![]() Publication of his journal of the voyage made Darwin famous as a popular author. His five-year voyage on HMS Beagle from 1831 to 1836 established Darwin as an eminent geologist, whose observations and theories supported Charles Lyell's concept of gradual geological change. His studies at the University of Cambridge's Christ's College from 1828 to 1831 encouraged his passion for natural science. ĭarwin's early interest in nature led him to neglect his medical education at the University of Edinburgh instead, he helped to investigate marine invertebrates. ![]() ![]() Darwin has been described as one of the most influential figures in human history and was honoured by burial in Westminster Abbey. In a joint publication with Alfred Russel Wallace, he introduced his scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process he called natural selection, in which the struggle for existence has a similar effect to the artificial selection involved in selective breeding. His proposition that all species of life have descended from a common ancestor is now generally accepted and considered a fundamental concept in science. ![]() Charles Robert Darwin FRS FRGS FLS FZS JP ( / ˈ d ɑːr w ɪ n/ DAR-win 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. ![]()
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![]() ![]() I try to present the book in an unbiased way, so students can develop and defend their own ideas. ![]() Students are in the classroom to consider a variety of points of view. I have some strong opinions against many of Rand’s views, but that is one reason why I enjoy teaching the book. Whatever your personal views, be prepared to defend your approach in teaching Anthem. She has become the darling of hard-core capitalists who oppose social programs (even though Rand herself ultimately accepted her social security benefits ). Before starting the novella… Think about why you are teaching Anthem.Īnthem is an amazing novella by an ingenious woman who does not think much of women generally. I have grouped the ideas into before, during, and after reading sections. Here are some approaches that have helped me in teaching Anthem. Teaching Anthem by Ayn Rand offers excellent opportunities for both philosophical and literary exploration (even if you disagree with her themes). ![]() ![]() He no longer sees a youthful college student in the mirror rather, he sees the face of a killer. Although he had never killed a man before, when his training is over, under the leadership of cantankerous Stan Hurley, he is ready to kill … and kill again. He would be trained, honed and forged into a ultimate precision weapon and he would begin to hunt down every faceless person who had conspired or would conspire to harm innocent civilians. ![]() His potential immediately recognized, he was stripped of his identity - a person with no official record, a person who doesn't exist. When Irene Kennedy, an agent working for Director Thomas Stansfield, met the twenty-two year old Rapp, it was apparent to her that he was the one they were seeking for a unique project. Angry, he's open to an opportunity presented by the CIA to become an undercover agent for their Special Operations Group. ![]() Review: Vince Flynn provides an introduction to his popular series character, CIA counter-terrorism operative Mitch Rapp, in American Assassin, a prequel set in the late 1980s.Īs a young, athletic and intelligent, Mitch Rapp awaits the arrival of his fiancé home from Europe, he's stunned to learn the flight she's on, Pan Am 103, has fallen from the sky over Lockerbie, Scotland, the result of a terrorist bomb placed aboard the plane. ![]() ![]() Before we get into the review, I must confess I wasn’t into this book as much as I expected. Books that have shorter chapters tend to go by a lot quicker I find, so it went as fast as I expected it to be. I ended up reading the entire book in the span of an hour and a half, which isn’t bad because I thought it was a pretty straightforward and simple read. So I checked it out at the library way after it was actually released. But then I completely forgot about this book until one day I was really bored and diving deep into my Goodreads on what to read next. I say one of my strengths as a writer is keeping my pulse on the writing industry as a whole, as I like to see what’s being published. And, me being the nosy person I am that likes to keep tabs on the publishing industry’s trends, knew I had to read this once I saw some streaming platform bought the rights to it. ![]() ![]() For awhile, before the slow death of writing Twitter as we knew it before, I found myself seeing this book and author all over my timeline. ![]() ![]() ![]() They trek north by night across a devastated New England, having fleeting encounters with other survivors and catching disturbing hints about the activities of the phoners, who still attack non-phoners on sight.Ĭrossing into New Hampshire, they arrive at the Gaiten Academy, a prep school with one remaining teacher, Headmaster Charles Ardai, and one surviving pupil, Jordan. Having no better alternatives, Tom and Alice come with him. ![]() Clay is still determined to return to Maine and reunite with his young son, Johnny. The next day, they learn the "phoners" have begun foraging for food and banding together. Civilization crumbles as the "phoners" attack each other and anyone in view.Īmidst the chaos, Clay is thrown together with middle-aged Thomas McCourt and fifteen-year-old Alice Maxwell the trio escapes to Tom's suburban home as Boston burns. ![]() ![]() Clay is standing in Boston Common when the Pulse hits, causing chaos to erupt around him near an ice cream truck. The story follows a New England artist struggling to reunite with his young son after a mysterious signal broadcast over the global cell phone network turns the majority of his fellow humans into mindless vicious animals.