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5/24/2023 0 Comments


THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO 1764















Walpole came to accept the sceptical nature of Middleton's attitude to some
essential Christian doctrines for the rest of his life, including a hatred of
superstition and bigotry even though he was a nominal Anglican.

Īt Cambridge, Walpole came under the influence of Conyers Middleton, an
unorthodox theologian. More important were another group of friends dubbed the
"Quadruple Alliance": Walpole, Thomas Gray, Richard West, and Thomas Ashton. At
Eton he formed a schoolboy confederacy, the "Triumvirate", with Charles
Lyttelton (later an antiquary and bishop) and George Montagu (later a member of
parliament and Private Secretary to Lord North). Walpole's first friends were
probably his cousins Francis and Henry Conway, to whom he became strongly
attached, especially Henry. He was also educated at Eton College and King's
College, Cambridge. Like his father, he received early education in Bexley in
part under Edward Weston. Walpole was born in London, the youngest son of
British Prime Minister Sir Robert Walpole and his wife, Catherine.

























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BEALE STREET JAMES BALDWIN










I was 16, white, middle class, and had spent exactly one night of my life in New
York, at a Holiday Inn. The same summer that Beale Street was published, I read
it far from New York, in a quiet, leafy suburb of what was called in those days
“the New South,” and the news that book brought me might as well have come from
another planet.

“You can beat the rap, but you can’t beat the ride,” is a saying you hear among
lawyers of the criminal defense bar, and the ordeal that Tish, Fonny, and their
families endure is a very harsh ride indeed. The perpetrator of the arrest-of
the entire maddening injustice of Fonny’s incarceration-is one Officer Bell, a
blue-eyed, red-haired New York City cop who, for no good reason, has it in for
Fonny.īeale Street is a tragedy, not without hope at the end, but a tragedy
nevertheless. It tells the story of Tish and Fonny, two very young (she’s 19,
he’s 22) African-Americans in New York City who are in love, engaged to be
married, then find the fragile trajectory of their lives thrown off by Fonny’s
arrest for a rape he did not commit.

The novel of the same name by James Baldwin and on which the movie is based was
published in June 1974. If Beale Street Could Talk, a movie directed by Barry
Jenkins, opens in limited release December 14.















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5/24/2023 0 Comments


THE INVERTED WORLD BY CHRISTOPHER PRIEST












Very subtly, the story shifts from a coming of age story to a bizarro,
Odyssey-like journey to a chronicle of a very warped world, and back. Without
giving anything away (the revealing is so much of the fun!), I'd just say that
it's one of the more unique fictional worlds I've inhabited lately, to the point
where comparisons are difficult - if you mash up China Mieville, Terry Pratchett
and Haruki Murakami, with a dash of George Lucas, you might be in the ball park?
The book is marked by a lot of playful, artful zig zags. The main business here
is the building of an outlandishly original fantasy world, artfully revealed to
us in provocative flashes by a young apprentice named Helward.

Inverted World is the first book by Priest I've read, and I found it to be a
revelation.



















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SHOGUN BY JAMES CLAVELL REVIEW








I read James Clavell’s Shogun so you don’t have to. It’s inconsistent,
irresponsible, exoticizing, ahistorical, and long-winded. He breathes narrative
… He writes in the oldest and grandest tradition that fiction knows”īut in my
estimation in 2021, there is little to commend this book. It may be something
that cannot be taught or earned. Reviewing the book for The New York Times in
1975, Webster Schott wrote “Clavell has a gift. I reread and live-tweeted my
re-read as a stretch goal on my Patreon. However, twenty years later, as a
published novelist with a doctorate in Japanese history, my opinion has changed.
When I was in high school in the early oughts, I read and enjoyed the novel
myself. Suffice it to say, the novel’s popularity has been exceptionally
long-lived. As of this writing, a remake featuring Cosmo Jarvis and Sanada
Hiroyuki is in production. It starred Mifune Toshiro and Richard Chamberlain.

Five years later, Paramount Television made a TV miniseries adaptation of the
novel. For many Americans, particularly of a certain age, Australian novelist
James Clavell’s Shogun: A Novel of Japan was their pop culture introduction to
the world of the samurai.











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5/24/2023 0 Comments


ALTERED CARBON BOOKS IN ORDER










If you are a USA consumer, you have the legal right, under the Consumer
Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000 to cancel your order within
twenty eight (28) working days following your receipt of the goods or the date
on which we begin provision of the services. Quellcrist Falconer is back from
the dead, they say, and hunting her down for the First Families is a savage
young Envoy called Kovacs who's been in storage. The First Families, the
corporations and the Yakuza have a stranglehold on everything. Embarked on a
journey of implacable retribution for a lost love, Kovacs is blown off course
and into a maelstrom of political intrigue and technological mystery as the
ghosts of Harlan's World and his own violent past rise to claim their due. On
land, from the tropical beaches and swamps of Kossuth to the icy,
machine-infested wastes of New Hokkaido the hard won gains of the Quellist
revolution have been lost. Try and get above the weather in anything more
sophisticated than a helicopter and the Martian orbital platforms will burn you
out of the sky. And death doesn't just wait for you in the seas and the skies.

