![]() She has a degree in journalism from the University of Maine, Orono that she promptly abandoned to write about the people in her own head. When not writing, she enjoys watching infomercials, singing in the car, tweeting (this one time, she was tweeted by Neil Gaiman) and playing fetch with her cat, Sassenach. She’s a red velvet cake enthusiast, obsessive tea drinker, vegetarian, former cheerleader and world’s worst video gamer. ![]() ![]() Cameron is a New York Times/USA Today Best Selling author from Maine. Cameron is yet another one of my favorite people on Twitter, and I wanted to bring her to you today, dear readers! I hope you love her as much as I do!Īllow me to introduce you to the one and only Chelsea M. Today’s interview is a first for me, and I’m very excited! Today is my very first NYT Best Selling author! Chelsea M. ![]()
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![]() ![]() (.) In arguing this point, Lessig demonstrates his great strength as a reformer: He is politically ambidextrous." - Michael O'Donnell, San Francisco Chronicle At the heart of Remix is an exploration of what Lessig calls the hybrid economy, which blends traditional commercial enterprise with the Internet-friendly ethos of sharing and community. "There is more at stake in this debate than artistic creativity."Lessig’s proposals for revising copyright are compelling, because they rethink intellectual-property rights without abandoning them." - The New Yorker.Lessig is a human embodiment of the hybrid principle, and has written a splendidly combative manifesto - pungent, witty and persuasive." - Lewis Jones, Financial Times "Commerce should realise that hybrid is the way to go, and copyright law should reflect the new realities. ![]() ![]() Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economyī : heavy on the anecdote-examples, but an interesting discussion.General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the author Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jessica herself said in interviews that the events that take place in the book were inspired by things she experienced as a trainee and an idol and that I don’t disbelieve but I wouldn’t put it past her to spice some things up for the sake of fiction. I’ll tell you now, as I read it, it felt quite fanfiction-like. The novel itself is catered to young adults, specifically K-pop fans and more specifically fans of Jessica. ![]() I’m here to try and give a kind of thorough summary of the novel with my opinions and thoughts interspersed here and there. Part 1 of one of those K-pop guide videos (yes, Jessica specifically is covered in this video) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() One incident that struck me, and the Anjin-san too, was when a samurai voluntarily leaps to his death in order to simply get the attention of his master.Īnother aspect of that culture is the prevalence and acceptance of multiple sexual partners. This was apparent in the sheer number of seppuku's ( samurai ritual suicide) that occur throughout the book, without a second's hesitation. Or rather, the view that your current life is merely a brief state of being, and not worth preserving if your honour is on the line, and certainly not worth crying over. Some of the aspects of the Japanese that Clavell writes about made a deep impression on me. Anjin-san), whose ship is wrecked on its shores. Clavell does a great job painting an image of what Japan in the 1600's looked like to an outsider, Englishman John Blackthorne (a.k.a. What I was less familiar with was the Japanese culture at the time. ![]() I had visited ancient Japanese castles before, so I was familiar to a certain extent with the setting of the book. Justin's a pretty cool entrepreneur, having started some wildly successful companies (and some odd ones), so I trusted his word and embarked on this 1,000+ page book. Before reaching out to Justin Kan to see if he would be interested in being a Time Auction reward donor ( which he was!), I did some research on him and found out that Shogun was his favourite book. ![]() ![]() ![]() Please consult the spreadsheet for an overview of a large number of physical books. With very few exceptions, Lovecraft's entire body of work is in the public domain and can be read online for free from numerous sources. If you really just want to read the 'greatest hits' then you can browse the subreddit's top picks. However for the best experience it's recommended that you read them in chronological order by date written or in most cases, just pick up a book and read left to right. Technically speaking you can read them at random. HP Lovecraft wrote short and unconnected stories. ![]() If you have any questions about the rules, please don't hesitate to message the moderators.įor the full list of rules please check the wiki New to Lovecraft? It helps to report instances of spam and posts/comments that break the rules. Violation of the rules will result in post removal and in some cases bans. Selling artwork, merch, or similar items is prohibited. Please read the sidebar before asking where to begin reading.