6/25/2023 0 Comments Algeria by Martin Evans![]() ![]() On the French side things are not simply reduced to colonial versus anti-colonial, there are Gaullists, settlers who assert their right to colonize, anti-colonialists who argue this betrays French ideals, conscripts versus career soldiers, and socialists. Among the more active Algerian voices of independence were those espousing a pan-Islamist vision, a pan-Arab vision, and those who are communist in outlook. ![]() The book contains the complex sides within Algeria’s desire for self-determination from France they include pro-French sentiments, communist ideologies, notions of wanting to be part of the aspirations of French liberalism, Arab nationalism, and those who shade their grievances in religious language. ![]() The author really delves into the political psychology of all sides of the Algerian War of Independence, and highlights that this would be the longest war of decolonization lasting from 1954 to 1962. My first introduction to him was reading his book, “ Algeria: Anger of the Dispossessed,” (Yale University Press, 2008) which left wanting to read more of Evans’s views on North Africa. Portsmouth University professor Martin Evans can always be counted on to provide a nuanced and empathetic look at complex political issues. ![]() Published by Oxford University Press, 2012 304 pages. Algeria: The Undeclared War by Martin Evans. ![]()
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6/25/2023 0 Comments I robot asimov series![]() ![]() While we were talking, Ray approached and a conversation began, the subject of which haunts me to this day. I was sitting with John Searle, a Berkeley philosopher who studies consciousness. Ray and I were both speakers at George Gilder's Telecosm conference, and I encountered him by chance in the bar of the hotel after both our sessions were over. I can date the onset of my unease to the day I met Ray Kurzweil, the deservedly famous inventor of the first reading machine for the blind and many other amazing things. ![]() From the moment I became involved in the creation of new technologies, their ethical dimensions have concerned me, but it was only in the autumn of 1998 that I became anxiously aware of how great are the dangers facing us in the 21st century. ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments Open secrets alice munro analysis![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The intrusion is barely perceptible at first but words such as “desperately” and “dreadful,” which express opinions, mark a transition into free indirect speech. However, other people’s words and voices will slowly penetrate the narrative. She then comments on her family’s tendency to dwell on it, letting her impatience surface as she remarks: “Nothing could be said about Alfrida’s mother, or Alfrida’s father and very little about Alfrida herself without that death being dragged in and tacked onto it.” (Munro, Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage 109) 2 A remark in brackets in which the narrator explains that the father’s leaving the family farm was considered a downward step morally if not financially, suggests a personal comment and makes it clear that we are reading the narrator’s words and hearing her voice. The narrator first sums up the story for the reader-Alfrida’s mother died when an oil lamp exploded in her hands. 2 When required for purposes of clarity, subsequent references to this book will be abridged to Hates (.)Ģ It is the first time the reader is told the story, yet I would like to argue that it surfaces and resurfaces at the same time. ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments Bobiverse![]() ![]() The ultimate objective of the operation is to place one of the revived minds aboard a deep-space probe, to be sent out to explore the galaxy. ![]() He little expects that a freak accident will cause that death shortly after he does so.īob wakes up in the distant future to find himself the subject of a study conducted under the auspices of a religious extremist government called FAITH. The titular “Bob” is Bob Johansson, a software developer and science-fiction fan who signs up to have his brain preserved after his death, to be revived in some distant future. But it came recommended to me by not one, but two friends whose tastes run along the same lines as my own, so I had to give it a try. This book has over 2000 reviews on Amazon, so it’s not really hidden. ![]() I don’t often review widely-read books, as you may have noticed. ![]() ![]() ![]() She sees millions of migrating monarch butterflies assembled into what appears to be a glowing "lake of fire." between tomatoes and a ladybug." She is determined to have "this one sweet chance," even if it means risking her family and reputation.