![]() ![]() A nation in transition is gripped by a pennant race for the ages: the Boston Red Sox, led by Ted Williams’s unearthly bat skills, versus the New York Yankees and Joe DiMaggio’s legendary heroics. Summer of ’49 : In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Halberstam brings to stirring life the unforgettable season that cemented baseball as America’s pastime. Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist David Halberstam, preeminent chronicler of the American experience, focuses his meticulous narrative gifts on some of Major League Baseball’s most iconic moments, training for the Olympics, and a remarkable profile of hoops legend Michael Jordan. ![]() ![]() Four New York Times bestsellers by a “remarkable” Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist capture and celebrate America’s passion for sports ( The Seattle Times ). ![]()
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![]() ![]() Initially, the two narratives seem entirely separate, but, in true Joyce fashion, Perfect eventually reveals the connection between Byron and Jim with a twist. The portions about Jim felt cohesive and poignant, while the portions about Byron felt disorganized and improbable. ![]() The novel involves two interspersed narratives: (1) the story of 11 year-old Byron during the summer of 1972, when two extra seconds were added to Universal Coordinated Time and (2) the present-day story of Jim, a man who has been spent much of his adult life in Besley Hill, a psychiatric institution. Although the novel didn’t sit well with me, I’m glad I finished it. I ended up putting the novel away until yesterday, when I finally finished the remaining 80%. I downloaded the e-book version in time for a family trip in mid-April and immediately read the first 20% of it, which, unfortunately, hardly kept my attention. Having enjoyed The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, I looked forward to reading Rachel Joyce’s second novel, Perfect. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Anthill, and habitually lead to treeing the wrong bobcat. The rule that “1st editions are always more valuable than reprints of them” has its exceptions, but the exceptions are so few, and the individual reasons for their exception vary, and vary so haphazardly, that all attempts to form guidelines turn into a long climb up Mt. Our 1st American edition is preceded in English by a quirky 1892–1893 Hong Kong edition, but quirky or not, that’s the real 1st edition in English and thus it’s worth more money. Item #61 A novel written in, and set in, the 18th century (Qing dynasty) about conflicts undermining a sizable household, their rise and fall, contrasted alongside their loyalties to, and their plots against, one another, a microcosm that often mirrors the macrocosm of Qing Imperial politics, its ethics, customs, education, religion, economics, laws, culture, and intrigues, during the last period of China’s feudal era. Full of a fiery passion for love and beauty, Dream of the Red Chamber is the story of a young man in search of what is truly important to him. A laid–in clipping has offset at page 208 else very good in a price clipped dustjacket with chips, tears, and neat strengthening, but a good jacket, and yes it’s flawed, but the old anvil laughs at many broken hammers, and it’s the only one I’ve had (the cleanest shirt in the hamper) because this book has been hard to find in jacket since the ark docked. 1st American edition (in English) of the all–time best selling Chinese novel. Tsao Hsueh-Chin, Kao Ngoh, Chi-Chen Wang Dream of the Red Chamber ![]() ![]() ![]() Sean begins by being a water boy which is a big come down for him but his father insists that Sean needs to work his way up through the ranks. He may end up getting shot, the fate of so many of the railroad workers. These “hell-on-wheels” towns are short-lived and Sean knows better than to venture into them. ![]() Then there is the violence that can break out at any time in the towns that spring up along the path of the new railway. ![]() The food is also pretty bad and the way in which food is served is even worse. Sean, his father and a friend share a tent whenever possible for the sleeping carriages that are provided for the workers on the railroad are dark, noisy and foul smelling. For one thing the living conditions are primitive. When fifteen-year old Sean goes to join his father in Nebraska to work on the Union Pacific railroad line he has all sorts of ideas of what it is going to be like. ![]() ![]() ![]() In his life and through his writing, Kerouac is, in many ways and rightly so, synonymous with the term Beat. ![]() ![]() And Kerouac’s deep spirituality-the complex, at times conflicted, dialectic of the French-Canadian Catholicism of his childhood and the Buddhism that he explored as an adult-also deserves full study. Kerouac’s colorful life and influence on his Beat contemporaries, especially Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs, deserve full study, as does his ability (especially in his two most widely read novels, On the Road and The Dharma Bums) to respond to emerging social patterns and possibilities for identity and thereby both record and help shape the zeitgeist of the 1950s. Even the oft-rehearsed story of how he drafted On the Road in a mere three weeks, typing it onto a 120foot “scroll,” is usually treated as an occasion for biographical celebration rather than something to analyze and assess. ![]() Yet we have tended to focus more on Kerouac’s life than what he wrote, how he wrote, or the significance of his writing practice. As his friend John Clellon Holmes so aptly put it, “a word man,” a writer. ![]() ![]() ![]() The elegant house built in 1791-92 by Colonel Joseph Nightingale on what was still commonly called Back of Benefit Street represented the culmination of much more than one man’s successful efforts to achieve economic success and social status in Revolutionary-era Providence. Image courtesy John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Mansion on Benefit Street, now the headquarters of the John House,” the earliest known depiction of Joseph Nightingale’s In 1802, Alice Pelham Banniter painted “Mr. Nightingale’s Year of the City: The Providence ProjectīLACK LABOR IN THE MAKING OF NIGHTINGALE-BROWN HOUSE.Public Work: A Public Humanities Podcast.Suffrage in Rhode Island: A Lippitt Family Perspective. ![]()
