6/28/2023 0 Comments Manga nijigahara holograph![]() A collection of moments which can never be representative of all the time they’ve been alive. But things never really end, do they? What we experience is just a snippet in the lives of these people. ![]() We think that that’s the end for the people in it. ![]() We finish experiencing a story and we forget about it. Sure, such stories have a beginning and a conclusion. There is a near voyeuristic quality to stories in manga. Let’s break it down.Ī set of interconnected stories spanning 10 years in the lives of people who inhabit a city and have nothing in common apart from knowing a girl who sits by the Nijigahara embankment and says that a monster will come and bring an end to the world as we know it. ![]() This week around we will be talking about quite possibly my favorite mangaka of all time, Inio Asano and his nearly impenetrable puzzle-box of a manga, ironically titled Nijigahara (Rainbow-Field) Holograph. And you all know what that means, don’t you? Uh-ha! It’s time for another manga review! What do I see here? It’s another M in the Day’s column of the calendar. ![]()
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![]() ![]() It was adapted into a comic book in 1994 and a stage play in 1961. When it was published in 1942, The Screwtape Letters received great acclaim and to this day, it continues to be a work lauded by critics and audiences alike. Throughout the novel, the reader discovers the utter depravity of Screwtape and other devils just like him. He is writing to his nephew named Wormwood about how to tempt human beings to resist the teachings of God and to embrace Satan. The Screwtape Letters is composed of a series of 31 letters written by a devil named Screwtape. ![]() Although Lewis is primarily known for his works of fiction, he was also an English literature teacher at Oxford University as well as the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University. Many of his stories reference Christianity and model it in a positive light. However, as an adult, he once again found comfort and solace in religion, which would significantly influence his future novels. Lewis was raised in a devout Christian family, but he identified as an atheist in his teens. Lewis was a British novelist born on Novemin Belfast, Ireland. Written by people who wish to remain anonymousĬ.S. ![]() We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]() ![]() Some perverted version of that impulse is fulfilled in “It Can’t Happen Here,” which imagines the improbable election of an authoritarian named Buzz Windrip over Roosevelt to the Presidency of the United States. The people wanted “safety and conservatism again.” The_ _ Times, that November, reported on a meeting of the New Jersey Bankers Association, whose president offered a blunt assessment of the national mood: “America is tired of adventure and anxious,” the man of industry said. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, but the promise of the New Deal remained unfulfilled for many. ![]() Things at home weren’t much better: a race riot in Harlem, dust storms in the Midwest. Sinclair Lewis published the novel as Adolf Hitler was making Germany great again, violating the Treaty of Versailles by establishing the Wehrmacht. “It Can’t Happen Here,” which came out in 1935, was a frightening book written for frightening times. Photograph Courtesy Kevin Berne / Berkeley Repertory Theatre ![]() Theatre merges with the theatricality of the current election in a new stage adaptation of Sinclair Lewis’s 1935 novel “It Can’t Happen Here,” which imagines the election of an authoritarian President. ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments All things big and small![]() ![]() The good news is that hard work can be deeply satisfying. Much of our time on this planet is spent working, and it’s only through hard work that we can realize our dreams, so we might as well make the most of our time spent on the road, in the field, on the site, and in the office. The more I thought about it, though, I realized that learning how to work in the most effective and productive manner is, for many, integral to experiencing a life well lived. ![]() From spending more time outside in nature, to engaging in creative pursuits, Life and Whim is all about encouraging our community to pursue active, meaningful lives. It’s focused on self improvement in a broader sense. Our blog, after all, is not focused on issues like productivity. Put another way: If early morning is when to work, once my alarm goes off, how should I work? I responded to each person and gave them my take, with the intention of leaving it at that. My post prompted a few questions from readers, the most common of which was some variation of: “Okay, great, so early morning is a good time to work on big goals. Early morning is, indeed, a time to get things done. ![]() A few weeks back I wrote a post that discussed the importance, especially for busy parents, of taking advantage of the early morning hours to accomplish big things, be it starting a business, mastering a new talent, or writing a book. ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments Long way down calloway sisters![]() Packages are shipped from Monday to Friday.Stevens Books offers FREE SHIPPING everywhere in the United States for ALL non-book orders, and $3.99 for each book.For this reason, used books, including books listed in the Used – Like New condition, may not come with functional electronic material access codes. Note: Some electronic material access codes are valid only for one user. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting, but the text cannot be obscured or unreadable. ![]() Item may but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include limited notes, highlighting, or minor water damage but the text is readable.