Īt the end of her climb, feet blistering in stylish boots bought secondhand for $6, Dellarobia stops in wonder. Dellarobia glories in her long, straight red hair, which her lover-to-be describes as "somewhere between a stop sign and sunset. Kingsolver opens "Flight Behavior" in a frenzy, as Dellarobia Turnbow, a one-time rebel girl with two young children and a husband hopelessly browbeaten by his mother, rushes up a mountain hollow to a tryst with a younger man. ![]() "Flight Behavior," her provocative eighth, imagines global warming shifting the traditional winter habitat of monarch butterflies from a mountaintop village in Mexico to an Appalachian valley. Barbara Kingsolver has gained a loyal readership and much critical praise for her emotionally resonant, socially aware novels. ![]() 6/24/2023 0 Comments Steinbeck john the grapes of wrath![]() ![]() This edition was issued to coincide with the British release of the classic John Ford directed film starring Henry Fonda. Along with thousands of other “Okies”, they seek jobs, land, dignity, and a future. Due to their nearly hopeless situation, and in part because they are trapped in the Dust Bowl, the Joads set out for California. The novel is set during the Great Depression, the novel focuses on the Joads, a poor family of tenant farmers driven from their Oklahoma home by drought, economic hardship, agricultural industry changes and bank foreclosures forcing tenant farmers out of work. Photoplay edition of Steinbeck’s American realist novel that won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was cited prominently when Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1962. ![]() ![]() ![]() We've read it MANY times over, and when my daughter found out that her soon-to-be-arriving cousin will be named Audrey, she insisted that we purchase the book for the baby. ![]() We purchased the book about a year ago from Little Joe's Books here in Katonah. ![]() After reading it many times over, and as a bonus for me, my daughter often asks to watch one of her movies.even the "black and gray" ones. From Roman Holiday to Breakfast at Tiffanys, when Audrey Hepburn starred in. Reading the book together has led to many great discussions with my daughter, opening the door to topics such as having differences, being yourself, overcoming fearful times, and supporting the less fortunate. Buy Just Being Audrey by Margaret Cardillo for 28.99 at Mighty Ape Australia. In addition to highlighting her film performances, the book chronicles her childhood awkwardness, growing up during World War II, and her inspiring work with UNICEF. Illustrated by Julia Denos, it tells the story of Audrey Hepburn. One beloved book of ours that is getting much attention these days is "Just Being Audrey" by Margaret Cardillo. Our Katonah editor Kelly Schwark, who is also a photographer and artist, shared her and her daughter's current favorite as well as these lovely photos. Recently, I asked out HamletHub editors what books they enjoy reading with their young children. ![]() 6/24/2023 0 Comments The bad seed by william march![]() ![]() Christine is beautiful and a bit otherworldly and her peaceful existence is about to be filled with confusion and torment. I say inevitably because the psychopathic killer in March's novel is an 8 year old girl, and the story is told from the point of view her mother, who gradually discovers the truth about her beloved daughter.Ĭhristine Penmark is the mother and March brings her to life swiftly and economically. ![]() March's was nominated for the National Book Award.īoth novels have been filmed twice (The Bad Seed also became a successful stage play), both have remained constantly in print, and both books are masterpieces.Īlso, both are stories about psychopaths who kill ruthlessly for gain.īut The Bad Seed is inevitably horrifying and heartbreaking in a way that A Kiss Before Dying isn't. They were published within a year of each other (1953-1954), both enjoyed immediate commercial and critical success - Levin's book won an Edgar award. The Bad Seed is a classic of crime and suspense fiction which has some notable similarities to Ira Levin's A Kiss Before Dying. ![]() ![]() ![]() E com armas magnéticas, espadas japonesas, batalhas de naves e cargas de cavalaria a concorrerem entre si, só uma mulher como Alex 9 tem hipóteses de o fazer. Numa saga repleta de perigos, para sobreviver Alex 9 terá de desvendar os mistérios que levaram dois mundos distantes no espaço e no tempo a embrenharem-se em guerras sangrentas. Atacada por forças misteriosas que procuram destruí-la, a jovem também encontra aliados inesperados e, quem sabe, algo que sempre julgou não estar destinado a si. E a chegada de Alex 9 veio baralhar tudo pois cumpre uma antiga profecia. Este novo planeta em tudo semelhante ao nosso vive numa Idade Média onde impérios se enfrentam em sangrentas batalhas. Envolvida numa missão da qual desconhece os contornos, é lançada para os confins do espaço e só acorda duzentos anos depois na Terra. Alex 9 é uma órfã adotada por uma poderosa corporação e treinada para ser a mais temível arma de combate que já existiu. Qual será o papel de Alex 9?Įstamos no século XXII. ![]() ![]() Duas guerras que podem levar ao extermínio. ![]() Dois planetas em diferentes etapas de desenvolvimento. ![]() 6/23/2023 0 Comments Stars Uncharted by S.K. Dunstall![]() ![]() At the same time, Nika is a specialist in body modification, something that has become ubiquitous in this future, and is able to change virtual everything about your body for the right price. Alternating between the points of view of two main characters, Josune Arriola and Nika Rik Terri, each hard-edged and resilient women, the novel presents itself as a sort of treasure hunt, but is clearly more interested in telling the story of the treasure hunters.Īfter salvaging the famed exploration ship Hassim, Josune and her captain Hammond are beset by corporate commandos dead set on eliminating them and retrieving a precious map the salvagers now possess. Now Dunstall presents us with their latest Stars Uncharted ,a rollicking space adventure loaded with action and just enough unique worldbuilding to addict readers. ![]() ![]() Dunstall is the pen name of two Australian sisters of the bestselling science fiction series Linesman. ![]() |