![]() ![]() About the quote : Lewis 1898-1963 was an Irish author and scholar, most famous for his Chronicles of Narnia series. Do not waste time bothering whether you love your neighbor act as if you did. ![]() Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. As a rule of thumb, if the government wants you to know it, it probably isnt true. War is never economically beneficial except for those in position to profit from war expenditures. ![]() About the quote : Comment trying to convince mideast policy makers Russia, the EU and the UN to stop aid to the new Hamas Palestinian government 1/30/0 Setting a good example is a far better way to spread ideals than through force of arms. Donovan, Marine Corps You cannot be on one hand dedicated to peace and on the other dedicated to violence. Donovan, Marine Corps The dangerous a defender of militarism and its ideals of war and glory. Donovan, Marine Corps The dangerous into chauvinism and exhibits blind enthusiasm for military actions. ![]()
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![]() His mother gives him advice before he leaves: only cross the river in places where the water is clear, greet everyone politely, listen to the advice of wise men without anger, and if a maiden gives him her ring and a kiss, he should be strong and bold. They tell him about the glory of King Arthur’s court and Parzival resolves to become a knight. He is stunned by their magnificent appearance but does not understand the concept of a knight. One day, Parzival meets three knights in a clearing. Queen Herzeloyde raises Parzival in the wilderness to keep him ignorant of the world of knights. Gahmuret is killed in battle before his son, Parzival, is born. Though he is reluctant, he marries her but returns to the Middle East to quell a siege. There, he falls in love with Queen Herzeloyde at a jousting tournament. ![]() When Gahmuret tires of life in the Middle East, he returns to Anjou. The couple has a son named Feirefiz, whose mottled skin resembles a magpie. ![]() He saves Queen Belacane and marries her, becoming king. Since he does not stand to inherit anything, he sets out on an adventure to the Middle East. Gahmuret is the youngest son of the King of Anjou. ![]() Parzival begins with the story of Gahmuret, Parzival’s father. This guide uses the 2006 Oxford World Classics edition, translated by Cyril Edwards. ![]() ![]() ![]() McCully's rich palette and skillful renderings of shadow and light sources make this an inviting postcard from the Old World. ![]() Bellini's anxiety may be a bit sophisticated for the intended audience and, surprisingly, the scenes featuring Mirette and Bellini on the high wire lack drama and intensity. Mirette meets Bellini, a high-wire walker, and decides it is something she wants to do. Her watercolor illustrations depicting Paris in the late 1800’s sets a perfect tone for the story. But Mirette doesnt know that the stranger was once the Great Bellini-master wire-walker. Emily Arnold McCully is certainly deserving of this award for Mirette on the High Wire. When the widows daughter, Mirette, discovers him crossing the courtyard on air, she begs him to teach her how he does it. McCully's story has an exciting premise and starting point, but unfortunately ends up as a missed opportunity. One day, a mysterious stranger arrives at a boardinghouse of the widow Gateau-a sad-faced stranger, who keeps to himself. After much practice the girl joins Bellini on the wire as he conquers his fear and demonstrates to all of Paris that he is still the best. ![]() Mirette implores the boarder to teach her his craft, not knowing that her instructor is the ``Great Bellini'' of high wire fame. Many traveling performers stay at Madame Gateaux's boarding house, but Mme.'s daughter Mirette is particularly taken with one guest-the quiet gentleman who can walk along the clothesline without falling off. In this picture book set in 19th-century Paris, a child helps a daredevil who has lost his edge to regain his confidence. ![]() ![]() ![]() “While other founding fathers were reared in their virtuous New England villages or cosseted on baronial Virginia estates, Hamilton grew up in a tropical hellhole of dissipated whites and fractious slaves, all framed by a backdrop of luxuriant natural beauty.” His family was part of the “middle rung” of society, “squeezed between the plantation aristocrats above and street rabble and unruly slaves below”. ![]() Hamilton was born in Charlestown on the island of Nevis (Leeward Islands) in 1755. Ron Chernow’s biography sets the record straight. Although Alexander Hamilton was one of the founding fathers of the United States, he was demonized by his contemporaries as someone who was a wannabe monarch and hungry for power. ![]() These lines are from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical, Hamilton, which was inspired by this biography. “Let me tell you what I wish I’d known / When I was young and dreamed of glory / You have no control: / Who lives, who dies, who tells your story.” ![]() ![]() Were he to revisit 2001, he might well ask if maybe HAL had a good point (after all, he was just trying to keep the mission on track). ![]() Everyone knows that the prehistoric romance is a fine template for wilderness adventure with a bit of evolution tossed in, but when Robinson revisited it in Shaman, he asked how such a culture would learn how to make art and develop governance systems, and what might look like high tech to them (it partly involved snowshoes). He interrogates and unpacks assumptions, asks previously unasked questions, and often rethinks the mode of storytelling itself. ![]() ![]() Kim Stanley Robinson novels are never about only one thing, so when he addresses a