![]() ![]() ![]() Of course, anything with my hometown as a setting/character fascinated me at the time, and still does. The novel focuses on Mary Ann Singleton, a newly transplanted secretary from Cleveland, Ohio, and her adventures as she adapts to a much different lifestyle than the one she experienced in the Midwest. I was first introduced to the series in 1993 or so when PBS showed a mini-series version of the first novel on Masterpiece Theater, starring Olympia Dukakis as Anna Madrigal, the pot-growing landlady of an apartment building on Russian Hill, at 28 Barbary Lane. ![]() ![]() Armistead Maupin’s stories of a bunch of San Franciscans living and loving and doing drugs in the late seventies and early eighties started off as a column in the San Francisco Chronicle and were eventually published as a series of novels. I started reading this series when I was but a child of seventeen. It’s really very unfortunate that this is the ninth book in Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City series, and also the first one I’ve ever talked about on the blog. ![]()
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![]() ![]() These tortures, moreover, are aimed with sadistic precision to fall "upon the tendrest parts" (l. The poem "Confession" laments that No scrue, no piercer can Into a piece of timber work and winde, As Gods afflictions into man, When he a torture hath design'd. ![]() ![]() It concludes, moreover, with a statement of the uniqueness of his suffering that emerges via the chilling syntax of threat: "Onely let others say, when I am dead, / Never was grief like mine." (1) The volume has five poems entitled "Affliction" the speaker of "Affliction (IV)" complains that he is "Broken in pieces all asunder," and "tortur'd in the space / Betwixt this world and that of grace" (ll. "The Sacrifice" is the extended complaint of a god who suffers horribly at the hands of his creatures. Like most early modern religious verse, The Temple expends a lot of verbal energy expressing various kinds of physical and emotional suffering. ![]() ![]() ![]() From there they fly by quantum mechanics, glance over string theory, and, a mere 150 pages later (large font, lots of pictures), they arrive at the grand conclusion. Hawking and Mlodinow start out with a very brief introduction to the philosophy of science. The book is entertaining, but there is little to set it apart from the competition. Unfortunately, “The Grand Design” does not live up to the hype. ![]() Especially the superfluous statement that there is no God (or something to that effect) caused a small stir in the press, even in our not particularly pious country. And, of course, no one has popularized physics like Stephen Hawking, the enigmatic disabled genius.Ī great deal has been made of Hawking's newest book, “The Grand Design”, which he has written together with Leonard Mlodinow. There is a definite ring of truth to this famous statement, but because my chances of becoming a physicist are slim, the best I can do is occasionally pick up a popular science book. ![]() “All science is either physics or stamp collecting.” The subject matter is engrossing, but the hurried presentation leaves the reader unsatisfied. Conclusion In “The Grand Design”, Hawking and Mlodinow discuss the big questions of modern physics. ![]() ![]() His father had been a POW of the Vietcong his family came to America as "boat people." Following the suicide of his sister, Pham quit his job, sold all of his possessions, and embarked on a year-long bicycle journey that took him through the Mexican desert on a thousand-mile loop from Narita in South Korea to Kyoto in Japan and, after five months and 2,357 miles, to Saigon, where he finds "nothing familiar in the bombed-out darkness." In Vietnam, he's taken for Japanese or Korean by his countrymen, except, of course, by his relatives, who doubt that as a Vietnamese he has the stamina to complete his journey ("Only Westerners can do it") and in the United States he's considered anything but American. Pham was born in Vietnam and raised in California. Intertwined with an often humorous travelogue spanning a year of discovery is a memoir of war, escape, and ultimately, family secrets.Īndrew X. ![]() ![]() Winner of the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book PrizeĪ New York Times Notable Book of the YearĪ Seattle Post-Intelligencer Best Book of the YearĬatfish and Mandala is the story of an American odyssey-a solo bicycle voyage around the Pacific Rim to Vietnam-made by a young Vietnamese-American man in pursuit of both his adopted homeland and his forsaken fatherland. ![]() ![]() ![]() For more information about ArchiCamp and to download a registration form, visit. Snacks and drinks will be provided each day, but campers should bring a sack lunch. Drop-off and pick-up are at the Carriage House on the grounds of the Lew Wallace Museum off Elston Avenue. During the two-day camp, students will learn about Crawfordsville’s architectural heritage, including the historic Study building.Īmong the activities, campers will take walking tours of the neighborhood around the Study, learn architectural terms, make architecture-based crafts, build local buildings from cardboard boxes, and learn about careers in historic preservation and discuss preservation successes in our community.Ĭamp begins at 9 a.m. The camp will be held June 27-28 and registration is now open.