The Society of the Spectacle maps out some aspects of the 21st century directly: not least, so-called celebrity culture and its portrayal of lives whose freedom and dazzle suggest almost the opposite of life as most of us actually live it. Put another way, there are not many copyright-free monographs associated with arcane leftist sects that predicted where western societies would end up at 40 years' distance, but this one did exactly that. Its title alone is now used as shorthand for the image-saturated, comprehensively mediated way of life that defines all supposedly advanced cultures: relative to what Debord meant by it, the term usually ends up sounding banal, but the frequency with which it's used still speaks volumes about the power of his insights.
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Agent: Kristopher O’Higgins, Scribe Agency. Andrea Hairstons historical fantasy Will Do Magic for Small Change presents a tale of alien science and earthbound magic and the secrets families keep. Hairston’s novel is a completely original and stunning work. The entire work is filled with magic, celebrating West Africans, Native Americans, art, and love that transcends simple binary genders. The glory of West Africa’s orishas pulses off the pages, as does the weird power of the Wanderer, an unusual take on an alien life form. The three adolescents discover love and mystery while being supported by Sekou’s shade and the spirit-filled elders of Cinnamon’s family. Three years later, she introduces two other teens, Klaus Beckenbauer and Marie Masuda, to The Chronicles they read it together and resolve to reunite the aspects of the Wanderer that have been scattered. The Wanderer is an extradimensional being who first materialized in embattled Dahomey, a kingdom in West Africa, in 1892, and whose story is gradually revealed to Cinnamon as she reads the book. The curtain opens with Cinnamon Jones at the funeral for her half-brother, Sekou, who has died of an overdose and left her as the Guardian of a book called simply The Chronicles, which gives the history of the Wanderer. Hairston ( Mindscape) brews up a potent blend of West African religion and history, magic, science fiction, theater, and the life of one Pittsburgh teen in the 1980s. If an author would like me to remove any info listed, please do let me know. Also, I am not intending to out anyone I get author info from the web and the book bio. If you spot something incorrect, please do feel free to let me know. I’m listing rep at the end of my descriptions. I link to reviews where I have written them and also where I have only posted trigger warnings, so you can easily find those. I’m unabashedly listing multiple titles by the same author, when they were my fave for disability rep. I’m including rereads as well as new reads. (Not all of them were published in 2018-2019, of course.) It definitely shows my bias towards contemporary romance, but there is a smattering of paranormal romance, young adult fiction and speculative fiction as well. This post lists my favorite books with disability representation that I read in 2018-2019, organized by trope. This is the list of my favorite disability representation that I read in 2018-2019. Given that post doesn’t have most of the awesome books I read in the last two years, I thought I’d start a new tradition, much like my lists of favorite fat representation ( 2017, 2018, 2019). At the beginning of 2018, I made a list of my favorite romances with queer disabled MCs. I write for her, for other women like her, and for women like me-those who’ve felt invisible their whole lives, not counted, never seen. She was never seen in the ways she should have been. While my mother died long before I could ever show her the path I’d managed to carve out for myself, I still think of her with everything that I write. Every time I try to think about what has happened, what receiving this award means, I feel a tightness in my chest and a raw ache in my throat, forming a choke, and I think of my mother who sacrificed so much in her life so that I could be allowed to dream just a little bit, so that I could even consider the possibility of pursuing writing as a worthwhile endeavor, and while it’s still been a long struggle for me filled with a lot of my own years of job insecurity, of part-time and low-paid work, I dreamed anyway in the hope that one day I could show her that her sacrifices weren’t all in vain. 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Under religious purposes, are temples and churches. There are 3 types of public buildings: defensive, religious, and for utilitarian purposes.Įxamples of structures for defence are walls, gates and towers. The matter of building is divided in to two – construction of towns & public works for general use, and putting up structures for private individuals. The third subchapter is about the different departments of architecture the art of building, the making of time-pieces, and the construction of machinery. It is the arrangement of components & materials according to cost, matters of construction and other aspects. Propriety, on the other hand, is said to be the perfection of style which comes when a work is authoritatively constructed on approved principles. It is mainly described as the relation of the different parts to the whole work itself. Eurythmy, thirdly,is the adjustments of the members wherein they all correspond symmetrically. It is the idea of putting things in a suitable sequence and adjustments according to the character of the work. The first is Order it is defined as the adjustment of certain substances according to quantity. There are 6 principles, namely: Order, Arrangement, Eurythmy, Symmetry, Propriety, and Economy. The second subchapter is “The Fundamental Principles of Architecture”. It is hardly anybody’s capacity and ability to be able to conceive and understand all of the speculation and principles of these studies.
The parent and child had a close but fraught relationship. Highsmith’s 1952 novel “ The Price of Salt,” the basis for the movie “Carol,” was originally published under the pseudonym “Claire Morgan” because her mother disapproved of Highsmith’s interest in women. “Her life so divided that she kept secrets from everyone.” “She loved women, but preferred men as company,” Joan Schenkar, who wrote the authorized biography “The Talented Miss Highsmith,” tells The Post. She carried on several affairs at once, with members of both sexes. Ripley, was a misanthrope with a vast trove of secrets. But their duplicity pales next to the complicated creator of the film’s source material.Īuthor Patricia Highsmith, best known for her series of novels about the sociopathic Mr. The film “Carol” - out Friday and already meriting Oscar buzz - is about a lesbian couple forced to hide their romance in the 1950s. Highsmith’s 1962 novel “The Price of Salt,” which is the basis of “Carol.” Handout The Incomplete Book of Dragons: A Guide to Dragon Species (2014, UK) / The Complete Book of Dragons: A Guide to Dragon Species (2014, US).How To Train Your Viking, by “Toothless the Dragon” (2006).All the books have titles based around an instruction guide. The first book was published in 2003, and the last book was released in 2015. The books have subsequently been adapted into a media franchise consisting of three animated feature films, several television series and other media, all produced by DreamWorks Animation.Ĭowell has published twelve full novels, based around the adventures of a young Viking named Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third. By 2015, the series had sold more than seven million copies around the world. The first book was published in 2003 and the 12th and final one in 2015. The books were published by Hodder Children's Books in the UK and by Little, Brown and Company in the US. The books are set in a fictional Viking world, and focus on the experiences of protagonist Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third, as he overcomes obstacles on his journey of "becoming a hero, the hard way". How to Train Your Dragon is a series of children's books written by British author Cressida Cowell. By the end of the war, three great empires - the Austro-Hungarian, the Russian and the Ottoman - had collapsed. It unleashed both the demons of the twentieth century - political hatred, military destruction and mass death - and the ideas which continue to shape our world today: modernism in the arts, new approaches to psychology and medicine, and radical ideas about economics and society. It destroyed a century of relative peace and prosperity and saw a continent at the height of its success descend into slaughter. The definitive account of the Great War and a national bestseller from eminent military historian John Keegan 2018 marks the centenary of the First World War - the war that created the modern world. It unleashed both the demons of the twentieth century - political hatred, military destruction and mass death - and the ideas which continue to shape our world today: modernism in the arts, new. |