5/24/2023 0 Comments Perelandra by cs lewis“ Patiently and inexorably it brought him back to the here and the now, and to the growing certainty of what was here and now demanded. “ In vain did his mind hark back, time after time, to the Book of Genesis, asking ‘What would have happened?’ But to this the Darkness gave him no answer,” says our narrator. We likely have a kinship to Ransom’s inner struggle. And much like that mythical moment when Ransom meets the king, Lewis says that Adam, “would still have been alive in Paradise, and to that ‘capital seat’ all generations ‘from all the ends of the Earth’ would have come periodically to do their homage” ( A Preface to Paradise Lost). And if we turn to Ransom’s journey of discovery in Perelandra we also see Lewis’s vision of a what if– what if we didn’t take the bait from the tricksy serpent, what if we didn’t run, what if God never had to die for us? We would be creatures unfallen, pure reflections of God’s image. Instead, it robbed us of our original majesty, as Lewis says in A Preface to Paradise Lost. It’s the moment in which we thought we might unravel God into our own likeness. The Fall is the beginning of God’s story with humanity.
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5/24/2023 0 Comments Cosmos by Carl SaganIf ever there was a series that explained "life, the universe and everything" (an appropriate quote from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), Cosmos is it. Sagan's ability to communicate the essence of the cosmos and the history of scientific discovery is concise and absorbs the viewer. The series is 13-hours, but ought to count as a three semester hour (~45 hours of class) Intro to Cosmology college course. It won the Peabody and Emmy awards, and remains to this day the most watched PBS series of all time (600+ million viewers in 60 countries). Computer graphics have come a long way since 1980, and just a few minor scientific updates are needed, but the series was so far ahead of its time that other than the spaceship deck set, the hair, and the clothes, it doesn't seem dated in 2004. It makes me tear up that most of my friends and almost all Americans don't know what Cosmos is (or what "cosmos" means), yet they can name every Friends cast member and their character's name and quirks. If you don't believe me, look at the user ratings. Even the wonderful (and highly recommended) history series Connections can't hold a flame to the perfection of Cosmos. Cosmos is, hands-down, the greatest educational series of all-time. 5/24/2023 0 Comments Mismatch kat holmesIt can be a catalyst for creativity and a boost for the bottom line as a customer base expands. Holmes shows how inclusion can be a source of innovation and growth, especially for digital technologies. Designing for inclusion is not a feel-good sideline. A gamer and designer who depends on voice recognition shows Holmes his 'Wall of Exclusion,' which displays dozens of game controllers that require two hands to operate an architect shares her firsthand knowledge of how design can fail communities, gleaned from growing up in Detroit's housing projects an astronomer who began to lose her eyesight adapts a technique called 'sonification' so she can 'listen' to the stars. Holmes tells stories of pioneers of inclusive design, many of whom were drawn to work on inclusion because of their own experiences of exclusion. Inclusive design methods-designing objects with rather than for excluded users-can create elegant solutions that work well and benefit all. In Mismatch, Kat Holmes describes how design can lead to exclusion, and how design can also remedy exclusion. These mismatches are the building blocks of exclusion. Something as simple as color choices can render a product unusable for millions. "Sometimes designed objects reject their users: a computer mouse that doesn't work for left-handed people, for example, or a touchscreen payment system that only works for people who read English phrases, have 20/20 vision, and use a credit card. Carnivalesque imagery takes on the festive nature of the carnival. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. Bakhtin introduced the concept of carnivalesque in his book Rabelais and His World (1968). You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. 5/24/2023 0 Comments Carrie jones need series in orderYou can feel sad that he was afraid to tell the truth for so long. While exploring Belle's situation, the author felt compelled to reveal that "negative feelings aren’t all the feelings possible when your boyfriend comes out. Jones has labeled it a story of "self-discovery and understanding and all the different kinds of love out there." The novel was based in part on an experience that Jones had during high school. The revelation leaves Belle torn between her resentment toward Dylan's secrecy, and her concern as he adjusts to his new identity in their town. Jones's 2007 debut novel, Tips on Having a Gay (ex) Boyfriend, introduces a girl named Belle, whose longtime boyfriend Dylan eventually informs her that he is gay. She was presented with the program's Distinguished Alumn Award. In 2007, Jones graduated from Vermont College's MFA program for writing, prior to which she completed the first draft of what would become her debut novel. Initially considering a career as a lawyer, she later became an award-winning reporter and editor for newspapers, which led to her winning numerous Maine Press