![]() ![]() A book quote shows how powerless women were during those times, “It is a cliff, a drop into some unfathomably deep and foggy abyss… a shipwreck.” Yet, in the end, love wins out, and her parents accept Hamilton as a suitable husband. ![]() She wants to marry for love, not prestige and wealth, but will not go against her parent’s wishes. His prestige comes from being the aide-de-camp to General George Washington.Įliza is seen as a strong-willed, sharp-tongued, sarcastic, and intelligent woman. The bright, ambitious, but penniless Hamilton is drawn to practical Eliza, falling deeply in love. But it is also a Prince and the Pauper story since Hamilton was an orphan who did not have a name or financial means. Hamilton is seen as a smitten dashing knight who sweeps the princess, Eliza, off her feet. Because there is not much information about Eliza, the author had to take liberties to construct a story that was somewhat accurate, weaving together fact and fiction. The plot spans the years from when they first met in 1777 to their marriage in 1780. ![]() The novel, Alex and Eliza, emphasizes the romance more than the historical, as the author brings to life the love story of these two Revolutionary figures. Whether the play by Lin-Manuel Miranda or the novel by Melissa De La Cruz people are craving for more information about the Founding Father Alexander Hamilton and his wife Eliza Schuyler. Alex and Eliza has taken the world by storm. ![]()
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![]() While dreaming, we see, hear, smell, taste, and feel external objects that are not actually there. To illustrate this, let’s consider dreams. ![]() The character Morpheus, in the 1999 film The Matrix, explains Berkeley’s argument very well in the following quote: “What is real? How do you define ‘real’? If you’re talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then ‘real’ is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain.”Įven if we grant that physical bodies exist outside of our minds, Berkeley concludes that we are incapable of knowing that such bodies exist. – are ideas that only exist within the mind. The qualities of the table – such as its brownness, its size, its shape, its number of legs, etc. For example, we perceive a brown, four-legged table in the middle of a dining room. ![]() ![]() He asserts that all bodies are merely ideas. In this video, we will explore Berkeley’s radical ontology, which, if accepted, resolves many philosophical paradoxes that have haunted mankind from time immemorial.īerkeley begins the first part of his Treatise by attacking the notion of material substances. He discusses this theory, which will later be referred to as subjective idealism, in his treatise titled, The Principles of Human Knowledge. The Anglo-Irish philosopher George Berkeley once said “Esse est percipi,” which means “to be is to be perceived.” According to Berkeley, only minds and ideas exist matter does not exist. ![]() ![]() ![]() Looking beyond this planet, she decided to become a scientist and go to Mars. From what she could tell of the world from small-town Ontario, the likes of Marco Polo and Magellan had mapped the whole earth there was nothing left to be discovered. It's a modern classic.-Pico IyerĪ brilliant, fierce writer, and winner of the 2019 RBC Taylor Prize, makes her debut with this enthralling travelogue and memoir of her journey by bicycle along the Silk Road-an illuminating and thought-provoking fusion of The Places in Between, Lab Girl, and Wild that dares us to challenge the limits we place on ourselves and the natural world.Īs a teenager, Kate Harris realized that the career she craved-to be an explorer, equal parts swashbuckler and metaphysician-had gone extinct. ![]() Lands of Lost Borders carried me up into a state of openness and excitement I haven't felt for years. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Rachel's made a career out of always a bridesmaid. If she's a spy, she's certainly the cutest one he's ever seen.Īs the week's worth of wedding events march along, Rachel and Camden are learning almost everything there is to know about each other. But the constant surveillance is also opening his eyes to things about Rachel that he likes. Convinced she's a corporate spy out to tank his company, Camden's not letting her out of his sight. High-tech entrepreneur Camden Lewis must know: Who is this gorgeous, intelligent, and mysterious woman? Too good to be real. ![]() If Rachel can keep the very handsome and slightly too interested best man at bay, that is. That means a paradise of new contacts, which could be a boon to her already booming business. Her next gig is a destination wedding-livestreamed and sponsored-for an Instagram influencer. Rachel Vinson is a bridesmaid for hire: part confidante, part wedding planner, and one hundred percent pretend BFF. The Paid Bridesmaid by Sariah Wilson Amazon / B&N / BB From Sariah Wilson, the bestselling author of Roommaid, comes a captivating romantic comedy about what happens when a wedding party mixes business with romance. From Sariah Wilson, the bestselling author of Roommaid, comes a captivating romantic comedy about what happens when a wedding party mixes business with romance. ![]() ![]() ![]() And there is a lot in The Great Hunt that causes me to roll my eyes. The Great Hunt is not bad, but there is just nothing that gets my heart pumping, no reason for me to recommend this over any of the other great options out there. ![]() In the end, the McGuffin overwhelms an otherwise perfectly good attempt by two female protagonists to save another (which was probably the best part of the book, which makes the development extra frustrating) – and so our main character Bland, eeeh, I mean, Rand, saves the day in the end. In the first few chapters, the