Edmund Campion by Evelyn Waugh5/11/2023 By turns romantic, sensuous, comic, and somber, Brideshead Revisitedtranscends Waugh s familiar satiric exploration of English society and mores, revealing an elegiac, lyrical writer of the most lucid and profound feeling.Įvelyn Waugh’s short stories are the marvelous, concentrated riffs of his comic genius, revealing in miniaturized perfection all the elements that made him the greatest comic writer of our century. Written during World War II, the novel mourns the passing of the world of Waugh s own youth, but it is also a story about religious and secular love, about the notions of sin and judgment, guilt and punishment and how, almost unaccountably, they can give shape to one s life. The novel Waugh thought of as his magnum opus, it is the story of the intense entanglement of a young, middle class Englishman, Charles Ryder, with a wealthy, eccentric Anglo Catholic family, the Marchmains: in particular, with Sebastian, the flamboyant young man Charles meets at Oxford in the 1920s and Sebastian s sister Julia, who will become the great and unrequited love of Charles s life. Opens July 2008.Įvelyn Waugh’s most celebrated novel is a memory drama of extraordinary richness and depth. Soon to be a major motion picture from Miramax Films, starring Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon, Ben Whishaw, and Matthew Good, and directed by Julian Jarrold.
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Amanda gorman's poem the hill we climb5/11/2023 How does Gorman describe what “being American” is or isn’t? Why do you think she describes it in this way? What, if anything, might you change or add to her description?.How does she describe herself? Which of her own identities does she name? Why do you think she chooses to name these identities in this poem about American democracy? Look for the moment where Gorman describes herself in the poem.Gorman writes that “the norms and notions of what just is, isn’t always justice.” What do you think this line means? Do you agree? Why or Why not?.What do you think is meant by the phrase “quiet isn’t always peace”? If you had to restate this idea in your own words, how would you say this? Can you think of a time when things have been quiet but not peaceful?.What is the significance of the poem’s title? What might the “hill” signify in our democracy? Why?.If you’re meeting with students, try having them work individually, in pairs or in a group to answer a few text-dependent questions in their own words. If students are working asynchronously, you may want to provide these questions to help them focus their learning as they read. Have students read (or watch) Amanda Gorman’s poem. Ask them to consider what might influence a president’s choice of poem or poet. Start the conversation by asking what students would expect to hear from poems delivered during presidential inaugurations, the first of which was performed in 1961.Īsk them to consider why performances of poetry were incorporated into inauguration ceremonies in the 20th century. Neuromancer mona lisa overdrive5/11/2023 People have noticed, and they are trying to find out. Mona Lisa Overdrive reconciles these two universes: in the years since the events of Neuromancer, something strange has been happening in the matrix. In contrast, Count Zero is almost more grounded in the petty machinations of we lowly humans. Fondly remembered now for introducing cyberspace and cyberpunk, it’s an adventure across the world and into low-Earth orbit at the beck and call of an AI seeking to escape from itself. The result is a novel that bridges these two aspects of Gibson’s writing, providing a pivot around which his work revolves. Mona Lisa Overdrive mixes the legacy of the previous two Sprawl books with a corporate espionage–fuelled plot worthy of Spook Country. As I continue to read William Gibson’s novels, I continue to get a better idea of the novel he is trying to write. Sometimes, though, it feels like each novel is another installment in an iterative process designed to get at a central idea. In many cases this merely means the writer sticks to variations on a theme. It’s common to accuse a writer of writing the same thing over again. Franklin isaacson5/11/2023 But also, everything he did helped create what we are. WALTER ISAACSON: He is so quintessentially American. JUDY WOODRUFF: Walter Isaacson, it's Benjamin Franklin, and you put in the title, "An American Life." Why did you do that? The following is an edited transcript of the interview: I talked with Isaacson this week about the book and what Franklin might think of America today. The book, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, takes an in-depth look at how the man considered one of the greatest and most accomplished of American founders helped define the kind of society America would become. His subject is the writer, philosopher and scientist Benjamin Franklin. The author is former TIME magazine and CNN executive Walter Isaacson. WASHINGTON (CNN) - A biography hitting the bookstores this week shines new light on one of the more famous and more misunderstood of America's Founding Fathers. It does so many things remarkably well, and we felt that it was important that the book that won can show what creative non-fiction can do. On the winner of what the panel found an "especially difficult and long" judging process, Churchwell said: “For us, it ticked every box. In his winning book, Shapiro shows the Bard’s progression from his tale of two star-crossed lovers to "Hamlet", exploring how Shakespeare became Shakespeare. The year 1599 was when Shakespeare completed "Henry V", wrote "Julius Caesar" and "As You Like It", and produced the first draft of "Hamlet". Academic, critic and broadcaster Shahidha Bari was a judge alongside journalist, author and academic Sarah Churchwell, and biographer and critic Frances Wilson. The one-off award marks the 25th anniversary of The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction by crowning the best work of non-fiction from the last 25 years.