between three first cousins. I understood Cezar’s greed extending to wanting to marry and ‘possess� Jena, but the plot twist with Gogu really being Costi all along and Jena and Costi being all thirsty for each other and wanting to hurry up and start making babies together was GROSS
]]> <![CDATA[Blue Poles: Jackson Pollock, Gough Whitlam and the Painting That Changed a Nation]]> 218636401 The captivating story behind the iconic Blue Poles - the painter, the process, the patronage, the politics and the national scandal.

In 1973, Blue Poles, the iconic painting by America's great abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock, was acquired by the Australian government for A$1.4 million. This record-setting price for an artwork sparked a media sensation and controversy both in Australia and the United States.

Blue Jackson Pollock, Gough Whitlam and the painting that changed a nation details how Jackson Pollock rose to fame, the negotiations that led to the artwork's move to the National Gallery of Australia, and the many successes and turbulent turns in between.

This story covers Pollock's entrée into an art circle which included renowned patron Peggy Guggenheim, as well as his relationship with artist Lee Krasner, and the larger-than-life accounts that surrounded his artistic practice - including questions around the creation of Blue Poles.

It was Gough Whitlam's commitment to the arts and cultural capital that would see the painting move to another continent, where the media feasted on stories of its cost and brows were raised over its merit. The value of Blue Poles to the Australian art and museum landscape was yet to be foreseen.

Journalist Tom McIlroy tells a compelling account of one of Australia's most prized paintings, which stirred up many storms from the time of its creation to its placement in the NGA.

'A terrific book, a must-read for the year' READINGS

'Well-crafted and thoroughly absorbing' INSIDE STORY ]]> 313 Tom McIlroy 0733651976 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-art 4.41 Blue Poles: Jackson Pollock, Gough Whitlam and the Painting That Changed a Nation
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]]> <![CDATA[One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This]]> 213870084 From award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad comes a powerful reckoning with what it means to live in the heart of an Empire which doesn’t consider you fully human.

On Oct 25th, after just three weeks of the bombardment of Gaza, Omar El Akkad put out a tweet: “One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.� This tweet was viewed over 10 million times.

One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This chronicles the deep fracture which has occurred for Black, brown, indigenous Americans, as well as the upcoming generation, many of whom had clung to a thread of faith in western ideals, in the idea that their countries, or the countries of their adoption, actually attempted to live up to the values they espouse.

This book is a reckoning with what it means to live in the west, and what it means to live in a world run by a small group of countries—America, the UK, France and Germany.� It will be The Fire Next Time for a generation that understands we’re undergoing a shift in the so-called ‘rules-based order,� a generation that understands the west can no longer be trusted to police and guide the world, or its own cities and campuses. It draws on intimate details of Omar’s own story as an emigrant who grew up believing in the western project, who was catapulted into journalism by the rupture of 9/11.

This book is his heartsick breakup letter with the west. It is a breakup we are watching all over the U.S., on college campuses, on city streets, and the consequences of this rupture will be felt by all of us. His book is for all the people who want something better than what the west has served up. This is the book for our time.]]> 208 Omar El Akkad 0593804147 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-politics 4.68 2025 One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
author: Omar El Akkad
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.68
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]]> <![CDATA[Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World]]> 199798305 A historical adventure story about the eccentric Victorians who discovered dinosaur bones, leading to a new understanding of human history

In the early 1800s the world was a safe and cozy place. But then a twelve-year-old farm boy in Massachusetts stumbled upon a row of fossilized three-toed footprints the size of dinner plates—the first dinosaur tracks ever found. Soon, in England, Victorians unearthed enormous bones—bones that reached as high as a man’s head.

