The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War. This edition also includes Stevenson's chilling story 'The Bottle Imp'. The story of respectable Dr Jekylls strange association with damnable young man Edward Hyde the hunt through fog bound London for a killer and the. The story of respectable Dr Jekyll's strange association with 'damnable young man' Edward Hyde the hunt through fog-bound London for a killer and the final revelation of Hyde's true identity is a chilling exploration of humanity's basest capacity for evil. Published as a 'shilling shocker', Robert Louis Stevenson's dark psychological fantasy gave birth to the idea of the split personality. 'All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of good and evil: and Edward Hyde, alone in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil' The Penguin English Library Edition of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
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As a consequence, I think there was an increase in visitation to Civil War battlefields, as well as a growth in the sheer number of people interested in the Civil War, that followed. James McPherson: In conjunction with the Ken Burns series on the Civil War, which came out just a couple of years after my book, along with the release of movies like Gettysburg and Glory, together these did much to increase and awaken interest in the Civil War. What impact do you think that your research had in shaping the understanding of the Civil War in the years that have followed?ĭr. Howard Muncy (HM): Thirty years have passed since Battle Cry of Freedom’s release. The interview captured some of his thoughts related to the modern study of the Civil War, his views on various contemporary issues, and his approach to education. I asked him to reflect on the thirty years that have passed since the publication of his seminal work. Last November, I was able to sit down with Dr. Indeed, Battle Cry of Freedom is often described as the “best one-volume” account of the Civil War. And yet, the book’s impressive narrative style makes it entirely accessible for the general reader. The book, which earned the 1989 Pulitzer Prize in History, spans over eight hundred pages. McPherson’s bold 1988 narrative, Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era, examines the social, political, and economic factors related to antebellum America and the Civil War. Few individuals have influenced the understanding of an entire historical topic more than Princeton University historian Dr. Keeping up with the women’s conversation, she barely noticed when the men filed into the room. No more.Īubrey was ready to live, and no one, especially Lady Victoria, was going to stop her. That girl was gone now but it had been easy to continue to remain on the sidelines of the parties. But a sense of freedom rose up inside her, a freedom that allowed her to shuck off the stigma that had surrounded her since her first season when she was a shy young girl. Why Aubrey felt as if a challenge had been issued, she had no idea. Breezing past her, she joined the other women in conversation, none of which had any clue about what had just transpired at the sideboard. Lady Victoria sputtered, clearly unused to others delivering such a set down to her, but Lady Aubrey didn’t care. It’s to the author’s credit that she takes this premise - which, in theory, is vaguely interesting but not, one might think, enough to build an entire novel on - and executes it as well as she does. The Idea of Perfection opens with a quote by Leonardo Da Vinci: "An arch is two weaknesses which together make a strength." Grenville came across this quote while researching bridges for a project she was working on she was, in her own words, "struck by how well it applies to human relationships, where two people, each with his or her own flaws, come together in such a way that one’s weaknesses are absorbed by the other’s strengths." This idea provided Grenville with the seeds of a story that would have a real (timber) bridge at its centre but would also be about metaphorical bridges about the ways in which relationships develop between the unlikeliest of people. The interview provided nice insights into the genesis of this novel, which, against all expectations, won Britain’s Orange Prize in 2001. I was arm-twisted by my books editor into writing this review on a two-hour deadline, so it was just as well that only hours earlier I had met author Kate Grenville for a profile, during her literary tour to India. The one-hour-20-minute review I was boasting about yesterday: 6/23/2023 0 Comments Forgive me leonard peacockLeonard is a poor soul with a few secrets. Smart and goofy and strange and severely broken Through Leonard, Quick urges readers to look beyond the pain of the here and now to the possibilities that await. Its greatest irony is that, despite Leonard's commitment to his murder-suicide plan, he appreciates and values life in a way that few do. Quick's attentiveness to these few key relationships