bad guys steal the McGuffin and for the rest of the book the good guys and the bad guys variously chase one another as they nick the McGuffin off each other. The Great Hunt pretty much picks up where The Eye of the World left off. ![]() ![]() Essentially, I feel like The Wheel of Time is ultra-generic middle of the road fantasy that is comfortable, but not interesting. My opinion of The Wheel of Time didn’t really change after reading The Great Hunt. Listened to the audiobook with Michael Kramer and Kate Reading (like the first book in the series) – fine narrators. ![]() ![]() Early lifeĬS Lewis was born in Belfast in 1898. His influence and popularity continued after his death in 1963: a number of his books have been turned into plays, radio and television dramas and films. He rediscovered Christianity in a profound, personal way in his 30s while a tutor at Oxford under the guidance of his close friend and fellow academic JRR Tolkien. ‘You must picture me alone in that room in Magdalen, night after night, feeling… the steady, unrelenting approach of Him whom I so earnestly desired not to meet’.ĬS Lewis was raised as a Christian but he rejected faith in his teens. ![]() His work ‘Mere Christianity’ is a classic piece of apologetics – a defence of the Christian faith – which began life as a series of radio broadcasts. These deal with Christian themes such as sin, humanity’s fall from grace and its saving through faith in Jesus Christ. In addition to his work as an English literature academic at Oxford and Cambridge universities, he wrote a number of popular novels, including the ‘Chronicles of Narnia’ series and ‘The Screwtape Letters’. Clive Staples ‘Jack’ Lewis was a writer, scholar and theologian who is widely regarded as one of the most influential Christian authors of the 20th century. ![]() ![]() ![]() Landing by Moonlight: A Novel of WW II Starting at 15.29. We have new and used copies available, in 1 editions - starting at 1.36. ![]() ![]() "Ware's trailblazing woman is a feisty host for an affecting story of the struggle to rise above the wreckage of mankind. Buy A Race to Splendor by Ciji Ware online at Alibris. Highly recommended, this novel glows with a careful blend of history and romance"- Historical Novels Review "Ciji Ware continues to shine a spotlight on women's accomplishments in history. Filled with courage, passion, and conflict, Amelia Bradshaw's spirit will capture your imagination as she strives to redraft her life amidst the ruins with both help and hindrance from a wayward son of privilege who pulls her into worlds she'd never have known. ![]() deftly blends history and romance in a page-turning story."-Library JournalĮarly in 1906, the ground in San Francisco shook buildings and lives from their comfortable foundations.Īmidst rubble, corruption, and deceit, two women-young architects in a city and field ruled by men-find themselves racing the clock and each other during the rebuilding of competing hotels in the City by the Bay.īased on meticulous research, A Race to Splendor tells the story of the audacious people of one of the world's great cities rebuilding and reinventing themselves after immense human tragedy. "Vividly evocative of the time and place. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As menswear-inspired fashions for women have exploded into the mainstream under the helm of designers and stylists ranging from J.Crew to Rag & Bone to Boy by Band of Outsiders, acceptance of both the word tomboy and the women associated with its edge has been set into play. Throughout the twentieth century, the mass marketing of gender stereotypes meant tomboys cropped up against the odds, trends, and ads. Tomboy captures the tomboy's style, her je ne sais quoi, her wardrobe, and most importantly, her spirit. They aren't known for following rules, they are known for doing-and wearing-whatever they want.nbsp Tomboys are confident, rebellious, and adventurous. ![]() ![]() Ultimately, however, Machen agreed to revise the description of the final scene of the book, in order to purge one word that Lane had found to be too explicit the word was entrails. ![]() Publisher John Lane of The Bodley Head, wary of the atmosphere following the trial of Oscar Wilde, asked Machen to expurgate his manuscript Machen refused. The three impostors of the title are members of this society who weave a web of deception in the streets of London-relating the aforementioned weird tales in the process-as they search for a missing Roman coin commemorating an infamous orgy by the Emperor Tiberius and close in on their prey: "the young man with spectacles". ![]() The novel comprises several weird tales and culminates in a denouement of deadly horror, connected with a secret society devoted to debauched pagan rites. ![]() ![]() ![]() I rely on her in so many ways, not just at work, but personally, I constantly am asking advice from her, and I look up to her in so many ways." Savannah and I are such close friends, she’s one of your sissys too, but of course Hoda. "I think it's so lucky to work with a group of incredible women. All of them," Jenna insisted of her Today show co-workers. While they have each other to lean on, the pair also have a few friends and colleagues they consider sisters, like Jenna's co-host Hoda Kotb, Savannah Guthrie and more. So, I think we've always been more powerful together." All the scary moments in life when you're little, like, the first day of school or for us, unusual moments like going to the inauguration when we were seven, these intimidating days actually weren't that intimidating 'cause we had someone whose hand we could hold when we were walking in. "We only know the world together," Barbara shared. "I think we've always been more powerful together, because we've never not had someone walking alongside us. ![]() |