5/10/2023 0 Comments What Is a Man? by Waller R. Newell![]() But they are also yearning for a way back to the noblest ideals of American manhood." The Code of Man represents a deep and thought-provoking effort to help guide contemporary men back to those ideals, as embodied in what Newell calls the five paths to manliness: love, courage, pride, family, and country. Newell writes, "young men today are in deep spiritual trouble. from The Code of Man "In many ways," Waller R. If "family values" is to mean anything more than a pleasing slogan, we must draw upon the wellsprings of the deepest ethical and religious traditions of American and Western civilization, both to hone our diagnosis of the current agony of manliness and, more important, to provide the healing balm of insight, compassion, rectitude, and guidance. A gentleman is silent unless he has something worthwhile to say. ![]() A man does not seek out a fight, but he will fight to protect himself, his family, and his country. He will not stoop to behave viciously, and he will not demean himself by acting cruelly. ![]()
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5/9/2023 0 Comments A tramp abroad first edition![]() ![]() A Tramp Abroad is presented here with the author's original sketches. 314 illustrations by W F Brown, True Williams, B Day and Mark Twain. Twain's send-up of Old World customs as well as his critical dissections of Wagnerian opera and the German language are often interlaced with American reminiscences, whether in the form of an extended discourse on the language of blue jays or the recollection of an elaborate practical joke in Hannibal, Missouri, involving a printer's devil and a skeleton. Like those earlier books, the frequently hilarious A Tramp Abroad (1880)-based on his family's 16-month sojourn in Europe from April 1878 to August 1879-blends autobiography and fiction, facts and tall tales. A Tramp in Berlin: New Mark Twain Stories & an Account of His Adventures in the German Capital During the Belle Epoque of 1891-1892 (Color Picture Edition) A Tramp Abroad - Classic Illustrated Edition (Kindle Edition) Published November 12th 2014 by Heritage Illustrated Publishing. ![]() It was as a humorous travel writer, in The Innocents Abroad and Roughing It, that Mark Twain first became widely known, and at the height of his career he returned to the genre in the works collected here. MARK TWAIN FIRST One Volume UK Edition 1880 A Tramp Abroad Chatto & Windus HC - 250.00. ![]() 5/9/2023 0 Comments A certain hunger book buy![]() ![]() My fingers grew stained with dye and caked with glue from the hot glue gun. I hauled myself to the craft store, bought hundreds of dollars of red, purple, indigo and black feathers, and painstakingly glued each individual feather to their thick cardboard frames. To embody Fevvers, I had to make myself a pair of glorious wings. I had written a book review or something for them, and I leapt at the chance to be a part of the project. The Rumpus, an indie literary website that was big about a decade ago, decided to make a “Women of Literature” 2010 calendar. More than a decade ago - before I got paid for my writing, before I started writing my novel, before I had the great good cheek to call myself “writer” - I dressed as Fevvers, your high-flying, deep-bosomed protagonist of Nights at the Circus. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But for who indeed has enjoyed the other adventures of Miss Marple, it stays a delight to see that old lady at work. Nemesis by Agatha Christie, 1999, Luitingh-Sijthoff edition, in Dutch. ![]() The gimmick of a reoccurring character from a previous book, never really compensates this flaw. Nevertheless the denouement seems a bit in a clutter and misses the opportunity to amaze the reader. Nemesis may be slow-paced and a bit tedious at times, but the old charm is still there and a good deal of magic in plotting too. But the nosy sleuth receives a far more prosperous retirement than her colleague Hercule Poirot, who dies during his final appearance in Curtain. Nemesis was published in 1971 and finalizes the list of more than twenty Miss Marple books. Miss Marple takes on the challenge, but faces death more closely than she ever expected. Rafiel wants Miss Marple to solve a crime, but he doesn't give any clues as to when it happened, where, or to whom. Rafiel's solicitors, asking her to call at their offices. Now that he has died, Miss Marple receives an unexpected letter from Mr. It has been years since Miss Marple heard anything from the very rich Jason Rafiel, who had pooled his wits with hers in that murder business some years back (see A Caribbean Mystery). ![]() 5/9/2023 0 Comments The cursed bunny![]() ![]() By turns thought-provoking and stomach-turning, here monsters take the shapes of furry woodland creatures and danger lurks in unexpected corners of everyday apartment buildings. ![]() ![]() “Like the work of Carmen Maria Machado and Aoko Matsuda, Chung’s stories are so wonderfully, blisteringly strange and powerful that it’s almost impossible to put Cursed Bunny down.” ―Kelly Link, bestselling author of Get In TroubleĪ stunning, wildly original debut from a rising star of Korean literature–surreal, chilling fables that take on the patriarchy, capitalism, and the reign of big tech with absurdist humor and a (sometimes literal) biteįrom an author never before published in the United States, Cursed Bunny is unique and imaginative, blending