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Three men in s boat6/23/2023 ![]() ![]() The friends sleep too long but ultimately get on a train to Kingston, from which they will start their journey, on the first morning of the trip. ![]() They finally decide to bring a hamper of food, clothing, a methylated spirit stove for cooking and a cover for the boat. doesn’t really like Harris and compares him at length to J.’s incompetent Uncle Podger. They make a long list of items but then realize that they ideally need to only carry the essentials. The men then make the necessary arrangements for the trip and choose to bring a cover for the boat and sleep in it, instead of carrying a tent or living at an inn. After some contemplation, they decide to spend a week rowing up the Thames with their dog, Montmorency. ![]() The friends then make a plan of taking a vacation together as it would be good for their health. somehow concluded that he has all the diseases known to man except for housemaid’s knee. After doing some research on various diseases at the British Museum, J. They are all hypochondriacs and always talk about their illnesses. Three Men in a Boat starts with three friends named Jerome, George, and Harris smoking together in their apartment in London. The author’s prose is long-winding and digresses into anecdotes or observational passages quite often. takes with Thames River and his friends George and William Samuel Harris. Jerome, is a story about a boat trip that J. The novel Three Men in a Boat, written by Jerome K. ![]()
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A goodbye to arms6/22/2023 ![]() This war in which Henry participated as a non-combatant in the Red Cross ambulance unit forms the backdrop of the novel. The Allies were later joined by the United States of America. The war which forms the background of the story was fought from (1914-1918) between the so called central powers comprising of the countries, Germany, Austria Turkey and Bulgaria, and the Allies which comprised of the states of France, Great Britain, Russia, Japan, Belgium, Serbia, Romania and Portugalete. Hemingway has based the character background, the story itself on his personal experiences during the First World War. His style is stripped clean for action and terse dialogues, leaving everything to implication and suggestion. This was quite typical of Hemingway s best works. Its theme of universal loneliness in the midst of war, left an indelible mark of overwhelming emotion, severely controlled and conveyed with the fewest possible words. ![]() ![]() Readers found the novel fascinating as it dealt with a tragedy, a tragedy of man’s broken hopes and his farewell to everything that would count as important in one’s life. Reviewers referred to it as the new masterpiece. When A Farewell to Arms was published in 1929, it immediately went to the top of the bestseller list. ![]()
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After the lights go out by john vercher6/22/2023 ![]() ![]() I even got into a long conversation with my wife about it. John Vercher: Alright, so I’ve been thinking about this since you reached out. But by the end of our conversation I began to realize John wasn’t only serious, he was way ahead of the game. I listened to his routine-our lack thereof-and thought to myself, There’s no way this guy’s serious. In fact, that couldn’t be further from the truth.Īt times throughout our talk, John’s approach to writing baffled me. John isn’t one of those grind-it-out types of writers. ![]() Oh, and John also happens to be a brown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu himself.īut don’t let any of that fool you. John’s forthcoming book, After The Lights Go Out (June 2022), is a literary novel that focuses on a mixed-martial arts fighter suffering from dementia. Three-Fifths has also been added to the curriculum at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. John Vercher’s debut novel Three-Fifthswas nominated for nearly every crime-writing award imaginable after it was published in 2019. ![]()
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![]() He has published on French authors from the Renaissance to the twentieth century and is coeditor of the journal Contemporary French & Francophone Studies/SITES. Roger Celestin is a professor of French and comparative literature at the University of Connecticut. Dumas made and lost several fortunes, and died penniless on December 5, 1870. His most popular works are The Three Musketeers (1844), The Count of Monte Cristo (1844-45), and The Man in the Iron Mask (1848-50). Dumas is most famous for his brilliant historical novels, which he wrote with collaborators, mainly Auguste Maquet, and which were serialized in the popular press of the day. A prolific author, Dumas was also an adventurer and took part in the Revolution of 1830. ![]() Dumas began writing at an early age and saw his first success in a play he wrote entitled Henri III et sa Cour (1829). Alexandre Dumas was born July 24, 1802, at Villiers-Cotterets, France, the son of Napoleon's famous mulatto general, Thomas-Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie. ![]()
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![]() She majored in art history and English at Columbia University (and minored in nightclubs and shopping!). Melissa grew up in Manila and moved to San Francisco with her family, where she graduated high school salutatorian from The Convent of the Sacred Heart. She has also appeared as an expert on fashion, trends and fame for CNN, E! and FoxNews. She has worked as a fashion and beauty editor and has written for many publications including The New York Times, Marie Claire, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Allure, The San Francisco Chronicle, McSweeney’s, Teen Vogue, CosmoGirl! and Seventeen. Her books for adults include the novel Cat’s Meow, the anthology Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys and the tongue-in-chic handbooks How to Become Famous in Two Weeks or Less and The Fashionista Files: Adventures in Four-inch heels and Faux-Pas. Melissa de la Cruz is the New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of many critically acclaimed and award-winning novels for teens including The Au Pairs series, the Blue Bloods series, the Ashleys series, the Angels on Sunset Boulevard series and the semi-autobiographical novel Fresh off the Boat. ![]()
