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Ransom space trilogy6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() Rather, such things are equally real and could equally happen in the here-and-now - in token of which Lewis proceeds to show in detail how they do happen to an ordinary Englishman of the middle Twentieth Century, a Cambridge don who is likable but a very fallible human being.īy the third book, Ransom has been transformed by his experiences into an awe-inspiring Prophet or Saint, who is seen from the outside. ![]() Elwin Ransom is fundamental in conveying Lewis' message - i.e., to tell his 20th Century British reader that the Bible is not about things which happened to exotic people in the Middle East thousands of years ago. He is also a major character in the third book, That Hideous Strength, in which he plays a director of an organization resisting the demonic take-over of the world, though his role is that of mentor in the book, with the main characters arguably being Mark and Jane Studdock. He is the main character in the books Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra, which are told almost entirely from his point of view. ![]() ![]() He is familiar with a wide range of English literature from Anglo-Saxon epics to The Hunting of the Snark. Ransom is a philologist at the University of Cambridge, which allows him to pick up the Old Solar language fairly rapidly. In Perelandra, Tinidril sometimes nicknames him " Piebald". Elwin Ransom (born in the 1890s) is a character that appears in every book of the Space Trilogy, including The Dark Tower and Other Stories. ![]()
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Dan ariely goodreads6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() I am pretty certain that they wanted me to skip the Internet-only option (which they assumed would be my choice, since I was reading the advertisement on the Web) and jump to the more expensive option: Internet and print. Who would want to buy the print option alone, I wondered, when both the Internet and the print subscriptions were offered for the same price? Now, the print-only option may have been a typographical error, but I suspect that the clever people at the Economist's London offices (and they are clever-and quite mischievous in a British sort of way) were actually manipulating me. I read it twice before my eye ran back to the previous options. But then I read the third option: a print and Internet subscription for $125. The second option-the $125 print subscription-seemed a bit expensive, but still reasonable. “Internet subscription for $59-seemed reasonable. ![]()
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Book dilla time6/28/2023 ![]() He died at the age of thirty-two, and in his lifetime he never had a pop hit. He wasn’t known to mainstream audiences, even though he worked with renowned acts like D’Angelo and Erykah Badu and influenced the music of superstars like Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson. "This book is a must for everyone interested in illuminating the idea of unexplainable genius.” -QUESTLOVEĮqual parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the life and legacy of J Dilla, a musical genius who transformed the sound of popular music for the twenty-first century. ![]() ![]() This program contains examples of J Dilla's music performed in the studio by drummer Nate Smith and is accompanied by a bonus PDF of maps, photos, guides, and more. ![]()
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Witch world norton6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() Although fashion and makeup take up most of her posts online, she is also known for her dancing and. (If you found The Ring too much, don't watch this!) However, if you loved The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, this is a must see!! Can't wait to see Glass. Nortons net worth is courted to be an estimated 1 million. Chronicles of the Witch World by Norton, Andre. We will keep fighting for all libraries - stand with us A line drawing of. ![]() I agree it's not a horror film but it does very get under your skin. Three against the Witch World - Warlock of the Witch World - Sorceress of the Witch World. I highly recommend this film to any thriller lovers and a must for any M.Night lovers (but I don't need to say that at this point now, do I). Witch World is a series of fantasy novels written by an award-winning American author of young adult, fantasy and science fiction books, Andre Norton. Not to mention that James Macavoy is bang on (what a great performance, love Joaquin Phoenix, but not sure he would have been quite so awesomely intense as Macavoy was). The cinematography is wonderful, the story is intense and gripping. His ability to totally freak you out without being terrifying to keep you fascinated, yet completely confused, it's all just so much fun! Not sure how his films can be so slow yet so gripping and FUN! This one is bang on. However, I stopped watching him after the Happening, (which was really quite a terrible movie. ![]() M.Night Shyamalan is one of those filmmakers that you either love or hate, and I definitely love his work. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Later, Edith added that to translate is to express an idea or concept so that it causes the same reaction in the reader that the writer sought to achieve in the original text, regardless of the language. ![]() They asked her if she felt as if she had to get inside the author’s head in order to translate and transmit his ideas, to which she responded that this was, indeed, the case, as it is very important to see the world through the eyes of the writer, and everything you need to know about a writer can be found in his or her works. I happened to open a page where I read an interview with Edith Grossman, who translated most of García Márquez’s works into English, except for One Hundred Years of Solitude. ![]()
