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Immense journey5/29/2023 ![]() Now for the first time, the Library of America presents his landmark essay collections in a definitive two-volume set.īeginning with the surprise million-copy seller The Immense Journey (1957), Eiseley produced an astonishing succession of books that won acclaim both as science and as art. ![]() Weaving together anecdote, philosophical reflection, and keen observation with the soul and skill of a poet, Eiseley offers a brilliant, companionable introduction to the sciences, paving the way for writers like Carl Sagan, Stephen Jay Gould, and Neil deGrasse Tyson. At the height of a distinguished career as a “bone-hunter” and paleontologist, Eiseley turned from fieldwork and scientific publication to the personal essay in six remarkable books that are masterpieces of prose style. ![]() To read Loren Eiseley (1907–1977) is to renew a sense of wonder at the miracles and paradoxes of evolution and the ever-changing diversity of life. ![]()
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Douglass narrative of the life5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Also how he overcame slavery and how he was able to become his “own master.” By clearly establishing his credibility and connecting with his audience, Douglass uses numerous rhetorical devices to argue the atrocity that slaves experienced he uses ethos, parallelism, and tone.įrederick Douglass uses parallelism when saying “I was not allowed to be present during her illness, at her death, or burial”(Douglass 49). He shares how he tolerated being a slave and working for several slaveholders. He belives that slavery should be should be abolished and he illustrates to the reader by telling his story. Douglass, one of the most famous American slaves, has a writing style that is more old-fashioned, intimate, and direct. Fredrick Douglass depicts his own style of writing in his memoir, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. ![]()
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Lake of Urine by Guillermo Stitch5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Can’t I also have, one might ask, characters I can identify with, a tendon of plot and the consoling sense that I’m a moral and high-minded person? Not here, no. Donleavy, you’d like to decompose when you die in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs of Dublin if you sometimes wish you were an extra in John Gay’s raucous The Beggar’s Opera, then Guillermo Stitch’s new novel, Lake of Urine, is for you. If you read Finnegans Wake for the off-color puns if you take to Flann O’Brien’s satirical novels as happily as a pup going for a morning walk if, like Aunt Ada Doom in Stella Gibbons’s Cold Comfort Farm, you suspect you saw something nasty in the woodshed if, like J.P. ![]()
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![]() ![]() In recent years Abu-Lughod has struggled to reconcile the popular image of women victimized by Islam with the complex women she has known through her research in various communities in the Muslim world. An anthropologist who has been writing about Arab women for thirty years, she delves into the predicaments of Muslim women today, questioning whether generalizations about Islamic culture can explain the hardships these women face and asking what motivates particular individuals and institutions to promote their rights. Lila Abu-Lughod boldly challenges this conclusion. ![]() Frequent reports of honor killings, disfigurement, and sensational abuse have given rise to a consensus in the West, a message propagated by human rights groups and the media: Muslim women need to be rescued. ![]()
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![]() His years in college lay the foundation of finding time for prayer and God's Word even amid tight schedules and social pressures. He is also brought up with a love for the outdoors and enjoys hunting and camping, which lay the groundwork for him to survive in the jungles of Ecuador as an adult. Jim grows into an adolescent that is good looking, does well in school and is willing to help others with their studies. His father reads Scripture to his children daily and teaches them to live according to God's Word rather than legalisms and man-made rules. ![]() This story grants insight as to how God orchestrates his will on earth and opens with stories of how Jim Elliot's ancestors come to this country and lay the foundation of faith which is passed on to Jim Elliot and his siblings at an early age. Shadow of the Almighty is a love story between one man and his Savior and shows how that love and commitment overshadows all other relationships and every thought. ![]() Intimate details take readers by the hand to witness what others see in the young missionary and what Jim Elliot himself thinks and feels as he chooses God's will over his own in everyday circumstances. It is the story of one young man's journey from birth, to following Jesus Christ at a young age that leads him on a journey of faith that eventually carries him to the mission field where he sacrifices his life for his faith. ![]() Jim Elliot's biography is based on not only memories, but also extensive journal entries and letters to friends and family. ![]()
