5/30/2023 0 Comments Tacitus the agricola and germania![]() Each in its way has had immense influence on our perception of Rome and the northern `barbarians'. The second is the only surviving specimen from the ancient world of an ethnographic study. ![]() Since Agricola's claim to fame was that as governor for seven years he had completed the conquest of Britain, begun four decades earlier, much of the first work is devoted to Britain and its people. The first products were brief: the biography of his late father-in-law Julius Agricola and an account of Rome's most dangerous enemies, the Germans. He was inspired to take up his pen when the assassination of Domitian ended `fifteen years of enforced silence'. `Long may the barbarians continue, I pray, if not to love us, at least to hate one another.'Ĭornelius Tacitus, Rome's greatest historian and the last great writer of classical Latin prose, produced his first two books in AD 98. Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Global Public Health.The European Society of Cardiology Series.Oxford Commentaries on International Law. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The book takes the form of a series of statements – some missing, some with material redacted – made by the crew to a bureaucratic committee investigating the effects of the strange objects: not what they might be or reveal, but how they might “precipitate reduction or enhancement of performance, task-related understanding and the acquisition of new knowledge and skills”. The Employees is not only a disconcertingly quotidian space opera it’s also an audacious satire of corporate language and the late-capitalist workplace, and a winningly abstracted investigation into what it means to be human. “It’s not hard to clean them,” says a crew member of the strange objects found on the faraway planet New Discovery, now housed in the Six-Thousand Ship orbiting above. ![]() Danish author Olga Ravn’s brilliantly unusual novel The Employees, which has been shortlisted for the International Booker prize, is an SF epic in miniature, but it takes a prosaic approach to our dreams of extraterrestrial transcendence. F rom the mysterious monoliths in 2001: A Space Odyssey to the impossible spaceship in Arrival, one of science fiction’s favourite tropes is the alien artefact that defies human comprehension. ![]() ![]() ![]() Stefan Bashkir, a major character in The Supernaturalist, is also an alias used by Artemis Fowl.Myishi is a character in The Wish List and also a corporation in The Supernaturalist. ![]() Phonetix is a large corporation that's mentioned in both the Artemis Fowl series and The Supernaturalist.Mythology Gag: His books have a few recurring names:.If he writes a sci-fi book with highly advanced technology, chances are it will feature intelligent gel/liquid metal/liquid-like arrays of nanites and it will usually be the top-notch tech of the setting.Author Tract: Environmentalism is very important to him, thus his driving it into reader's skulls in every book he writes. ![]() Tropes of which Eoin Colfer is found guilty: Rowling, and like the Harry Potter books, his Artemis Fowl series has been used to benchmark and compare other authors.Īnd he's from Ireland (specifically, Wexford), hence the Irish spelling of his name.Ĭolfer's works include, but are not limited to: A very capable author, he has been compared to J. Eoin Colfer (born ) is an Irish author, most famous for his Artemis Fowl books. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Tashie bhuiyan books![]() "Hand to fans of Netflix hit Never Have I Ever. ![]() "Steals your heart from start to finish." - Emma Lord, New York Times bestselling author of You Have a Match Book." - Mark Oshiro, award-winning author of Anger Is a Gift Suddenly, Mina's dreams-which once seemed impenetrable-begin to crumble, and she's forced to ask herself: Is winning worth losing everything? if she acts as his NYC tour guide.Īs Mina ventures across the five boroughs with Emmitt, the city she grew up in starts to look more like home than it ever has before. ![]() When indie film star Emmitt Ramos enrolls in her high school under a secret identity to research his next role, he agrees to star in her short film for the competition. There’s so much I want to say about this book that I’m a little afraid my review might be all over the place. New from the author of Counting Down with You comes a sparkling YA romance about an aspiring screenwriter who falls for the indie film star who goes undercover at her school.