6/8/2023 0 Comments Fathers and sons ivan![]() ![]() When Bazarov appears, Pavel interrogates him about his rejection of all authorities, an exchange that leaves both men feeling hostile. When Pavel, Nikolai’s sophisticated brother, joins the table, Arkady explains to his baffled father and uncle that Bazarov is a nihilist-someone who “looks at everything critically” and takes no principle for granted. When Fenichka doesn’t appear at the breakfast table the next morning, Arkady rushes to introduce himself to her, but he compounds the awkwardness when he discovers that Fenichka and his father have an infant son, Mitya. ![]() When Nikolai mentions that his lover, Fenichka, has begun living in the house, he is deeply embarrassed, but Arkady reassures him, feeling proud of “his own more emancipated outlook.” ![]() Nikolai is overjoyed to see his son, but during the journey home to Maryino, the family estate, he is conscious of a growing divide between them. When Arkady’s carriage arrives, he is accompanied by his “great friend” and mentor, whom Arkady introduces to Nikolai as Yevgeny Vassilyich Bazarov, a medical student. ![]() He waits at an inn for his son, Arkady, a recent graduate of Petersburg University, to arrive. In 1859, 44-year-old Nikolai Petrovich Kirsanov is the owner of a modest Russian country estate. ![]()
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![]() The main character of the story is Douglas Spaulding, a 12-year-old boy loosely patterned after Bradbury. In the story, dandelion wine, as made by the protagonist's grandfather, serves as a metaphor for packing all of the joys of summer into a single bottle. The title refers to a wine made with dandelion petals and other ingredients, commonly citrus fruit. The novel developed from the short story "Dandelion Wine", which appeared in the June 1953 issue of Gourmet magazine. Dandelion Wine is a 1957 novel by Ray Bradbury set in the summer of 1928 in the fictional town of Green Town, Illinois, based upon Bradbury's childhood home of Waukegan, Illinois. ![]() 6/7/2023 0 Comments How green is my valley book![]() If anything I upload is found to not be in the Public Domain, I do understand that it (sadly) may be pulled from this priceless website. I do so with the belief the item is now in the Public Domain. I upload for educational purposes only, for the enjoyment of all generations (present & future). ![]() ![]() ![]() I receive NO FINANCIAL GAIN for this upload, NOR GAIN IN ANY OTHER FORM, for any item I upload to. **I OWN NO RIGHTS TO ANY PART OF THIS MOVIE. The Academy Film Archive preserved How Green Was My Valley during 1998. In 1990, the movie was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry of the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The fictional village in the movie is based on Gilfach Goch Llewellyn spent many summers there visiting his grandfather, and it served as the inspiration for the novel. The story chronicles life in the South Wales coalfields, the loss of that way of life and its effects on the family. The movie tells of the Morgans, a hard-working Welsh mining family living in the heart of the South Wales Valleys during the 19th century. ![]() It was nominated for ten Academy Awards, famously beating Citizen Kane for Best Picture along with winning Best Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Supporting Actor. The movie features Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee, Donald Crisp, and Roddy McDowall. The movie, based on the 1939 Richard Llewellyn novel of the same name, was produced by Darryl F. ''How Green Was My Valley'' is a 1941 drama film directed by John Ford. ![]() 6/7/2023 0 Comments Human compatible book review![]() Reputation isn’t something that one gets for nothing. He is a fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence. He is vice chair of the World Economic Forum’s Council on AI and Robotics. ![]() To start with: Stuart Russell is professor of Neurological Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco and Professor of Computer Science at Berkeley. This is a book about which principles are needed in order to create beneficial Artificial Intelligence-systems. In his new book “Human-Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control” explains the principles that govern the action of autonomous AI-systems and makes proposals for how such systems should be designed to make them beneficial rather than evil. ![]() Still we have reasons to worry – both because of these limitations and because they could be overcome in the future. Book Review: Human-Compatible – Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control (Viking 2019) by Stuart RussellĪI has severe limitations. ![]() ![]() ![]() This book is a serious page turner.Ī veteran of the genre, Schrefer flawlessly constructs all the pillars of YA. I probably should have noticed this title when it was released in 2012, or at the very least when it earned recognition from the ALA, NPR, or became a National Book Award finalist, so it was with some chagrin that I checked it out and sat down to read. Other than two genre novels, this was the only hit and it felt, well, a little too obvious. I stumbled on Elliot Schrefer’s young adult novel Endangered while searching my library’s catalog for fiction about endangered species. ![]() ![]() When the disease infects their camp, Chase is not in the least surprised, nor does he become nonplused when word reaches town that a brushfire is raging out of control and seems headed directly for Friendship. On the outskirts of Friendship a revival camp has been pitched by followers of a charismatic preacher named