![]() Possessed of a “heightened frock consciousness”, she luxuriates in flights of escapism – transfixions – fixated on past black modernists. ![]() “Even today, western conceptions of eccentricity very rarely tend to encompass Black personas,” notes a book read constantly by Mathilda, the narrator. Beginning with the release of the seminal Final Fantasy VII PlayStation game in 1997, Alt conducts a masterful exploration of a history, a people and a culture that have shaped our use of technology, our conception of storytelling, and our fascination with Kitties named "Hello". In many ways, each of the chapters in Matt Alt's consistently entertaining and informative tour through the cultural impact his adopted homeland has had on western society offers his readers exactly that: a rabbit hole of information and context that simply begs to be mined. ![]() Otaku, in Japanese culture, denotes an individual who is especially interested in a particular subject and amasses extraordinary knowledge within that context, to the detriment of their social skills and common sense. ![]()
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![]() ![]() When she returns to Middledip village to look after her agoraphobic sister and her teenage niece, she finds she must not only help them with their daily challenges, but confront her own demons if she is to move on and find lasting love and happiness. I’ve come to expect extra depth from Sue Moorcroft’s romantic novels – she doesn’t shy away from challenging issues.ĭespite its light-hearted title, Under the Mistletoe is no expection, dealing as it does with emotional problems like teenage bullying, agoraphobia and infertility as well as an issue that’s been highlighted by the #metoo movement – historic sexual assault.Īn incident in her teen years has affected heroine Laurel Hill’s whole life. Posted at 13:35 in Best-selling Author, Christmas, Popular Fiction, Romance by Karen Byrom 0 Comments A romantic and heartwarming festive read ***** ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Returned to You is part of the Second Chance with You series. Second Chance with You is a series written by a group of sweet, clean romance authors connected by the idea that past loves, broken apart for a myriad of reasons, can be brought back together-some by chance, some by circumstance, some by choice. Will Nate coming back into her life help her find closure? Or will it disrupt the peace she's worked so hard to find? When she gets the chance to try out a blind-dating app, she finally hits it off with someone-at least digitally. Flitting from job to job and relationship to relationship, she's stuck in a holding pattern. He never expected that this would bring him right to Colby's front door.Ĭolby should have moved on, but instead stayed in Houston after graduating college. To keep things funded in the meantime, he's making tough choices, like taking an part-time job as a mail carrier. Four years later, Nate is on the cusp of launching a blind-dating app that he hopes will make him millions. But when he didn't show up for their first date, it impacts both of them in ways they wouldn't expect. Nate Billings spent a semester winning over Colby Martin. Can you get a second chance on a first date? ![]() ![]() ![]() YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video. This cookies is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos. Used to track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website. The cookie is set by instagram to enable the user to browse through the website securely by preventing any cross-site request forgery. This cookie is used to a profile based on user's interest and display personalized ads to the users. ![]() This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile. Used by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads. ![]() Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It cannot be said that his incessant labors were not rewarded. He worked in sullen solitude, sometimes occupying a week in the completion of one page, never satisfied with what he had composed, violently tormenting his brain for the best turn of a phrase, the most absolutely final adjective. He was born in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, in the Haute-Normandie Region of France.įlaubert's curious modes of composition favored and were emphasized by these peculiarities. One of the most severe of academic c Gustave Flaubert is counted among the greatest Western novelists. His private letters show that he was not one of those to whom easy and correct language is naturally given he gained his extraordinary perfection with the unceasing sweat of his brow. Flaubert's curious modes of composition favored and were emphasized by these peculiarities. He was born in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, in the Haute-Normandie Region of France. ![]() Gustave Flaubert is counted among the greatest Western novelists. ![]() ![]() Just like the other Tamora Pierce series, this is a sort of coming-of-age story (can you tell I like those?). However, by the end of the first book, Beka proves her worth. Beka, having just completed basic training, gets assigned to the evening watch in the Lower City with the best pair of Dogs, both of whom have gained legend status after being in the guard for many years–an impressive feat given the part of town they patrol. Being such senior officers, they are unhappy to have a trainee, called a Puppy, to take care of. The Dogs are split into pairs, assigned to a section of the city, and divided amongst three shifts: Day Watch, Evening Watch, and Night Watch. ![]() The Provost’s Guard is composed of a variety of officers, known as Dogs because of their propensity for sniffing out and hunting down criminals. This three-book series chronicles the life of Beka Cooper from her first day on the streets as part of the Provost’s Guard, the medieval fantasy version of a police force. ![]() We’re finally at the last review of my Tamora Pierce review series! How do you feel? Are you tired of them? Do you wish there were more? Have you read any of the four series? Let me know!