![]() ![]() At the end of each text there are links bringing you back to the respective contents tables. ![]() Fonts are embedded in the epub to get the Greek letters and small caps, and dates for premieres/first publications are given wherever available.įor easier navigation, there are tables of contents for each section and one for the whole volume. Also, I put all the Greek words back in ‘The Rise of Historical Criticism’. I have thoroughly checked the texts against their original print editions, harmonised the formatting, put the italics back in where necessary, assigned the proper classes to poems, quotes, subtitles, etc., corrected the section breaks, and made active footnotes. ![]() The four essays from ‘Intentions’, The Soul of Man under Socialism, De Profundis (the unabridged version!), The Rise of Historical Criticism, the lectures (The English Renaissance in Art, House Decoration, Art and the Handicraftsman, Lecture to Art Students), and all of the Articles and Reviews that were published in the ‘Reviews’ and ‘Miscellanies’ volumes of the Complete Works. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() It is a story of astonishing engineering feats, tremendous medical accomplishments, political power plays, heroic successes, and tragic failures. The Path Between the Seas tells the story of the men and women who fought against all odds to fulfill the 400-year-old dream of constructing an aquatic passageway between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. 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Assembled over the course of nearly four decades, Ms Lambrecht’s collection features works by a diverse range of artists, from early compositions by the great painters of Impressionism, to the refined techniques of the Pointillists, and the free, expressionist colours of the Fauves. ![]() THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF BARBARA LAMBRECHT, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE RUBENS PRIZE COLLECTION IN THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN SIEGENChristie’s is honoured to offer the following selection of works from the personal collection of the esteemed philanthropist and patron of the arts, Barbara Lambrecht. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() However, as soon as the first 'class' began, I realized that this was no education. The Cultural Revolution was trumpeted as having brought education to the peasants through 'evening classes." One day my production team announced it was starting evening classes and asked Nana and me to be the teachers. ![]() "They get married and belong to other people. As for girls, the peasants considered it a complete waste of time for them to go to school. They would be out in the fields when they were barely in their teens. Children of school age would stay at home to help their families with their work or look after younger brothers and sisters. The virtual absence of any chance of a better future and the near total immobility for anyone born a peasant took the incentive out of the pursuit of knowledge. Might as well start earning your work points right away." You don't get a grain of rice more for being able to read books. "You pay fees and read for years, and in the end you are still a peasant, earning your food with your sweat. ![]() ![]() If you are a non-EU customer, please see our returns policy. ![]() For further information about your statutory rights, contact your local authority Trading Standards department or consumer advice center (for example the Citizen's Advice Bureau if you are in the UK). 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This book, printed as a private edition in 1918 for the use of his students, became a classic on the local campus, known as "the little book", and its successive editions have since sold over ten million copies. ![]() The original 1918 edition of The Elements of Style detailed eight elementary rules of usage, ten elementary principles of composition, “a few matters of form”, and a list of commonly "misused" words and expressions. high school and university composition classes. It is one of the best-known and most influential prescriptive treatment of English grammar and usage, and often is required reading in U.S. is an American English writing style guide. “The Elements of Style (1918) by William Strunk, Jr. Download cover art Download CD case insert The Elements of Style ![]() ![]() ![]() Tumnus attempts to stop her from leaving, and when Lucy asks why he doesn’t want her to go, Mr. Tumnus entertains Lucy with tales of Narnia’s history, but, realizing that it must be growing late, Lucy decides to head home. Tumnus invites Lucy to come back to his cave to get warm and have some tea Lucy accepts. ![]() Tumnus tells her that she is in a land called Narnia where humans have rarely been seen. As he picks them up, he asks her if she is a “Daughter of Eve,” or a human. Tumnus, is so excited to see Lucy that he drops all of his parcels. She soon comes upon a Faun wearing a scarf, carrying an umbrella, and holding packages in his arms. The wardrobe goes back farther than she thought, and as she climbs deeper and deeper into it, she soon finds herself walking on freshly fallen snow when she looks up, she is deep in a snowy wood, and in front of her there is an old lamp-post. She opens it to see what’s inside, and, after finding a row of fur coats, climbs up into it to rub her face into the furs. They arrive at the countryside house of a kind but eccentric Professor, and as the children explore the house, Lucy winds up in a room which is empty except for a large wardrobe. Siblings Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy have been sent away from London during the air-raids at the height of World War II. ![]() ![]() And, Piper herself said she and Viv were frenemies. A castle! What she should have listened to was her friend Andre’s comments that Piper’s fiance, Dooney Portis, bullied him in school. But, Scarlett, a bride-to-be herself, couldn’t ignore Piper’s comments that it would be “the wedding of the year” held at Waverly Castle in Sussex. Scarlett Parker could have saved everyone a great deal of grief if she ignored Piper May’s pleas that Scarlett’s cousin Viv Tremont design the fascinators for the bridesmaids for Piper’s wedding. ![]() Fatal Fascinator, the seventh Hat Shop mystery, fits that description perfectly. ![]() ![]() Jenn McKinlay’s mysteries are always humorous and a little offbeat with heartwarming relationships between close friends. ![]() ![]() It’s hard to pity him or even be horrified by some of things he does because it’s also very easy to see parts of ourselves in him. ![]() I love the way Phillips panels things, so it feels like we’re getting cheated out of that sometimes.ĭylan is an unreliable narrator, but he’s also painfully authentic. Thankfully, Brubaker and Phillips take their opening set up and expertly build on it with a fantastic second chapter.Ībout the only thing not to like here are the pages with large amounts of texts going down the side accompanied by unlettered art. ![]() Part of me was worried that Kill or Be Killed would suffer from the same sophomore slump that many series with great first issues experience. ![]() Definitely not a fan of killing people in cold blood…but if you’re going to pick a first target, then Dylan’s doing a good job.Guns may be easy to get in America, but not if you’re trying to find one specifically to murder someone with (and get away with it). Credit to Brubaker/Phillips for not magically giving their protagonist a gun.Geez, Dylan’s life is pretty weird even without the whole ‘Demon Keeping You Alive Via Death Pact’ thing.Still not sure how I feel about Dylan yet, but he and I are definitely on the same wavelength when it comes to fairy tales. ![]() ![]() ![]() Your engagement with this person or group – it has context and boundaries. She often says, when she isn’t satisfied, she gets on and researches, realigns, redefines…. She’s got six points in her ‘anatomy’ of Trust. Then Brené drew upon her research and put up an acronym to describe the elements, the makeup, of trust: BRAVING. ![]() Johari’s Window – do you see the façade, which they intentionally reveal to you, or are you able to see beyond…. ![]() I kinda think, it might go a bit deeper than that – I am hopeful that my distrust is a bit faster off the mark, and I chose not to share…. She started with Charles Feltman and a quote : “Trust is defined as choosing to risk making something – which you value – vulnerable to another person’s actions.” She obviously resonated because he used ‘vulnerable’, haha.įor me, I would rather : “Trust is my personal scale of comfort measuring how well I know you – it is my level of ease or unease, based upon the information revealed, when I take a risk and make something, which is valuable to me, vulnerable to your actions”.įor me : “Distrust is the bad end of my scale of comfort – that which I have shared with you, which is valuable to me, is not safe with you”. ![]() |