![]() ![]() ![]() It is a chilling exposé that goes right into the secret meetings and hidden agendas of the religious right. But his salvation-to be openly gay and Christian-is more than a unique coming-out story. “An engrossing journey to unite sexuality with faith” (Dallas Morning News), Stranger at the Gate details Mel White’s twenty-five years of being counseled, exorcised, electric-shocked, prayed for, and nearly driven to suicide because his church said homosexuality was wrong. What these men didn’t know was that Mel White-evangelical minister, committed Christian, family man-was gay. He was a ghostwriter for Jerry Falwell, worked with Jim Bakker, flew in Pat Robertson’s private jet, walked sandy beaches with Billy Graham. Until Christmas Eve 1991, Mel White was regarded by the leaders of the religious right as one of their most talented and productive supporters. ![]() “Compelling…eloquent and compassionate…We learn as much about growing up in the Christian right as we do about gay life in Mel White’s heartfelt and revealing memoir.” -San Francisco Examiner ![]()
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![]() Grayling takes the reader from the age of the Buddha, Confucius, and Socrates through Christianity’s capture of the European mind, from the Renaissance and Enlightenment on to Mill, Nietzsche, Sartre and, finally, philosophy today. With characteristic clarity and elegance, A. ![]() But not since the long-popular classic by Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy, published in 1945, has there been a comprehensive and entertaining single-volume history of this great, intellectual, world-shaping journey. It explores some of the most creative minds in history. ![]() The story of philosophy is an epic tale, spanning civilizations and continents. The first authoritative and accessible single-volume history of philosophy to cover both Western and Eastern traditions, from one of the world’s most eminent thinkers “A witty, learned, authoritative survey of philosophical thought.” - The New York Times Book Review ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Things and people disappear and reappear with no warning (no reasons provided.) Anyway, the babies are adopted throughout the USA when they are 13 years old they are gathered together by 2 groups of bad guys with 2 different, but equally bad motivations (3 groups are potential bad guys, if you count the FBI.) Then, in the middle of the climax, the book ends with 2 of the 13-yr-old adopted boys and one’s younger sibling striking a ridiculous bargain to save everyone by fixing time (they strike this bargain while they are hurtling back in time.) Ummm. In this first book, a group of babies lands on a mysterious plane and they were adopted. With Found, Margaret Peterson Haddix begins a new series that promises to be every bit as suspenseful as her Shadow Children series - which has sold more than 41/2 million copies - and proves her, once again, to be a master of the page-turner. Found is a fast-paced and riveting beginning to a new series by Margaret Peterson Haddix, author of popular YA books such as Running Out of Time, Among the. Additionally, I was extremely disappointed that the book ended 3/4 of the way through the story, so I don’t trust the author enough to read any more books in this series. However, the basic premise of the time travel in this book has too many giant logic gaps to allow the reader to become immersed in the story. ![]() I usually love time travel books and the concept of this series was quite promising. Are YOU one of the missing Read FOUND, the beginning of a new series of suspense from master storyteller Margaret Peterson Haddix, author of the bestselling. ![]() ![]() Nox is a wild card but the more we learn about him, the harder my chest aches for whatever we’ll eventually learn about him.Īnd everyone else? Kieran, Sage, Felix, Sawyer, Grey…amazing and so important to the story. North, Gryphon, Gabe, Atlas…loving them all. I trust our Queen and despite all the feels I had from cackling out loud to rubbing my aching chest, I can clearly say this series is unlike anything I’ve ever read and the relationship building between EVERYONE is just insane. ![]() I’m OBSESSED.Īnd the guys? It’s too much to even go into and I wouldn’t want to spoil it. Her entire Bond situation is fascinating and so unique. She endures some unbelievably harsh words and she’s survived Hell, and yet she does so without breaking. I adore Lips, but Oli is just on another level for me. Oli is a badass, humble, deeply compassionate FMC. I honestly don’t feel like any words can properly describe how FANTASTIC this book is. ![]() ![]() Bree’s stories from gut wrenching emotions, high levels of snark, intense moments of passion, high stake situations, unending witty commentary, hilariously adorable details. The POVs!!! It has everything you’ve come to obsess over in J. Holy crap, y’all are not ready for this book. ![]() ![]() Pictures trailer launch event for "In the Heights" in New York City, December 11, 2019.Ĭristobal Vivar / © 2019 Warner Bros. Prices are going up, but we keep scraping by," explained Miranda. "It's a metaphor for the entire neighborhood: Life is hard. But Miranda sees it as key to what the movie, a love letter to his Washington Heights community set during a very hot summer, is all about. The character's song, "Piragua," isn't essential to the plot, which is why he worried it could face the chopping block. ![]() "'If you're in it, it's the surest way the song doesn't get cut,'" he recalled her suggesting during a pre-production meeting with director Jon M. "Quiara talked me into it," Miranda told CBS News. But he was persuaded to take on the small role of Piragüero, who pushes a cart selling shaved ice with fruit-flavored syrups, thanks to the film's screenplay writer, Quiara Alegría Hudes. ![]() It wasn't Lin-Manuel Miranda's idea to appear on screen in "In the Heights," the jubilant new movie adaptation of his 2008 Tony Award-winning musical - the Broadway hit that paved the way for "Hamilton." He says he would have been happy sitting in his writer's chair and cheering on the cast filming in his own neighborhood. ![]() ![]() Josef Albers, one of the most influential artist-educators of the twentieth century, was a member of the Bauhaus group in Germany during the 1920s. ![]() ![]() A celebration of the longevity and unique authority of Albers’s contribution, this landmark edition will find new audiences in studios and classrooms around the world. With over a quarter of a million copies sold in its various editions since 1963, Interaction of Color remains an essential resource on color, as pioneering today as when Albers first created it.