![]() In Nostromo, Conrad tells a tale of high politics, family struggle, and intense drama, set in a fictional South American country. In our visual age, that capacity for cinematic imagination should be appreciated more than ever. As he once wrote, his goal was, above all, to make you see. He can inhabit radically different characters, making them fully alive on the page (many of those characters being non-Europeans). He thinks deeply about the human condition, and probes human nature under often extreme circumstances. My advice is that everyone read him and then debate him-because he's really worth reading.Ĭonrad shares many of the characteristics of great writers. I think this beef is largely wrong, often drastically wrong, even though no writer is above criticism. ![]() Conrad has received a lot of grief as an imperialist, Eurocentric writer who treated the peoples of the rest of the world as a lot of savages. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The juvinile writing takes over the whole mess. A huge let down of a disappointment after books 1 and 2, and it doesn\’t get any better with books 4 and 5. Then, there was a reference to something recent, and belw that theory out of the water. ![]() So, I thought I had my answer, they were written YEARS ago when he was newer to writing, and that\’s why they are no where near his current level. I remember my mom, when I was VERY young, wearing the white uniform in the seventies, but in the last twenty years for sure, all I\’ve ever seen are scrubs. My mom and two of my step sisters are nurses, and they wear scrubs. Then, I read a description of a nurse in a white skirted uniform, and I thought I had my answer. Then, I thought, maybe he wrote them years ago, that they are some of his first and in a drawer somewhere. I kept thinking – Koontz couldn\’t really have written these books. I thought, they couldn\’t be that bad, but went to my local used book store rather than pay full price, and man am I glad I did. The friend who had lent me the first two didn\’t have the last 3 books, because he said he thought they were stupid, especially book 3. ![]() I did have some eye rolls, especially at the goofy police partners and what felt like lazy, juvinile writing, but the good out weighed the bad. ![]() I found them interesting, new and fast paced. I gave book 1 and 2 of Dean Koontz\’ Frankenstein series 4 stars. ![]() ![]() The newest book by THE NEXT GREAT PAULIE FINK is my favorite sort of #mglit book. It’s filled with unconventional fun, heartwarming situations and GOATS. ⚠️: do not read this book unless you want to giggle uncontrollably and be filled with joy. In the end, we get to fully know exactly one person only: ourselves. "Everything we know is always incomplete. ![]() about others, our communities, and ourselves. Told via multiple voices, interviews, and other documents, The Next Great Paulie Fink is a lighthearted yet surprisingly touching exploration of how we build up and tear down our own myths. ![]() ![]() Who was this kid, anyway-prankster, performance artist, philosopher, or fool? Caitlyn's quest to understand Paulie is about to teach her more about herself than she ever imagined. ![]() They'll find their next great Paulie Fink through a reality-show style competition, to be judged by the only objective person around: Caitlyn, who never even met Paulie Fink. Her classmates are in for a shock of their own: Paulie Fink-the class clown, oddball, troublemaker, and evil genius-is gone this year.Īs stories of Paulie's hijinks unfold, his legend builds, until they realize there's only one way to fill the Paulie-sized hole in their class. When Caitlyn Breen enters the tiny Mitchell School in rural Mitchell, Vermont, she is a complete outsider: the seventh grade has just ten other kids, and they've known each other since kindergarten. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is an adult romance with mature themes, but also incredibly romantic with lines like, “Darling, if I’m the dark, then you’re the stars,” crooned by Hook. And Wendy isn’t as easy of a pawn in anyone’s games as the men in her life have believed. James’ particularly brutal upbringing of violence created a sadist streak in him, but he’s also an emotionally complex man whose plan to seduce Wendy becomes complicated once he starts to fall for her. His plans seem all the more possible when Wendy, the daughter of the man he hates, walks into his club he decides she’s his opportunity to strike back. James, also known as Hook, experienced an abusive childhood and is obsessed with revenge. McIntire writes fractured fairy tales, among other books, and “Hooked” is the first in her Never After series, which upends the fairy tale into a much darker version. But McIntire’s delightfully dark book isn’t a children’s retelling of swarthy Captain Hook and Peter Pan ― this story is for the adults. “Hooked” by international bestselling author Emily McIntire touts over 100,000 reviews on Goodreads and is presently one of the most popular Peter Pan-inspired books to date. ![]() ![]() ![]() They try to surpass their mental boundaries throughout the text. They wish to explore things from various perspectives by achieving particular destinations. The entire book focuses on the journey and observations of two different pilots flying their biplanes. Richard Bach presents the idea of life spreading beyond what is known as restrictions imposed by the human physical body. Of course, he provides answers afterwards. ![]() Instead of preaching, he uses cajoles and questions. What makes Bach’s stories original is the way he delivers the primary message to the reader. Thus, all those who wish to learn how our brain works and get some explanations to a simple question: "What made me do that?", get through Illusion experience with us. However, Bach sounds rather persuasive providing a deep insight into the modern scientific progress.Most likely this work will puzzle agnostics as it covers something beyond our mind and imagination.It also dwells on the material values that prevent humanity from exploring its spiritual nature.How intuition can keep people away from achieving their main goals.The book raises an issue of how people's feelings can lead to failures.Illusions is a perfect almanac of these two intersections. ![]() In my opinion, two most fascinating elements of human nature are feelings and thoughts. I should say I deeply admired the book despite some episodes which were too complicated to understand. The first time I encountered Illusions by Richard Bach, I had this amazing impression when you discover some unique ideas in one book. