![]() ![]() ![]() In succession, each case study illustrates different aspects of the evolving concepts of nation and national identity, concepts that in their eighteenth-century origins were seen as normatively laudable and fit well with liberal ideas about self-determination and popular sovereignty. Theories examined include traditional ones like those of Ernest Gellner and Benedict Anderson, and we also use Roland Barthes' semiotic theory of myth to help us understand the idea of nation. As we study the theory of nation, we consider the politics of our own preconceptions of nation in the United States (or wherever we hail from). In this course we study theories of nation, then turn to detailed case studies including the Czech Republic, Russia, Congo, and the United States. Nationalism, a powerful force for centuries, is growing even more important. ![]()
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5/13/2023 0 Comments Johnny cash and elvis![]() Lewis's first Sun single would be released a few days later. Sam Phillips, the owner of Sun Records, who wanted to try to fatten this sparse rockabilly instrumentation, had brought in his latest acquisition, Jerry Lee Lewis, still unknown outside Memphis, to play piano (at the time, a Wurlitzer Spinet) on the Perkins session. Holland, their aim being to record some new material, including a revamped version of an old blues song, " Matchbox". Perkins, who by this time had already met success with " Blue Suede Shoes", had come into the studios that day accompanied by his brothers Clayton and Jay and by drummer W.S. The jam session seems to have happened by pure chance. ![]() This session is considered a seminal moment in rock and roll. In 1990, the recordings were released in the United States as Elvis Presley: The Million Dollar Quartet. A few years later more tracks were discovered and released as The Complete Million Dollar Session. The recording was first released in Europe in 1981 as The Million Dollar Quartet with 17 tracks. An article about the session was published in the Memphis Press-Scimitar under the title "Million Dollar Quartet". ![]() " Million Dollar Quartet" is a recording of an impromptu jam session involving Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash made on December 4, 1956, at the Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. ![]() ![]() Hannah enjoys this book’s wit and humor as the authors demonstrate how much we can learn from what has been traditionally deemed “low”. Learning from Las Vegas, by Venturi, Scott Brown & IzenourĮven if you are not a disciple of Post-Modern art and architecture, the thesis of Learning from Las Vegas breaks down the distinctions between high and low. ![]() This book provides detailed drawings, capturing how he translates those basic elements into architecture. ![]() Enjoy!Įlaine loves how well Murcutt integrates basic environmental factors (like light, heat, water) into his architecture. Next time you flush the toilet or open the refrigerator for a snack, you’ll think about just how ‘easy’ home life is here in the 21st century. Matt thinks this book is brilliant! It’s a history of domestic life over the last 150 years if you’ve ever wondered how incredibly difficult life was for us before electricity, dining rooms, silverware, grocery stores, and even indoor plumbing, read this book. Anyone who enjoys reading about the built and natural environment would enjoy them. ![]() ‘Tis the season for final exams and design reviews, and in this spirit, we’ve collected a list of favorite books from studies past and present. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Network effect by martha wells![]() ![]() It's Johnny 5 from Short Circuit but without the lightning strike a Terminator without the time travel and little bit of Star Trek's Lt. Murderbot is a rogue Security Unit robot (SecUnit for short) that hacked itself to become free. Done? OK, well that might not be long enough for a simple human, but for Murderbot, it would have been plenty of time to read the previous four volumes, watch an episode of future soap opera The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon and break into a security system to complete a mission. ![]() For those unfamiliar, I'll give you a few minutes to catch up on the first four books. Wells' latest, Network Effect, is the first full-sized novel featuring our favorite cranky, cynical, sentient, artificially intelligent robot. And if you've been reading author Martha Wells' award-winning Murderbot Diaries novellas, you have been cheering on the titular Murderbot from the sidelines for four, bite-sized adventures so far. The name just rolls off the tongue, like a mascot for a sadistic intergalactic sports team. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Network Effect Author Martha Wells ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Better to Wish by Ann M. Martin![]() ![]() ![]() Longer Letter Later Newbery Medal Honor Book, 2003, for A Corner of the Universe. New Jersey Author awards, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 1983, for Bummer Summer, 1987, for Missing since Monday Children's Choice, 1985, for Bummer Summer Child Study Association of America Children's Books of the Year selection, 1986, for Inside Out, 1987, for Stage Fright, With You and without You, and Missing since Monday Keystone State Reading Award, 1998, for Leo the Magnificat California Young Reader Medal nomination, 2000, and Washington Sasquatch Reading Award nomination, 2001, both for P.S. PEN, Authors Guild, Society of Children's Book Writers. Founder of Lisa Libraries (charitable organization) founder of Ann M. CareerĮlementary school teacher in Noroton, CT, 1977-78 Pocket Books, Inc., New York, NY, editorial assistant for Archway Paperbacks, 1978-80 Scholastic Book Services, New York, NY, copywriter for Teen Age Book Club, 1980-81, associate editor, 1981-83, editor, 1983 Bantam Books, Inc., New York, NY, senior editor of Books for Young Readers, 1983-85 writer and freelance editor, 1985. ![]() Agent-Amy Berkower, Writers House, Inc., 21 W. Hobbies and other interests: "Reading and needlework, especially smocking and knitting." Addresses Born August 