Īll Mina Rahman wants is to finally win the Golden Ivy student film competition, get into her dream school, and leave New York City behind for good. Counting Down with You by Tashie Bhuiyan Young Adult May 4, 2021, by Inkyard Press Review by Melanie I don’t find myself reading too much YA but this delightful book made me want to change that. "Wholly heartwarming and enchanting." -Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights and Our Violent Ends ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Borrowed Time by Paul Monette![]() gay elite, Horwitz was no typical AIDS patient: Monette maneuvered him into various experimental programs (he was the first AIDS patient west of the Mississippi to have access to AZT), and the firsthand glimpse of the ``netherworld of the sick,'' negotiating the byzantine route to the next ``magic bullet'' offers vivid confirmation of the human cost of the government's initial policy of informed neglect. Affluent and exceptionally well connected in the L.A. ![]() Despite its universal resonances, the book is perhaps most valuable as a vital addition to the literature of the AIDS epidemic. ![]() Monette brings to the narrative a poet's eye for the telling image or metaphor, and makes this far more than a simple compendium of medical disasters: the memoir transcends the particulars of the AIDS epidemic to stand as an eloquent testimonial to the power of love and the devastation of loss, the courage of the ill and the anger, fear and dedication of their loved ones. Poet and novelist Monette (Love Alone: 18 Elegies for Rog) applies admirable candor and control to the task of chronicling the suffering endured in the months between the diagnosis and death of the man with whom he had spent over 10 years. Wrenching in its detail, this account of the author's final two years with his companion and ``beloved friend'' Roger Horwitz, who died of AIDS in 1986, personalizes the epidemic's appalling statistics with heartbreaking clarity. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments The lincoln lawyer mickey haller![]() ![]() ![]() Posted in: Netflix, Preview, streaming, Trailer, TV | Tagged: lincoln lawyer, Michael Connelly, netflix, preview, trailer About Ray FlookServing as Television Editor since 2018, Ray began five years earlier as a contributing writer/photographer before being brought onto the core BC team in 2017. Also returning are Neve Campbell (Maggie McPherson), Becki Newton (Lorna), Jazz Raycole (Izzy), and Angus Sampson (Cisco). Let’s begin with returning cast members: Manuel Garcia-Rulfo will back to reprise his role as Mickey Haller. ![]() Netflix's The Lincoln Lawyer also stars Jazz Raycole, Angus Sampson, Christopher Gorham, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Michael Graziadei, and Jamie McShane. Kelley, Connelly, Ted Humphrey, and Ross Fineman serve as executive producers, with Humphrey also serving as showrunner. New Cast and Returning Cast for The Lincoln Lawyer Season 2. Mickey has two ex-wives: He most recently divorced Lorna (Becki Newton), and his first, Maggie (Neve Campbell), with who he shares a daughter named Hayley (Krista Warner). ![]() He is also working on rebuilding relationships. He returns to Los Angeles where he finds himself dragged back into the business with a mystery to solve. Throughout the show's freshman season, Mickey is trying to find his footing again after spending time away from practicing law. Based on the series of bestselling novels by Michael Connelly, "The Lincoln Lawyer" tells the story of Los Angeles-based attorney Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia Rulfo), who runs his legal practice from the back of his Lincoln Town Car. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Unattainable madeline sheehan![]() ![]() Once again in town, Dirty pulled off to the side of the road and cut his engine. But no matter how old, how flimsy, how frayed the rope of love is, it keeps you tethered to the people you love. Love doesn’t erase a broken heart, and it sure doesn’t change people. Cage and Tegen fight hard but love harder, and in the end, what matters is where the journey takes one girl and one boy, who have been twined with one another since the beginning. Following is a wayward journey that is filled with regrets, mistakes, and heartache, pulling at the threads that hold them together. With one chance encounter, Tegen becomes forever tied to Cage. Tall and blond with deep brown eyes, as he grows up Cage realizes the power of his