![]() ![]() ![]() This is, a rather computational, rational and logic based sort of philosophy. ![]() What something is for, what it is good for, is sufficient to explain what it is. ‘A hole is to dig’, ‘a face is for making faces’. From a philosophical point of view, this beguiling children’s book provides a breathtakingly simple and elegant example of what are called ‘artifacts’ and their functions. It is sub-titled ‘A First Book of Definitions’. Ruth Krauss’s work A hole is to dig with Maurice Sendak’s beautiful illustration has stayed deep inside my mind since childhood. As a philosopher, and after a month’s reflection, I now know this isn’t good enough. There are many people for whom this never becomes clear. There are many philosophers for whom this is an entire life’s work and writing. There was a lack of clarity about what I was becoming. The philosophical view of this could be that my purpose wasn’t clear. ![]() It had called me, and I had turned my face into the wind, to drown the calling shout. I wasn’t working at full capacity and I’d convinced myself that it was freeing me up to write. I’d been working and writing, with some mothering on the side, but none of it was going well, except the mothering, that was pretty good. Sometimes you don’t know what you want, you don’t know what things are for and you certainly don’t know what you are actually doing. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Herman is a resident of Princeton, New Jersey, and travels to libraries and elementary schools across the United States, speaking to young children. In an interview with Publishers Weekly, Herman noted he didn't want to simply copy his aunt's style of "Amelia being given a list of things to do, but then being left alone to interpret it literally and run amuck," but chose to "have her have face-to-face misunderstandings instead." Having editor Susan Hirschman and illustrator Lynn Sweat in common with his aunt, helped make the transition. To carry on the essence of the series, Herman thoroughly examined his aunt’s work and did his best to capture what exactly made the character of Amelia Bedelia such a hit. More importantly, this gave Herman a chance to keenly observe Peggy during her writing processes, gaining great insight into the road ahead of him. Since Peggy had the summers off from teaching, she was able to stay with the Parish family for extended periods of time, allowing Herman and Peggy to develop a close relationship. ![]() He did not wish to entrust the future of the series into the hands of a children’s author outside of the family. Having grown up with his aunt’s tales of Amelia Bedelia’s humorous misadventures, Herman decided to carry on the legacy after his aunt’s death in 1988. He was in the fourth grade when the first Amelia Bedelia book was written. Parish III is an American children's writer, the current author of Amelia Bedelia children's books and the nephew of the series creator Peggy Parish. ![]() ![]() Watching the older man and his young charge plow forward through near misses and comedies of errors is pure fun. Kathleen Karr's delightful, well-crafted adventure is witty, suspenseful, and deliciously Dickensian most of all, it has a great deal of heart. And can the doctor really mean that he wants Voltaire's skull from Paris? Things heat up even more when they discover they have a mysterious enemy with a brow "broad and low," clearly the skull of a criminal. In time, however, his apprenticeship intensifies when he learns he must help his master rob graves for real specimens. ![]() Matthew is eager to please this eccentric man, if only for a warm bed and all the oatmeal he can eat. "Give me a skull, and I can conjure up the very soul of a man!" he cries passionately. Cornwall, a kindly-if-obsessed phrenologist who hopes to someday perfect mankind through his study of the contours of human skulls, particularly those of flawed characters. As it turns out, he is the plump, puffy, rumpled Asa B. Alone on the streets of 1840s New York, Matthew leaps at the opportunity to help this Dr. ![]() ![]() ![]() He is interested in medicine-he wants to find a cure for the cholera that wiped out his whole family and left him orphaned. Twelve-year-old Matthew Morrissey can't believe his luck when he spots this ad in the paper. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The name “Pollyanna,” Pawola said, represents “irrepressible optimism, keeping the glass half full.” This is described as a traditional Bavarian lager named for the month of May, a transitional beer for springtime between the darker, heavier beers of winter, and the lighter beers of summer. Never in my wildest dreams did I think we’d have the best Pilsner in the world,” said Byers.Ī maibock style of beer won the award for the Pollyanna Brewing Company. ![]() “About six or seven years ago, I told the team I wanted to create a beer that was refreshing in the summer, satisfying in the winter, approachable to a non-craft beer drinker, and interesting to a craft beer drinker. That popularity makes it a bigger challenge to produce a version that is memorable to beer lovers. According to the dictionary of beers at, that style of beer is a light blond lager that originated in 1842 in the Bohemian town of Pilsen and went on to become the most popular and most copied beer style in the world. Horse Thief Hollow’s Little Wing, named for a Jimi Hendrix song, is their gateway beer, meeting the standards for an international style Pilsner. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Fantastic Four allied themselves with Uatu the Watcher and tried to stop Owen Reece from taking over a city. Using his incredible powers (which at that time he focused through a short metal wand) Reece easily defeated the Fantastic Four and gained control over the Baxter Building. Having struggled for so long, forced to follow the whims of others, Reece decided now was his time. He was never the popular kid in school, and had a stressful relationship with his mother, who put him down. His mother was 44 when she had him, and didn't want a new baby. Reece grew up in the town of Dinosaur, Colorado. Molecule Man was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and first appeared in Fantastic Four #20. ![]() (This energy later turned out to be part of the energy of a Cosmic Cube, see below.) The explosion horribly disfigured his face with scars in the shape of lightning bolts, but it also granted him immense power, which he used to take out his pent-up frustrations on the world. This portal caused him to be exposed to a powerful explosion of a strange energy. While working at an atomic power plant Owen mistakenly activated an experiment device that opened a portal to another dimension. ![]() Then, one day, he was transformed into the Molecule Man by a lab accident. He was (as even Uatu said) a momma's boy, fearful and resentful of the world. Owen Reece was a weak, shy man by nature. ![]() ![]() ![]() Today it is my pleasure to bring you my review of Sweet Love and Country Roads by Camilla Isley on the penultimate day of her fabulous blog tour! When hate turns to heat, all becomes fair in love and war for these two sworn enemies who’ve been playing a game of hearts.