![]() ![]() The young man, whose story is to be told, also emerges from his obsessions. His questioning and indecision force the reader into another radical sense of the novel. ![]() He tallies his accounts and checks his provisions. All of his choices for the story are made and remade. The narrator obsesses over making his narrative to the point of not making it. ![]() The first deals with the narrator and his effort to make the book itself the second, the story the narrator intends to tell, presents a young man's arrival in America. These stories are simultaneous and not chronological. Within these startling and playful structures Federman develops two characters and two narratives. The words move, cluster, jostle, and collide in a tour de force full of puns, parodies, and imitations. Federman gives each of these pages a shape or structure, most often a diagram or picture. Double or Nothing is a concrete novel in which the words become physical materials on the page. ![]()
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![]() ![]() More specifically, he claimed that the sun is a central object in the universe, which is inverse to the belief that it is an earth that represents the world’s center. ![]() Moreover, he was the first person who officially contradicted the main thesis of the Catholic religion. ![]() As a result, the renaissance literally signifies the ‘renovation’ of the antique ideals, where the human is the central creature in the world and, consequently, the main object of analysis.įrom another perspective, Nicolaus Copernicus was one of the first scientists of the renaissance who extrapolated the scientific theory to the philosophical domain. By writing the Oration on the Dignity, he refused to consider God as the fundamental concept of any philosophical thought, as was the case in medieval times. Compared to the ‘Middle Ages,’ the period between antiquity and the renaissance, Mirandola took Humans as the ‘departure point’ of his theories. The first philosopher, Pica Della Mirandola, represented the beginning of the renaissance. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Children may not be ready for the metaphor yet but this is laying good ground work. The Carrot Seed offers a good opportunity to talk about seeds, to examine them, to marvel at the life within them, and to actually plant some. Theological Conversation Partners: Seeds are an important metaphor for the Word of God and for the Kingdom of God. He is almost a generic, cartoon character. How does the perspective on gender/race/culture/economics/ability make a difference to the story? The boy and his family are Caucasian but this makes little difference in the story. Krauss’s husband, Crockett Johnson, illustrates’s the story with distinct art work-small, chunky boy, wide open eyes, turned up nose- the perfect picture of faithful, hopeful, waiting. The plot can be summarized in one sentence. You can find it in the 60 th Anniversary Edition, in paperback, as a board book, or in Spanish. ![]() Literary elements at work in the story : The Carrot Seed has been in print for 65 years. ![]() Despite this discouragement the boy pulls weeds, and waters, and waits, and waits, and…the carrot has to be carried in a wheelbarrow. His parents say “I’m afraid it won’t come up.” His brother says very definitely that it won’t come up. Summary: A young boy plants a carrot seed, marks the place, and waits. Publication Date: Reprint, December 2004 (60 th Anniversary Edition) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() An often sardonic and thoroughly impassioned homage to female ingenuity and tenacity, the women profiled in this inspiring anthology broke the rules to reach their goals and refused to take “no” for an answer. ![]() LET ME BE FRANK illuminates with a wry warmth the incredible stories of a diverse group of women from different ethnicities and cultural backgrounds who have defied the patriarchy, refusing to allow men or the status quo to define their lives or break their spirit. ![]() Writer, actor, and feminist Tracy Dawson joins Chion Wolf, the host of WNPR’s Audacious and The MTH&M’s The Mouth Off, to discuss trailblazers throughout history who disguised themselves as men and continuously broke the rules to gain access and opportunities denied them because they were women. And like the brilliant, resourceful, rule-breaking, damn-well-stubborn sisters in Let Me Be Frank, Tracy is someone who gets the job done, and gets it done well.”-Samantha Bee “I came up with Tracy as a fellow sketch comedian on the vomit-soaked stages of the Toronto comedy scene. “A smart, funny journey through history that introduces us to the rule breakers who made history worth traveling through.”-Patton Oswalt ![]() ![]() Branded as terrorists, the Guardians and their leader, Bradley Johansson, have been hunted by relentless investigator Paula Myo. ![]() For more than 100 years, a shadowy cult, the Guardians of Selfhood, has warned that an alien with mind-control abilities impossible to detect or resist - the Starflyer - has secretly infiltrated the Commonwealth. And no one knows when or where the genocidal Prime will strike next. Twenty-three planets have already fallen to the invaders, with casualties in the hundreds of millions. Robust, peaceful, and confident, the Commonwealth dispatched a ship to investigate the mystery of a disappearing star, only to inadvertently unleash a predatory alien species that turned on its liberators, striking hard, fast, and utterly without mercy.