![]() ![]() Leading scholars in literary criticism, anthropology, sociology, and philosophy explore such topics as "Gypsies" in the Western imagination, the mobilization of the West in Chinese television, the lesbian identity and the woman’s gaze in fashion photography, and the regulation of black women’s bodies in early 20th-century urban areas. Identities will help disrupt the cliché-ridden discourse of identity by exploring the formation of identities and problem of subjectivity. The study of identity crosses all disciplinary borders to address such issues as the multiple interactions of race, class, and gender in feminist, lesbian, and gay studies, postcolonialism and globalization, and the interrelation of nationalism and ethnicity in ethnic and area studies. ![]()
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6/9/2023 0 Comments The time traveler hg wells![]() ![]() Our amateur anthropologist continues to make his bricolage of conclusions… One will wait in vain for the irruption of an omniscient figure, or one who can simply communicate to the protagonist the history of that strange world: a comforting and paternal figure in the style of the Great Lama of Shangri-La. ![]() ![]() He who crosses the sea changes his sky, not his soul (Horace). His writing career spanned more than sixty years, and his early science fiction novels. It is an entirely unjustified conjecture and, if it proves anything, it is that the body travels faster than the mind, whether in time or space. Wells was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction. The re burned brightly, and the soft radiance of the incandescent lights in the lilies of silver caught the bubbles that ashed and passed in our glasses. His grey eyes shone and twinkled, and his usually pale face was ushed and animated. This is an extremely nineteenth-century-style theory, tinged with socialism, Darwinism and other ideologies to the taste of its time, and would make the novel a journey into the past, rather than into the future, were it not for the fact that it is never supported by events. The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us. ![]() ![]() The author states, "Ask people how to pronounce their names and let them know that getting it right is important to you." How did the teacher and classmates learn to pronounce names? Jig - a lively dance with leaping movements.ĭiscussion topics for during/after reading: ![]() Some kids might be sensitive about their own name like the main character.ĭrill team - an exhibition marching team that engages in precision drill. See glossary of names with meanings and origin of each at the end of the book. When reviewing book ahead of reading, practice pronunciations aloud. Empowered by this newfound understanding, the young girl is ready to return the next day to share her knowledge with her class. In response, the girl's mother teaches her about the musicality of African, Asian, Black-American, Latinx, and Middle Eastern names on their lyrical walk home through the city. Grade Level: 4th (GLCs: Click here for grade level guidelines.)įrustrated by a day full of teachers and classmates mispronouncing her beautiful name, a little girl tells her mother she never wants to come back to school. Volunteers needed in June! Click here to sign up. ![]() 6/9/2023 0 Comments Sharks in time of saviors![]() ![]() Nainoa’s family, struggling amidst the collapse of the sugarcane industry, hails his rescue as a sign of favor from ancient Hawaiian gods-a belief that appears validated after he exhibits puzzling new abilities. ![]() But instead, Noa is gingerly delivered to his mother in the jaws of a shark, marking his story as the stuff of legends. When a shiver of sharks appears in the water, everyone fears for the worst. Quick Book Summary (from the official blurb): “In 1995 Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i, on a rare family vacation, seven-year-old Nainoa Flores falls overboard a cruise ship into the Pacific Ocean. ![]() Kawai Strong Washburn’s Sharks in the Time of Saviors, recent winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel, is our next selection. In a continuation of our series of micro-reviews, assistant editor Brandon Williams brought together a group of ardent readers to give their quick-hit impressions of recent novels which have won major awards from the literary world. ![]() ![]() ![]() Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 1st Editions 1st Printings Various Years. It is the 1st, 2nd & 3rd books of the Second Foundation trilogy, which was written after Asimov's death by the three authors." Books are: (Second Foundation Trilogy) "Foundation's Fear" / "Foundation and Chaos" / "Foundation's Triumph." These 3 books continued from the original series by Isaac Asimov. "Foundation's Fear (1997) Foundation and Chaos (1998) Foundation's Triumph (1999) are science fiction novels by American writers Gregory Benford, Greg Bear, & David Brin set in Isaac Asimov's Foundation universe. All three (3) soft covers (roughly) 6 3/4" by 4 1/4" (inches), flat spines, are tight true square and clean, 616, 408, 392 pages, "Foundation & Chaos" is in Very Good condition with minor edge wear/mild tanning to inside cover, the other two books are in Near Fine condition with mild tanning to inside cover on one. The scans you see are the books you get. ![]() 6/8/2023 0 Comments Dr seuss book with oobleck![]() It will take six to eight spoons of water in total. Observe what happens when you add more water.Ħ) Once you have added five tablespoons of water, observe the mixture in your bowl – how does it look? How has it changed?ħ) Continue adding water, but now add half a tablespoon at a time, mixing after each addition.