Outside of myths and fairy tales, no one had imagined that creatures like three-toed giants once lumbered across the land. And if anyone conjured up such a scene, they would never imagine that all those animals could have vanished hundreds of millions years ago. The thought of sudden, arbitrary disappearance from life was unnerving and forced the Victorians to rethink everything they knew about the world. Celebrated storyteller and historian Edward Dolnick leads readers through a compelling true adventure as the paleontologists of the first half of the 19th century puzzled their way through the fossil record to create the story of dinosaurs we know today.]]> 352 Edward Dolnick 198219961X Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-science 3.75 2024 Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World
author: Edward Dolnick
name: Makeda
average rating: 3.75
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]]> <![CDATA[Dragonfall (Dragon Scales, #1)]]> 61985453
Long ago, humans betrayed dragons, stealing their magic and banishing them to a dying world. Centuries later, their descendants worship dragons as gods. But the gods remember, and they do not forgive.

Thief Arcady scrapes a living on the streets of Vatra. Desperate, Arcady steals a powerful artifact from the bones of the Plaguebringer, the most hated person in Lumet history. Only Arcady knows the artifact's magic holds the key to a new life among the nobles at court and a chance for revenge.

The spell connects to Everen, the last male dragon foretold to save his kind, dragging him through the Veil. Disguised as a human, Everen soon learns that to regain his true power and form and fulfil his destiny, he only needs to convince one little thief to trust him enough to bond completely--body, mind, and soul--and then kill them.

Yet the closer the two become, the greater the risk both their worlds will shatter.]]> 336 L.R. Lam Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-fantasy 3.37 2023 Dragonfall (Dragon Scales, #1)
author: L.R. Lam
name: Makeda
average rating: 3.37
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios]]> 142105780


The unauthorized, behind-the-scenes story of the stunning rise—and suddenly uncertain reign—of the most transformative cultural phenomenon of our the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Marvel Entertainment was a moribund toymaker not even twenty years ago. Today, Marvel Studios is the dominant player both in Hollywood and in global pop culture. How did an upstart studio conquer the world? In MCU , beloved culture writers Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzales, and Gavin Edwards draw on more than a hundred interviews with actors, producers, directors, and writers to present the definitive chronicle of Marvel Studios and its sole, ongoing production, the Marvel Cinematic Universe. For all its outward success, the studio was forged by near-constant conflict, from the contentious hiring of Robert Downey Jr. for its 2008 debut, Iron Man , all the way up to the disappointment of Ant-Man and the Quantumania and shocking departures of multiple Marvel executives in 2023. Throughout, the authors demonstrate that the original genius of Marvel was its resurrection and modification of Hollywood’s old studio system. But will it survive its own spectacular achievements? Dishy and authoritative, MCU is the first book to tell the Marvel Studios story in full—and an essential, effervescent account of American mass culture.]]> 527 JoAnna Robinson 1631497529 Makeda 3 4.32 2023 MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios
author: JoAnna Robinson
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2023
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Dear Zoo: A Lift-the-Flap Book]]> 809849
Dear Zoo is twenty-five years old -- and still as popular as ever!

And with an updated look, this children's classic is sure to delight a new generation of readers!]]> 18 Rod Campbell 141694737X Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-children-s 4.29 1982 Dear Zoo: A Lift-the-Flap Book
author: Rod Campbell
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.29
book published: 1982
rating: 0
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]]> Oh, the Places You’ll Go! 191139 For out-starting upstarts of all ages, here is a wonderfully wise and blessedly brief graduation speech from the one and only Dr. Seuss!

In his inimitable, humorous verse and pictures, he addresses the Great Balancing Act (life itself, and the ups and downs it presents) while encouraging us to find the success that lies within us.

"And will you succeed?
Yes! You will indeed!
(98 and ¾ percent guaranteed.)"

A modern classic, Oh, the Places You'll Go! was first published one year before Dr. Seuss's death at the age of eighty-seven. In a mere fifty-six pages, Dr, Seuss managed to impart a lifetime of wisdom. It is the perfect send-off for children starting out in the maze of life, be they nursery school grads or newly-minted PhD's. Everyone will find it inspired good fun.

