![]() ![]() ![]() The Wasteland is a collage of styles, voices, historical references, allusions, manners of speech. That better world is depicted at the bottom of this page.Ī collage is fitting for this page, since Whitehead's own philosophy of experience mirrors the collage thinking of The Wasteland. This page is a collage of sayings, from Eliot and Whitehead, the BBC and The Poetry Foundation, which, taken together, can be springboards for thoughtful reflection on where the world is, and where it's going, with the underlying hope that, if we are honest, we might grow in some small way toward a better world: an Ecological Civilization. We need such honesty today if there is to be any kind of promising tomorrow. ![]() ![]() His is not an optimistic poem he repudiated aspects of it in his later life. the emptiness of stale secularism, and obscene gaps between the wealthy and the rest of us . Eliot wrote in the aftermath of WWI. Its presentation of the "modern" world as a heap of broken images is as true today as it was then: civilization falling apart at its seams with war, the threat of nuclear war, environmental collapse, the rise of ethnic nationalisms, the breakdown of community, the rise of religious fundamentalisms. Eliot's The Waste Land, was published in 1922, a little more than a hundred years ago. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() As Rebecca draws closer to the truth about Delilah, she is forced to confront what happened to her in Glasgow, and everything she lost, with devastating consequences. Suffering from memory loss, Rebecca finds herself drawn into the island's mysteries, particularly those surrounding the strange disappearance of a young woman, Delilah Berry, whose fate seems to be inextricably intertwined with her own. After being involved in a car accident she is knocked unconscious and when she wakes, she finds herself inexplicably marooned on an isolated Scottish island, Ethersay. "The day after the referendum, my life fell apart." The day after the Scottish independence referendum in 2014, Glaswegian Yes activist Rebecca Owen decides to run away. ![]() Suffering from memory loss, Rebecca finds herself drawn into the island's mysteries, particularly those surrounding the strange disappearance of a young woman, Delilah Berry, whose. ![]() ![]() ![]() What happened to blur the boundaries between childhood and adulthood? What became of childhood innocence? Without a doubt, the upheavals of the 1960's - from divorce and the breakdown of the family, to women's liberation and increased employment - weakened the protective membrane that once sheltered children from precocious experience and knowledge of the adult world. There is no doubt that 9-, 10-, 11- and 12-year-olds of the 1980's have more in common with Lolita, at least in what they know, than with those guileless and innocent creatures in their shiny Mary Janes and pigtails, their scraped knees and trusting ways that were called children not so long ago.īut if parents are no longer surprised, many are still distressed and genuinely con-fused about whether their children are being inevitably cheated out of childhood or whether some good may come from this early worldliness. The public of 1956 was outraged not only by the thought of early sex but also by the image of a child so knowing, jaded and unchildlike. ![]() Twenty-five years after ''Lolita's'' publication, as Edward Albee's dramatic adaptation prepares to open on Broadway, Nabokov's vision of American childhood seems nothing if not prescient. Once upon a time, in the Golden Age of Innocence, an imaginary 12-year-old girl from New England named Lolita slept with a middle-aged European intellectual named Humbert Humbert and shocked American sensibilities the daily reviewer of The New York Times called Vladimir Nabokov's novel ''repulsive'' and ''disgusting.'' ![]() ![]() ![]() We both glanced over at Jill and Ronan, who was about two seconds away from sticking his tongue in her ear. If she can tear herself away from that slimy knuckle dragger she calls a boyfriend. I’m going to ask Jill to read my article and give me notes, Holly said. ![]() I was thinking about how Mam seemed off this morning and whether I should text her and make sure everything was OK. I rolled the ball under my bum from side to side, bumping into Holly each time I leaned left. You know what, just ask Mr Smith, he’s usually involved with that. If you want to audition for next term’s musical, there’s a sign-up sheet. so Mrs McKeever’s class will be in room one-oh-three instead of two-oh-seven. ![]() I can’t imagine what they’re actually supposed to be for. Our form tutor, also our English teacher and the head of PE (that was her true love, much more than Emily Dickinson and Shakespeare), always took morning registration in the gym instead of a classroom, and we had to balance on those huge inflatable balls instead of chairs. It started in the PE hall about an hour earlier. Her pale skin had turned blotchy, and she was banging her fists. She was wailing and writhing on the floor. The girl who will either run the world or become a supervillain dedicated to destroying it. The intense overachiever type, with no hobbies other than winning. It started with Meabh Kowalska having a temper tantrum in the girls’ changing room. ![]() ![]() the tiny bit of evidence that Cadfael believes can expose a murderer's black heart. He vows to find the truth behind disparate clues: a girl in boy's clothing, a missing treasure, and a single broken flower. But one death among so many seems unimportant to all but the good Benedictine. 