Ĭlayton Riddell, a struggling artist from Maine, has just landed a graphic novel deal in Boston when "The Pulse", a signal sent out over the global cell phone network, suddenly turns every cell phone user into mindless zombie-like killers. Cell is a 2006 apocalyptic horror novel by American author Stephen King. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Wollstonecrafts lived in Yorkshire from 1768 to 1774, on a farm called Walkington in the Wolds. The pressures led Wollstonecraft's father into alcoholism, and the related abuse he inflicted upon his wife, Elizabeth, had a profound impact on their daughter and her attitudes toward marriage. Because of this, the family moved several times when Wollstonecraft was a child, and kept growing in size despite their economic hardships. He attempted to establish himself as a gentleman farmer, but nearly all of his ventures failed. Her grandfather had made a fortune as a master weaver in London and through profitable real estate investments as well, but Wollstonecraft's father, Edward, squandered much of that inheritance. Wollstonecraft was born on April 27, 1759, in Hoxton, near London, England, as the second of seven children in the family. She died several days after giving birth to her daughter, the novelist Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, author of Frankenstein. Her achievements and renown, however, could not save her from the most dangerous of all social ills for women in her day-that of childbirth and its attendant medical risks. ![]() The book is considered the first written document of the modern feminist movement, and in it Wollstonecraft argued in favor of full legal, social, and economic rights for women. English writer Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797) and her most famous work, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, both achieved immense notoriety in Georgian England of the 1790s. ![]() ![]() Eastman book, the train was a powerful and modern North American beautiful comfortable cross-country diesel electric passenger train. According to the train from the Sam And The Firefly Written And Illustrated By P.D. Eastman book taught me much about how to stop a North American railroad night shift train from hitting a North American road automobile car at a North American railroad crossing with the help of a North American owl bird and a North American firefly bug. The Sam And The Firefly Written And Illustrated By P.D. I’ll tell you about the train from Philip Dey Eastman/P.D. The Passenger Train from Philip Dey Eastman/P.D. ![]() ![]() ![]() After the love, hatred and despair are done with, the great and trivial acts of her bodily life reveal an imperfect, yet whole self. There was a man in my bed and I did not know how he got there.Ī woman, on the eve of her fiftieth birthday, reflects on one hundred moments from a lifetime's sensual adventures. There was a cry, far off, almost out of earshot. The curtains were cream and blew softly in the wind. ![]() That afternoon in the small bedroom the light was blue. Susan Johnson is a writer in her prime, and her most enduring love affair is with language itself. A woman on the eve of her fiftieth birthday reflects on her life in the extraordinary, beautiful and shocking new novel from one of Australia's premier novelists.Ĭonfronting the inevitable desiccation of her ageing body, a woman reflects on her life as an erotic adventurer, and through these vivid stories of the flesh, a mind and a soul emerge in full. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is a condensed version of Gilbert’s schema designed to help you understand where and when events take place.Ĭomplete list of related materials for Ulysses on the Columbia University site. Michael Seidel, Jesse and George Siegel Professor Emeritus in Literature and Humanities, Columbia University, developed a Ground Plan of Ulysses. Make sure you follow the site guide on the Notes page. He developed this interactive annotated version of Ulysses. Michael Groden is Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at Western University. The James Joyce Center in Dublin is an excellent source for information and insight on the author. James Joyce Life and Works: Includes biographical notes, commentary on each of his novels, and recommended readings lists. We recommend this site if you are new to the author, or a Joycean buff looking for new insight and information. ![]() Developed by The James Joyce Centre in Dublin, Ireland. Here is a short but comprehensive biographical outline of the life of James Joyce. ![]() ![]() ![]() Because of the New York Fed's proximity to Wall Street, it acts as the eyes and ears into markets for the bank's Federal Reserve System, America's central bank. The New York Fed is only a spoke, though the most important spoke, in the U.S. Its arched windows are encased in metal grille, and its main entrance, on Liberty Street, is guarded Project an open, accommodative air, but the Fed building, a Florentine Renaissance showpiece, is distinctly forbidding. A bit further, to the west, Merrill Lynch, the people's brokerage, gazes at the Hudson River, across which lie the rest of America and most of Merrill's customers. ![]() The Fed's immediate neighbors include a shoe repair stand and a teriyaki house, and also Chase Manhattan Bank J. Is dotted with discount stores and luncheonettes-and, almost everywhere, brokerage firms and banks. Though a city landmark building constructed in 1924, the bank is a muted, almost unseen presence among its lively, entrepreneurial neighbors. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is perched in a gray, sandstone slab in the heart of Wall Street. ![]() The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management ![]() |