![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Huxley, an early proponent of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution his father, Leonard, was a teacher and writer and his mother, Julia, was a descendant of the English poet Matthew Arnold. The fourth child in a family with a deep intellectual history, his grandfather was the noted biologist and naturalist T. Early LifeĪldous Huxley was born in Godalming, England, on July 26, 1894. Huxley moved to the United States in 1937 and for the rest of his life maintained a prolific output of novels, nonfiction, screenplays and essays. A dark vision of the future, it is widely regarded as one of the greatest novels of the 20th century. He followed with several more equally successful satirical novels before publishing the work for which he is best known, Brave New World. Five years later he published his debut novel Crome Yellow, which brought him his first taste of success. In 1916 he graduated with honors from Balliol College at Oxford University and published a collection of poems. After a serious illness left him partially blind as a youth, Aldous Huxley abandoned his dreams of becoming a scientist to pursue a literary career. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The translations are of variable quality: Cooper strongly advocates the use of natural English rather than what he describes as "half-translation". Like the introduction, these are extremely valuable, containing a lot of information on the poems' background, interpretation and translation. All have notes, which vary in length from a paragraph to several pages. Some are accompanied by calligraphic texts in various styles, which are more to be looked at than read. ![]() There are 25 poems by Li Bai and 18 by Du Fu, indexed both by title and by first line. ![]() It is full of perceptive insights, and should prove enjoyable as well as educational for novice and expert alike. This introduces the two poets' lives and works, but also considers their cultural and historical background, the distinctive features of Chinese poetry and the problems which it poses in translation. The first hundred pages of the book are taken up by an excellent introduction. Born in 1916, his "real job" was as a diplomat he then retired and produced these translations in the 1970s. Arthur Cooper: Li Po and Tu Fu Arthur Cooper: Li Po and Tu FuĪrthur Cooper was a wonderfully eccentric, old school, Englishman squarely in the Arthur Waley mould. ![]() ![]() Moreover, he comes off as human, a difficult thing to do, and not something I think Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln managed all that well, even though I loved that movie. ![]() He comes off as a racist, as a compromiser, as someone who perhaps worships the existence of the United States more than the much more important moral cause of abolition. Vidal allows Lincoln’s maneuvering to flow without making him a saint or martyr. Rather, it does so around the eyes of those who surround him and plot against him. Lincoln never gives us Abe Lincoln’s perspective, and like Burr, I think the book is better for it. ![]() Burr, one of my favorite reads of last year, was almost a comedy of manners mirror image of Lin Manuel-Miranda’s contemporary hit musical Hamilton. It mocked the Founding Father myths with aplomb while keeping the mystery around its eponymous character in shroud. Although not the second book in publication order, it is the second one in sequence, with one loose connection to the first (no spoilers although Vidal clearly wants to thread the story). Gore Vidal brings this to life in a continuation of his Narratives of Empire series. ![]() He is often painted as a savant, manipulating both his opponents and allies to align with his will as he navigated the treacherous years of the American Civil War. ![]() Much has been made of Abraham Lincoln’s political genius. ![]() ![]() Until he meets a gorgeous, distinguished silver fox hockey player. He'd sworn to find someone his own age to crush on (for once). Graduate student Kyle Swift moved to New York nursing a broken heart. It's time to make some big changes, starting with finally dating men for the first time. ![]() Veteran goaltender Eric Bennett has faced down some of the toughest shooters on the ice, but nothing prepared him for his latest challenge-life after hockey. ![]() ![]() New York Admirals goalie Eric never thought his friends-with-benefits arrangement with much-younger Kyle would leave them both wanting more. "Rachel Reid's hockey heroes are sexy, hot, and passionate! I've devoured this entire series and I love the flirting, the exploration and the delicious discovery in Common Goal!" - Lauren Blakely, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Guy Walks into My Bar ![]() ![]() ![]() Though Iranian officials have only just now designated the mullet as a form of “ Western cultural invasion,” the haircut has always been with us. (Roman men eschewed the mullet in favor of a more closely cropped look.) Finally, Greek statues and etchings dating back to the 6 th century BCE reveal that mulletlike cuts were present in Western culture from the very start. Hittite warriors from the 16 th century BCE sported mulletlike cuts, as did the Assyrians and Egyptians. ![]() Archaeological evidence confirms the existence of ur-mullets in the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Syria, and Asia Minor, writes Henderson. ![]() The haircut may have originated in the Middle East, but Alan Henderson, author of Mullet Madness!: The Haircut That’s Business Up Front and a Party in the Back, wonders whether prehistoric peoples wouldn’t have discovered the benefit of trimming hair short in the front to keep it out of their eyes while letting it grow long in the back to insulate the neck from rain and cold. When did Westerners start wearing mullets? The Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance banned “un-Islamic” Western hairstyles for men earlier this week-in particular, the