Actually, I m not with the University of Iowa anymore -- that is, I am not teaching there right now. I currently work for the U. S. Department of Education. I am a U-Iowa alum, however, and I taught both Spanish and History there, as well as completing my master's in education, a teaching credential, and most of my doctorate (which I am still working on, which is why I still have the U-Iowa address). Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 5:22 PM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] OT: Brian's teaching > I see you're at the U of Iowa. What do you teach? > > Recently there was a program on either the History or > the Discovery Channel about a group of late 19th or > early 20th-century explorers who were trying to find a > passage through the Arctic from the Atlantic to the > Pacific and got stuck. It sounds somewhat > similar--maybe that's where the novelist got his idea. > Unfortunately, there were no survivors from that > expedition. > > Cindy > > --- Brian Miller <brian-r-miller@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Thanks Shellie, this one is especially terrific -- I > > used to teach a course > > on arctic exploration, and I wish I had this novel > > when I taught as I would > > have added it to my reading list. > > > > Brian Miller > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 2:00 PM > > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Just Submitted: > > Afterlands > > > > > > > That one sounds really good. > > > You always pick some great stuff. > > > > > > Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI > > > and Judson, guiding golden > > > juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. > > > Graduate Alumni Association Board > > > www.guidedogs.com > > > > > > Dog ownership is like a rainbow. > > > Puppies are the joy at one end. > > > Old dogs are the treasure at the other. > > > Carolyn Alexander > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Brian Miller" <brian-r-miller@xxxxxxxxx> > > > To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 12:33 PM > > > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Just Submitted: > > Afterlands > > > > > > > > > All, > > > I have just submitted for validation the > > following: > > > > > > Afterlands, a novel, by Steve Heighton, Haughton > > Mifflin, 2005, pp 400. > > > > > > >From the book jacket: > > > > > > THIS GRIPPING NOVEL OF ARCTIC survival, is based > > on one of the most > > > remarkable events in polar exploration. In 1871, > > off the coast of > > Greenland, > > > nineteen men, women, and children, voyaging on the > > Arctic explorer USS > > > Polaris, were cast adrift on a large ice floe as > > their ship began to > > > founder. Afterlands is the story of this small > > society of castaways a > > white > > > and a black American, five Germans, a Dane, a > > Swede, an Englishman, and > > two > > > Inuit families as they try to survive a six-month > > winter ordeal, > > struggling > > > with the harsh elements and with one another, the > > group splintering into > > > factions along ethnic and national lines. > > > > > > Steven Heighten provocatively fills in the blanks > > of the documented > > history > > > of this event by focusing on the suspicions, the > > hunger-induced delusions, > > > and the unrequited longings among three members of > > the group: Roland > > Kruger, > > > an educated, witty, rebellious German seaman; > > Tukulito, or "Hannah," the > > > party's Inuit interpreter; and George Tyson, the > > American ranking officer, > > > who later wrote an account of the experience that > > solidified his > > reputation > > > as a hero while casting Kruger as the villain. > > Throughout the novel, > > > Heighten incorporates passages from Tyson's > > contentious account, then > > > daringly imagines the aftermath of the ordeal, > > following Kruger, Tukulito, > > > and Tyson as they attempt to move beyond their > > searing memories and resume > > > their lives in the larger world. > > > > > > Combining the high drama of Arctic survival and > > the psychological > > intensity > > > of modern theater, this beautifully written novel > > powerfully addresses > > > themes of belonging, nationalism, and love in > > times of crisis. > > > > > > *** > > > > > > This is an awesome book, and I hope someone picks > > it up soon. > > > > > > Brian Miller > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------ > > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.13/726 - > > Release Date: 3/18/2007 > > > 3:34 PM > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email > > to > > > bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the > > Subject line. 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