World Famous Books Reviews: April 2012

Wednesday 25 April 2012

Calico Joe is the new John Grisham book and is his 26th full-length novel. Calico Joe was released on April 10, 2012 and is yet another bestseller by John Grisham.

Calico Joe will initially be published in hardcover, large-print paperback, ebook and audio book formats.

Calico Joe Book Description:

John Grisham - Calico Joe is a stunning and poignant novel about sons and their dads, the forgiveness and redemption that can be needed in these relationships, all set in the world of Major League Baseball.

It all started innocuously enough. The first baseman for the Cubs Minor League team pulled a hamstring while rounding third trying to score. The following day, the first baseman for the Cubs - Jim Hickman - hurt his back.

With two first basemen out injured, the Cubs urgently needed someone to replace them, so they called up Joe Castle from their AA club in Midland, Texas. Everyone was buzzing about Joe's talent and he'd become the hottest player in AA.

So in the summer of 1973, Joe Castle made an even bigger name for himself. He became the best rookie player Major League Baseball had ever seen. This boy from Calico Rock, Arkansas blew the Cubs fans away as he scored one home run after another, always tipping his hat politely at the fans, on the road to breaking every rookie batting record.

It didn't take long for Calico Joe to become the idol of every baseball fan in the US. This includes Paul Tracey - the son of the Mets pitcher who partied as hard as he threw. Warren Tracey eventually faced Calico Joe, with his son Paul watching in the stands. Paul was cheering for his Dad, but also rooting for everyone's new idol.

But then Warren threw a fastball that would change all their lives. Forever.

This new John Grisham book has thrilling baseball, but what makes Calico Joe a classic is what happens off the field.

You can buy Calico Joe by John Grisham now, so order it today!

Sunday 15 April 2012

TOP TEN ROMANTIC NOVELS 2012

Today we provide a list of top ten romantic novel list of 2012.

you think which is the best romantic book in this year.....

10.THE SCOOP

by fern michaels

9.A Perfect Storm

by Lori Foster

8. Loving

by Karen Kingsbury

7. Lover Reborn

by J.R. Ward

6. The Marriage Bargain

by Jennifer Probst

5. A Turn in the Road (Blossom Street)

by Debbie Macomber

4.Betrayal: A Novel

by Danielle Steel

3.Chasing Fire

by Nora Roberts

2. Fifty Shades Darker: Book Two of the Fifty Shades Trilogy (50 Shades Trilogy)

by E.L. James

and now the best romantic novel is

1. Fifty Shades of Grey: Book One of the Fifty Shades Trilogy

by E.L. James

Saturday 14 April 2012

Fifty Shades Freed: Book Three of the Fifty Shades Trilogy

Fifty Shades Freed Book Theme

When unworldly student Anastasia Steele first encountered the driven and dazzling young entrepreneur Christian Grey it sparked a sensual affair that changed both of their lives irrevocably. Shocked, intrigued, and, ultimately, repelled by Christian’s singular erotic tastes, Ana demands a deeper commitment. Determined to keep her, Christian agrees.

Now, Ana and Christian have it all—love, passion, intimacy, wealth, and a world of possibilities for their future. But Ana knows that loving her Fifty Shades will not be easy, and that being together will pose challenges that neither of them would anticipate. Ana must somehow learn to share Christian’s opulent lifestyle without sacrificing her own identity. And Christian must overcome his compulsion to control as he wrestles with the demons of a tormented past.

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Just when it seems that their strength together will eclipse any obstacle, misfortune, malice, and fate conspire to make Ana’s deepest fears turn to reality.

Thursday 12 April 2012

The Lost Year-Books

THE LOST YEAR-STORY PLOT

The lost year-story during 1958-59 year,when Governor Orval Faubus closed all high schools in Little Rock, locking out 3,665 black and white students from a public education, and locking in almost 200 teachers and administrators to contracts to serve empty classrooms.

Students and citizens were held in limbo. The 10th, 11th and 12th grades were closed. Faubus' school closing occurred at the beginning of the 1958-59 school year. Several weeks later a referendum was held and Little Rock voters, by a three-to-one margin, supported segregation over complete integration of all schools—the only two options on the ballot.
Faubus and segregationist state legislators created new state laws to further forestall court ordered racial integration of schools decreed in the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka
Predictably, class and race were factors in who found schooling and who did not. Ninety three per cent of white students found some form of education that year. White families were better able to find transportation, pay tuition, or make more elaborate arrangements for alternative schooling.
No private education emerged for blacks and fifty percent did no academic work that year. Many found jobs and hoped that schools would open, or joined the military to finish their education. Many of these students never returned to school.
Ironically, the remaining members of the Little Rock Nine, having suffered through the previous year at Central, were also affected. Some left the state for alternative schooling or enrolled in correspondence courses from universities.