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Lust on the Wing by Devi Ansevi6/21/2023 ![]() Would I read a continuing series? You bet. It concerns a familiar and much loved trope, that of a non-shifter finding out she is the mate of a hot shifter (make that 2 hot shifters woohoo menage!) The real difference with this one (apart from the shifters being Gryphons rather than the normal wolf/bear/cat types) is rather than being a weak wobbly 'oh my, how can I cope, I'm so scared by these big hunky males' heroine, Berry is bright, asks very pointed questions and had me wanting to give her a high five. My favourite out of the collection was the first one, 'Captive Mate' a far gentler, romantic tale compared to the others. As in most anthologies, I had various feelings about each of the novellas, each of which could have been extended into full length book, each of which ended with a definite 'what's next?' moment. ![]()
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Black rednecks and white6/21/2023 ![]() That culture came, in turn, from the " Cracker culture" of Welsh, Highland Scots, Ulster Scots, and border English or "North Britons," who emigrated from the more lawless border regions of Britain in the eighteenth century. Sowell argues that the black ghetto culture originates in the dysfunctional white southern redneckĬulture which was prominent in the antebellum South. The title essay states Sowell's thesis about the origins of the "black ghetto" culture. The last three essays discuss the history of Germany, African-American education, and a criticism of multiculturalism.Įssays Black Rednecks and White Liberals The third essay, "The Real History of Slavery," discusses the timeline of abolition of slavery and serfdom. The second essay, "Are Jews Generic?", discusses middleman minorities. The first essay, the book's namesake, traces the origins of the "ghetto" African-American culture to the culture of Scotch-Irish Americans in the Antebellum South. The collection, published in 2005, explores various aspects of race and culture, both in the United States and abroad. ![]() Black Rednecks and White Liberals is a collection of six essays by Thomas Sowell. ![]()
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The invention of nature review6/21/2023 ![]() She marshals as evidence evocative descriptions of his expeditions-measuring instruments in hand-through the most brutal terrains of South America and Russia delightful stories of his inspired interactions with other contemporary luminaries, including Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Thomas Jefferson, and Simon Bolívar and demonstrations of his personal and intellectual influence on later seekers of truth in nature such as Charles Darwin, Henry David Thoreau, and Ernst Haeckel. ![]() Wulf ( Chasing Venus) makes an impassioned case for the reinstatement of the boundlessly energetic, perpetually curious, prolific polymath von Humboldt (1769–1859) as a key figure in the history of science. ![]()
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Bloodline by jess lourey6/21/2023 ![]() ![]() Reproductive rights marches and the burning of bras – this was the start. ![]() The plot kind of dabbles in the atmosphere of 1968 when women’s rights actions were being brought to the streets. Sneak into their houses and steal their shit. So, honestly, I spent a good chunk of this novel being like “good for her.” Fuck with them. And isn’t that always the way of it – spending our energy on people who don’t deserve it. This novel even gets a little meta, with Joan stating how much she loved Rosemary’s Baby and wishes she could cut her hair as short as Mia Farrow, but oh nooo what would people think? I’m happy to report she ultimately does cut her hair when she realizes the people whose opinions she was worried about fucking suck. Does that make sense? Well, I wish it would, but I have no intention of working on my clarity.īloodline is about Joan, recently knocked up and engaged and mugged, she moves from the city to her fiance’s small hometown where everything is Stepford Wives meets Rosemary’s Baby, but mostly without any of the things that make those stories fun and spooky. ![]() I wanted it to be more sinister than it was. The vibe had so much potential, but for me, it was a bit of a letdown. ![]()
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When we are engulfed in flames6/20/2023 ![]() Install smoke alarms on every level of your home, including the basement.Replace batteries twice a year, unless you are using 10-year lithium batteries.Fire produces poisonous gases that make you disoriented and drowsy.Ī working smoke alarm significantly increases your chances of surviving a deadly home fire. Fire is DEADLY! Smoke and toxic gases kill more people than flames do.Fire is DARK! Fire starts bright, but quickly produces black smoke and complete darkness.Inhaling this super-hot air will scorch your lungs and melt clothes to your skin. Room temperatures in a fire can be 100 degrees at floor level and rise to 600 degrees at eye level. Fire is HOT! Heat is more threatening than flames.It only takes minutes for thick black smoke to fill a house or for it to be engulfed in flames. Fire is FAST! In less than 30 seconds a small flame can turn into a major fire. ![]() ![]() A residence can be engulfed in flames in five minutes. Leaders in Business Community ResilienceĪ fire can become life-threatening in just two minutes.Chemicals and Hazardous Materials Incidents. ![]() |