Russell Bourne (1928-2019):The Red King's Rebellion: Racial Politics in New England 1675-1678
- Taschenbuch 2012, ISBN: 9780689120008
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US: William Morrow Paperbacks, 2004. Paperback. Good. The brutal realities of the dark places Su Tong depicts in this collection of novellas set in 1930s provincial China -- worlds of p… Mehr…
US: William Morrow Paperbacks, 2004. Paperback. Good. The brutal realities of the dark places Su Tong depicts in this collection of novellas set in 1930s provincial China -- worlds of prostitution, povert y, and drug addiction -- belie his prose of stunning and simplebeauty. The title novella, "Raise the Red Lantern," which became a critically acclaimed film, tells the story of Lotus, a young woman whose father's suicide force s her to become the concubine of a wealthy merchant. Crushed by loneliness, despair, and cruel treatment, Lotus finds her descent into insanity both a weapon and a refuge. "Nineteen Thirty-Four Escapes" is an account of a family's struggles during one momentous year; plagued by disease, death, and the shady promise of li fe in a larger town, the family slowly disintegrates. Finally, "Opium Family" details the last years of a landowning clan whose demise is brought about by corruption, lust, and treachery -- fruits of the insidious crop they harvest., William Morrow Paperbacks, 2004, 2.5, US: Random House Worlds, 1987. Paperback. Good. A deadly epidemic was sweeping across Pern! Everyone, holder and dragonrider alike, pitched in to help--except Nerilka' s father, who refused to share Fort Hold's bounty with the other Holds. So, ashamed of her family and determined to do her part, Nerilka packed up med icines and supplies and sneaked off to aid her people. Her quest to help wherever she was most needed led her finally to Ruatha Ho ld, where Lord Alessan was frantically preparing the precious serum needed for mass inoculations against the dread plague. Nerilka had long ago abandoned her hope of marriage and a home of her own. Now she found happiness in being useful and appreciated--first the Healers and then Alessan made very clear that they were grateful for her help. She had no idea that her new path would change the course of her life forever!, Random House Worlds, 1987, 2.5, -: Verso, 2012. None. Paperback. Very Good. -. Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth`s fate hinges on one girl. . . . Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She`s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister`s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai`s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world`s future., Verso, 2012, 3, Heinemann/Raintree. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Owner's name on inside., Heinemann/Raintree, 3, U.S.A: Tower Books, 1980. Tower Books 1980. Illustrated covers front and back. Large white title, smaller white letters. Light rub wear on edges. Very light creases on spine, bright letters. Pages clean, tanned light beige, tightly bound. Synopsis: "A disease more horrigying than the Black Plague was raging out of control and the leaders had to choose....disposable people.". Mass Market Paperback. Good/No Jacket., Tower Books, 1980, 2.5, London: Hamish Hamilton. Very Good/Very Good. 1980. Hard Cover. 8vo 0241102057 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. Illustrated. 159 pages clean and tight. The Jarvisses came first, though I can't say exactly where from. They weren't there in the fourteenth century of plague and revolution.' It was at Thaxted in Essex that the Jarvisses established themselves, and it is they who form the centre of the maze of relations and inter-marriages which gradually grew over the succeeding centuries. These people were not rich or important, though their fortunes occasionally rose only to sink back, they make their appearances, marry, have children, die. Events of national importance - the progress of Elizabeth I, the Civil War, the threat of Napoleon, the Industrial Age - touch them, but only rarely alter the tenor of their lives. There are a few scandals, a strand of non-conformism, a political radicalism, one cousin even enlisted, to fight at such strange sounding battles as Buenos Aires and Salamanca, light years away from the small Essex towns and hamlets. The Jarvisses are Everyman, a microcosm of life through the ages. Maureen Duffy, at the outer rim of the maze, has evoked with consummate clarity the lives of these long-dead, unimportant, yet essential people. She has woven from parish registers and lists of rate-payers and county records a tapestry of existence whose colours are infused with imagination. Inherit The Earth, like Flora Thompson's Lark Rise and Ronald Blythe's Akenfield, captures for ever a community and its manners. ., Hamish Hamilton, 1980, 3, Tor Fantasy. Near Fine. 2001. Softcover. 