Opposing sides worked publicly and behind the scenes to jockey for control of their community. The Capital Citizens Council and the Mothers' League of Central High represented the segregationist groups.
Few public voices stood for the moderates, but Harry Ashmore, Editor of the Arkansas Gazette, and The Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools were among the first to have the courage to speak out.
Finally in late spring a turning point came in the Lost Year crisis. At a session of the Little Rock School Board, which had gathered to consider renewing the teachers' contracts, three of the six member board walked out. These moderates considered this an end to the official business of the meeting, believing that no further action could be taken by the remaining segregationists.
However, the three remaining segregationists on the Board continued the session, and fired forty-four teachers and administrators who were believed to support racial integration. This purge served as a wake-up call to the city.
High School Students Fight to Re-open Schools

High School Students Fight to Re-open Schools

Moderates formed STOP (Stop This Outrageous Purge) to recall the segregationist school board members to try to regain control of their community and their public schools.
Segregationist opponents formed CROSS (Committee to Retain our Segregated Schools) and attempted to recall the moderates on the school board. In a twenty day campaign, the opposing sides battled for the hearts of the community.
School Board Members, also members of CROSS: Committee to Retain our Segregated Schools.

School Board Members, also members of CROSS: Committee to Retain our Segregated Schools.

People of Little Rock had to choose between keeping their beloved teachers and administrators, or bowing to the segregationists' purge. After a year of closed schools and the firing of teachers of both races, the voters of Little Rock narrowly recalled three segregationist School Board members, and the new Board opened schools early for the 1959-60 school year.

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Monday 9 April 2012

Guilty Wives

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Let’s get one thing straight at the outset: GUILTY WIVES by James Patterson and David Ellis ranks among the very best of Patterson’s stand-alone works. The cover draws you in (well, it drew ME in, anyway), but you will stay for the plot, which is a whodunit, whydunit and howdunit. Even though all of those questions are supposedly answered within the first few chapters of this fast-paced, edge-of-your-seat novel, you will keep reading from the first page to the last without a break.

"The greatest strength of GUILTY WIVES is its cinematic narrative; the story unfolds like an edge-of-your-seat movie that leaves you emotionally drained at the end. At the same time, it is a cautionary tale that warns against revenge taken hastily in any form and the betrayal of marital trust."

Four friends --- women married to husbands who, for varying reasons, are less than ideal mates --- take a weekend vacation to Monte Carlo for relaxation, gambling, drinking and more. At the end of a night of partying, three of them join two men for a bit of group sharing, so to speak, while the fourth, Abbie Elliot, finds herself ensconced in the arms of a well-known movie star. The next morning, the movie star is gone, the two men are found dead, and the four women are arrested as terrorists. You see, one of the dead men was the President of France. Their incarceration and trial proceeds swiftly --- as the quartet is frequently reminded, they are not in the United States --- and the ladies soon find themselves in a horrific women’s prison for the long haul.
Now, a bit of GUILTY WIVES does require some suspension of disbelief. However, the narrative is well-paced and moves quickly, and rest assured that by tale’s end, all is explained and makes sense. It is obvious to everyone but the French judicial system that the women are being set up, and the reader even gets a hint near the beginning as to who is really responsible. But it is the how and why that maintains the mystery. Abbie is made of stern stuff. She undoubtedly has a rough time in prison, from which she is almost certain not to walk away. Still, she refuses to knuckle under.
In desperation, Abbie embarks on a crazy plan that seems doomed to failure almost from the beginning. Her intent is to escape from prison, prove her innocence, and find out precisely how she and her friends wound up in their predicament. It is at this point that the book really takes off. The arrest and trial are interesting, and the horrors that Abbie experiences while incarcerated are frightening, but it is the final half of the book that is pure adrenalin. Abbie follows a slim trail of evidence, while everyone else, from the people behind the frame-up to every gendarme in France, is following her. The ending is anything but predictable.
The greatest strength of GUILTY WIVES is its cinematic narrative; the story unfolds like an edge-of-your-seat movie that leaves you emotionally drained at the end. At the same time, it is a cautionary tale that warns against revenge taken hastily in any form and the betrayal of marital trust.

The Girl Who Was on Fire: Your Favorite Authors on Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games Trilogy

Publication Date: April 5, 2011

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Book Description

Katniss Everdeen’s adventures may have come to an end, but her story continues to blaze in the hearts of millions worldwide.

In The Girl Who Was on Fire, thirteen YA authors take you back to Panem with moving, dark, and funny pieces on Katniss, the Games, Gale and Peeta, reality TV, survival, and more. From the trilogy's darker themes of violence and social control to fashion and weaponry, the collection's exploration of the Hunger Games reveals exactly how rich, and how perilous, protagonist Katniss’ world really is.

• How does the way the Games affect the brain explain Haymitch’s drinking, Annie’s distraction, and Wiress’ speech problems?
• What does the rebellion have in common with the War on Terror?
• Why isn’t the answer to “Peeta or Gale?” as interesting as the question itself?
• What should Panem have learned from the fates of other hedonistic societies throughout history—and what can we?

The Girl Who Was On Fire covers all three books in the Hunger Games trilogy.

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CONTRIBUTORS: Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Mary Borsellino, Sarah Rees Brennan, Terri Clark, Bree Despain, Adrienne Kress, Cara Lockwood, Elizabeth M. Rees, Carrie Ryan, Ned Vizzini, Lili Wilkinson, Blythe Woolston, Sarah Darer Littman