6/29/2023 0 Comments The Zoo by Stephen Black![]() ![]() Specifically, we denounce the eugenics-based, pseudoscientific racism, writings, and philosophies advanced by many people during that era, including two of our founders, Madison Grant and Henry Fairfield Osborn, Sr. It’s commendable, too, that they admit the role of “pseudoscientific racism” and eugenics in the story of Ota Benga, his humiliation and dehumanization. We’re supposed to believe it was sheer coincidence, the 125th anniversary of the zoo’s opening combined with Black Lives Matter protests, that prompted them to start “digging into” the zoo’s history. ![]() Samper said that process, combined with conversations about racial injustice sweeping the country after the police killing of George Floyd, prompted the apology.ĭid the impact of the multiple awards-winning documentary Human Zoos, by Discovery Institute’s John West, now with 2.5 million views and powerfully documenting the horrific episode and others like it, play any role? They don’t say. The chief executive of the, Cristián Samper, told the Times that the group had started digging into its history because of its 125th anniversary this year. But first, why did they choose this moment? From Fox News: ![]() Photo: Bronx Zoo, Monkey House, by Antigng / CC BY-SA ().īetter late than never, the Bronx Zoo yesterday apologized for imprisoning an African Pygmy, Ota Benga, as a display in its Monkey House in 1906. ![]()
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6/29/2023 0 Comments Commonwealth patchett novel![]() ![]() or, if you’re not in Nashville, at any of the stops she’ll be making across the country this fall. ![]() If you, too, have something you’d like to ask Ann Patchett, we highly recommend you join us for the launch of her new novel, Commonwealth, at Montgomery Bell Academy on Monday, September 12, at 6:15 p.m. This interview gets into those questions. At the heart of Commonwealth is Franny, a writer who grows up among siblings and step-siblings after her parents’ divorce. We know some things about the story, but we don’t know all the ins and outs and whys and hows - unless, of course, we ask. We weigh in on characters’ names and book cover designs, and we celebrate when the manuscript has finally been turned in. We’re hanging around when she finishes a morning of writing and brings her pup Sparky over to run around the shop. ![]() We’re here in the store when Ann comes in to pick up a stack of books she has ordered for research. Those of us who work and shop at Parnassus Books have a unique perspective on Ann Patchett’s novels, because we witness their creation at somewhat close range. Ann Patchett in the back storeroom at Parnassus Books with her dog, Sparky (photo: Heidi Ross) ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Khrushchev remembers![]() ![]() ![]() A gambit,” writes The Atlantic, “that forced the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear Armageddon.”Īfter a tense 13 days, the Soviets blinked, and a nuclear holocaust was averted. Kennedy and his team of advisors were blindsided by the news that the Soviet Union, without provocation, were installing nuclear-armed medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles off the Florida coast in Cuba. The latest limitations are among a series of treaties that began in the latter half of the 20th century and have roots in the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.Īmericans are used to the narrative that on October 16, 1962, President John F. Washington and Moscow currently possess the lion’s share of the world’s nukes - and the New START seeks to impose limits to the nuclear arsenals of both nations. The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or New START, “is the sole arms control treaty in place between Washington and Moscow following former President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces, or INF, treaty,” reports CNBC. and Russia extended an uneasy truce over nuclear proliferation. Nikita Khrushchev Details the Cuban Missile Crisis Close ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments The Lit Report by Sarah N. Harvey![]() Despite those educational disadvantages, he was determined to secure a good education for himself. He became very fond of books and reading despite irregular school attendance. He spent his boyhood on the family farm and his early education was sparse at best. Not much is known about his early life prior to his attendance at Wesleyan. ![]() He was the sixth child born to John and Phebe (Cary) DeMotte. DeMotte was born on Jin Green County, Illinois. On two separate occasions (first in 1872 and again in 1874) he joined famed explorer and naturalist John Wesley Powell (who was also once a fellow member of Wesleyan’s faculty) on his journeys west to explore uncharted territory in Utah, the Grand Canyon in Colorado, and the Green and Colorado rivers. He was not your average professor of mathematics and university vice president he was an adventurer. He was an individual who was constantly curious, optimistic, and energetic which is evident by how he was involved in almost every aspect of university life. ![]() A long-time member of the faculty at Illinois Wesleyan University (sometimes referred to by the nickname of “The Wesleyan” during DeMotte’s lifetime) he was a prominent factor in the university’s growth and prosperity during his tenure. ![]() Harvey Clelland DeMotte was a devoted and beloved teacher who worked to bring out the best in every student. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments 1493 by Charles C. Mann![]() ![]() ![]() Other books that Mann has written is, “Noah’s Choice: The Future of Endangered Species” and “The Second Creation.” Mann lives in Massachusetts with his wife and their children. Mann graduated from Amherst College and won the Lennan Literary Fellowship award, as well as in 2005, the National Academies Communication Award for best book of the year for his book “1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus.” Mann is a three-time National Magazine Award finalist and has won an award from the American Bar Association, the Margaret Sanger Foundation, the American Institutes of Physics, and the Alfred P. Mann, who was born in 1955 in the United States, was an American journalist and author, who specialized in scientific topics. Give us your paper requirements, choose a writer and we’ll deliver the highest-quality essay! Order nowĬharles C. