![]() ![]() This book offers the first introduction to a major Japanese philosophical movement through the interests and arguments of its founder, Nishida Kitaro (1870-1945), his successor, Tanabe Hajime (1885-1962), and student-turned-critic, Tosaka Jun (1900-1945). ![]() Focusing on their contributions to thinking about place, space, and dialectics, this concise introduction brings these influential thinkers to life by connecting their work to issues still debated in the philosophy of scien. ![]()
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![]() ![]() As someone just a few years younger than Eddie Murphy, I can also tell you it’s a shockingly accurate portrayal of “club culture” at the time. From the extremely progressive takes on homelessness and sex work to the surprisingly intricate insider-trading narrative, it calls into question the whole fabric of modern U.S. VettaFi financial futurist Dave Nadig wrote, "John Landis’ Trading Places is possibly the finest and most nuanced criticism of capitalism ever put to screen, but you’d never know that because it’s a comedy. This surprisingly progressive exploration of sex work is right at home in a film also grappling with racism. Despite the movie coming out at a time when sex workers were often portrayed as victims of trafficking or forced to do sex work due to trauma, abuse, or addiction, Ophelia is entirely about making money. Her portrayal of Ophelia was a revelation, a performance truly ahead of its time. The secret star of the film, though, was Jamie Lee Curtis. One of the few finance films to actually inspire real life legislation, Trading Places featured ground-breaking and justifiably award-winning performances from its two male leads, Murphy and Aykroyd. Trading Places remains as satirically sharp as it was when it was released in 1983. ![]() ![]() ![]() The situation appeals to Isabel as a philosophical question: Is the heart truly the seat of the soul? And it piques her insatiable curiosity: Could the memories be connected with the donor’s demise? Of course, Grace-Isabel’s no-nonsense housekeeper-and Isabel’s friend Jamie think it is none of Isabel’s business. ![]() He recently had a heart transplant and is suddenly plagued with memories of events that never happened to him. ![]() When Isabel’s niece, Cat, asks Isabel to run her delicatessen while she attends a wedding in Italy, Isabel meets a man with a most interesting problem. In this delightful second installment in Alexander McCall Smith’s best-selling new detective series, the irrepressibly curious Isabel Dalhousie, editor of the Review of Applied Ethics, gets caught up in an affair of the heart-this one a transplant. Whether investigating a case or a problem of philosophy, the indefatigable Isabel Dalhousie, one of fiction’s most richly developed amateur detectives, is always ready to pursue the answers to all of life’s questions, large and small. Nothing captures the charm of Edinburgh like the bestselling Isabel Dalhousie series of novels featuring the insatiably curious philosopher and woman detective. ![]() ![]() ![]() Noting that Japan's ispace and Israel's SpaceIL failed to land their robotic, privately developed landers safely on the surface of the moon recently, Couluris said Blue Origin will lean upon its large industry team for "lessons learned so we don't repeat those lessons again" on the Artemis 5 mission.īlue Origin's "SLD National Team" also includes Lockheed Martin, Draper, Boeing, Astrobotic and Honeybee Robotics. After docking with Gateway, two astronauts will move into Blue Moon to journey to the south pole of the moon for about a week. ![]() The astronauts will launch separately aboard NASA's Space Launch System rocket in an Orion spacecraft. "We'll be testing out full lander systems and the full architecture prior to any astronauts entering the vehicle, and that will be roughly one year prior," John Couluris, Blue Origin's vice president for lunar transportation, said during the same press conference.Īrtemis 5 calls for Blue Moon to launch on a yet-to-be-announced rocket and dock with Gateway, a future NASA-led outpost in lunar orbit. ![]() ![]() It acts as the final book in a longstanding series, referring to past events as though the reader has already experienced them and just needs an occasional reminder. I’ve written at length about the creativity of the first book in the series, Carry On, which reads like a parody of (or maybe an homage to) blockbuster fantasy series like Harry Potter. Then came the Simon Snow trilogy, which is relatable in a very different way. I’ve always been more interested in fictional worlds than my own life, and that wasn’t something I had ever seen depicted in fiction before. Fangirl-technically the first novel which features Simon and Baz, although it is not really a part of the trilogy’s continuity-was the first novel with a heroine I truly related to, and I’ve been a huge Rowell fan ever since. ![]() ![]() Any Way the Wind Blows is a charming and emotionally satisfying conclusion to Rainbow Rowell’s boldly atypical fantasy trilogy. ![]() ![]() ![]() The hunger to have a man had plagued her since she reached puberty. The same cravings ran through her dragon blood, ruled her thoughts and fought with her intellectual side. Raw and greedy, a strong sexual appetite made this man prowl, drove him to search for the right mate. ![]() The tart citric aroma mixed with the spicy heat of Habanero peppers trapped her as effectively as shackles tightened about her limbs. ![]() The predator's scent hung in the air, a direct contrast to carefree party going on. Published in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission of the author or The Wild Rose Press except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.