![]() ![]() ![]() In Gene Luen Yang’s semi-autobiographical memoir, Dragon Hoops, we get one such story which is not only about basketball, but how it intersects with race, class and identity. As a fan of the game, I have watched every basketball movie in existence, and often found the ones that I have re-watched because they stayed with me, had more to do with people than basketball. Since then, the city has gotten two other professional basketball teams, my beloved Knicks have gotten a rebirth, and my love for basketball has endured. John’s University was seeing resurgence and the Knicks were being coached by Pat Riley, and had made it to the finals. The college teams within the city like St. The city has seen its share of triumphs in sports, but it seemed as though, everything was converging. As I sit here writing more than two decades from my formative years, it did not feel like it then, but it was something magical about the city then. People’s History of the Marvel UniverseĪs a kid growing up in New York City during the 1990s, I can definitely say that there was nothing else like it. ![]()
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![]() When a gang of desperate criminals begins leaving calling cards inscribed ‘With the Compliments of Johnny Washington’, the real Johnny Washington is encouraged by an attractive newspaper columnist to throw in his lot with the police. Includes as a bonus the first Paul Temple short story, ‘A Present for Paul’. ![]() Republished for the first time since 1951, Beware of Johnny Washington is Francis Durbridge’s clever reworking of the very first Paul Temple radio serial using his new characters, the amiable Johnny Washington and newspaper columnist Verity Glyn. ![]() ![]() ![]() Does Butler's depiction of the history of slavery in Africa and the Middle Passage seem realistic?Ģ. ![]() ![]() Bright dust jacket cover, slight spine fade, a quarter-inch closed tear to back edge. Of course, Anyanwu, too, is a superspecies of woman unto herself and therefore has and uses power to pursue her ends which are to make the lives of her series of husbands and children as fulfilled as possible.ġ. Butler (First Edition) Firm square copy, minor edgewear to spine, faint foxing to text block edges and a few spots to the prelims, otherwise bright. Butler’s novel Parable of the Sower (1993. Meanwhile, the relationship of Doro and Anyanwu is a compelling tension of preemptive male violence and megalomanic will with the patient female nurturing, delaying of gratification, healing, organizing, and resignation in the face of inexorable force. Butler’s prodigies of survival are forced to confront adaptation’s hidden costs. Butler's historical, sociological, and anthropological source studies focus upon the Nigerian area. The other books in the series are, in order within the Patternist chronology: Mind of My Mind (1977), Clay's Ark (1984), Survivor (1978. ![]() Although published in 1980 as the fourth book of the Patternist series, it is the earliest book in the chronology of the Patternist world. It focuses upon the West African region, especially Nigeria. Wild Seed is a science fiction novel by American writer Octavia Butler. Wild Seed can raise great interest in the history of slavery in Africa, as well as in the New World. ![]() ![]() ![]() The great legacy of The Iliad is its shattering revelation of what it means to be human in the face of life's uncertainty and fleeting mortality. Unlike the gods, men must face death, which gives their decisions a spiritual meaning which is absent on Olympus. The Iliad is ultimately about the free will of man and his ability or failure to make rational choices in the face of conflict and chaos. Hovering about, the Olympian gods watch the unfolding events with keen interest, sometimes lending help and encouragement on one hand, or spreading fear and hatred on the other. Specifically, the poem deals with the bitter dispute between Achilles and Agamemnon, and how the Greeks were almost destroyed by their hubris. But this wonderful piece of poetry is not merely a catalog of events of the Trojan War. ![]() There is no question that the poet, whether his name was Homer or not, was one of the supreme artists of all time and all civilizations. Properly performed, this work today is just as meaningful, just as powerful, and just as entertaining as it was in the ninth century BC, and it casts its spell upon modern listeners with the same raw intensity as it did upon the people of ancient times.Īs you listen to this great work, you feel yourself to be in the presence of a grandeur that suffuses the very air. The Iliad is one of the most enduring creations of Western Civilization and was originally written to be recited or chanted to the accompaniment of various instruments. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Gale led his people to District 13, a secret area that the government had falsely claimed to be uninhabited. Luckily, Katniss’s lifelong friend, Gale, was able to lead many of the people of District 12 away from their home before the bombs dropped. In retaliation for Katniss’s escape, President Coriolanus Snow, the leader of the government of Panem, has bombed District 12. Haymitch was unable to free Katniss’s friend, Peeta, another Hunger Games competitor from District 12, and as a result, Peeta is in government captivity, suspected of being a rebel. Katniss has escaped from the Hunger Games arena with the help of her mentor, Haymitch Abernathy, a number of other Hunger Games competitors, and Plutarch Heavensbee, a double agent who pretended to be working for the government, but in actuality works for a secret rebel alliance dedicated to defeating the government. In the Hunger Games, competitors from each of the twelve districts of Panem compete with one another until only one person is alive. Katniss, a citizen of the futuristic country of Panem, has just escaped from a ceremony called the Hunger Games, which the government of Panem puts on every year. The novel opens with Katniss Everdeen, a young woman, standing in the ruins of her former home, known as District 12. ![]() ![]() ![]() His (and their) novels occupy five of the 10 spots on the list. The new work is about a film-studies prof who goes to Hollywood to document the making of, yes, a major motion picture.