![]() ![]() I love thee to the depth and breadth and height to some of the most memorable lines ever penned, such as these from an enduring sonnet by Elizabeth Barrett Browning: How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. Love poems have ranged from the silly and cute. That’s unlikely to change as long as humans have hearts that beat, eyes that gleam, and glands that sweat. It remains a favorite subject of thinkers and poets. But many, many more have shared the roller-coaster, pitter-pat, and clammy palms of first love and love-at-first-sight. Many others have shared the heartache of lost love. Some writers have chronicled the comfort of long-lasting love, and the love of family and friends. But it’s a little hard to tell whether this wise man was giving a thumbs up to love’s inspiration or getting grumpy about the sometimes silly words love inspires. That’s the observation of Plato, the legendary philosopher of Ancient Greece. ![]() Love Poems “At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.” ![]()
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![]() And while Lincoln's history defies brevity, Booth's own story as part of the era's pre-eminent family of American actors is complicated, too. Many minor accomplices and unwitting dupes figured in Booth's plan (originally a plot to kidnap the president), both before and after April 14, 1865, the day of the terrible deed. ![]() This sprawling narrative is a storyteller's nightmare. Swanson's "Manhunt" has found a reasonably new angle from which to approach its material. ![]() Nearly 141 years later, the body of literature about Lincoln's death is immense and seemingly exhaustive. ![]() On May 24, 1865, less than a month after the death of John Wilkes Booth, a publisher issued a book called "The Assassinator." It was a fictionalized account of Booth's assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the beginning of a historians' cottage industry that is still going strong. ![]() ![]() ![]() I'm also very interested in Marxism, psychoanalysis, and critical theory, and I think learning about this part of history would add some very nice context.Īside from the works by Cline, could folks please give me some recommendations about what I should read to learn about 1177? I enjoyed Cline's video presentation, but there was something about it that just didn't really "do it" for me. It was a very lucky accident, because I have been wanting to learn "world history" for a very long time, so having a focus is a really great way to start. That is, the Collapse of the Late Bronze Age.Ī few weeks ago I watched this presentation by Eric Cline: 1177 B.C.: When Civilization Collapsed, which I found by accident. ![]() ![]() I decided to start my studies of history by focusing on something I recently discovered, which I found particularly fascinating. Hello!! I'm very new to the study of history. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Eventually, Nagara started a campaign on Kickstarter that raised $4,501 in 30 days. ![]() Nagara, heavily involved in activism and social justice initiatives, originally wrote A is for Activist for his son, out of a perceived need for a "pro-activist, pro-social justice, pro-gay, pro-labor, pro-diversity, pro-gressive ABC book." On the recommendation of friends, he sought to publish a larger run of the book, finding that the costs of printing individual board books quickly became prohibitive. His debut as both an author and an illustrator, he initially wrote it for his children out of a desire for a political yet educational book, and then, receiving positive responses from both friends and Kickstarter campaign, published it through Triangle Square. A is for Activist is a bestselling children's alphabet board book by Innosanto Nagara. ![]() ![]() ![]() Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Rep. ![]() He noted backing from right-flank Republicans Rep. READ MORE: Republicans likely to control House after wins in California “We’re going to have the ability to change America,” McCarthy said, upbeat as he entered the private meeting. The formal vote for House speaker will come when the new Congress convenes in January, and McCarthy will need to shore up support from no fewer than 218 lawmakers with potentially just a few votes to spare. The vote was 188-31, with ballots cast by newly elected and returning GOP lawmakers, and some whose races have not yet been called. McCarthy has led House Republicans this far, and with them now on the cusp of majority control, he has a chance to seize the gavel from Nancy Pelosi if Democrats are defeated. WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican leader Kevin McCarthy cleared the first major step Tuesday toward becoming House speaker, winning the nomination on a vote by his GOP colleagues, but he now faces a weeks-long slog to quell objections from his right flank before a final vote. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s in how the four comrades respond to failure, and rise above it, that we begin to see the true characters of Dumas’s great heroes.