![]() ![]() In Samuel Pepys, Claire Tomalin offers us a fully realized and richly nuanced portrait of this man, whose inadvertent masterpiece would establish him as the greatest diarist in the English language.Īgainst the backdrop of plague, civil war, and regicide, with John Milton composing diplomatic correspondence for Oliver Cromwell, Christopher Wren drawing up plans to rebuild London, and Isaac Newton advancing the empirical study of the world around us, Tomalin weaves a breathtaking account of a figure who has passed on to us much of what we know about seventeenth-century London. For a decade, beginning in 1660, an ambitious young London civil servant kept an astonishingly candid account of his life during one of the most defining periods in British history. ![]()
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![]() Robbed of her song, Lira has until the winter solstice to deliver Prince Elian's heart to the Sea Queen or remain a human forever. To punish her daughter, the Sea Queen transforms Lira into the one thing they loathe most - a human. Until a twist of fate forces her to kill one of her own. With the hearts of seventeen princes in her collection, she is revered across the sea. Princess Lira is siren royalty and the most lethal of them all. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Brody details the development of Fitzhugh's novel Harriet the Spy and how it initially was received with skepticism by her agent and editor. Returning to New York, the frustrated artist became determined to make her mark amid the tumultuous early 1960s. Not taking well to criticism, she traveled to Italy and France (alone, when her then-girlfriend decided to attend college instead) and hung out with other artistic exiles. ![]() ![]() The inspiration for what would later become the fictional Harriet's obsession may have begun when Fitzhugh interned at the local newspaper, filing old articles, including reports of her own family, specifically her estranged mother (a later reunion would prove to be unsettling).Īfter studies at Bard College, Fitzhugh's eventual trek north to New York City led her to the West Village's bohemian artist circles, where she befriended authors Maurice Sendak and Loraine Hansberry.Īfter a few illustrated children's book projects, including Suzuki Beane, an illustrated children's book that took on Beatnik life, and the anti-war-themed Bang, Bang You're Dead (with Sandra Scoppettone), Fitzhugh struggled with a few play scripts, one of which, to one agent, too closely resembled her dread-filled Southern family life.įitzhugh was also an accomplished visual artist who had dreams of prominent gallery exhibitions, which didn't work out. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Of course, she stated the importance of doing such. ![]() She even tackled about the two schools of book covering and gave tips on how to wrap a book in plastic cover. A very short chapter comprised of only three articles is next, which is entitled “And Now for Something Really Kinky,” is a funny chapter that talks about her obsession on covering books with plastic. Mostly, it shows the negative points she witnessed and the weaknesses she viewed. The first chapter which she called “Sometimes They Just Suck,” contains her opinions, observations, and annotations on various films, documentaries, operas, stage plays, and the like. It contains seven chapters and is composed of 63 articles all in all. Planet of the Twisted is actually a compilation of her works (most probably her column entries to the Manila Standard Today). ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() At the same time, The Red King is a direct sequel to both Taking Wing and The Sundered, as Riker and his crew work to locate Romulan commander Donatra’s missing fleet, figure out how to return to Federation space, and unravel the mystery of a terrible new threat to Neyel space. ![]() Martin) is more of what the Titan series was billed to be: a story of exploration, in which Riker and his crew encounter strange new worlds and new life forms. While Taking Wing was focused on introducing Riker’s new ship and its extraordinarily varied interspecies crew, as well as wrapping up a number of dangling story-threads left by the end of Star Trek: Nemesis, The Red King (written by Andy Mangels & Michael A. ![]() This area of space also happens to be the home of the Neyel, the mysterious race of aliens with centuries-old ties to humanity first introduced in the novel The Sundered (read my review here). Titan find themselves in the Small Magellanic Cloud, one of the Milky Way’s satellite galaxies. After being catapulted clear of the Milky Way galaxy at the end of Taking Wing (The first Star Trek T itan novel - read my review here), Captain William T. ![]() ![]() Though this was not his flat, Cyril slipped from bed and went directly to the washroom without hesitation. An early spring storm freckled the bedroom windows with rain. The smell of coffee was strong outside his nest of blankets. In a second-story flat on the fashionable part of Baldwin Street-close enough to the river that the scent of money still perfumed the air, and close enough to the wharves for good street food and radical conversation-Cyril DePaul pulled himself from beneath a heavy duvet of moiré silk. Amberlough City, eponymous capital of the larger state, was not home to many early risers. ![]() At the beginning of the workweek, most of Amberlough’s salaryfolk crawled reluctantly from their bed-or someone else’s-and let the trolleys tow them, hungover and half asleep, to the office. ![]() ![]() ![]() Do not engage in hate speech, harassment, arguing in bad faith, sealioning, or general pot stirring. Rules Be KindĮvery interaction on the subreddit must be kind, respectful, and welcoming. This also applies to you posting on behalf of your friend/family member/neighbor. ![]() ![]() Personal benefit includes, but is not limited to: financial gain from sales or referral links, traffic to your own website/blog/channel, karma farming, critiques or feedback of your work from the community, etc. Interactions should not primarily be for personal benefit. Interact with the community in good faith. Respect for members and creators shall extend to every interaction. 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We can see each speech, with a few exceptions, as coming closer and closer to the truth. ![]() He concludes, the philosopher's search for wisdom is the most valuable of all pursuits. What do we learn of Plato through Diotima's Form of Beauty? Plato rejecting the romanticization of sexual love, valuing above all an asexual and all-consuming passion for wisdom and beauty. The greatest knowledge of all, she confides, is knowledge of the Form of Beauty, which we must strive to attain. Love expresses itself through pregnancy and reproduction, either through the bodily kind of sexual Love or through the sharing and reproduction of ideas. ![]() Love is neither wise nor beautiful, but is rather the desire for wisdom and beauty. ![]() Who does Socrates reference in order to give his statement? A wise woman named Diotima and what she told him What does Socrates state? According to Diotima, Love is not a god at all, but is rather a spirit that mediates between people and the objects of their desire. ![]() ![]() He knows that he must find his courage and fight like a warrior-or lose his home forever.īY (AUTHOR) Hunter, Erin, ILLUSTRATED BY Barry, James L. Firestar has promised to send a warrior patrol to assist them, but Ravenpaw worries that it won't be enough to chase out the invaders. Now they're ready to fight to reclaim their home on the farm. ![]() Ravenpaw and Barley helped their friends in ThunderClan defeat the vicious BloodClan cats in Twolegplace. Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processesĪ graphic novel adventure from the world of Erin Hunter's #1 nationally bestselling Warriors series! In the third book of the Ravenpaw's Path manga arc, find out what happened to Ravenpaw after he left ThunderClan in Warriors #1: Into the Wild. 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