ĪrchiCamp is an architecture-based camp that uses historic architecture to educate and excite children about local history and instills stewardship and responsibility for our cultural heritage. This June the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum will host ArchiCamp in partnership with Indiana Landmarks. ![]() ![]() ![]() Usagi was born the only son of a village headman. Usagi is a highly skilled swordsman and one of the best in the land. ![]() Originally intended to be a human, Sakai was inspired to anthropomorphize the character after doodling a rabbit with its ears bound in a style reminiscent of a samurai topknot. Miyamoto Usagi is the main protagonist of Usagi Yojimbo, whom Sakai has said was inspired by the life of legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi. He also placed 31st in The 50 Greatest Comic Book Characters in Empire. In May 2011, Miyamoto Usagi placed 92nd on IGN's Top 100 Comic Book Heroes of All Time. The character has frequently crossed over with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Usagi is an anthropomorphic rabbit ( Usagi is Japanese for "rabbit") and a ronin now walking the musha shugyo (warrior's pilgrimage). Miyamoto Usagi ( Japanese: 宮本 兎) is a fictional character, who appears in the American comic book Usagi Yojimbo, a Dark Horse Comics book created by Stan Sakai. Art by Stan Sakai.Īlbedo Anthropomorphics Vol 1 #2: The Goblin of Adachigahara (1984) Cover art of Usagi Yojimbo Volume 3, Issue 93. ![]() ![]() ![]() This author has become one of my favorites, she gives a great message in all her books.ĭisclosure of Material Connection: I received a complimentary copy of this book from Celebrate Lit Books. Looking forward to book 3, and seeing what the next adventure will be. I enjoyed this book very much, it is a short read, so you can read in an afternoon. This series is geared toward young readers, however, can be read by any ages. This book deals with technology of today's world, drones, and increase of bad authority. If you like a mystery, drama, page turner, fast pace read, this is for you. ![]() Can they get the children to safety? Can they get others to join their group and help with their mission? Will they be able to find free land area? They are still pursuing the remaining children of the Blue Ridge mountains to get them to safety. The story continues with our group of teens, still reading the bible and unforbidden books in their underground cavern. This is book two of the Underground Book Readers Series, a young readers Action Adventure read. ![]() ![]() At the time, the balloons were two-toned, with the ears being black. They were two strong-willed personalities and it was a volatile situation.īy the way, to make the filming of Disneyland authentic to the time period, new Mickey Mouse helium balloons had to be created. ![]() The film will detail the story of Pamela (P.L.) Travers (played by Emma Thompson), author of the Mary Poppins’ books, coming to Hollywood and meeting Walt Disney (played by Tom Hanks) about translating her stories to the screen. Once again, I felt that MousePlanet readers might enjoy some of those insights that I shared, as well, especially with the film Saving Mr. I have just returned from a trip to Redford, Michigan, where they screened the film in an old movie palace and I had the chance to talk prior to three screenings about the story behind the film. While there are many anniversaries to celebrate this year, next year will mark the 50th birthday of the well-loved Disney live-action musical, Mary Poppins. ![]() ![]() ![]() Each chapter explores a new phase of mourning as he openly and honestly sets out his deeply personal feelings that involve shock, anger, despair and ultimately acceptance. The film Shadowlands (1993), about his relationship with the American poet Joy Davidman Gresham, whom he lost to cancer after four years of an intensely happy marriage, led me to A Grief Observed, his searingly honest, searching meditation on the anguish caused by that loss.Ĭomprising four chapters, the book recounts Lewis’s progression through the stages of grief as he struggles to come to terms with his wife’s death. ![]() CS Lewis was an academic, writer and Christian apologist, best known now for his children’s book series The Chronicles of Narnia. ![]() ![]() ![]() see me some time-with a sword.”The director smiled condescendingly. He had a number of weaknesses to work on-and this was one. Why couldn’t he just ignore what others thought, let their opinions flow from his back like idle water? Stile was good at the Game, but not that good. But it would be pointless to react openly-or covertly. It didn’t even occur to the program director that such a reference might be less than complimentary to a grown man. Soon he learned that his alternate self had already been murdered, and that he was next. One is a dystopia based on science and rigid class distinctions, and the other is a fantasy in which only magic works. His only escape lay in Phaze, a world totally ruled by magic. in his Double Exposure (Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday, 1982), 1-259. A child star, I think.”So Stile reminded this oaf of a child. Split Infinity Piers Anthony 3.97 17,562 ratings429 reviews On the technological, decadent world of Proton, someone was trying to destroy Stile, serf and master Gamesman. Name?”“Stile.” For a moment he hoped he had some compensating notoriety from the Game.The man shook his head. For the Game.”“Ah, the Game.” The man squinted at him judiciously. That de-termination to damn well prove he was not as small as they saw him. “They get pretty heavy.” He meant heavy for someone Stile’s size.Again that burgeoning anger, that hopeless wrath instigated by the careless affronts of strangers. ![]() |