With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr. Seuss has been delighting young children and helping them learn to read for over fifty years. Creator of the wonderfully anarchic 'Cat in the Hat', and ranked among the world's top children's authors, Dr. Seuss is a global best-seller, with nearly half a billion books sold worldwide.]]> 44 Dr. Seuss 0679805273 Makeda 0 tbr-children-s, to-read 4.37 1990 Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
author: Dr. Seuss
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.37
book published: 1990
rating: 0
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]]> Into the Wild (Wolf Girl, #1) 215533566
When disaster separates Gwen from her family, she must fend for herself, all alone in the wilderness. Luckily, she’s not alone for long…after a wolf puppy, a Labrador, a Chihuahua, and a greyhound save her life, Gwen discovers talents she didn’t know she possessed.

But it will take Gwen and her new friends all of their skills and strength just to survive. Will she follow her instincts and become the one and only…Wolf Girl? With black-and-white illustrations on every page, Into the Wild is perfect for action fans and emergent readers. It’s the first of three books from Anh Do, beloved comedian, bestselling author of The Happiest Refugee and the WeirDo series, and Dancing with the Stars runner-up.]]> 224 Anh Do 0063346028 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-children-s 3.98 2019 Into the Wild (Wolf Girl, #1)
author: Anh Do
name: Makeda
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> WeirDo (WeirDo #1) 18480601
No, that's not a typo, that's his name!

Weir Do's the new kid in school. With an unforgettable name, a crazy family, and some seriously weird habits, fitting in won't be easy . . . but it will be funny!]]> 144 Anh Do 1742837581 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-children-s 4.09 2013 WeirDo (WeirDo #1)
author: Anh Do
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> The Very Cranky Bear 7558007 24 Nick Bland 0545172241 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-children-s 4.32 2008 The Very Cranky Bear
author: Nick Bland
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2008
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/03/09
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]]> Wombat Stew 457603 32 Marcia K. Vaughan 0382092112 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-children-s 4.22 1984 Wombat Stew
author: Marcia K. Vaughan
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1984
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Mim and the Baffling Bully (The Travelling Bookshop, #1)]]> 56991375
The right book might just change your life ...


Mim Cohen roams the world in a travelling bookshop, with her dad and brother and a horse called Flossy. Flossy leads them where she will, to the place where they're needed most ... the place where the perfect book will find its way home.

Now Mim has arrived in a pretty Dutch village where she meets Willemina, a kind and gentle child, who is being bullied by a girl named Gerda.

Mim knows they're here to help Willemina. To change her life. To make her strong and brave and happy.

If only Dad would find her the right book. If only he would stop giving everyone else the wrong book!

From the beloved author of The Girl, the Dog and the Writer in Rome and We Are Wolves comes an enchanting series for young readers.]]> 0 Katrina Nannestad 1460713664 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-children-s 4.20 Mim and the Baffling Bully (The Travelling Bookshop, #1)
author: Katrina Nannestad
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.20
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rating: 0
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]]> The Bad Guys: Episode 1 25448261 159 Aaron Blabey 1760150428 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-children-s 4.17 2015 The Bad Guys: Episode 1
author: Aaron Blabey
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> Pig the Pug 22735715 "Pig was a Pug and I'm sorry to say, he was greedy and selfish in most every way."

Pig is the greediest Pug in the world. He is ill-tempered, rude and unreasonable. When Pig the Pug is asked to share his toys, something unexpected happens. Hopefully Pig has learned a lesson!

For ages 5-9]]> 24 Aaron Blabey 1743624778 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-children-s 4.18 2014 Pig the Pug
author: Aaron Blabey
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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]]> Thelma the Unicorn 24773679 From the best-selling author of Pig the Pug comes this joyful book about learning to love who you are... even if you don't have sparkles.

