![]() He gained fame as a writer and a performer for Saturday Night Live, eventually writing and appearing in several films. He won the Democratic Party primary on September 9, Alan Stuart "Al" Franken is an Emmy Award–winning American comedian, writer, progressive political commentator, and, recently, politician. ![]() On February 14, 2007, Franken announced his candidacy for the 2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota as a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, and was nominated by that party on June 7, 2008. He is currently the United States Senator from Minnesota. Since then, Franken has become more known for his political commentary, writing numerous bestselling books and hosting a nationally-syndicated radio show on Air America Radio. Alan Stuart "Al" Franken is an Emmy Award–winning American comedian, writer, progressive political commentator, and, recently, politician. ![]()
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![]() His theological reflection vivifies doctrine by seeking its roots in the words and actions of Jesus. He uses numerous quotes from the Fathers and the Liturgy of the Church to demonstrate the way the Tradition has lived and read the Word of God. Leiva comments on the Greek text, demonstrating nuances in the text that defy translation. The goal of the book is to help the reader experience the heat of the divine heart/the light of the divine Word. Leiva's work is scholarly but eminently approachable by the lay reader. Each short meditation comments on a verse or two, pointing to some facet of the text not immediately apparent, but rich with meaning. ![]() ![]() ![]() The lay reader can derive great profit from reading this. In his second volume of meditations on Matthew (chapters 12-18), Erasmo Leiva shows Matthew's prose to be not terse so much as economical-astoundingly so given its depth. Matthew's gospel can seem a terse narrative, almost a historical document and not the tremendously spiritual (and doctrinal) storehouse that it is. ![]() ![]() ![]() As always, Kushner's writing is dense with historical references, yet it never ceases being poetic, mesmerizing, and remarkably structured, including several sections that take dialogue cross-hatching to never-before-attained heights. ![]() Intellectually speaking, the play is Kushner's most ambitious to date, encompassing a serious examination of many social, political, economic, psychological, sexual, spiritual, and existential questions. Given the rapid-fire dialogue, and many scenes where voices are firing and the verbal bullets are flying all at the same time, this troupe’s collective performance is top notch. Given the challenging material, the rich layers of ideas, the Curious Theatre Company pulls off a major feat. How American’s culture wars have evolved into a class war By James Davidson Hunter Series of Foundational Articles on SocialismĪrticle from the New Yorker: Karl Marx: Yesterday and Today by Louis Menand Socialism… Seriously: A Brief Guide to Human Liberation Our friends at the library have curated a listing of resources for you to read, listen and watch related to the play. The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Himself – New Yorker, October 2010 ![]() The World is Never Simply One Thing: An Interview with Tony Kushner – Yale Literary Magazine, Spring 2013 Tony Kushner: ‘To love someone puts you at the risk of loss’ – The Guardian, May 2017 YouTube Playlist of backstage videos by actor Brian Landis Folkinsįrom the Script: A family timeline appendix by Tony Kushner ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() From that time onwards Britain and Ireland have been continuously inhabited and the resident population has increased from a few hundreds to more than 60īritain Begins is nothing less than the story of the origins of the British and the Irish peoples, from around 10,000BC to the eve of the Norman Conquest. The last Ice Age, which came to an end about 12,000 years ago, swept the bands of hunter gatherers from the face of the land that was to become Britain and Ireland, but as the ice sheets retreated and the climate improved so human groups spread slowly northwards, re-colonizing the land that had been laid waste.
