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Simple build script to minify and concatenate files using node.js
by Cedric Dugas on October 11, 2012
When you look to choose for a build system, you are certainly not confronted with a lack of choices. There is a ton of build technics out there and choosing one can easily become a long mission for greatness.
In my quest to build a web mobile app for CakeMail that can also be thrown into phonegap to package it as a native app I encountered this major problem, what to do with those 40+ js files and those 20+ html template files that I need to be injected when the app load.
The end result I wanted is something that would concatenate my js files, minify them, would concatenate my templates into one file, and all this sharing the same config file that my app use to load all those files in my dev & prod environment.
Yes, yes I know
It's certainly not the most easy approach too, just have a look at this tutorial to get started. Personally I want to work my own way, I like to have partners in crime like Backbone and jQuery but I also like the way I work. I do not see the advantages of complexifying my stack, and certainly not for a small web mobile app.
Well, talking about the stack
config file (got all app configs including an arrays of files to load)
Yepnope (load all the app files)
jQuery and couple of friends
Underscore templates
Simple php api wrapper
As you can see my stack is all front-end, with backbone.js at the core and with one simple php wrapper for the api that can be thrown away easily once I want to package the app natively.
Building with node.js
Node.js is really the perfect choice for the task, it got a simple syntax to concatenate files, installing the uglify-js module is really easy with npm and it's fast as hell.
Let's get started, with creating a config file
First thing first we want a config file that know all the dependencies needed for our app.
var configs = { // Default environnment env : "dev", templates : {}, app : {} }; configs.templates.dev = [ "app/templates/dasboard.html", "app/templates/listing.html" ]; configs.app.dev = [ // Dependencies "assets/js/jquery.js", "assets/js/jquery.cookie.js", // App files "app/js/app.js", "app/js/dashboard.js" ]; configs.templates.prod = ["build/dist/templates.html"]; configs.app.prod = ["build/dist/app.min.js"]; try{ if(exports) exports.filesArray = filesArray; }catch(e){ }
(Yeah the try catch looks weird, but it will be explain below)
Loading your app with yepnope
One nice thing about yepnope is that it does not get in your way, which is no simple feat when you check all the script loaders out there. Here we are going to use it the most simple way possible for our app context. When all the script files are loaded we are going to load our templates and then launch our app.
In the scenario here I load templates after our script because I just embed them using $.ajax and append(). Obviously you might want to do other stuff which is totally fine, the key thing here is that we load our files from the config file and we are going to use the same file for our build script later.
yepnope({ load: configs.jsFiles[appmobile.configs.env], complete : function () { loadTemplates(); } }); function loadTemplates(){ var templates = 0; $.each(appmobile.templates[appmobile.configs.env], function(i, template){ $.ajax({ url: template, type: 'get', success: function(data) { $("body").append(data); templates += 1; if(appmobile.templates[appmobile.configs.env].length === templates){ Backbone.history.start({pushState: false}) } } }); }); }
Concatenate files and minify
That's all good, but that codebase will in time become huge and we want to concatenate files and minify javascript, to do that we are going to use node.js and the uglifyJS package for minifying.
Installing node.js and uglifyJS
I'm not going to go in details here, if you are on osx just install brew then follow these instructions for node.js and npm.
With npm you can install uglifyJS, you should install it globally
npm install -g uglify-js
Then you need to do a simlink in your build folder
npm link uglify-js
The build script
That's all good we are set with node and uglify, now let's get into the nitty gritty, we are going to need 2 functions one that concats and one that minifies scripts. Here one article that really helped me get jump started.
So let's have a look :
/* You need uglify // npm install -g uglify-js // npm link uglify-js // Run that into node and voila bitch */ var FILE_ENCODING = 'utf-8', EOL = '\n'; var _fs = require('fs'); var filesArray = require('../app/config') function concat(opts) { var fileList = opts.src; var distPath = opts.dest; var out = fileList.map(function(filePath){ return _fs.readFileSync(filePath, FILE_ENCODING); }); _fs.writeFileSync(distPath, out.join(EOL), FILE_ENCODING); console.log(' '+ distPath +' built.'); } concat({ src : filesArray.configs.templates.dev, dest : 'dist/templates.html' }); concat({ src : filesArray.configs.app.dev, dest : 'dist/appfiles.js' }); function uglify(srcPath, distPath) { var uglyfyJS = require('uglify-js'), jsp = uglyfyJS.parser, pro = uglyfyJS.uglify, ast = jsp.parse( _fs.readFileSync(srcPath, FILE_ENCODING) ); ast = pro.ast_mangle(ast); ast = pro.ast_squeeze(ast); _fs.writeFileSync(distPath, pro.gen_code(ast), FILE_ENCODING); console.log(' '+ distPath +' built.'); } uglify('dist/appfiles.js', 'dist/appfiles.min.js'); console.log("and you're done"); process.exit(1);
Concatenating files
First got to build/build.js, in this file you will see the function concat, just below:
concat({ src : ['file1.js', 'file2.js'], dest : 'dist/concatenatedFile.js' });
It's as simple as that, just tell the script what files you want to concatenate, your not confined to javascript file, you could also concatenate templates files.
