![]() He is best known for the His Dark Materials trilogy ( The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass), which has been named one of the top 100 novels of all time by Newsweek and one of the all-time greatest novels by Entertainment Weekly. But as she delves deeper into the identity of a wealthy and elusive industrialist, she uncovers a plot so diabolical, it could subvert the entire civilized world.Ībout the Author PHILIP PULLMAN is one of the most acclaimed writers working today. verso.īook Synopsis WHEN ONE OF Sally's clients loses a large sum of money in the unexpected collapse of a British shipping firm, Sally sets out to investigate. ![]() ![]() ![]() About the Book "Originally published in Great Britain in somewhat different form as The shadow on the plate by Oxford University Press in 1986"-T.p. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() This idealistic programme envisioned by the US occupation was marred by financial mismanagement, racism, delusions of grandeur and contempt for Haitian physicians that resulted in the production of a far more precarious Public Health Service and administrative state than the US occupation had hoped. This paper argues that the US occupation viewed the success of the Haitian Public Health Service as critical to the generation of a taxable, compliant and trusting citizenry that the colonial state could enter into a contract with. More than simply documenting an underserved aspect of Caribbean history, this essay offers the US occupation of Haiti as a remarkably clear example of a failed attempt to use a free public health service to cultivate a health conscientiousness among the Haitian citizenry through the aggressive treatment of highly visible ailments such as cataracts and yaws. This essay addresses the relative scholarly neglect of the history of public health in Haiti through a close examination of the colonial public health system constructed and operated by the United States (US) during its occupation of Haiti from 1915-1934. ![]() ![]() ![]() They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty. ![]() Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. “Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. ![]() Today, when modern writers write, more often they try to imitate his style for the uniqueness his work demonstrates. Besides literary accomplishments, he also won hearts for his genuine wit that enabled him to express his ideas about life, death, and alienation in a professional way. His efforts to display aesthetic values instead of moral and social themes won laurels from his readers and fellow writers alike. Oscar Wilde, one of the most compelling and magical literary figures, mesmerized the generations with his witty, philosophical, and creative thoughts. Oscar Wilde’s Impact on Future Literature Some of them include The Happy Prince and Other Stories, Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Importance of Being Earnest, and A Woman of No Importance. Other Works: Besides writing poetry, he tried his hands on other areas of literature, too.Best Poems: Some of his major poems include “The Ballad Of Reading Gaol”, A Vision”, “Ava Maria Plena Gratia”, “We Are Made One with What We Touch and See”, “On The Massacre Of The Christians In Bulgaria”, “ Sonnet Written In Holy Week At Genoa” and “Sonnet On Hearing The Dies Irae Sung In The Sistine Chapel.”. ![]() ![]() ![]() Under the guise of kindness, the Oankali have taken complete control over the humans: they keep the remaining humans captive on their ship, put them to sleep if they become too difficult to control, keep them in isolation until they are within an inch of their sanity. However, “consent” becomes an increasingly muddied concept as the novel goes on. Lilith immediately becomes afraid that they will rape her, or remove her eggs without her permission, but they assure her, “No Oankali will touch you without your consent.” ![]() ![]() A black American woman, Lilith Iyapo, awakes among frightening aliens called “Oankali,” who offer humanity a devil’s bargain: they will “save” humanity from extinction by taking human DNA, blending it with their own, and creating a stronger hybrid species. ![]() By associating the violation of oppressed bodies with the erasure of a culture, Spencer demonstrates that one of the greatest evils of colonialism is the collective loss of agency that can reverberate for generations to come.Īt the start of the first book, Dawn (which will soon be adapted into an HBO series), humanity is decimated, and Earth has been all but destroyed by nuclear war. Butler’s sci-fi trilogy which presents an extended allegory for colonialism that is inextricably tied to rape and other types of nonconsensual sex. What is the meaning of consent within an oppressive culture? This question lies at the heart of Lilith’s Brood, Octavia E. ![]() ![]() ![]() So begins an epic journey in search of the source of being itself and the community of other minds that may be able to make sense of life in the context of a seemingly infinite universe. In this disembodied form, he finds himself traveling through space with bewildering speed. Beneath him, the dwindling earth appears as a pebble in the vast expanse of stars. ![]() Yet as he reflects on the littleness of life in the vast emptiness of space, his vision suddenly changes, first sweeping across the whole extent of the earth and then lifting him into space. He is overwhelmed by a sense of unreality and futility in daily life as well as the delirium of the world. It begins in the midst of a personal crisis when a man walks out on a hill near his home. Even though Stapledon does away with conventional plot, his narrator describes in mesmerizing detail a journey across the cosmos. Star Maker proved to be a sourcebook of ideas for the work of countless writers. ![]() Considering that Stapledon trained as a philosopher and had little acquaintance with science fiction before writing his novels, he had an enormous influence on the field. Clarke, Jorge Luis Borges, Doris Lessing and Virginia Woolf, among many others, have praised Stapledon’s work, especially Star Maker. Writers as diverse as Brian Aldiss, Arthur C. I doubt any writer before or since has taken so literally the task of sketching “the whole of things” as a myth of the cosmic mind or done it so effectively. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is a joyful celebration of nature words and the natural world they invoke. ![]() The Lost Words stands against the disappearance of wild childhood. The rich landscape of wild imagination and wild play is rapidly fading from our children’s minds. ![]() These are the words of the natural world - Dandelion, Otter, Bramble and Acorn, all gone. For published titles we will aim to deliver within seven days please contact us at any time for an update on the status of your order.įrom bestselling Landmarks author Robert Macfarlane and acclaimed artist & author Jackie Morris - a beautiful illustrated book for readers young and old.Īll over the country, there are words disappearing from children’s lives. Please note: this is a non-Graffeg product and, as such, delivery times may vary. ![]() ![]() ![]() On the same day, the Bundesen family posted video clips of Tardar Sauce on YouTube, which racked up millions of views. Users on the platform immediately reacted by posting countless Photoshopped variations on the original, while the photo’s Imgur page reached 1,030,000 views in its first 48 hours. She became an internet celebrity in September 2012, when Tabatha’s brother Bryan posted photos showing her in all her disgruntled glory on the r/pics sub-Reddit. This, her owners said, probably accounted for her distinctive facial features and small size. Grumpy Cat, real name Tardar Sauce, had feline dwarfism. Her spirit will continue to live on through her fans everywhere,” Bundesen, who lives in Morristown Arizona, wrote. “Besides being our baby and a cherished member of the family, Grumpy Cat has helped millions of people smile all around the world – even when times were tough. She passed away peacefully on the morning of Tuesday, May 14, at home in the arms of her mommy, Tabatha. “Despite care from top professionals, as well as from her very loving family, Grumpy encountered complications from a recent urinary tract infection that unfortunately became too tough for her to overcome. “We are unimaginably heartbroken to announce the loss of our beloved Grumpy Cat,” Tabatha Bundesen, Grumpy Cat’s owner, said. The furry sensation’s family announced her death on Twitter on Friday. ![]() Grumpy Cat, arguably the internet’s most popular cat and one of its first viral memes, has died aged 7. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Yet The Swerve doesn’t promote the humanities to a broader public so much as it deviously precipitates the decline of the humanities, by dumbing down the complexities of history and religion in a way that sets a deeply unfortunate precedent. The Swerve won a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award, and a top prize from the Modern Languages Association - all of which undoubtedly helped to bring Greenblatt's lifetime of great work to the attention of the Holberg Prize committee. (The UK title is The Swerve: How the Renaissance Began.) ![]() But one book, more than all his previous publications, propelled Greenblatt to an internationally visible position as public intellectual: The Swerve: How the World Became Modern, published in 2011. ![]() Greenblatt received it based on his "distinctive and defining role in the field of literary studies and his influential voice in the humanities over four decades" - particularly in the fields of Shakespeare, 16th- and 17th-century English literature, and the critical approach known as "new historicism."įor literature scholars around the world, he is something of a rock star, whose influence reaches far beyond early modern studies. Last month, Stephen Greenblatt, a Harvard English professor, won one of the world’s largest awards for scholarly work in the humanities: the 2016 Holberg Prize, which comes with about $735,000 in prize money from the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research. ![]() ![]() ![]() This novel features an unnamed narrator who seems to be the author. The friendships end, and many of the friends die, either by suicide, or by undercover government execution. ![]() Little by little, their little group of rebels gets split up and infiltrated by the government. They are angry, disenfranchised, but most of all, they are hopeless in their resistance against the government. These are open-minded, curious students whose lives have been marked by pain, warfare, tragedy, and shame. Underneath the many layers of complexity and ambiguity, this story essentially boils down to a single thematic conflict-the conflict between rebellious youths and unjust governments. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. ![]() These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]() ![]() Grande dame of lesbian literature Katherine V. ![]() Some – especially those written by lesbians – offered sympathetic and realistic depictions of “life in the shadows,” while others (no less fun to read now) were smutty, sensational tales of innocent girls led astray. In the over-heated prose typical of the genre, these books document the emergence of a lesbian subculture in postwar America. For women leading straight lives, here was their confirmation that they were not alone and that darkly glamorous, “gay” places like Greenwich Village existed. ![]() These were the books that small-town lesbians and prurient men bought by the millions – cheap, easy to find in drugstores, and immediately recognizable by their lurid covers: often a hard-looking brunette standing over a scantily-clad blonde or a man gazing in tormented lust at a lovely, unobtainable lesbian. In 1950, Fawcett founded their Gold Medal imprint, inaugurating the reign of lesbian pulp fiction. Step into the twilight world of lesbian pulps. Someone moves toward you, snapping a lighter open. ![]() Through the darkness, you can see figures gathered in twos and threes – the glowing tip of a cigarette, a close-manicured hand draped over a shoulder, heads turning to study the new arrival. ![]() |