Book in farleigh field5/31/2023 ![]() As Ben follows a trail of spies and traitors, which may include another member of Pamela's family, he discovers that some within the realm have an appalling, history-altering agenda. ![]() But Pamela has her own secret: she has taken a job at Bletchley Park, the British code-breaking facility. The assignment also offers Ben the chance to be near Lord Westerham's middle daughter, Pamela, whom he furtively loves. After his uniform and possessions raise suspicions, MI5 operative and family friend Ben Cresswell is covertly tasked with determining if the man is a German spy. World War II comes to Farleigh Place, the ancestral home of Lord Westerham and his five daughters, when a soldier with a failed parachute falls to his death on the estate. ![]() ![]() " -Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author Winner of the Left Coast Crime Award winner for Best Historical Mystery Novel and the Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel. ![]() "Instantly absorbing, suspenseful, romantic, and stylish-like binge-watching a great British drama on Masterpiece Theater. ![]()
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Pat and Dick by Will Swift5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() That effort included visits to colleges and to volunteer programs in which college students participated. ![]() Pat Nixon’s biggest involvement in her husband’s administration’s Vietnam War activities involved stepping “carefully out of the White House to try to smooth” the deep political divisions the war engendered among the American populace, especially among young people. “Haldeman disdained her preference for tackling her pile of correspondence over taking a more active public role in supporting the president’s programs. He dismissively called her Thelma (her middle name) behind her back.” ![]() “She was put off by arrogant manner and his desire to isolate the president,” Swift says. Haldeman, who all but ignored it as the two did not get along. The President often passed on his wife’s input to his chief of staff, H.R. Swift-the author of The Roosevelts and the Royals and T he Kennedys Amidst the Gathering Storm-says that Pat Nixon regularly discussed issues of importance, including the Vietnam War, with her husband from the beginning of his presidency in 1969. That situation has changed with the publication of Pat and Dick: The Nixons, An Intimate Portrait of a Marriage (Threshold Editions/Simon & Schuster, 496 pp., $30), a dual biography in which author Will Swift chronicles the ups and downs of the 53-year marriage of Dick Nixon and Pat Ryan. It’s safe to say that the story of First Lady Pat Nixon’s influence on her husband’s Vietnam War policy making has not been addressed in any of the many books on the Nixon administration and the war. ![]() Ban this book a novel by alan gratz5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() So, I wanted to write something that discussed that and introduced that concept to them, but also gave them a model for how to respond. ![]() They may have read about it in a historical context – Nazi Germany and book-banning and book-burning – but many of them don’t realize that this is something that happens even today. I visit a lot of schools every year, and when I talk about Ban This Book, one of the questions I get at almost every school is, “What’s a book ban? What’s book-banning mean? What’s a book challenge?”Ī lot of kids, particularly elementary and middle school kids, are not even familiar with the idea of book censorship and that it is happening across the country. She’s devastated and decides to do something about it. Here’s an excerpt:īan This Book starts with Amy Anne’s favorite book being banned from the school library. ![]() It’s funny, uplifting, enlightening and above all, empowering.Ībena Hutchful, who leads NCAC’s Youth Free Expression Program, recently chatted with Alan about book banning, Ban This Book, and youth activism. ![]() His latest YA novel, Ban This Book, tells the story of Amy Anne Ollinger, an avid reader who organizes a campaign of resistance when her favorite book and several other titles are removed from the school library. for Teachers, Parents, and School OfficialsĪlan Gratz has written over a dozen award-winning books for young readers.Resources for Authors of Banned and Challenged Books. ![]() |