Īnd finally, James Patterson - along with five co-writers - rules this week’s Mystery bestseller list. His first was 2017’s “Uncommon Type,” a story collection that was inspired by his collection of vintage manual typewriters. “The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece” is Hanks’ second book. It’s a spinoff from the Netflix series “Queen Charlotte: a Bridgerton Story,” a historical romance that began airing early this month. ![]() ![]() “Queen Charlotte,” co-written by Shondaland creator Rhimes and Julia Quinn debuts at No. Television supernova Shonda Rhimes and actor Tom Hanks both make the leap from screen to paper this week on the Original Fiction list. ![]() ![]() ![]() The mysterious murder of noted medium Lenora Grimes Pastor as Lucy and Edward attend her séance results in a plum story for Edward-and a great deal more. And since Edward has a hidden past, he reluctantly agrees that they should collaborate in exposing only her rivals. He uncovers her tricks, but realizes to his dismay that Lucy is more talented at blackmail than she is at a medium’s sleights of hand. Edward’s investigation of the beautiful young medium Lucy Collins has unintended consequences, however. In the Philadelphia of 1869, photographs of Civil War dead adorn dim sitting rooms, and grieving families attempt to contact their lost loved ones. ![]() Then an assignment to write a series of exposés on the city’s mediums places all that in jeopardy. ![]() Synopsis: Postbellum America makes for a haunting backdrop in this historical and supernatural tale of moonlit cemeteries, masked balls, cunning mediums, and terrifying secrets waiting to be unearthed by an intrepid crime reporter.Įdward Clark is a successful young crime reporter in comfortable circumstances with a lovely, well-connected fiancée. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Exhibit B: President Bannon telling the press to, basically, cash him outside) and that his thumbs are so tiny (he could never hitchhike) gives me hope. The current regime is now testing this fist, engaging it in an epic thumb war: (Exhibit A: Rudy Giuliani’s explanation of the travel ban. It exists, an invisible extra finger attached to the mighty fist that forms the Five Freedoms. My American ancestors shed blood to ensure this right and I consider it the Sixth Freedom implied by the First Amendment. Allow me to flex some ex-post-factual nuance. These things might seem antithetical to one another but as a twenty-first century weirdo, cut me some slack. I am a feminist, a patriot and a Howard Stern fan. Nam Sibyllam quidem Cumis ego ipse oculis meis vidi in ampulla pendere, et cum illi pueri dicerent: Σίβυλλα τί θέλεις respondebat illa: ἀποθανεῖν θέλω. ![]() ![]() "All of that has been disrupted by the 19th century," says Wilkerson.ĭoes that mean that in the absence of absolutes, Nietzsche advocated for strict utilitarianism (actions are "right" if they promote happiness for the most people) or wanton hedonism (the pursuit of pleasure is the highest good)? Absolutely not. ![]() When Nietzsche says that "God is dead," he's not just saying that the authority of the Church has been nullified (though he believed that), but rather, there is no such thing anymore as an "absolute." No philosophical absolutes, no logical absolutes, no absolutes in nature, and certainly no religious absolutes like absolute "good" or absolute "evil." And Darwin challenged the traditional religious basis of creation with his earth-shattering theories of evolution. Old kingdoms gave way to the rise of the nation state. Railroads moved people, goods and ideas like never before. The second half of the 19th century was a time of tremendous social, economic and political upheaval. ![]() Ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() His brain fuzz is lingering, even after the wolf Lupa told him he is a demigod and trained him to fight with the pen/sword in his pocket. When he awoke from his long sleep, he didn't know much more than his name. ![]() You should read the one and only book Heroes of Olympus: The Son of Neptune for all the amazing things, for example character development, and the inspiring theme. An oath to keep with a final breath, And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death. Because all the characters in the book have complexity that is different for each one of them, it makes it way more dramatic. At first the three friends didn’t trust each other enough to share their deepest secrets, but in the end they trusted each other. One significant theme is that trust is gained through time, this is shown at the beginning and the end. Something that was interesting was that every chapter they would switch the character perspectives. Imagine this, a book with the most interesting mythology ever, by the author that has 3 national awards! The book: Heroes of Olympus: The Son of Neptune is worth your while reading, because the theme is very strong, but most importantly the character development is very complex.Īll the characters in the book have complexity that is different for each one of them which makes it way more dramatic. ![]() |