![]() ![]() ![]() As a high school freshman, my speech and debate coach, Barbara Weiss, had us watch the series as we prepared for the upcoming season. In Moyers’ series, Campbell emerged as an open, kindly, octogenarian sage, a friendly grandfatherly figure whose every utterance was entrancing – demonstrating not only the titular power of myth but that of storytelling in general. College students at Sarah Lawrence – where Campbell was on faculty – and on campuses around the US were already familiar with his writing, especially through his influential The Hero with a Thousand Faces, which popularized the concept of the hero’s journey and was a mainstay of comparative religion and mythology courses. The program, which has proven to be among PBS’ most popular, introduced Campbell and his simple but profound mantra, “Follow your bliss,” to millions. A companion book was released at the same time, expanding on the conversations from the documentary series. The seminal six-part series pairing comparative mythology scholar and author Joseph Campbell and noted public television journalist Bill Moyers was originally broadcast on PBS in the summer of 1988. Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, February 5: JOSEPH CAMPBELL AND THE POWER OF MYTH WITH BILL MOYERS: 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION ![]()
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![]() Chesterton.Ĭharles John Huffam Dickens was born in Landport, Portsmouth in 1812. This classic work is being republished now in a new edition complete with an introductory chapter from “Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens” by G. Although perhaps better known for such works as “Great Expectations” or “A Christmas Carol”, Dickens first gained success with the 1836 serial publication of “The Pickwick Papers”, which turned him almost overnight into an international literary celebrity thanks to his humour, satire, and astute observations concerning society and character. His works became unprecedentedly popular during his life, and today he is commonly regarded as the greatest Victorian-era novelist. Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812–1870) was an English writer and social critic famous for having created some of the world’s most well-known fictional characters. A classic example of Dickens’s ironic social satire that will not disappoint fans of his much-loved work. ![]() The story revolves around young Mr Nickleby, whose responsibility it is to support his sister and mother following the demise of his father. “The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby“ was Charles Dickens’s third novel, published as a serial between 18. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Hailed by the Detective Club as 'one of the most amazing crime stories ever written', Stevenson's Jekyll and Hyde was met with immediate critical approval, ensuring its success and popularity for years to come.Ī highly accomplished Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer, Robert Louis Stevenson is also credited with stories of Treasure Island, A Child's Garden of Verses and Kidnapped. However, in keeping with true gothic tradition, Dr Jekyll must now face a race against time as damning evidence is uncovered, and the investigating detectives and interested parties are brought right to his door. Upon bearing witness to the extent of Mr Hyde's violent nature, Jekyll is horrified by his callous disregard for the welfare of others and greatly ashamed by the unstoppable nature of his ambition.Įager to redeem himself, Jekyll sets out to capture and stop the bloodthirsty Mr Hyde, by any means necessary. Robert Louis Stevenson presents the suspenseful, eerie and captivating story of a ruthless scientist who sets out to liberate his inner demon from the firm clutches of his conscience. ![]() ![]() ![]() Like Tolstoy, who also embraced the novel as a social document and openly used it to express his opinions, Morrison had a theory - a vision of slavery and black/white relations in America - that was in some ways old-fashioned, but still inflammatory and unresolved. ![]() For Morrison and most other writers of the 1980s, though, everything about the novel, from plot to style to characterisation, that had once seemed fairly neutral was seen to be fraught with political implications. This acceptance of the novel's power to shape opinion actually frees her to do anything she wants artistically - novelists who are careful to avoid social questions tend to limit their subjects to personal relationships or aesthetic questions that seem, on the surface, to be perennial, though in fact the novelist is usually simply avoiding the social and economic implications of what he or she is saying. ![]() I t is clear from Morrison's dedication ("Sixty Million and more") that she intends to embrace the social document potential of the novel, as, indeed, any novel that treats injustice and its effects must do. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It was believed that the killer had died in a fire but ten years later he is back and he’s on a killing spree. Late at night he returned to her home and killed her family and left Leah wounded and scarred for life. When she refused to go with him in favor of staying with her Amish family he left her in a fit of rage. During her Rumspringa when she was sixteen she spent time with an English boy who wanted her to run away with him. Leah Miller grew up Amish in the community of St. The ending was beautiful but I believe there will be a book two because some ends were left untied. From the first page I was drawn into this gripping book that I didn’t want to put down for any reason. Plenty of Police chases with a serial killer who is always one step ahead. I found it to be scary with lots of twists and turns. ![]() Mary Alford pulled out all the stops when she penned this new novel giving her readers a riveting and unpredictable story to get caught up in. Wow! This is an action packed, intense, edge of seat nail biter! It’s definitely the best Suspense Thriller I’ve read so far this year. ![]() ![]() Put on your amateur sleuth hat and join Peter Swanson on this delightfully nostalgic, utterly clever journey through the greatest murders in crime fiction. ![]() I haven’t had this much fun reading a crime novel in ages. It’s a story steeped in genre history and present-day in-jokes, and it’s one that no crime fiction reader will want to miss. EIGHT PERFECT MURDERS is a love letter to the crime fiction genre. ![]() Will these crimes prove as impossible to solve in the real world as they are on the page? In his newest release, Swanson delivers a shocking, addictive mystery with a classic crime twist. Following the owner of a mystery-dedicated bookstore in Boston, EIGHT PERFECT MURDERS imagines what happens when a person with a desire to do harm gets his or her hands on a guide to some of the most infallible murders in the crime fiction genre. I’ve been a mystery reader since I was a little kid (I owe a debt of gratitude to Carolyn Keene and Nancy Drew for that!), and over the years certain books - and certain murders found in the pages of those books - have stuck out as “perfect.” In Peter Swanson’s EIGHT PERFECT MURDERS, fictional crimes become a blueprint for real-life violence. What makes for the perfect murder? If you’re as crime fiction obsessed as I am, it’s probably a question that’s popped into your head once or twice in the context of the murder mysteries you are devouring. ![]() The Verdict: a must-read for crime fiction obsessed bookworms ![]() ![]() This set of instructional resources is for use with the book Hi! Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold.A copy of the book is not included in this set of resources. Note: This set of instructional resources is for use with the book Hi! Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold. ![]() ![]() Interactive vocabulary games and activities.Word work lesson plan and activities focused on Vowels.Comprehension worksheets and answer keys.5 comprehension strategy lesson plans and student resources for Hi! Fly Guy.This story’s text and strong illustrations make working on identifying the author’s purpose, making inferences and predictions, retelling and summarizing, and understanding text structure a breeze! Students will enjoy connecting their comprehension strategy practice to this humorous and relatable story about Buzz and his perfect pet, Fly Guy. Buzz is on the hunt for the perfect pet to enter in The Amazing Pet Show! He quickly learns that what he considers a pet, others think of as a pest. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The argument Toyama advances contains or at least implies such straw men, for of course there are many other considerations: are skilled teachers available? Is learning valued at home? Will the girls of the village be allowed to learn how to work a spreadsheet, or will they be forbidden from doing so because, as Toyama cites in one case, such knowledge will drive up their dowry prices? Throwing technology at problems that are fundamentally social and cultural in nature, argues the author, will likely prove ineffectual he coins a “Law of Amplification” to that end, namely, that “technology’s primary effect is to amplify human forces.” Marshall McLuhan said much the same thing half a century ago. Issuing an affordable laptop to every school kid will save the developing world, right? Well, probably not-and not even Nicholas Negroponte would say so. A well-meaning but arid argument, by a former Microsoft executive and current MIT fellow, against the presumed Trojan horses of technology. ![]() ![]() This has the side benefit of distracting Granny from becoming obsessive and self-centered, or so Nanny believes to her great relief. They also hope to recruit Agnes into their coven, to replace Magrat Garlick who left the coven when she became Queen of Lancre (in Lords and Ladies). When Granny Weatherwax realizes Nanny Ogg has written an immensely popular "cookbook" but has not been paid by the publisher (and that the nom de plume of 'A Lancre Witch' may lead people to believe that she rather than Nanny wrote it), the witches leave for Ankh-Morpork to collect the money. The story begins with Agnes Nitt leaving Lancre to seek a career at the Opera House in Ankh-Morpork, recently purchased by Seldom Bucket, formerly a cheesemonger. The witches Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg visit the Ankh-Morpork Opera House to find Agnes Nitt, a girl from Lancre, and get caught up in a story similar to The Phantom of the Opera. Maskerade is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the eighteenth book in the Discworld series. ![]() ![]() Faulkner reading his 1949 Nobel acceptance speech and excerpts from 'As I Lay Dying' and 'The Old Man.' For the first time on CD, this collection features acclaimed actors reading Faulkner' s short stories. More than simply a renowned Mississippi writer, the Nobel-Prize winning novelist and short story writer is acclaimed throughout the world as one of the twentieth century' s greatest writers, one who transformed his 'postage stamp' of native soil into an apocryphal setting in which he explored, articulated, and challenged the 'old verities and truths of the heart.' In this collection, we are proud to present a historic recording of Mr. William Faulkner never stood taller than five feet, six inches, but in the realm of American literature, he is a giant. ![]() |