Minify Javascript with UglifyJS
To use the minify script you will need to have uglifyJS installed in your app. Then much like concat, chose your already concatenate file and minify it.
uglify('dist/concatenatedFile.js', 'dist/concatenatedFile.min.js');
Loading the script
Just go into the build folder and do:
node build.js
and there you go, your files has been created. You could also put that command into a post-commit hook for profit!
Using an external array
You probably want to define your js files array somewhere else that will be used by both your app and your build script.
To do that you can first require your config file.
var conf = require('../app/config')
Then in your config file you need to tell node.js what this module returns. As you can expect that do not get so well with your normal app, that's why at the end of the file we got
try{ if(exports) exports.appmobile = appmobile; }catch(e){ }
It looks weird, but with node.js we do not have any window variable and in your app if(export) will throw an error.
Then you can change your concat in your build.js
concat({ src : conf.app, dest : 'dist/concatenatedFile.js' });
There you go, now your build script is completely integrated with your app dependencies.
You can download the code on github.
24 comments
Ever tried StealJS for your dependency management and minify/concat for production? Plus it's not forcing AMD (coming in the next version, but not required).
You could then use Grunt with this plugin for easy and fast production builds:
I'm not a AMD fan for now either, so I hear ya on that
Curious if you have given gruntjs.com a spin?
The build fails on windows because jps is undefined, even though using requirejs -o dest.js somesource.js works perfectly fine. Any idea why ?
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In the woods, Silas confirmed Liv was ready after Bonnie taught her the spell. The wind picked up again on The Other Side, and both Enzo and Silas started to blow away. Bonnie grabbed on to Enzo as Silas reached for her. "Bygones," she said, and watched Silas be swept away. Goodbye, perfect specimen!
Liv had her candles lit at 6:59, and she began chanting. Matt and Jeremy started the gas leak and ran. Bonnie stood and looked at the Bennett family tombstones wondering where Grams was. Don't rush your elders, Bonnie. Grams told Bonnie she knew what she was doing (meaning lying to Jeremy still): She wouldn't survive all the people coming through her, and if she did, she'd still be the anchor.
This time, Grams didn't give Bonnie a lecture about being honest with Jeremy. She simply said it was a privilege to watch Bonnie grow into the beautiful woman she'd become. Ah. Bonnie wanted Grams to go through her, too, but Grams said no. Bonnie wasn't the only one who made a sacrifice. Grams made peace because she made sure Bonnie would find hers. She wanted Bonnie to know she looked out for her. They hugged and cried. I cried and got chills again. Me, the person who's been wishing Bonnie dead for seasons. Stefan and Lexi made it to them in time to see the embrace.
At the Grill, Markos got suspicious of Sheriff Forbes' motives for hanging around town as her phone blew up (figuratively). She told him she smelled a gas leak so Markos would go check it out -- and she knocked him out. She texted Damon that it was a go. Markos came to and grabbed her.
Damon, meanwhile, was finishing a bottle (of bourbon, no doubt) by the town sign. He got in his car to drive across the border. And then Elena got in with him. He'd have to respect her choice to die beside him. She realized she'd essentially start drowning as soon as they crossed the town line. Didn't matter, she was all in. That's love. As they drove, Elena started to cough up water and told Damon they had to die while they were still vampires. (But Tyler died as a human, right, and still went to The Other Side?) It seemed like Elena was going to say she loved him, but he already knew. They held hands and he floored it. He crashed the car into the Grill -- flames.
The dead Travelers found Bonnie in the woods and started going through her to the Other Side, beginning with Markos. Damon and Elena went through her. She told them they'd wake up by their bodies and had to get back to her as soon as possible. Elena's body was still in the car, fried. Damon's had been thrown from the car. "Did you seriously wear your seatbelt?" Alaric asked her. ALARIC! She wanted to look for Damon, but he told her to get to Bonnie for Jeremy's sake. He'd find Damon.
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Graduated with honours in Law (Università di Roma, La Sapienza) with a thesis on Development Economics and Underdeveloped Regions (1955)
Chairman of the Management Council of the Link Campus University Foundation
Chairman of the Board of ALI SpA
Political career
Appointed by the Minister for Special Initiatives in Southern Italy as head of the Industrial Projects Department. He was subsequently appointed Secretary General of the Committee of Ministers for Southern Italy (1958-68)
Elected to the Italian Parliament as a Deputy for the Christian Democrat Party (1968)
Under-Secretary of State in the Budget Ministry (1976-78)
Minister of Labour and Social Security (1978)
Minister for EC Policy Coordination (1980)
Minister for the Cultural and Environmental Heritage (1981)
Minister for Civil Protection (1984)
Elected Mayor of Naples (1984)
Chairman of the Christian Democrat Parliamentary Group in the Chamber of Deputies (1989)
Minister of the Interior (1990-92)
In collaboration with Judge Giovanni Falcone and US attorney Rudolph Giuliani, founded the DIA (Direzione Investigativa Antimafia), a specialised anti-mafia corps.