Ĭoexistence is impossible with the technologically advanced aliens, who are genetically hardwired to exterminate all other forms of life. His previous novel, the acclaimed Pandora's Star, introduced the Intersolar Commonwealth, a star-spanning civilization of the 24th century. No mere world builder, Hamilton creates entire universes - and he does so with irresistible flair and intelligence. ![]() ![]() Hamilton's superbly imagined, cunningly plotted interstellar adventures are conceived on a staggeringly epic scale and filled with fully realized human and alien characters as complex as they are engaging. ![]() ![]() Daniel was supposed to join us.ĭaniel and I had been friends since I’d moved to Salmon Creek when I was five. I basked in the morning sun, drinking in the rich, late-summer air and the perfect view of the crystal-clear lake, the distant snow-capped mountains, the endless evergreens.Īs Serena swam to the middle of the lake, I squinted over at the path, looking for a familiar blond head. This was the part I liked, just sitting on the rock ledge, bare feet dangling. Serena was the swimmer-captain of the school team. “Your turn, Maya!” I flipped her the finger. It was, as usual, an effort worthy of the Olympics, and she sliced into the water so smoothly that barely a ripple pinged across the glassy surface. She bounced there, blond ponytail bobbing, cheeks puffing. ![]() ![]() “For God’s sake, Seri,” I said, “just dive already.” Serena stuck out her tongue and shifted closer to the edge, toes wrapping around it. SERENA STOOD ON THE rock ledge twenty feet above the lake, singing in a voice known to bring tears to the eyes of everyone who heard it. ![]() ![]() ![]() "t was a song that I really thought belonged on the album and there were just too many songs I loved that I had written in that period of time, so some of them had to be left off. She then passed the song along to Little Big Town, who took home the song of the year award at the 2017 CMAs for their version of the song. "Better Man" was written for her 2012 album "Red," but she had written too many songs she loved for the album and ultimately chose to include "All Too Well" instead. That's fitting not only because of the lyrics, but because it's also the song that almost got away for Swift. ![]() "Better Man" is a country ballad through and through, and in Clarkson's hands it will absolutely break your heart in the best way possible. ![]() However, her performance was so good it was well worth waiting three seasons for her to return to the "All Too Well" singer's catalog.Ĭlarkson and her backup band were all dressed in football jerseys for the performance, which featured the host returning to the genre she knows best. Clarkson's rendition was all the more special because it was the first time she'd performed a Swift song for her "Kellyoke" segment since season one of her chat show. ![]() 23 episode of "The Kelly Clarkson Show," Kelly Clarkson performed Taylor Swift's "Better Man (Taylor's Version)" from the Grammy winner's "Red (Taylor's Version)" album, and it was pure country gold. This "Kellyoke" segment is for the Swifties! On the Jan. ![]() ![]() ![]() He’s always been the enigma, the guarded, controlling and possessive alpha male who’s passionate yet ‘secrecy personified’. I was reminded why I fell in love and lust with him the minute I met him in ‘Bared to You’ back in April last year. The luscious Gideon and he did not disappoint. I’ll always find you.” We waited a long time….then he came. Gitte: “Angel, a crowd of millions couldn’t hide you from me. We made our own rules and surrendered completely to the exquisite power of possession… How much I’d been threatened, or just how dark and desperate the shadow of our pasts would become.Įntwined by our secrets, we tried to defy the odds. I needed him as surely as I needed my heart to beat. ![]() I saw the dangerous and damaged soul inside–so much like my own. The worldwide phenomenon continues as Eva and Gideon face the demons of their pasts, and accept the consequences of their obsessive desires…įrom the moment I first met Gideon Cross, I recognized something in him that I needed. ![]() ![]() ![]() He has grabbed 8.3 rebounds per game, 0.8 higher than his prop bet on Sunday.In the 47 contests he has appeared in this season, Williams registered more than 7.5 points in 23 of them.Williams is putting up 8.0 points per game, 0.5 higher than Sunday’s over/under.Williams has scored 1.4 fewer points per game in his past 10 contests than his point prop bet total for this game.His 6.5 rebounds per game versus the 76ers are 1.0 fewer than his prop bet over/under. ![]() Williams is averaging 1.0 fewer point versus the 76ers than his prop bet total for this game.NBA League Pass: The most live games plus NBA TV. ![]() Robert Williams III Prop Lines and Game Time Defensively, he delivers 0.6 steals and 1.4 blocks. Williams averages 8.0 points, 8.3 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game. Let’s break down all of the prop bets available for Williams in this contest, using stats and trends to help you make good predictions. The Boston Celtics, including Robert Williams III, match up against the Philadelphia 76ers at 3:30 PM ET on Sunday in the 2023 NBA Playoffs. ![]() ![]() ![]() This revised edition speaks powerfully to us in these times that have witnessed the creation of the Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama. She also issues a clarion call for communities with histories of racial violence to be proactive in facing this legacy. Inspired by South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and drawing on techniques of restorative justice, Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, offers concrete ways for communities to heal. Nearly five thousand black Americans were lynched between 18, and the effects of this racial trauma continue to resound. speaks powerfully to us in these times that have witnessed the creation of the Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice. This exploration of the effects of lynching in the U.S. ![]() |