— People (Best New Books) 1975 is a time of change in America. The Vietnam War is ending. Muhammad Ali is fighting Joe Frazier. And in the smalltown of Monta Clare, Missouri, girls are disappearing. When the daughter of a wealthy family is targeted, the most unlikely hero emerges—...
It discusses the success of Brown in telling the truth about the Vietnam War in the book, the categories into which the stories in the book fall and the difference of Brown's book from other fictional books about the Vietnam War.
The Red Scholar’s Wakeis set inAliette de Bodard’s Xuya universe, and while it can absolutely be read as a standalone, you might also enjoy the many other novellas, short stories, and novels set in this world of mind ships and vibrant Vietnamese and Chinese inspired cultures. ...
Elaine Castillo, author of "America Is Not the Heart," recommends books about Filipinx American history
Featured Fantasy Books After the Great War that divided the peoples, the kingdoms of men plunged into a Dark Age that lasted 500 hundred years. To heal the lands and restore the light, the great kings decreed that magic and all that is magical, be it creature, man or device, shall be ...
For him, the time in between has lasted over thirty years, since he fought in Vietnam and committed an atrocity he has admitted to no one. He has been in a holding pattern ever since, because 'it was one thing to survive the war, and another thing to survive after the war.' Since...
By the time you get to the ’80s, you’ve got people who’ve been in the civil rights movement, the women’s rights movement, the anti–Vietnam War movement. You have older people who are like, “I know who to call to get the Times interested in this story” or “This is how ...
twenty years and will bring much more than he bargained for, including murder. From the beautiful Santa Fe River, through the jungles of Vietnam, and the ancient records of the Spanish Treasure fleets in Seville, Charlie’s life would never be the same following his search forMiranda’s ...
I do need to mention that the descriptions of the wide variety of food — Vietnamese, Mexican, Chinese — junk food and donuts and breads, and much, much more — is all mouth-watering and adds a richness to the characters’ experience that brings the Southern California setting to vivid ...
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