6/27/2023 0 Comments The 10x rule free![]() ![]() The 10X rule is for those who are willing to put in the hard work and dedication, those who have the discipline to do what it takes to succeed. However, if you’re one of those people who think success is just going to come to you accidentally, then you’re in the wrong place. It will show you how to define the correct goals, estimate the effort needed, discern how to approach your projects with the right frame of mind, and then determine exactly how much action to take. Through decades of success, Grant Cardone has found the common denominator for success, and that is the 10X rule. While this may sound too good to be true, it’s not, it’s a proven method that works. You’ll find through the 10X rule that you have more courage and less fear, you’ll eliminate procrastination and insecurities while revitalizing your life, dreams, and goals. ![]() Not only will it teach you how to act and think to guarantee success, but it will also ensure that you continue operating with this mindset throughout your life and career. If you could pick up just one book to change your life, then this is it! The 10X Rule is the Holy Grail for those who desire success. ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments Born This Way by Poppy Dennison![]() There is a secondary story line involving Hart's job as an entertainment lawyer. There is confrontation with the alpha and a strange attack by Hart's sister's boyfriend, resulting in Hart and Dayton being separated again - why don't they just talk to each other?! Fuck my life.") but couldn't feel any great desire reciprocated. When he first visits Hart's apartment, I could see Hart's desire for Dayton ( "Oh shit. I liked Hart's deep longing for Dayton but somehow missed what Dayton saw in Hart. Dayton is human but is best friends with Hart's sister and part of the pride. He has always known that Dayton was his mate and when Dayton comes to visit, he finally decides the time has come to make him his. His size was a threat to his alpha so he was banished from the pride. ![]() ![]() Hart is a liger (part lion, part tiger) and is huge. Relatively short, there wasn't a lot of time to get fully immersed in the world of feline shifters. ![]() This story was a pleasant way to spend an hour or two. ![]() ![]() ![]() With wit, aplomb, and delectable style, Elizabeth Aston once again re-creates the world of Jane Austen, populating her novel with captivating characters firmly rooted in Austen's traditions but distinctly her own, resulting in another delightful comedy of manners, morals, and marriage. See search resultsfor this author Elizabeth Aston(Author) 4. Before she can meet up with Camilla, chance and her love of music lead her into the world of Italian opera, while her encounter with the aloof and difficult Titus Manningtree, in Italy to pursue a lost Titian painting, is to change her life - although fate has several more tricks to play before she can find happiness. The Exploits and Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy Hardcover 1 September 2004 by Elizabeth Aston (Author) Visit Amazon's Elizabeth Aston Page Find all the books, read about the author, and more. ![]() ![]() But events - always dramatic and sometimes dangerous - conspire to thwart her plans. Flinging caution to the winds, she flees her marital home, masquerading as a gentleman, and accompanied only by her redoubtable maid, Figgins, she sets off for Venice to take refuge with her sister Camilla. Their musical daughter Alethea makes a disastrous marriage to a man whose charming manners conceal an unpleasant nature. The Exploits & Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy takes readers back into the imagined family of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. ![]() ![]() ![]() The fairy-tale itself is (of course) fictional, although the story is based upon the life of an actual historical figure. Another retelling can be found in the work of Roman author Aelian (ca. The story of Rhodopis - a young Greek girl captured by pirates and sold into slavery in Egypt, only to go on to become Pharaoh Amasis' queen - is the earliest known example of the "Cinderella," or persecuted-heroine-type tale (type #510A in the Aarne-Thompson Folklore Classification system), having first been recorded in the work of the Greek geographer Strabo some time in the late first century BC, or early first century AD. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Sphere by Michael Crichton![]() ![]() ![]() The big ticket item? They spent $300K to build the scientific lab set. And you can say “it’s what the people want,” but Sphere made back less than half its budget and The Andromeda Strain made… I mean, it was 1971, so enough to pay for Sharon Stone’s wet suits on Sphere, probably, but no one was sitting on a $45 million dollar loss. ![]() Which, whatever, there are plenty of sexy scientists in the world (I mean, have you seen Lisa Randall? Rowr!) and Dustin Hoffman is not necessarily having panties thrown at him in recent years, but it legitimately was a time in which sci-fi movies tried to be about sci-fi. And, to my earlier point about the gap between The Andromeda Strain and Sphere, here is what a team of scientists and hangers-on looked like on-camera in 1971:Īnd here is what they looked like in 1998: We need to breathe through it, come to acceptance, and move on. I mean, we’re mostly going to be talking about Michael Crichton’s novels, but to prattle on happily for several paragraphs about Sphere without acknowledging what Barry Levinson did to it would be like not picturing a blue Billy Crudup in your head while re-reading Watchmen. What a difference 27 years makes, huh? I’m referring to the gap between the 1971 film adaptation of Michael Crichton’s The Andromeda Strain and the 1998… whatever that was… of Sphere. ![]() |