6/24/2023 0 Comments The consolation of philosophy bookUnlike Plato’s dialogues, for instance, or René Descartes’s Meditations, it no longer seems to carry a broad philosophical appeal. Yet now the work is the preserve of scholarly medievalists. Although Aristotle’s texts shaped the university curriculum, and Augustine’s thought was ubiquitous, in the period from 800 until about 1600 no other philosophical text could compete with the Consolation in its appeal – not just to the intellectual elite but to a much wider audience too. It was read not only by those who could understand its 6th-century Latin original but also those who studied it in any of a multiplicity of translations, into Old and Middle English, Old French, Old High German, Italian, Spanish and many other languages, including Greek and Hebrew. For nearly a millennium, The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius was a bestseller throughout Europe.
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6/24/2023 0 Comments Night sky with exit woundsIn a similar way, this poem is about a son who goes to sea in search of his father and-unlike Telemachus-actually finds him. First, in Homer's Odyssey, Telemachus is Odysseus's son, who travels at sea in an attempt to locate and find his father, who is yet to return from the Trojan War. Moreover, the poem's title is evocative of both the father-son relationship and the connection between the mythological and the personal that is reinforced elsewhere in Night Sky with Exit Wounds. "Telemachus" continues developing many of the motifs and themes that were introduced in "Threshold." Like "Threshold," the poem is written in couplets that are evocative of the bond between father and son, sealed figuratively by the presence of the father's face on his son and literally by the sealing of the father's lips at the poem's end. At the poem's end, the speaker reflects that he will wear his father's face for the rest of his life and "begin / the faithful work of drowning." Analysis It follows the speaker as he drags his drowning and shot father from the ocean, attempts to resuscitate his father, and fails. The poem "Telemachus" is the second poem in Ocean Vuong's Night Sky with Exit Wounds, and it is the first poem in the first section proper. 6/24/2023 0 Comments The book cat polly faberShe lives in London with her husband, two sons and two cats the exceedingly fluffy Alan and his sleek moustachioed sister Babs. 'A delightful book.' Books for Keeps About the Author 'A sweet feline twist on the classic evacuee story.' The Guardian Set in war-torn London, charmingly illustrated, and full of heart and verve. Morgan finds himself training up twenty odd kittens to be book cats, and then there is the small matter of secretly evacuating them out of London. Over time he learns a trade - and soon becomes the very best book cat in the business. Morgan is a young orphan who lives off scavenging - until he finds a cosy home at a famous London publishing house. 'To have a chance for a better life, well, let's just say, I've got an idea.' 'This time we need to get you - get all of the kittens, safe out of London,' said Morgan decisively. Ī classic wartime tale of a (real!) cat who saves London's kittens and finds refuge behind the doors of a famous publishing house. This is a classic wartime tale of a (real!) cat who made his home at the Faber offices and decided he'd never leave.'This time we need to get you - get all of the kittens, safe out of London,' said Morgan decisively. 6/24/2023 0 Comments A dowry of blood st gibsonThis beautiful hardback edition will include a bonus short story featuring characters from A Dowry of Blood, titled 'An Encore of Roses'. But bonds forged by blood can only be broken by death. With the lives of everyone she loves on the line, Constanta will have to choose between her own freedom and her love for her husband. But when Dracula draws a cunning aristocrat and a starving artist into his web of passion and deceit, Constanta realizes that her beloved is capable of terrible things.įinding comfort in the arms of her rival consorts, she begins to unravel their husband's dark secrets. Saved from the brink of death by a mysterious stranger, Constanta is transformed from a medieval peasant into a bride fit for an undying king. Gibson's sensational novel is the darkly seductive tale of Dracula's first bride, Constanta. This is my last love letter to you, though some would call it a confession. A Dowry of Blood left me breathless' Alexis Henderson, author of The Year of the Witching 'A thrilling and seductive Gothic rife with spine-tingling tension and dark romance. THE GOTHIC TIKTOK SENSATION AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER He records his memories with partner Karen and hopes to develop a film with his brother, but nothing is ever completed. He's rescued by chance, but his entire life has changed after the experience. After his family leaves, Navidson returns to investigate and becomes trapped by the house. Navidson bought a home for his family on Ash Tree Lane only to discover that the building could change itself according to its own will. When he moves into former author Zampano's apartment, Johnny discovers a manuscript titled The Navidson Record in which editorial notes, film production notes, eyewitness testimony, Zampano's notes, personal correspondence, and - eventually - Johnny's own records combine into a maelstrom of data about the affair of Virginia homeowner and photojournalist Will Navidson. Johnny Truant works as a tattoo artist in L.A. Even Johnny's mom is introduced through her letters, petitions for his help and his safety. They never venture into the realm of the real and the active, remaining echoes of a suspicious past. All the characters' voices remain ironically voices on a page throughout the duration of the book. He wraps three narratives into one master document which simultaneously is discovered by protagonist Johnny Truant and completed by him. Danielewski's ambitious foray into the realm of psychological horror. