![]() Not really sure how that's a contradiction, but decapitation is definitely both of those other things. i have read that book of short stories, Severance: Stories, which had a fantastic premise that it just didn't live up to, while this book is just straight-up scholarship that doesn't try to be narrative, and yet its subject matter is compelling enough that you don't mind the dryness of its tone, or its occasionally puzzling distinctions:ĭecapitation is a contradiction in terms because it is both brutal and effective." It's pretty fascinating stuff, and not a subject i ever expected to see, much less read an entire book devoted to, but once you see it, you know you have to read it. chapters include: shrunken heads, trophy heads (war), deposed heads (executions/guillotine/war), framed heads - the severed head in (or AS) art, potent heads (relics), bone heads (phrenology - stolen heads/anthropology), dissected heads - (medical school, discomfort), living heads (cryogenics, galvanization). this book is an academic overview of all the ways in which severed heads have played a part in human history. ![]() ![]() Who knew there were so many things to say about human heads? not human minds, with all their psychological bells and whistles, nooks and crannies, but just… heads. Decapitation is the ultimate tyranny but it is also an act of creation, because, for all its cruelty, it produces an extraordinarily potent artefact that compels our attention whether we like it or not. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The Harrowing of Hell is commemorated in the liturgical calendar on Holy Saturday. These passages in the New Testament have given rise to differing interpretations. ![]() The Catechism of the Catholic Church notes Ephesians 4 ( Ephesians 4:9), which states that " descended into the lower parts of the earth", as also supporting this interpretation. His descent to the underworld is alluded to in the New Testament in 1 Peter 4 ( 1 Peter 4:6), which states that the "good tidings were proclaimed to the dead". Ĭhrist's descent into the world of the dead is referred to in the Apostles' Creed and the Athanasian Creed ( Quicumque vult), which state that he "descended into the underworld" ( descendit ad inferos), although neither mention that he liberated the dead. In triumphant descent, Christ brought salvation to the souls held captive there since the beginning of the world. In Christian theology, the Harrowing of Hell ( Latin: Descensus Christi ad Inferos, "the descent of Christ into Hell" or Hades) is an Old English and Middle English term referring to the period of time between the Crucifixion of Jesus and his resurrection. ![]() ![]() ![]() But the very sight of Gabby leaves Quill breathless. Needless to say, this hardly bodes well for siring progeny. An accident years before has left Quill plagued by headachesâ?the kind that grow more excruciating with strenuous exercise. But Quill comes to the rescue, to the peril of his heart. When Gabby's shocking décolletage plunges to her waist at her first ball, Peter is humiliated. And how can she possibly transform her voluptuous, outspoken self into the poised gentlewoman Peter requires? But it is Peter to whom she has been promised. until she meets his commanding older brother Quill. Gabrielle Jerningham cherishes the portrait of her betrothed, the perfect Peter Dewland. People magazine named Eloisa James' novel Midnight Pleasures "Page Turner of the Week" and raved, "Romance writing does not get much better than this." Now the acclaimed author returns with another sumptuous tale of passion and misadventure in Regency England. ![]() ![]() ![]() He therefore found it difficult to come to terms, as do most moderate Muslims, with how a message of absolute peace and forgiveness could be so distorted by the militant fundamentalists. The author was raised in the liberal tradition of Islam. This book assesses the competing claims by the two schools regarding religious tolerance and women's rights in the Quran, and then engages both on a more fundamental question. It also spells out the fundamentals of Islam, regarding which there is growing global interest as well as ongoing debate between the moderate and fundamentalist camps. The Quran is not just about Muhammad, however. It is this priceless offering, the chance to discover and reconstruct Muhammad based on evidence as irrefutable as the Quran, that this book pursues. Considering, then, that many of the events relating to the period of its revelation are documented in the Quran, this enables one to travel back in time and take a closer look at the Prophet Muhammad, who is amongst the most towering personalities in history. Even those who dispute the Quran do not question that it is in its original form, untouched by time. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jerry Falwell to create the Moral Majority, forming the Council for National Policy, a secretive strategy group for prominent political and religious conservatives, and, along with his wife, Beverly, starting Concerned Women for America in 1979, as an alternative to liberal feminist organizations. LaHaye was a key figure in conservative political groups, encouraging the Rev. Jenkins, the 16-volume "Left Behind" series of novels published by Tyndale House Publishers sold more than 80 million copies worldwide, Moore said, and popularized a Bible interpretation that said born-again Christians will be instantly taken to God in the rapture, while those left behind on earth endure seven years of tribulation. LaHaye died in a San Diego, California, hospital, days after having suffered a stroke, according to his publicist Johnnie Moore.