![]() ![]() “The power of time…” the virtuous lamia said slowly in her own voice. The moment she touched the white ball, her consciousness was almost pulled into the vortex of time. The virtuous lamia let out a long breath. Her body began shaking violently, and her wings almost unfurled and stopped protecting Song Shuhang’s lower body.įortunately, she quickly regained control of her body and protected Song Shuhang’s last bit of honor. When the virtuous lamia’s fingers touched the white dumpling, she felt as if she had been electrocuted. As such, she took it upon herself to check this unknown, and potentially dangerous, object. She was the manifestation of Shuhang’s light of virtue, so even if she was destroyed, she could recover in a short while. ![]() The virtuous lamia tried to reach out and touch the white dumpling. After the white dumpling was squeezed out, the fat whale felt like a stingy merchant who was suddenly deprived of all its gold coins. ![]()
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![]() Though the book is a sequel, the authors’ coverage of the state of India on the eve of independence is too detailed to give any hint of this, though the continuity between pre and post independence India is carefully brought out. Unlike works preceding and succeeding it however, India Since Independence covers economic history and important socio-economic aspects (like caste, communalism and the role of women) as well. ![]() The sequel to India’s Struggle for Independence, it seeks to trace the history of India from the infant steps of the late 1940s to the onset of the new millennium. ![]() In this context, India Since Independence can be regarded as a welcome corrective. Even though the period after independence is the most familiar of historical periods, there is a dearth of good academic writing on it. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Merchant through his tale of Janaurie, whom has remained unmarried, and survived sixty years without marrying - reducing and mocking the importance of wooing a lady, and marriage as a sacrament, the ' olde knight', only choosing to marry at the end of his life' - Through Janaurie's tale, Chaucer reinforces the Merchant's view of marriage as a snare. 'That I say sooth by Seint Thomas Inde' - being married according to the Merchant is the most painful torture any man has to endure. The Merchant criticises and presents Courtly love in a very sattiricle way, undermining, this wooing over of women, Knights enduring adventures to win over a wife, when within the prologue, the Merchant expresses how all marriage has brought is pain ' we wedded men live in sorwe and care. The Merchant’s Tale from The Canterbury Tales and Faerie Queene (1870) ( transcription project) The Merchant’s Tale from The Canterbury tales of Geoffrey Chaucer (1914) ( transcription. A Romatic relationship, between two unmarried people in medieval times, these love relationships, were not physical, but based upon filirting, dancing and dhivalrous efforts from Knights and Noblemen to win over and woo young ladies. Versions of The Merchants Prologue and Tale include: The Marchantes Tale (1900) from The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Flynn had great respect for the military and the war effort, and he played the leads in these three films with a grim sincerity that proved he could do more than wield a sword and shoot a longbow. While these films cemented the cinematic persona of Flynn as the dashing, humorous, cheeky action hero, he made three war films in which he played straight, and against type, and showed off his acting skills: The Dawn Patrol in 1938, Edge of Darkness in 1943, and Operation Burma, in 1945, these last two based on real-life events. He began 1940 with The Sea Hawk, and in 1941 he portrayed George Armstrong Custer in They Died with Their Boots on. But undoubtedly his most famous role was the lead in 1938’s The Adventures of Robin Hood, one of the classic and most famous heroes in legend, myth, and perhaps in history, too.įlynn first sailed to stardom in 1935 with the success of Captain Blood, which was followed by the 1936 version of The Charge of the Light Brigade. McFarland Publishing (381 pages, $29.95 in trade paperback/$15.99 digital, April 8, 2004)Įrrol Flynn never made a fantasy film during his long career, although he portrayed a number of legendary and historical characters, such as William Tell, and the great pugilist, “Gentleman” Jim Corbett. ![]() ![]() As Julia spends more and more time in the 1600s she grows increasingly obsessed with Mariana’s story and starts finding it difficult to keep the past separate from the present. Soon Julia’s life becomes mysteriously linked with the life of Mariana Farr, a young woman who lived at Greywethers with her uncle in the 17th century. ![]() As she settles into her new home, Julia gets to know her new neighbours, including the gardener Iain Sumner, Geoffrey de Mornay, the owner of nearby Crofton Hall (which is said to be haunted), and Freda Hutherson, who somehow seems to know a lot about Julia without being told. ![]() ![]() From the moment Julia Beckett first sees Greywethers as a five-year-old, she knows there’s something special about the lonely farmhouse, but it’s not until she’s an adult and a successful illustrator of children’s books that she gets the chance to buy it. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If a person’s behavior does not correspond to the generally accepted in this society, it is perceived as deviating.