![]() ![]() ![]() In a sense we have come to our nation’s capital to cash a check. So we have come here today to dramatize an appalling condition. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of captivity.īut one hundred years later, we must face the tragic fact that the Negro is still not free. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. While the speech itself has been used (and sometimes misused) to call for a “color-blind” country, its power is only increased by knowing its rhetorical and intellectual antecedents.įive score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. For this month’s Annotations, we’ve taken Martin Luther King, Jr.’s iconic “I Have A Dream” speech, and provided scholarly analysis of its groundings and inspirations-the speech’s religious, political, historical and cultural underpinnings are wide-ranging and have been read as jeremiad, call to action, and literature. ![]()
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![]() This is a book about human nature and its management. In chapters including Emotion, Adversity, Virtue, and What Others Think, here is the most valuable wisdom about living a good life from ages past-now made available for our time. Stoics seek to become conscious of those judgments, to find the irrationality in them, and to choose them more carefully. We react to our judgments and opinions-to our thoughts about things, not to things themselves. Presented in twelve lessons, Ward Farnsworth systematically presents the heart of Stoic philosophy accompanied by commentary that is clear and concise.Ī foundational idea to Stoicism is that we appear to go through life reacting directly to events. See more clearly, live more wisely, and bear the burdens of this life with greater ease-here are the greatest insights of the Stoics, in their own words. This isn’t just a book to read-it’s a book to return to, a book that will provide perspective and consolation at times of heartbreak or calamity.”- The Washington Post ![]() “Farnsworth beautifully integrates his own observations with scores of quotations from Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Montaigne and others. ![]() ![]() ![]() Nevertheless, they were happy in the early days. Charles' mother, Elizabeth Barrow, aspired to be a teacher and school director.ĭespite his parents’ best efforts, the family remained poor. His father, John Dickens, was a naval clerk who dreamed of striking it rich. The famed British author was the second of eight children. Early life and Educationĭickens was born Charles John Huffam Dickens on February 7, 1812, in Portsmouth, on the southern coast of England. Among his accomplishments, he has been lauded for providing a stark portrait of the Victorian-era underclass, helping to bring about social change. ![]() ![]() Charles Dickens was a British novelist, journalist, editor, illustrator and social commentator who wrote such beloved classic novels as Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, Nicholas Nickleby, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations.ĭickens is remembered as one of the most important and influential writers of the 19th century. ![]() ![]() ![]() So why do I give this book three stars only? Because I felt let down by the heroine. ![]() The bad guys had motivations we would find familiar - greed and megalomania. ![]() The characters were charismatic, from the hero and heroine to their family, slaves and social circle. I really liked how the science fiction world influenced by Hindu culture and religion (which I know nothing about except for some vague myth retellings) came alive in its technical, political (I thought the discussions in the government and the way that worked fascinating, actually) and culturual aspects - I found the discussion of the unquestioned acceptance of the caste/slave system fascinating in a totally nonpreachy way. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I liked seeing this glimpse into Kate before her life became more dark and complicated. Kate is as dogged as an adult and also willing to go for overall justice even if not particularly factual. OPINION: This short story taking place in Kate’s teenage years gives some interesting insights into Kate and her relationships with her Amish friends and family. When a barn burns, Kate is torn between the evidence and believing her best friend’s version of events. THE STORY: Fourteen year old Amish Kate Burkholder is avoiding her chores with her best friend Mattie. “Zimmerman’s Orchard was the last place fourteen-year-old Katie Burkholder wanted to be, especially with her older brother, Jacob.”