![]() ![]() Not only was the wearing of underwear not common in the 1840s, if one did have underwear, it would have been an additional expense. Some of them wore long underwear, especially during the colder months. That’s a good question and one I’ve had to mull over on more than one occasion. They were poorer than dirt, they had hemorrhoids from sitting so long, and their jobs were very dangerous as well as lonely. Here’s a great article on the earliest cattle drives to California: Cattle drives from Texas to New Orleans were recorded as early as the 1840s. After the United States annexed cattle-rich Texas in 1845, the cattle industry there began to expand. Most people think cattle drives did not start until after the Civil War, but this is not true. After the gold rush was over, many stayed to work on the nation’s first transcontinental railroad. In the 1850s, the first major wave of Chinese came during the 1850s in search of the Gold Mountain in California. Chinese came to California in the 16th century as traders. ![]() DID CHINESE PEOPLE REALLY LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE 19TH CENTURY?Įven earlier. ![]()
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![]() The international team got to work in Guangdong, where everything started. Where did the virus come from and how did it get into humans? Shortly after the SARS pandemic was under control, the WHO created a special mission assigned to uncover the natural host of the virus. But the question of the ecology and evolution of the virus still remained unanswered. ![]() Sometime afterwards three independent research papers pointed to coronaviruses as the culprits behind this disease 6– 8. The disease outbreak was officially over by July 2003, thanks to the efficient containment efforts of the WHO and governments around the world. The disease kills about 10% of all infected people and, from February 2002 to July 2003, 8,906 people acquired SARS, leading to over 774 deaths in 29 countries, according to WHO figures. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is caused by the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and starts as an atypical pneumonia, with high fever and mild respiratory symptoms, which quickly evolves into a full-blown pneumonia. ![]() However, in 2002 Guangdong was at the centre of a ghastly event: it became the birth place of the twenty-first century's first global pandemic. Guangdong is one of the largest and wealthiest provinces in China, home of Cantonese cuisine. One of the deadliest, fastest spreading and most impactful zoonotic outbreaks of modern times started with food, in China's culinary capital. ![]() ![]() At age sixteen she made her Broadway debut in Gypsy, opposite Bernadette Peters. Jenna Gavigan, a fourth generation New Yorker, grew up dreaming of Broadway. But sometimes, just when we've given up all hope, bigger and better dreams than we'd ever thought could come true, do. ![]() Together, Jayne and Lulu learn that sometimes dreams turn out differently than we imagined sometimes they come with terms and conditions (aka the company mean girl, Amanda). When a human girl named Jayne joins the cast of the show at the Shubert as an understudy, Lulu becomes Jayne's guide through the world of her theatre and its wonderfully kooky cast and crew. Because the thing about Lulu? She's a little girl mouse. As it happens, she lives in Broadway's Shubert Theatre so achieving her dream shouldn't be too tricky, right? Wrong. She wants it more than anything in the world. ![]() Lulu is a little girl with a very big dream: she wants to be on Broadway. Ratatouille meets Broadway in this charming new middle grade novel about a little mouse with big dreams. ![]() ![]() ![]() Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Wizard and Glass is a thrilling read from “the reigning King of American popular literature” ( Los Angeles Daily News). While following the deserted I-70 toward a distant glass palace, Roland recounts his tragic story about a seaside town called Hambry, where he fell in love with a girl named Susan Delgado, and where he and his old tet-mates Alain and Cuthbert battled the forces of John Farson, the harrier who-with a little help from a seeing sphere called Maerlyn’s Grapefruit-ignited Mid-World’s final war.įilled with “blazing action” ( Booklist), the fourth installment in the Dark Tower Series “whets the appetite for more” ( Bangor Daily News). In Wizard and Glass, Stephen King is “at his most ebullient…sweeping readers up in…swells of passion” ( Publishers Weekly) as Roland the Gunslinger, Eddie, Susannah, and Jake survive Blaine the Mono’s final crash, only to find themselves stranded in an alternate version of Topeka, Kansas, that has been ravaged by the superflu virus. The fourth volume in the brilliant Dark Tower Series is “splendidly tense…rip-roaring” ( Publishers Weekly)-a #1 national bestseller about an epic quest to save the universe. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sparrow likes his suits, his car and the perks they get from working for their cousin Bryant Morelli. Winston Constantine, got back at them by destroying their dreams and shooting each of them in the knee (Scout in both knees). ![]() Sully saw his Harvard dreams go down the drain after the three brothers made of mess of things by messing with their stepsister Ash. The Hero(es): Sully, Sparrow and Scout Mannford - Triplets who grew up with wealth, their mother was a prominent plastic surgeon until Winston Constantine found patients that were not happy with their results and put her in jail. Landry tries to take care of Della as much as possible. Her mother died not long after giving birth to her 6 year old sister Della, who is deaf. Landry is the perfect daughter of tech billionaire Alexander Croft. The heroine: Landry Croft - she lives in a gilded cage. When she's not writing, she's reading, drinking copious amounts of coffee, and researching aliens.