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Sea Wolf by Anna Burke6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() Sea Wolf picks up three months where Compass Rose finishes so it’s highly recommendable to read them in sequence. Burke loves putting her characters through the wringer (by her own admission) and Sea Wolf is a perfect example as it packs up emotional turmoil with nail-biting action at a fast-paced speed that never gives the reader a respite. ![]() Sea Wolf delves deeper into her life story, background, and her relationship with Miranda. Like book one, this novel is told from Rose Point of view. Book 3, titled True North, is gonna be released next year according to the author. This is book 2 of 3 in the Compass Rose series. In their journey across the ocean, while they battle dangerous enemies in human and animal form, Rose will embark on a self-discovery journey of her own. Compass Rose is a gifted navigator who has joined forces with mercenary Captain Miranda Stillwater. In the year 2514, the sea levels on Earth have risen and land is either flooded or too polluted to live on. Previous Lesbian Book Quotes of the Month.40 Best Lesbian Romance Books for Valentine’s.Lex’s Top 13 Best Lesfic Halloween Books 2020.Lex’s Top 13 Best Lesfic Halloween Books 2021.Lex’s Top 13 Best Sapphic Halloween Books 2022.Top 10 Recommended Lesbian Erotica Books.Best Lesbian Paranormal Audiobooks 2020.Top 10 Best Lesbian Romance Audiobooks 2020. ![]()
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The greatest thing sarah winifred searle6/27/2023 ![]() Varied visual perspectives, clean linework, and easy-to-read speech bubbles contribute to the pleasurable reading experience. Set in an era when landline phones were still in use, the story explores sexuality, mental health, and the messiness that goes with understanding of self in ways that will resonate with contemporary readers. Initially, Winifred thinks she may be interested in Oscar, but she later realizes she is really attracted to a girl named Tilly. Winifred and Oscar work together on a zine that is featured in its entirety in four parts. Set in the Portland, Maine, area in the early 2000s, the storyline follows Winifred as she makes new friends: She becomes especially close to April, who also has an eating disorder and whose wealthy parents are emotionally absent, and Oscar, who struggles with depression. She loves drawing and photography, gets middling grades in some of her classes, and is self-conscious about her weight-to the point that she has begun to eat foods she knows make her sick (she is lactose intolerant) as a sort of self-punishment. Introverted, talented, and filled with self-doubt, Winifred is the focus of this simply drawn story uncluttered panels and an appealing, muted color scheme let her introspective narration take center stage. A young woman is apprehensive about starting the school year after her two closest friends move to a different school. ![]()
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![]() Vicky finally finds true reward when she is accepted into the Royal College of Art on her own merits. ![]() The title ironically references Queen Victoria’s condemnation of “… this mad, wicked folly of ‘Women’s Rights’ with all its attendant horrors on which her poor feeble sex is bent, forgetting every sense of womanly feelings and propriety.” Vicky’s personal struggles to become a respected artist are paralleled with those of the suffragists with whom she becomes closely involved when her arranged marriage with a wealthy scion of a well-bred family falls apart and she is cut off from the family finances. Vicky Darling is the rebellious, artistically talented daughter of a wealthy plumbing magnate, coming of age in Edwardian England at the height of the women’s suffrage movement. ![]()
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Metaphysics according to aristotle6/27/2023 ![]() ![]() But the fact that we cannot simultaneously grasp a whole and its parts shows the difficulty involved.”ġ49. Therefore, if the situation in the case of truth seems to be like the one which we speak of in the proverb “Who will miss a door?” then in this respect it will be easy to know the truth.ġ48. ![]() And while each one individually contributes nothing or very little to the truth, still as a result of the combined efforts of all a great amount of truth becomes known.ġ47. An indication of this is found in the fact that, while no one can attain an adequate knowledge of it, all men together do not fail, because each one is able to say something true about nature.ġ46. Theoretical, i.e., speculative, knowledge of truth is in one sense difficult and in another, easy.ġ45. The Acquisition of Truth: Its Ease and Its DifficultyĪRISTOTLE’S TEXT Chapter 1: 993a 30-993b 19ġ44. The Method to Be Followed in the Search for Truth The Existence of a First in Final and Formal Causes LESSON 5: The Existence of a First Efficient Cause and of a First Material Cause LESSON 4: The Supreme Science of Truth, and Knowledge of Ultimate Causes LESSON 3: The Acquisition of Truth: Its Ease and Its Difficulty LESSON 2: ![]()
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The grin of the dark by ramsey campbell6/27/2023 ![]() ![]() Not only was Campbell capable of writing a real page turner like King (I remember being almost unable to put down Obsession, Incarnate and The Influence, which remains one of my favourite reads), but he was - and still is - one of the most consistently artistic writers I’ve read. But thank God it was.) I can’t remember which of his I read first ( The Hungry Moon, perhaps), but it must have done the trick, because I quickly became hooked. (This was a secondhand bookshop, so its selection may have been misleading. Having read one King novel, I went back to the bookshop where I’d bought it and, wondering what England had to offer in a similar vein, picked Ramsey Campbell, judging, from a quick comparison of shelf-inchery, that he must be our nearest equivalent. ![]() I first got into Campbell’s fiction at about the age of sixteen when a friend convinced me to give Stephen King a go (it was pretty much the first horror I’d read - apart from a disastrous attempt at Dennis Wheatley I must go into some time - and I chose Salem’s Lot because a glimpse of the Nosferatu-inspired vampire on the trailer for the TV series still came back and gave me the creeps whenever I was alone in the house). As much as I enjoyed the last two books I read (and reviewed), Ramsey Campbell’s latest novel is the best thing I’ve read in some time. ![]() |