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Aristotles poetic6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() During this time, Aristotle taught at the Lyceum, a temple in Athens, where he founded the Peripatetic school of philosophy, which was based on science and inductive reasoning. and served as personal tutor to Alexander the Great, the future king of Macedonia. Aristotle returned to the Macedonian court around the year 338 B.C.E. Here, Aristotle met and married his wife, Pythias, and had a daughter by the same name. Aristotle left the academy around the time Plato died, and he traveled to the island Lesbos to study botany. Aristotle was taught by Plato, who was taught by Socrates before him. ![]() When Aristotle was 17 years old, he went to Athens and enrolled in Plato’s Academy, where he lived and studied for nearly 20 years. Both Phaestis and Nicomachus died when Aristotle was an adolescent, and he spent the rest of his childhood under the care of a guardian. Not much is known about Aristotle’s mother, Phaestis however, Aristotle’s father, Nicomachus, was a court physician for the Macedonian King Amyntas II. ![]() in Stagira, a village in Central Macedonia in Northern Greece. ![]()
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Krytos trap6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() I’ve expounded on the problems with Stackpole’s characterisation in previous reviews, so I will only summarise here:ġ. This book was actually so exciting at times that, had it not been for Stackpole’s continued and obvious ignorance of basic human interaction, I might have been tempted to give this an even three stars. Thankfully, this is a technique he has (largely) put behind him, so that the reader actually gets to experience things as they are happening. In earlier instalments, perhaps particularly the first book, he had a tendency of diffusing all tension by basically skipping all the most exciting parts and summarising them after the fact. In other words, this instalment is rife with excitement, and it has been the most enjoyable of Stackpole’s books so far. On a third front Warlord Zsinj is making his bid for power, striking at their convoys. Simultaneously, Kirtan Loor, secreted away in the city, is striking at the New Republic with his Palpatine Counter-insurgency Front, destroying, among other things, bacta reserves, invaluable in curing the Krytos virus. The Krytos virus, engineered on Ysanne Isard’s orders, is attacking the non-human population of Coruscant, and the death toll is staggering. ![]() In the third instalment of the “Rogue One” series, the New Republic must do battle on many fronts. You do get a little better, though, I’ll give you that. ![]()
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![]() ![]() As the city heats up and the ice left by the Hoar Frost King melts, tempers flare, passions run red-hot, and dangerous lines get crossed. Now Dublin is a war zone with factions battling for control. When the wall that protected humans from the seductive, insatiable Fae was destroyed on Halloween, long-imprisoned immortals ravaged the planet. A gifted sidhe-seer, she's already fought and defeated the deadly Sinsar Dubh-an ancient book of terrible evil-yet its hold on her has never been stronger. MacKayla Lane would do anything to save the home she loves. MacKayla Lane and Jericho Barrons return in Burned, the latest novel in the blockbuster Fever series from Karen Marie Moning. ![]() NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "Mac is back and badder than ever " -J. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() 60 spectacular LGBTQIA+ books to read this Pride Month and every month.May Bookshop Chat - Books With Buzz May 2023.2023 British Book Awards Are Celebrated At Star-Studded Ceremony - We Love The #Nibbies.Put your Feet up and Catch up on Our May Summary of Highlights and Reading Recommendations.We mourn the loss of celebrated British author Martin Amis.Industry Insights May 2023: James Kellow, Ultimo Press.Prepare to Celebrate the Nation's Favourite Genre with National Crime Reading Month.Caffè Nero launches a major new set of book awards - The Nero Book Awards.TikTok launching its own book awards to celebrate titles, authors, content and creators of BookTok.International Booker Prize 2023 Won by Georgi Gospodinov and Angela Rodel with Time Shelter.England Rugby World Cup Winner Steve Thompson, Beth Mead and Gary Neville all take home gongs at The 21st Sports Book Awards.Jhalak Prizes 2023 Winners Announced celebrating British or British-resident writers of colour. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The winning stories are accompanied by an introduction by Adichie, observations from the winning writers on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines that publish short fiction. Now entering its second century, the prestigious annual story anthology has a new title, a new look, and a new guest editor. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has brought her own refreshing perspective to the prize, selecting stories by an engaging mix of celebrated names and young emerging voices. Henry Prize's century-long tradition of literary excellence. 'Widely regarded as the nations most prestigious awards for short fiction.' -The Atlantic. Henry Prizes century-long tradition of literary excellence. Twenty prizewinning stories selected from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year-continuing the O. Twenty prizewinning stories selected from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year-continuing the O. Henry Prize Winners Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie National Geographic Books, Fiction - 400 pages 1 Review Reviews aren't verified, but Google. ![]()