Ĭontact Information: Art by Angela Anderson Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales, is entirely coincidental.Īll rights reserved. Making copies of this work or distributing it to any unauthorized person by any means, including without limit email, floppy disk, file transfer, paper print out, or any other method constitutes a violation of International copyright law and subjects the violator to severe fines or imprisonment. It is licensed only for use by the original purchaser. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A critically acclaimed novelist pulls Nick Carraway out of the shadows and into the spotlight in this "masterful" look into his life before Gatsby (Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls and Chances Are).īefore Nick Carraway moved to West Egg and into Gatsby's periphery, he was at the center of a very different story-one taking place along the trenches and deep within the tunnels of World War I.įloundering in the wake of the destruction he witnessed firsthand, Nick delays his return home, hoping to escape the questions he cannot answer about the horrors of war. ![]() ![]() ![]() Painter looks at the free black population, numbering close to half a million by 1860 (compared to almost four million slaves), and provides a gripping account of the horrible conditions of slavery itself. The book describes the staggering number of Africans - over ten million - forcibly transported to the New World, most doomed to brutal servitude in Brazil and the Caribbean. Historian Nell Irvin Painter blends a vivid narrative based on the latest research with a wonderful array of artwork by African-American artists, works which add a new depth to our understanding of black history." "Painter offers a history written for a new generation of African Americans, stretching from life in Africa before slavery to today's hip-hop culture. ![]() "Here is an account of a past rich in beauty and creativity, but also in tragedy and trauma. ![]() ![]() ![]() is a place no Canadian could ever love." Accompanied by his photographs, Heat-Moon's literary portraits of ordinary Americans should not be merely read, but savored. ![]() ![]() had lived in this country longer than in Canada and liked the United States but wouldn't admit it for fear of having to pay off bets he made years earlier when he first 'came over' that the U.S. It was a question of dignity."ĭriving cross-country in a van named Ghost Dancing, Heat-Moon (the name the Sioux give to the moon of midsummer nights) meets up with all manner of folk, from a man in Grayville, Illinois, "whose cap told me what fertilizer he used" to Scott Chisholm, "a Canadian citizen. He could quit trying to get out of the way of life. Summary edit In 1978, after separating from his wife and losing his job as a teacher, Heat-Moon, 38 at the time, took an extended road trip in a circular route around the United States, sticking to only the 'Blue Highways'. When he loses his job and his wife on the same cold February day, he is struck by inspiration: "A man who couldn't make things go right could at least go. Blue Highways is an autobiographical travel book, published in 1982, by William Least Heat-Moon, born William Trogdon. First published in 1982, William Least Heat-Moon's account of his journey along the back roads of the United States (marked with the color blue on old highway maps) has become something of a classic. ![]() ![]() ![]() Worse, he doesn't think she's perfect either. He's everything she should wish for, until a disastrous dinner reveals Alex isn't as perfect as she thinks. Not only is he successful and easy on the eyes, to her parents' delight, he's also Chinese. Help comes in the form of an old college crush, Alex Lai. She wants to break free from her daily grind, but when a hike in rent threatens the survival of their shop, her parents rely on her more than ever. Jasmine quickly loses herself in a cyclical routine of donuts, Netflix, and sleep. With no boyfriend or job prospects, Jasmine returns home to work at her parents' donut shop. Jasmine Tran has landed herself behind bars-maple bars that is. ![]() Julie Tieu sparkles in this debut romantic comedy, which is charmingly reminiscent of the TV show Kim's Convenience and Frankly in Love by David Yoon, about a young woman who feels caught in the life her parents have made for her until she falls in love and finds a way out of the donut trap. ![]() |