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For over 26 years from 1969, professor in development economics at the LUISS (Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali – Guido Carli) in Rome
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Founded, and is currently Chairman of, the Italian branch of the University of Malta.
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Do you have a closet filled with clothes but feel like you have nothing to wear? It's because you've transitioned from one part of your life to the next without letting your closet know what's now appropriate and what no longer is. Suddenly that mini-skirt and body hugging top no longer feel as sexy to wear as they once did. Or, those "classics" you relied on for so long are feeling dowdy.
Dressing age appropriate means not getting stuck in a style rut by keeping your closet up-to-date with the changes in your body and life. You are dressing your best to flatter who you are at this very moment.
20+: Transition from School to Workplace
BIGGEST MISTAKES: Starting your career path, but dressing like you're still in school -- clothes too short, too tight, too bare, too casual, too trendy (trendy is okay in a creative environment, but not when interviewing for the job). If your clothes are making more of a statement than you are, reconsider what you're wearing during office hours.
SMART CLOSET: Look professional! You are the brand and what you wear is the packaging. Dress for the job you want. Keep it simple until you have the experience to decide what's appropriate to wear in your office environment. Then express yourself with accessories and color.
YOU CAN'T GO WRONG: with a tailored jacket, and pants or skirts in neutral colors for versatility. Build on these few pieces for an ideal working wardrobe.
STYLE MENTORS: Look to professional women who dress with style and confidence. Find them in the office, politics or on television, the news and movies about your industry. Check out Rachel McAdams in Morning Glory for inspiring work clothes; Jenna Bush, correspondent on the Today show; and for nights out, Alexa Chung, DJ and style muse; and the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton.
30+: Get Your Style Down
BIGGEST MISTAKE: Your closet is in chaos because you haven't dejunked since your twenties when you were trying on different styles in search of your own.
SMART CLOSET: Hone your style. Trust what you like and feel comfortable wearing. Lay your favorite things to wear on your bed. What do they have in common? These are your personal style clues. Banish from your closet those things that you don't like, that don't fit as well as they did or that now feel inappropriate.
YOU CAN'T GO WRONG: by upgrading and expanding upon your closet favorites with things that easily mix and match. Go for quality over quantity.
STYLE MENTORS: Working mom Gwyneth Paltrow; journalist and author Rula Jebreal (watch for Miral, the film by Julian Schnabel based on her latest novel); and China Chow, host and judge of Bravo's reality show, Work of Art: the Next Great Artist.
40+: Get Unstuck from a Style Rut
BIGGEST MISTAKES: Does your daughter complain that you're dressing like her, or have you settled into a uniform that no longer gives you confidence to wear? Those things you relied on wearing to get you through your every day life have been taken for granted and need to be energized.
SMART CLOSET: Pair down to the basics. Fit is paramount. Then add an element that expresses how you want to feel: A colorful bag, a leopard print sweater, a decorative jacket, a stylish boot, a fabulous faux in-your-face piece of jewelry.
YOU CAN'T GO WRONG: by getting out of your comfort zone and experimenting with new shapes and styles and colors. Move slowly, but with focus. Dress up your favorite jeans with great shoes, a pretty blouse and tailored jacket.
STYLE MENTORS: Michelle Obama; Jennifer Lopez; Queen Rania of Jordan; and the new incarnation of Courtney Love who has embraced classic elegant style.
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BIGGEST MISTAKES: Life changes, our bodies do too. Time to reassess and tweak what you wear before you feel that you are disappearing down the aging trail.
SMART CLOSET: Assess your assets and dress them up. Know that comfort and style are not mutually exclusive -- wear clothes that fit and shoes that feel good. Ignore the style police. Trust your gut. Dress to feel. Be more expressive in what you wear. Rethink your colors. As our hair and skin texture changes, so do the colors that cast the best light to our face. Pearls and scarves often do the job.
YOU CAN'T GO WRONG: with a new bra that fits properly. It will take off years and pounds. Accessorize -- the bolder the better. Soften your look -- choose suede over leather and navy or gray over black.
STYLE MENTORS: Ann Curry, host of the Today show or Meredith Vieira, former host; Ines de la Fressange iconic French model; Oprah (dress your curves); designer Diane von Furstenberg, who's forever sexy; and Diane Keaton in Something's Gotta Give and in Morning Glory.
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• Choose style over trend. Dress to flatter your body rather than wearing a trend that doesn't.
