![]() ![]() A reconstruction treaty called for organizing the Cherokee Nation into a new Indian Territory, leading to the state of Oklahoma. Civil War, some Cherokees became Confederate soldiers and fought for the South. ![]() government drove most of the rest of the Cherokees out to resettle in what is now northeast Oklahoma. In 1794 some Cherokees left the old homeland in the Appalachian Mountains and settled in Missouri for a time, but the 1811 earthquake drove them out to Arkansas. Having fought on the side of the British during the American Revolution, they continued to fight the Americans after the war ended, but soon signed a peace treaty with them. ![]() The Cherokees had an early turbulent history dealing with the Spanish, French, and English invaders. The Cherokee tells the story of the Cherokee people from early times to the present, including the Cherokee Nation, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. ![]()
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![]() She can manipulate a person’s sevren threads to alter their appearance and heal injuries, but she can’t dictate when or how her magic will work. Lacking proper training and control, Myra and her powers are especially dangerous. ![]() ![]() With magic that “gives a painter the ability to alter human and animal bodies with their paintings,” Prodigies’ pieces have long been seen as “even more of an abomination than normal portrait work.” Their ability also means Prodigies “have been persecuted by the pious and captured by the greedy since the dawn of time.” Scriptures are clear that Prodigies are “a defilement of the power of our god, the Great Artist.” With her mother - a Prodigy and talented artist - among the missing, Myra Whitlock knows she has to hide her own supernatural gift if she wants to keep herself and her younger sister, Lucy, safe. Conservatives, including Lalverton’s governor, fear the growing popularity of portraiture the presence of magic makes the taboo artform even more of a threat. Yet the devout say the vanishings are just treatment for those who choose to paint - a holy activity seen as solely the domain of the Great Artist. ![]() ![]() Olson’s A Forgery of Roses, painters are disappearing throughout Lalverton. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() By the end of the 2020s, computers will pass the Turing Test, simulating a living person well enough to fool an interrogator. By then, computer hardware should be capable of running accurate software models of human intelligence. This power increase, combined with the predicted growth of nanotechnology-robots the size of red blood cells inserted into the body-will make possible, within two decades, complete scanning of the human brain. By his reckoning, the raw power of information technologies is doubling annually. Kurzweil (The Age of Spiritual Machines, 1999, etc.) spends much time stressing the point that progress in the computer field moves at exponential rates. The Singularity, almost an article of faith in techie circles, is the point at which machine intelligence outstrips human brainpower. Worried about the Singularity? Fear not-here's the lowdown from an expert. ![]() ![]() ![]() Melodic violin music accompanies the entire story, which is deftly narrated by Boynton’s son, Keith. ![]() Readers can jiggle them, hurl them off screen, elicit animal sounds and in some cases make them sing (in a perfect inverted triad!). The animals are fluid and pliable, which is no small feat given that they’re on a flat display. Much like its predecessor, The Going to Bed Book (2011), this app adapts the illustrator’s trademark creatures for iPad in a way few other developers can. There’s no hint of a sophomore slump in this second installment of the Boynton Moo Media series. What if it doesn’t translate well? Worse yet, what if it flops? Fortunately, Loud Crow Interactive and Boynton don’t have to worry about that. When anyone attempts to enhance and reformat a book that’s already sold more than five million copies, there’s some risk involved. The iPad adaption of Boynton’s bestselling board book surveys animals and the sounds they make. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Welcome to my stop on the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Tour. Hundreds of thousands of fans flock to the PTWM page online and now, in this book, Rachaele shares her behind-the-scenes experiences with single parenthood, unexpected pregnancy, domestic violence, relationships, bullying and much more – spreading kindness amidst the craziness along the way! I hope that it will make you laugh as well as give you strength to keep going when times get tough. This book is everything I’ve been through that’s made me who I am, plus the lessons I’ve learned from many mistakes. Want to know the truth about what life is like as a mum and step-mum with a chaotic patchwork family? Publication: 12th July 2018 – Trapeze Books ![]() ![]() I appreciated Kyle’s loyalty to his wife in the story between he and Rose. Probably thinks your dead or something.” I noticed it mostly because it’s one of my pet peeves □ The sentence was Your wife’s probably busy sleeping with the neighbors for food, and I bet she’s got the pantry stocked. There was only one type/grammatical error that I could find and that was the use of “your” instead of the correct “you’re” when Hector was taunting Kyle about Kyle’s wife thinking Kyle was dead. The book takes off quickly and moves along at a good clip. It’s one of those books that makes you take a moment to think about how prepared you would be if there was some sort of disaster. The plot was what I was looking for (end of the world/apocalyptic type), the characters were mostly likable and the story-line, though predictable, was interesting. But, I took a chance with 77 Days in September and not only purchased it, but paid $3.99! So I was really hoping it would be worth