Awards and eventually a Maine Literary Award for nonfiction and another for children's writing. She moved to Lewiston, Maine to attend Bates College. Carrie Jones was raised in Bedford, New Hampshire. Artistic and literary allusions abound in both Chicagos, and creative types will especially relate to Darcy’s unique way of looking at the world. The relationship between Conn and Darcy is well developed, following an organic arc, and Darcy herself is a three-dimensional heroine whose ultimate goal is to not just catch a guy but figure out who she is. Rutkoski draws an intriguing world, and the alternative version of Chicago is particularly appealing, with touches of steampunk and dystopia thrown in for good measure. A few kisses, a pair of handcuffs, and a trip to an alternate Chicago later, and Darcy discovers that she is actually a Shade-a ghostlike, supernatural creature-and her species have been at war with humans in an alternate universe, a realm in which Conn is a Shade-hunting ace. Not only is Conn hot and mysterious, he seems to know something about her past, a trait that makes him all the more alluring since Darcy can’t remember anything before she was abandoned at a firehouse at age five. Her second year at the same high school (a record for Darcy) starts off swimmingly as she rejoins her cadre of artsy friends, but when bad boy Conn McCrea shows up, she knows she is in trouble. After spending much of her teens bouncing from one foster home to the next, sixteen-year-old Darcy Jones feels like she is finally putting down some roots in her new foster mom’s Chicago suburb home. Not so well known, but credible, are descriptions of government programs to develop interrogation and brainwashing techniques, not to mention various biological, chemical, and radiological WMD. Other well-publicized medical scandals concern the suicide of a physician who unwittingly drank LSD-laced Cointreau, mentally retarded children subjected to hepatitis experiments at Willowbrook, and more recently the death of a young volunteer in a clinical trial for gene therapy. To be sure, there are odious accounts of Nazi and Japanese wartime medical atrocities and the earlier histories of eugenics and sterilization laws. High-minded, full of righteous indignation and now-it-can-be-told breathiness, this tract trades in half-baked conspiracy theories. 5/24/2023 0 Comments Flatland audio book" Flatland literally changed the way I think about the world. " watching big bang made me remember this book! Highly recommended for anyone that wants an introduction into perceiving dimensions. " Two dimensional worlds, victorian culture, and geometry. Overall Performance: Narration Rating: Story Rating:."A book which explains you how a four-dimension space can be as natural as the three-dimension spaces or two-dimension spaces we are used to (at least in high school mathematics). But when a strange visitor mysteriously appears and transports the incredulous Flatlander to Spaceland, a land of three dimensions, his worldview is forever shattered. The amiable narrator, A Square, provides an overview of this fantastic world-its physics and metaphysics, its history, customs, and religious beliefs. All existence is limited to length and breadth in Flatland, its inhabitants unable even to imagine a third dimension. The story is about a two-dimensional world referred to as Flatland. However, the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions in a foreword to one of the many publications of the novella, noted science writer Isaac Asimov described Flatland as "the best introduction one can find into the manner of perceiving dimensions." As such, the novella is still popular amongst mathematics, physics, and computer science students. As a satire, Flatland offers pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Candace Caponegro The Breeze Horror Mass Market Paperback Februby Candace Caponegro (Author) 26 ratings Kindle 0.00 Read with Kindle Unlimited to also enjoy access to over 1 million more titles 3.99 to buy Paperback 15.99 1 Used from 16.97 6 New from 15. He will put her through a Hell beyond her darkest nightmares, but in order to protect her child, she will endure and do anything. 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A NUCLEAR STORM POURS DOWN FROM THE HEAVENS A global disaster strikes suddenly when the Space Shuttle explodes over the Atlantic seaboard, unleashing its toxic payload over thousands of miles. 5/23/2023 0 Comments In another country james baldwinFrom the grief Leona became mentally unwell, and she was placed in a psychiatric hospital, where her brother visited and took her home to the South. Internal anxiety made Rufus look for occasions for quarrels with Leona tides of passion alternate with acute alienation, when Rufus insulted Leona and even beat her. Rufus sharply felt that the world around him was hostile to their interracial relationship. But even the relatively tolerant milieu of Greenwich Village was unbearable for them. Rufus and Leona fell in love and decided to live together. The woman has had a difficult time of it, for her husband left her, taking their child. He reflects on recent events: he met a white woman from the South, newly arrived in New York, named Leona. In the first section, we meet Rufus, a talented young Black jazz musician who is roaming the streets of the city, destitute and despondent. The novel primarily takes place in New York during the 1950s. |