![]() ![]() ![]() Add but to these natural perfections the advantages of acquired learning what polite and charming creatures would they prove whilst their external Beauty does the office of a Crystal to the Lamp not shrowding but discloseing their Brighter intellects. Nature is seldom observed to be niggardly of her choisest Gifts to the Sex, their Senses are generally as quick as ours, their Reason as nervious, their judgment as mature and solid. John Adams was born in Braintree (now Quincey), Massachusetts, situated ten miles from Boston. If women says the writer are to be esteemed our Enemies, methinks it is an Ignoble Cowardice thus to disarm them and not allow them the same weapons we use ourselves, but if they deserve the title of our Friends a tis an inhumane Tyranny to debar them of priviliges of ingenious Education which would also render their Friendship so much the more delightfull to themselves and others us. The letters not only reveal the depth of their relationship but also detail the sacrifices, the deprivations, and the emotions of war and separation in a. Introduction: John Adams (1735-1826) & Abigail Adams (1744-1818). ![]() I cannot forbear transcribing a few Generous Sentiments which I lately met with upon this Subject. You need not be told how much female Education is neglected, nor how fashonable it has been to ridicule Female learning,tho I acknowledge it my happiness to be connected with a person of a more generous mind and liberal Sentiments. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Fernando de Rojas teje una trama envolvente en su apreciación vívida de una realidad con todos sus niveles de complejidad, desde lo obsceno hasta lo sublime, desde lo vulgar hasta lo poético, desde lo falso de la hipocresía hasta la verdad de la muerte. ![]() La Celestina es un texto apasionante, una obra de teatro novelesca, o una novela teatral, tan importante para la literatura en nuestro idioma como el Robinson Crusoe de Defoe lo es para la inglesa, por ejemplo. «¿No sabes que alivia la pena llorar la causa? ¡Cuánto es dulce a los tristes quejar su pasión!» Está al cuidado de Santiago López-Ríos, profesor de literatura española de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Fernando de Rojas es capaz de contarnos esta historia con una habilidad insospechada, que ata al lector a un texto poderoso y magnífico y que obra el milagro de llenar de pasión la lectura misma.Esta edición incluye una introducción que contextualiza la obra, un aparato de notas, una cronología y una bibliografía esencial, así como también varias propuestas de discusión y debate en torno a la lectura. El «loco amor» de Calisto y Melibea, enhebrado con los hilos de una «bruja», Celestina, culmina fatalmente con la muerte de ambos. Los mejores libros jamás escritos Edición de Santiago López-Ríos, profesor de Literatura Española en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid La emoción, la belleza, el sentido trágico y al mismo tiempo grotesco de las grandes pasiones humanas hallan en La Celestina una de sus más intensas expresiones. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If any of them were opened without your consent, notify the bank. You can also call the bank and ask to review a full list of all the accounts under your name. Wells Fargo is telling customers to review their accounts on its website.īut it could be tricky to find an authorized account.Īccording to the CFPB, some workers created fake email addresses and PIN numbers to enroll customers in unwanted services. Related: Wells Fargo made me work overtime - without extra pay The average refund was $25.īut customers should still be diligent to verify there are no unknown accounts under their name. So far, the bank has refunded $2.6 million to customers for fees associated with unwanted accounts. Wells Fargo said it has identified, contacted and paid back customers who had bank accounts opened without their consent. ![]() Many Wells Fargo customers are wondering what the fake account scandal means for them, but other banking customers should also be paying attention. "Untangling exactly what those events cost you could be really difficult," said Bob Sullivan, credit expert at. Having accounts that you don't know about can have ripple effects on your financial health, which is why it's important to be proactive in reviewing your finances. Related: 'Wells Fargo isn't the only one': Other bank workers describe intense sales tactics ![]() ![]() ![]() L: I actually wrote Wake in 2006, but that was not my first. I wrote two novels before “Wake,” and neither of those sold. But I wrote all three of them in 2006. K: What was the first novel that you wrote? ![]() I think that really gave me the confidence to keep writing. ![]() He sent in one of my poems one time to a contest without telling me, and it won an honorable mention. That gave me so much confidence. That he would take the extra time out of his day to do something like that, meant he really believed in me. I had some cool other influences along the way. My High School teacher, Mr. My teacher picked my story out of the whole class, for a young author’s conference, and I got to go spend the day with authors at a local college. I remember thinking back then, “I want to be a writer.” Lisa: Since about 4th grade, I remember writing a story called “Baby May’s Birthday.” It’s my first book that I ever remember writing. I wrote it for an assignment for school. Kevin: Hi Lisa! Thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us about your incredible career, and your new book – “Gone.” When did you first realize that you wanted to become an author? Did you always have a passion for writing? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Buse made the All-Star teams both of those years. Buse led the ABA in minutes, assists, and steals in the 1976–1977 season, and after the merger, Buse led the NBA in both assists and steals in the 1977–78 season. Buse remained with the Pacers through the ABA-NBA merger. During Buse’s rookie season, the Indiana Pacers won the ABA Championship, though Buse had a very limited role throughout the playoffs.