An ocean planet with only 5% of its landmass poking above the dangerous and
unpredictable seas. Takeshi Kovacs has come home. Home to Harlan's World.















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THE LAST DAYS OF VIDEO BY JEREMY HAWKINS









So, Waring enlists the help of his two reluctant employees, wildly sexy Alaura
and desperate virgin Jeff-who are almost as nuts as he is-to hatch a series of
wild schemes to save their little store and fight against the corporate
invaders.

But everything changes in his small college town when a bright and shiny
Blockbuster Video opens nearby: Clearly, this means war. You've got your Netflix
and your Redbox and your DVR, so why deal with VHS tapes or scratched DVDs? Why
deal with the grumpy guy at the worn-down independent video store? Well that
grumpy guy is Waring Wax, and he's usually too drunk to worry about his
declining business at Star Video, let alone his quickly evolving extinction in
popular culture.













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5/24/2023 0 Comments


NOTKER THE STAMMERER LIFE OF CHARLEMAGNE









Why is the figure of Notker, one of the Swiss abbey’s monks, so relevant in the
history of medieval sacred music? Gall in the development of medieval chant. We
all know about the importance of the Abbey of St. Notker the Stammerer: a music
composer or simply a lyricist? Notker the Stammerer was highly fascinated by the
world of sounds and cultivated the art of composition in conjunction with his
monastic duties.Īs a composer, he gave a valuable contribution to the
development of the sequence, a particular genre of Catholic chant.

Once he became part of the monastery, Notker acted as a librarian, poet and
music composer.īut why was Notker addressed with the epithet “ the
Stammerer”?Īccording to Ekkehard, the Benedictine monk had a severe difficulty
in articulating words.ĭespite this form of stuttering, he was highly appreciated
by the Emperor Charles the Fat to the point that became his occasional
counselor. The life of Notker the Stammerer (latin: Balbulus) revolved around
the Swiss monastery of Saint Gall where he received a refined education before
being ordained as a monk. To answer these questions we’de better start with a
quick overview of Notker’s biography.

Was he a music composer or just a talented lyricist? 940 – 912) in the music of
Medieval Church? What is the role played by the Benedictine monk Notker the
Stammerer (c.













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5/24/2023 0 Comments


THE RED PYRAMID BOOK









One annoying aspect of the plot I was reminded of is the way side characters are
always sacrificing themselves to allow Sadie and Carter to go on with their
quest. I love love love Anubis but have to keep reminding myself that Sadie is
twelve! Considering that I feel so creepy when I ship her with anyone! However
because of the necessary cuts I would recommend the graphic novel only to those
seeking to reread the series if you've never read the Kane Chronicles the
written version is a better way to start and will make you laugh like crazy. The
graphic novel's story left out much of the fluff and humor of the written
version, which I understand was a necessary evil to keep the graphic version as
short and condensed as it was.

Great art! Sadie's expressions were the perfect mix of apathy and sarcasm.













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5/23/2023 0 Comments


THE MARK OF THE TALA BY JEFFE KENNEDY















“This magnificent fairy tale will captivate you from the beginning to end with a
richly detailed fantasy world full of shapeshifters, magic and an exciting
romance!” - RT Book Reviews, 4.5 Stars

Perfect for fans of Game of Thrones looking for more romance. Andi doesn’t know
if her own instincts can be trusted, as visions appear to her and her body
begins to rebel.įor Andi, the time to learn her true nature has come.

Whispers call her dead mother a traitor and a witch. In a moment everything
changes: Her father, the wise king, becomes a warlord, suspicious and strategic.
A country she’d thought was no more than legend-until he claims her as its
queen. Until the day she meets a strange man riding, who keeps company with
wolves and ravens, who rules a land of shapeshifters and demons. She enjoys the
company of her horse more than court, and she has a way of blending into the
shadows. Andi, the other one.Īndi doesn’t mind being invisible. No one says much
about the middle princess, Andromeda.

The youngest, the sweet beauty with her Prince Charming. The eldest, a valiant
warrior-woman, heir to the kingdom. The tales tell of three sisters, daughters
of the high king. An often-ignored middle sister gets attention from a dark
stranger in this fantasy romance trilogy opener by the author of the Forgotten
Empires series.

























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5/23/2023 0 Comments


TO BE A MAN ROBERT AUGUSTUS MASTERS















In the fall of 2015, the ManKind Project USA produced the Conscious Men Summit
with Arjuna Ardagh and John Gray, and I had the huge good luck to host one of
the sessions, “He Knows How to Love Deeply,” with John, Arjuna, Gay Hendricks,
and Robert Masters. Men’s work has evolved and deepened over the last 40 years –
and Robert Masters clearly has a handle on the rich history and the continuing
evolution of what’s possible for men. Reading the book, it’s clear why Bill
would speak so highly of it. “For Boysen: If, after 30 years, I was to write a
book, this would be it! Enjoy – Love Bill” To Be A Man – an interview with
Robert Augustus Mastersīill Kauth, the co-creator of the New Warrior Training
Adventure and co-founder of the ManKind Project sent me Robert Augustus Master’s
book “ To Be a Man” early in 2015, signed with an inscription:

























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