![]() ![]() To Russell Shorto, a writer for The New York Times Magazine, these words speak directly to the “tolerance” embodied by the 17th-century Dutch Republic and its colonies, particularly the island colony of Manhattan, or New Amsterdam, after English explorer Henry Hudson claimed the land for the Netherlands in 1609. They are part of the Dutch de facto constitution, the Union of Utrecht, drafted in 1579 after thousands of Dutchmen had suffered religious persecution by the Spanish in the form of torture and death. Those words evoke America’s revolutionary era, but they were penned two centuries earlier. no one shall be persecuted or investigated because of their religion” (p. “ach person shall remain free, especially in his religion, and. The Island at the Center of the World, by Russell Shorto. ![]()
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![]() That now left only me in the entire waiting area. When I first entered, one of the nurses in the area I was to go came out and called for the single patient waiting there before me. ![]() The one to my left left her partially cubicled desk and came over to the main receptionist, who sat out in the open, and they chatted the entire time I was there, while the one on the right came and went and had presently sat at her partially cubicled station by the entry into where I was headed. ![]() There were exactly three other people there, the receiving receptionist, and two secondary receptionists: one to the left and one to the right of the entrance. I was the only patient sitting in the rather large waiting room. I was filling out paperwork to have some carpal tunnel symptoms looked at. Then, on Monday, August 29th, between 7 and 7:20 a.m., while waiting in a doctor’s waiting room the following occurred: I still held off in posting it for reasons described below. I’d originally written this post back in January 2018, then rediscovered it again in March of 2020. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Once the author leaves the realm of pure fiction, however, and has the first couple deal with his being ostracized as a president who favors an increasingly unpopular war, the book quickly loses its panache and sputters to a weak conclusion that doesn't live up to the fine storytelling that precedes it. A car accident in her teens results in the death of her first crush, which haunts Alice even as she later falls for Charlie and becomes overwhelmed by his family's private summer compound and exclusive country club membership. Sittenfeld shines early in her portrayal of Alice's coming-of-age in Riley, Wis., living with her parents and her mildly eccentric grandmother. Charlie Blackwell, her boyishly charming rake of a husband, whose background of Ivy League privilege, penchant for booze and partying, contempt for the news and habit of making flubs when speaking off the cuff, bears more than a passing resemblance to the current president (though the Blackwells hail from Wisconsin, not Texas). She is the author of the novels Prep, Man of My Dreams, American Wife, Sisterland, and Eligible.She published one collection of short stories, You Think It, Ill Say It, in 2018, and her novel Rodham will be published in 2020. Sittenfeld tracks, in her uneven third novel, the life of bookish, naïve Alice Lindgren and the trajectory that lands her in the White House as first lady. Curtis Sittenfeld is an American writer of novels and short stories. ![]() ![]() ![]() Next you meet Logan who lives with his four brothers. She is homeless- but it’s a choice she made. She's hiding a secret that she can't trust anyone with. She comes from a whole different world than the one she is living in now. She spends her days playing guitar by the subway of NYC. By the time I hit the ending, I was disappointed it was over so quickly! In fact, this book ends abruptly but leaves you knowing there is more to Emily and Logan’s story. ![]() Lets just say a few pages in and I was hooked. ![]() The characters were endearing, the story was fast paced, interesting and refreshing. This book captured my attention right away. Logan and Emily are each dealing with their own personal struggles, and even though a little over the top at times, as far as the story line goes, it’s not too over the top with angst or overly dramatic. Told from alternating points of view, Logan and Emily's, this book had an interesting plot. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I wrote the following piece from the perspective of a character of my own creation who knew Addison Stone. On this tour, over 50 bloggers are sharing stories about Addison, tributes to Addison, fan art of Addison, poetry inspired by Addison, or whatever else they can come up with! Obviously, none of us actually know Addison since she's a fictional character, but that doesn't mean we can't pretend, right? I'm so happy to be a part of this fun, creative, and unique blog tour, and I definitely recommend checking out the other stops if you haven't already! This blog tour isn't your typical blog tour! Instead of featuring reviews, interviews, or guest posts, bloggers were asked to get a little more creative. I hope I can shed new light on what really happened the night of July 28. ![]() I conducted interviews with those who knew her best-including close friends, family, teachers, mentors, art dealers, boyfriends, and critics-and retraced the tumultuous path of Addison's life. National Book Award-finalist Adele Griffin tells the fully illustrated story of a brilliant young artist, her mysterious death, and the fandom that won't let her go.