1913 in Wales geboren, arbeitete sie nach ihrer Schulzeit als Apothekenhelferin, verlor aber ihr Ziel, Schriftstellerin zu werden. Ellis Peters ist das Pseudonym der englischen Autorin Edith Pargeter. The castle finally falls, and Stephen orders all prisoners taken to be summarily hanged. It is 1138, and the civil war for the throne of England has come to Shrewsbury, with King Stephen besieging the castle held by the Empress Maud's adherents. ![]() ![]() 4.08 (15,385 ratings by Goodreads) Paperback Brother Cadfael Mysteries. A BBC Radio adaptation by Alan Dowber of the novel by Ellis Peters. This ingenious way to dispose of a corpse tells Brother Cadfael that the killer is both clever and ruthless. One Corpse Too Many : The Second Chronicle of Brother Cadfael. With a heavy heart, Brother Cadfael agrees to bury the dead, only to make a grisly discovery: one extra victim that has been strangled, not hanged. Not far from the safety of the abbey walls, Shrewsbury Castle falls, leaving its ninety-four defenders loyal to the empress to hang as traitors. ![]() ![]() In the summer of 1138, war between King Stephen and the Empress Maud takes Brother Cadfael from the quiet world of his garden into a battlefield of passions, deceptions, and death. Brother Cadfael discovers a murder amid the wreckage of Shrewsbury Castle in this mystery series featuring "a colorful and authentic medieval background" (Publishers Weekly). ![]() ![]() He later was promoted to Minister of Crime in that same province. Around 500 B.C.E., he had acquired significant recognition for these teachings and was appointed governor of a small town in his province. As a young man, Confucius is said to have worked in various government posts, while informally giving philosophical and ethical teachings. Of these, he went on to champion the rites and music in his philosophical teachings. As a child, Confucius belonged to a social class between the aristocrats and the commoners, and he went to a school for commoners where he learned the six arts: the rites (common cultural practices), music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, and mathematics. ![]() He was then raised by his mother, and at 19, he married and had three children. ![]() Confucius’s father is thought to have been an army commander who died when Confucius was three years old. While the Analects of Confucius were likely written by Confucius’s disciples years after his death, they center on the teachings of the Chinese philosopher and sage, Confucius. ![]() ![]() 'Biting and cheerIng in exactly the right measure' JOJO MOYES SOON TO BE A MAJOR APPLE TV SERIES STARRING BRIE LARSON One molecule at a time.Ī Book of the Year for: Guardian, Times, Sunday Times, Good Housekeeping, Woman & Home, Stylist, TLS, Oprah Daily, Newsweek, Mail on Sunday, New York Times, India Knight, Hay Festival, Amazon and many others ![]() Soon, a legion of overlooked housewives find themselves daring to change the status quo. But her revolutionary approach to cooking, fuelled by scientific and rational commentary, grabs the attention of a nation. Forced to resign, she reluctantly signs on as the host of a cooking show, Supper at Six. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing.īut it's the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute take a very unscientific view of equality. Your ability to change everything - including yourself - starts hereĬhemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. 'The most charming, life-enhancing novel I've read in ages. ![]() 'Sparky, rip-roaring, funny, with big-hearted fully formed, loveable characters' SUNDAY TIMES Winner of the Goodreads Choice Best Debut Novel Award ![]() THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES and #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The major bestseller featuring the uncompromising, unconventional Elizabeth Zott - the most exciting new character in fiction. The sensational Number One debut of 2022, now in paperback. ![]() ![]() E-mail- ĬAREER: Writer, novelist, editor, and short-story writer, 1973–.ĪWARDS, HONORS: Locus Award, 1976, special award for placing four novelettes in top ten, 1979, for novel Titan, 1980, for best single-author collection The Barbie Murders and a Hamilton Memorial Award for Titan, 1981, for best novella Blue Champagne and for best short story "The Pusher," 1984, for novella Press ENTER, and 2005, for The John Varley Reader Jupiter Award, 1977, for novella In the Hall of the Martian Kings. Politics: "Rational anarchist." Religion: "Lapsed Lutheran."ĪDDRESSES: Home-Hollywood, CA. ![]() ![]() Education: Attended Michigan State University, 1966. PERSONAL: Born 1947, in Austin, TX son of John Edward (an oil worker) and Joan Varley married Anet Mconel (a consumer advocate), Octo(divorced) children: Maurice, Roger, Stefan. ![]() ![]() Jack London (1876-1916) spent his youth on the waters of San Francisco Bay. But what makes The Call of the Wild and White Fang two masterpieces of American literature is Jack Londons special knowledge of the Yukon and of the behavior of humans facing nature at its cruelest, the fascinating lore of the wolf pack, and the ways of the Wild itself. Each novel is filled with action and suspense. By contrast, White Fang tells the story of a magnificent wolf dog born wild and free who struggles to survive and is transformed from a ferocious beast to a "blessed wolf," capable of great, uncompromising love. The Call of the Wild features a gentle domestic dog driven by the cruelty of man to abandon civilization and return to the wilderness. ![]() The biting cold and the aching silence of the far North become an unforgettable backdrop for Jack Londons vivid, rousing, superbly realistic wilderness classics. Timeless tales of wolves, dogs, men, and the Wild, The Call of the Wild and White Fang are two of the worlds greatest adventure stories. ![]() ![]() The Call of the Wild is Now a Major Motion Picture Starring Harrison Ford! ![]() ![]() ![]() Bird knows to not ask too many questions, stand out too much, or stray too far. &“It&’s impossible not to be moved.&” -Stephen King, The New York Times Book Review &“Riveting, tender, and timely.&” -People, Book of the Week&“Thought-provoking, heart-wrenching…I was so invested in the future of this mother and son, and I can&’t wait to hear what you think of this deeply suspenseful story!&” – Reese Witherspoon (Reese&’s Book Club October &’22 Pick)Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in a university library. 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