• Build a closet based on the classics. They're ageless. Then accessorize!
• How much flesh to flaunt? Less with age, but play up what you have. Even 60+ year olds are showing off their fit defined arms and ageless legs.
• Go for fit rather than size. Tight is too tight whatever your age.
• Trust your gut. If you don't like how it makes you feel, don't wear it. Confidence is the best thing you can wear at any age.
• Be inspired. Find your Style Mentors -- contemporaries or those women a bit older that have the style thing going for them.
• Last of all, know that style doesn't age -- it evolves!
Kim Johnson Gross co-founded 'Chic Simple,' a book series selling over 1.5 million copies, which has helped women dress for every stage of their lives. Read her latest book, 'What to Wear for the Rest of Your Life' -- it will change your life! Got a question for Kim? Visit her expert page and ask away!


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There is a crisis of manhood in the Christian church. It has become so obvious to me lately. Five couples I know are having marital problems. In each case, it is the husband that is at fault. It is no wonder though with the assault on manhood in American Society. All you have to do is watch TV for a little while, and you will notice domineering women and wimpy men who are insecure and inept. The characterization of manhood by the media is definitely unbiblical and anti-Christian. In fact, it is creeping into the church, and the existence of women pastors is one of the signs of the failure of men in the Christian church to do their job.
There simply aren't enough Pastors who teach the biblical model of Christian manhood. And Christian men too often are resting in the comfort of their churches, their homes, and their jobs to grow spiritually--not to mention be leaders. Too many are becoming lax, apathetic, and spiritually atrophied. For some men, their lives are so comfortable--so routine that spiritual testing and growth are things they read about in books and taking risks for the Lord is an uncommon idea. Mission work is something that others do. Evangelism is for those who are "gifted in that area." Comfort can be a killer for the church and for us men. It can make us lazy, and it can bleed over into other areas of our lives. Let me ask you men something: Are you willing to take risks for God? Is it in your heart to do that?
At the "Church at the top of the Hill," the parking lot is filled with new cars and mini vans. The people happily walk into church. Some are talking on their cell phones as they move towards the large building. Others approach are chuckling and laughing. They are well dressed, well fed, and quite comfortable. They drop their kids off in the Sunday School classes and head to the air conditioned church and sit in the cushioned chairs. The worship music is very well done and the message is polished. Very nice. Very comfortable. Very routine. Very blessed. But, this time the pastor has an announcement before the people are dismissed, and he introduces an old friend he went to Bible college with.
A man dressed in out-of-style clothes walks up to the pulpit. He looks at the congregation. "Ladies and gentlemen, "he says. "I come from a small town in Southern Africa where I do mission work. The population is about 5,000. The people there are under-educated and often don't have enough food to eat. AIDS is also prevalent. The weather is hot, and we don't have electricity all the time. But, the people are good, and they want to know about Jesus. There are cults trying to move into the town and are offering food and literature. Many are taking it and being misled. But, I am only one man, and I can't stop it.
"I am here to ask for help. Is there anyone who would join me in this small town to labor to bring the gospel to these people? You can come for a week or two. Or if not, is there anyone here who would care to donate money to fund the work of another missionary to this small town? I need your help desperately. I cannot do it alone. I will be standing at the back of the church if anyone wants to talk to me. God bless."
If you were sitting in the church listening, what would your reaction be? Are you threatened by the idea of such a commitment to go or to help. Would donating funds mean you couldn't get something you've been wanting and that would make you uncomfortable? If so, perhaps you are becoming spiritual dry, spiritually atrophied, and your priorities are out of place. But, then again, would you want to do something if you could? Would you feel the pull of godly opportunity tug at your heart? I hope so. Either way, this small story can help you discover yourself, and it can get you to see that change might be necessary. Change down deep is where it begins. Sometimes we men need it straight. Sometimes we need to be told to get our eyes back on Jesus.
The illustration above is a roundabout way to offer a challenge to see where you are and what your priorities are as men. So, I have a question for you Christian men who are married. Let's bring it home to reality. Are you leading your family in regular devotions? Now, I'm not talking about having a devotion every single night with a regimented routine of systematic theology. I'm talking about regular prayer with your family--maybe at dinner time--or reading the Bible with them and guiding them. They are your primary mission field. Are you doing that with them? If you are, great! But, if you aren't, then repent right now, confess your sin to the Lord, and start leading your family. I don't care if it isn't comfortable. Do it. You can't be leaders in the church and workers for God if your family is left to spiritually fend for themselves.
The dinner table is a great place to have devotions. Also, I recommend that when you and your wife retire for the evening, read a Psalm to her in bed. You must lead. You certainly don't have to be perfect. But, you must realize that the man in the family is the head of the family, and he is responsible for the spiritual welfare of the family. Your wife is not responsible for this. You are! It is your responsibility. You are the captain of the ship, and God will hold you accountable for that ship. Guide it with love, truth, and service.