familiar SF trope or subgenre, you can expect matters to get slippery. ![]() ![]() ![]() The author presents the tale in a mix of standard type and a legible hand-printed font on lined paper, with the odd line drawing or photo added. The goopy geyser turns out to be every bit as disgusting and fascinating as they’d hoped (Lyle later writes a haiku about it), and they get a far closer look than planned when Marilla drops her new camera into the settling pool. ![]() Intrigued by a newspaper article’s reference to the antiquated plant’s open-air “sludge fountain,” Lyle, Marilla and Dave decide that they must see for themselves. Try it.” Demonstrating his narrator’s insight, conceptually at least, Riddleburger sends three normally unadventurous young friends on a surreptitious (and, as you might guess, foredoomed) expedition to their small town’s sewage treatment plant. “Yeah, it’s kind of second-grade, I know, but once the word poop has been said fifty times, the fifty-first time is twice as funny. ![]() ![]() ![]() I loved that I went in fairly blind and had no idea what was coming. ![]() He is one of those characters I hated to love and loved to hate. As the story goes on, he has his moments. But to wake up like that and be greeted by a husband who is cruel more often than not, to have two daughters you don’t even know and not remember anything but a few scattered memories from your past… that’s just terrifying. To wake up in a hospital and not know who you are… that’s something that would be difficult and scary for anyone. Otherwise you’ll have all these theories and feelings and no one to share them with! ![]() I recommend when you read this book, read it with someone or talk it out with someone else who’s read it. Just when I thought I *maybe* had things figured out, I got another curve ball thrown right at me at the end. Suit was one of those books that kept me on the edge of my seat, made me feel conflicted and confused at times and really threw me for a loop. ![]() ![]() and “Meteorologist Ginger Zee deftly balances the science of storms, their fascination to storm chasers, and Helicity’s angst and family problems. She’ll have to face her fears and muster all her strength and knowledge to fight her way out of the nightmare.Praise for Chasing Helicity. ![]() She and her friends go out for a day sail and get caught up in a derecho–a line of intense, widespread, and fast-moving windstorms that once again turn her boat–and life–upside down. And if there’s one place in the world that has weather to rival Michigan’s, it’s Texas. Her concerns about her older brother Andy intensify–even though he shows up to surprise her in Texas. But Helicity comes by her name honestly–Helicity means to spin–and her troubles from home follow her south. Her responsibilities at Mia’s Aunt Suze’s beachfront bed and breakfast are pretty simple and leave her lots of time to enjoy hunting for sea glass, sunbathing, and exploring a summer romance. When Helicity Dunlap flies for Texas to spend time with her best friend Mia she hopes to leave the tragedies of the devastating tornado and flash flood back in Michigan–at least for a little while. You can read this before Chasing Helicity Into the Wind (Chasing Helicity #2) PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. ![]() Here is a quick description and cover image of book Chasing Helicity Into the Wind (Chasing Helicity #2) written by Ginger Zee which was published in April 23, 2019. Brief Summary of Book: Chasing Helicity Into the Wind (Chasing Helicity #2) by Ginger Zee ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "And now in my mature adult state, I realize that being Batman would be tough, marrying Batman isn't appealing, so I am left with writing Batman." When you're eight, you don't really have it all figured out but you know that Batman has something to do with you," quipped Madison. "By the time I was eight-years-old, I was sure that I would write Batman someday and also that I would be Batman. Madison, the founder and CEO of (hailed as 'MySpace for writers'), told CBR News she is a long-time fan of the Huntress and an even bigger fan of Gotham's leading man, the Dark Knight. ![]() She also teaches school.ĭon't worry, because beginning this May, breakout writer Ivory Madison is going to tell you everything you need to know about the current continuity origins of the Huntress in the six-issue miniseries "Huntress: Year One." Known for her liberal use of ultra-violence and consequently strained relationship with the Batman, Bertinelli once operated as Batgirl, joined the JLA, and currently operates as the field commander of Birds of Prey. In her current incarnation, the post-"Crisis" or Modern Age version of Huntress is Helena Bertinelli, a woman who turned to a life of vigilantism after becoming the last survivor of a crime family eliminated in a Gotham City mob war. ![]() ![]() ![]() Upon learning that this movie was adapted from a novel by John Updike, a writer I admire, I expected the hijinx to lead to something deeper. The trio of women gets their revenge through sorcery, but they still raise Daryl's lovechildren and treat him as merely an exasperating, absentee father rather than quashing his sacrilegious doctrine, defeating him for good, or at least spurning him for the Satan proxy he is. ![]() Cher, Sarandon, and Pfeiffer are brassy, sensual, and sweet, respectively, and Jack Nicholson is the epitome of the diabolical wag.ĭaryl van Horne spouts some base misogyny, which has the potential to be clever and satirical if only there were some wink at the audience. ![]() Three headstrong single women in idyllic Eastwick wish for their dream beaux, and a devilish new stranger comes to town to seduce them in turn. ![]() |