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Lives of the noble grecians and romans5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() As noted by Wikipedia, his best known books are Crash (1973), about sexual fetishists who get gratification by staging automobile accidents, and Empire of the Sun (1984), a semi-autobiographical account of Ballard’s own experiences as a young boy in Shanghai during the Japanese occupation in World War II. Let’s take a look at The Crystal World in some more detail below… In fact, as I note below, its plot struck an unusual chord with me that pretty much demanded that I read it. Of all the apocalyptic novels I’ve read through so far, this one is unique in terms of its manner of doom as well as the focus of its plot. Amazon has clued in to my bleak, weird taste in books and recommended The Crystal World (1966), by J.G. I’ve been slowly working my way through a huge collection of apocalyptic novels in preparation for another major blog post. ![]()
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The palace illusions5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() She is born divinely, yet never accepted socially, juxtaposed to her brother who is honored. Draupadi’s character develops in this dejected and desolate realm. “ …a princess afflicted with a skin so dark that people termed it blue was capable of changing history.” She is an unwanted child, an additional boon from the Gods to King Drupad, who had carried the great feat for acquiring a son from the sacred fire, to defeat Drona. ![]() As Draupadi’s character takes centrestage in the positive ambit, Kunti’s character becomes the nemesis.ĭraupadi is described as born of the fire with a blue hue. The Author questions the edifice of patriarchal storytelling where women were reduced to mere props or extensions for the narrative of the male characters to carry forward. It is not a distant figurative Princess and a haughty queen who is instrumental in bringing upon the worst battle of the times. ![]() However, in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s ‘ The Palace of Illusions’, Mahabharata revolves around Draupadi, beginning with her birth, chronicling her childhood, marriage and so on. ![]() The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Liz and Jordan are Black supporting characters appear White by default. ![]() Johnson does an excellent job of portraying the anxiety and internalized self-hatred from being different in a mostly White, affluent small town. While the hullabaloo around prom seems far-fetched, the lead-up to the dance is pitch-perfect rom-com. The race for the crown gets complicated when Liz falls for one of the other competitors, Jordan tries to rekindle their friendship, and a friend urges her to change everything about herself in order to win. ![]() When her brother convinces her that running for prom queen-with its $10,000 scholarship prize-is the answer, she enters the competition. Because despite doing everything right-excellent grades, solid extracurriculars, and playing first-chair clarinet-she doesn’t win a much-needed scholarship at her dream school. But now, as a senior, Liz has to put herself in the spotlight to secure her future. She began wearing her hair pulled back, chose less colorful clothing, and did her best to blend in so no one would notice her. After being snubbed by her best friend, Jordan, in favor of his new football friends on the first day of high school, Liz Lighty felt acute shame about being herself and all the things that made her different: her height, being Black and queer, and not having enough money. ![]()
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![]() ![]() He goes on to say that Rau’s working draft had used the term ‘Hindustani’ but that the Drafting Committee had made an important change in keeping with the decision reached in the Congress Party’s deliberations and used, instead, the term ‘Hindi’. Ambedkar thought ‘Hindustani should be the language of the Union and of the units’. Rau, who, as constitutional adviser, had prepared the working draft for the Drafting Committee to consider and take forward. ![]() Rajendra Prasad, and in Rao’s case to the papers of his elder brother, B.N. ![]() Both had unprecedented access to public and private archives: in Austin’s case to the collection of Dr. Every student of law has read these books. ![]() Shiva Rao’s magisterial The Framing of India’s Constitution that was published in 1968. The first is Granville Austin’s classic, The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation, which first appeared in 1966. The answers are to be found in two books, both of which are considered authoritative as far as describing the process of Constitution-making was concerned. This remark suggests something to the amendment other than what Justices Bobde and Swaminathan are implying. Ambedkar testily saying, “What is wrong with Sanskrit”, when questioned by the PTI the previous evening about his initiative. Many newspapers of Septempublished news of this amendment. ![]()
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Darker shade of magic series5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() And it’s when a wanted Grey London thief named Lila steals the artifact that the real trouble starts-for both of them. It’s that habit that leads him to accept a dangerous relic, something that shouldn’t exist. ![]() ![]() Unofficially, he’s a smuggler who collects artifacts from other worlds. Officially, he’s a royal messenger, carrying letters among the rulers of the three Londons. As for Black London, the city consumed, no one would be so foolish as to risk a trip- not even Kell. Now the doors are closed, and only a chosen few have the power to travel between Grey London, a world without magic, Red London, a world suffused with it, and White London, a world where magic is scarce, coveted and jealously guarded. Long ago, the doors between worlds were open, and anyone with magic could travel from one to the next. A fast-paced fantasy adventure that takes readers into a series of interconnected worlds ruled by magic-or the lack of it. ![]()
