Room 418 is haunted by children, whose laughter can be heard in the hallways by guests and cleaning crew inhabiting the room. Some guests have reported seeing his face in the window even when the room isn't booked. Room 407 is supposedly haunted by Lord Dunraven, the man who owned the land prior to Stanley. Employees and guests both have reported hearing piano music coming from the room and seeing the keys moving. I didn't hear the music or see the keys move, but the ballroom does feel colder the closer you get to the beautiful grand piano. Sightings of his wife Flora have also been reported, usually of her playing her piano in the ballroom. Stanley himself is said to wander the halls, most often in the hotel bar. When I visited with my family about a decade ago, guests could sign up for a ghost tour that highlighted all of the most haunted rooms in the hotel. Throughout the hotel's history, there have been reports of ghostly apparitions.
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Rather than acting as her prison, Aiaia turns into her sanctuary. If I had known how beautiful the descriptions of nature would be, I’d have read Circe (and Madeline Miller’s other novel, The Song of Achilles) much sooner.Īfter unleashing magic that she never believed she could be capable of, Circe, the daughter of Helios, is banished to the island of Aiaia. It’s the perfect example of the Greek myth retold genre that’s been exploding in the last few years – what with The Silence of the Girlsby Pat Barker and The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood among others – but the reason I loved Circe goes deeper. If only there were more books like Circe by Madeline Miller…Ĭirce is a dream of a book. When you buy through these links, I may earn a commission. A quick note that some of my posts contain affiliate links. Cover Reveal: A Beautiful Purpose, by Alicia Rae.
Let man wear the fell of the lion, woman the fleece of the sheep. The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive sword, are portions of eternity too great for the eye of man. The nakedness of woman is the work of God. The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God. The lust of the goat is the bounty of God. The pride of the peacock is the glory of God. ~ Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion. If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise. The most sublime act is to set another before you. No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings. Bring out number weight & measure in a year of dearth. All wholsom food is caught without a net or a trap. The hours of folly are measur'd by the clock, but of wisdom: no clock can measure. Eternity is in love with the productions of time. He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star. A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence. Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by Incapacity. The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. Drive your cart and your plow over the bones of the dead. From "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy. The befouled environment, giving rise to outbreaks of sickness and cholera, became so acute that even the ravages and costs of the American Civil War did not distract city leaders from taking action.Ĭhesbrough's solution was an unprecedented tunnel five feet in diameter lined with brick and dug sixty feet beneath Lake Michigan. As a result, Chicago began to choke on its own sewage collecting near the shore. The Tunnel under the Lake recounts the gripping story of how the young city of Chicago, under the leadership of an audacious engineer named Ellis Chesbrough, constructed a two-mile tunnel below Lake Michigan in search of clean water.ĭespite Chicago's location beside the world’s largest source of fresh water, its low elevation at the end of Lake Michigan provided no natural method of carrying away waste. Slonczewski teaches both biology and science fiction courses. Slonczewski's research focuses on the pH (environmental) stress response in Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis using genetic techniques. Since 1984 they have taught at Kenyon College, taking sabbatical leaves at Princeton University and the University of Maryland, Baltimore. They completed a PhD in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale University in 1982 and post-doctoral work at the University of Pennsylvania studying calcium flux in leukocyte chemotaxis. in biology, magna cum laude, from Bryn Mawr College in 1977. Slonczewski was born in 1956 at Hyde Park, New York and raised in Katonah, New York. They explore ideas of biology, politics, and artificial intelligence at their blog Ultraphyte. Foster and Erik Zinser, they coauthor the textbook, Microbiology: An Evolving Science (W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel: A Door into Ocean (1987) and The Highest Frontier (2011). Their books have twice earned the John W. Joan Lyn Slonczewski is an American microbiologist at Kenyon College and a science fiction writer who explores biology and space travel. In Parliament he was the prime force behind the creation of Iraq and Jordan, laid the groundwork for the birth of Israel, and negotiated the independence of the Irish Free State. He sought glory on the battlefields of Cuba, Sudan, India, South Africa and the trenches of France. Born of a lovely, wanton American mother and a gifted but unstable son of a duke, his childhood was one of wretched neglect. Their encounter on the Queen Mary sparked an intense curiosity in Manchester that would eventually result in his classic three-volumemagnum opus The Last Lion. In this, the first volume, we follow Churchill from his birth to 1932, when he began to warn against the remilitarization of Germany. "William Manchester met Winston Churchill on January 24, 1953. Manchester, William The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Visions of Glory, 1874-1932īoston / Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1983. Places, where people can gather, form relationships, and connect with their surrounding society, are key to strengthening the general community. If you’ve ever read Jane Jacobs, world-renowned urbanist and activist, and her fight to maintain the liveliness of Greenwich Village in New York, Klinenberg strongly resembles her once liberal and progressive ideas. However, Eric Klinenberg describes our libraries, synagogues, and parks as crucial and vital infrastructure where “life-saving connections” are formed. Princes and princesses, butlers, horses, and royalty. Instead, you might imagine tall glass and stone structures amidst a green field with a sparkling lake. Libraries, daycare centers, bookstores, and churches might not be what comes to mind when thinking of palaces. Klinenberg’s Palaces | Palaces for the People Palaces for the People is an engaging blend of urbanizing cities and polarizing societies and touches on moving forward and enhancing the quality of social life in whirling times. Klinenberg is no stranger to writing as his work has been published in multiple journals, including the American Sociology Review, Rolling Stones, and The New York Times Magazine. Salt: A story of Friendship in a Time of War (2013) by Helen Frost.Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate (2008).Call me Maria by Judith Ortiz Cofer (2006).So, I created a text set with the following novels to focus on Global Explorations with novels in free verse: I also wanted to share novels written in free verse because, as a reader, I believe this type of poetic narrative evokes novel transactions with language, and leaves room for creative interpretations constructed in between verses. For the current fall 2014 semester, I was particularly drawn to selecting children’s literature featuring stories from different times in history books that would allow us to engage in critical conversations about the everyday lives of strong characters, whose experiences could help shape our understandings of our ourselves and others. Planning for teaching children’s literature in my graduate Literacy Studies program at Hofstra University provides me with the perfect opportunity to select books that invite readers to take on a global perspective. By Andrea García, Amanda Lev and Oddette Williams, Hofstra University. There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept. No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit. Your bright eyes, your easy smile is your museum. Play is our brain's favorite way of learning. Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight. Shaped a little like a loaf of French country bread, our brain is a crowded chemistry lab, bustling with nonstop neural conversations. We become more successful when we are happier and more positive. Let sorrowful longing dwell in your heart. No one ever succeeds without the help of others. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together. If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light. Be loyal to what you love, be true to the earth, fight your enemies with passion and laughter. |