6/27/2023 0 Comments The slogan laurel thatcher ulrich![]() In 1992, the MacArthur Foundation chose Ulrich as a MacArthur Fellow. ![]() In 1991, Ulrich received both the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize for her work of history, A Midwife's Tale. She remained on the faculty at UNH through 1995. Career Īfter completing her Ph.D., Ulrich joined the faculty at the University of New Hampshire, gradually working her way up from graduate assistant to tenured faculty member. In 1971, she earned a master's degree in English at Simmons College, and subsequently a doctorate in history from the University of New Hampshire, in 1980. She graduated from the University of Utah, majoring in English and journalism, and gave the valedictory speech at commencement. Laurel Thatcher was born July 11, 1938, in Sugar City, Idaho, to John Kenneth Thatcher, schoolteacher and superintendent as well as state legislator and farmer and Alice Siddoway Thatcher. Her most famous book, “A Midwife’s Tale,” was later the basis for a PBS documentary film. ![]() Her approach to history has been described as a tribute to "the silent work of ordinary people"-an approach that, in her words, aims to "show the interconnection between public events and private experience." Ulrich has also been a MacArthur Genius Grant recipient. ![]() Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (born July 11, 1938) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian specializing in early America and the history of women, and a professor at Harvard University. ![]()
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![]() ![]() It's known that the former occupants left abruptly, but where did they go? And why do the patients all seem to share the same nightmare, one so horrific that they dare not speak of it? ![]() But something more is going on at Portis House-its plaster is crumbling, its plumbing makes eerie noises, and strange breaths of cold waft through the empty rooms. Hiding the shame of their mental instability in what was once a magnificent private estate, the patients suffer from nervous attacks and tormenting dreams. In 1919, Kitty Weekes, pretty, resourceful, and on the run, falsifies her background to obtain a nursing position at Portis House, a remote hospital for soldiers left shell-shocked by the horrors of the Great War. "Portis House emerged from the fog as we approached, showing itself slowly as a long, low shadow." ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Pride and prejudice alan rickman![]() ![]() ![]() I don't know about you people, but I got pretty nervous watching this film, as Winslet was fresh off of the set of the period psychological thriller "Heavenly Creatures", and you know what we got in that coming-of-age opus. Before there was "Price and Prejudice", there was "Sense and Sensibility", so I reckon Jane Austen was pretty big into catchy titles with "and" in them early on in her career, as surely as Kate Winslet was pretty big into coming-of-age period dramas early on in her career. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Democracy in chains book review![]() From UVA and later George Mason University, also in Virginia, Buchanan trained a generation of right-wing thinkers and began amassing a war chest from affluent donors to link academia to the political interests of the super-rich through a network of think tanks. Buchanan used the university as a centre to launch an assault on Keynesian economics. In the late 1950s, the libertarian economist James M. ![]() This is not the first time that the University of Virginia (UVA) has been in the eye of the storm when it comes to radical movements calling for the end of national government. Many of the participants were from groups that advocate not just racial supremacy but the end of the US federal government, which they see as tyrannical. ![]() ![]() On 12 August 2017 a mob of neo-Nazis descended on the campus of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, chanting racial epithets while openly carrying rifles and pistols. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Enlightenment's emphasis on reason created in turn a lively conversation about its apparent opposite: emotion. In insisting on the rationality of women, Wollstonecraft drew out the radically egalitarian implications behind the Enlightenment project. ![]() ![]() Reason was above all universal everyone had access to it and, consequently, everyone should choose to be bound by its decrees. For Kant, whose work Wollstonecraft very likely knew through her continental friends and translation work from German, the Enlightenment rested on a belief in the power of reason to discover binding moral, scientific, and philosophical truths that trumped the authority of old prejudices and traditions. Immaturity is the inability to use one’s own understanding without the guidance of another” (Kant, 54). The most famous definition of the Enlightenment, though very late in the movement, comes in Immanuel Kant’s essay, “What is Enlightenment?”: “Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-incurred immaturity. (Wikimedia Commons) In Vindication, Wollstonecraft is very critical of the deleterious effects of romance novels on the aspirations of young women.