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Lionel Shriver Warns Readers Not to Meet Their Favorite Authors Credit.Rebecca Clarke May 27, 2021 “The warts-and-all version is almost always a disappointment, and they risk a retroactive taint,” says the novelist, whose forthcoming book is “Should We Stay or Should We Go.” What books are on your night stand? Two books to prime for my next novel: Eric Hoffer’s “The True Believer” and Charles Mackay’s “Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds.” One exercise in reverse research writing the novel first and then doing the homework: Katie Engelhart’s “The Inevitable,” about end-of-life suicide. Finally, mercifully, fiction: Ewan Morrison’s “How to Survive Everything,” which sounds like an antidote to the Engelhart. ....
The Asian American Women Who Fought to Make Their Mark in WWII They worked as pilots, translators, guerrilla fighters and more. Author: They worked as pilots, translators, guerrilla fighters and more. Asian American women played a critical part in America’s war effort during World War II. Coming from diverse backgrounds including Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Filipino they served in important roles ranging from pilots and translators to factory workers and guerrilla fighters. Yet they worked on behalf of a country that was far from welcoming. From the time of their arrival in the mid 19th century, people of Asian descent were denied basic citizenship and voting rights for at least a century. For Japanese American women hoping to contribute to the war effort, the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor ratcheted up barriers even further, as entire Japanese communities faced intense discrimination and incarceration in isolated prison camps. “For many, the impetus to s ....
‘A dazzling achievement. Richard Fortey is without peer among science writers. Bill Bryson ‘The Earth is a true delight: full of awe-inspiring details. it blends travel, history, reportage and science to create an unforgettable picture of our ancient earth.’ Sunday Times The face of the Earth, criss-crossed by chains of mountains like the scars of old wounds has changed constantly over billions of years, and the testament of the remote past is all around us. In this book, Richard Fortey teaches us how to read its character, laying out the dominions of the world before us. He shows how everything – human culture, natural history, even the shape of cities – roots back to a deeper geological truth. Far from being the driest of sciences, he proves that geology informs all our lives in the most intimate way. ....
Sacramento Magazine your username your email your username your email Shuttered by the region’s latest coronavirus surge, area museums are continuing to come up with innovative ways to keep their doors open virtually, anyway! and engage the public. Case in point: California Museum Live!, a new series of interactive virtual tours led by California Museum docents who will introduce viewers in real time to some of the museum’s signature exhibits. The hour-long programs, to run on the last Saturday of the month at 11 a.m., kick off Jan. 30 with a tour of “Gold Mountain: Chinese California Stories,” an exhibit launched in January 2020 that, per the downtown Sacramento museum’s website, “chronicles the history and contributions of Chinese Americans to California from the Gold Rush to the present day.” ....