īuse would go on to have a great run in the ABA. Don Buse (1972-1984)ĭon Buse had a legendary career at the University of Evansville and would go on to play for the Indiana Pacers in the ABA. ![]() Sloan, who briefly coached the Bulls, would go on to coach the Utah Jazz, where he coached from 1988–2011, and he would go on to become one of the best coaches in the history of the league. ![]() ![]() ![]() Terry has none of his ability to raise a laugh." - Daily Express exactly what's needed to cheer us all up in the autumnal gloom. "The subject matter is football, with a dash of Romeo and Juliet."Satirical, historical, fantastical and irresistible." - Daily Mail.Or, to borrow another phrase, it's about life, the Universe, and everything." - The Times This isn't just football, it's Discworld football. "Behind the fantasy Terry Pratchett looks at very real contemporary issues and scores many goals.Because the thing about football - the important thing about football - is that it is not just about football. ![]() As the match approaches, four lives are entangled and changed for ever. The prospect of the Big Match draws in a street urchin with a wonderful talent for kicking a tin can, a maker of jolly good pies, a dim but beautiful young woman, who might just turn out to be the greatest fashion model there has ever been, and the mysterious Mr Nutt (and no one knows anything much about Mr Nutt, not even Mr Nutt, which worries him, too). And now the wizards of Unseen University must win a football match, without using magic, so they're in the mood for trying everything else. Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork. ![]() ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, Nan calls Mack and tells him that she is worried about their oldest daughter Kate who has been distant lately. Then, he receives an invitation to go up to a shack that weekend signed by Papa-Nan’s nickname for God-which sends shivers down his spine because it reminds him of all the pain and suffering in the world around him. His sadness makes him angry and fearful of what’s going on in his life. ![]() He thinks about how sad he feels, which he refers to as The Great Sadness. The story opens with a man named Mack who is watching the snow fall from his home office. Now he is happily married to Nan with five children. Mack had a difficult childhood because his father was an alcoholic and beat him up all the time. Willie, the narrator of the story, introduces his friend Mack. 1-Page Summary of The Shack Overall Summary ![]() ![]() ![]() Is This All There Is seemed so real to me. She starts flirting with a much younger man which comes with heavy consequences. She doesn’t take a class or start taking time for herself by going out with friends. She’s lost herself as a wife and mother, sacrificed herself for her family, and suddenly wants to find herself again, and not in the most socially acceptable of ways. And Beth is no exception.īeth’s journey to find herself and ‘is this all there is’ is a real, raw and gritty journey of self-discovery. But the right thing isn’t always the most pleasant and we somehow always gravitate to pleasure rather than pain and the hard road. She confused, conflicted, and trying to do the right thing. So when she bumps into a former student, a decade her junior, and things turn flirty, Beth suddenly doesn’t quite seem like the average soccer mom anymore. ![]() She’s doing the best she can for her family, she doesn’t take time for herself, and things have grown a little stale with her kind, wonderful husband. ![]() I don’t have children myself, but I know many who do and I can see that Beth is like every mom. Beth’s thought-provoking journey will take you on a roller coaster ride of emotions regardless of whether you can relate to, or disapprove of her actions. Is This All There Is tackles a sensitive subject with tact, grace, and impeccable emotion. ![]() ![]() Rascal is a comfort for Sterling he snuggles up with him when Sterling is haunted by nightmares of the war that his brother is off fighting in France. There’s no question of Oscar taking the kit home with him because his father has no love for raccoons (and, outwardly, very little for his own son).īut Sterling’s mother died a few years ago and now lives along with his father, who is endlessly working on a novel and allows for a whole menagerie of creatures to fill his household and a half-built canoe to fill the living-room. ![]() Sterling and his friend, Oscar, and his Saint Bernard, Wowser, had originally thought it would be good fun to scoop all four kits and the mother raccoon, so that they could watch all the kits grow up.īut an elaborate entrapment scheme goes awry, and the boys must content themselves with a single kit. That’s Rascal, when 11-year-old Sterling pulls him from his mother’s nest one May. “It was in May, 1918, that a new friend and companion came into my life: a character, a personality, and a ring-tailed wonder.” ![]() ![]() ![]() Again, I’m using these challenges to work through my backlist, so I just want to make sure I read the book I’ve chosen to fulfil the prompt sometime in 2022.Ī reminder: my Up Next Shelf is comprised of all the unread books I want to read and have purchased. Given how busy I am, I’ve decided while it’d be nice to fulfil the prompt in the corresponding month, it’s not the priority. She loves reading and devours every book. I’ve been fulfilling the prompts a month (or two) off. K.A Knight is an indie author trying to get all of the stories and characters out of her head. My Buzzword Reading Challenge and Book Voyage Around the World Challenge have also been a bit delayed. While I’m hoping to complete the Spring BINGO board, my priority once again is to make a dent in my Up Next shelf. The unique prompts help me prioritize the (many) books on my Up Next shelf waiting to be read. However, it’s serving its purpose of helping me get through my backlist of books I’ve purchased. Unfortunately, the last week of February was so busy that I fell four books short of completing the Winter Reading BINGO Challenge. ![]() ![]() Get the Book: □□ ~ □□ ~ □□ Reading Challenges Progress ![]() |
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