![]() ![]() ![]() She has even written a few sci-fi romances. Johanna's books span the various eras of history, including books set in the Middle Ages, the American "Old West" and the popular Regency England-Scotland. By 2006, with over 58 Million copies of her books have been sold worldwide, with translations appearing in 12 languages, Johanna Lindsey is one of the world's most popular authors of historical romance. Johanna Lindsey wrote her first book, Captive Bride in 1977 "on a whim", and the book was a success. After her husband's death, Johanna moved to Maine, New England, to stay near her family. The marriage had three children Alfred, Joseph and Garret, who already have made her a grandmother. In 1970, when she was still in school, she married Ralph Lindsey, becoming a young housewife. Her father always dreamed of retiring to Hawaii, and after he passed away in 1964 Johanna and her mother settled there to honor him. The family moved about a great deal when she was young. Johanna Helen Howard was born on Main Germany, where her father, Edwin Dennis Howard, a soldier in the U.S. ![]()
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Yet since his death, J Dilla has become a demigod, revered as one of the most important musical figures of the past hundred years. He wasn't known to mainstream audiences, and when he died at age thirty-two, he had never had a pop hit. ![]() 'This book is a must for everyone interested in illuminating the idea of unexplainable genius' - QUESTLOVEĮqual parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the life and legacy of J Dilla, a musical genius who transformed the sound of popular music for the twenty-first century. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Oskar appears as a sort of child prodigy, somewhere between savant and eccentric, with a child’s refusal to accept death. In the process of his search, Oskar grows farther away from his mother, convinced she cannot understand his struggle and that she has already moved on from her husband’s death.įoer’s portrayal of Oskar as a young boy trying to compensate for the absence of his father makes for a compelling narrative. With his father gone and the last puzzle unfinished, Oskar spends the book trying to put together the pieces. ![]() Thomas would often play games with Oskar, giving him clues and sending him on epic hunts around New York City. Oskar’s stream-of-consciousness narrative carries the bulk of the novel, while letters, photos and journal entries supplement and clarify his story.Īfter his father’s death, Oskar becomes convinced that Thomas left behind a message. Foer examines the attacks through the naive eyes of 9-year-old Oskar Schell, whose father Thomas died in the crash. The novel, although thematically timeless, takes renewed relevance after the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. His lesser-known 2005 novel, “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” now takes the spotlight as the movie adaptation opens in theaters this week. ![]() Perhaps you caught the Jonathan Safran Foer craze in the mid-2000s, with the emergence of his extremely popular novel “Everything is Illuminated” and the accompanying movie. ![]() ![]() ![]() They helped discern what stars were made of, divided the stars into meaningful categories for further research, and found a way to measure distances across space by starlight. ![]() Anna Draper, whose late husband pioneered the technique of stellar photography - enabled the women to make extraordinary discoveries that attracted worldwide acclaim. ![]() The "glass universe" of half a million plates that Harvard amassed in this period - thanks in part to the early financial support of another woman, Mrs. At the outset this group included the wives, sisters, and daughters of the resident astronomers, but by the 1880s the female corps included graduates of the new women's colleges - Vassar, Wellesley, and Smith.Īs photography transformed the practice of astronomy, the ladies turned to studying the stars captured nightly on glass photographic plates. 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