Books with title The Evolution of a Revolt

From the mega-bestselling author of White Oleander and Paint It Black, a sweeping historical saga of the Russian Revolution, as seen through the eyes of one young womanOne of Entertainment Weekly's Must-Read Books of Fall 2017A PopSugar Favorite Book of 2017St. Petersburg, New Year's Eve, 1916. Marina Makarova is a young woman of privilege who aches to break free of the constraints of her genteel life, a life about to be violently upended by the vast forces of history. Swept up on these tides, Marina will join the marches for workers' rights, fall in love with a radical young poet, and betray everything she holds dear, before being betrayed in turn.As her country goes through almost unimaginable upheaval, Marina's own coming-of-age unfolds, marked by deep passion and devastating loss, and the private heroism of an ordinary woman living through extraordinary times. This is the epic, mesmerizing story of one indomitable woman's journey through some of the most dramatic events of the last century.

A Son of the Revolutionby Elbridge S. BrooksA Son of the Revolution being the story of young Tom Edwards, adventurer, and how he labored for liberty and fought it out with his conscience in the days of Burr's conspiracyHow Tom rode TruxtonHow the general helpedThe "little counsellor's" main relianceWhy "Old Ben" explodedTom goes down the riverA race for the colonelA cruise on the CumberlandThe general does some thinkingThe captain of Batteau 4The warning in the nightThe captain strikes a snagHow he slipped the secretary at fort massacThe web of the spiderThe general's fire-hunt and what came of itTom has a sudden awakeningThe fly and the spiderHow Tom Edwards faced a double dutyWhy Tom took to the woodsA fallen idolWhat the President saidWitnesses for the governmentA son of the republic**This kindle edition is scanned from the original hardcover book.

We each hand him our purses and he leads us to a quiet and small seating area. The walls have patches of paint missing making the room like it has scabs. The light above us keeps flickering on and off and the sticky floor beneath us causes our feet to make suction noises as we move them. He tells us to sit on a hard rickety bench in the back of the room. This place looks like jail. I wonder if they will let us have a phone call. I look at Keri and Alyssa to see if they are as scared as I am. Keri keeps rolling her eyes and sucking her teeth, probably wishing that she never came with us and Alyssa hasn’t looked up from her boots once. After ten minutes, the door shakes from a knock from our very angry and disappointed mothers. We listen as the security guards explain the situation to them and watch as the worry grows on their faces. They explain that they are in the process of searching our things and that they will be back soon to let us know the outcome. Our moms stay quiet until the security guards come back in with an expression on their faces to let us know that the worst has happened.Ms. Brixton instantly stands to her feet. “Well, did you find anything?”The guard nods his head and holds up a purse. “Whose purse is this?” he asks. I recognize it instantly. It’s been sitting on my shelf for the past two weeks. It’s Alyssa’s.

From the mega-bestselling author of White Oleander and Paint It Black, a sweeping historical saga of the Russian Revolution, as seen through the eyes of one young womanOne of Entertainment Weekly's Must-Read Books of Fall 2017A PopSugar Favorite Book of 2017St. Petersburg, New Year's Eve, 1916. Marina Makarova is a young woman of privilege who aches to break free of the constraints of her genteel life, a life about to be violently upended by the vast forces of history. Swept up on these tides, Marina will join the marches for workers' rights, fall in love with a radical young poet, and betray everything she holds dear, before being betrayed in turn.As her country goes through almost unimaginable upheaval, Marina's own coming-of-age unfolds, marked by deep passion and devastating loss, and the private heroism of an ordinary woman living through extraordinary times. This is the epic, mesmerizing story of one indomitable woman's journey through some of the most dramatic events of the last century.

As I floated, chattering in cold, the freezing waters spraying my face and mouth, the salt burning my throat; as the night tide whipped me back and forth, and I could see nothing but inky blackness for miles and miles all around me, and no sense of direction as to where the closest shore was, I wondered.To fight the bad guys, I’d had to become like them, with that precarious line so blurred that I could no longer tell the difference between the good and the bad guys, anymore, or even which one I now was. I’d caused a revolution. The perfect justice to fit their crimes.But what would my justice be? At the mercy and mercy alone of high-tide to do with me as it pleased, I tiredly closed my eyes. “I’m coming, Nana. I’m coming,” I said weakly.Catina Salsbury returns for the fifth book in the action-packed dystopian series, The Modules.

Shimmering fragments of poetry, fiction, fable, and essay reflect a kaleidoscopic vision of burgeoning adulthood as seen through the eyes of the young protagonists in Judith Ortiz Cofer’s award-winning collection, The Year of Our Revolution. Among the memorable heroines to emerge from this landmark collection is María Elenita, aka Mary Ellen. As she embarks upon the journey from innocent adolescence to young womanhood, her imagination moves from thoughts of school and Supergirl to dreams of rock music, rebellion and first love. Donning the uniform of the opposition— tie-dyed t-shirts, Indian headbands and noisy jewelry with the aroma of patchouli incense wafting about her, Mary Ellen mounts her season of insurgency during which she awakens to sensuality with her “boy-poet” Gerald and the “soldier-boy” Pito. Ultimately she learns that, even in America, the land of the free, there is always a price to be paid for love.In a work suitable for mature older teens and young adults, Ortiz Cofer crystallizes what María Elenita’s saddened Mamá calls “the worst year in the history of parents and children . . . the year of our revolution.”Winner of the 1999 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People and named to The New York Public Library’s 1999 Books for the Teen Age.Praise for The Year of Our Revolution: "There is wisdom aplenty in this radiant collection."–Publishers Weekly"This will be an invaluable resource for ethnic studies classes; it will also be a wonderful reading experience for literate teens able to savor the author’s use of language."–Booklist

From spying on the British to rescuing fallen soldiers on the battlefield, these twelve men and women stand as unforgettable heroes of Revolutionary War. David A. Adler's lively anecdotes and Don Smith's bold paintings present a dozen figures whose courage and determination to seek freedom were indomitable in their own time, and remain a shining example in our own.

[Read by Grover Gardner]From the author of the Inspector Montalbano series comes the remarkable account of an exceptional woman who rises to power in seventeenth-century Sicily and brings about sweeping changes that threaten the iron-fisted patriarchy, before being cast out in a coup after only twenty-seven days.Sicily, April 16, 1677. From his deathbed, Charles III's viceroy, don Angel de Guzman, marquis of Castel de Roderigo, names his wife, donna Eleonora, as his successor. Eleonora di Mora is a highly intelligent and capable woman who immediately applies her political acumen to heal the scarred soul of Palermo, a city afflicted by poverty, misery, and the frequent uprisings they entail.The marquise implements measures that include lowering the price of bread, reducing taxes for large families, reopening women's care facilities, and establishing stipends for young couples wishing to marry -- all measures that were considered seditious by the conservative city fathers and by the Church. The machinations of powerful men soon result as donna Eleonora, whom the Church sees as a dangerous revolutionary, is recalled to Spain. Her rule lasted twenty-seven days -- one cycle of the moon.Based on a true story, Camilleri's gripping and richly imagined novel tells the story of a woman whose courage and political vision is tested at every step by misogyny and reactionary conservatism.