![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The present volume is the first modern edition of Barnum's original and outrageous autobiography, published in 1855 and unavailable for more than a century. Barnum appeared regularly, allowing Barnum to keep up with demand and prune the narrative of details that might offend posterity. While running his numerous shows and exhibitions, Barnum managed to publish newspaper articles, exposés of fraud (not his own), self-help tracts, and a series of best-selling autobiographies, each promising to give "the true history of my many adventures." Over the course of a life that spanned the nineteenth century (1810-91), he inflicted himself upon a surprisingly willing public in a variety of guises, from newspaper editor (or libeler) to traveling showman (or charlatan) and distinguished public benefactor (or shameless hypocrite).īarnum deliberately cultivated his ambiguous public image through a lifelong advertising campaign, shrewdly exploiting the cultural and technological capabilities of the new publishing industry. Barnum embodied all that was grand and fraudulent in American mass culture. ![]()
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![]() (W) John Ostrander, More (A) Luke Ross, More (CA) Dave Wilkins But to survive, will they abandon their heroic ideals? Meanwhile, the relentless Vader must rescue an officer's son and defend the Emperor from an uprising - by any means necessary! Witness the beginnings of the Galactic Empire! Collecting STAR WARS: REPUBLIC #78-80, STAR WARS: PURGE, STAR WARS: PURGE - SECONDS TO DIE, STAR WARS: PURGE - THE HIDDEN BLADE, STAR WARS: PURGE - THE TYRANT'S FIST #1-2, STAR WARS: DARTH VADER AND THE LOST COMMAND #1-5, STAR WARS: DARK TIMES #1-17, STAR WARS: DARK TIMES - BLUE HARVEST #0, STAR WARS: DARK TIMES - OUT OF THE WILDERNESS #1-5 and STAR WARS: DARTH VADER AND THE GHOST PRISON #1-5. ![]() The Old Republic has fallen - and the Empire is rising! In the aftermath of Episode III, Sith lord Palpatine exerts his ruthless grip on the galaxy as his enforcer Darth Vader leads a brutal purge to wipe out the Jedi Order! 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Hal realizes it’s a mistake… while it might be the right family name, she doesn’t recognize all the people mentioned in the will. Westaway, Harriet (Hal) receives a note that she’s inherited something from her late grandmother. Phew… I enjoy her writing style, and even though the endings aren’t as grand as I’d like, they are still wonderful reads. I’ve read everything but In a Dark, Dark Wood, which I’m starting tomorrow… then I’ll be fully caught up thru 2021. Wow! So far, I think this is my favorite Ruth Ware novel. Westaway… but let’s see why! My Book Review ![]() Today I’m sharing reviews on two of Ruth Ware’s books… since I read both this week. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In the years since making the Upper Valley his home, Kloos has found enormous success as a military science fiction writer whose intergalactic realms are peopled with ordinary characters fighting as many internal battles as external conflicts, as well as a creator of superheroes for Martin’s Wild Cards series. ![]() “But afterward, I need to get back to the Upper Valley.” ![]() “I can turn on what I call the ‘selective extrovert,’ ” Kloos, 47, said in a soft-spoken voice faintly colored with the accent of his native Germany. Here, he’s pretty much anonymous - which is just fine with him. In certain circles, Kloos, whose newest book, Aftershocks, came out last month, is a big deal. Martin, the mastermind behind the mega-hit HBO series Game of Thrones, or the symbols on the front of Kloos’ T-shirt, promoting the new Netflix series where a few of his short stories have suddenly landed. Had anyone ventured closer, they might have noticed Kloos’ name inside the flap of two books by George R.R. Sitting in an armchair in the upper level of the Powerhouse Mall in West Lebanon, surrounded by stacks of his books, Marko Kloos attracted no more than a glance from the few shoppers passing by Tuesday morning. ![]() ![]() "Fast-paced, believable, funny, and poignant. Schmidt, Newbery Honor Award-winning author of The Wednesday Wars You'll turn the pages and be surprised again and again."-Gary D. ![]() "A suspense thriller, survival story, and a story of the love between brothers. Esplin comes this story of survival and determination as two young brothers confront the unpredictability of human nature in the face of desperate circumstances. Along the way, they're forced to question their dad's insistence on self-reliance and ask just what it is that we owe to our neighbors, to our kin, and to ourselves. ![]() But when they are robbed of all their supplies during a massive blackout while their dad is out of town, John and Stew must walk 96 miles in the stark desert sun to get help. Their dad, a hardcore believer in self-reliance, has stockpiled enough food and water at their isolated Nevada home to last for months. The Lockwood brothers are supposed to be able to survive anything. About the Book During a massive blackout in rural Nevada, two brothers struggle to survive without their self-reliance-obsessed dad and without enough water cross the desert for help.Ģ1 days without power. ![]() ![]() ![]() There was a rattle of rain on the bathroom window. Ever since the children were born it’s also been the only place in our North Norfolk home in which there is sufficient freedom from interruption to read. 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