![]() ![]() First of all, I had just written an entertainment. ![]() ![]() When I was anonymous, it was all good news. KLEIN: Well, it's very different from the current feeding frenzy. GARCIA-NAVARRO: So you're one of the only people - I know, at least - who's been the target of this kind of feeding frenzy. He joins me now to talk about what it's like to make waves in Washington without anyone knowing your name. Joe Klein, then a Newsweek columnist, eventually revealed himself to be the author of "Primary Colors" after The Washington Post published evidence linking him to the manuscript. Almost 23 years ago in 1996, there was a similar frenzy for the anonymous author of "Primary Colors," a roman a clef about Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign. Washington is on the hunt for the senior official in the Trump administration who anonymously wrote a scathing critique of the president's leadership in The New York Times. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The Privilege of Being Politically Active – a Qualitative Study on the Political Commitment of University Students Those thoughts are meaningful and considerable both for philosophical and historical reflections of science and the vantage point of the present and shall therefore be the main focus of this article. ![]() In his comprehensive explanation he specifies that science and education have certain responsibilities and importance for a better society. ![]() However, his detailed description of the state “Christianopolis” from 1619, in which he addresses primarily the role of science and education in a society, shows significantly more independent concepts and implications. As many others at that time he favours a type of state marked as enlightened governance. Particularly the life and work of Johann Valentin Andreae (1586-1654) shows the relation between the critique of social conditions and the idea of a better society. Nach Philosophiestudium an der Humboldt-Universität Berlin Promotion an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Forschungsschwerpunkt: europäische UtopiegeschichteĬhristianopolis, State Christen City, societal utopia, utopia of education, education and science AbstractĮducation and sciences, that are accessible to all, is the focus of several complex and remarkable utopian visions from the 17th century. ![]() ![]() ![]() The human children befriend their captors and help them develop cannons for defense against the other side's aggression. Flenser, Steel's creator, supposedly assassinated, comes back as Tyrathect, who impersonates the Master while serving Steel's interests. The Flenserists are led by Steel and the southerners by Woodcarver. Young Johanna and Jefri are seized by rival warring tribes and believe the other is dead. ![]() The parents are killed upon landing on a planet deep enough in the Slow Zone to be safe, by the wolf-like inhabitants ("Tines") who function only in packs. The Olsndot family escapes with the colonists' children in suspended animation and a "Countermeasure" that has successfully defeated the Blight aeons earlier. Human scientists, lured by profit, develop a lost, inadvertently releasing the "Straumli Perversion," also known as "the Blight," on computers and sentient beings throughout the High Beyond. ![]() Two warring factions adopt human siblings who survive the landing, learning from them technology to bring about military victory. The world on which the starship carrying the mystery has landed has a medieval social order and dog-like sentient creatures are the dominant species. A Fire upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge tells a tale of human scientists inadvertently releasing an ancient Blight on the universe, and the Blight racing an expedition to find what mystery has escaped their control: a secret that can make the Blight even more powerful or a Countermeasure that can once again defeat it. ![]() ![]() ![]() He has already turned down a merger with Westinghouse. He bribes and influences newspapers, and the powerful financier, J.P. Therefore, according to Paul, Edison’s light bulb was not complete when he filed the patent.Įdison, the novel’s antagonist, is ruthless, manipulative, and well-connected. Paul claims Edison filed his patent application before he decided on the lightbulb’s filament materials. Huge contracts are at stake regarding the future of A/C or D/C technology.Įdison is suing Westinghouse for patent violation, and Paul is countersuing. Westinghouse has created a bulb that uses the more efficient and powerful alternating current (A/C), making it possible to light entire cities. Edison is suing George Westinghouse, Paul’s client, over the patent for the light bulb.Īlthough Edison has invented a light bulb that uses a direct current (D/C) system, the technology is inefficient because a power source must always be near. Later that evening, Paul meets with Thomas Edison. ![]() The young law prodigy, Paul Cravath, witnesses a workman accidentally electrified to death above a busy street. It is 1888 on the island of Manhattan, and electric light is a brand-new miracle of science. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() the same day she sees Thomas and his mysterious absence of aura she meets the new police Commissioner. They share the exact same birthday and birth date. They soon learn there's an even bigger coincidence. Imagine her shock when she suddenly sees someone in the lineup with NO aura? Turns out Thomas (lineup guy who was a plant by the cops) is also gifted. ![]() As a cop she uses this gift daily and it's NEVER failed her. Since childhood either someone has a light/good aura, or a dark/bad aura. A young woman named Mia has always had the ability to read peoples auras. Romance, mystery, good vs evil, paranormal. I read both books 1&2 back to back in just under three hours. Within ONE chapter I knew I was hooked, and instantly ordered this book and it's follow up "BEYOND THE SHROUDED", and pre-ordered book 3 ("BEYOND THE SANCTIFIED"). I lucked into finding "AMONG THE SHROUDED". To tell you just how quickly this series gets under your