![]() ![]() ![]() Visited Victoria’s court as a teenager, and there he became a pet of the monarch and friends with the dissolute Prince of Wales, the queen’s eldest son, who spent almost his entire life looking for ways to distract himself from his main job of waiting for his mother to die. Despite the rich trappings, it was a humiliating role. ![]() Unlike his father, Duleep Singh never had a chance to fight for his ancestral land, and instead spent his life fighting its rulers for recognition and recompense. His is a sad story of displacement and dependency that anticipates the fate of his children. He was banished from his homeland and placed in the care of Scottish guardians in India, to begin the process of becoming an English gentleman, a Christian and a loyal subject of the crown. After two Anglo-Sikh wars and the imprisonment of his mother, the boy King Duleep signed over his lands to the British. To the watching, waiting agents of the British East India Company, who had been trading in India for two centuries and were keen to establish dominance over independent Punjab, it seemed that control of the now-chaotic region might soon be within their grasp. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It also won’t be apologetic about using Malaysian culture Zen Cho is herself Malaysian, and the stories here all draw to a greater or lesser extent on that cultural heritage, without feeling a need to justify that. Primarily, it will use dialect and non-English terms, it will not translate them (though it does transliterate), and it will not italicise them that leads to a smoother, more integrated reading experience in stories that are intentionally, in many cases, cross-cultural. Spirits Abroad is a Fixi Novo book, and that means a few things. I feel a little guilty, therefore, that it has taken me this long to get around to reading it, having scored myself a copy after the cons… ![]() I first knowingly ran across Zen Cho at some point during Nineworlds, and then again at LonCon, in part through discussion of how fast copies of this collection had sold in the dealers’ room. Straddling the worlds of the mundane and the magical, Spirits Abroad collects 10 science fiction and fantasy stories with a distinctively Malaysian flavour. An earth spirit gets entangled in protracted negotiations with an annoying landlord, and Chang E spins off into outer space, the ultimate metaphor for the Chinese diaspora. A teenage pontianak struggles to balance homework, bossy aunties, first love, and eating people. A Datin recalls her romance with an orang bunian. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Roberts' lively illustrations make this series a must-buy for reluctant readers. Dillard, an entrepreneur, public speaker, and personal barber, comes a new chapter book series with characters that are easy to fall for and nearly impossible to forget. has a big problem-its the night before the start of third grade and his mom has just given him his first and worst home haircut. How do you find out who's the best barber in all of Meridian, Mississippi? With a GREAT BARBER BATTLE!įrom the hilarious and creative mind of J. turns a tragic home haircut into a thriving barber business in this hilarious new chapter book seriesJ.D. But when Henry Jr., the owner of the only official local barbershop, realizes he's losing clients to J.D., he tries to shut him down for good. ![]() His work makes him the talk of the town and brings him enough hair business to open a barbershop from his bedroom. ![]() When the steady stream of insults from the entire student body of Douglass Elementary becomes too much for J.D., he takes matters into his own hands and discovers that, unlike his mom, he's a genius with the clippers. The story made me laugh out loud and cheer for J.D. Great at cutting hair, he starts a barbershop in his bedroom But when the town barbershop loses business because J.D’s charging less than they do, they challenge him to a barber battle. has a big problem-it's the night before the start of third grade and his mom has just given him his first and worst home haircut. has the entrepreneurial and problem-solving spirit I adore. turns a tragic home haircut into a thriving barber business in this hilarious new illustrated chapter book series ![]() |