Īnyways, the last and final series in the Tortall universe is Beka Cooper (alternately, Provost’s Dog). ![]() ![]() Read more as women today face obstacles from a society that equates authority with masculinity, Hatshepsut had to shrewdly operate the levers of a patriarchal system to emerge as Egypt's second female pharaoh. Hatshepsut was a master strategist, cloaking her political power plays with the veil of piety and sexual expression. Her failure to produce a male heir was ultimately the twist of fate that paved the way for her inconceivable rule as a cross-dressing king. Married to her brother, she was expected to bear the sons who would legitimize the reign of her father's family. Hatshepsut, the daughter of a general who took Egypt's throne without status as a king's son and a mother with ties to the previous dynasty, was born into a privileged position of the royal household. ![]() The audacious rise to power of a female pharaoh in a man's world Num Pages: 320 pages. Description for The Woman Who Would be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt Paperback. ![]() ![]() ![]() The story resonated with preteens and young teenagers, so much so that Meyer published nine more books in the series, from the “Bloody Jack” follow-up “Curse of the Blue Tattoo” in 2004 to “Boston Jacky” in 2013. Jacky Faber made her debut in 2002, with “Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary Jacky Faber, Ship’s Boy.” Meyer’s scrappy, smart, outspoken protagonist is thrown into the middle of real historical events in the early 19th century. ![]() “It occurred to me, however, to wonder what it would be like if the girl, instead of seeking to be with her lover, connives to get on board a British warship in order to just eat regularly and have a place to stay.” “These songs generally end up with the girl being found out quickly and threatened with being thrown overboard, but all ends happily when she either marries the boy or the captain,” and Meyer, in an essay posted on his website. The show had featured British and Celtic folk songs about girls who dressed up as men in order to get aboard a sailing ship. Mary “Jacky” Faber - known as “Bloody Jack” in the books - is a character Meyer created in the early 2000s after listening to George Fowler’s “New Potatoes” radio program on WERU 89.9 FM. Meyer, the best-selling author of the popular Jacky Faber young adult adventure book series, died July 29 at his home in the Hancock County town of Corea after a long battle with lymphoma. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The introduction of relevant biographical details is necessary for the fuller understanding of Huxley's treatment of what is ultimately a personal ethical belief. The author's personal involvement with the peace movement will also be investigated, particularly his involvement with the British pacifist organization, The Peace Pledge Union. These will be clearly defined and compared to the ones offered by Huxley. Pacifism as an ethical system covers various beliefs and commitments. Pacifism is an ethical principle and therefore the broader subject of this essay will be the different rhetorical approaches to ethics. In this essay, I will contrast the two approaches and discuss the main arguments for pacifism presented by Huxley. ![]() In philosophical works like Ends and Means and Science, Liberty and Peace, Huxley builds a case for pacifism using non-fictional, argumentative explication. In the novel Eyeless in Gaza, the author offers a strong argument for pacifism using the narrative form and its characteristic features (characters, plot, setting, structure). The aim of this essay is to explore Aldous Huxley's defense of pacifism in both fiction and non-fiction. ![]() ![]() ![]() Established in 2006, the camp was located at the base of steep mountains and bounded by rivers in isolated Nuristan Province. Upon arriving at Keating in late May 2009, the Black Knight Troop-divided into the Red, Blue, White, and Headquarters Platoons and tasked with preparing the base for shutdown-saw right away how vulnerable they were. The memoir provides a detailed account of the battle, and how Romesha, the staff sergeant of Red Platoon, executed a counterattack that helped save Keating along with many of his men and earned him a Medal of Honor. For 14 hours, the Black Knight Troop fought to defend their post. Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor by Clinton Romesha is a memoir of the October 2009 Battle of Kamdesh, in which hundreds of Taliban insurgents attacked Keating, the most remote American combat outpost in Afghanistan. Summary of Red Platoon by Clinton Romesha | Includes Analysis ![]() |