![]() ![]() ![]() As a former mining inspector, Humboldt had a unique insight into the environmental and economic consequences of the exploitation of nature’s riches. He criticized unjust land distribution, monocultures, violence against tribal groups and indigenous work conditions – all powerfully relevant issues today. He debated nature, ecological issues, imperial power and politics in relation to each other. Everywhere in the world, Humboldt said, water engineers were guilty of such short-sighted follies. ![]() On the high plateau of Mexico City, Humboldt had observed how a lake that fed the local irrigation system had shrunk into a shallow puddle, leaving the valleys beneath barren. ![]() To make matters worse, they had also felled the trees that had held the riverbanks together like ‘a very tight wall’ with the result that the raging river carried more land away each year. At the Rio Apure, he had seen the devastation caused by the Spanish who had tried to control the annual flooding by building a dam. Again and again, his thoughts returned to nature as a complex web of life but also to man’s place within it. “Humboldt was the first to relate colonialism to the devastation of the environment. ![]()
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![]() ![]() While writing the forthcoming novel, Kleypas found herself inspired by Lizzie Magie, the progressive feminist who created "The Landlord's Game" - a board game that would eventually be sold to Parker Brothers by a man named Charles Darrow and rebranded as "Monopoly." Please, take a moment to unrepentantly groan in frustration. Luckily, the New York Times bestselling novelist already has big plans for 2017: In February, she will release the third installment in The Ravenels series, Devil In Spring. and Lisa Kleypas is definitely a good thing. Sure, the second book in The Ravenels series, Marrying Winterborne, just came out this summer, but in my opinion, you can never get enough of a good thing. ![]() If you're a fan of romance novelist Lisa Kleypas, you're probably already marking down the days until her next novel hits bookstores. ![]() ![]() ![]() René suffers extraordinary hardship, oppressed by the forest he is charged with clearing. Bound to a feudal lord for three years in exchange for land, they become wood-cutters-barkskins. In the late seventeenth century two young Frenchmen, René Sel and Charles Duquet, arrive in New France. ![]() Now a television mini-series airing on National Geographic May 2020!Ī Washington Post Best Book of the Year & a New York Times Notable Bookįrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Shipping News and “Brokeback Mountain,” comes the New York Times bestselling epic about the demise of the world’s forests: “ Barkskins is grand entertainment in the tradition of Dickens and Tolstoy…the crowning achievement of Annie Proulx’s distinguished career, but also perhaps the greatest environmental novel ever written” ( San Francisco Chronicle). ![]() ![]() ![]() Following the early showings, word was out: The Yacoubian Building has gone too far! People left before intermission, an unheard-of event since Egyptians will sit through unimaginable tripe, if only to enjoy the A/C. What is interesting is the response to the film, or more precisely, to the narrative content that survived the scriptwriter’s hackneyed treatment. The film itself is unsubtle, overlong and visually flat, with all the artistic merit of a wad of chewing gum stuck to the sole of a shoe. Presented at several foreign film festivals, The Yacoubian Building is causing a stir for its so-called frank portrayal of corruption, torture, classism and several types of exploitative sex. ![]() These days, it’s showing the screen adaptation of The Yacoubian Building, based on the eponymous novel by Alaa al-Aswany. Downtown Cairo’s Odeon Theater charges half the price of other first-run film venues and is consequently always packed. ![]() ![]() I haven't seen it yet and heard very conflicting opinions about it, and Maria's review puts it in the proper socio-political context. My friend Maria Golia, writer, columnist and author of Cairo: City of Sand (What? You haven't read it yet? Do you like staying ignorant about contemporary Egypt and Umm ad-Dounia? What are you waiting for ?) has sent me this review of Egypt's star-packed, hit movie of the summer, The Yacoubian Building, based on the Alaa Al Aswany novel of the same name. ![]() ![]() ![]() Narrated with the rigor and charisma we’ve come to expect of Rhodes, it is a remarkable narrative adventure about spread-spectrum radio’s genesis and unlikely amateur inventors collaborating to change the world. patent number 2,292,387 for a “secret communication system.” Along the way Rhodes weaves together Hollywood’s golden era, the history of Vienna, 1920s Paris, weapons design, music, a tutorial on patent law and a brief treatise on transmission technology. Hedys Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World (Paperback). Synopsis: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Rhodes delivers a remarkable story of science history: how a ravishing film star and an avant-garde composer invented spread-spectrum radio, the technology that made wireless phones, GPS systems, and many other devices possible.