ī ut will a roll in the hay be enough to make Samantha decide there’s no sex in the city and convert to country living? And not just for the aerial shots, as the local eye-candy provides a welcome distraction.Īt least until Samantha discovers a native cowboy, Travis Hunt, is the source of all her troubles…Įach has something the other wants, but as Samantha and Travis go head to head, they might discover the endgame has changed. ![]() Her new country home has no Starbucks, no Pilates, and the one pub in town has never heard of appletinis-only serves beer and whiskey neat. But when her job is put on the line, Samantha has no other choice than to move to the middle of nowhere to straighten out the filming of her latest romantic comedy blockbuster. She loves her shoes, drinking cosmopolitans, and wouldn’t trade the comforts of city life for anything in the world. Samantha Baker is a high-flying movie producer living in New York City. ![]() ![]() Falling for the wrong cowboy never felt so good. ![]() ![]() ![]() The second book in Martin's epic focusses heavily on the disparate members of the Stark family and their Lannister enemies. For when kings clash, the whole land trembles. Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory may go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel. Here a princess masquerades as an orphan boy a knight of the mind prepares a poison for a treacherous sorceress and wild men descend from the Mountains of the Moon to ravage the countryside. ![]() ![]() It is a tale in which brother plots against brother and the dead rise to walk in the night. Six factions struggle for control of a divided land and the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms, preparing to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war. And from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns. A comet the color of blood and flame cuts across the sky. ![]() A Clash of Kings transports us to a world of revelry and revenge, wizardry and warfare unlike any we have ever experienced. Martin has created a work of unsurpassed vision, power, and imagination. A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE: BOOK TWO In this thrilling sequel to A Game of Thrones, George R. THE BOOK BEHIND THE SECOND SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES, AN ORIGINAL SERIES NOW ON HBO. ![]() ![]() It is one of the groundbreaking novels of its generation, it moved away from the pulp fiction into romance, was solidly about women and was written by a lesbian for lesbians. Senior editor at the storied Naiad Press for ten years, she is currently supervising editor at Spinsters Ink and editor-at-large for Bella Books. Forrest's first novel, published in 1983 and is without a doubt a classic. ![]() Honors and awards include four Lambda Literary Awards, the Bill Whitehead Lifetime Achievement from the Publishing Triangle, the Pioneer Award from the Lambda Literary Foundation, and a profile in USA Today. A highly respected fiction editor, she has worked with many published authors, has edited or co-edited numerous anthologies, and conducted seminars and taught many classes in the craft of fiction. ![]() Her stories, articles and reviews have appeared in national and international publications. ![]() In addition to Curious Wine, she is the author of the lesbian classics An Emergence of Green, and Daughters of a Coral Dawn, the first novel in her award-winning lesbian-feminist utopian trilogy, and her celebrated, award-winning eight-volume Kate Delafield mystery series. Forrest's 15 works of fiction are in translation worldwide. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s so vividly cinematic, with entertaining and complex characters and, like Gloria herself, also witty and provocative. Taymor added, “When I read the book, it demanded that it be a film. “So now that we are on this journey together, I hope and believe the result will encourage many more travelers - especially women in all our diverse realities - to tell our own stories.” ![]() ![]() “I can’t imagine anyone more magical than Julie Taymor - or more understanding than Lynn Hendee and Sarah Ruhl,” said Steinem. Steinem and Amy Richards (“WOMAN with Gloria Steinem”) are serving as executive producers. In addition to directing, Taymor is also producing alongside Lynn Hendee (“Ender’s Game”) and June Pictures’ Andrew Duncan and Alex Saks. This project marks her debut as a screenwriter. Taymor is perhaps best known for directing Broadway sensation “The Lion King.” Her screen credits include “Frida” and “Across the Universe.” “In the Next Room” and “The New World” are among Ruhl’s stage credits. The film, hailing from June Pictures, will chronicle “Steinem’s growth into a galvanizing symbol for equality, with a focus on the surprising encounters along the road that helped shaped her,” the source writes. Deadline broke the news that the former will direct the feminist activist’s coming-of-age story and the latter will pen the screenplay. And Julie Taymor and Tony-nominated playwright Sarah Ruhl are taking it there. In what sounds like fan fiction dreamed up by feminist film lovers, word has come that Gloria Steinem’s memoir, “My Life on the Road,” is being adapted for the big screen. ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1972, Steelers star Franco Harris hitchhiked to practice. Between the Immaculate Reception in 1972 and The Catch in 1982, pro football grew up. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Paperback. Celebrating the game while lamenting the physical toll it took on football’s greatest generation, Cook diagrams the NFL’s transformation from second-tier sport into national obsession. He shows coaches John Madden and Bill Walsh outsmarting rivals as Monday Night Football redefined sports’ place in American life. Kevin Cook’s rollicking chronicle of this pivotal decade draws on interviews with legendary players―Harris, Montana, Terry Bradshaw, Roger Staubach, Ken “Snake” Stabler―to re-create their heroics and off-field carousing. A decade later, Joe Montana’s gleamingly efficient 49ers ushered in a new era: the corporate, scripted, multibillion-dollar NFL we watch today. They played on guts, painkillers, legal steroids, fury, and camaraderie. The inside story of the most colorful decade in NFL history―pro football’s raging, hormonal, hairy, druggy, immortal adolescence. ![]() |