![]() ![]() ![]() And once Ethan finds the courage to become who he was meant to be, the outcome could be absolutely extraordinary. Because some facts are irrefutable and some bonds unbreakable, even when they can't be seen. Family and friends are turning against each other, school is a battleground, and Ethan will have to take a stand. Despite Ethan's initial reluctance, he gets pulled into a heated and sometimes violent conflict about whether to introduce Intelligent Design into science classrooms. ![]() Most pressing of all, there's his attraction to Max Modine, a boy he wants to know much better than he does. Then there are the shifting uncertainties-including his feelings toward his father and his desire to both blend in and stand out in his rural Maine hometown. ![]() Things he knows beyond doubt: his parents are divorcing, his older brother Kyle is exhibiting alarming behavior, and his best friend is turning into a spiritual fanatic. In the space of a few months, sixteen-year-old Ethan Poe's life has become a complicated mix of facts, theories, and hypotheses. ![]()
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The author argues that the state is justified only when it is severely limited to the narrow function of protection against force, theft and fraud and to the enforcement of contracts. ![]() The work that follows is a sophisticated and passionate defence of the rights of the individual as opposed to the state. Individuals have rights, Nozick writes in his opening sentence, and there are things no person or group may do to them without violating their rights. Robert Nozick's Anarchy, State, and Utopia is a powerful, philosophical challenge to the most widely held political and social positions of our age - liberal, socialist and conservative. ![]() ![]() Kroeber was an early critic of Totem and Taboo, publishing a critique of the work in 1920. It is a collection of four essays inspired by the work of Wilhelm Wundt and Carl Jung and first published in the journal Imago (1912-13): "The Horror of Incest", "Taboo and Emotional Ambivalence", "Animism, Magic and the Omnipotence of Thoughts", and "The Return of Totemism in Childhood".Though Totem and Taboo has been seen as one of the classics of anthropology, comparable to Edward Burnett Tylor's Primitive Culture (1871) and Sir James George Frazer's The Golden Bough (1890), the work is now considered discredited by anthropologists. ![]() ![]() Totem and Taboo by Sigmund FreudTotem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Mental Lives of Savages and Neurotics, or Totem and Taboo: Some Points of Agreement between the Mental Lives of Savages and Neurotics, (German: Totem und Tabu: Einige UEbereinstimmungen im Seelenleben der Wilden und der Neurotiker) is a 1913 book by Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, in which the author applies his work to the fields of archaeology, anthropology, and the study of religion. ![]() ![]() ![]() Imaginative literature is otherness, and as such alleviates loneliness. It returns you to otherness, whether in yourself or in friends, or in those who may become friends. “Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you, because it is, at least in my experience, the most healing of pleasures. In this article, we’ll share some of the most striking advice from the book on… well, how to read and why. In How to Read and Why, Bloom dispenses wisdom for the avid reader. He was also a prodigious writer, producing over fifty books during his lifetime, as well as editing hundreds of anthologies. Given that, Bloom was uniquely well positioned to answer the question of why we should read and how we should go about it.Īccording to legend, Bloom could read a 400-page book in an hour without sacrificing comprehension and could recite the whole of Shakespeare’s poetry by heart. ![]() The late Harold Bloom, literary critic and professor, may well have been one of the most prolific readers of all time. ![]() ![]() ![]() Logistical issues addressed in the article include determination of the magnitude of the reparations bill and the criteria to be used to identify those eligible to receive reparations. Inauguration of a reparations program on behalf of black Americans preferably will be undertaken via legislative action at the federal level, rather than by judicial fiat. Three types of injustices motivate a program of reparations for black Americans: slavery, the nearly centurylong Jim Crow regime following Reconstruction, and ongoing discrimination. ![]() In general, a program of reparations is intended to achieve three objectives: acknowledgment of a grievous injustice, redress for the injustice, and closure of the grievances held by the group subjected to the injustice. ![]() ![]() ![]() I am suffering from the biggest book hangover ever. I’m invested in all her characters one hundred percent, I feel for them, I want to be their friend, I want to tell them it’ll be alright and pass them a smoke and appreciate their taste in attire, without judgement. I need more, Sarah, write more, write fifty more. Sarah has an incredible ability at sucking me in, chewing me up, and spitting me out. I’m sure her pen, laptop or notebook is really some kind of magic paintbrush that comes pre-installed with genius edition software for which she alone knows the password. ![]() She could publish her shopping list and I’d give it five stars.Įvery book I’ve read by this author (all of them) pleases me like nothing else. ![]() This is a ‘I can’t possibly review this’ review. …’we were girls with curious histories – girls with pasts like boxes with ill-fitting lids.’ ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Stream It Or Skip It: 'White House Plumbers' On HBO, A Comedic Take On The Bumbling Team Behind The Watergate Break-In Yang: Guess How Much?' 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As the team contends with Norman Osborn's Dark Reign, an older Franklin arrives from the future with an ominous warning! And as the Fantastic Four fight the War of the Four Cities, Mr. Superstar writer Jonathan Hickman revamps and redefines Marvel's First Family in a sweeping and epic saga across time, space and reality! And it all begins when Mr. Fantastic Four By Jonathan Hickman Omnibus Vol 1 – November 2021, 800 pagesīy Sean Chen, Dale Eaglesham, Neil Edwards, Steve Epting, Nick Dragotta, Barry Kitson, Jonathan Hickman. ![]() ![]() ![]() Far from home and the resources he once had, Christian believes the life he knew-and any chance of happiness-is over. But that was before the horrors of Waterloo, his wrongful conviction of a hideous crime, and his forcible removal from England. One of the renowned Libertine Scholars, Christian Trent once enjoyed the company of any woman he chose. ![]() A governess, however, has no business in the arms of an earl, and as she accompanies Christian on his voyage home, Sarah must resist her intense desires-or risk revealing her dangerous secrets. ![]() Despite the battle scars that mar his face, Sarah finds being near Christian rekindles her infatuation. In Bronwen Evans’s Loveswept debut, a pair of damaged souls ignite each other’s deepest passions-even as they tempt fate by deceiving the world.ĭesperate to escape her abusive past, Sarah Cooper disguises herself as a governess in the employ of Christian Trent, Earl of Markham, the man who, long ago, she fantasized about marrying. ![]() |