12, 1955, in Princeton, NJ daughter of Henry Read (a cartoonist) and Edith Aiken (a teacher) Martin. ![]() ![]() In 2008, she donated her archive to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University. She is also a coauthor of the ongoing Shadow Unit website/pseudo-TV series. Blood and Iron, the first book in the fantasy series entitled "The Promethean Age", debuted June 27, 2006. The Chains That You Refuse, a collection of her short fiction, was published May 2006 by Night Shade Books. Hammered won the Locus Award for Best First Novel in 2006. The trilogy features Canadian Master Warrant Officer Jenny Casey, who is also the main character in the short story "Gone to Flowers". īear's first novel, Hammered, was published in January 2005 and was followed by Scardown in July and Worldwired in November of the same year. ![]() She sold a few stories in the 1990s and began writing seriously in 2001. She worked as a technical writer, stable hand, reporter and held various office jobs. ![]() Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Bear studied English and anthropology at the University of Connecticut but did not graduate. ![]() ![]() What a history it reveals of aggressive ingenuity and cavalier disregard for commonsensical contradiction. In this meticulously researched, illuminating book, Bourke explores the legacy of more than two centuries, and looks forward into what the future might hold for humans, women, and animals. In 1872, a woman known only as An Earnest Englishwoman published a letter titled Are Women Animals in which she protested against the fact that women. What It Means to be Human surveys two centuries of fraught attempts at definition. ![]() Political disclosures and scientific advances have been re–locating the human–animal border at an alarming speed. If the Earnest Englishwoman had been capable of looking 100 years into the future, she might have wondered about the human status of chimeras, or the ethics of stem cell research. ![]() In this fascinating account, Joanna Bourke addresses the profound question of what it means to be “human” rather than “animal.” How are people excluded from political personhood? How does one become entitled to rights? The distinction between the two concepts is a blurred line, permanently under construction. The Earnest Englishwoman’s heartfelt cry was for women to “become–animal” in order to gain the status that they were denied on the grounds that they were not part of “mankind.” ![]() In fact, their status was worse than that of animals: regulations prohibiting cruelty against dogs, horses, and cattle were significantly more punitive than laws against cruelty to women. In 1872, a woman known only as “An Earnest Englishwoman” published a letter titled “Are Women Animals?” in which she protested against the fact that women were not treated as fully human. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments A wild sheep chase meaning![]() ![]() ![]() The driver says that God stopped replying after the boss died. But at the end he is going to meet the Rat, why do you think that is? Wasn't the rat trying to kill the sheep? Or is he going to give it to the assistant? I'm a bit confused for the real intentions of the assistant.Īnd what do you think it was important for the plan that he fixes the clock in the house? I believe it has something to do with turning the time back to the present and normal flow, but why. He implies at the begining and then at their last encounter that he is loyal to the sheep rather than the boss, right? He talks about this "willingness" which is basically the sheep. I hope Dance, dance, dance will answer some of them.įirstly: The relationship between the boss assistant and the sheep. I wasn't very sure because I didn't love Murakami's first two books, but indeed having already read them made me empathize way more with the characters, specially the rat, that doesn't appear that much in the book until the end. I just finished it, now I'm starting Dance Dance Dance. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments The Mercury 13 by Martha Ackmann![]() It’s amazing to me just how close we came to having a female astronaut in the early days of the Mercury program. Their stories are interwoven with political and social context of the times, giving excellent perspective on what was happening – and why- with astronaut selections. ![]() Written with a beautiful forward by journalist (and NASA journalist in space finalist, before that program was canceled) Lynn Sherr, the book tells the story of some incredible pioneering women in the early days of manned spaceflight. I have wanted to learn more about the Mercury 13 for quite a while, so I used one of my stacked-up Audible credits to pick up The Mercury 13: The True Story of Thirteen Women and the Dream of Space Flight by Martha Ackmann. Work travel schedule has been a little crazy – in fact, there was only one day this week where I was not on an airplane.īut all this travel afforded me some good audiobook listening time in the various car and airplane rides, so I finally got around to one that has been on my list for ages. ![]() Apologies for the long silence here recently. ![]() ![]() Her first novel, The Blood Lie, won the Simon Wiesenthal Children's Book Award, was silver medalist for the Sydney Taylor Book Award, and was an ALA 2012 Best Book for Young Adults. Shirley Reva Vernick is rapidly becoming the new hot item in young adult fiction. It's a race for her life, her first love, and her sanity. Then maybe this could still be a vacation. If only George were the tiniest bit open to believing. If only Ghost Girl didn't want Penny dead. Until, that is, she discovers two very real apparitions which only she can see…and meets George, the handsome son of the inn's owner…and crashes into some staggering family secrets. ![]() ![]() Penny most definitely does not believe in spirits. This "vacation" is the brainchild of Penny's flaky mother, who's on the other side of the country hunting ghosts. Penny is furious, and who can blame her? She has to spend Christmas break alone at the Black Butterfly, an old inn at the coldest, bleakest edge of Americathe coast of Maine. ![]() |