Ĭan't find a certain book? Maybe it's too hot for Amazon! Don't worry because titles like Bad Bad Bad, This is War, Baby, The Wild, and Hale can all be found for sale on K's website in both ebook and paperback format. She lives in "Tornado Alley" with her husband, two children, and her baby dog named Blue. Her titles have claimed many bestseller tags in numerous categories, are translated in multiple languages, and have been adapted into audiobooks. K Webster is a USA Today Bestselling author. ![]() ![]() ![]() I recently acquired copies of the entire series last year and I was able to finish two seasons in the span of a week and couldn't believe how absurd, hilarious and amazing it was to view the episodes later as an adult. It was the Sunday morning cartoon I wake up to and I remember being very giddy about it like any six-year-old kid had been at that time, I guess. The version of the X-Men that I grew up with was the animated series since I was born just around the time the show was televised. Claremont was also a contributor to the Wild Cards anthology series. In the 1980s, he also wrote a science fiction trilogy about female starship pilot Nicole Shea, consisting of First Flight (1987), Grounded! (1991), and Sundowner (1994). This trilogy continues the story of Elora Danan from the movie Willow. ![]() Outside of comics, Claremont co-wrote the Chronicles of the Shadow War trilogy, Shadow Moon (1995), Shadow Dawn (1996), and Shadow Star (1999), with George Lucas. He also wrote a few issues of the series WildC.A.T.s (volume 1, issues #10-13) at Image Comics, which introduced his creator-owned character, Huntsman. ![]() Chris Claremont is a writer of American comic books, best known for his 16-year (1975-1991) stint on Uncanny X-Men, during which the series became one of the comic book industry's most successful properties.Ĭlaremont has written many stories for other publishers including the Star Trek Debt of Honor graphic novel, his creator-owned Sovereign Seven for DC Comics and Aliens vs Predator for Dark Horse Comics. ![]() ![]() Journal Cover | 2 0 2 3 | Step 1: sketch on moleskin journal |. ![]() I personally dont enjoy journaling, but doodling and doing automatic writing exercises i can get behind! □If you want details on the supplies im using, go to /amazon □For my course on all things art and flow state, go to /the-art-within #art #watercolor #jennarainey #illustration #moleskin #artist #arttips #artistsoftiktok #artwork #arttok". Featuring colorful contemporary art from Mon Voir design agency founder and Instagram trendsetter Jenna Rainey, this books fresh perspective paints watercolor. Jenna Rainey’s Floral ebook Let’s Paint: a free step by step (by Art Supplies UK) Metropolitan Museum of Art offers 474 Free Art Books You can also get access to many free ebooks via Libraries. Everyday Watercolor: Learn to Paint Watercolor in 30 Days by Jenna Rainey at .uk - ISBN 10: 0399579729 - ISBN 13: 9780399579721 - Watson-Guptill. ![]() I personally dont enjoy journaling, but doodling and doing automatic writing exercises i can get behind! □If you want details on the supplies im using, go to /amazon □For my course on all things art and flow state, go to /the-art-within #art #watercolor #jennarainey #illustration #moleskin #artist #arttips #artistsoftiktok #artwork #arttokġ28 Likes, TikTok video from Jenna Rainey "Every year i start a new “flow journal” for my art and flow state writing exercises. Every year i start a new “flow journal” for my art and flow state writing exercises. ![]() ![]() Just when it seems the tragedy of Sablier is on the verge of recurring at Isla Yura's residence, the sinister blade of the Headhunter swings once more. In the background is the black-and-white silhouette of the Nightray crest. Cast over Elliot's form like a shadow colored deep blue are statice flowers. ![]() Twisting around the lengths of these chains are tattered and ripped up black ribbons. Chains come in form either side and wrap around Elliot's right arm, tightly binding him in place. Elliot's stance is strong and defiant and unwavering, his left hand clenched into a fist down at his side and his right clutching his sword. The central character is Elliot Nightray, standing in center-frame and facing directly forwards, expression fearless. ![]() ![]() ![]() Kyle Westin, an alpha male who always gets what he wants, has watched and waited for the little she-wolf he knows is his perfect mate to show any signs of recognition. Can she conceal her growing feelings and her true self from this enigmatic, strong willed man, or will her world fall apart? But when she lands a lucrative job as an administrative assistant to Kyle Westin, CEO of the Westin Foundation, her life changes and everything's at stake. She can not afford for anyone to get close, or know about the monster within. Running away is all she knows and necessary to preserve her deepest, darkest secret. Kelsey Adams is alone, and has been since childhood. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He currently divides his time between New England and Europe. His books have been translated into twenty languages.Įdward has lived in London, New York, New Hampshire and Ireland. Since then he has written five more bestsellers: RUSSKA, a novel of Russia LONDON THE FOREST, set in England's New Forest which lies close by Sarum, and two novels which cover the story of Ireland from the time just before Saint Patrick to the twentieth century. Four years later, when the book was published, it became an instant international bestseller, remaining 23 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List. After numerous attempts to write books and plays, he finally abandoned his career in the book trade in 1983, and returned to his childhood home to write SARUM, a historical novel with a ten-thousand year story, set in the area around the ancient monument of Stonehenge, and Salisbury. Educated locally, and at the universities of Cambridge, and Stanford, California, he worked in political research, bookselling and publishing. Francis Edward Wintle, best known under his pen name Edward Rutherfurd, was born in the cathedral city of Salisbury. ![]() |