Ĩ) Stop adding the water when the mixture looks like it has turned into Oobleck, or the cornflour has flowed together like a liquid. Make sure to break up any clumps that have formed.ĥ) Keep adding water, one spoonful at a time. Add one tablespoon of water at a time, stirring with the fork after each spoonful of water. Instructions: 1) Add one tablespoon of cornflour to your small bowl.ģ) Now slowly add water from the cup to the bowl of cornstarch. ![]() It is a messy activity but at nothing like the potential destruction in the book, the only mess here will be your hands as you play with your Oobleck. With this fun and easy science experiment, you can make your own Oobleck. ![]() It’s a story about a gooey greeny blue substance called an Oobleck that fell from the sky and wreaked havoc in the kingdom, and it is now up to an ordinary boy named Bartholomew Cubbins to work alongside the Oobleck to save the kingdom from destruction. ![]() Seuss's book Bartholomew and the Oobleck? ![]() 6/8/2023 0 Comments De profundis book![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices. Having lost everything he holds dear, Wilde transforms his hardship into art. In addition to detailing the wrongs visited on Wilde by Bosie and his family, De Profundis traces the spiritual growth that Wilde experiences in prison. De Profundis, a scathing indictment of his former lover, is the letter that Wilde wrote to Bosie from prison. It wasn’t until January of 1897 that Wilde began to write from his cell. As this conduct was considered a “gross indecency” punishable by hard labor, this was a serious charge, and one that ultimately landed Wilde in prison. Ultimately, Bosie’s father, the powerful Marquess of Queensberry, accused Wilde of homosexuality. This affair led to speculations about Wilde’s sexuality just as his career was reaching its apex. In 1891 the author began an intimate relationship with the young aristocrat Lord Alfred Douglas, known to his friends as Bosie. Summary Oscar Wilde’s autobiographical work on suffering, self-realization, and the artistic processDe Profundis (Latin for “from the depths”) is Oscar Wilde’s reconciliation from a life full of pleasure. ![]() 6/8/2023 0 Comments The reanimator lovecraft![]() ![]() Eventually the pair are discredited by the administration and they are forced to go about their work in secret. His goal: to bring people back from brain death. Herbert uses the relationship between Dan and Megan as leverage in getting Dan to assist him in his experiments. Dan is the typical over zealous student that's dating the dean's daughter Megan (Barbara Crampton) and being a general BMOC (big man on campus). Having "learned all he can" there he arrives at an American university and rooms with golden boy med student Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott). ![]() Lovecraft story, the film opens with what will be our resident mad scientist Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs) encountering the possible consequences of his experiments when his mentor dies at the European school he is attending. With Re-Animator we get another take on the Frankenstein mentality, though it is more tongue in cheek and finds some humor in the situation.īased on the H.P. Science is the only thing of importance to these men. Frankenstein in the numerous incarnations that have been brought to life over the decades, be it Colin Clive or Peter Cushing. This is a person who has become so obsessed with their primary objective that they throw any sense of moral code or obligation right out the window. Throughout the history of film one of the characters that continues to pop up is the mad scientist attempting to push his studies to the point of lunacy. ![]() 6/8/2023 0 Comments American gods book![]() ![]() Shadow refuses, then gets off the plane early to avoid talking to Mr. On the plane, Shadow falls asleep and has a strange dream about a man with a buffalo head who tells him to believe “everything.” When he wakes, he meets a strange man who calls himself Mr. He is released early and catches a plane back to his home in Eagle Point, Indiana so that he can attend the memorial. Two days before he is supposed to be allowed to go back to his beloved wife Laura, Shadow finds out that his wife has died in a car accident. Shadow has spent his time practicing coin tricks and reading a copy of Herodotus’s Histories borrowed from his cellmate Low Key Lyesmith. The novel starts as a man named Shadow Moon is getting ready for his release from prison, after three years inside. ![]() ![]() Police quickly identify a suspect, the boyfriend of one of the victims, who flees and is never seen again.įifteen years later, four more teenagers are attacked at an ice cream store in the same town, and again only one makes it out alive. ![]() ![]() It’s New Year’s Eve of 1999 when four teenagers working late are attacked at a Blockbuster video store in New Jersey. What connects a massacre at a Blockbuster video store in 1999 with the murder of four teenagers fifteen years later? As you all know, I like a good thriller, but I have read a few good ones so would this measure up? The Blurb I have struggled, as I explained in my February Book Reviews, since my eye surgery in December, but I am trying to remain positive that all will be sorted soon!Īs soon as I read the blurb of this one, I knew I wanted to read it, so I was very excited to be asked to be part of the blog tour. This year has proved to be a slow one with regards to reading for me. ![]() Ad | Gifted | I received a copy of this book in return for a review, all opinions are my own | Affiliate links included in this post ![]() |