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. In pamphlets, letters, newspapers, and sermons they returned again and again to the problem of the uses and misuses of power-the great benefits of power when gained and used by popular consent and the political and social devastation when acquired by those who seize it by force or other means and use it for their personal benefit. Now, in a new preface, Bernard Bailyn reconsiders salient features of the book and isolates the Founders' profound concern with power. Hailed at its first appearance as "the most brilliant study of the meaning of the Revolution to appear in a generation," it was enlarged in a second edition to include the nationwide debate on the ratification of the Constitution, hence exploring not only the Founders' initial hopes and aspirations but also their struggle to implement their ideas in constructing the national government. The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution, awarded both the Pulitzer and the Bancroft prizes, has become a classic of American historical literature. 6/23/2023 0 Comments Carrie soto is back goodreadsEven if her body doesn’t move as fast as it did. Even if the sports media says that they never liked “the Battle-Axe” anyway. A former champion himself, Javier has trained her since the age of two.īut six years after her retirement, Carrie finds herself sitting in the stands of the 1994 US Open, watching her record be taken from her by a brutal, stunning player named Nicki Chan.Īt thirty-seven years old, Carrie makes the monumental decision to come out of retirement and be coached by her father for one last year in an attempt to reclaim her record. She sacrificed nearly everything to become the best, with her father, Javier, as her coach. And if you ask Carrie, she is entitled to every one. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Grand Slam titles. But by the time she retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever seen. Carrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular. 6/23/2023 0 Comments George eliot 1859She and Lewes entered into an unconventional but devoted partnership, considered scandalous by many given their cohabitation, and Lewes’ continuing marriage to his first wife. In London, and the progressive literary circle she now inhabited, Evans socialised with many of the leading thinkers of the time, including Herbert Spencer, Harriet Martineau, and George Henry Lewes. In 1851, Evans moved to London and became Assistant Editor of The Westminster Review. It was to Durade she would later write of her ‘rooted conviction’ that ‘the proper sphere of all our highest emotions are our struggling fellow-men and this earthly existence:’ a humanist philosophy exemplified in her life and writing. Following her father’s death, freed from the responsibilities of keeping house, Evans spent the winter in Geneva, where she lived with the family of Swiss artist François D’Albert Durade. Bret is in a listless relationship with Debbie Schaffer, the daughter of a Hollywood producer, and sleeping with two of his male classmates. Our hero and his friends at the Buckley School cruise the San Fernando Valley, watch movies, take drugs, hook up. Can Ellis now rediscover some of the old magic of “ Less Than Zero” and “ American Psycho”?įall 1981. His cranky but freewheeling podcast seemed gradually to become his main focus. He made a web series and has written a couple of terrible horror movies. It’s been 13 years since his last novel, during which time he’s grown skeptical of both the form and its waning readership. And it comes with an extra frisson of literary intrigue. It’s also an experiment in autofiction, set during the senior year of one “Bret Ellis” at a private L.A. “ The Shards,” the seventh novel by Bret Easton Ellis, is a paranoid slasher-thriller epic. If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from, whose fees support independent bookstores. 6/22/2023 0 Comments Of the female persuasionIt’s easy to fall in love with her, and with Greer, and with Greer’s boyfriend, Cory, and her best friend, Zee: They’re all deep, interesting characters who want to find ways to support themselves while doing good in the world and having meaningful, pleasurable lives. Wolitzer ( Belzhar, 2014, etc.) likes to entice readers with strings of appealing adjectives and juicy details: Faith is both “rich, sophisticated, knowledgeable” and “intense and serious and witty,” and she always wears a pair of sexy suede boots. That might not be the most cutting-edge approach to feminism, Greer knows, but it will help her enter the conversation. Like a magical amulet in a fairy tale, that card leads Greer to a whole new life: After graduation, she gets a job working for Faith’s foundation, Loci, which sponsors conferences about women’s issues. During the question-and-answer period, Greer stands up to recount her assault and the college’s lackluster response, and, later, Faith gives her a business card. Then Greer meets Faith Frank, a second-wave feminist icon who’s come to speak at Ryland. This isn’t the life she was meant to lead: “You to find a way to make your world dynamic,” she thinks. On Greer Kadetsky’s first weekend at Ryland College-a mediocre school she’s attending because her parents were too feckless to fill out Yale’s financial aid form-she gets groped at a frat party. A decade in the life of a smart, earnest young woman trying to make her way in the world. |