6/28/2023 0 Comments Robin kelley monk![]() ![]() My stepfather was a jazz musician, so when I was in high school I picked up the piano. Robin Kelley: The short version is I grew up in a household where music was very important, especially jazz. ![]() That’s a lot of time! How did you become interested in writing a biography of Monk? What was the journey like for you? Your biography provides an exciting, often nostalgic account of the lives and times of many of the twentieth century’s “giants of jazz.” Thank you for undertaking and completing this fourteen-year project. Your in-depth narrative of Monk’s life is informative and educational about how to listen to jazz. It is quite an achievement and a pleasure for us to read. Robin, let’s begin with your biography of Thelonious Monk. Kelley, Distinguished Professor and Gary B. G. Kelleyīy Black Ink Rethinking Marxism: It is our great honor to be talking with Robin D. “Solidarity Is Not a Market Exchange”: An Interview with Robin D. ![]()
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6/28/2023 0 Comments Paddy Whacked by T.J. English![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() O元487556W Page_number_confidence 95.52 Pages 506 Ppi 300 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0060590033 English English, who has produced some notable books on Irish organized crime in America, like The Westies (1990) and Paddy Whacked (2005), finally weighs in, in-depth, on the now familiar. Urn:lcp:paddywhackedunto00engl_0:epub:fb995a52-f4e0-4df3-9765-67307bd55906 Extramarc University of Alberta Libraries Foldoutcount 0 Identifier paddywhackedunto00engl_0 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t6b31zj35 Invoice 1213 Isbn 9780060590024Ġ060590025 Lccn 2004065051 Ocr tesseract 4.1.1 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_module_version 0.0.5 Ocr_parameters -l eng Openlibrary OL18485119M Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 21:06:03.019627 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA1148618 Boxid_2 CH126811 City New York Donor ![]() ![]() ![]() His research subjects include facial attractiveness, the recognition of shape, the perception of motion and color, the evolution of perception, and the mind–body problem. Hoffman studies consciousness, visual perception and evolutionary psychology using mathematical models and psychophysical experiments. He is a professor in the Department of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, with joint appointments in the Department of Philosophy, the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, and the School of Computer Science. ![]() Donald David Hoffman (born December 29, 1955) is an American cognitive psychologist and popular science author. ![]() ![]() ![]() The edition reflects recent critical revaluations of Trollope's significance as a major novelist, including the influence of the new economic criticism, and new interests in Victorian liberalism.An emphasis on issues of gender, social and economic change, and politics in the introduction clarifies the novel's place in contemporary life.Dinah Birch's lively introduction discusses the relationships at the heart of the novel and elucidates the complexities of the text.The first of Trollope's six Palliser novels, Can You Forgive Her? concerns a woman's desire for independence painfully at odds with her feelings for two suitors, as Trollope explores the tensions in Victorian society between reform and tradition, and the interplay between money, power, and politics.Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Global Public HealthĮdited by Dinah Birch Oxford World's Classics. ![]() The European Society of Cardiology Series.Oxford Commentaries on International Law. ![]() ![]() In my opinion, some stories are meant to be challenging, and some stories are simply meant to be comfortable - the kind of book you can settle down with over a cup of hot cocoa during a snowstorm, and feel like you're having conversations with old friends. Whether you see it as a positive or negative characteristic depends on your approach to fiction. It's been said that David Eddings kept writing the same books over and over again, and there is some truth to this. magical realm of good-natured fun." -Publishers Weekly "A compelling, involving story." -Science Fiction Chronicle From the Paperback edition.Īn Eddings standalone fantasy, and a fun read! ![]() The interactions between characters, straightforward plotting, and doses of wry humor keep the tale humming." -Booklist "An engaging young reprobate hero. Featuring a cast of engaging characters, some fanciful plot twists, and a light-hearted atmosphere that should appeal strongly to fans and first-time readers alike." -Library Journal "The story takes off. ![]() ![]() magical realm of good-natured fun." -Publishers Weekly "A compelling, involving story." -Science Fiction Chronicle, "Highly recommended. ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments Cute mutants vol 1![]() ![]() ![]() Tintin's most enduring sidekick turned up in the ninth of the young reporter's adventures, and became more and more prominent thereafter – eventually becoming practically the main character. The energy fuelling it, however, is not and if Spawn ever exhausts his reserves it's a one-way ticket back to hell.īuy Spawn Origins Volume 1 now on Amazon 49. 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In 1992 a group of Marvel's top artists, frustrated with having their work exploited, walked out to form Image Comics, a place where creators would retain the rights to the characters they created. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Feed by mira grant summary![]() ![]() In 2013, she was nominated for a Hugo Award an impressive five times in a single year (twice as Mira Grant and three times as Seanan McGuire). An incredibly prolific and highly-regarded author, Grant has won a Nebula, a Hugo, and a Locus. ![]() ![]() Urban fantasy author Seanan McGuire uses the Mira Grant pen name for her forays into horror. Grant adds a new kind of fear to this canon, one centered on the interaction of scientific discovery and financial interest. Sci-fi horror forces us to confront and examine our fears of engineered nature, of contamination, and of scientific advancement beyond our control. By and horror go together like peanut butter and jelly and have remained enduringly popular as topics, from Mary Shelley’s original tale of the ethics of scientific creation to the several thousand zombie virus novels that have been published over the last decades (including one of Mira Grant’s). ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Matrix lauren groff review![]() ![]() Marie, born the last in a long line of women warriors and crusaders, is determined to chart a bold new course for the women she now leads and protects. ![]() In this crucible, Marie steadily supplants her desire for family, for her homeland, for the passions of her youth with something new to her: devotion to her sisters, and a conviction in her own divine visions. ![]() Lauren Groff returns with her exhilarating first new novel since the groundbreaking Fates and Furies.Ĭast out of the royal court by Eleanor of Aquitaine, deemed too coarse and rough-hewn for marriage or courtly life, 17-year-old Marie de France is sent to England to be the new prioress of an impoverished abbey, its nuns on the brink of starvation and beset by disease.Īt first taken aback by the severity of her new life, Marie finds focus and love in collective life with her singular and mercurial sisters. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Embassy row book 2![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Readers will love this first book in what promises to be an exciting, thrilling mystery series." - VOYA "An amazing book." - The Guardian Praise for All Fall Down (Embassy Row Book One): A New York Times Bestseller"Carter knows how to construct a gripping thriller." - Publishers Weekly"Action packed and meticulously plotted, All Fall Down keeps readers guessing." - Booklist"With its intrigue and clever plot twists, this series opener will leave readers hungering for more." - School Library Journal"Will appeal not only to psychological-thriller fans, but to those who want a little glamour, some A-list social politics, and a bit of high school nastiness mixed in with their suspense." - Kirkus Reviews"Grace is a fighter, and she will stop at nothing to find out what happened to her mother. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments The stand 1994![]() ![]() Though I’ve been meaning to watch it ever since – and it even made my list last June of things I was looking forward to in the second half of 2020 – it’s taken me until now to get around to it. Like my last miniseries review – which was for Marvel show The Falcon and the Winter Soldier – this review is also late to the party! The Stand was broadcast on CBS All Access – since rebranded as Paramount+ – late last year. I put that adaptation on a tongue-in-cheek list that I wrote last year, before I became aware of this latest adaptation. ![]() The Stand has already been adapted for television, with a miniseries in 1994 starring Gary Sinise. But Stephen King straddles the line between out-and-out horror with a creepy weirdness that can, under the right circumstances, be absolutely riveting. ![]() Modern horror tends to veer very strongly into jump-scares – which always unnerve me – or just gore for the sake of gore, which I really have little interest in. I’m categorically not a fan of horror on screen, either television shows or films. But in his hometown of Bangor, Maine, King’s house is a local landmark with ornate gates befitting the preeminent author of pop-horror. Not for any function, of course – nor indeed was I invited. Spoiler Warning: There are spoilers ahead for The Stand. ![]() |