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Ghouls by Edward Lee5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() He certainly doesn’t pull any punches in his fiction, but he was kind enough to take some time out fo r an interview. Most of the research pointed at Edward Lee as one of the most hard-core of the horror writers, and after reading some of his books, I have to say I agree. Then she told me about his infamous work Header, which I have yet to lay my hands on, and I did some research. I first heard of Edward Lee when I sensed a reawakening of my interest in horror, so I asked a friend (who is a HUGE horror geek) who she would recommend, and she recommended Joe Lansdale (whose interview you can find below), and she also mentioned Edward Lee, but then added (and I’m paraphrasing), “But only read Ed Lee if you’re really twisted.” That sounded like a throw-down to me, so my ears perked right up. ![]() ![]() As a kid, I had always had a love of the horror genre, be it movies, comics, or films, but it had lain dormant for a long, long time. ![]()
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Wolf Creek by Ford Fargo5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Mayo, Phil Dunlap,Ĭhuck Tyrell, Jerry Guin, Troy D. Read *em Cowboy! These are the legends of Wolf Creek.Īppearing as Ford Fargo in this installment: At first this murder seemed like any other *but the more Marshal Sam Gardner and his deputies learn about it, the more it seems this death will blow Wolf Creek wide open*Ībout the author: Beneath the mask, Ford Fargo is not one but a posse of America's leading western authors who have pooled their talents to create a series of rip-snortin', old fashioned sagebrush sagas. Life is cheap there, and death is common. In our latest adventure: Dogleg City is what folks in Wolf Creek call the seedy part of town. Each author writes from the perspective of his or her own unique character, blended together into a single novel. Here you will find many of your favorite authors, working together as Ford Fargo to weave a complex and textured series of Old West adventures like no one has ever seen. ![]()
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Recall by Toni Barca5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() “If we play lurching, now I attack you, now you attack me, I attack, you attack.then they are better. This is the game we want, if you give it your all on the pitch and you're a team, we're a better team than Madrid. Patience with the ball, they're going to get desperate, they (the Real Madrid fans) are going to start whistling at them. The coach continued: “Also, because you have shown that you give everything on the pitch, it is a day to show patience and personality. Xavi then replies: “For this reason, yes.” Speaking ahead of the game, Xavi explains to his side: "Curiously, today in Madrid, this is the day in which I am calmer as a coach when I thought I was going to be more tense, more nervous, but I'm very calm, do you know why?" To which veteran full-back Jordi Alba responds, “because we are going to win”. ![]() Have Your Say! Will Xavi be able to lead Barcelona to the league title this season? Tell us what you think here. ![]()
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The nature of things book5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Lucretius spreads out two essential standards of issue: 1) nothing originates from nothing, and 2) nothing completely vanishes. Lucretius sets out, consequently, to clarify the Luxurious model of nature-including heavenly issues, life on earth, and the activities of the psyche and the soul-so as to dissipate our dread of the obscure. The Greek logician Epicurus liberated them from their obliviousness through science and a foundation of the laws of nature. Lucretius enlightens us concerning a prior time, when mankind was the oblivious slave of superstition, because of their dread of death and the divine beings. Lucretius at that point addresses Memmius and spreads out what he would like to cover in this work: “the working of the paradise above and the idea of the divine beings, and… the essential components of things from which nature makes, increments, and supports all things… ” (Book I, lines 50-60 page 4). Lucretius likewise lets us know in this supplication that he is composing this work for his companion, Memmius. ![]() He requests that her carry appeal to his words that will assist them with enduring. Lucretius starts his ballad with a petition to Venus, the Roman goddess of affection, whose regenerative forces permit everything in nature to prosper. ![]()
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Doyle the speckled band5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() This is all taking place without Doctor Roylott’s knowledge. ![]() They arrange for Helen to spend the night in another room whilst they sneak into her current bedroom. After hearing her story about her soon to be wed sister being murdered, they go with Helen to her house where her sister died. The actual crime was in Surry, England at Stoke Moran.ĥ SUBJECT Helen Stoner visits Holmes and Watson to seek their advice on her sister’s murder. Helen Stoner travelled into London to see them. Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson live on Baker Street in London. It is written in the point of view of Doctor WatsonĤ SETTING The setting, initially, is in London. Presentation on theme: "The Speckled Band Sir Arthur conan doyle."- Presentation transcript:ġ The Speckled Band Sir Arthur conan doyleĢ ABOUT THE AUTHOR Arthur Conan Doyle was born on May, in the United Kingdom and died July, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a Scottish writer and physician, most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fictionģ NARRATOR The Speckled Band is narrated in the first person, narrative style. ![]() |