![]() ![]() ![]() The strain of the war ravaged all economic and political assumptions, bringing unheard-of changes in the social and industrialorder.Ī century after the outbreak of fighting, Adam Tooze revisits this seismic moment in history, challenging the existing narrative of the war, its peace, and its aftereffects. ![]() The infinite demands for men and matériel reached into countries far from the front. The heart of the financial system shifted from London to New York. In the depths of the Great War, with millions dead and no imaginable end to the conflict, societies around the world began to buckle. Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Historyįinalist for the Kirkus Prize - NonfictionĪ searing and highly original analysis of the First World War and its anguished aftermath ![]()
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![]() But to realize this prophecy, Lou must take Trey on a terrifying and dangerous mission, with much more at stake than the fate of Pangaia-and it's not all in the future. But when he and Trey find themselves mysteriously transported to Pangaia, an Otherworld where pollution and over-development have all but destroyed nature, a militant environmental group greets Lou as the prophesied hero who will save their world. He doesn't speak and suffers from frightening seizures. On their idyllic Bahamian island, Trey's little brother, Lou, is different. ![]() ![]() Two brothers encounter danger and adventure in a world of the future in this classic dystopian novel from Newbery Medalist Susan Cooper. ![]() ![]() ![]() Portrayed mostly as rigid, angry and dogmatic, the Puritans contrast poorly with the generally kind and commonsensical Indians, and Mercy's final choice is thus compelling. Just how much her perspective broadens can be measured by the fact that, in addition to adopting many Indian ways, Mercy can find something sacred and comforting in the Catholic mass a rite she was raised to believe led straight to eternal damnation. Uncertain whether she will be adopted by the Mohawk who captured her or whether the English will pay the ransom that would allow her to return to Massachusetts, Mercy struggles to balance loyalty to her own family and traditions with a growing appreciation for the Kahnawake way of life. ![]() ![]() Some of the novel's most riveting chapters describe the difficult winter trek that takes them 300 miles north to Canada, where Mercy settles into life in a traditional Indian village near Montreal. After their village is burned and many of its residents killed, Mercy and more than 100 other settlers are taken prisoner by the Kahnawake Mohawk, who have been converted to Catholicism by the French. Based on actual events, this latest offering from the accomplished Cooney (The Face on the Milk Carton Driver's Ed) is a gripping and thought-provoking account of the 1704 Indian raid on the English settlement of Deerfield, Mass. ![]() |