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Horn Book praised it as "a culinary and literary feast. The Little House Cookbook: Frontier Foods from Laura Ingalls Wilders Classic Stories by Walker, Barbara M. The book also includes excerpts from the Little House books, fascinating and thoroughly researched historical context, and details about the cooking methods that pioneers like Ma Ingalls used, as well as illustrations by beloved artist Garth Williams.This is a chance to dive into the world of Laura Ingalls Wilder, American pioneer, women's club member, and farm homesteader.This book has been widely praised and is the winner of the Western Heritage Award from the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. A great gift for Little House fans and anyone who wants more information about what life on the prairie was really like.With this cookbook, you can learn how to make classic frontier dishes like corn dodgers, mincemeat pie, cracklings, and pulled molasses candy. This award-winning cookbook features more than 100 of the recipes that Laura Ingalls Wilder chronicles in her classic Little House books. Easy to use, the cookbook ensures that even children can help make food. and testing her recipes, Walker created The Little House Cookbook. ![]() The Little House Cookbook by Barbara M Walker, Garth Williams Walker Wanting to introduce her family to frontier food such as that described by Laura Ingalls Wilder in her Little House series, Walker worked on recipes and adapted them to modern times. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments The forever war book![]() ![]() ![]() First published in 1974 the book tells the story of William Mandella, one of the first conscripted troops to be trained and thrown at an alien race the expansionist human race has encountered unimaginable distances from Earth. Review from BadelyngeI've just reacquainted myself with Joe Haldeman's anti-war sci-fi classic The Forever War. He and his wife, Gay, live in Florida, where he also paints, plays the guitar, rides his bicycle, and studies the skies with his telescope. Haldeman recently retired after many years as an associate professor in the Department of Writing and Humanistic Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His works include The Forever War, Forever Peace, Camouflage, 1968, the Worlds saga, and the Marsbound series. Campbell Memorial Award, the Locus Award, the Rhysling Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the James Tiptree, Jr. He has won the Nebula and Hugo Awards for his novels, novellas, poems, and short stories, as well as the John W. Haldeman sold his first story in 1969 and has since written over two dozen novels and five collections of short stories and poetry. He was awarded several medals, including a Purple Heart. Drafted in 1967, he fought in the Central Highlands of Vietnam as a combat engineer with the Fourth Division. Joe Haldeman began his writing career while he was still in the army. ![]() ![]() ![]() Je mettrai en évidence le recouvrement d’une mémoire culturelle comme étant indissociable de la rencontre avec l’Autre et de l’imprévisible des relations qui se tissent lors de l’excursion. Je m’appuierai sur la poétique de l’errance glissantienne 2 qui contrebalance une pensée fixiste de l’identité afin de montrer que le processus mémoriel est inattendu et ne suit pas de trajectoire précise. ![]() ![]() L’excursion est enfin textuelle : elle participe de la restauration d’une mémoire perdue tandis que les digressions et les analepses viennent dévier la trajectoire du récit. L’excursion spatiale s’accompagne d’une excursion mémorielle, tandis qu’Avey erre dans les tréfonds de la mémoire culturelle des esclaves venus d’Afrique. Cet article montre qu’en ex-cursion (en déviant du parcours prévu par la croisière), le personnage quitte alors son statisme identitaire lorsque la mémoire sous-jacente de ses origines africaines et caribéennes resurgit. La protagoniste, Avey Johnson, quitte un bateau de croisière américain dans les Caraïbes pour se retrouver par accident sur l’île de Cariacou où se déroulent des rituels de commémoration des racines culturelles africaines de la Caraïbe. Le processus de recouvrement de la mémoire culturelle et identitaire y est présenté comme sinueux et inattendu. Cet article montre comment le roman de Marshall, Praisesong for the Widow, s’inscrit dans une poétique de l’excursion et de l’errance. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments The prize by julie garwood![]() ![]() ![]() Aware of the Lady’s reputation, he is determined to be the one to capture “the prize” and escort her to London so King William can wed her one of his most deserving knights. Royce is the 4th Norman invader to try to get a foot-hold on her strong-hold (she successfully repelled his three predecessors so efficiently, Nicholaa has become the stuff of legend and song). But, in the hands of Julie Garwood, so many charming elements come into play – and the conflict is so enjoyable to watch unfold – that what might have been trite, has instead become endearing and even a little enchanting.Īt their first meeting, Nicholaa knocks Royce off his feet (literally, with the help of her trusty slingshot: “I never miss.”). Lady Nicholaa, a Saxon, is defending her home against Baron Royce, a Norman. ![]() It’s England, 1066, and by now you know what that means. Well, I loved it so much that subsequent couples paled when compared to Jamie and Alec. The first book I ever read by Julie Garwood was The Bride. The Prize (A LLB favorite) By Julie Garwood, 1991, Medieval Romance ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments Chosen book by kristin cast![]() ![]() It gets off to a fun start and once Emma has a good idea about the truth there is a good level of threat and some solid action Emma is a good leading character and the supporting group is solid too if more than a little irritating at times. I thought this was a decent enough series it is by no means a classic but equally it is far from terrible. Soon Emma's life is get distinctly strange and more than a little dangerous. She gets involved with a group that has other theories about the nature of the incident seventeen years ago. She works at the meteor museum until an incident leads to her being fired, it also leads her to question whether the 'meteorite' on show at the museum is even real. Seventeen year old Emma lives in Middelbo, a town whose sole claim to fame is that it was hit by a meteorite seventeen years before. ![]() |