![]() ![]() ![]() He further wrote that: " seeks to do away with classes to make the best that has been thought and known in the world current everywhere to make all men live in an atmosphere of sweetness and light ". According to his view advanced in the book, "Culture is a study of perfection". Arnold's famous piece of writing on culture established his High Victorian cultural agenda which remained dominant in debate from the 1860s until the 1950s. ![]() , listen for free online at the digital library site Ĭulture and Anarchy is a series of periodical essays by Matthew Arnold, first published in Cornhill Magazine 1867-68 and collected as a book in 1869. Culture and Anarchy - description and summary of the book. ![]()
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Vc andrews let there be thorns5/29/2023 ![]() I guess one of the saddest things about growing bigger, and older, was that no one was large enough, or strong enough, to pick you up and hold you close and make you feel that safe again.Ĭhris was my mother's third husband. I didn't remember his face nearly as well as I remembered the nice warm and safe feeling he gave me. I remembered a tall man with dark hair turning gray a man who called me his son. The fog was spooky, but it was also romantic and mysterious.Īs much as I loved my home, I had vague, disturbing memories of a southern garden full of giant magnolia trees dripping with Spanish moss. The fog would roll in in great billowing waves and often shrouded the landscape all day, turning everything cold and eerie. ![]() There was a redwood forest on the other side of the mountains, and the ocean too. ![]() We lived in Fairfax, Marin County, about twenty miles north of San Francisco. 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Cavendish, I Presume (2008) Bevelstoke series. ![]() Crossroads by J.J. Bonds5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() I had pushed aside my dream of being a published author in favor of more practical pursuits, but ultimately I realized that I wanted to be doing something I was truly passionate about. It was a heartbreaking, but much needed wakeup call for me. I actually started writing Crossroads a while ago and had tucked it away to focus on more practical things (like paying the bills) until my father was diagnosed with cancer last year. Thanks! To be honest, it was a long time coming. welcome to the blog, and my first author interview (YAY me!)įirst I want to say Congrats on your debut novel, and ask what inspired you to write Crossroads? J.J.: Hi Tristan! Thanks for featuring Crossroads on Reads with Reckless Abandon! I’m really excited about the blog tour and appreciate all of the support from bloggers like yourself who are hosting the tour stops. ![]() Range epstein5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() Attorney's Office in New York in a sentencing memo seeking decades of prison time for Ghislaine Maxwell she was sentenced to 20 years in prison for conspiring to sexually abuse minors. News of the sale comes less than a year after the islands were mentioned repeatedly by the U.S. James - and use the money to establish a trust to fund support services and counseling for victims of sexual abuse and human trafficking. Virgin Islands government is due to receive half of the proceeds from the sale of Little St. Under a $105 million settlement reached last December, the U.S. ![]() James' recent dark history, as a place where vulnerable minors and young women endured nightmarish ordeals after being enticed by Epstein and Maxwell. The sale of the islands might herald a new chapter for the idyllic locale, but the transaction also has a link to Little St. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World is a 2019 book by David Epstein in which he expands on the points from his previous book The Sports. He was invited to speak to groups of career-switchers and learned that, like him, many were filled with shame and. ![]() An investor wants to build a resort on the islands in the U.S. Now, Epstein’s an evangelist of range, the voice of the deeply superficial. James, were sold for $55 million - far below their initial listing price. Range by David Epstein - Summary & Notes Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein: Summary & Notes Rating: 8/10 Available at: Amazon ISBN: 0735214484 Related: Mastery Get access to my collection of 100+ detailed book notes Summary A great book on developing broad expertise instead of specializing in a narrow field. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jan withdraws from the world, shutting himself in their shared rooftop apartment where he feverishly composes fan letters to the stars of science fiction and dreams of cosmonauts and Nazis. Roberto Bolaño's The Spirit of Science Fiction is a story of youth hungry for revolution, notoriety, and sexual adventure, as they work to construct a reality out of the fragments of their dreams.īut as close as these friends are, the city tugs them in opposite directions. Obsessed with poetry, and, above all, with science fiction, they are eager to forge a life in the literary world-or sacrifice themselves to it. Two young poets, Jan and Remo, find themselves adrift in Mexico City. ![]() From a master of contemporary fiction, a tale of bohemian youth on the make in Mexico City ![]() Breakthrough michael grumley5/28/2023 ![]() I find that if anything can be confused, the academic world will do it. That is 55% of our communications is body language, 38% voice tone and 7% actual words. As with most academia this was abridged to be 55/38/7. Many years ago my communications class explained that we transmit information 60% by facial expression and 40% by words. Michael Grumley mixes scientific speculation with current world reality. Search for the Fountain of Youth meets interspecies communications. Unless Alison Shaw and her team can find something that no one else can. Something has been discovered…something big.Īnd it’s about to fall into the wrong hands. Disappearing into the jungle each night beneath the cover of darkness. ![]() The sub has been studying a group of unmarked soldiers. Navy has taken notice, sending officers John Clay and Steve Caesare to investigate. Along a lonely coast in South America, an experimental Russian submarine, long thought to have been dismantled, has suddenly resurfaced. And now, they were about to do it again.īut an ocean away, something strange was unfolding. ![]() It was just one year ago that she and her team of marine biologists had stunned the world with their incredible breakthrough. ![]() ONE OF THE GREATEST BREAKTHROUGHS IN HUMAN HISTORY.ĪN ACHIEVEMENT THAT STUNNED THE ENTIRE WORLD.įacing the cold, clear glass, Alison Shaw stared nervously into the giant seawater tank. ![]() The forestwife by theresa tomlinson5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Rather than marry an elderly widower who stinks of ale, 15-year-old Marian runs away to join the forest folk, who live by their own rules. Using the Robin Hood legends as a springboard, Tomlinson heads deep into the heart of the forest however, the hero of this story is not the prince of thieves, but Marian, who becomes the benevolent Green Lady of the forest. Her scrupulous research has resulted in two epic stories, The Moon Riders and Voyage of the Snake Lady. Recent visits to Turkey have fuelled her enthusiasm for the ancient mythology of that part of the world. Shortlisted twice for the Carnegie Medal and for the Sheffield Children's Book Award, Theresa takes a keen interest in the area where she lives. Over the years she has acquired an outstanding reputation for her historical novels, particularly those, like Wolf Girl, set on the north-east coast of England. ![]() Theresa and her husband live in Whitby, North Yorkshire, where Theresa spent her childhood. She taught as an infant teacher for five years. ![]() She attended Hull College of Art, and later trained as a teacher at Hull College of Education. Her main interest was drawing and painting. As a child she had no interest in writing, but she loved reading. The daughter of a vicar, she spent her early childhood in various places in the north of England. ![]() |