Now if your wife is not Christian and regular devotions are not possible, then pray for her, love her, be patient with her, and lift her up to the Lord. Let her see Jesus in you in your humility, love, and patience. Wash dishes for her. Take her out to dinner. Don't point our her faults. Buy her flowers. Love her with actions and words! Read 1 Cor. 13 and apply it.
I have a question for you Christian men who are not married. Are you seeking to be shaped by God to become men who honor God in your lives? The Lord desires that you become godly men who honor and glorify God in your lives. You see, the primary reason for marriage is not for your pleasure, not for companionship, and not to have children. The primary reason for marriage is to bring glory to God, and you cannot do this if you are harboring sin and selfishness.
Men, if you have sins of lust, sexual impurity, pornography, lying, laziness, etc., then confess them to the Lord. Turn from them. Do NOT become lazy about sin and your battle against it. Do NOT become complacent. Do NOT give in to the lust and pride. Humble yourselves before God and man. Commit in your heart to do what is right, to be honest--men of integrity, humble, truthful, faithful, kind, and gentle. Yet, at the same time, be men who are strong in the Lord, bold in the faith, and ready to serve your families and friends. It isn't always easy, but it is always right.
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Educated, highly-skilled workers who immigrate to the US are beneficial to our economy and society. CEI Policy Analyst Alex Nowrasteh explains the benefits of liberalisation in skilled labor markets.
Alex recently co-wrote an op-ed comparing British and American policies in this area: http://dailycaller.com/2011/11/16/america-must-learn-from-britains-failed-imm…


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The slaughter scene at the bottom of the page, a typical activity for the month of December, is an unpleasant subject, but the illuminator has imbued it with a quiet dignity. A horned animal under the sun, elsewhere on the page, represents the constellation Capricorn. This is the zodiacal sign for the period beginning on December 17. The inscription next to the beast reads: Sol in capricorno (the sun in Capricorn). The most important feasts of the month are written in red.


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Established in 1997, Shengzhou Shuanggang Electric Co., Ltd. specializes in producing all kinds of electromotors for household elect...
Established in 1997, Shengzhou Shuanggang Electric Co., Ltd. specializes in producing all kinds of electromotors for household electrical appliances. Our company is located in Ganlin Town of Shengzhou City in Zhejiang Province, and covers a total area of 12,000 square meters.
Nowadays, our main products include YZF series shaped-pole motors, YPY ramge hood motors, YYK series ventilator motors, XD series washing machine motors and XTD series spin-drier motors. Our annual output is about 1,200,000 pieces. We have cooperated with some famous apparatus companies in China, such as SANYO , Electrolux , Frestec , Baixue ,OPPEIN , Histar ,Dany and so on . Our company has advanced and complete machines in the production and test, such as computerized plastic injecting forming machines, NC lathes, vacuum dipping and drying equipment, computerized stator comprehensive test devices and product delivery test beds. A continues line of production and testing has formed, including punching, plastic injecting, aluminum casting, coiling, embedding wire, dipping lacquer, mounting and packing. All of our products are controlled by ISO9001:2000 standard. They have passed ISO9001:2000 Certification, CCC (Certificate for China Compulsory Product Certification) Certification, CE Certification and UL Certification.
We are devoted to the research of modern electrical appliances. "Keeping on development" is our pursuit forever. We have established long-term and close cooperation with research institutes and universities, such as Zhejiang University. Furthermore, we have a strong technical team. 26 engineers and technicians assure our ability in technical development and improvement. Keeping developing and improving scientific research and integrative production is the direction that we are striving for. Developing "SUAJAN" Brand is our aim.
We will insist on creation and progress, to make "SUAJAN" electromotors better and develop more markets at home and abroad.
We sincerely welcome customers from home and abroad to visit our factory.
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It's been a massively challenging election year, with plenty of twists, turns and mud thrown along the way. Now with Obama in the White House for another 4 years, his supporters are still celebrating the victory… but it isn't just Americans who are doing the rejoicing, or who helped him stay in power. A large portion of the world population supported Obama this election, with people from Africa to Europe hoping for his re-election. Greek graphic designer Charis Tsevis was one of these people. [Read more…]
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Though there are many graphic novels and books in our collection that bear beige covers I thought I would highlight a few of our gems. Why beige? Isn't beige boring, un-flavourful and well, um … boring? Well, for the sake of neutrality I will write, you can read; and draw your own conclusions.
Unspent Love, or Things I wish I told You by Shannon Gerard. Poignant moments of longing, regret, reflection and joy in regards to love illustrated with sparse prose. The images don't necessarily match the text which gives space for untold ambiguities and contradictions to exist, like they do in life. This technique lends a richness and depth to what in essence are very short clips of lives.