Thelma dreams of being a glamorous unicorn. Then in a rare pink and glitter-filled moment of fate, Thelma's wish comes true.

She rises to instant international stardom, but at an unexpected cost. After a while, Thelma realizes that she was happier as her ordinary, sparkle-free self. So she ditches her horn, scrubs off her sparkles, and returns home, where her best friend is waiting for her with a hug.

From award-winning author Aaron Blabey comes this joyful book about learning to love who you are...even if you don't have sparkles]]> 28 Aaron Blabey 1743625804 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-children-s 4.20 2015 Thelma the Unicorn
author: Aaron Blabey
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> Room on the Broom 177246
The witch and her cat are happily flying through the sky on a broomstick when the wind picks up and blows away the witch's hat, then her bow, and then her wand! Luckily, three helpful animals find the missing items, and all they want in return is a ride on the broom. But is there room on the broom for so many friends? And when disaster strikes, will they be able to save the witch from a hungry dragon?

Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler are the creators of many beloved picture books including The Gruffalo , The Gruffalo's Child , The Snail and the Whale ,and The Spiffiest Giant in Town .


"A surefire read-aloud hit." - School Library Journal]]> 32 Julia Donaldson 0142501123 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-children-s 4.45 2001 Room on the Broom
author: Julia Donaldson
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.45
book published: 2001
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes]]> 3124179 nothing is sweeter than tiny baby fingers and chubby baby toes. . . . And here, from two of the most gifted picture-book creators of our time, is a celebration of baby fingers, baby toes, and the joy they—and the babies they belong to—bring to everyone, everywhere, all over the world!

This is a gorgeously simple picture book for very young children, and once you finish the rhythmic, rhyming text, all you’ll want to do is go back to the beginning . . . and read it again! The luminous watercolor illustrations of these roly-poly little ones from a variety of backgrounds are adorable, quirky, and true to life, right down to the wrinkles, dimples, and pudges in their completely squishable arms, legs, and tummies.]]> 40 Mem Fox 015206057X Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-children-s 4.24 2008 Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
author: Mem Fox
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2008
rating: 0
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]]> The Snail and the Whale 1013382 32 Julia Donaldson 033398224X Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-children-s 4.37 2003 The Snail and the Whale
author: Julia Donaldson
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2003
rating: 0
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]]> Kissed by the Moon 19320490
Part poem, part lullaby, this gentle story celebrates a baby's wonder at our beautiful world. From much-loved Australian Children's Laureate Alison Lester comes a timeless book to share and to treasure.]]> 24 Alison Lester 0670076759 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-children-s 4.44 2013 Kissed by the Moon
author: Alison Lester
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> Magic Beach 160623 32 Alison Lester 1741144884 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-children-s 4.26 1990 Magic Beach
author: Alison Lester
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1990
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy]]> 1153709 36 Lynley Dodd 0670913502 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-children-s 4.29 1983 Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy
author: Lynley Dodd
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.29
book published: 1983
rating: 0
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]]> The Gruffalo (Gruffalo, #1) 1013383 Just what is the Gruffalo?

He has terrible tusks... and terrible claws... and terrible teeth in his terrible jaws.

But do all those things make him the scariest creature in the deep dark wood? One brave little mouse with a big imagination doesn't think so!

When Mouse takes a stroll through the woods, he meets a fox, an owl, and a snake who all want to eat him. So clever Mouse scares them off by warning them about the gruffalo who lives in the forest, a monster with terrible teeth and terrible claws.

But what happens when Mouse's invented monster turns out to be real?

The Gruffalo is an international best-selling and award-winning sensation with over 13.5 million copies in print worldwide. It has been made into an Oscar-nominated animated film as well as a stage musical that was performed on Broadway, and was voted England's favorite bedtime story.]]> 32 Julia Donaldson 0333710932 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-children-s 4.44 1999 The Gruffalo (Gruffalo, #1)
author: Julia Donaldson
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.44
book published: 1999
rating: 0
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]]> The 13-Storey Treehouse 12823835
Two new characters � Andy and Terry � live here, make books together, and have a series of completely nutty adventures. Because: ANYTHING can happen in a 13-storey treehouse.