![]() ![]() You can see them subjected barbarians, numerous loot, prisoners and victorious legions. From the outside, the column is covered with numerous reliefs showing scenes of the war of the Romans with Dakas. A person heading up has the opportunity to watch the forum surrounding him through 43 window slots. Inside the structure there are spirally arranged stairs (185 degrees) that lead to the viewing platform at the top. ![]() The building is built of Carrara marble blocks, where the heaviest weighs 53 tons and had to be erected to a height of 34 meters. The building is about 26 meters high (about 39 meters with an impressive pedestal). The column was the focal point of the Trajan’s Forum next to which were the great Trajan Market Halls. ![]() ![]() ![]() These eye-opening facts, which fly in the face of most conventional wisdom regarding who “cheats” and why, are just some of the norm-shattering ideas put forth in Untrue: Why Nearly Everything We Believe About Women, Lust, and Infidelity Is Wrong and How the New Science Can Set Us Free ( out this week from Little, Brown), in which cultural critic and social researcher Wednesday Martin delves into the increasingly female-dominated field of sex research, and comes up with some game-changing conclusions. Data suggest men and women alike have affairs even when there is no perception of dissatisfaction in their primary relationship. Men’s rates of infidelity haven’t budged since 1990, while women’s have shot up 40 percent. ![]() ![]() Many experts now believe that monogamy is a tighter fit for women, and that they actually require variety and novelty of sexual experience more than men do. Among 18- to 29-year-olds, women commit infidelity more often than men do several studies show no significant difference in male and female rates of fidelity into our forties. ![]() ![]() The Shadow of the Wind introduces Daniel Sempere, the son of a librarian there, who, in the early 1930s, picks up a novel by an obscure author called Julián Carax, titled The Shadow of the Wind. This cemetery is a labyrinthine private library in Barcelona that archives texts threatened with theft or destruction. Ruiz Zafón gave the tetralogy the umbrella title The Cemetery of Forgotten Books. It is some consolation that he had completed the defining project of his career, which ran to 2,250 pages and occupied him for two decades: The Shadow of the Wind (2001, translated in 2004) and its three sequels The Angel’s Game (2009), The Prisoner of Heaven (2013) and The Labyrinth of the Spirits (2018). ![]() The fact that Ruiz Zafón wrote like one of the ancients makes it even more shocking that he has died at the age of 55. ![]() ![]() ![]() You don’t need to have read the whole flash fiction collection to enjoy this volume. The Chase Williams detective short stories books feature one-shot stories that can be read separately. **You haven’t read Vol.1 and Vol.2 yet? Don’t worry.** Flash fiction at its best in Cutting Right to the Chase Vol.2The flash fiction detective saga involving former MET office Chase Williams continues, and gets even darker than ever.After the acclaimed success. ![]() She and her main character Chase Williams, a former MET officer, have swapped locations, so she now lives in London while he enjoys the Italian life. These ten short detective stories are a genuine window to contemporary Italy, where it doesn’t matter what happens, the important thing is not to be caught. Italian cities and daily dramas go hand in hand, usually if a British detective is involved. Stefania Mattana writes mystery and detective novels because she's a snooper. ![]() The winning formula doesn’t change as each story is 1000 words in length and each of them adds another dark piece in the (apparently) quiet Tursenia puzzle.Ĭentral Italy has not only nice food, Etruscan town walls and breath-taking art: crimes and mysteries happen in the background among the maze of alleys of the historical city centre.Ĭrime is harder to nail when the culprit could be anyone, from the least suspicious town-dweller to your old grumpy neighbour. The third book of the Chase Williams flash fiction series features more short detective stories with mystery and suspense included. Your daily amount of mystery and suspense, 1000 words length. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() November 1996 (15th anniversary issue) – #14 Most Rewarding Ending of All Time.November 1996 (15th anniversary issue) – #3 Top Sleeper Of All Time.November 1996 (15th anniversary issue) – #134 in the “150 Best Games of All Time” list.June 1996 (Issue #143) – Adventure Game of the Year.Original storyĪs of 2001, the short story I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream (which the game was based on) is one of the ten most reprinted stories in the English language. Harlan Ellison, the author of the story the game was based on, sued the developer when he believed that he wasn't getting his share of the profits. This renders the best ending impossible to achieve. While it was speculated that Nimdok was absent from the German version because of local anti-nazi laws, it is still not clear why the French version was affected as well. The German and French versions have been heavily censored, with the Nimdok chapter entirely removed. The original retail box included a 3D mousepad with the box cover image. ![]() ![]() ![]() But when her former suitor appears at Armitage Hall, manhandling the heiress and threatening to go public with her secrets, it's Gwyn who needs protecting. Lady Gwyn Drake has long protected her family's reputation by hiding an imprudent affair from her youth. ![]() ![]() For fans of Sarah MacLean, Julia Quinn and Tessa Dare. and in the process find that love just might conquer all. 'Anyone who loves romance must read Sabrina Jeffries!' Lisa Kleypas, New York Times bestselling authorįrom New York Times bestselling author, and Queen of the sexy Regency romance, Sabrina Jeffries comes a sparkling new series about an oft-widowed mother's grown children, who blaze through society in their quest for the truth about their fathers. If you love Julia Quinn's Bridgerton, you'll fall head over heels for the family at the heart of Sabrina Jeffries' Duke Dynasty series! ![]() |