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Beyond the Storm

Diana Finley

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Anna Feldman is born in Vienna just as war breaks out; war will come to shape her entire life. But...

The Healing Wisdom of Africa

Malidoma Patrice Some

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Through The Healing Wisdom of Africa, readers can come to understand that the life of indigenous and...

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I’m Dax Shepard, and I love talking to people. I am endlessly fascinated by the messiness of being...

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lurkykitty (3 KP) rated Woven in Moonlight in Books

Mar 25, 2020

Woven in Moonlight

Isabel Ibanez | 2020 | Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)

9.5

(2 Ratings)

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A beautiful and lush fantasy based on Bolivian culture

Woven in Moonlight is a beautiful and lush fantasy, based on the culture and history of Bolivia. It is set in the fictional country of Inkasisa. Ximena is a stand in for the Condesa, the last remaining royal of the Illustrian people. Her people were driven from La Ciudad when Atoc, of the Llacsan people, usurped the throne using an ancient relic. The Illustrians live in isolation and poverty while the Llacsans rule Inkasisa. When Atoc demands that Catalina, the true Condesa, marry him, Ximena travels to La Ciudad in her place. Her plan is to act as a spy and retrieve Atoc's ancient deadly relic. Atoc is a cruel and dictatorial ruler, but Ximena comes to realize that not all Llacsan people are bad. She questions everything she has been told about who the true oppressors are, as the Illustrian people did not treat the Llacsans well when they were in power. She meets a kind princess, a vigilante, a healer, a guard and a maid, among others, and changes her views. The story is fast paced and the writing is beautiful. I really loved this book - great world building, fascinating magic (woven animals created from moonlight!), and wonderful descriptions of Bolivian food and clothing.

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Sean Astin recommended Gandhi (1982) in Movies (curated)

Gandhi (1982)

1982 | Biography, Drama, History

8.3

(12 Ratings)

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"I tell people that my favorite film is Gandhi, but my actual favorite film is Patton. Well, you know, there’s so many ideas in the two of them. You know, Patton says, “God help me; I love it so,” with regard to war, and Gandhi is willing to die and to encourage a lot of other people to be willing to die in service of a peaceful civil disobedience. So both things have to do with creating change. So, with Gandhi, I think Ben Kingsley’s portrait — just physically, how he looks, and the way he sounds when he’s delivering that sentient dialogue — and then Attenborough’s canvas — the visual canvas of India, the trains and all that stuff — and then, just my knowledge of the history of people pushing back against colonialism; all of those things just lift you up. They lift you up. The idea of Martin Sheen reporting back to America about what he’s seeing and the obvious lessons that are learned from these people who are willing to walk into abuse in order to make the point that they should be free — I love it because it’s like, “What can we learn from places and people around the world?” I love that. I love the international richness of it, the cultural richness."

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