This is a major new series from Andy and Terry- and it's the logical evolution of all their previous books. There are echoes of the Just stories in the Andy and Terry friendship, the breakaway stories in the Bad Book (the Adventures of Super Finger), there's the easy readability of the Cat on the Mat and the Big Fat Cow, and like all these books, the illustrations are as much a part of the story as the story itself.]]> 256 Andy Griffiths 0330404369 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-children-s 4.08 2011 The 13-Storey Treehouse
author: Andy Griffiths
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Tomorrow, When the War Began (Tomorrow, #1)]]> 71865 276 John Marsden 0439829100 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-ya 4.05 1993 Tomorrow, When the War Began (Tomorrow, #1)
author: John Marsden
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.05
book published: 1993
rating: 0
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]]> Where Is the Green Sheep? 378164 32 Mem Fox 1844583678 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-children-s 4.21 2004 Where Is the Green Sheep?
author: Mem Fox
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2004
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Are We There Yet?: A Journey Around Australia]]> 912131 The year I turned eight, Mum and Dad took us on a trip around Australia. Luke, Billy and I missed school for the whole winter term.

Join Grace and her family on their adventurous and sometimes funny expedition. A warm, heartfelt story based on an actual journey undertaken by the much-loved, award-winning author and illustrator, Alison Lester.]]> 32 Alison Lester 1929132735 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-children-s 4.13 2004 Are We There Yet?: A Journey Around Australia
author: Alison Lester
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2004
rating: 0
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]]> Possum Magic 977817 32 Mem Fox 0152632247 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-children-s 4.18 1983 Possum Magic
author: Mem Fox
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.18
book published: 1983
rating: 0
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]]> Memorial Days 212806569 A heartrending and beautiful memoir of sudden loss and a journey topeace, from the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of�Horse

Many cultural and religious traditions expect those who are grieving to step away from the world. In contemporary life, we are more often met with red tape and to-do lists. This is exactly what happened to Geraldine Brooks when her partner of more than three decades, Tony Horwitz � just sixty years old and, to her knowledge, vigorous and healthy � collapsed and died on a Washington, D. C. sidewalk.

After spending their early years together in conflict zones as foreign correspondents, Geraldine and Tony settled down to raise two boys on Martha’s Vineyard. The life they built was one of meaningful work, good humor, and tenderness, as they spent their days writing and their evenings cooking family dinners or watching the sun set with friends at Lambert’s Cove. But all of this came to an abrupt end when, on Memorial Day 2019, Geraldine received the phone call we all dread. The demands were immediate and many. Without space to grieve, the sudden loss became a yawning gulf.

Three years later, she booked a flight to a remote island off the coast of Australia with the intention of finally giving herself the time to mourn. In a shack on a pristine, rugged coast she often went days without seeing another person. There, she pondered the varied waysthose ofother cultures grieve, such as the people of Australia's First Nations, the Balinese, and the Iranian Shiites, and what rituals of her own might help to rebuild a life around the void of Tony's death.