įifty years after Interaction’s initial publication, this new edition presents a significantly expanded selection of close to sixty color studies alongside Albers’s original text, demonstrating such principles as color relativity, intensity, and temperature vibrating and vanishing boundaries and the illusion of transparency and reversed grounds. Originally published by Yale University Press in 1963 as a limited silkscreen edition with 150 color plates, Interaction of Color first appeared in paperback in 1971, featuring ten color studies chosen by Albers, and has remained in print ever since. ![]() Conceived as a handbook and teaching aid for artists, instructors, and students, this influential book presents Albers’s singular explanation of complex color theory principles. ![]() Josef Albers’s Interaction of Color is a masterwork in art education. ![]() ![]() Exploring Potential Solutions For Current Educational Struggles Regarding Unsuitable Content in Literature – Evaluation of potential solutions that could help reduce similar situations in which children are exposed to inappropriate materials while trying to learn values through literature today. ![]() Investigating How Controversy Surrounding Books Such as Hop on Pop Have Influenced Education Systems Across the Globe – Analysis of how books such as Hop on Pop have historically been restricted or censored depending upon geographic location and how this has presented obstacles for educators trying to ensure equitable access to literature for all students.Comparing Current Scholarly Perspectives on Hop on Pop – Examining current academic research that explains why Hop on Pop poses an educational dilemma for young readers and why it might be better to discontinue reading the book until a more suitable version can be created.Examining Historical Reactions to the Controversial Content Found in Hop on Pop – Understanding of how readers previously reacted to some of the problematic content within Hop on Pop and what likely caused these reactions.Introduction to Hop on Pop and Why It Was Banned – Overview of the books topics, reasons for its controversial nature, and why it was ultimately banned by Dr Seuss. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1937, at the height of his fame, Huxley left Europe to live in California, working for a time as a screenwriter in Hollywood. The great novels of ideas, including his most famous work 'Brave New World' (published in 1932 this warned against the dehumanising aspects of scientific and material 'progress') and the pacifist novel 'Eyeless in Gaza' (1936) were accompanied by a series of wise and brilliant essays, collected in volume form under titles such as 'Music at Night' (1931) and 'Enda and Means' (1937). ![]() For most of the 1920s Huxley lived in Italy and an account of his experiences there can be found in 'Along The Road' (1925). This was swiftly followed by 'Antic Hay' (1923), 'Those Barren Leaves' (1925) and 'Point Counter Point' (1928) - bright, brilliant satires in which Huxley wittily but ruthlessly passed judgement on the shortcomings of contemporary society. He began writing poetry and short stories in his early twenties, but it was his first novel, 'Crome Yellow' (1921), which established his literary reputation. ![]() Aldous Huxley was born on 26th July 1894 near Godalming, Surrey. ![]() ![]() ![]() Baudelaire writes in Fusées of the “infinite and mysterious charm that lies in contemplating a ship, especially one in movement.” In “ Le Beau Navire/The Fine Ship,” the run of provocative images is an energizing and surprising feature. A very literal translation seemed to be cognitively dissonant in down-to-earth English, so I imply the narrator’s heart with “all you are searching for” and name it only in the palace metaphor. ![]() Perhaps the distance between tenor and vehicle and the distinction between two conflicting metaphors are both more clearly kept in mind by French readers. The juxtaposition of the metaphors of the heart - devoured, in one line, an invaded palace in the next - seems less odd in French, with its penchant for the abstract. “A Little Chat” as a title does not fully capture the lightly balanced irony of the French “ Causerie.” How sound qualifies meaning! The two contradictory heart images presented a difficulty. The tenderly world-weary tone, as well as the exigency of rhyme, justify, I think, the formal phrase “as lief.” “It’s Always So” as a title for “ Semper Eadem” seemed sensible since Latin is less well-known now. The second quatrain of “A Little Chat” suggests Baudelaire’s painful relationship with Jeanne Duval. “A Little Chat” and “The Fine Ship” were written for the actress Marie Daubrun. “It’s Always So” addresses Apollonie Sabatier. ![]() ![]() ![]() His master followed, and making no allowance, gave him a beating, and swore in bad terms that next evening he would ‘fix that infatuated pup’ by anchoring him unmercifully to the heavy cast-iron lid of our Dutch oven, weighing about as much as the dog. But the pole gave good leverage, and by constant twisting during the night, the fastening at the sapling end was chafed off, and he set out on his usual journey, dragging the pole through the brush, and reached the Indian settlement in safety. He has cut all the ropes and leather straps he has been tied with, until his master in desperation, after climbing the brushy mountain again and again to drag him back, fastened him with a pole attached to his collar under his chin at one end, and to a stout sapling at the other. He is a common-looking cur of no particular breed, but tremendously enterprising in love and war. Therefore runaway hunting must be Carlo’s and mine.īilly’s little dog Jack is also giving trouble by leaving camp every night to visit his neighbors up the mountain at Brown’s Flat. No matter how many are missing, he will not, he says, go a step to seek them, because, as he reasons, while getting back one wanderer he would probably lose ten. ![]() ![]() Shepherd Billy is in a peck of trouble about the sheep he declares that they are possessed with more of the evil one than any other flock from the beginning of the invention of mutton and wool to the last batch of it. Our regular allowance of clouds and thunder. ![]() |