![]() ![]() The Weight of Blood by David Dalglish Its a high-fantasy about half-orc brothers, which I’m normally not into, but it’s supposed to be dark, and David is hilarious, so I figure his books can’t be bad. So I’m just doing a quick post, and I’ll go more indepth later on. I was gonna post my reading-list of books I’m going to read, but it’s late, I’m sweaty, and tired. I need an editor any time I write anything. Here’s a fun fact: In my comment to the review, wherein I say thanks, I spelled my own name wrong. In a related note, she’s super nice and her book is really good, so if you haven’t bought it – why not? Go buy it.Īlso, here’s a funtastic review at Paranormal Romance Addicts. ![]() (Sidenote: In response to the question “Who is your favorite literary character of all time?” I forgot to include Falstaff on my list.)Īlso, on Tuesday this week I’ll be posting my interview with her (wherein, I ask her questions) and the review of her book Glimpse. ![]()
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When Star Wars burst on to the big screen in 1977, an unfailingly polite golden droid called C-3PO captured imaginations around the globe. When Star Wars burst on to the big screen in 1977, an unfailingly polite golden droid called C-3PO captured imaginations around the globe. ![]() ![]() While we are still learning how to talk about all that is happening in the world right now, there is some literary precedence that might provide the basis for discussing the uncanny-defined by Sigmund Freud, in his 1919 book-length essay of the same name, as “that class of the terrifying which leads back to something long known to us, once very familiar”-nature of 2020. In many ways, 2020 has become an ineffable year whose twists thus far defy easy parsing through language. ![]() The sheer rate at which things seem to be happening, compounded by the need for those who are able to self-isolate to stay at home, has left many feeling at a loss for words. A quick perusal of Twitter reveals memes listing all that has happened since January, ranging from the tragic and social-order shattering-like the global pandemic and the protests ongoing throughout the United States-to the just plain odd, like the brief invasion of killer wasps. On top of the sense that time has become an amorphous blob we must all push through, there is also a sense that 2020 is an incomprehensible year overall. ![]() ![]() A common sentiment online over the past few months has been a variation on how time seems to be moving both far too quickly and far too slow. ![]() ![]() ![]() Pollyanna Whittier, the book's titular heroine, has come to symbolize unrelenting happiness, regardless of the enormity of any situation. ![]() While the novel remains popular-inspiring at least two successful movie adaptations and several million copies sold since its initial publication-critical opinion, where it exists, has not been kind to Porter's most famous creation. INTRODUCTIONĪt the time of its release, Porter's juvenile novel Pollyanna: The Glad Book (1913) inspired the addition of a new word into the English lexicon: "Pollyanna"-a noun describing a person who is blindly optimistic. The following entry presents commentary on Porter's juvenile novel Pollyanna: The Glad Book (1913) through 2001. (Full name Eleanor Hodgman Porter also wrote under the pseudonyms Eleanor Stuart and Eleanor Stewart) American short-story writer and author of juvenile novels. ![]() ![]() ![]() Run to the Roar is not just a book about squash it is an invaluable and unique reflection on mentoring, leadership, and parenting from one of the most innovative and successful coaches in collegiate athletics. In stark contrast to his Trinity dynasty, Assaiante also openly discusses the deep emotional turmoil he faces as the parent of a heroin addict. 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Disclaimer: This site does not store any files on its server. ![]() ![]() ![]() He gained glory with the work “Kitab al-Qanun fit-Tibb” (The Canon of Medicine) an enyclopaedia of medicine in five books, translated into Latin in the 13 th century by Gerardo de Cremone. His opus contains about three hundred works-46 on philosophical topics, 44 on medical, 81 works on astronomy and natural sciences and over 70 works on different religious topics. Ibn Sina, seen by some as a representative of pure aristotelism, by others as a neoplatonic, by the maority as an unique thinker whose spirit made it to the heights of geniality, a man whose books were burned by some khalifahs and banned by the Church, is mentioned in Dante's “Divine comedy” as one of the good people who did not know Christianity or were not Christians in the first circle of “Inferno” together with Aristotle, Plato, Heraclitus, Hipokrates and Averroes. One of the greatest names of the falasifa-helenistically inspired philosophy-was Abdullah Ibn sina (Avicenna, 980-1037). The Islamic scholastic philosophy revived the ancient Greek philosophy and preserved the heritage of Aristotle and Plato for the European renaissance. The development of the Islamic golden civilization is marked with the religion Islam and the influence of the Hebrew, Helenistic, Persian, Christian and other traditions and cultures. The Islamic scientific thought developed on the crossroads of the oldest civilizations, in the space of constant tensions and riots. ![]() |