įINAL DECISION: An intriguing little story that gives more background and depth to Kate and her family and friends, this short story gives readers a glimpse into Kate’s life as a young teenager. ![]() ![]() Friends Yulee, Nick, Martin and Sally are at Pedros house for a sleepover. Book Synopsis Part of the popular Exploring Our Community series, heres the perfect child-friendly introduction to mindfulness. As the children practice focusing on their bodies, using their senses, paying attention to their feelings and accepting life as it happens, Pedro learns there are many ways to manage the stress of his upcoming move.Its an enlightening journey to peace and calm, and kids will want to be present. To help Pedro feel better, his mom decides to teach the five friends about mindfulness. Pedro is moving in a few days, and hes been feeling sad and worried about the change. ![]() ![]() About the Book The perfect kid-friendly introduction to mindfulness.Pedros friends - Yulee, Nick, Martin and Sally - are at his house for a sleepover. ![]() ![]() ![]() Somehow, Levithan (the man behind Boy Meets Boy, Wide Awake, The Lover’s Dictionary co-author of Will Grayson, Will Grayson with John Green and Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist with Rachel Cohn) has managed to breathe new life into a genre that in my (very humble) opinion is drowning in average to below-average paranormal romance titles. I’d recommend it to teenagers, to adults, to anyone who asked me “have you read anything good lately?” And here I am, recommending it to you! If I was still a bookseller now, I would recommend David Levithan’s latest, Every Day, to those parents. Sure there were books about love and romance for teens, but they were easily digestible not particularly deep or thought-provoking. As a bookseller a couple of years ago, I found it quite difficult to recommend YA fiction to customers who were looking to steer their adolescent offspring away from the vampire/paranormal section. ![]() ![]() Boy meets girl or girl meets boy, there is an obstacle, there is usually a paranormal/supernatural twist, there is quite often a girl in a long flowing dress on the front cover with her head turned away, and they usually live happily ever after… after 2-3 sequels with more obstacles and more drama than some long-running TV soapies. Sometimes it feels like YA romance fiction has been done to death. ![]() ![]() ![]() The interpretation of his compositions are as fearless and powerful as are the Polish eople who have suffered centuries of invasions, massacres, and political repression. ![]() He once described his music as a blend of elements from Western and Brazilian ethnic cultures. Morozowicz had composed more than 150 works, many of them choral arrangements.ĭuring the 1980s and 1990s he taught at the UFPR (Federal University of Parana) and UFG (Universidade Federal de Goiás). ![]() In 1981 Henrique earned his Master's Degree at Cornell University, and under the guidance of his mentor of Karel Husa. In 1960 he traveled to Poland to embark on further studies. He played the organ at the city cathedral but soon relocated to Sao Paulo to study piano and composition at the Escola Livre de Musica. Her influence lead him to study music at the Curitiba Music and Arts School from which he graduated in 1953. Henrique's interest in music was nurtured by his mother, who was a pianist. His father enjoyed a successful career in dancing and choreography, and performed often at the prestigious opera house La Scala, in Milan, Italy. Morozowicz' success was largely due to the influence of his parents, who emigrated to Brazil in 1873. ![]() ![]() ![]() They noted Mo’s silence on the fate of Liu Xiaobo, the imprisoned Chinese writer and activist who won the Nobel Peace Prize two years earlier and was represented during the ceremony in Stockholm by an empty chair. The government announced plans to transform the author’s rural childhood home into a £70m “Mo Yan Culture Experience Zone”.īut a number of prominent intellectuals and Chinese dissidents, such as the artist Ai Weiwei, were horrified. One of the country’s top officials proclaimed the award an endorsement not only of the “flourishing progress of Chinese literature”, but also of the “overall strength of our state and its international influence”. Newspapers devoted special sections to discussing Mo’s work. China Central Television interrupted its scripted evening news programme to report the honour within minutes of it being announced. ![]() The Chinese government and state-run media outlets were euphoric. When the Chinese author Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2012, the response was decidedly mixed. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Alongside the novels, he has also recently completed several screen plays, published an award-winning short story in the New Yorker and ventured into e-publishing with a new novella, Riding the Bullet, and a serialised novel, The Plant, that he first started 20 years ago. ![]() This appears to be the case here, as King had previously indicated that his next book would be From a Buick Eight. Completed novels are often shuffled back in the publication schedules when a new book seems more pressing, as when he surprised his publishers with The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon two years ago. He once described the process of artistic inspiration as "having someone crap on your head", and this seems to happen to him with incredible regularity. It's always been hard to keep tabs on King's incredible output. ![]() |