dimpled smile and smooth drawl. Cage West is the son of the president of the Hell’s Horsemen. ![]() When she meets a sweet, caring boy, she embraces the warmth and affection he shows her. A plain little girl, Tegen falls into the gritty world of the motorcycle club. Tegen Matthews is the daughter of Dorothy Kelley, a club whore in the Hell’s Horsemen. A story born in childhood, tying one girl to one boy, leads to a destructive path-that hurts more than it doesn’t, that shatters more than it heals-testing the love that binds the two through a lifetime. This story takes love and kills its innocence, steals away the pure moments, and crushes the hearts of the broken. Warning: This is not a virtuous and tender love story. ![]() UNATTAINABLE, BOOK 3 IN THE UNDENIABLE SERIES ![]() ![]() From a very young age, Mileva assumes that she will never marry due to her physical disability. Does this historical setting affect the characters? What role, if any, does it play in shaping their lives?ĥ. Discuss the setting of the book, a world on the brink of astounding scientific discoveries, political upheaval, and ultimately horrible World War I atrocities. What forms of betrayal does she experience? How does her reaction to those betrayals propel the story forward, for better or worse? Has Mileva engaged in betrayal herself?Ĥ. Betrayal is a recurrent motif in the book and an unfortunate reality in Mileva’s life. How does the study of math and physics become this quest for Albert and Mileva? Are they, either separately or together, successful in their crusade? Does unmuzzling life’s mysteries have disparate meanings to them?ģ. This novel can be seen as quest for understanding, a search for the divine in the natural order of the world. Do you think gender would influence Mileva’s life in the same way if she lived today?Ģ. Discuss the various ways that gender affects the characters in this novel. ![]() ![]() In What It Is Like to Go to War, Marlantes takes a deeply personal and candid look at the experience and ordeal of combat, critically examining how we might better prepare our young soldiers for war. Marlantes survived, but like many of his brothers in arms, he has spent the last forty years dealing with his experiences. He killed the enemy and he watched friends die. ![]() ![]() In his thirteen-month tour he saw intense combat. In 1968, at the age of twenty-two, Karl Marlantes was dropped into the highland jungle of Vietnam, an inexperienced lieutenant in command of a platoon of forty Marines who would live or die by his decisions. Louis Post Dispatch Favorite Books of 2011 A Shelf Awareness Reviewer's Top Pick of 2011 One of the most important and highly-praised books of 2011, Karl Marlantes's What It Is Like to Go to War is set to become just as much of a classic as his epic novel Matterhorn. #3 on 's 10 Best Books of 2011 The New Yorker Favorite Books from 2011 Hudson Booksellers Best Books of 2011 Barnes & Noble Best Nonfiction Books of 2011 St. ![]() ![]() ![]() "I suppose there's an attitude, which is to mess around with the show itself, and to recognize it's only a show, and to play with the audience's expectations. ![]() So while we'd often find people would enjoy it, we could never find whether they'd agree about which bits they'd enjoyed. But really, there's many different forms of humor. ![]() Each of us write differently, and it's all apparently linked together by these little animations of Gilliam's, so it makes it look like it's about something. "I think it's kind of an encyclopedic comedy it only appears to be one show. How would you describe Monty Python's humor? I've just been on a book tour of three different countries, and each time, you want those laughs." I certainly like that it's a reaffirmation. Thriving on a laugh is a vital spark I think you become kind of a laugh junkie. ![]() "It's quite something to be out there looking for love and affection from a lot of strangers in a dark room. Author of " Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography." ( Interview Highlights Member of Monty Python, the comedy group that created "Monty Python’s Flying Circus" which first aired on the BBC in 1969. Monty Python’s Eric Idle is still "Always Looking on the Bright Side of Life." He’s out with a "sortabiography" and joins us.Įric Idle, comedian, actor, writer and singer-songwriter. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) This article is more than 3 years old. "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography," by Eric Idle. ![]() |