![]() ![]() ![]() The decisive action is above all in the social sphere between humans, where the value of pardon liberates us from anger, holding bitterness and grudges, seeking vengeance, revenge, punishment, blaming, condemnation, and pursuing a negative downward spiral that leads to pain, suffering, and conflict. The most important influence that an act of Pardon can have on the earthly life of mankind is the influence it has on the self, social, and societal spheres. We are on the cusp of the most important paradigm and trajectory shift of our existence. We are at the dawn of a new creation story with the changing of the guard. An article written by Pénélope Morin & Rajinder Jhol Reading, editing, commenting, translating are called: Humanities, in French since the 13th centuryĪs we approach the holiday season, we take time to rejuvenate, take stock, and reflect on our accomplishments as individuals, as communities, and collectively as human societies. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Her education-from explosives to etiquette, sharpshooting to sabotage-is as far reaching as the organization’s missions. Then destiny thrusts her into the nest of a covert agency of assassins sworn to drive back the world’s darkness, and she acquires a new set of lethal skills. Ivy Olwen knows how to survive on the streets without two coins to rub together. Reichert Amid the chaos of the Great War, two elite assassins learn precisely how dangerous it is to have something-or someone-worth losing. This electrifying read from J'nell Ciesielski comes to life with historical details and sparkling descriptions that will leave the reader begging for book two!" - Amy E. "Action! Romance! Spies! Secrets! The Brilliance of Stars has it all. ![]() ![]() From this vantage point, she discusses the evolution of classes into masses, the role of propaganda in dealing with the nontotalitarian world, the use of terror, and the nature of isolation and loneliness as preconditions for total domination Book Details Arendt explores the institutions and operations of totalitarian movements, focusing on the two genuine forms of totalitarian government in our time-Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia-which she adroitly recognizes were two sides of the same coin, rather than opposing philosophies of Right and Left. Hannah Arendt, one of the leading political thinkers of the twentieth century, was born in 1906 in Hanover and died in New York in 1975. The Origins of Totalitarianism begins with the rise of anti-Semitism in central and western Europe in the 1800s and continues with an examination of European colonial imperialism from 1884 to the outbreak of World War I. ![]() Hannah Arendt's definitive work on totalitarianism-an essential component of any study of twentieth-century political history. ![]() ![]() ![]() (See Tina Fey as part of the 2009 TIME 100.) (HerĪlter ego, Liz Lemon, usually tilts the scar side away from the camera.) "Still me," this cover seems to smirk. She's also posed to show the long, thin scar on her face, the one everyone asks about, discussion of which she usually dodges. ![]() There she is, as glossy and pretty as you please, except she has the torso and hands of an overweight, hairy man. The spoofy cover suggests Fey wasn't blind to the possibility of some backlash for her megamillion celebrity book contract. Why not a book that fans and even nonfans would want to read? As she cheerfully suggests in her faux-huckster's introduction, "Maybe you bought this book because you love Sarah Palin and you want to find reasons to hate me. , she's always produced things we want to watch. From her days as the first female head writer at But the arrival of the delightfulĭoesn't just put those fears to rest it makes me want to apologize for the brain spasm that caused me to forget Fey's foremost talent: writing. Was Fey heading into the realm of celebrity cash-in books? Would she write a vacuous memoir with a glossy picture on the cover? I know I was worried. Tina Fey signed a book contract in the fall of 2008, at the height of her Sarah Palinportraying ubiquity, some of her fans may have felt a twinge of unease. ![]() ![]() ![]() Forced to keep the secret of her mother's existence from her younger brother, Barbara struggles to keep from being crushed under the weight of family secrets as she comes of age and tries to educate herself, despite her father's stance against women's education.The story is not only of loss and resilience, but one showing the power of literature-from Little Orphan Annie to Prince Valiant to the incomparable Nancy Drew -to offer hope where there is little. 2017 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award: Silver for Memoir2017 National Indie Excellence Awards: Finalist2017 Independent Press Award: Distinguished Favorite for Memoir2016 Beverly Hills Book Awards: Memoir Finalist2016 Readers' Favorite :Silver Medal for Non-fiction MemoirNew York Public Library Top Pick Summer 2017 When Barbara Bracht's mother disappears, she is left a confused child whose blue-collar father is intent upon erasing any memory of her mother. ![]() ![]() To uncover the truth, Con is retracing the last days she can recall, crossing paths with a detective who's just as curious. The secrets of Con's disorienting new life are buried deep. When Con wakes up in the clinic, it's eighteen months later. For young Constance "Con" D'Arcy, who was gifted her own clone by her late aunt, it's terrifying.