This short-lived career prompts the adult James to reflect on the ways that, as a Black girl, she was simultaneously “hypervisible” and “unseen”-and to situate her own experiences within larger patterns. James graduated from Taft, attended Oberlin College, and subsequently spent a few years working in independent school admissions. In Admissions, James’s frank commentary and sense of humor provide a trenchant critique of a typical Catch-22: an elite institution wants diversity but doesn’t want order to be safe and welcoming for students of color. It wasn’t the academics that challenged her, but the microaggressions she and the other students of color experienced on a regular basis, the inconsistency with which certain school policies were applied, and the segregation that permeated Taft’s culture. The young James had visited the school during her father’s reunions, which gave her a sense of connection and familiarity, yet nothing prepared her-not her middle-class suburban life, her New Jersey public school education, or her upbringing by college-educated parents-for the ordeal of her three years at Taft. In the mid-2000s, Kendra James was the first African American legacy student at the Taft School, an upper-crust boarding school in Connecticut.
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Their best-known work draws sensuously and erotically on pagan classical themes: their most respected collections are Long Ago (1889), which retells the story of Sappho, and Sight and Song (1892), which pairs their poems with paintings viewed on their frequent European travels. They produced more than twenty volumes of verse drama and poetry. They attended University College, Bristol, together in the late 1870s, studying classics and philosophy.īradley published first under the pseudonym of Arran Leigh together she and Cooper adopted the name ‘Michael Field’ with the publication of Callirrhoë Fair Rosamund (1884). Born in Birmingham and educated in Paris and at Newnham College, Cambridge, Bradley became deeply attached to her invalid sister’s daughter Edith (born in Kenilworth). Michael Field was a pseudonym used by Katharine Harris Bradley (27 October 1846 – 26 September 1914) and her niece and ward Edith Emma Cooper (12 January 1862 – 13 December 1913) to publish their poetry and plays. She is a 16-year-old girl who ran away from home when her gran died and she was to be put into care. She does however and this is what causes their enemies to rise up. Iris dreams about Nate, seeing him in different outfits from varying periods in history, but she isn't supposed to meet him in real-life. The real question they have to ask themselves is will their love last or will the threat of interference destroy their love forever? When they talk, they find that they were destined to meet, soul mates is exactly what they are, but someone is busy trying to tear them apart. Iris and Nate have seen each other in their dreams for most of their lives when, as if by chance, they meet in a house long since left to decay in Los Angeles. How can you miss someone you've never met? This is the premise of Soul Mates, a paranormal romance from the author of the best-selling Angel series, L. This time, I’m running toward her, even if it ruins me. Loving her again is career suicide, and I don’t care. Until I stop running from trouble long enough to throw her camera off a balcony. We’re in the same town, on the same block, in the same building, and the gulf between us is just too wide to cross. Since that day I’ve measured all women against her and every one of them has come up short. We were seventeen when I left, and I never forgot Laine. Or does he know that I’ve ruined everything I’ve ever loved? Michael Graydon has it all – looks, fame, and a couple of Oscars.ĭoes he see me in the crowd of paparazzi?ĭoes he know I sell pictures of him to the tabloids as if money could ever erase the feel of his lips on me?ĭoes he think I forgot the way he broke my heart? A wonderful successor to A Short History of Nearly Everything, this new book is an instant classic. Full of extraordinary facts and astonishing stories The Body: A Guide for Occupants is a brilliant, often very funny attempt to understand the miracle of our physical and neurological make up. The idea of the book is simply to try to understand the extraordinary contraption that is us.' Bill Bryson sets off to explore the human body, how it functions and its remarkable ability to heal itself. #1 Bestseller in both hardback and paperback: SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE _ 'A directory of wonders.' - The Guardian 'Jaw-dropping.' - The Times 'Classic, wry, gleeful Bryson.an entertaining and absolutely fact-rammed book.' - The Sunday Times 'It is a feat of narrative skill to bake