Ī Vindication of the Rights of Woman should be understood within the context of the Enlightenment as a movement containing complex and often contradictory political, religious, and philosophical implications. ![]() ![]() Many women (myself included) love a good, juicy romance-the sidelong glances, the unexpected kisses, the final moment when the couple reveals their feelings. ![]() I often complain when romances are too heavy on adult content and too light on plot. Soon someone is determined to prevent Dauntry from exposing the villain, and secrets in Kitty’s past threaten their growing love… The Review: ![]() He can’t resist the opportunity to marry a sensible widow who can manage Beauchamp Abbey for him-until he realizes Kitty is more than he bargained for…īefore Kitty and Dauntry can adjust to each other, a threat to the royal family takes them to London. So when he inherits the title of Viscount Dauntry, he has no intention of resettling on a rural estate. London life suits Beau Braydon, especially his work keeping Britain safe. Desperate to escape, Kitty will consider any option-even a hasty marriage to a stranger with no intention of abandoning his bachelor ways. Since being widowed two years ago, Kitty Cateril has been trapped in her late husband’s home, where she is expected to mourn forever. ![]() ![]() The New York Times bestselling author of Too Dangerous for a Lady returns with another roguishly delicious Regency romance… I received a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review. Release Date: April 2016 Reviewer: Andrea ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ‘ Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia is a mosaic, its more than 50 tiles – short personal essays with unique patterns, shapes, colours and textures – coming together to form a powerful portrait of resilience.’ - The Saturday Paper Winner, Small Publisher Adult Book of the Year at the 2019 Australian Book Industry Awards This groundbreaking collection will enlighten, inspire and educate about the lives of Aboriginal people in Australia today.Ĭontributors include: Tony Birch, Deborah Cheetham, Adam Goodes, Terri Janke, Patrick Johnson, Ambelin Kwaymullina, Jack Latimore, Celeste Liddle, Amy McQuire, Kerry Reed-Gilbert, Miranda Tapsell, Jared Thomas, Aileen Walsh, Alexis West, Tara June Winch, and many, many more. All of the contributors speak from the heart – sometimes calling for empathy, oftentimes challenging stereotypes, always demanding respect. What is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia? This anthology, compiled by award-winning author Anita Heiss, showcases many diverse voices, experiences and stories in order to answer that question.Īccounts from well-known authors and high-profile identities sit alongside those from newly discovered writers of all ages. Childhood stories of family, country and belonging ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments Once upon a time a twisted tale![]() ![]() ![]() This is Aurora’s reality, but it’s only real within her mind. Now, the survivors are stuck within the walls of the castle, which is surrounded by dark vines that protect the inhabitants. If not for Aurora’s Aunt Maleficent, everyone would have perished in the desolation they created. Princess Aurora’s parents want nothing to do with her. Instead, when the prince touches lips with the slumbering young woman, he falls asleep himself. The dashing prince has slayed the dragon and kissed the slumbering princess, so why is everyone still sleeping? Turns out there’s more to Maleficent’s spell than previously thought. Among the favorites is the perennial classic “Sleeping Beauty.” In “Once Upon a Dream,” Liz Braswell asks the question, what if Sleeping Beauty never woke up? “ONCE UPON A DREAM: A Twisted Tale,” by Liz Braswell, Disney Press, April 5, 2016, Hardcover, $17.99 (young adult)ĭisney fairy tales have become a staple in households worldwide. ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments Book at home in mitford![]() ![]() Published by Tyndale Entertainment, 2003. Adapted for radio drama by Paul McCusker. ![]() My edition is the audio cassette radio drama that had a full cast narrating the series. And readers get a rich, provincial comedy in which mysteries and miracles abound.Īt Home in Mitford by Jan Karon. Suddenly, Father Tim gets more than he bargained for. Now, stir in a lovable but unloved boy, a mystifying jewel theft, and a secret that’s sixty years old. Add an attractive neighbor who begins wearing a path through the hedge. Enter a dog the size of a sofa who moves in and won’t go away. Yet, Father Tim, the bachelor rector, wants something more. ![]() In these high, green hills, the air is pure, the village is charming, and the people are generally lovable. Enter the world of Mitford, and you won’t want to leave. Combining the stellar script-adaptation skills of award-winning writer Paul McCusker with the best-selling novel by Jan Karon, Radio Theatre’s At Home in Mitford will leave listeners longing for more. ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments Dogs of war adrian![]() The detailed and clever worldbuilding more than justifies a sequel, and Tchaikovsky pulls of an impressive feat in making Rex’s character evolution genuinely moving. ![]() Rex is also seven foot tall at the shoulder, bulletproof, bristling with heavy calibre weaponry and his voice resonates with subsonics especially designed to instil fear. Clark Award-winning author of CHILDREN OF TIME.My name is Rex. Redmark has been retained to suppress anarchist terrorists there, but as Rex comes to suspect that some of those he and his unit have slaughtered were innocents, he must weigh his desire to be a “Good Dog” for his masters against his desire to do real good. A bio-engineered dog fights for its life and its right to life. His obedience is tested on a mission in Campeche, Mexico. Rex is the leader of the Redmark corporation’s Asset Protection team, whose other members include an augmented swarm of bees, a weaponized bear, and a dragonlike lizard. This “Good Dog” is almost eight feet tall, with guns mounted on both shoulders and “super-dense muscles, impact-resistant fibres in his skin, hollow bones that were strong as titanium.” In short, he was made for combat. And to do that he must do exactly what Master says and Master says hes got to kill a lot of enemies. A genetically engineered Bioform, hes a deadly weapon in a dirty war. ![]() I am a Good Dog”-Tchaikovsky appeals to the cliché of a pet desperate for approval, which proves grimly ironic as Rex’s true nature is revealed. With Dragon, Honey and Bees, hes part of a Multiform Assault Pack operating in the lawless anarchy of Campeche, Mexico. Clarke Award winner Tchaikovsky ( Children of Time) takes readers inside the mind of a weaponized bioengineered animal in this imaginative triumph, the first in a series. ![]() |