0765341301 . Large paperback in excellent, near new condition - clean & unmarked, no creasing, only light wear overall. From Library Journal: When a plague of monsters threatens the realm of Achar, a military commander and a noblewoman find themselves part of a Prophecy that leads them to question what they once believed true about the history of their world. Australian fantasy author Douglass's American debut features an exotic world peopled with complex characters whose motivations and desires often conflict with their duties and loyalties. Epic storytelling on a par with Terry Goodkind and Robert Jordan make this a solid selection for most fantasy collections. Highly recommended (*shipping will be reduced to most locations) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall ., Tor Fantasy, 2001, 4, Paradise Press 1986 Bound hard cover, 21.5 x 14cms Hard cover, with chewed edges. Book in GOOD condition This book has been produced as an introduction to the keeping of fancy mice as pets, and to overcome the prejudices many people hold against them. Twenty-nine illustrations / photos, mostly in colour [Did John Shaw Neilson forgive the mice which ate his entire poetry output in a Quambatook plague?]., Paradise Press, 1986, 2.5, In the Book of Revelations, the Four Horsemen herald the arrival of the Apocalypse. When the First Horseman thunders forth, pestilence will spread throughout the land. For the First Horseman is Plague . . . The Spanish Flu killed thirty million people worldwide in 1918. Now with history threatening to repeat itself, a scientific expedition speeds toward a remote island in the Arctic Sea to recover strains of the lethal virus preserved under layers of ice. For Washington Post reporter Frank Daly, it is the story of a lifetime. But his plan to join the expedition is ruined by a ferocious storm that delays him. And when he meets up with the ship upon its return to port in Norway, it is clear something has gone wrong. Fear haunts the faces of the crew. No one will talk. And someone wants Daly to stop asking questions.No dust jacket., Fawcett, 1998, 5, Atlantic Monthly Pr, Sep-99. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Nice book! First Edition, 1999. Mild shelf wear on dustjacket, lightly aged pages, no markings. Amazon: The act of writing a first novel has a lot in common with being an au pair. Each is often accomplished by a young, overeducated woman who believes she is the center of the universe. This can make for dull reading, and sometimes for unattended children falling down staircases. But Lily King's fine first novel--about an au pair--neatly avoids the solipsism that often plagues coming-of-age stories. In The Pleasing Hour, 19-year-old Rosie has fled New Hampshire for France after undergoing an anguishing loss: she surrendered her newborn son to her infertile, married sister. Rosie is literally hollowed out, unable to see beyond her own pain. """"Nothing in my body felt right. It seemed to be ringing with pain but there was no part of me that I could point to and tell her, Here, here's where it hurts. """"In Paris she moves in with the Tivots: the unassuming, shambling father, Marc; the glamorous and unforgiving mother, Nicole; the beautiful daughter, Odile; the merry daughter, Lola; the momma's boy, Guillaume. Rosie steps into the highly polarized atmosphere of the Tivot household, unconsciously upsetting its equilibrium by throwing in her lot with Marc and Lola. And when the family heads off to Spain for vacation, the power balance shifts palpably, since Rosie is the only one who speaks Spanish. Even Nicole grudgingly admires her. What's more, Rosie notices Marc regarding her with the """"""""relentless curiosity he'd had in his eye since we landed in Spain."""""""" On Mallorca, the two consummate their relationship, and the betrayal forces her to see beyond her own worries to the entrenched pains and allegiances of her host family. King cleverly iterates this message in her narrative. She occasionally, deliberately, allows each member of the Tivot family to voice the story, and this opening-up of the narrative allows the world to flow into a novel whose themes might otherwise seem petty. In the end, the author doesn't perpetrate the dull crime of youthful self-involvement--she comments on it. We care for Rosie from the start, but we like her a lot more as she comes alive to the people around her. --Claire Dederer."""" """"From Publishers