A spare and profoundly moving memoir that joins the classics of the genre, Memorial Days is a portrait of a larger-than-life man and a timeless love between soulsthat exquisitely captures the joy, agony, and mystery of life.]]> 224 Geraldine Brooks 059365398X Makeda 0 tbr-memoir, owned, to-read 4.34 2025 Memorial Days
author: Geraldine Brooks
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2025
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/03/05
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]]> <![CDATA[NINE PARTS OF DESIRE: THE HIDDEN WORLD OF ISLAMIC WOMEN]]> 608510 272 Brooks Geraldine 0141029404 Makeda 5 4.03 1994 NINE PARTS OF DESIRE: THE HIDDEN WORLD OF ISLAMIC WOMEN
author: Brooks Geraldine
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.03
book published: 1994
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[World Within the World: Collected Minicomix & Short Works 2010-2022]]> 208475453 336 Julia Gfrörer 1683969952 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-graphic-novel 4.11 World Within the World: Collected Minicomix & Short Works 2010-2022
author: Julia Gfrörer
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.11
book published:
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/03/03
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]]> <![CDATA[Queen James: A New History About the Life and Loves of Britain’s First King, James Stuart]]> 218724247 'James comes alive in full flamboyance � Russell expertly weaves the bedchamber gossip into the tapestry of a tumultuous reign' SUNDAY TIMES

'Brings the backbiting and power struggles of the Jacobean court to life with wit and vigour' OBSERVER

‘A warts and all story told with compassion� PHILIPPA GREGORY

_______________________________

‘Elizabeth was king,

Then James was queen.� � English author (1603)

James Stuart, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland did not always love wisely, but he never failed to do so boldly.

He fell in love three times � with a Scottish lord, a knight and George Villiers, ‘the handsomest man in the whole world�. He was infatuated three more times � with a Highland earl, a Welsh lord and an English spy.

We know so much about the six wives of Henry VIII, why not the six loves of James I?

This groundbreaking new book puts James � genius, liar, spendthrift, idealist, witch-hunter � and the men he loved at the centre of one of the most dramatic stories in British royal history.

Beginning with the brutal and mysterious murder of his father in 1567, James’s life encompassed kidnapping, witchcraft trials, torture, his mother’s beheading, poison, political radicalism, religious fundamentalism, a queen’s alleged abortion, passionate sex, strong love, stronger hate, espionage, brothels, and a decade-long love affair that ended in assassination.

It is unquestionably one of the most gripping stories in British history, retold in Gareth Russell’s Queen James with scholarship, biographical insight and wit.

________________________________

'Books like this don't come along very often. Told with Gareth Russell's characteristic verve and exquisite eye for detail, it is a story so compelling and surprising that it feels as if it has been hiding in plain sight for 400 years. A stunning achievement and a must for history fans everywhere' TRACY BORMAN]]> 484 Gareth Russell 0008660875 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-history 4.45 Queen James: A New History About the Life and Loves of Britain’s First King, James Stuart
author: Gareth Russell
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.45
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rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Locke & Key, Vol. 2: Head Games]]> 18652490 160 Joe Hill Makeda 3 4.31 2009 Locke & Key, Vol. 2: Head Games
author: Joe Hill
name: Makeda
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2009
rating: 3
read at: 2025/03/01
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]]> <![CDATA[One for the Road: An Outback Adventure]]> 94528 What follows is a hilarious, hair-raising ride into the hot red center of a continent so desolate that civilization dwindles to a gas pump and a pub. While the outback's terrain is inhospitable, its scattered inhabitants are anything but. Horwitz entrusts himself to Aborigines, opal diggers, jackeroos, card sharks, and sunstruck wanderers who measure distance in the number of beers consumed en route. Along the way, Horwitz discovers that the outback is as treacherous as it is colorful. Bug-bitten, sunblasted, dust-choked, and bloodied by a near-fatal accident, Horwitz endures seven thousand miles of the world's most forbidding real estate, and some very bizarre personal encounters, as he winds his way to Queensland, Alice Springs, Perth, Darwin--and a hundred bush pubs in between.
Horwitz, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of two national bestsellers, Confederates in the Attic and Baghdad Without a Map, is the ideal tour guide for anyone who has ever dreamed of a genuine Australian adventure.

]]> 211 Tony Horwitz 0375706135 Makeda 0 to-read, tbr-travel 3.73 1987 One for the Road: An Outback Adventure
author: Tony Horwitz
name: Makeda
average rating: 3.73
book published: 1987
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/02/25
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