![]() ![]() The Swerve refers to a key conception in the ancient atomistic theories according to which atoms moving through the void are subject to clinamen: while falling straight through the void, they are sometimes subject to a slight, unpredictable swerve. Not fearing death is easier said than done. ![]() The fear of death is irrational, according to Lucretius, because once people die they will not be sad, judged by gods or pity their family they will not be anything at all. How does Lucretius view death?įocus on staying healthy. What is the significance and the beauty of De Rerum Natura?ĭe Rerum Natura gives us that basic of physics, and a lot more besides: refutations of rival theories, explanations of mirrors and magnets, reasons not to fear death, some strong words about the folly of love, a mini-survey of human history and a range of causes for celestial and meteorological phenomena. Totalling seventy-four hundred lines, it is written in hexameters, the standard unrhymed six-beat lines in which Latin poets like Virgil and Ovid, imitating Homer’s Greek, cast their epic poetry. ![]() Seventy-four hundred lines LUCRETI CARI DE RERUM NATURA.” “On the Nature of Things,” by Titus Lucretius Carus, is not an easy read. ![]()
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![]() So when the passengers call him George, he has to just smile and nod and act invisible. But it's 1929, and Baxter is lucky enough, as a Black man, to have a job as a sleeping car porter on a train that crisscrosses the country. Affecting, imaginative, and visceral enough that you'll feel the rocking of the train, The Sleeping Car Porter is a stunning accomplishment. MITCHELL BOOK PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 REPUBLIC OF CONSCIOUSNESS PRIZEWhen a mudslide strands a train, Baxter, a queer Black sleeping car porter, must contend with the perils of white passengers, ghosts, and his secret love affairThe Sleeping Car Porter brings to life an important part of Black history in North America, from the perspective of a queer man living in a culture that renders him invisible in two ways. ![]() WINNER OF THE 2022 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZEPUBLISHERS WEEKLY TOP 20 LITERARY FICTION BOOKS OF 2022OPRAH DAILY: BOOKS TO READ BY THE FIREi THE GLOBE 100: THE BEST BOOKS OF 2022CBC BOOKS: THE BEST CANADIAN FICTION OF 2022SHORTLISTED FOR THE CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE CITY OF CALGARY W.O. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The group felt that there were a few good points to the book- personally, as a teen who grew up loving Shakespeare’s comedies, I always enjoy a good trousers role. There are a few road blocks along the way, a nefarious relative, and a lot of very spicy scenes. Charity hates lying about her identity when love is on the line, but needs the charade to last a little longer which is difficult with such intense chemistry. The problem is, serious sparks begin to fly with her acquaintance Alistair, Marquess of Pembroke. Charity- or Robert Selby- enjoys the freedoms that come with being a man even though she knows her role is temporary. This is the story of Charity Church, a former housemaid masquerading as her deceased- and male- employer in order to act as his younger sister’s guardian. This month we discussed Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Alongside Australia's greatest superheroes-including the powerful Astra, dazzling Solar, and The Dark in his full brooding glory-Friday will go to another dimension in the hopes of finding her mother, saving the day, maybe even getting the story of a lifetime out of the adventure. This time, Tina Valentina may have ventured too far. While Fry may not be super-powered herself, she understands the power of legacy: her mother is none other than the infamous reporter Tina Valentina, renowned worldwide for her legendary interviews with the True Blue Aussie Beaut Superheroes and her tendency to go to extraordinary lengths to get her story. Every lottery cycle, a new superhero is created and quite literally steps into the shoes of the hero before them-displacing the previous hero. ![]() Girl reporter / Tansy Rayner Roberts Book Bib IDīook, Online - Google BooksĪstoria (USA) Cambridge : Book Smugglers Publishing, 2017įrom the award-winning author of Cookie Cutter Superhero and Kid Dark Against the Machine comes a brand new novella about girl reporters, superheroes, and interdimensional travel In a world of superheroes, supervillains, and a machine that can create them all, millennial vlogger and girl reporter Friday Valentina has no shortage of material to cover. ![]() ![]() ![]() The first three have been slain, and Number Four is John Smith… The bureaucratic Cêpans, who are also Loric, do not acquire Legacies and frequently serve as protective mentors to young Garde, known as ‘Keepers.’ The Nine Garde Children are guarded by a magical enchantment provided by their Elder Loridas, which permits them to be slain only in numerical order. These nine children are Garde, Loric people with unique talents known as Legacies. The Mogadorians are on the lookout for John and eight other Loric who live on Earth. ![]() The story follows John Smith, a fifteen-year-old humanoid alien from the planet Lorien, and Henri, his Mentor Cêpan, as they flee the Mogadorians, a hostile extraterrestrial race responsible for Lorien’s devastation. Under the collective moniker Pittacus Lore, James Frey, Jobie Hughes, and formerly, Greg Boose wrote the Lorien Legacies series of young adult science fiction books. “People tend to change when they find out aliens are real.” ![]() ![]() ![]() Part One Chapter 3 pp27-34 Vocabulary chastened unrelenting perpetual obscure craggy sullenness countenance scornfully curtly contempt sardonically unruly reprieve refinement salutation modest beguiling pallor brandishing What do you think the captain is plotting? Explain.Why does Zachariah want Charlotte to be his friend? Will she agree? Explain.Part One Chapter 2 pp16-26 Vocabulary intoned succumbing confining permeated decrepit resolve steadfastly vexation imp doleful trepidation niche beset Do you believe it is a wise decision for Charlotte to travel without a guardian on a ship full of males?.Look for clues that foreshadow these events and keep a chart. ![]()
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![]() Take Leah’s observation that “things can thrive in unimaginable conditions. ![]() Everything that happens on the surface has symbolic, metaphorical meaning beneath. Gothic elements are knitted throughout (“The deep sea is a haunted house: a place in which things that ought not to exist move about in the darkness” goes the tantalising first sentence). ![]() It is laid out in five sections, each corresponding to an ocean layer This might be a book about the sea, about depression, illness, grief. Miri, at a loss for what to do, spends hours on the phone trying in vain to reach Leah’s former employer. She rarely eats and is constantly in the bath listening to a sound machine. These women – Miri, and Leah – love one another, but since Leah’s return, silence has wormed “like a spine” into their life together. The book is about – what? A failing relationship, maybe. If it doesn’t appear on numerous prize lists, I’ll eat my hat. ![]() Reprising some of her previous preoccupations (liminal spaces, the proximity between the body and nature, death), Julie Armfield’s debut novel is sharp, atmospheric, dryly funny, sad, distinctive. The prize-winning author of the short story collection Salt Slow brings a tale of two female spouses, one of whom has just returned from a deep-sea mission gone wrong. I have not stopped dreaming of Our Wives Under the Sea since I finished it. ![]() |