and encounters gives the story its strength and razorlike focus. First, though, he will visit the important people in his life: an elderly cinephile neighbor, a musically gifted classmate, the teacher of his Holocaust studies class, and a homeschooled girl who passes out religious tracts in the train station. Foreseeing only more unhappiness and disappointment in life (and harboring a secret that's destroying him), Leonard packs up his grandfather's WWII handgun and heads to school, intending to kill his former best friend and then himself. Leonard Peacock is another such individual, a teenager who feels let down by adults and out of step with his sheeplike classmates. Quick's books typically revolve around characters who don't fit in, don't understand their place in the world, and face daunting obstacles. 6/23/2023 0 Comments Eats shootsWhich Zathras is that? It's Zathras ( ) » (30 comments) Michael Straczynski has released the first images from the upcoming animated "Babylon 5" movie. Jennifer Lawrence is "totally" open to getting another huge paycheck ( ) » (3 comments) Article: "So what was terrible about my journey? Absolutely nothing" ( ) » (27 comments) Headline: 'I Drove Long Distance In An EV And It Was Terrible'. 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However, officials on Tuesday also banned the school from doing so, saying that since it had earlier requested for a special review, it could not choose another option. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for The Beginners Guide to Winning an Election at. Po Yan Oblate Primary School is among several schools that will not receive grants to operate primary one classes, after enrolling just 15 pupils – one short of the minimum number required by the government.Īfter the Education Bureau rejected the school’s request for a special review of its operations last week, its alumni association subsequently tried to raise funds to run primary one classes privately. The Education Bureau has ruled out private classes as an alternative survival plan for a Wong Tai Sin primary school, saying the school will be barred from running primary one classes in the coming school year. 6/23/2023 0 Comments Into the Silent Land by Paul BroksPaul Broks draws on his many years as a neuropsychologist to present an unforgettable narrative about memory and personal identity. reads as light as a souffle, yet also has the resonant depth to haunt you for the rest of your days.' Guardian Into the Silent Land marks the debut of an astonishing new voice. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Macabre yet humane, unsettling but affecting, he writes about the experiences of his patients and his experience as their psychologist. Paul Broks draws on 15 years as a neuropsychologist to present a narrative about memory and personal identity. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Description for Into the Silent Land: Travels in Neuropsychology Paperback. 6/22/2023 0 Comments Maybe We Should by Melissa FosterWild Boys After Dark: Logan, November 2015 Wild Boys After Dark: Jackson, December 2015 Wild Boys After Dark: Cooper, December 2015ĭaring Her Love: A Bradens Novella (1001 Dark Nights), December 2015 Seaside Summers (Books 1-3, Boxed Set):, January 2016 The Remingtons (Book 1-3, Boxed Set): Game of Love, Stroke of Love, Flames of Love, January 2016 Our New Love (A Short Story) Bradens Ever After, Jack and Savannah, March 2016 Tempting Tristan: A sexy standalone M/M romance, October 2016 Love in Bloom Adult Coloring Book, November 2016 Story of Love (Josh & Riley's Wedding), March 2017 Lovers at Heart, Reimagined, October 2018 Wild Boys After Dark Boxed Set, February 2021įinding My Girl / Loving Talia, December 2018 The Trouble with Whiskey:Dare Whiskey, August 2022 Wild Island Love: Leni Steele, August 2023įreeing Sully: Prequel to FOR THE LOVE OF WHISKEY, April 2023 His Wicked Ways: Blaine Wicked, November 2023 6/22/2023 0 Comments Castes in India by B.R. AmbedkarThey were also dragged with the colour prejudices which denied their approach to analysed it formation and relations to other factors of discrimination. He criticized and largely questioned the ignorance of scholars around the caste in India as for example European scholars emphasised the role of color in the caste system. BR Ambedkar in his essay titled caste in India, their origin, mechanism, and development, published in the journal of Indian Antiquity in August 1917, he redefined the concept and understanding around caste as a whole. Caste has been largely seen as a functional unit by some scholars but there are many kinds of natural justification of inequality and gendered violence that are embedded itself in the origin and mechanism of the caste system.ĭr. But there are many disparities in the understanding of caste in itself. Hindu society is defined and associated with various institutions and the caste system is regarded as one of the social institutions which have foundations of social and moral codes in the Hindu society. |