skin. ![]() ![]() ![]() The nation here, as is, always, still, cares not for tribal lands and rights unless such may be exploited for the nation’s own convenience or gains, and this case is no different. The county certainly won’t, even going so far as to shove the responsibility off on the Lakota, whose tribal council elders are none too pleased about such a notion. This is a land with a birth, and also a death, “dates on a country’s tombstone.” The appearance of the Towers is seemingly a miracle, yet none will lay claim to them. It’s a time and a land that reminds us “we never were as impervious to the chaos of human history as we thought.” This is America, yes, and this is the land of disunion. ![]() ![]() The Twin Towers have reappeared, and they continue to reappear, here and there, and disappear again, from here or there. It is no longer a united land, if it ever was. a bumper sticker reads, in a land with a flag of disunion, a land wherein a shadowbahn, a secret highway (possibly running parallel with the night train), “cuts through the heart of the country from one end to the other with impunity.” On the shadowbahn, it appears the whole country is a secret. ![]() ![]() ![]() Most of Penny Reid’s heroines are expert knitters that are members of a knitting club. Given that she can write 1000 words an hour and does not watch TV, she can churn out 8000 words of writing every week without breaking a sweat. Moreover, she is a great advocate for managing time and uses an author assistant to manage her email, scheduling, and formatting among other tasks. ![]() Nonetheless, she has never taken her writing as a career as she thinks of it as more of a source of enjoyment – a kind of hobby that she enjoys doing in her free time. In addition to juggling her full-time career in bio tech and writing, she is also a general crafter, sewer, crocheter, knitter, daughter, wife and mother to three children, and thought ninja. ![]() ![]() When she is not writing her novels she spends her days working as a researcher in the bio tech industry. She made a name for herself with the “Knitting in the City” series of novels that has garnered her much critical acclaim and endeared her to many romance fans across the globe. She writes quirky, funny, and smart romantic comedies that feature scorching hot heroes and relatable heroines. Reid made her debut with the 2013 published title “Neanderthal Seeks Human” and has never looked back since. Her very successful novel series include the “Knitting in the City”, “Winston Brothers”, “Hypothesis”, “Rugby”, and “Dear Professor” series. Penny Reid is an American USA Today and New York Times bestselling author who is best known for writing several series of novels in the romance genre. ![]() ![]() ![]() Make the Primal of Death fall in love, become his weakness, and then… end him. However, Sera’s real destiny is the most closely guarded secret in all of Lasania-she’s not the well protected Maiden but an assassin with one mission-one target. ![]() Chosen before birth to uphold the desperate deal her ancestor struck to save his people, Sera must leave behind her life and offer herself to the Primal of Death as his Consort. ![]() Armentrout, “A Shadow in the Ember” What It’s About:īorn shrouded in the veil of the Primals, a Maiden as the Fates promised, Seraphena Mierel’s future has never been hers. It is far easier to be lied to than it is to acknowledge that you have been lied to. ***Warning!! This review contains spoilers as this book is a spin-off out of the “From Blood and Ash” series, so continue reading at your own risk! You’ve officially been warned!*** Total Star Rating: 3 Stars Genre(s): Fantasy, Romance, New Adult Romance, Paranormal ![]() ![]() ![]() She tries to talk Kalypso out of this evilness, claiming that the humans are mostly good and innocent people, and that killing them would be monstrosity. ![]() However, Kalypso reveals her true motives, and ultimately betrays Anthea and Hespera, who want to protect humanity rather than destroying it and conquering their place. "They say, if you wanna tell a story right, you gotta start at the beginning." ― Harley Quinn, Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)Īfter Hespera escapes the Rock of Eternity with the golden apple and returns to the Palace of Atlas, the sisters decides to restore the broken parts of their realm. Hespera casts a spell generating a dome around Philadelphia. The Shazam Family come to Freddy Freeman's rescue, but Anthea manipulates the spaces so that Billy crashes, allowing the Daughters of Atlas to escape with Freddy, threatening to kill him if they came close to stopping them. Ann is forced is to reveal herself as "Anthea" and that she's the youngest sister of the Daughters of Atlas. Moments later, Hespera and Kalypso arrive and depowers Freddy with the magic staff where Ann discovers that he's one of Shazam's champions. ![]() Freddy transforms into his Shazam form to impress her. This section needs to be rewritten to conform to the DC Extended Universe Wiki's Manual of Style, or simply to better detail the article's subject matter.Īnn and Freddy were dating on the school's rooftop and Freddy starts explaining about his family. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This novel is a true wonder." - Ann Patchett "This remarkable novel opens at full gallop and never slows. Adamson has seamlessly merged a compelling narrative with poetic language to create a work that is full of beauty and heart and wonder., A remarkable first novel, full of verve, beautifully written, and with all the panache of a great adventure., "THE OUTLANDER deserves to be read twice, first for the plot and the complex characters which make this a page-turner of the highest order, and then a second time, slowly, to savor the marvel of Gil Adamson's writing. This novel is a true wonder., This remarkable novel opens at full gallop and never slows. THE OUTLANDER deserves to be read twice, first for the plot and the complex characters which make this a page-turner of the highest order, and then a second time, slowly, to savor the marvel of Gil Adamson's writing. ![]() |