so many facts into an entertaining and nutritious book.' - The Daily Telegraph _ 'We spend our whole lives in one body and yet most of us have practically no idea how it works and what goes on inside it. At moments of anger and confrontation, though, his stepsons, Rina's children, sometimes call him "Peter". To his police colleagues, he remains "Peter", "Loo", "Rabbi", or "Old Man", but at moments of special intimacy and tenderness, Rina calls him "Akivale". Aside from "Peter" - a name with obvious Christian origin and connotations - he has a Jewish name, "Akiva" - the name of a famous ancient Jewish sage. All the books in the series are rooted in, or at least include, Jewish themes. Decker, though raised Baptist by his adoptive parents in Florida, discovers as an adult that his birth parents were Jewish, which makes him Jewish under traditional Jewish law, as well. When he meets Rina, a young widow, during an investigation at a yeshiva in The Ritual Bath, he is compelled to explore the religion for himself, and eventually became a religiously observant Orthodox Jew. A lieutenant in the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), Decker is assisted in solving crimes by his Orthodox Jewish wife Rina Lazarus. Peter Decker is a fictional character in a series of mystery novels by Faye Kellerman. Hannah Decker (daughter by second marriage) Cindy Decker (daughter by first marriage) Separately, Amazon Studios produces the hit series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power for Prime Video, which takes place during Tolkien’s Second Age of Middle-earth and is unrelated to this upcoming MMO game in development with Amazon Games. “The world of Middle-earth continues to prove an endlessly fertile ground for creators, and Amazon Games has a passion for building immersive, compelling worlds and publishing games for a global audience”, said Lee Guinchard, CEO of Freemode. News of the new game comes years after Amazon attempted to build a “Lord of the Rings” MMO in 2019. We’re also pleased to be expanding our relationship with Embracer Group following our Tomb Raider deal last year, as they’ve proven to be excellent collaborators.” “Bringing players a fresh take on The Lord of the Rings has long been an aspiration for our team, and we’re honored and grateful that Middle-earth Enterprises is entrusting us with this iconic world. Superior reproduction quality: Printed in rich duotone on premium paper stock, making each page suitable for framing at year's end.A perfect housewarming gift, holiday gift, or inspirational gift for lovers of fine art, photography, nature, and the outdoors. Spectacular views from Yosemite National Park, Acadia National Park, Denali National Park, and beyond.Fourteen spectacular black and white landscape photographs by legendary artist and environmentalist Ansel Adams, carefully selected and sequenced to reflect the changing seasons.The superior reproduction quality has been supervised by the artist’s estate each page is designed to be framed at year’s end.Īnsel Adams' "Authorized Edition" calendars have been a beloved annual tradition for almost 40 years. Enjoy Ansel Adams' iconic photographs all year long in this durable wire-bound wall calendar with generous space for recording monthly schedules. In 1966 he received a research grant from KADK to study “the form and use of public spaces” his book “Life between Buildings” (1971) reports his studies of public life in public spaces, and develops his theories about how city planning and architecture influence public life. Jan Gehl received a Masters of Architecture from the School of Architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (KADK) in Copenhagen in 1960, and practiced architecture from 1960 to 1966. Public space should be a place for everyone that includes unique qualities and benefits of a particular urban environment, open to a variety of activities and opportunities. Jan Gehl (- ) is a Danish architect and urban design consultant based in Copenhagen, whose career has focused on improving the quality of urban life by re-orienting city design towards the pedestrian and cyclist. In a 1995 interview, Bowie stated: “My overriding interest was in cabbala and Crowleyism. Drawing the Kabbalistic Tree of Life The difference between Bowie and today’s pop stars is that he was rather open regarding the occult influence in his act and music. There was also a lot of one eye things going on. “Bowie’s alter-ego named Ziggy Stardust was a representation of the “illuminated man” who has reached the highest level of initiation: androgyny. “From strange alter-egos, to the occult concept of androgyny, and of course including references to Aleister Crowley and his Thelema, David Bowie did decades ago what pop stars are doing now. |