Weekly: A year in France brings a young American new reserves of sympathy and maturity in this poised, accomplished first novel. Nineteen-year-old Rosie, King's sensitive narrator, arrives in Paris on the first day of the school year, set for her job as the Tivot family's au pair. The other au pairs (in French usage, filles) are cosmopolitan students drawn to French culture. Rosie, however, has come here to flee her past: she became pregnant as a deliberate act of charity, giving up her baby so her infertile sister could have a child. But that decision has only heightened her omnipresent sense of loss. Her months with the Tivot family on their houseboat bring her new and difficult human connections: to the inquisitive, needy 12-year-old Lola and her younger brother, Guillaume; to their unhappy, astringent mother, Nicole; and to their father, Marc, with whom the reserved Rosie gradually falls in love. After Lola catches Rosie and Marc holding hands on a family trip to Spain, Rosie is sent to a small town in Provence to care for Nicole's Aunt Lucie, in her 90s. In chapters interspersed with Rosie's own story, Aunt Lucie fills in the background of Nicole's family, a grim account of inheritance and treachery during WWII. Expertly constructed, full of surprises, superbly paced and sweetly sad, King's book hardly reads like a first novel; her skilled observation and careful narrative voice prevent the wartime plot from seeming sensational, and keeps Rosie's saga of melodrama. In fact, the seamless integration of theme, plot and voice produces a rare sense of intimacy. Rosie's final discoveries about France, about families and about herself through Lucie, Lola and Nicole take her on an inward journey readers will feel privileged to share. (Sept.) Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc."""", Atlantic Monthly Pr, 3, New York, NY, U.S.A.: Pinnacle, Windsor Publishing Corp., 1975. Book. Good Plus. Soft cover. First Printing. A Pinnacle Adventure paperback, printed February 1975. Condition is good plus to very good. Has crease on spine and on hinge of front cover, corners bumped, light edge wear, no stamps or writing, pages tight and clean, cover bright and glossy...........*We have other titles in this genre in stock and give discounts in shipping on additional books sent in the same package, please contact us for more info.**.......WRAPPED IN PLASTIC BAG TO PROTECT CONDITION OF BOOK........Summary - In a secret and silent surprise attack, germ warfare has been declared on the U.S.! People are dropping like flies. More than 45,000 citizens have died in the last 48 hours. Scientists predict three million fatalities within the month--possibly national extinction within a year--if the deadly germ isn't discovered. Hour by hour, minute by minute, a brilliant young doctor, Alex Kahn, puts his life on the line to fight for his country's survival. Around him teams of scientists and medical authorities are frantically at work.buy dying from contact with the germ. What is this mysterious lethal organism? Who is behind this cold-blooded conspiracy that threatens to destroy cities, perhaps a nation? Dr. Kahn has to find out.and quickly. The body count is multiplying each minute!., Pinnacle, Windsor Publishing Corp., 1975, 2.5, xiv+273 pages with plates, maps and index. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter maroon cloth with black lettering to spine over beige boards blind-stamped with title in original pictorial jacket. First edition. "The Red King's Rebellion," fought more than three hundred years ago between the Algonquian peoples and New England settlers, was in per-capita terms the bloodiest war in our nation's history. Before the conflict ended, over 9,000 people were dead (two-thirds of them Native Americans), and homelessness, starvation, and economic hardship plagued the descendents of both races for generations to come. In this fascinating book, Russell Bourne examines the epic struggle from both sides, seeking to explain how the biracial harmony that once reigned--when the Plymouth Colony's neighboring Wampanoags, under the stately Massasoit (King Philip's father), shared their corn with desperate settlers--could degenerate into such mistrust and hatred. More than just a war, Bourne shows how it was a simultaneous rebellion on many fronts against inequalities practiced by white settlers, and demonstrates how it constituted a massive and tragic breakdown of colonial civilization. Condition: Remainder mark on heal end pages. Jacket edges and spine lightly sunned else better than very good in like jacket., Atheneum, 1990, 3<
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