![]() ![]() His early plays were mainly comedies and histories, genres he raised to the peak of sophistication and artistry by the end of the sixteenth century. Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 15. ![]() Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive, and there has been considerable speculation about such matters as his sexuality, religious beliefs, and whether the works attributed to him were written by others. He appears to have retired to Stratford around 1613, where he died three years later. Between 15 he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part owner of the playing company the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. Scholars believe that he died on his fifty-second birthday, coinciding with St George’s Day.Īt the age of 18 he married Anne Hathaway, who bore him three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon. His plays have been translated into every major living language, and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. ![]() His surviving works consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "The Bard"). William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() It ultimately ran for 26 issues (#1-25, with an issue #-1) from September 1995 to October 1997, as well as two annuals. The title was part of an experiment by Marvel Comics to publish a number of new titles for only 99 cents, in hopes that the low price point would attract new readers who might have been put off by the higher prices for comics at the time. Written by Kurt Busiek (with Tom DeFalco and Roger Stern each co-writing the last few issues with him) and penciled by Pat Olliffe, it featured new stories set in the early days of Spidey's crime-fighting career, interweaving its plotlines with those originally created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Untold Tales of Spider-Man is a Spin-Off of the Spider-Man series of Comic Books. ![]() ![]() The first of three essay collections, Wouldn’t Take Nothing is a collection of autobiographical pieces and homilies that Angelou was reportedly encouraged to write by her friend Oprah Winfrey. Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My Journey Now (1993) She also recounts falling in love with a South African freedom fighter, which led her to travel to London and Cairo, though ultimately the memoir isn’t about relationships - it’s about “a voyage into the self.” The book was praised by critics and - 16 years after it was first published - Oprah Winfrey selected Heart as an Oprah’s Book Club selection, which put it on the best-sellers list. She finds herself amongst other black artists and writers, reading her work at the Harlem Writers Guild, and taking part in the civil rights movement. For her fourth memoir, Angelou recounts her life from the years 1957 to 1962, where she leaves California with her son, Guy, to move to New York. ![]() ![]() 'American Idol' premiere: Katy Perry breaks down in audition dedicated to late Willie Spence Katy Perry continues tradition of faking out contestants ![]() "Idol" returns with more top 24 reveals Monday at 8 p.m. Other singers who earned spots in the top 24 were Tyson Venegas, Lucy Love, Zachariah Smith, Michael Williams, Nutsa, Warren Peay, Haven Madison, Kaeyra and Wé Ani. If you believe in miracles, this is one of them."īryan added: "That’s called good old fashioned earning your way." "We’ve actually moved someone else out of the competition. "Malik, we’ve never done this," Perry said. 'American Idol': Katy Perry weeps after Fire's duet partner falls ill, quits show on stageĪfter announcing that PJAE had made the top 24, the judges also had good news for Heard. The judges were torn between the sultry R&B singers – so they made them have a sing-off right then and there to Billie Eilish's "everything i wanted."īoth singers slayed, forcing Perry to declare, "I'm changing my mind," to her fellow judges. ![]() One of those nail-biter reveals came when PJAE and Malik Heard – two singers who became close friends on the show – were called into the judges' room to hear their fates at the same time. ![]() In true "Idol" fashion, the results show was filled with drama and tension. Friends PJAE, Malik Heard pitted against each other for top 24 spot ![]() ![]() In the darkness and intensity of this tiny ward, over the course of three days, these women change each other's lives in unexpected ways. Into Julia's regimented world step two outsiders: Doctor Kathleen Lynn, on the run from the police, and a young volunteer helper, Bridie Sweeney. In a country doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city centre, where expectant mothers who have come down with an unfamiliar flu are quarantined together. 'Moving, gripping and dazzlingly written' - Stylistĭublin, 1918. The Pull of the Stars is set during three days in a maternity ward at the height of the Great Flu. ![]() ![]() The Sunday Times bestseller and Richard & Judy Book Club Pick, from the acclaimed author of Room. ![]() ![]() ![]() Gun-slinging smuggler Riven Hawthorne is determined to claw her way up Requiem’s underworld hierarchy. hunting her, Asa’s getaway ship crash-lands in the worst possible place: the neon-drenched outlaw paradise, Requiem. ![]() With a bounty on her head and a rogue A.I. But when he uploads her rebellious sister’s mind to an experimental brain, Asa will do anything to save her sister from reprogramming-including fleeing her predetermined future with her sister’s digitized mind in tow. Today I’m gonna be sharing my thoughts on City of Shattered Light by Claire Winn! I hope you all enjoy this review and feel free to discuss with me your thoughts in the comments! Thanks for checking out this review!