ponytail, a spiky gelled hairdo known locally as the “rooster,” and the infamous mullet. ![]() ![]() Government overreach, he maintained, included public schools, the Postal Service, prisons, labor laws, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid for the poor, guarantees of voting rights, foreign aid, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the graduated income tax. Buchanan believed that growth of government undermines individual freedom. Based on Buchanan’s papers as well as published sources, MacLean creates a chilling portrait of an arrogant, uncompromising, and unforgiving man, stolid in his mission to “save capitalism from democracy.” To Charles Koch, he seemed a kindred spirit. ![]() ![]() The American Women's Movement, 1945-2000: A Brief History with Documents, 2008, etc.) elaborates on the revelations about the Koch brothers’ insidious, dangerous manipulation of American politics that has been presented forcefully by Jane Mayer in Dark Money (2016) and Daniel Schulman in Sons of Wichita (2014). How American democracy is being destroyed by powerful libertarians.įocusing on Nobel Prize–winning economist James McGill Buchanan (1919-2013), whom Charles Koch funded and championed, MacLean (History and Public Policy/Duke Univ. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hilarious, creative, and lovable, this science fiction masterpiece by former computer programmer Dennis E. Here he finds he has been uploaded into an artificial intelligence space probe that has the ability to replicate itself. He is revived 117 years later in a staggeringly different world. The Bobiverse series follows the story of the main character Bob Johansson, a former software company owner for Earth who dies shortly after signing on to preserve his head cryogenically in case of death. And that's good because there are a lot of him. Follow him and his clones on a wild journey of space battles, geekdom, and sci-fi wonder for a story that will take you on a hilarious and outrageous adventure.Įveryone likes Bob. ![]() What would you do if you found out your head - which was preserved for over 100 years, was now a space probe with self-replicating powers? Bob's answer was swift and certain: make more Bobs. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As she discovers Gavins pain-filled past, and Dillons true nature begins to surface, Emily knows she must take action or risk destroying everyone-including herself. Tall, Dark, and Handsome wont let go so easily. When their paths cross again through an unexpected mutual acquaintance, she tries to deny the connection she feels, but Mr. Their first encounter is brief, but its enough to inflame Emilys senses. ![]() A rich and notorious playboy, Gavin is dangerously sexy and charming as hell. Dillon Parker has been sweet, thoughtful, and generous through Emilys loss, and she cant imagine her life without him-even as her inner voice tells her to go slow. On the heels of her college graduation and the unexpected death of her mother, Emily Cooper moves to New York City to join her boyfriend for a fresh start. She wanted him, and she wanted him badly. Her mind tried to fight a bloody battle against what her body already knew. Book Synopsis From the New York Times bestselling indie author comes the first of two sexy contemporary romances about a woman torn between her seemingly perfect boyfriend and a dark, mysterious stranger-who will stop at nothing to have her. ![]() ![]() ![]() Would America support their liberation or assist a wartime ally France.? Our Parisian caller, Ho Chi Minh, who was leading the insurgency, hoped not. The people of Vietnam were already fighting for their freedom. Led by General de Gaulle, France sought to resume its empire and reclaim its treasure Vietnam. At the close of World War II, two great countries, France and the United States were thwarting the birth of a third, Vietnam. Wilson did not receive him.Įmbers of War is the story of just such diplomatic missteps leading to war. Encouraged, Ho carried a petition, “Demands of the Vietnamese People” calling for just such self-rule. Wilson was, after all, in town redrawing the global map after World War I, claiming to be in favor of self-rule for citizens who had been colonists of former empires. That man was Ho Chi Minh, and he intended to make a plea to Woodrow Wilson, the American president. In 1919 Paris, a slight young man rented a morning coat to be properly dressed to make a diplomatic call. Logevall, with a storyteller’s voice, takes us step by fatal step from the end of World War II through the ravages of the Vietnam War. They are many and the men involved are familiar and not entirely admirable mid-twentieth notables. To a remarkable degree it is a book starring its sources. Embers of War by Frederik Logevall, the sad but sobering book that won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in history, is an intricate study of how the Vietnam War came to be. ![]() ![]() ![]() His martial arts skills are unsurpassed as are his abilities as a mechanic and engineer. ![]() Kato Hayashi is a Japanese American who serves as Britt Reid’s partner, companion, and best friend while posing as his valet and chauffer. Newspaper publisher Britt Reid, great nephew of the legendary Lone Ranger, continues his family’s legacy of fighting for justice both with the printed page and with a mask. Using skills gained in Asia that includes the ability to cloud men’s minds those who commit evil pay the ultimate price. World War I soldier Kent Allard poses as both Lamont Cranston and The Shadow in a never-ending war on crime. WHEN THE LAW BECOMES UNJUST – JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED BY OUTLAWS! Published in 2013 the story teams up nine masked super-heroes from the Golden Age of heroic fiction. Written by Chris Roberson, the art is by Alex Ross and Dennis Calero and Simon Bowland. MASKS is an eight-issue mini-series produced by Dynamite Comics. Dynamite Entertainment presents a Dynamite comic! ![]() |