Henry david thoreau civil disobedience5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Thoreau’s minor act of defiance caused him to conclude that it was not enough to be simply against slavery and the war. This incident prompted Thoreau to write his famous essay, “Civil Disobedience” (originally published in 1849 as “Resistance to Civil Government”). Someone, probably a relative, anonymously paid Thoreau’s taxes after he had spent one night in jail. In July 1846, the sheriff arrested and jailed Thoreau for his tax delinquency. The local tax collector had ignored his tax evasion, but decided to act when Thoreau publicly condemned the U.S. Thoreau had already stopped paying his taxes in protest against slavery. Thoreau and other Northern critics of the war viewed it as a plot by Southerners to expand slavery into the Southwest. ![]() In 1846, the United States declared war against Mexico. For the next few years, Thoreau lived simply off the land, meditated, and wrote about nature. In 1845, he built a hut at Walden Pond on property owned by Emerson. The leader of the movement was Ralph Waldo Emerson, a writer and lecturer.Īt first, Thoreau agreed with Emerson’s teaching that social reform begins with the individual. He soon joined a religious, philosophical, and literary movement called Transcendentalism. He worked a short while as a schoolmaster, but then began writing poetry. Henry David Thoreau, the son of a Concord pencil-maker, graduated from Harvard in 1837. ![]()
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Nora roberts trilogy blue dahlia5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() And for a sensible woman like Stella, he may be just what she needs."-Book jacket.īook Synopsis Against the backdrop of a house steeped in history and a thriving new gardening business, three women unearth the memories of the past in the first novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts' In the Garden Trilogy. He's difficult but honest, brash but considerate and undeniably sexy. ![]() ![]() And she discovers a fierce attraction to ruggedly handsome landscaper Logan Kitridge. As Stella settles comfortably into her new life, she finds a nurturing friendship with Roz and with expectant mother Hayley. Despite a reputation for being difficult, Roz has been nothing but kind to Stella, offering her a comfortable new place to live and a challenging new job as manager of the flourishing nursery. She isn't intimidated by the house nor by its mistress, local legend Roz Harper. About the Book "Trying to escape the ghosts of the past, young widow Stella Rothchild, along with her two energetic little boys, has moved back to her roots in southern Tennessee and into her new life at Harper House and the In the Garden nursery. ![]() The burrowers beneath5/11/2023 ![]() Somehow, Harry must convince Britain’s E-Branch that only by working together can they locate and destroy Dragosani and his army of demonic warriors–before the half-vampire succeeds in taking over the world! Order Your Copy of Necroscope: But Harry is the only person who knows about Thibor Ferenczy, a vampire long buried in the mountains of Romania–still horribly alive, in undeath–and Thibor’s insane “offspring,” Boris Dragosani, who rips information from the souls of the dead in a terrible, ever-lasting form of torture. ![]() In Necroscope, Harry is startled to discover that he is not the only person with unusual mental powers–Britain and the Soviet Union both maintain super-secret, psychically-powered espionage organizations. ![]() Harry Keogh is the man who can talk to the dead, the man for whom every grave willingly gives up its secrets, the one man who knows how to travel effortlessly through time and space to destroy the vampires that threaten all humanity. The ebook editions of the first books in two of his major series are now on sale for only $2.99, perfect for some chilling Halloween reading! Necroscopeby Brian Lumley ![]() ![]() For decades, Brian Lumley has been a defining voice in new Lovecraftian horror. ![]() The jungle book upton sinclair5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() "All day long the blazing midsummer sun beat down upon that square mile of abominations: upon tens of thousands of cattle crowded into pens whose wooden floors stank and steamed contagion upon bare, blistering, cinder-strewn railroad tracks and huge blocks of dingy meat factories, whose labyrinthine passages defied a breath of fresh air to penetrate them and there are not merely rivers of hot blood and carloads of moist flesh, and rendering-vats and soup cauldrons, glue-factories and fertilizer tanks, that smelt like the craters of hell-there are also tons of garbage festering in the sun, and the greasy laundry of the workers hung out to dry and dining rooms littered with food black with flies, and toilet rooms that are open sewers. Upton Sinclair conceived The Jungle as a political game-changer, a book that would get people talking and instigate major reforms.Sinclair told the story of Jurgis Rudkus and his extended group of family and friends emigrating from the countryside of Lithuania. "Relentless, remorseless, it was all his protests, his screams, were nothing to it-it did its cruel will with him, as if his wishes, his feelings, had simply no existence at all it cut his throat and watched him gasp out his life." (Chapter 3) In 1906, Upton Sinclair's novel 'The Jungle' shocked the world. ![]() Through the dark alexandra bracken5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() In their review of the book, Publishers Weekly dubbed Bracken "a debut author to watch." Her debut placed third in the 2010 GoodReads Choice Awards for Best Debut Author. Career īracken wrote her first unpublished novel as a college freshman, and began her debut novel, Brightly Woven, as a birthday present for her friend during her sophomore year when she was nineteen. She worked in the children's publishing industry in New York City, first as an editorial assistant and then in marketing. She graduated from Chaparral High School in 2005, and attended The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, graduating magna cum laude with a degree in History and English in May 2009. Alexandra Bracken (born 27 February 1987) is a #1 New York Times bestselling American author known for The Darkest Minds series and Passenger series.