William morris nowhere5/23/2023 ![]() The journey on the Thames is both a voyage through society transformed by revolution and a quest for happiness. Dick and Clara are good comrades and the married lovers who aid Morris in his wanderings. Old Hammond is both the communist educator who teaches Morris the new world and the wise old man of romance. As Morris, the romance character, quests for love and fellowship-and through them for a reborn self-he encounters romance archetypes in Marxist guises. Morris fuses Marxism and the romance tradition when he presents himself as an enchanted figure in a time and place different from Victorian England. ![]() ![]() The novel explores a number of aspects of this society, including its organisation and the relationships which it engenders between people. ![]() This agrarian society functions simply because the people find pleasure in nature, and therefore they find pleasure in their work. In this society there is no private property, no big cities, no authority, no monetary system, no marriage or divorce, no courts, no prisons, and no class systems. ![]() In the novel, the narrator, William Guest, falls asleep after returning from a meeting of the Socialist League and awakes to find himself in a future society based on common ownership and democratic control of the means of production. It was first published in serial form in the Commonweal journal beginning on 11 January 1890. News from Nowhere (1890) is a classic work combining utopian socialism and soft science fiction written by the artist, designer and socialist pioneer William Morris. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Theodore Roosevelt arrived in Buffalo at 1:30 pm. His death was attributed to gangrene of both walls of the stomach and pancreas. McKinley had died at 2:15 that morning, September 14, 1901. He took a train to Albany and another one to Buffalo, arriving there at about 1:30 p.m. He arrived there just before dawn and was told of the President's death. ![]() TR left his cabin in the late evening of Friday, September 13 for the thirty-five mile carriage ride to the nearest train station at North Creek. During his return from the hike on Friday afternoon, Roosevelt was met by a messenger, who carried the news that McKinley was dying and the Vice President should return to Buffalo as soon as possible. ![]() Back in Buffalo, McKinley's condition had taken a turn for the worse and he was rapidly deteriorating. It was here, after the tragic assasination of President McKinley, that Theodore Roosevelt took the oath of office that began his presidency.įrom the Theodore Rooevelt Inaugral Site website at On Thursday evening, September 12, Roosevelt and a group of family and friends hiked up Mt. ![]() Hollow city novel5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() There is no time jump, which I appreciate, having been time-jumped enough the last few weeks with the Saga comic series. The story picks up from the last page of the first volume. Although, one could argue that they have an “unfinished” quality, but that was the main complaint about the impressionism painting style and we all love a little Monet and Manet. Cassandra Jean makes the characters look so alive, as though they are breathing within the pages. Just like the first volume of the graphic novel adaptation of the Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children series, it is wonderfully-illustrated. But they are doing their best to find someone who can help them bring Miss Peregrine back. With their headmistress being stuck in the form of a bird, they have little guidance against the terrible creatures killing peculiars off. The peculiars are trying to save Peculiardom. But no matter where they go, trouble lurks after them… ![]() Genres & Themes: Graphic Novel, Fantasy, Mystery, Horror, Action, MagicĪfter fleeing an army of terrible monsters, Jacob Portman and his peculiar friends find themselves lost at sea, but the only person who might be able to get them ashore safely, their illustrious headmistress Miss Peregrine, is stuck in the form of a bird! Hoping to find a way to get Miss Peregrine back to normal–or as normal as a peculiar can get–the children journey to London. ![]() The Stranger by Albert Camus5/22/2023 ![]() Though he fought passionately for the French Resistance against the Germans, Camus lived amidst widespread fear that the senseless horrors of World War I would be repeated. By the time he wrote The Stranger in the early 1940s, World War II had begun and the Nazi regime occupied France, where Camus had recently moved from Algeria. ![]() Born during World War I, Camus lost his father to the fighting and grew up to be an integral member of the Lost Generation. In the wake of the war rose the Lost Generation, a group of artists who addressed the collapse of traditional structures of meaning-both secular and religious-and conveyed their sense of life’s meaninglessness. ![]() Fought between 19, World War I introduced the world to unprecedented violence and gave rise to a new sense of disaffection and doubt, producing art very different than the art of the past. ![]() Stories and Scripts by Zack Love5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() “I just prefer to avoid being seen in public whenever possible because of the paparazzi.”Įvan was speechless and could only nod in approval of her explanation. “I’m sorry for calling you like that rather than ringing your doorbell,” she started. Her radiant face, long dark eyelashes, mocha-colored skin, and elegantly feminine figure seemed almost surreal to Evan as he stepped into her limousine and closed the door. She wore an elegant red and black peony cheongsam made of silk. Her black hair was neatly and tightly folded against her head and wrapped into a chignon secured by wooden hairpins. Inside the limo was Delilah Nakova, in all of her graceful beauty and down to earth charm, sporting a mysterious, Asian look. At 8 p.m., Evan closed his front door and approached Delilah Nakova’s limousine, parked outside of his apartment, as if it were some exotic space ship that was about to take him to another world. Evan totally forgot about the posse because of the unforgettably surreal experience with Delilah Nakova that began on the night of April 6, just a few hours after Carolina’s deposition ended. ![]() Book decision points5/22/2023 ![]() HH: (laughing) In the book there are a lot of good portraits, and your funniest critic, she’s probably not your toughest critic, but your funniest, is First Lady Barbara Bush yelling at you, “Keep moving, George. HH: I’m great, and congratulations, four weeks atop the New York Times bestseller list for Decision Points. Bush, welcome to the Hugh Hewitt Show, great to have you. Sadly, the orange coffee mug he is holding in the back jacket photo of Decision Points is not a Browns’ mug. Perhaps he will come back after the book tour slows down.