Chase, who has spent the last few months prophesying the imminent end of the world. And while the lawman in Jake sees the necessity of this step, his Christian sentiments rebel against such callousness. This means completely cutting off Friendship from the outside world and keeping infected patients more or less boarded up in their own homes to die alone. ![]() Naturally, he prefers his role as pastor, but lately he’s been pretty busy in all three capacities: diphtheria has broken out in the little town, and it’s Jake’s responsibility to enforce a quarantine in the hope of checking its spread. ![]() A Civil War veteran, he has settled down to peacetime routines in Friendship, Wisconsin, where he does triple duty as preacher, sheriff, and mortician. ![]() O-Nan (A World Away, 1998, etc.) steps back in time and offers us a kind of Old West rendition of the Dance of Death as a diphtheria epidemic threatens to wipe out an entire town. ![]() 6/6/2023 0 Comments Mr terupt series book 5![]() Through the seven different points of view, we experience the minds of fifth graders. Terupt’s class visits a special needs class, who teach them about love, acceptance, and the worth of every individual. His creative games encourage the kids to get out of their comfort zone, enrich their minds, and become friends with classmates whom they misjudged. ![]() He challenges them to open their eyes to new experiences. He knows how to relate to each student in a way unique to their personalities. Terupt is the teacher who makes you want to succeed. Terupt makes each student feel special and encourages them to become their best selves in the classroom and at home…until the unthinkable happens. Luke loves school because he’s smart, but his annoying classmates get on his nerves. Jeffrey’s family lost a son, and he has a cynical view of the world. Peter is the class clown who thinks he can get away with anything. ![]() Anna’s mother is a shunned teenage mom, and Anna thinks it was her fault. Danielle is overweight and has trouble standing up for herself. Alexia is a bully whom no one can really figure out. ![]() Jessica’s parents split up, and she just moved across the country to a new school. Terupt follows the narratives of seven 5 th grade students who are all insecure for different reasons. Have you ever had a teacher who changed your life? I’ve had many. ![]() 6/6/2023 0 Comments Still life by am johnson![]() ![]() These things aren’t unique to people who wrestle with homosexual attractions. The joy of finding your sufficiency in Christ and not in your sexuality. ![]() Anyone who can uphold Biblical chastity in one’s sexuality for nearly 50 years of life will always have my respect for that.Īs someone who knows well the struggles of same-sex desires and has continued to wrestle through the theology of the ex-gay movement myself, I can personally relate to many of the things Johnson raises in this book. While I have some disagreements with Greg Johnson (more of which I will get into below), I have always appreciated his testimony and his commitment to Christ. I’ve been looking forward to reading Greg Johnson’s book Still Time to Care since it came out. Still Time to Care: What We Can Learn From the Church’s Failed Attempt to Cure Homosexuality, by Greg Johnson ![]() 6/6/2023 0 Comments Amy poehler biography book![]() ![]() I honestly cannot express how much more I love Amy after this book. Like the one bellow, for example, where Amy is dressed as a man. ![]() In between chapters, there’s a lot of old photos and some ridiculous new ones. ![]() The book felt like a good crossing between a memoir and a self-help book. In this book, she talks about her upbringing, her career, personal experiences and whatever she feels like transmitting to her readers. Yes Please is the memoir/”semi” autobiography by Amy Poehler, a very successful actress that has worked in Saturday Night Live, Parks and Recreation and another great collection of movies. I really wanted to know more about the person behind that amazing character. That much energy needs to be stopped or it will drain everyone around. She’s so funny and driven! I aspire to have only half of that determination, even thought if anyone was like Knope in real life, others would want to “punch” her in the face (not literally). I’ve only recently started watching Parks and Recreation but I can say with all certainty that Leslie Knope is one of my favourite characters ever. And oh, I really am committed on reading non-fiction! We’re only in the third month of the year and I’ve already read two books! Today’s all about Yes Please, by the fantastic Amy Poehler.įind any edition of this book at Book Depository In honour of International Women’s Day, today’s review is about a book written by a woman I’m really starting to admire. ![]() ![]() ![]() But I'm encouraged in it by the inscription written by Peggy in my copy of the book: 'For Sandra, signing in red, fellow traveller and friend.' So it's as such that I state unequivocally that I read it cover to cover in one sitting and found it totally compelling, that it was challenging and unbearably painful in parts, beautifully written, as one would expect from an artist who has crafted hundreds of songs and has a traditional repertoire of hundreds more, and full of what one can only assume is honest disclosure, since some of it makes for uncomfortable reading and endorses the incremental repetition of the words 'I was not a feminist then'. ![]() Reviewing a memoir, as opposed to an academic publication, especially when the memoirist has been known to the reviewer over a long period of time, is a daunting task. ![]() |