Īs darkness closes in on the city of shattered light, an heiress and an outlaw must decide whether to fend for themselves or fight for each other.Īs heiress to a powerful tech empire, seventeen-year-old Asa Almeida strives to prove she’s more than her manipulative father’s shadow. ![]() ![]() The plot moves back and forth in time, focusing in on a few intertwined families: the white Threadgoodes, and specifically daughter Idgie and married-into-the-family Ninny Big George and Onzell, an African American married couple who work in different capacities for the family, and Big George’s mother, Sipsey and, along the sidelines, Dot Weems, who comments on the goings on in her town newsletter. Random House | 1987 | 400 ppįried Green Tomatoes is about Whistle Stop, a small town in Alabama, the kind of place where everyone knows everyone and is in everybody else’s business. ![]() It took so long before I could read it, though, that by the time I did I’d forgotten all about the queer element and got to experience the surprise and delight that comes with discovering queer undertones for oneself. She’d told me that I would love the book, and gave me her copy, inscribed with a beautiful note. Recently, with a surprising bit of free time on my hands, I finally turned to a queer classic that was recommended to me by a dear friend. Wildnessįried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe b y Fannie Flagg - Ilana Masad ![]() ![]() The wildness logo, a stylised W that looks like two upside-down mountain peaks. ![]() ![]() Thus, their durability is of a higher order than that which all things need in order to exist at all it can attain permanence throughout the ages. She writes:īecause of their outstanding permanence, works of art are the most intensely worldly of all tangible things their durability is almost untouched by the corroding effect of natural processes, since they are not subject to the use of living creatures, a use which, indeed, far from actualizing their own inherent purpose - as the purpose of a chair is actualized when it is sat upon - can only destroy them. In her enormously influential 1958 book The Human Condition ( public library), Arendt considers the function of art in human life - particularly its role in assuaging our irreconcilable longing for permanence in a universe defined by constant change. One of the most insightful and life-expanding answers comes from Hannah Arendt (October 14, 1906–December 4, 1975) - a thinker who resisted the label “philosopher” as she produced and invited uncommonly potent thinking on such timely and timeless matters as lying in politics, our impulse for self-display, the power of outsiderdom, the crucial difference between truth and meaning, and what free will really means. But the question of what those differences are and why they matter - a question which philosophers and physicists alike have attempted to answer - remains a perennial perplexity. ![]() ![]() Art and science, despite their significant creative sympathies, have undeniably different roles in the human experience. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With the fate of humankind in the balance, the pair become involved in an unlikely and potentially catastrophic love triangle. A nameless soldier and his heroic best friend witness firsthand the unimaginable aftermath outside the Livable Zone, finding that the world has “unraveled” and is home to an assortment of nightmarish mutations. “Go Away” bombs have erased entire sections of reality from the face of the Earth. ![]() This unclassifiable debut from the son of legendary thriller author John le Carré is simultaneously a cautionary tale about the absurdity of war a sardonic science fiction romp through Armageddon a conspiracy-fueled mystery replete with ninjas, mimes and cannibal dogs and a horrifying glimpse of a Lovecraftian near-future. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the end, it is not the mountain we master, but ourselves.Ĭompanion Workbook Now Available: The Official and Authorized Workbook for Brianna Wiest’s The Mountain Is You.ĭownload free PDF of The Mountain Is You, PDF preview courtesy of Thought Catalog Books. To scale our mountains, we actually have to do the deep internal work of excavating trauma, building resilience, and adjusting how we show up for the climb. But by extracting crucial insight from our most damaging habits, building emotional intelligence by better understanding our brains and bodies, releasing past experiences at a cellular level, and learning to act as our highest potential future selves, we can step out of our own way and into our potential.įor centuries, the mountain has been used as a metaphor for the big challenges we face, especially ones that seem impossible to overcome. ![]() This is why we resist efforts to change, often until they feel. This is why we resist efforts to change, often until they feel completely futile. Mountain is You, The Coexisting but conflicting needs create self-sabotaging behaviors. ![]() Coexisting but conflicting needs create self-sabotaging behaviors. The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery. THIS IS A BOOK ABOUT SELF-SABOTAGE.Why we do it, when we do it, and how to stop doing it-for good.Coexisting but conflicting needs create self-sabotaging. ![]() |