įor example, in Russian culture, it is not customary to put one’s feet on a table, while in American culture, this is not condemned by anyone.Ībnormal can be considered what requires to contact a clinician. Norms are not absolute they develop and are obtained empirically for a given group (age, social, and others). The prefixes “sub” and “super” do not provide an ethical or pragmatic assessment of quality. To value quality, we must correlate a person’s indicator with others and thus determine his place on the normal distribution curve. Moreover, its “tail” parts, respectively, indicate a region of low or high meanings. Normal is considered as being a lot it refers to the middle of the distribution. In this article, called “Am I Normal,” we will discuss what the psychological norm is, the factors that influence it, psychological answers to some common questions, about a card game, “Am I normal?.”Īt least four factors influence the concept of the psychological norm: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She is not looking forward to spending the summer on Nantucket with her grandmother, but her parents insist she go and as hard as she tries there is no getting out of it. Summer of ’69 is about three sisters ranging in age from 13 – 24. My Opinion:Īfter seeing the cover and learning that this is Elin Hilderbrand’s first historical fiction story, it took me all of two seconds to decide that this is a book I want to read. ![]() As the summer heats up, Teddy Kennedy sinks a car in Chappaquiddick, a man flies to the moon, and Jessie experiences some sinking and flying herself, as she grows into her own body and mind. Thirteen-year-old Jessie suddenly feels like an only child, marooned in the house with her out-of-touch grandmother who is hiding some secrets of her own. ![]() Only son Tiger is an infantry soldier, recently deployed to Vietnam. Middle sister Kirby, a nursing student, is caught up in the thrilling vortex of civil rights protests, a passion which takes her to Martha’s Vineyard with her best friend, Mary Jo Kopechne. Every year the children have looked forward to spending the summer at their grandmother’s historic home in downtown Nantucket: but this year Blair, the oldest sister, is marooned in Boston, pregnant with twins and unable to travel. Welcome to the most tumultuous summer of the twentieth century! It’s 1969, and for the Levin family, the times they are a-changing. ![]() ![]() However, alongside the intimacy and feverish pleasure of first love comes the loneliness and anguish of the virtually inevitable separation. A quiet, apprehensive boy at heart, Philippe relaxes into his skin, becoming more at ease with himself and his relationships with others. ![]() This covert, mind-expanding liaison between the two boys sparks an awakening in Philippe, both sexually and emotionally. This chance encounter prompts Philippe to reflect on his adolescence and the passionate, fleeting relationship he experienced with his more popular classmate, Thomas. In brief, the book starts with a prologue in which the narrator – Philippe, a successful yet sensitive writer – catches sight of a young man who reminds him strongly of his first love, an attractive, charismatic young boy named Thomas. Just the kind of short, beautifully-written novella I tend to love, especially in translation. Lie With Me by Philippe Besson (2017, tr. ![]() ![]() Another round-up post with some brief thoughts on a couple of recent(ish) reads, both recommended. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 'A smart, angry, insightful book, and a clarion call to freedom. The Beauty Myth, Naomi Wolf examines how beauty is used as a demand and as a judgment upon women. With pertinent and intelligent examples, she confronts the beauty industry and its advertising and uncovers the reasons why women are consumed by this destructive obsession. In this iconic, gripping and frank expose, Naomi Wolf exposes the tyranny of the beauty myth through the ages and its oppressive function today, in the home and at work, in literature and the media, in relationships between men and women, between women and women. In a society embroiled in a cult of female beauty and youthfulness, pressure on women to conform physically is constant and all-pervading. Įvery day, women around the world are confronted with a dilemma - how to look. The bestselling classic that redefined our view of the relationship between beauty and female identity. ![]() ![]() To close the stress cycle, Nagoski suggests engaging in physical activities that release tension and promote relaxation, such as exercise, yoga, or dancing. Humans, however, often experience chronic stress that is not resolved by a single event, and we may not engage in activities that help us complete the stress cycle. Once the zebra escapes, it shakes and trembles to release the tension from its body and complete the stress response cycle. Nagoski gives the example of animals in the wild who experience stress, such as a zebra being chased by a lion. In other words, it’s not enough to simply “manage” or cope with stress we also need to actively engage in activities that help our bodies complete the stress response cycle. ![]() In the book Burnout by Emily Nagoski, the author provides several stress management strategies that can help individuals cope with and prevent burnout.Įmily Nagoski explains the concept of “closing the stress cycle” as the idea that stress is a physiological response that needs to be completed or “cycled through” in order for the body to return to a state of calm. ![]() |