Let That Bad Air Out - Buddy Bolden's Last Parade: a Novel In Linocut by Stefan Berg. Would you explain Jazz with words or without?? Well Berg has chosen the silent but strong approach in his Porcupine Quill Publication. PQ press has also publish several beige covered graphic novels done in linocut including George A. Walker's The Mysterious Death of Tom Thomson and Book of Hours : a Wordless Novel Told in 99 Wood Engravings, which was reviewed in a previous post. They come equipped with short introductions which you can read to enhance your viewing experience, though I find it fun to see what I can glean from just reading the pictures first and then going back and "seeing if I'm right" by reading the introduction last…
An Invisible Flower by Yoko Ono is a poetry book also covered in beige with very sparse words accompanied by rich, scrawly drawings done in charcoal and chalk pastel. Like a homemade art picture book for adults. Made 10 years before she met John Lennon and discovered and published by their son Sean as his first Chimera Press publication it eerily foreshadows Ono's and Lennon's relationship as well as references Yoko's experiences in a refugee camp in WW2.
Body of Text by David Ellignsen & Micheal V. Smith is another poetry book that blurs and marries the categories between images and text. And, okay, the cover isn't beige but it is black and white, hence carrying some level of neutrality so I thought I could sneak it into this post. Smith is a writer, performance artist and occasional clown. In this book he is photographed by the award winning Ellignsen in various poses, distortions and yoga positions to make his body resemble letters. These are placed throughout the pages in numbers one to three making you "read" the characters created by his body as if it was a poem. The effect is mesmerizing and lyrical, enticing much flipping backwards and forwards – of pages that is ;).
Hall of Best Knowledge: [all ideas, seminal & harmonious, complete & boundless] by Ray Fenwick. Flipping through this book, it can be hard to tell what it is about as Fenwick has geniously invented his own form of storytelling perhaps best quipped as 'typographical comics'. This consists of short one-page frames, each with a different topic humorously detailing what he thinks is best for you to know about each subject and slowly but surely building a narrative that comes together piece by piece. My favourite is the one about libraries which says, "... times have changed... When a guest views your library, the effect should be akin to the speechless awe inspired by the primitive hunter tearing off his animal skin to display glistening, sustenance-providing muscles. If the viewer is not left trembling before your impressive selection of books, then there is work to be done! ". Enjoy!
Each title in the list below offers a bit of history, a bit of fantasy, or perhaps a combination of both. And if you're interested in Houdini and historical fiction, don't miss your chance to hear Steven Galloway read from his new book, The Confabulist, this Thursday evening!
If you're a historical fiction buff, this post is for you! There are so many recent releases that are generating a lot of interest, so how do you choose? I've compiled some lists to help you narrow it down:
Booklist Online's Top 10 Historical Fiction, 2014
Kirkus: Best Historical Fiction of 2013
NPR: Historical Fiction
Goodread's Choice Awards 2013: Best Historical Fiction
Or if you like to pick your books based on a beautiful or compelling cover, have a look at this Pinterest page.
I haven't read any recent historical fiction, but there are a few fantastic novels I've read in the past that have always stayed with me. When I find a book like that, it creates that blissful experience: reading becomes like time travel, immersing me in the time and place and lives of the characters.
I'll leave you with three of my all-time favourites:
A graphic novel memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution, this classic of the genre presents a window into a time of social and political upheaval. The bold black and white visual style is matched by the author's open portrayal of her childhood in that time and place. The story continues in Persepolis 2. If you've never picked up a graphic novel, you may surprise yourself by enjoying this as much as any other historical novel.
This novel is both a window into India's past and a story of enduring friendship forged in difficult circumstances. The richness and complexity of the story is a match for that of its setting. From the catalogue summary:
A Fine Balance , Rohinton Mistry's stunning internationally acclaimed bestseller, is set in mid-1970s India. It tells the story of four unlikely people whose lives come together during a time of political turmoil soon after the government declares a "State of Internal Emergency." Through days of bleakness and hope, their circumstances - and their fates - become inextricably linked in ways no one could have foreseen. Mistry's prose is alive with enduring images and a cast of unforgettable characters. Written with compassion, humour, and insight, A Fine Balance is a vivid, richly textured, and powerful novel written by one of the most gifted writers of our time.
Set in Nazi Germany of 1939, this story is narrated by Death. Leisel is drawn to the mysterious promise of books and reading, and sometimes can't help taking books. From the catalogue summary:
The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller that is now a major motion picture, Markus Zusak's unforgettable story is about the ability of books to feed the soul. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can't resist-books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement. In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.
What is your favourite historical novel? Leave a comment to share your suggestion!
When A Good Man by Guy Vanderhaeghe opens, Wesley Case needs to "find himself", although such terms were not used in the 19th century. He is not the son his father wants; his achievements as a military officer are middling; and, he isn't particularly fond of his school friends as adults. He heads West.
