6/27/2023 0 Comments The city of brass![]() Swiftly these pulled down the walls that their fathers had made them – Panders avowed to the crowd whatsoever its lust is. ![]() Of the tribe which describe with a jibe the perversions of Justice – Men swift to see done, and outrun, their extremest commanding – They chose themselves prophets and priests of minute understanding, To declare: “We prepare it to-day and inherit to-morrow.” To decree a new earth at a birth without labour or sorrow – They rose to suppose themselves kings over all things created – When the wine stirred in their heart their bosoms dilated. Till they grew drunk and were smitten with madness and went to their fall,Īnd of these is a story written: but Allah Alone knoweth all! In a land that the sand overlays – the ways to her gates are untrod –Ī multitude ended their days whose gates were made splendid by God, ![]() “Here was a people whom after their works thou shalt see wept over for their lost dominion:and in this palace is the last information respecting lords collected in the dust.” –The Arabian Nights. ![]()
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6/27/2023 0 Comments Barbara cooney art![]() ![]() Knowing the story so well, I wondered how to respond creatively to something already so imbued with meaning for me. No doubt that’s a big reason why the picture came to mind and wouldn’t leave. We scraped together the money to purchase one, and it’s been hanging on our wall ever since. ![]() In addition to donating a significant sum of money, she allowed the library to sell numbered prints of the above illustration from Miss Rumphius. Cooney was instrumental in funding the new town library. She occasionally read aloud to children at the library. She was a familiar site around town, a slight woman with her long white hair braided into a coronet upon her head. Barbara Cooney, the author/illustrator, was a local resident in the last town we lived in. ![]() Miss Rumphius, set on the coast of Maine, has long been a favorite in our family for the heartwarming story and the wonderful, often familiar, illustrations. Illustration from Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments Mrs palfrey at the claremont book![]() ![]() ![]() Austen herself - a “spinster of the middle-class” - would almost certainly have feared revolutionary change, but her novels are rooted in a radically economic understanding of human relationships. “It makes me most uncomfortable to see,” Auden continues,Īs Auden realized, the most politically unsettling works of art often have little to do with politics - or their authors’ intentions. “Beside her Joyce seems innocent as grass.” The shocking “her” of these lines is not, surprisingly, one of Auden’s outré modernist contemporaries, but a novelist usually associated with staid domesticity: Jane Austen. “You could not shock her more than she shocks me,” wrote W. ![]() Review of Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor (NYRB Classics, 2021) ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Home before dark book summary![]() ![]() Sharon Lawrence as Carol Collins (season 1).Malcolm Sparrow-Crawford as Young Sam Gillis. ![]() Rio Mangini as Ethan (season 2 recurring season 1).Deric McCabe as Wesley "Spoon" Witherspoon.Adrian Hough as Jack Fife (season 1 guest season 2).Aziza Scott as Mackenzie "Trip" Johnson.While there, her dogged pursuit of the truth leads her to unearth a cold case that everyone in town, including her own father, tried hard to bury." Cast Main Home Before Dark follows "a young girl who moves from Brooklyn to the small coastal town her father left behind. The second season premiered on June 11, 2021. The series is inspired by the life of young journalist Hilde Lysiak and stars Brooklynn Prince, Jim Sturgess, Abby Miller, Louis Herthum, Michael Weston, Kiefer O'Reilly, Kylie Rogers, Aziza Scott, Adrian Hough, Joelle Carter, Jibrail Nantambu, and Deric McCabe. Home Before Dark is an American mystery drama streaming television series created by Dana Fox and Dara Resnik and produced for Apple TV+. ![]() ![]() The Birchers, Dallek adds, focused on “the so-called erosion of the moral fiber of the United States, but also the struggle to rid the country of what they regarded as really the socialist left wing”. ![]() He points out that though the Birchers were not the only ones promoting book bans in the 60s, “they were likely the most visible group promoting book bans or promoting the policing of content in schools, libraries, movie theaters, even on newsstands”. ![]() ![]() Matthew Dallek, a professor of political management at George Washington University, is the author of Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right. In the early 1960s, Skousen was a hero to and a defender of the John Birch Society, a far-right group that campaigned against what it claimed was the communist threat to America. Under “resources that we have found helpful”, the only resource offered is The Making of America, a book by W Cleon Skousen. Moms for Liberty seeks to organise “ Madison Meetups”, events it describes as “like a book club for the constitution!”, featuring discussion of “liberty, freedom and the foundation of our government”. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Fracture me book![]() ![]() The events that happen in the beginning aren’t really things we don’t know from the previous book. And then Warner comes in making Juliette all confused about her feelings and Adam super jealous and angry. ![]() Adam and Juliette are in a weird place since they both still have feelings for each other but Juliette doesn’t want to hurt him so she broke up with him. SPOLIER ALERT So basically, the book starts with everyone worried about Kenji. This novella tells the events that happened after Kenji gets hurt all in Adam’s POV. This takes place right before the war, a little before the end of the previous book, Unravel Me. He starting to become really obsessed with Juliette and it’s kind of weird. Now, i’m going to be honest and say that I don’t really like Adam that much anymore. This novella is told in Adam’s perspective. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments The Dog by Tamsin Pickeral![]() Poodles come in a close second on the smarts list. “Working breeds are a really bad idea in an urban environment, unless you are a very active dog owner.” “If you look at any rural newspaper you’ll find at least two advertisements every week saying ‘free to good home – kelpie/border-collie cross – needs acres’,” she says. But, Kate says it’s not a good choice as a pet unless you live a very active lifestyle or have a large property. GALLERY: Australia’s top 10 most popular dog breedsĪccording to Stanley, the most intelligent of all is the border collie. There’s quite a range of intelligence across dog breeds says Kate, although she’s adds that the variance within a breed is greater than between breeds. Australia’s top ten pure-bred canines of 2012 include six of the dogs from that list. ![]() Research by Professor Stanley Coren, a psychologist at the University of British Columbia, Canada, ranked dog breeds on the basis of intelligence using data from hundreds of professional dog-obedience judges. ![]() Today, the majority of dogs are kept as pets, and the most popular breeds among Australia’s 3.4 million-odd dogs, suggest we prefer the intelligent varieties says Dr Kate Schoeffel, of the Australian Association of Pet Dog Breeders (AAPDB). ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments Malcolm by S.J. West![]() and Lyutakov, O.Ĭoupling of plasmonic hot spots with shurikens for superchiral SERS-based enantiomer recognition. Guselnikova, O., Elashnikov, R., Svorcik, V., Kartau, M., Gilroy, C., Gadegaard, N.
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() SKOTTIE YOUNG (APR150766) and JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER (APR150763)Īnt-Sized Variant by SKOTTIE YOUNG (APR150764)įiled under: Skottie Young Avengers vs. Variant Covers by HUMBERTO RAMOS (APR150765), Skottie Young brings out the big guns.and the little Marvels. With super-powered dodgeball, high-tech hideouts and eye-puns aplenty, Marvels most adorable heroes arent pulling any punches in this larger-than-life, fun. GIANT-SIZE LITTLE MARVEL: AVX #1 (APR150762) Be there this June when Skottie Young brings out the big guns for GIANT-SIZE LITTLE MARVEL: AVX #1! They’re all here – just shorter! This is the series you’ve been waiting for. Featuring the likes of Cyclops, Hawkeye, Magik, Black Widow, Wolverine, Captain America and many, many more. X-Men was big? Well you ain’t seen nothing! This June, superstar writer/artist and 2015 Eisner Award nominee Skottie Young ( Rocket Raccoon) brings his inimitable style to Battleworld with GIANT-SIZE LITTLE MARVEL: AVX #1! Big action and tiny heroes collide as an all-out war breaks out between the two biggest factions in the Marvel Universe! The toughest, craziest and most popular Marvel heroes are going to THROW DOWN on Battleworld. Marvel Comics Released Jun 3rd, 2015 Giant-Size Little Marvel AVX 1 Overview Contributions Pull It The toughest, funniest, craziest and most adorable Marvel heroes THROW DOWN. Marvel Artist Skottie Young on His Origins, Animated Statues and More Watch on The Marvel Animated Statue line has been a long-running success for Gentle Giant Ltd. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() They agree that Dorit can be long-winded, while Kathy Hilton, hilariously, talks in “shorthand.” E.g.: “You know what I mean you know what I’m saying I was ready to, I’m telling you …” etc. Garcelle interjects and suggests that they solve one problem at a time, and focus on this issue with Dorit. Kyle’s like, “I mean, yes, over the course of a lifetime, you have definitely snapped at me a couple of times …” Kathy Hilton is pretty sure this is a comment about her, and snaps at Kyle, demanding to know if she ever snaps at her. ![]() She compares her relationship to Dorit to a sisterly one, how one minute everything is great, and then in the next, your sister is snapping at you. Kyle notes that she feels lighter, that Mercury must be out of retrograde, before trying to blame that for her dust-up with Dorit. The women toast Erika for showing up at all, and they make their way to the dining room for lunch. This can not possibly be on her lawyer’s advice.Įrika apologizes to Sutton for coming empty-handed, but she’s been a little preoccupied recently. ![]() The women are surprised she is out and about, and I’m surprised she is choosing to film. Last we left these women, Erika was just arriving to Sutton’s shopping opportunity “Parisian” luncheon, fresh off of her shocking divorce announcement. ![]() |