Ī true literary achievement, Twenty Years After is long overdue for a modern reassessment-and a new translation. ![]() In Twenty Years After, the musketeers confront maturity and face its greatest challenge: sometimes, you fail. As d’Artagnan will find, these are problems that can’t be solved with a sword thrust. When Twenty Years After opens it is 1648: the Red Sphinx, Cardinal Richelieu, is dead, France is ruled by a regency in the grip of civil war, and across the English Channel the monarchy of King Charles I hangs by a thread. A new translation of Dumas’s rousing sequel to The Three Musketeers, picking up twenty years after the conclusion of that classic novel and continuing the adventures of the valiant d’Artagnan and his three loyal friends. ![]() ![]() ![]() When loan sharks threaten Peyton, Dante whisks her away in his limo to his pack's private ranch to keep her safe. ![]() They want to claim her body, heart and soul. ![]() They want more than to ravish Peyton's virgin body for one night. She finds herself in the arms of the winner - ruthless, powerful alpha wolf Dante Carrington, who shares his prize with his sexy beta wolves - bad boy biker Gabriel and sensitive poet Alexander. Denied a promotion that will give her the bonus she desperately needs to pay off a debt, she sells her virginity at auction. Psychic Peyton struggles each day to cope with the drudgery of work and routine, except for the nights when she moonlights as a mood bouncer at an upscale gentlemen's club for shifters. They never told her they want to claim her forever. They bought her virginity for one enchanting night in their bed. ![]() ![]() In this novel, the legend of King Arthur is for the first time told through the lives, the visions, and the perceptions of the women central to it. The struggle between Christianity and the religion of Avalon is a central part of the story, and Arthur’s loyalty to and betrayal of Avalon another part. The story is told by each, as they saw it happen. The Mists of Avalon is a twist on the Arthurian tales as told by the four women instrumental to the story: Gwenhwyfar, his wife Igraine, his mother Viviane, the Lady of the Lake, High Priestess of Avalon and his sister and lover, heiress to Avalon, Morgaine. ![]() This novel explains the reasoning and decisions that Arthur made from the women’s perspective. ![]() ![]() The Mists of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley, is not only an example of a Medieval Romance, but also tells the story of the women who stood behind King Arthur during his infamous reign in the Middle Ages. ![]() ![]() Kadir lives with his wife is Southern California, and invites you to visit him at. Carole Boston Weatherford, a New York Times best-selling author and poet, was named the 2019 Washington Post Children’s Book Guild Nonfiction Award winner. Parents need to know that Carole Boston Weatherfords Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, is a picture book. The National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown the International Olympic Committee, and the US House of Representatives. Information about the book, Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom: the Fiction, Hardcover, by Carole Boston Weatherford (Disney-Hyperion. ![]() His work has appeared in many publications including The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, and The New Yorker, and his paintings are in the private and public permanent collections of notable institutions across the country, including the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C. Among his numerous other awards are three NAACP Image Awards, two Coretta Scott King Author Awards, and three Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards. Celebrate diversity and literacy this month. ![]() Kadir Nelson is the Caldecott Medal-winning artist of The Undefeated and a two-time Caldecott Honor recipient for Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford and Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine. Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The following is a list of night deities in various mythologies. Karou tries to forge an alliance between chimera and seraphim to fight a foe that threatens both and the battle moves. They commonly feature in polytheistic religions. Dreams of Gods & Monsters picks up where Days of Blood & Starlight ends. It also probably will be much shorter than any I usually write, because, ugh, it’s hard to find new things to say at this point. I’ll try to make it as spoiler free as possible, though. ![]() The Norse night goddess Nótt riding her horse, in a 19th-century painting by Peter Nicolai ArboĪ night deity is a goddess or god in mythology associated with night, the night sky, or darkness. Dreams of Gods and Monsters Daughter of Smoke & Bone 3 Laini Taylor 613 pages first pub 2014 ( editions) fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous emotional slow-paced Description Two worlds are poised on the brink of a vicious war. Since We Dream of Gods is the 4th and last book in the series, this review might contain mild spoilers for the previous books. ![]() |