6/27/2023 0 Comments The tragic sense of life book![]() Fittingly, the show’s central theme is perhaps the Western canon’s most famous homecoming: that of Odysseus. “The longer the branches, the deeper the roots.”Įight paintings (all 2023) from his upcoming New York solo debut, " Eros," at Soho’s Alanna Miller gallery, visualize his journey establishing a life-specifically, an openly queer one-in Texas after stints in Connecticut, New York, and Los Angeles. “If you want to know yourself, you should leave where you are from,” he tells CULTURED. The couple’s Austin dwelling, where the smell of wildflowers mingles with the sound of crickets, inspired his most recent paintings. The 35-year-old painter left Texas at 18 with the firm intention of never returning, but it was back home on a Christmas visit in 2013 that he met the man who would eventually be his husband. ![]() Alvarez, the definition of home is in ceaseless transformation. Alvarez by Mackenzie Smith Kelley. All images courtesy of the artist and Alanna Miller.įor RF. ![]()
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6/27/2023 0 Comments Plato ion summary![]() ![]() Title "Plato's ""Ion"": An Exegetical Commentary With Introduction" Author(s) Harris, John Philip Issue Date 1997 Doctoral Committee Chair(s) Calder, William M., III Department of Study Classical Philology Discipline Classical Philology Degree Granting Institution University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Degree Name Ph.D. If you are trying to access an Illinois-restricted dissertation or thesis, you can request a copy through your library's Inter-Library Loan office or purchase a copy directly from ProQuest. Students, faculty, and staff at the U of I may log in with your NetID and password to view the item. ![]() This item is only available for download by members of the University of Illinois community. ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments Man and maid elinor glyn![]() ![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Her other works include: The Visits of Elizabeth (1900), The Reflections of Ambrosine (1902), The Damsel and the Sage (1903), Elizabeth Visits America (1909), Halcyone (1912), The Point of View (1913), The Man and the Moment (1914), and Man and Maid (1922). /rebates/2fbook2f3361796202fMan-and-Maid&. Both Man and Maid and The Only Thing were of the same genre as The Great Moment, but failed at the box office. ![]() She wrote Six Hours and Three Weeks (The Romance of a Queen) in 1923 the King Vidor-directed His Hour in 1924 Man and Maid and Love's Blindness in 1925 and The Only Thing in 1926. She was a scriptwriter for the silent movie industry and had a brief career as one of the earliest female directors. Glyn produced a number of screenplays in the 1920s. She was the celebrated author of early 20th century bestsellers as It, Three Weeks, Beyond the Rocks, and other novels which were then considered quite racy, as tame as they might seem now. Elinor was schooled by her grandmother (a minor French aristocrat) which gave her an entrée into aristocratic circles on her return to Europe and led her to be considered an authority on style and breeding when she worked in Hollywood where she promoted the concept of the vamp. She coined the use of It as a euphemism for sexuality, or sex appeal. Elinor Glyn (1864-1943), born Elinor Sutherland, was an English novelist and scriptwriter who pioneered massmarket women's erotic fiction. ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments Dragonclaw by Kate Forsyth![]() ![]() ![]() Dragonclawis the first book in the series The Witches of Eileanan. ![]() Meanwhile the sea-dwelling Fairgean stir, children mysteriously disappear in the night, and Isabeau's guardian climbs Dragonclaw to seek guidance from the most ancient and dangerous wisdom in the land. Carrying a magic talisman that contains the last hopes of the persecuted witches, Isabeau is hunted through the land by the evil Banr gh. Meghan can call animals to her hand and knows the secrets of herb-lore. In a hidden valley deep in the mountains, in the shadow of the peak of Dragonclaw, Isabeau the foundling grows to womanhood in the care of Meghan, an old wood witch. In a hidden valley deep in the mountains, in the shadow of the peak of Dragonclaw, Isabeau the foundling grows to womanhood in the care of Meghan, an old wood witch. And there are those determined to restore witches and their craft to their rightful place in Eileanan. ![]() Yet the Lodestar still calls to the R gh, king of Eileanan, making him uneasy. The penalty for practising witchcraft is death. The great towers, once centres of learning, are now abandoned ruins. Since the Day of Reckoning witches and magic have been outlawed on Eileanan. A gripping story of witches, enchantment, magical creatures and dragons. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Bb alston![]() ![]() We’re doing a pilot,” Palm Beach County School Board member Karen Brill told the South Florida Sun Sentinel. ![]() “We may not be getting as much pushback since we have not said we’re not doing it at all the schools. In Palm Beach County, the reaction from parents and students to metal detectors has been positive to neutral, School Board members said. There also were 300 instances of more minor weapons, including smaller knives, BB guns, hand pellet guns and fireworks. ![]() Broward has reported 113 instances of major weapons being brought on campus, including five firearms and 64 large knives. Last week, Broward announced its own security change: all pre-kindergarten to 12th-grade students can only bring see-through backpacks, purses and lunch containers to school when the new school year starts.