Case's time working with Major James Walsh sets a theme for his life – the encroachment of the RCMP and neo-colonialists on the land and social structures of North American native peoples. After Sioux Chief Sitting Bull and his people took refuge near the Cypress Hills, the policies of the United States towards the Indian nations were enacted much more harshly than Canada's.
In Canada, the flow of history was moderated somewhat by Major Walsh who tried to interpret his duties in a manner respectful to local Indian tribes and individuals.
Against Walsh's advice about his somewhat disreputable partner, Joe McMullen, Wesley Case sets himself up as a rancher near Fort Benton in the US. Joe and Wesley suit each other through their common ethic of hard work and in their contrasting styles of social interaction.
Ada Tarr is woman of spirit, initially married to a local tyrant. Despite societal norms, Wesley is hopeless in avoiding his attraction to her. Only his voluntary responsibilities as a go-between for Walsh and the American military officer, Major Ilges, draw him away from Ada's charms. Another man has also succumbed to Ada's charms, but his attentions she definitely does not welcome. Already an enemy from Wesley's early days, and initially blinded by his peculiar moral stance, Michael Dunne comes to the realization that his dreams are being destroyed by Wesley Case. He devises a plot to rid himself of the destroyer and win the fair maid.
In romance, A Good Man can win. In the politics of conquest, he cannot.
- Judith Umbach
Upstairs, the almost desperate Bennet family seeks husbands for five charming daughters. Downstairs, the servants scurry through endless labour and winter mud. In Longbourn, Jo Baker successfully recreates life on the other side of the kitchen door, a life secreted from the readers of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
Young Sarah is the senior housemaid; in reality, this means she has the assistance of the dreamy eleven-year-old Polly as they hasten to fulfill the orders of the housekeeper, Mrs. Hill. Sarah's hands are raw, both from prying mud from Miss Elizabeth's petticoats and shoes and from using lye to restore the whiteness of the undergarments. (Lizzie does love to wander the fields whatever the weather.) And, the housemaid has the duty of carrying the full chamber pots down the stairs and across the muddy, rutted yard to deposit the contents in the "necessary". She rises earlier than everyone else to light the fires so others will be warm, and sometimes she stays up late to help the gentry with their coats after a night out with friends. Sarah has no friends, no nights out, nothing.
Three men come into Sarah's constrained world. Ptolemy Bingley, assigned his employer's name, of course, is a footman with a roving eye and plans for a smoke shop in London. His kiss has the expected effect on a completely innocent but desiring girl. James Smith (a suspect surname), new footman in the Bennet household, persuades Sarah that her efforts to decamp to London seeking Ptolemy's dream may be misplaced. And, the charming but despicable Mr. Wickham, an upstairs man who too often invades the downstairs sphere, disturbs Sarah's stultifying but safe world, just as he disturbs the family life of the Bennets.
Jo Baker has written a novel not in the tradition of Jane Austen sequels but in an engaging parallel universe. The doings of the Bennets are seen from the perspective of how much work will be created for the servants and how events will affect their lives. The pressures that affect servants are much different than for the gentry: the militia, the miserable weather, the importunities of guests, and the gaining or losing of a penny. As ever with near-poverty, the servants can afford neither pride nor prejudice.
Sometimes we pick up a book and have a totally different reading experience than we expected. I checked out 47 Sorrows: a Thaddeus Lewis Mystery because it was a Canadian historical mystery written by a Canadian author. What more could one ask for? Janet Kellough certainly delivers on those expectations, but there is a whole different element to this book.
Her story starts with a body being discovered on the beach. It is set in southern Ontario in the mid-1800s. Young Luke Lewis is travelling from his brother's homestead near Lake Huron to Montreal to train as a doctor. This is where the book becomes much more than I expected. Luke stops in Kingston to assist the doctors, nuns and volunteer workers who are dealing with the influx of Irish immigrants. Thousands have fled the potato famine, many of them suffering from typhus. Luke and his father Thaddeus do solve the mystery of the body on the beach, but this becomes secondary to the plight of the immigrants.
I have often heard of the potato famine and the Irish immigration of that time, but this book raised my awareness of the plight of the immigrants as their lives and families are torn apart by the epidemic. I might have guessed that this would not be a happy read by the title – 47 Sorrows – but I am glad that I read it. This look at history brings a greater understanding of the dislocation suffered by the immigrants of that time and by the experience of many in modern times.
- Pat
Halloween has come and gone, and for many, that means it will be a whole year before you have to think about witches or vampires again. If you enjoy reading historical fiction, though, let the season last a little longer by immersing yourself if this richly detailed debut novel by historian Deborah Harkness.
Although populated by witches, vampires and other supernatural beings, this novel is not a typical fantasy tale. The vivid historical detail and complex plot, part fantasy, part romance, sets this novel (part of a trilogy) apart.