įrom the moment she stepped foot in NYC, Addison Stone’s subversive street art made her someone to watch, and her violent drowning left her fans and critics craving to know more. The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone by Adele Griffin ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But Hina, sobbing at her mom’s bedside, is distracted by a pillar of sunlight that pierces through the clouds and points towards a Shinto shrine atop a derelict building nearby. Another romantically wounded yarn that starts with magical-realism before bleeding into fantasy, the film opens with a brief introduction to a Tokyo girl named Amano Hina (Mori Nana), whose dying mother is about to pass on to the other side. For a movie about the sky, “Weathering with You” is ironically one of Shinkai’s most grounded films - immediately more warm and engaging than “Your Name,” if not at all capable of delivering the same emotional payoff. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is a very, very great work." -Robertson Davies, New York Times-bestselling author "Mervyn Peake is a finer poet than Edgar Allan Poe, and he is therefore able to maintain his world of fantasy brilliantly through three novels. ![]() Dreamlike and macabre, Peake's extraordinary novel is one of the most astonishing and fantastic works in modern fiction. The castle is peopled by dark characters in half-lit corridors. Inside of Gormenghast, all events are predetermined by complex rituals, the origins of which are lost in time. Meanwhile, far away and in the kitchen, a servant named Steerpike escapes his drudgework and begins an auspicious ascent to power. He stands to inherit the miles of rambling stone and mortar that form Gormenghast Castle. a moody, melancholy comedy with an underlying wit and profundity that cannot be denied." - SpeculictionĪs the novel opens, Titus, heir to Lord Sepulchrave, has just been born. ![]() ![]() Oikos 119:219–230Įlie JE, Theunissen FE (2016) The vocal repertoire of the domesticated zebra finch: a data-driven approach to decipher the information-bearing acoustic features of communication signals. John Murray, Londonĭonaldson-Matasci MC, Bergstrom CT, Lachmann M (2010) The fitness value of information. Biol Philos 26:159–176ĭarwin CR (1872) The expression of the emotions in man and animals. ![]() Anim Behav 18:465–482īergstrom CT, Rosvall M (2011) The transmission sense of information. Am Zool 22:477–490īeecher MD (1989) Signalling systems for individual recognition: an information theory approach. ![]() Adv St Behav 31:243–277Īubin T, Mathevon N, Da Silva ML (2014) Species identity coding by the song of a rainforest warbler: an adaptation to long-range transmission? Acta Acustica 100:748–758īeecher MD (1982) Signature systems and kin recognition. Aubin T, Jouventin P (2002) How to vocally identify kin in a crowd: the penguin model. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Informações TécnicasTítulo: O Diário de Anne Frank (Edição de Bolso)Autor: Anne FrankEditora: Best SellerEdição: 1Ano: 2007Idioma: PortuguêsEspecificações: Brochura | 378 páginasISBN: 85-7799-000-1Peso: 220gDimensões: 180mm x 120mm. Ele destaca sentimentos, aflições e pequenas alegrias de uma vida incomum, problemas da transformação da menina em mulher, o despertar do amor, a fé inabalável na religião e, principalmente, revela a rara nobreza de um espírito amadurecido no sofrimento. Anne inicialmente seguiu para Auschwitz e mais tarde para Bergen-belsen.A força da narrativa de Anne, com impressionantes relatos das atrocidades e horrores cometidos contra os judeus, faz deste livro um precioso documento.Seu diário já foi traduzido para 67 línguas e é um dos livros mais lidos do mundo. Annelies Marie Anne Frank, ms conocida como Anne Frank (Frankfurt, 12 de juniode 1929 - Bergen-Belsen, entre finales de febrero y principios de marzo de 1945) fue una nia juda nacida en Alemania, clebre por su diario, escrito mientras se encontrabaoculta en un desvn junto a su familia para evadir la persecucin de los nazis durantela. Ao longo deste período, a jovem Anne Frank escreveu em seu diário toda a tensão que a família Frank sofreu durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial.Ao fim de muitos dias de silêncio e medo aterrorizante, eles foram descobertos pelos nazistas e deportados para campos de concentração. Fear, sadness, anguish, and hope are some of the feelings depicted by this young writer who dreamed of the end of the war and to live with her family in freedom. De 12 de junho de 1942 a 1° de agosto de 1944. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She resides in India, but due to a cholera epidemic, she is forced to relocate to England to live in her uncle’s mansion. ![]() The book tells the story of a young girl known as Mary Lennox, who is nine years old at the start. The Secret Garden is one of those books that play desirable in grooming morals in children. The moral lessons in this children’s classic book are as suitable for the children as they are for parents. Whereas Dickon Sowerby, who Mary and Colin perceive as thrillingly strange and exotic, is nourished by his parent’s love. Mary and Colin grow into disruptive children due to the absence of this love. She meets her cousin, Colin Craven who also faces his father’s rejection. She is later relocated to England to live with her uncle. The rejection from her parents goes a long way in defining her character. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett revolves around Mary Lennox, a nine-year-old girl who initially resides in India with her wealthy British parents. ![]() |