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 2: DEAR DIARY, with an afterword from GABBY RIVERA (America). This Jackpot Edition contains over SIXTY PAGES of bonus material, including the talents of MARGUERITE BENNETT (Batwoman) and newcomer BEVERLY JOHNSON, SHAWN PRYOR (Cash and Carrie) and PAULINA GANUCHEAU (Zodiac Starforce), award-winning historical romance author ALYSSA COLE's comics writing debut with SHAE BEAGLE (MOONSTRUCK), GAIL SIMONE (CROSSWIND) and MARGAUX SALTEL (Superfreaks), and AMANDA DEIBERT (Wonder Woman '77) and CAT STAGGS (CROSSWIND), with illustrations from MEGAN HUTCHINSON (ROCKSTARS) and ARIELA KRISTANTINA (InSeXts). 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When Hazel Johnson and Mari McCray met at church bingo in 1963, it was love at first sight. ![]() ![]() ![]() Contradicting results regarding the frequency of MAIT cells in latent Mtb infection have been reported. Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) and invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells are innate T cells that can recognize Mtb-infected cells. HIV-1 infection is associated with an increased incidence of active tuberculosis, even in virally suppressed individuals. Despite intensive research efforts, it is not well understood why some individuals control Mtb infection and some others develop active disease. Increasing drug resistance and the lack of an effective vaccine are the main factors contributing to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) being a major cause of death globally.
![]() It’s also a story about guilt, & redemption.Ĭhpt 95 onwards – Pi shares two versions of the story. When we strip away all the layers of learned social norms and behaviours, we find our base instincts no different from any other lifeforms on Earth. That seems to be the key to survival.Ĭhpt 81, p225: the part where he described himself as about eating like an animal. And to be able toĮxpress love for something other than ourselves. I found this story to be about human courage and survival. His attitude towards religion, sense of the world. You can’t help but like this kid, Piscine. Which in Chpt 5 the protagonist explains how his name was made fun of, and how he managed to get everyone to call him by his nickname ‘Pi’ (as in Pi = 3.14, the ? Of a circle) which I found hilarious. Told from the viewpoint of Pi, Piscine Molitor Patel in full. A story that will make me believe in God. The intro by the author already intrigued me. ![]() It’s not an easy book to classify, but I’d go with “Humourous Philosophical Fiction”, as it would make you think and ponder. This book truly deserved the Man Booker prize. ![]() “It’s not pronounced ‘Pee’ it’s ‘Pie'”, my wife corrected me. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I held my breath and hoped that whatever was beyond the thin fabric wall would go away. The strange noise provided a quick reminder that I was camping in Denali National Park – six million acres of raw Alaskan wilderness. From feeling like an invisible outcast on day one to a man comfortable in his own skin no matter the circumstance, The Hitchhiker Man is the unforgettable story of how one man got lost on the road, and ultimately found himself."The sound of something breathing deeply woke me up from my sleep. ![]() But most importantly, Fox learns that life isn’t about getting to the destination, but enjoying each moment along the way. He also confronts danger-and his own mortality-from a life-threatening injury in Whistler, to a confessed murderer in Banff, to a hungry grizzly in Alaska. For the next two years, he would travel across Canada to Alaska and back, experiencing life in a way most people never will.a life beyond his comfort zone.Along the way, he encounters adventures he never imagined-sleeping under the stars, sneaking into drug-fueled music festivals, and working at ski resorts and local farms to earn enough for his next meal. When you’re willing to step outside your comfort zone, the world awaits.In 2007, Matt Fox-a recent graduate who studied strategic decision-making in university-found himself alone on the side of a highway with no plan other than to see where his thumb and the road would take him. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "For Black men of talent and ambition, the Army flung open a door to advancement and respectability." - Eric Foner (pg. "It transformed a war of armies into a conflict of societies, ensuring that Union victory would produce a social revolution in the South." - Eric Foner (pg. Maurice Jasper - George Washington's Slave Alston - Union League Political OrganizerĪlfred Wright - Union League Political OrganizerĬalvin Rogers - Union League Political Organizer Thomas Fortune - Southern Slave / Activist Thomas Allen - Union League Political Organizer James Lynch - Union League Political Organizer Sanders - Union League Political Organizer Bradley - escaped slave who went on to practice law in MAĮlizabeth Cady Stanton - Female Suffragist Norton - escaped slave who went on to practice medicine in NYĪaron A. Mary Peake - established the first school for blacks in Hampton, VA in 1861ĭr. Holland Thompson - Former Slave and Alabama Legislator Pierpont - Railroad attorney & WV Governor during Reconstruction Rock - first Black lawyer admitted to the bar of the Supreme Courtįrancis H. ![]() |