Īfter a routine monthly upload of her consciousness-stored for that inevitable transition-something goes wrong. To anticloning militants, it's an abomination against nature. ![]() For the wealthy, cheating death is the ultimate luxury. In the near future, advances in medicine and quantum computing make human cloning a reality. ![]() A breakthrough in human cloning becomes one woman's waking nightmare in a mind-bending thriller by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Gibson Vaughn series. ![]() ![]() ![]() Dark Archives exhumes their origins and brings to life the doctors, murderers, and indigents whose lives are sewn together in this disquieting collection. Dozens of such books live on in the world’s most famous libraries and museums. ![]() In Dark Archives, Megan Rosenbloom seeks out the historic and scientific truths behind anthropodermic bibliopegy-the practice of binding books in this most intimate covering. Would you know one if you held it in your hand? Overview: On bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest other volumes of a distinctly strange and grisly sort: those bound in human skin. ![]() Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin by Megan Rosenbloom ![]() ![]() Your system one makes a decision, and your system two justifies it to yourself. It is very similar to the phenomenon that Daniel Kahneman writes about in Thinking, Fast and Slow. In many cases, you will make an intuitive moral judgment of something without reasoning at all, then your mind will come up with an appropriate reason for why this is indeed morally right or wrong. ![]() ![]() ![]() In fact, many judgments are innate (even genetic) and many others come from social learning, but we do very little moral reasoning. Where does morality come from? Most people want to think they get their sense of right and wrong by reasoning their way to the correct answer, but in reality, we have very little control over our moral foundations. The central question of the book, “ can’t we all just get along? ” is basically answered by saying we are hard-wired not to because we have different conceptions of morality. The Righteous Mind, like much of moral psychologist Jonathan Haidt ’s writing and speaking, is a thoughtful and original contribution to the massively important conversation around why we are so divided. ![]() ![]() ![]() You are a beautiful boy and that’s all that matters. This is a rather bizarre combination of childish carelessness and adult cynicism. Both of them wonder if an attractive boy they discuss “ is for sale” and find it amusing that so many of their friends are anorexic. The girls are constantly being sarcastic. Maybe because of their parents’ separation or maybe because she is able to get “ own cocaine”, but Clay’s sister is rather cynical. In spite of being so young, she is not naïve at all. ![]() The elder of two Clay’s sisters is just 15 years old. This is not only Rip’s motto, this is the way of thinking of the contemporary youth, who “ don’t have anything to lose”. He says, “ If you want something, you have the right to take it”. ![]() When Clay asks him why he does it, Rip seems to be really “ confused”. When he brings a 12 year-old, so that he and his friends could rape her, Clay is really terrified. He drives his “new Mercedes” and constantly looks for new entertainment. Clay spots “ a very young guy” coming from Rip’s bathroom and “ zipping up his jeans”, but prefers not to say anything. Rip is Clay’s dealer, who likes wearing “ expensive” clothes and behaving as if nothing in the world matters, nothing but cocaine and his pleasure. If you want something, you have the right to take it. ![]() We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]() ![]() This use of poetry to drive home political points is very much in keeping with the argument articulated in "Poetry is Not a Luxury," in which Lorde posits that the stereotype of poetry as a mere inconsequential game is both untrue and destructive. PoetryĪudre Lorde is known as a poet as well as an essayist and theorist, and she frequently quotes from poetry-her own and others'-to demonstrate her arguments in this collection. Lorde urges her readers to view the world around them in a less fractured way, and insists that political progress will be made only when individuals' differences from one another are viewed as natural strengths rather than irreconcilable divisions. ![]() She identifies a similar problem within feminism and other political movements, pointing out that participants are often expected to present only a small part of their whole identities-disguising or downplaying, for instance, their race, their sexuality, or their familial relationships. ![]() ![]() She describes the way in which dominant forces in western society have created false binaries, separating, for instance, emotion and rationality, even though they are two inseparable parts of a whole. Lorde's writing is nuanced and complex, but her solution to the political and social problems in her society can be described with one simple concept: wholeness. ![]() |