horror, sci-fi, fairy tales, and speculative fiction into stories that defy categorization. “Cool, brilliantly demented K-horror–just the way I like it!” - Ed Park, author of Personal Days SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE AND WINNER OF A PEN/HEIM TRANSLATION GRANT ![]() ![]() ![]() After finishing her novel, three years later, she submitted it to Sweet Dreams, but it was rejected. Challenged to prove that she was, indeed, interested in pursuing a writing career, Quinn sat down at their computer and wrote her first two chapters. She promptly told him that she was studying the literary series, in order, because she was interested in writing a novel in the future. At age 12, her father disagreed with her choices of reading material, which included the Sweet Dreams and the Sweet Valley High book series, and he told her she could only continue reading them if she could prove that they contributed to the development of her reading skills. Quinn developed an appreciation for literature at an early age, and since childhood, she thoroughly enjoyed reading. She was raised primarily in New England, although she spent much of her time in California, following the divorce of her parents. She has three sisters: Emily, Abigail, and Ariana. Quinn was born as Julie Cotler in 1970 to Jane and Stephen Lewis Cotler. ![]() Her Bridgerton series of novels has been adapted for Netflix by Shondaland under the title Bridgerton. She has been inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame. Her novels have been translated into 41 languages and have appeared on The New York Times Bestseller List 19 times. Julie Pottinger (née Cotler born January 12, 1970), better known by her pen name, Julia Quinn, is a best-selling American author of historical romance fiction. ![]() 5/9/2023 0 Comments Sadie by courtney![]() ![]() ![]() And you might think that would steal some of the horror or power of the story, but honestly, it doesn’t. You won’t find those gory details in Sadie. ![]() I’ve read books where I felt like the author almost revels in constructing the details of torture and graphic abuse. Lots of times stories like this, about missing girls, sensationalize the details of the disappearance. I feel like I’ve said this before, but I have so much respect for Summers and her commitment to be a voice for young women who are often forgotten. Details about those experiences really undo me.Īnyway, after my Q&A with Courtney Summers in which she talked about her reasons for writing this book, I wanted to try to read it anyway, and I’m honestly glad I did. I was a little nervous about reading this book as I read reviews that mentioned how much it dealt with sexual abuse as I have a really low threshold for being able to read things like that. ![]() ![]() President Woodrow Wilson and with two orphaned Russian brothers, whose plans to emigrate to America fall foul of war, conscription and revolution. ![]() Their destiny is entangled with that of an ambitious young aide to U.S. Lady Maud Fitzherbert falls in love with Walter von Ulrich, a spy at the German Embassy in London. The Williams, a Welsh coal-mining family, is linked by romance and enmity to the Fitzherberts, aristocratic coal-mine owners. ![]() The first in Ken Follett's bestselling Century Trilogy, Fall of Giants is a huge novel that follows five families through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for votes for women. ![]() ![]() ![]() “We do not want you in the zoo,” they tell Spot the leopard. In fact, he once fearlessly told me that he “weighs his press by the pound.” In our story, he reveals that, deep down, he still wants to get into the zoo, where he can be exhibited with all the other animals.Īt this point, the zookeepers chime in. ![]() Spot the leopard continues, “I would like to live this way this is where I want to stay.” $pot always claimed that he didn’t care about museums and what other people thought of him. His wish will come true at London’s Tate Modern this coming May, though by now he’s so supersized and has produced so much art that much of it won’t be exhibited. $pot has never had a retrospective show in a museum, though for almost 20 years he’s been the most talked-about artist in the world. At the outset of the tale, Spot, the leopard, says to the two children, “I will go into the zoo, I want to see it yes I do.” Let’s take the zoo as a metaphor for the museum. ![]() ![]() Join the growing network of 250+ alumni who have been exposed to new solutions, learned essential business skills, and joined a lifelong peer group that is catalyzing a global shift towards an economy that works for all life. The Next Economy MBA is a nine month online course for folks who want to learn key business fundamentals (e.g., vision, culture, strategy, and operations) from an equitable, inclusive, and regenerative perspective. 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The Expecting Entrepreneur: A Guide to Parental Leave Planning for Self Employed Business Owners Arianna Taboada 9.99 9.99 Publisher Description Your life is baby-readybut did you babyproof your business When you're the boss, planning for much-needed parental leave, making money, and the survival of your business can feel overwhelming. ![]() ![]() Arianna Taboada is the Founder of The Expecting Entrepreneur, a consulting firm that helps entrepreneurs design parental leave plans that fit their business models and personal needs. ![]() |