Ī transcript will be posted here later, and the interview plays in the first and third hour of today’s program. I got through about a third of my questions. It is a fascinating read, and our conversation covers some of the most interesting passages, including those about election 2000, the job of picking generals, Lincoln and Truman, his reading habits while president - Lee Childs and Tim Keller will be happy to hear they are on the president’s current reading list, joining Vince Flynn and Daniel Silva there– as well as Vladimir Putin and the problem of leaking operatives in the CIA. ![]() ![]() I just concluded an interview with President Bush about his new memoir, Decision Points. ![]() Monstrous marcykate connolly5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() With the help of a new friend, Dalen, a magical half-boy and half-horse, Greta embarks on the journey and tries to overcome both foes and her own weaknesses. ![]() Greta will retrieve something the witch desires in exchange for her brother's freedom.To get the prize Greta must travel to Belladoma-a city where she was once held captive. When the witch captures Hans, Greta's little brother, Greta refuses to let her have him. She travels in a hut that has chicken feet, and she's ravenous for children. Also includes a bonus story, Precious, a prequel to both Monstrous and Ravenous.Ī witch has come to the city of Bryre. ( 21 authors share one piece of advice for writers. She can be lured out from her writing cave with the promise of caffeine and new books. A companion to the author's Monstrous, it will be enjoyed by fans of that book as well as readers who are new to this fully imagined and rich world. MarcyKate Connolly is a New York Times bestselling childrens book author and nonprofit marketing professional living in New England with her family and a grumble of pugs. For fans of tales by the Brothers Grimm, this novel, inspired by the fairytale "Hansel and Gretel," is a riveting and wholly original story of an epic quest and a heroine who will stop at nothing to save the one she loves most. ![]() After dark haruki murakami review5/22/2023 ![]() We can zoom in on bits that interest us, but we cannot get involved. I could have stayed wandering around Tokyo at night much longer than the time Murakami allowed me.įrom the opening lines of the book we, the readers, are told that we are voyeurs. The front cover just calls out to you “read me, read me.” The only problem with this book is that it is short. From the moment I read the back cover, I had a happy warm feeling in my tummy. ![]() Review: If you read our featured author post you will know that I love Murakami’s writing and this book was no exception. Strange nocturnal happenings, or a trick of the night? But tonight as the digital clock displays 00:00, a hint of life flickers across the television screen, even though it’s plug has been pulled out. Meanwhile Mari’s beautiful sister Eri lies in a deep, heavy sleep that is ‘too perfect, too pure’ to be normal it has lasted for two months. ![]() Mari sips her coffee and reads a book, but soon her solitude is disturbed: a girl has been beaten up at the Alphaville hotel, and needs Mari’s help. The midnight hour approaches in an almost-empty diner. Synopsis: (from the Back Cover): Eyes mark the shape of the city ![]() The angel experiment by james patterson5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Patterson's books always seem to have short chapters, which deceives the reader into always starting the next chapter. He has produced a fast paced book that is both enjoyable and easy to read. James Patterson's first foray into Young Adult fantasy is an entertaining one. This book follows their missions, firstly rescuing Angel from malicious mutants and then infiltrating a secret facility to track down their parents. Max leads this flock and they have managed to escape from the school where the experiments were originally performed. This allows them to fly and possess super human strength, along with other unusual traits. Six children Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, the Gasman and Angel have been genetically experimented upon and now have avian DNA running through their blood, leaving them 98% human and 2% bird. ![]() These children don't need broomsticks to fly. ![]() Heartstopper yearbook5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() Praise for Heartstopper: 'The queer graphic novel we wished we had at high school. It encompasses all the small stories of Nick and Charlie's lives that together make up something larger, which speaks to all of us. By the winner of the YA Book Prize, Heartstopper is about love, friendship, loyalty and mental illness. ![]() I loved this book.' RAINBOW ROWELL, author of Carry On The full-colour Heartstopper Yearbook is packed full of exclusive content from the Heartstopper universe - including never-before-seen illustrations, an exclusive mini-comic, a look back at Alice's Heartstopper artwork over the years, character profiles, trivia, and insights into her creative process - all narrated by a cartoon version of Alice herself. ![]() Now in full colour for the first time! Praise for Heartstopper: 'Absolutely delightful. In full-color for the first time, this companion book is perfect for. This joyful trip into the LGBTQ+ world of Heartstopper is the perfect gift for anyone who loves the graphic novels or Netflix TV series - from Alice Oseman, bestselling author and winner of the YA Book Prize. The Heartstopper Yearbook is packed full of exclusive content from the Heartstopper universe: never-before-seen illustrations, an exclusive minicomic, character profiles, trivia, and insight into Alice Oseman's creative process, narrated by a cartoon version of Alice herself. *Now an acclaimed live-action Netflix series!* Boy meets boy. ![]() |