Diana Bishop is a young historian who has rejected her magical inheritance and always tried to distance herself and her scholarly life from the Bishop family legacy. While studying in Oxford, Diana stumbles across a manuscript that seems to have magic imbued in it. Scholarship and research is her calling, and she wants nothing to do with magic, so of course she examines the manuscript, takes notes, and returns it to the archives. But unknown to Diana, her contact with the manuscript has caused wide ripples in the supernatural world. With mysterious events set in motion, she will no longer be able to avoid her magical heritage. From our catalogue summary: "Debut novelist Deborah Harkness has crafted a mesmerizing and addictive read, equal parts history and magic, romance and suspense."
A word of warning: once you start, you won't want to put this down! And while the second book of the trilogy, Shadow of Night, was published in 2012, the third book is yet to come, so you may be waiting in suspense until the third volume appears. And if you start reading and wonder when the "historical" part will begin... just keep reading! You won't be disappointed.
In preparation for Freedom to Read week, which runs this year from February 24 to March 2, I've been looking at lists of banned and challenged books. Have a look through Freedom to Read's list of Banned and Challenged books for more details on specific challenges in Canada and the outcomes.
The most interesting thing I notice about these types of lists is it's often those books that receive the widest critical acclaim that are also the most often challenged or banned. Incidentally, two of YOUR chosen favourites from "Calgarians Choose a Century of Great Books" are also titles that have caused complaints, requests for banning, and even a book-burning! (Well, book-cover-burning...) Since these two titles are also two of my all-time favourites, and both by fabulous Canadian authors, I'll feature them here with a few suggestions for further reading:
This book is considered a modern classic, chilling and yet believable in its portrayal of a future in which infertility is reaching crisis proportions. And the fallout from this situation is horrifying for the average woman...
From the book's description:
It is the world of the near future, and Offred is a Handmaid in the home of the Commander and his wife. She is allowed out once a day to the food market, she is not permitted to read, and she is hoping the Commander makes her pregnant, because she is only valued if her ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the years before, when she was an independent woman, had a job of her own, a husband and child. But all of that is gone now...everything has changed.
We love dystopian fiction here in the Readers' Nook and have posted about it before. Read more from Atwood: Oryx and Crake (also a "Century" title) and The Year of the Flood both explore the same near-future world, a disturbing place in which "[t]he triple whammy of runaway social inequality, genetic technology and catastrophic climate change has finally culminated in some apocalyptic event." (Publisher's Weekly)
Oryx and Crake is told from the point of view of Snowman, who introduces the strange world he finds himself in, alone, starving and bewildered; the story gradually reveals how he came to survive, and what lead to the cataclysmic changes in the world. What is most fascinating to me is how Atwood builds a believable near-future in which we can recognize all the disturbing trends of our own world which have snowballed and grown until daily life is both unrecognizable and eerily familiar.
The Year of the Flood revisits this before-and-after time again from a different perspective: a group of followers of a new religion, God's Gardeners. We are introduced to the characters in the "before" time, and then follow some of the same people years later, as they try to survive in the bleak "after" world. It's difficult to describe in detail without giving too much away... Both Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood can be read as stand-alone novels, but plot points and characters overlap, and if you read them as a pair, each one enriches the other.
Other great dystopian visions you might enjoy:
This riveting work of historical fiction follows the life of Aminata Diallo from her childhood, through her life as a slave, and later as an associate and speaker for slavery abolitionists in London. It is the most powerful and memorable novel I've read in a long time, and it highlights some little-known corners of Canadian history, one example being the document from which the book takes its controversial title.
Abducted as an 11-year-old child from her village in West Africa and forced to walk for months to the sea in a coffle--a string of slaves-- Aminata Diallo is sent to live as a slave in South Carolina. But years later, she forges her way to freedom, serving the British in the Revolutionary War and registering her name in the historic Book of Negroes. This book, an actual document, provides a short but immensely revealing record of freed Loyalist slaves who requested permission to leave the US for resettlement in Nova Scotia, only to find that the haven they sought was steeped in an oppression all of its own. Aminata's eventual return to Sierra Leone--passing ships carrying thousands of slaves bound for America--is an engrossing account of an obscure but important chapter in history that saw 1,200 former slaves embark on a harrowing back-to-Africa odyssey. Lawrence Hill is a master at transforming the neglected corners of history into brilliant imaginings, as engaging and revealing as only the best historical fiction can be. A sweeping story that transports the reader from a tribal African village to a plantation in the southern United States, from the teeming Halifax docks to the manor houses of London,The Book of Negroes introduces one of the strongest female characters in recent Canadian fiction, one who cuts a swath through a world hostile to her colour and her sex.
For more from Lawrence Hill, try his novels Any Known Blood and Some Great Thing.
If you've already read these and are looking for other epic historical fiction that transports you to a time and place, I will recommend a few more favourites:


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