ġ599 was chosen from a shortlist of six books, taken from the previous 24 prize-winning books, by a panel chaired by New Statesman editor-in-chief Cowley. The winner was announced by chair of judges Jason Cowley, at a ceremony hosted at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh on 27th April. The book, which won the prize in 2006, explores the year that Shakespeare produced some of his greatest works. James Shapiro’s 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare (Faber & Faber) has won The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction £25,000 Winner of Winners Award. A sweet and bitter magic5/10/2023 To save him, Wren proposes a bargain: if Tamsin will help her catch the dark witch responsible for creating the plague, then Wren will give Tamsin her love for her father. When a magical plague ravages the queendom, Wren’s father falls victim. Sources are required to train with the Coven as soon as they discover their abilities, but Wren-the only caretaker to her ailing father-has spent her life hiding her secret. Wren is a source-a rare kind of person who is made of magic, despite being unable to use it herself. The only way she can get those feelings back-even for just a little while-is to steal love from others. But after committing the worst magical sin, she’s exiled by the ruling Coven and cursed with the inability to love. Tamsin is the most powerful witch of her generation. In this charming debut fantasy perfect for fans of Sorcery of Thorns and Girls of Paper and Fire, a witch cursed to never love meets a girl hiding her own dangerous magic, and the two strike a dangerous bargain to save their queendom. The worst witch book cover5/10/2023 A new adaptation, co-production of CBBC, ZDF, and Netflix premiered in 2017. A TV series based on the book aired from 1998 to 2001, and has inspired two spin-offs, Weirdsister College, aired in 2001, and The New Worst Witch, aired in 2005. In 1986, the first book in the series was made into a television film of the same name. The books have become some of the most successful titles on the Young Puffin paperback list and have sold more than 5 million copies. The first, The Worst Witch, was published in 1974 by Allison & Busby, and the most recent, First Prize for the Worst Witch, was published in 2018 by Puffin Books, the current publisher of the series. The series are primarily about a girl who attends a witch school and fantasy stories, with eight books published. The Worst Witch is a series of children's books written and illustrated by Jill Murphy. The covers from the first seven books, shown in publication order 25 books about the outdoors to inspire your green-fingered kids for National Gardening Week.Announcing the Children's and Young Adult Jhalak Prize Shortlist.Empathy Day steps up a gear as it returns for its seventh year – at a time of great need.20+ Brilliant Books Featuring Unforgettable Deaf or Hard of Hearing Characters for Deaf Awareness Week.
Master of Darkness by K.T. Kaye5/10/2023 Each author thus has at least one book-length work represented in the Codex, and often several. * Every novel listed below is archived in the Codex. Genres range from speculative fiction, to romance, to thrillers, to cozy mysteries, showcasing some of the best writing in traditional and independent circles. The collection includes books from New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal, bestselling authors, as well as award-winners such as for the Amazon First Novel Award. Susan Kaye Quinn, that consisted of 125 authors pooling resources for an archival collection. The core collection of novels and full-length books in the Lunar Codex is built around contributions from the authors of Writers of the Moon, a Lunar Codex sister project coordinated by Dr. It is a message-in-a-bottle to the future. The Lunar Codex uses digital and analog technology to preserve art, books, music, and more, enclosed in time capsules and launched to the Moon. According to the dwarf, Aegon could be graceful and courtly when it was required, but at the same time had a darkness within him that never went away. Mushroom's accounts state that Aegon seldom smiled and laughed even less, even as a boy. Īegon was a joyless man, severely marked by his experiences during the Dance of the Dragons. He wore a circlet of yellow gold, simple and unadorned. Under his velvets and satins, he would wear a hair shirt. Īegon dressed simply, and in black (always, according to Maester Yandel, most oft according to Archmaester Gyldayn). According to a semi-canon source, Aegon wore a short beard. By the age of ten, Aegon was considered tall for his age. In the television adaptation House of the Dragon, Aegon is portrayed by Jake and Rory Heard (child).Īegon was a handsome boy with dark purple eyes which looked almost black, and silver hair which was so pale that it was almost white. Aegon kept the kingdoms united following the divisions of the civil war with the aid of his brother, Prince Viserys, whom he eventually named Hand of the King. When he was a child, his dragon was Stormcloud. He succeeded his uncle, Aegon II Targaryen, at the conclusion of the Dance of the Dragons, which saw the victorious supporters of his late mother Rhaenyra Targaryen install him on the throne. Aegon III Targaryen, also known as Aegon the Younger, and later as Aegon the Unlucky, Aegon the Unhappy, the Broken King, and most famously as Aegon the Dragonbane, was the seventh Targaryen king to sit the Iron Throne. |