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![]() ![]() This original graphic novel, written by Rik Hoskin (Brandon Sanderson's White Sand/Pierce Brown's Red Rising, expands upon the Altered Carbon universe. Morgan, Altered Carbon was previously adapted as a Netflix television series. But the Protectorate hasn't changed its spots, no matter what world Kovacs drifts to, and with that old combat rage still burning deep inside him, will he ever really be able to walk away?Ĭreated by Richard K. Now he's out of the service and trying to live a different life. While he served, he was known by a variety of names-Mamba Lev, One Hand Rending, the Icepick-all testament to his capacity for rapid response and extreme violence in whatever flesh he wore. ![]() Takeshi Kovacs was once a member of the Envoy Corps, stormtroopers for the Interstellar Earth Protectorate, ultra-lethal adepts in switching bodies across the stars. However, some bodies are more temporary than others. In the distant future, the human body is a temporary and interchangeable commodity - if you can pay.įor the interstellar elite, bodies are swapped out and reused without a second thought. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() In The Testimony of the Four Evangelists, the basis of Greenleaf’s detailed study was this: Let the evangelists (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) be tried by five tests to discover if they are credible witnesses of the teachings of Jesus Christ. ![]() The original publication also included a significant section called “Harmony of the Gospels,” which chronologically reconciled the four testimonies and addressed alleged discrepancies. And his assessment “stands as firm today as it did when he first delivered it.” 3 2 Through skillful cross-examination of the written testimonies of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Greenleaf demonstrated why they would be rendered acceptable in a court of law. Through his timeless and influential work The Testimony of the Four Evangelists (first published in 1874), Greenleaf applied the legal rules of evidence-as administered in courts of justice-to the Bible’s four Gospel accounts. But that’s not all! As a Christian apologist, he is well known for his valuable contribution in developing “juridical” or legal apologetics. (His Valuable Contribution to “Juridical” or Legal Apologetics)Ī s a Harvard Law professor and attorney at law, Simon Greenleaf (1783–1853) is acclaimed for his lasting impact on American jurisprudence through his three-volume legal masterpiece, A Treatise on the Law of Evidence. ![]()
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No offense meg cabot5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() But fate-in the form of a newborn left in the restroom-has other ideas. Now, as Little Bridge Island Public Library's head of children's services, Molly hopes the messiest thing in her life will be her sticky-note covered desk. Welcome to Little Bridge, one of the smallest, most beautiful islands in the Florida Keys, home to sandy white beaches, salt-rimmed margaritas, and stunning sunsets-a place where nothing goes under the radar and love has a way of sneaking up when least expected.Ī broken engagement only gave Molly Montgomery additional incentive to follow her dream job from the Colorado Rockies to the Florida Keys. New York Times -bestselling author Meg Cabot returns with a charming romance between a children's librarian and the town sheriff in the second book in the Little Bridge Island series. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() This kind of writing feels sloppy when it is used beyond the beginning stages of scene setting, and when it is almost the only way the author seems to able to convey meaning it becomes teeth-gnashingly annoying. ![]() Within the next page, the total of similar lists goes up to 8. Such things might be worth something, a glance, a peek, a deeper look." But now Sally began to order things in her mind- grief and joy, dollars and cents, a baby’s cry and the look on her face when you blew her a kiss on a windy afternoon. Everything was still gray- the paintings Antonia brought home from school and slipped beneath her door, the flannel pajamas Kylie wore on chilly mornings, the velvet curtains that kept the world at bay. She considered each of his kisses and all the words he had ever said to her. She thought about Michael’s life and his death, and about every second they had spent together. She thought about the girl in the drugstore and the sound of Antonia’s footsteps on the stairs when she went to bed without a good-night hug. "Sally thought long and hard each time she hung up the phone. I somehow managed to get through it, but this book was like one never-ending series of mood-setting lists. This is one of those rare examples of the movie being better than the book. ![]()
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The shack william young5/10/2023 ![]() So granted at the outset there’s no way to represent the Trinity without representing a misunderstanding of the Trinity. Any depiction of the Trinity in isolation will be a distortion, problematic if it shapes a misunderstanding of God. Literature, or any other form of expression, that compares the Trinity to or represents the Trinity as something we’re familiar will necessarily not fully and accurately accomplish that since there is nothing else comparable. ![]() ![]() We can never fully comprehend it, though it’s worth studying the Trinity because there is much we can understand and it leaves you in awe of how unique beautiful our God is.īut there’s no way to illustrate the Trinity without leaning toward one misunderstanding or another, if not falling into outright heresy, because there is nothing else like the Trinity. The Trinity isn’t hard to define, but it is hard to understand because it is so wholly other than anything in the created world. The Trinity is a core doctrine of Christianity because it tells us about the very nature of God as revealed in Scripture. ![]() It does reveal some things about God well and things I’ve never really seen attempted in literature before. ![]() |