īeginning at a Hollywood dinner table, Hedy’s Folly tells a wild story of innovation that culminates in U.S. Check out his website at More Author Information. The first, The Making of the Atomic Bomb, won the Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award, and a National Book Critics Circle Award. Hedy’s Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World by Richard Rhodes Richard Rhodes is most recently the author of The Twilight of the Bombs, the last volume in a quartet about nuclear history. ![]() ![]() West Literary Award in fiction nomination, PEN Center U.S.A. Spur Award for best short story (three times), Western Writers of America, first, 1988, for "Yellow Bird: An Imaginary Autobiography" runner-up for Spur Award for best western novel, Western Writers of America, 1991, for Ned Christie's War Spur Award for best western novel, Western Writers of America, and Best Book for Young Adults nomination, American Library Association, both 1992, both for Nickajack U.S.A. International Poetry Society, Centro Studie Scambi Internazzionali, Western Writers of America. ![]() Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, instructor in English, 1968-71 Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, instructor in English, 1971-74 Eastern Montana College, Billings, coordinator of Indian culture, 1975-77 Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, assistant programs director, 1977-78 Bacone College, Muskogee, OK, affiliated with Native American studies program, 1978-79 Morningside College, Sioux City, IA, director of Indian studies, 1979-86, associate professor of English, 1986-90. Education: Midwestern University, B.A., 1966, M.A., 1968. ![]() 1940- (Robert Jackson Conley) PERSONAL:īorn December 29, 1940, in Cushing, OK son of Robert Parris and Peggy Marie Conley married Evelyn Snell, March, 1978. ![]() ![]() It is interesting what you can come up with using a little imagination and a lunchroom full of women of various ages. I also discovered that the more I write, the more I pay attention to my surroundings and find bits and pieces that I can use. When I am writing, a number of my characters, plots, and dialogue come from my experiences. When asked to submit a post about writing and its process, the first thing I thought of was coming up with the story. GUEST POST: THE WRITING PROCESS, by LACHELLE REDD One Sentence Description: When an ancient evil grows bored and slips topside all hell breaks loose. What happens when these two meet? Find out When Angels Fall. A young exec with a company in turmoil and millions at stake is on the edge of losing it all. ![]() ![]() When an ancient evil grows bored and slips topside all hell breaks loose. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And it's interesting to think that American teens today are thinking about war (or realizing about war), just as teens in 1982, just as teens in 1968, just as teens in 1942, just as teens in 1862, etc. It's life changing, that first political issue that stirs you. And everything changed and they'll never forget it. The one fateful night when the teens stayed out until morning and everyone realized their true feelings and people stopped being afraid and started saying what they felt. The story takes place over that one crazy night when everything changes and Rose finally begins to come into her own. who lives next door sneaks into Rose's room one evening and the two girls decide to head out for a night on the town. She feels frozen and shy until a Russian girl, Yrena. Burned by her best "frenemy" in grade school, she's shy to make friends and now it's the middle of October and everyone is all cliqued up but her. Rose, a freshman at a performing arts high school, has been in a bad mood for weeks. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But beneath the city, a dark secret awaits. And her nemesis, Consul Julius Scaeva, stands but a breath from total dominance over the Republic. Her mentor Mercurio is now in the clutches of her enemies. Pursued by Blades of the Red Church and soldiers of the Luminatii legion, she may never escape the City of Bridges and Bones alive. Mia Corvere, gladiatii, escaped slave and infamous assassin, is on the run. ![]() Her mentor Mercurio is now in th The greatest games in Godsgraves history have ended with the most audacious murders in the history of the Itreyan Republic. ![]() The greatest games in Godsgraves history have ended with the most audacious murders in the history of the Itreyan Republic. You can read this before Darkdawn (The Nevernight Chronicle, #3) PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Darkdawn (The Nevernight Chronicle, #3) written by Jay Kristoff which was published in. Brief Summary of Book: Darkdawn (The Nevernight Chronicle, #3) by Jay Kristoff ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This was a YA contemporary romance about a boy in a band and a girl called Madison. ![]() (Source: I received a digital copy of this book for free on a read-to-review basis. What Jesse and Maddie thought they knew about the secrets of attraction and the rules of romance changes once they start falling for each other. Kismet arrives in the unlikely form of Grayson Barrett, who tries out for Jesse’s band, and whose girlfriend is BFFs with the cute girl who orders a chai latte after yoga every Thursday: Maddie. Then pride (and some goading from his bass player and fellow barista) forces him to find a new drummer-and the inspiration to write music again. Jesse McMann is still reeling from a breakup that shattered his heart and his band. But then a visit from a family friend turns Maddie’s life upside down. Madison Pryce thinks she’s got everything figured out-she’s working on a portfolio for a summer art program and hanging with her friends. Perfect for fans of Sarah Mlynowski, Jenny Han, and Morgan Matson. ![]() Set in the same world as The Promise of Amazing, this smart, surprising, and romantic follow-up to Robin Constantine’s debut novel follows two New Jersey teens as they become friends and fall in love. ![]() |