![]() ![]() ![]() For the first time, the Philippine National Flag, made in Hongkong by Mrs. On June 12, between four and five in the afternoon, Aguinaldo, in the presence of a huge crowd, proclaimed the independence of the Philippines at Cavite el Viejo (Kawit). Aguinaldo, however, stood his ground and won. He based his objection on the fact that it was more important to reorganize the government in such a manner as to convince the foreign powers of the competence and stability of the new government than to proclaim Philippine independence at such an early period. Mabini, who had by now been made Aguinaldo’s unofficial adviser, objected. He believed that such a move would inspire the people to fight more eagerly against the Spaniards and at the same time, lead the foreign countries to recognize the independence of the country. With a government in operation, Aguinaldo thought that it was necessary to declare the independence of the Philippines. Gregorio del Pilar and his troops in 1898. ![]() ![]() ![]() To redeem the eruptive discharge of Eden. its image is each time represented as though it had never been carried out'. According to Pierre Klossowski 'a transgression must engender another transgression. (celebrating its prodigal return after its eleven year censorship like he couldn't get a copy?), the logic of rational commentary is equally likely to assume the didactic responsibility in placing transgression within moral limits, despite the intention being quite the opposite. Like Foucault's disposition to sociologise Guyotat's Eden. During this exposure to elaborate rape, child murder, bestiality, paraphilia and death, a dangerous harmony is struck between text and reader: any MORE boring and the reader would fall into coma or die. ![]() ![]() Heart stimulants are recommended because the rhythmic pulse of words droning through Eden's lettered vein-structure perfectly synthesises, balances and regulates the monotony of the reader's metabolic rate as they pass through the text's homeostasised violence. Mainline Digitalis and flutter along the cardiovascular axis of Pierre Guyotat's Eden, Eden, Eden (1995) a sentence lasting 6762 lines and 163 pages undisturbed by the closure of a single full stop. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Special guests include music headliners Rogue's End. In addition to her family, she shares her home in Monroe, Washington with a. ![]() Flip's Carnival of Wonder & Curiosityĭon your goggles, lay on the coal and join us for an afternoon of Steampunk entertainment! There will be a costume contest, music, panels with authors, vendors of punked treasures and other steamy treats. Jesikah Sundin is a multi-award winning sci-fi/fantasy writer mom of three nerdlets and devoted wife to a gamer geek. Oh! And the forest is her happy place.įairhaven Steampunk Festival: Mr. She is addicted to coffee, laughing, and Dr. In addition to her family, she shares her home in Monroe, Washington with a red-footed tortoise and a collection of seatbelt purses. Jesikah Sundin is a sci-fi/fantasy writer mom of three nerdlets and devoted wife to a gamer geek. Sacrifices, they discover, that may still destroy the very community they vowed to protect and serve.Ī prequel to Gamemaster, this collection of novellas allows the reader to embark on a journey with beloved secondary characters from The Biodome Chronicles series as they untangle truth from lies and rebuild hope after betrayal. Are you ready to discover what is real? Yet for Ember, Skylar, Rain, Mack, and Lynden, the many transitions to Project Phase Two expose dark secrets that demand sacrifices. Jesikah Sundin's Transitions, Book 2.5 in the Biodome Chronicles, takes us inside New Eden Township, where hope begins to flicker as a new future rises from the ashes of deception. ![]() ![]() ![]() Nicole Kidman wears a blush-colored gown with feather accents at the Met Gala.Īnne Hathaway sports a white gown held together by safety pins at the Met Gala. ![]() ![]() Image Credit: Michael Buckner for Variety Kim Kardashian wears a pearl-adorned dress at the Met Gala. See below for all the best looks from the 2023 Met Gala.ĪSAP Rocky and Rihanna pose together at the Met Gala. This year’s guests are expected to include Bad Bunny, Maude Apatow, Phoebe Bridgers, Cardi B, Jessica Chastain, Pete Davidson, Doja Cat, Billie Eilish, Gigi Hadid, Anne Hathaway, Kylie Jenner, Kendall Jenner, Kim Kardashian, Nicole Kidman, Lil Nas X, Jennifer Lopez, Jenna Ortega, Pedro Pascal, Robert Pattinson, Suki Waterhouse, Florence Pugh, Margot Robbie, Olivia Rodrigo and more. This year’s gala co-chairs are Penélope Cruz, Michaela Coel, Roger Federer, Dua Lipa and, of course, Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour.Įvery year, the Met Gala attracts major stars across film, television and music. Throughout his career, Lagerfeld designed for fashion houses including Chanel, Fendi, Balmain and Chloé, in addition to his own brand. ![]() This year’s theme is “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty,” in honor of the late fashion designer’s life and work. The biggest names in fashion are gathering in New York City tonight at the Met Gala, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual celebration for the opening of its new Costume Institute exhibit. ![]() |