Ĭo-authored with Jerry B. ![]() ![]() Tim LaHaye, co-author of the "Left Behind" series, a multimillion-selling literary juggernaut that brought end-times prophecy into mainstream bookstores, died Monday. ![]() ![]() ![]() He is a single dad, as his late husband died in an accident and had adopted this young girl two years before he and Gavin got together. We met Gavin fresh to New York City, ready to start a new chapter in his life. Characters: Our heroes are Gavin and Hudson.Too bad Gavin and I are terrible at resisting each other… Check out my more detailed thoughts below… And my team needs me to score goals, not whip up a media circus. My arrogant agent–who’s also my father–will lose his mind if I’m dating a dude. What he doesn’t do is hook up with the other new guy-a hot athletic trainer who lives in my building. ![]() The new guy knows to keep his head down and shoot the puck. Brooklyn is my last chance, especially after my poor performance last season.īut I can make this work. That’s what happens when you keep getting traded. My name is Hudson Newgate, but my teammates call me New Guy. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell Turning his fifth grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that moves beyond his control. ![]() Sixth-grader Hal gets a year-long journal assignment in his least favorite class, history, much to the delight of his history buff father. The Rat Brain Fiasco by Julie Gardner BerryĬody’s misdeeds land him in a boarding school where he soon discovers that the principal and teachers are actually monsters with a sinister plan to alter the boys' brains.Īttack of the Mutant Underwear by Tom Birdseyeįifth-grader Cody Carson hopes for a fresh start where nobody knows about his humiliating mistakes of the past.Ĭartboy and the Time Capsule by L.A. Star Jumper: Journal of a Cardboard Genius by Frank AschĪlex has had enough of his little brother, Jonathan, so he builds a cardboard spaceship to blastoff to a brother-free planet.Įllie McDoodle: Have Pen Will Travel by Ruth McNally BarshawĮleven-year-old Ellie McDoodle illustrates her sketchbook with chronicles of her adventures and mishaps while camping with her cousins, aunt, and uncle. Sixth-grader Tommy and his friends try to figure out whether or not a paper finger puppet of Yoda can really predict the future. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger ![]() ![]() I began MaddAddam, the last in the trilogy, and was devoured, and did not put it down until the end. I liked it better than its predecessor: less dark, more fighting back, deeply absorbing in its detail of how to survive the man-made apocalypse with common sense and knowing how to garden. ![]() I began reading its sequel, The Year of the Flood, and could not put that down either. I began reading Oryx and Crake, and could not put it down, sad and dark and strange though it is, about the making of a suicidal apocalypse in a hideously recognisable corrupt world. Or that I would benefit from paying her novels some attention. ![]() This year, one of my students announced that he was working on three of her novels and what did I think about Oryx and Crake? This was clearly a sign that Margaret Atwood needed more attention from me. ![]() I once read The Handmaid’s Tale, probably at the wrong age, and it freaked me out so much I didn’t want to go near a Margaret Atwood novel again. ![]() ![]() Described as a bright and genius read, the simple humor and amusing misadventures of Psmith earns the acclaim of contemporary audiences. Though part of a series, Leave it to Psmith can be enjoyed independently. Leave it to Psmith is P.G Wodenhouse’s fourth novel featuring his beloved reoccurring character, Ronald Psmith. However, when he realizes that his impersonations have led him to an unintentional involvement in a jewelry heist, the night unfolds issues that he never could have predicted. During the party at Blandings Castle, Psmith is asked to make a speech and recite a poem, though as a man well versed in malarkey, Psmith can navigate himself out of the problem. Realizing that such an identity would gain him an invitation to Blandings Castle, where he could spend time with Eve, Psmith decides to not to correct Lord Emsworth. Their involvement eventually gains the attention of Eve’s new boss, a wealthy and powerful man named Lord Emsworth, who, upon meeting Psmith, mistakes him for a famous poet. Thankful, Eve continues to walk with Psmith. After he borrows an umbrella from a nearby club without asking, Psmith offers it to Eve, so that she is able to finish her walk. ![]() Immediately drawn to her beauty, Psmith decides to help Eve get out of the rain. Down on his luck and out of a job, Psmith meets Eve Halliday in the middle of a downpour. He is overly confident, but smart, and prone to mischief, but resourceful enough to get himself out of trouble. Psmith (the p is silent) is a man of contrasts. ![]() ![]() In any event, recycling doesn’t reverse the inevitable trip to the dump, it just delays it. Recycled, the alloys are melted together, producing a single inferior product. For example, an aluminum can has different alloys of aluminum in the can’s tops, bottom and inside. Their thesis is that the design process builds in waste and the environmentally hip ways of getting rid of it, namely what we call recycling and what they call ‘downcycling’, are often outrageously expensive and so environmentally deleterious that it would be better to put the stuff in a landfill in the first place. McDonough and Braungart have written a book intending to get the two together. Despite their common interests, students in the two departments rarely meet sober and the faculties never meet cordially. “Now there is one outstandingly important fact regarding Spaceship Earth, and that is that no instruction book came with it.Īt the university I attend, the Department of Packaging Science trains students in the production of trash while its department of waste disposal disguises itself with the grand title, Department of Environmental Systems Engineering. ![]() |