it. ![]() The reason being, the editing is usually poor, if done at all. I rarely buy ebooks, especially those that are self-published. ![]() ![]() It isn't morbid or sad, just quickly disposed of! Her fearlessness in penning this story reminds me of the beauty of a youthful perspective on the way the world works. If a character is no longer needed to advance the plot, they die. The ridiculousness ensues as Laura navigates meeting her in-laws, finding friends, and helping others along the way. A handsome young man shows up on her family's doorstep lamenting his awful arranged marriage and then falls in love with her! Since her father is conveniently a minister, they get married on the spot. Laura's adventures are wildly romantic and reflect her views of relationships in her day. That being said, I loved every minute of reading this story. Writing a novel at that age is impressive, but her youthful imagination does not read like her more famous novels. ![]() When reading this, it's important to keep in mind that Austen wrote this novel when she was 14. Through a series of letters, 55-year-old Laura shares her escapades in Love and Friendship with her best friend's daughter. Published by Read & Company Classics on August 10, 2018 Austen is a gem of an author that I am loving getting to know as I read more of her writings. Understanding more about the author provides a richness of insight into her later works. ![]() Love and Friendship is a treasure in that it gives us a glimpse into Austen's worldview as a young girl. ![]() As I've started reading more Austen, these early novels have been one of my favorite finds. I recently discovered that Jane Austen wrote some lesser known works when she was younger. ![]() ![]() ![]() With a small (5-3/8 by 7 inches) four-color print, SIGNED by Thompson, of an alternate version of the cover image, published by La Comète de Carthage Librairie Galerie. A fine copy in illustrated paper-covered boards with minor bumping to the spine. This correct first edition is rather uncommon. It tells the story of Craig’s coming-of-age and first love in the context of his strict religious upbringing, and later, a departure from his childhood faith. After twenty years, it continues to sell well in both comic book shops and traditional bookstores. Blankets is a 2003 autobiographical graphic novel by Craig Thompson, who created both the text and the illustrations. Blankets is a true graphic novel, written as a single book and not serialized in comic books. "Blankets received eight prizes within the comics industry, including multiple Harvey and Eisner awards in 2004, as well as ranking number one on Time's graphic novel list" (The Cambridge Companion to the Graphic Novel, p. ![]() It is included on virtually all lists of the best graphic novels. The book, an "illustrated novel", is an autobiographical account of a Christian boy who grows up, falls in love, and loses his faith. The often-overlooked first edition, published in a reported 500 copies for sale at comics conventions in July 2003, with a different cover design than the trade edition released to bookstores in late August. Blankets is a semi-autobiographical graphic novel about the ways in which events from our childhood and adolescence stay with us forever, but dont have to. ![]() ![]() ![]() If you’re interested in your own copy, you can click on the cover for ordering options. ![]() It’s amazing and I can’t recommend it highly enough. That’s a fun one! There is literally a line where Esther screams, “I want to my monster!” This is 400 pages of pure erotic fun.įriends, this book is an absolute masterpiece and I loved every single line on every single page. Among Esther’s new clients are a vampire, a sphinx, a Jekyll/Hyde handsome situation, and a golem. See, Esther loves sex and loves the idea of having sex be her new profession. Underwood is also a client of Rooksgrave Manor and feels that Esther would the perfect for its clientele. When Esther is caught watching the Lady of the House receive a rather energetic “treatment” from her doctor, it opens the door for Esther to pursue a career more in line with her interests. ![]() Esther Reed, a maid in a respectable household is about to lose her job as her employers seem to have lost their fortune in a bad investment. Can we all please take a moment to gaze at this incredibly gorgeous cover? It’s stunning! This is an incredibly steamy book centered around a brothel that caters to wealthy non-humans. This book came highly recommended from Sarah and Amanda from the Smart Podcast Trashy Books podcast and those ladies are never wrong when it comes to bonkers romance novels. ![]() ![]() ![]() She also learns how the girls of Thornhill make Mary’s life a living hell. ![]() Ella learns more and more about Mary and her hobby of making dolls out of clay and designing clothes for them. Ella Clarke has just moved into a flat that backs up to the abandoned estate, lonely and disheartened from the loss of her mother, with her dad always working late. The second story, told in pictures (like Hugo Cabret,) is told from the viewpoint of a girl in the summer of 2017 who sees a mysterious figure in the overgrown, weed-infested grounds of Thornhill. She can’t It’s a painful vulnerability to speak, especially when she is surrounded by such hostile cruelty. The psychiatrists call it selective mutism. Mary has been affected by whatever is in her past. ![]() The girl who torments Mary is never named, only referred to as her in the diary. She lives in a home for girls, having lost her family, and is tormented around the clock by a bully with gorgeous locks of blonde curls who keeps getting sent back to the orphanage when families do not choose to adopt her. The story unfolds through the diary of a girl named Mary Baines, written in 1982. ![]() This is both a graphic novel and a book, weaving one story in graphic format and another in prose. ![]() |