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Dark instincts by suzanne wright6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() 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. ![]()
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Sarah parcak national geographic6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() In Archaeology from Space, Sarah describes the field’s evolution, major discoveries, and future potential. She presently directs major crowdsourcing efforts to map ancient civilizations across Peru and India. These include previously unknown settlements, roads, fortresses, palaces, tombs, and even potential pyramids. ![]() As an archaeologist, she has worked on remote sensing projects across twelve countries and four continents, using multispectral and high-resolution satellite imagery analysis to identify thousands of potential archaeological sites. ![]() Sarah Parcak pioneers the young field of satellite archaeology, using futuristic tools to unlock secrets from the past and transform how discoveries are made. Sarah Parcak welcomes you to the brave new world of “space archaeology,” a growing field of exploration that has brought humanity to a tipping point of mass discovery in the ancient world.ĭr. National Geographic Fellow and TED Prize-winner Dr. ![]()
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A Deeper Blue by S.E. Harmon6/10/2023 ![]() I was blown away by how wonderful Blue and Kelly were, both as individuals and as a couple, so I was ecstatic when I finally got my hands on a copy of A Deeper Shade of Blue, and I was not disappointed. I fell in love with Blue and Kelly in The Blueprint, the first book this two book series. Happily-ever-afters may not be just for Disney princesses, but they sure are a lot of work. He has to find enough courage to face the music and hope they'll survive the fallout. If it means losing Kelly, there's no decision to make. With the truth slowly coming to the surface, Blue must make a choice. He just wants to keep his head down, play the game he loves, and go home to the man he adores. He knows Kelly isn't completely happy, but he's not ready to be the poster boy for bisexuals and gays in the NFL. The cracks in their relationship are starting to show, and there might not be enough spackle in the world to fix them.īritton "Blue" Montgomery may not be the physics brainiac his boyfriend is, but he's not stupid. Despite Kelly's promise to wait until Blue is ready to come out, he's tired of sneaking around. ![]() ![]() It's hard to believe he can finally kiss Blue anytime he wants. A year ago, Kelly Cannon couldn't imagine he'd end up with his formerly straight best friend. ![]()
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Light in the piazza novel6/10/2023 ![]() The author Elizabeth Spencer displays a sure grasp of human nature in this novella. Should she encourage Fabrizio in his romantic intentions for Clara or should she discourage him? That is the question. Deep in her heart of hearts, Mrs Johnson hopes that Clara can lead a normal life despite her injury. The accident with the horse has not affected Clara in any physical way nor her striking beauty. ![]() Due to a childhood injury when she was kicked in the head by a Palomino horse, Clara has the mental age of a child of ten. ![]() Johnson and Clara meet the entire Naccarelli family. He buys and sends elaborate gifts to Clara, never mind that Clara can speak no Italian and Fabrizio speaks very little English. From the get-go, he is entirely smitten with Clara, and in the following days he shows up wherever Mrs. As Clara hurries to see a historical marker, she bumps into 22 year old Italian Fabrizio Naccarelli. ![]() Margaret Johnson and her 20 year old daughter Clara are in Florence as part of their extended stay in Italy as tourists from North Carolina. ![]() Now the musical is being put on by theater groups nearly everywhere. Set in Florence, Italy, the unique captivating plot of ‘The Light in the Piazza’ is likely the reason that it has inspired both a movie in 1962 and a Broadway play, a musical no less, in 2005 based on the novella. ‘The Light in the Piazza’ by Elizabeth Spencer (1960) 110 pages ![]()
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Le Grand Meaulnes by Alain-Fournier6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() But the dreamlike days in the lost domain are evanescent, and Meaulnes is torn between his love and competing claims of loyalty and friendship.Īlain-Fournier's lyrical novel captures the painful transition from adolescence to adulthood without sentimentality, and with heart-wrenching yearning. When he returns to Seurel it is with the fixed determination to find the house again, and the girl with whom he has fallen in love. ![]() Lost, and alone, Meaulnes stumbles upon an isolated house, mysterious revels, and a beautiful girl. It is Seurel who recalls the impact of le grand Meaulnes, disruptive and charismatic, on his schoolmates, and the encounter that is to haunt them both. The arrival of Augustin Meaulnes at a small provincial secondary school sets in train a series of events that will have a profound effect on his life, and that of his new friend François Seurel. ![]() Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Global Public Health.The European Society of Cardiology Series.Oxford Commentaries on International Law. ![]() |