People disgorge their food, put it back in the fridge to take to the store later. Long buried bodies reassemble themselves and come back to life in their coffins, from where they must be rescued before they run out of air and expire again. The central concept of the book is The Hobart Phase - a reversal of time's (or entropy's) arrow, for the most part localized to the Earth. I could not resist them, and so I picked up a copy of Counter-Clock World, which I read mostly in transit on my D.C. Happily, though, it was surrounded by a collection of handsome new editions of his novels by Mariner. I picked it up and flipped through it, but in the end decided I was just not read for that much crazy, and set it back down. Still, I was delighted to arrive at the bookstore and discover an entire Dick display, centered around The Exegesis. But reading about it as a theology/philosophy made me suspicious that each Dick novel I read was progressively programming my brain - rewiring it along his own beliefs. It's not that reading about his theology/philosophy was in any way surprising - I mean, I've read the V.A.L.I.S. Not my father's.)īut then reading about it made me strangely paranoid. Show More when I heard about the publication of his Exegesis I was excited.
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Originally published in the anthology titles Ranger from the first issue in September 1965, and Look and Learn from June 1966 until April 1982, the series told the story of an alien empire on the planet Elekton that was heavily influenced by history, particularly Roman. This special hardcover edition perfectly showcases the remarkable talent of Lawrence, who is rightfully regarded as one of the finest artists in British comics history. Featuring stunning artwork taken from crisp scans of Don Lawrence original artwork, this first volume includes a touching introduction from Liam Sharp ( Green Lantern), who – along with Judge Dredd artist Chris Weston – was mentored by Lawrence early in his career.Ĭo-created by Mike Butterworth and Don Lawrence, The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire has been named as a major influence by the likes of writer Neil Gaiman ( Sandman), artist Dave Gibbons ( Watchmen) and Brian Bolland ( Judge Dredd), amongst many others. 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They had been dating for more than three years. At age 23 he married Priscilla's mother, Ann, on August 10, 1944. Priscilla's biological father was US Navy pilot James Frederick Wagner (1921–1945), son of Kathryn (1901–1995) and Harold Wagner (1897–1958) of Cherrytree Township, Pennsylvania. She gave birth to Priscilla when she was 19 years old. Their only daughter was Anna Lillian Iversen (1926–2021), who later was called, or her name was changed to, Ann. He immigrated to the United States, where he married Lorraine Davis (1903–1984), who was of Scots-Irish and English descent. Her maternal grandfather, Albert Henry Iversen (1899–1971), was born in Egersund, Norway. Priscilla Ann Wagner was born at Brooklyn Naval Hospital in Brooklyn on May 24, 1945. In her acting career, Presley co-starred with Leslie Nielsen in the three Naked Gun films and played the role of Jenna Wade on the long-running television series Dallas. 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Includes detailed, lively, and fascinating back matter…His acknowledgementsĮnd, ‘I loved writing this book.’ It shows.” - Cleveland Plain DealerĪstonishingly understandable book that celebrates human achievement and After a short chapter on the equation’s birth,īodanis presents its five symbolic ancestors in sequence, each with its ownĬhapter and each with rich human stories of achievement and failure,Įncouragement and duplicity, love and rivalry, politics and revenge…Bodanis It is a history of where the equation came from and how Through each symbol separately, including the = sign…There is a great ‘aha!’Īwaiting the lay reader.” - St. Understand the meaning and implications of that equation, as Bodanis takes us What its subtitle says it is: a biography of the world’s most famous equation,Īnd it succeeds beautifully. “E=mc2, focusing on the 1905 theory of special relativity, is just She is proud, cultured and romantic but her educational ideas are highly progressive and even deeply shocking. I am dedicated to you in my prime' Miss Jean Brodie is a schoolmistress with a difference. 'One of the greatest books about growing up' James Wood, Guardian 'You girls are my vocation. So when she decides to transform a group of 'special girls' into the creme de la creme at Marcia Blaine School they are soon known, perhaps suspiciously, as the Brodie set. Miss Jean Brodie is a schoolmistress with a difference. Description for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Paperback. Before leaving, John Grady sees Mary Catherine Barnett, a girl who has recently dumped him, one last time. John Grady goes to see his old friend Lacey Rawlins, and they talk about leaving for Mexico. John Grady buys a ticket to San Antonio, where he watches his mother perform on a stage, and then waits for her at a hotel lobby, where he sees her with another man. Franklin also tells him his parents have recently finalized their divorce. Franklin, the lawyer, tells him the same thing-as a sixteen-year-old, John Grady can’t take it over. John Grady first tries to convince his father to change her mind, but his father, who hasn’t been quite the same since his return from a POW camp in World War II, says there’s nothing he can do. The ranch is in his mother’s name, and she doesn’t want any part in it anymore. As All the Pretty Horses begins, John Grady Cole’s grandfather has just died, and he’s learned that the San Angelo, Texas ranch that has been in his family for generations is about to be sold. One would certainly not begrudge the author and his agent, Lynn Nesbit, if they asked for a significant sum to amend that old contract similarly, one can understand how Knopf might say “we forecast that we’ll sell only X number of copies each year we can’t overpay for this.” So: no e-book. Nobody negotiated digital rights in 1974, when The Power Broker was published, and Caro got a decent deal from Knopf but hardly a fortune (after two other very small advances from other houses ran out) back then. Neither Caro nor Knopf has said why not, but the best guess is that it’s about money. You can buy Caro’s LBJ books and his excellent brief memoir in official digital form, but not the Robert Moses book. For years, readers have been asking for an e-book, principally for its weightlessness. New York has craftily advised people to slice up the paperback to avoid lugging a three-and-a-half-pound tome around for weeks’ worth of subway reading. It is a status symbol on Room Rater, and it requires a significant time commitment. The definitive Robert Moses biography - indispensable reading for anyone who cares about cities or politics - is 1,280 pages long, in hard- or softcover. Caro’s second-biggest project after the four (and, soon, five) volumes of “The Years of Lyndon Johnson,” is a very large book. This murder is what separates the two parts of the story. Meursault happens upon the altercation and shoots the brother dead, not out of revenge but, he says, because of the disorienting heat and vexing brightness of the sun, which blinds him as it reflects off the brother’s knife. The brother, referred to as “the Arab,” slashes Raymond with a knife after Raymond strikes the man repeatedly. Raymond soon encounters a group of men, including the brother of his mistress. Raymond, an unsavoury friend, is eventually arrested for assaulting his mistress and asks Meursault to vouch for him to the police. This removed nature continues throughout all of Meursault’s relationships, both platonic and romantic. Despite the expressions of grief around him during his mother’s funeral, Meursault does not show any outward signs of distress. After this introduction, the reader follows Meursault through the novel’s first-person narration to Marengo, where he sits vigil at the place of his mother’s death. Or maybe it was yesterday, I don’t know.” They capture Meursault’s anomie briefly and brilliantly. The novel is famous for its first “Mother died today. The title character of The Stranger is Meursault, a Frenchman who lives in Algiers (a pied-noir). It was published as The Outsider in England and as The Stranger in the United States. The Stranger, enigmatic first novel by Albert Camus, published in French as L’Étranger in 1942. |