īoth districts cited a large amount of weapons brought to campus since students returned from the pandemic as a major factor. The devices use artificial intelligence designed to catch weapons without creating long lines and frequent pat-downs. On Wednesday, the Palm Beach County School Board agreed to commit up to $2.25 million to install metal detectors in all high schools next school year - if an initial pilot in four schools is successful. South Florida schools are making some big security changes in the coming months to try to reduce weapons and violence on campus, with high-tech metal detectors generating cheers and clear backpacks generating scorn. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica![]() ![]() A CHILD could have seen what he missed.Ī police officer hides a key piece of evidence, but since when is only ONE PERSON in an entire department privy to a key piece of evidence in a very high profile case (or any case)? It made me laugh, but it was supposed to be serious. I can’t give details as they would be spoilers.īUT, the physician who performs an autopsy on a victim is a complete moron to miss obvious signs that it didn't happen the way he said it did. If I listed all the implausible actions, reactions, events, scenarios, and conclusions I would re-write the entire book. Sorry, that's it, there's only one positive that I can come up with. ![]() Most of my friends here enjoyed it, but I did not.įirst the positives: I loved the beginning. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments The blue mind book![]() On a personal note, Nichols admits to his own attraction to the water’s edge initiated when he brought his 18-month-old daughter along on an oceanside coastal trek from Oregon to Mexico. He astutely examines how the ocean, the color blue and regular human interaction with water significantly affect mood, attitude and energetic productivity, and he explores our evolutionary connection to water and the ways it inspires creative flow. Passionately dedicated to oceanic sciences, marine biologist and California Academy of Sciences research associate Nichols presents fieldwork largely focused on scientific experiments measuring the human brain’s electrical response to water. ![]() A lifelong ocean advocate and aquatic educator examines the biocentric and neurochemical wonderments of water. ![]() ![]() ![]() This multidisciplinarity has so far defined the journal in its mission to be a publication outlet for Himalayan studies at large, across areas of specialty within the field of human and social sciences. The subjects covered by the journal range from geography and economics to anthropology, sociology, philology, history, art history, archaeology, and history of religions. The EBHR publishes in English with the aim of reaching a large audience around the world. Tristan Bruslé (CNRS), Stéphane Gros (CNRS), Philippe Ramirez (CNRS)Īrik Moran (University of Haifa), Book reviews editor ![]() ![]() Institute) and the United Kingdom ( SOAS).įrom 2019 to 2023, the EBHR is hosted at the Centre for Himalayan Studies at CNRS in France. Bulletin of Himalayan Research (EBHR) was founded by the late Richardīurghart in 1991 and has appeared twice yearly ever since. ![]() ![]() ![]() Seriously…only a few Authors do that to me. Here it is I started reading If I Were You and within the next couple of hours, I finished the book. Lisa Renee Jones is one Author, who I have found that sucks me into the story every time I read one of her books. I am a little behind reading/reviewing If I Were You…but I wanted to read these books when every one of the books was close to being out because I knew it was going to be hard to wait for each one to release. ![]() ![]() But with the promise of her dark needs being met by a man with confident good looks and a desire for control, she’s not sure anything else matters. ![]() Finding herself drawn to two dangerously sexy men, the manager of the gallery and a famed artist, Sara realizes she’s going down the same path Rebecca took. Soon she’s working at the art gallery Rebecca worked at and meeting Rebecca’s friends. Unable to stop reading, she vicariously lives out dark fantasies through Rebecca, the writer-until the terrifying final entry.Ĭertain something sinister has happened, Sara sets out to discover the facts, immersing herself in Rebecca’s life. When Sara McMillan finds a stack of journals in a storage unit, she’s shocked and enthralled by the erotic life the writer led. The steamy first installment in the Inside Out erotic romance trilogy by Lisa Renee Jones, in the bestselling tradition of Fifty Shades of Grey. Genres: Contemporary Romance, Erotic Romance Published by Gallery Books on March 12, 2013 ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments Consider phlebas book![]() Our guidelines were designed to foster a diverse and welcoming discussion community while avoiding drama, flamewars, and promotional activity. Say "hi" at our sister subreddits- SpecArt and SF Videos-and join our reader-managed Goodreads group. The key is that it be speculative, not that it fit some arbitrary genre guidelines. History, Postmodern Lit., and more are all welcome here. Not sure what counts as speculative fiction? Then post it! 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