Īlexandra Bracken was born in Phoenix, Arizona, where she later returned after living in New York City for many years. ![]() Cornelia funke reckless book 55/10/2023 ![]() ![]() Just a collection of different drabbles, really. will probably be updated only infrequently.more detailed descriptions in the chapter notes.There are dragons and dark fairies, glass men and ghosts, sorrowful knights and stubborn princesses, chickens, horses, dogs, and stuffed gorillas. Gaensebluemchen Fandoms: Reckless | Mirrorworld Series - Cornelia Funke Books Here you find what Cornelia has written so far. ![]() Language: English Words: 1,387 Chapters: 1/1 Comments: 7 Kudos: 5 Hits: 303 So what would you like to read of those stories? Tell me and I try to get some out, hopefully still during this year. Here are some summaries of stories, where I've already written a bit, but I have no idea, which one of these I should publish first. The Dark Lord | Satan (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina).Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings. ![]() Rowling, Star Wars - All Media Types, Lucifer (TV), Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (TV 2018), Reckless | Mirrorworld Series - Cornelia Funke, Teen Wolf (TV), The Old Guard (Movie 2020), Demon Cycle - Peter V. ![]() Martin, Pirates of the Caribbean (Movies), Gotham (TV), Arrow (TV 2012), Aquaman (2018), Spartacus Series (TV), Harry Potter - J. Writer_from_Shadows Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan, The Heroes of Olympus - Rick Riordan, Supernatural, Game of Thrones (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. ![]() Jo nesbø headhunters5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() Not the open, unconditional smile that invites a complete stranger to come in from the cold, not the frivolous one. This novel can't be read in one sitting, it's like splashing in a bucket of cold water: pleasant in moderation, unhealthy when there is a sea of buckets. And so far, we get to enjoy our deluded heroes in all their malevolent glory. (Or something like that, I'm sure neuroscientists will settle at some point on some or other theory). All just in case your inner reptilian needs that info for further perusal. So you watch, transfixed, the disturbing scenes before you. It affects you just like a car crash, which you don't want to look at but are forced to by that ancient part of your brain, the reptilian one, that would have you pay attention to the stuff of dangers in order to protect you in case something similar ever happens to you. They are definitely at least halfway psychopathic. Oh, my! The sheer beauty of this novel lies in its perfectly dysfuntional characters. ![]() Grim lovelies series5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Pursued through Paris by the underground magical society known as the Haute, Anouk and her fellow beasties only have three days to find the real killer before the spell keeping them human fades away. Now, the world she always dreamed of is rife with danger. That is, until one day she finds her mistress murdered in a pool of blood-and Anouk is accused of the crime. Enchanted from animal to human girl and forbidden to venture beyond her familiar Parisian prison, Anouk is a beastie: destined for a life surrounded by dust bunnies and cinders serving Mada Vittora, the evil witch who spelled her into existence. But Anouk can never have those things, because she is not really human. GRIM LOVELIES absolutely dazzles." -Kendare Blake, #1 NYT bestselling author of the Three Dark Crowns series "A darkly enchanting saga.bound to attract fans of Leigh Bardugo, Holly Black, and more." -Entertainment Weekly "I lost myself in this magical book." -Stephanie Garber, New York Times bestselling author of Caraval and Legendary Seventeen-year-old Anouk envies the human world, where people known as Pretties lavish themselves in fast cars, high fashion, and have the freedom to fall in love. Part caper, part fairy tale, part opulent witch society, you'll be swept away by all of it. ![]() ![]() "A magical dash through the streets of Paris. ![]() Michael moorcock elric5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() But, it actually benefits you in more ways than one besides just being entertaining. ![]() Some may feel like reading is a waste of time. The best fantasy books of all time ignite our imaginations and give us a bit of wonder for a time, and they typically make epic movies we can watch again and again. Fantasy stories are among our oldest, as they date back to our ancient mythologies and folklore. The fantasy genre stands apart from science fiction and horror with the inevitable occurrence of a magical event or creature that can’t be explained by a fictional technology or supernatural force, though the styles can overlap. Thousands of reality-bending stories have been written over the years, so choosing the best fantasy books of all time can seem like an impossible task. If otherworldly stories filled with magic, mysterious creatures, and other weird happenings are your cup of tea, we know you’re always on the lookout for a great story to indulge in. ![]() Altered carbon 20025/10/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Banks’ treatment of it in his ‘Culture’ novels). “The endless co-option of life and all its pleasures” by the wealthy.Ĥ7:18 The theme of identity in ‘Altered Carbons’ (compared to Iain M. ![]() Visit Richard’s website to find out more about him and how to buy his books, including the main subject of this conversation, Richard’s award-winning 2002 novel ‘Altered Carbon’:Įwan Morrison’s Areo article ‘Why We Must Walk Away from Omelas: The Problem with Utopias’:Ġ:00 Opening and introduction (and a confession from Iona): the great weight of ‘Altered Carbon’ in Richard’s career.Ħ:01 Iona reads a passage from ‘Altered Carbon’.ġ2:30 Richard and Iona discuss the passage, the underlying premises of the novel, and Richard’s visual imagination and writing style over the years.Ģ7:30 ‘Re-sleeving’ and ‘download central’ in ‘Altered Carbon’ and the themes and inspirations behind them.ģ0:29 Iona’s ambiguity towards the Netflix adaptation of ‘Altered Carbon’: comparisons with the novel.ģ7:23 More on the ‘sleeves’ in ‘Altered Carbon’: how the rich and powerful get the best from the system and what this tells us about the nature of wealth and capitalism and the trajectory we’re on. ![]() |