Īll self-promotion must be disclosed and kept within reasonable limits. Submissions must be directly related to Lovecraft, his work, and contemporaries.Īrtwork posts are only allowed to be posted under certain restrictions. No restricted content such as: memes, tattoos, jokes, apparel, AI images, etc. Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! ![]() Lovecraft, this is your stop for all of his outstanding works and weird fiction in general! ![]() ![]() The book begins by discussing the placebo effect, which is the phenomenon where a person’s symptoms can improve simply because they believe they are taking a real treatment, even if it is just a sugar pill. ![]() He explains that our thoughts and beliefs can induce chemical reactions in the body that can lead to real changes in our physiology, and that we can use this principle to improve our health and our lives. Dispenza argues that the placebo effect, which is the phenomenon where a person’s health improves simply because they believe a treatment will work, is not just a psychological phenomenon but a physiological one as well. Joe Dispenza, a chiropractor and neuroscientist, explores how this can be possible in his book “ You Are the Placebo.” Dr. Can our thoughts and beliefs have a powerful effect on our health and well-being? Dr. ![]() ![]() Selene desperately misses Egypt and her mother, and she cannot even worship Isis because her religion has been banned by Octavian. In a dramatic scene, Octavian (who will later become Augustus Caesar) spares the children and places them under the control of his sister Octavia, where they will be raised alongside the various children of his household. Selene and her brothers Helios and Philadelphus travel to Rome as captives and must endure a humiliating march through the city, not knowing what will happen to them. Mark Antony has died and Cleopatra will kill herself rather than submit to Roman captivity. The story opens in the aftermath of Cleopatra and Mark Antony’s defeat by Rome. Cleopatra Selene is an intelligent narrator and watching her grow up and reinvent herself following the death of her parents and her own captivity in Rome makes for compelling reading. ![]() Lily of the Nile originally caught my eye because of its Egyptian heroine and Roman setting, but the author’s vision of a very faraway time and place kept me reading. I love lots of variety not only in romance, but in historical fiction in general. ![]() ![]() ![]() He is glad that “real work is done there” meaning salvation, religion, culture and commerce. Conrad portrays British Imperialism in the naive character of Marlow, who is glad to see the “vast amount of red” on the Company’s map signifying the British territory. The Thames is described as ”one of the dark places on Earth (as it is a point of departure for Imperialist ships). In 1890 Conrad worked for a Belgian society in Congo, on a Congo River steamer, and the journals and notes that he wrote became the basis for Heart 0f Darkness. They gained maximum profit at minimum cost – slaves, ivory and rubber in large amounts. Under the excuse that they are going to bring the light of civilization to the degenerated African brutes, the Imperialists exploited the country for a long time. The story revolves around the life of a seaman, Marlow, who fresh from Europe goes on a journey up the Congo River to relieve Kurtz who is the most successful ivory trader working for the Belgian government. The Setting of Conrad’s novella is Congo in the late 19 th century, which was then a colony of Belgium, but Heart of Darkness can be observed as a criticism of all European Imperialist countries, especially Britain. Kurtz – chief of the station, imposed himself as a god to the natives, a spiritually degenerated man COLONIALISM/IMPERIALISM ![]() The Manager – a corrupted Imperialist, for him only economical gain is important, no matter the cost Marlow – the speaker of the frame narrative starts to question his beliefs and attitudes when in Africa Joseph Conrads Heart of Darkness (1899) is an early and important example of modernist experimentation in English fiction. ![]() ![]() This masterwork of suspense is as careful with its sharp takes as it is with the bread crumbs it slowly drops on the way to its stunning end. Gage’s multilayered narrative of the Devil House murders slowly builds from conjecture to the victims’ ventriloquized voices, lending itself well to Darnielle’s themes about the artifice of the genre: “Formalities, when carefully tended, quietly congregate to make form,” Gage notes. ![]() Interspliced with Gage’s investigation are long excerpts from one of his previous books, The White Witch of Morro Bay, which recounts the gruesome end for two teenage boys who broke into their teacher’s apartment. True crime writer Gage Chandler has spent the last five years living in the “Devil House” in Milpitas, Calif., where he’s been working on a book about an unsolved murder that took place there in 1986, during the height of the Satanic Panic. In this riveting metafictional epic, Mountain Goats singer-songwriter Darnielle ( Universal Harvester) flays the conventions of true crime to reveal the macabre and ordinary brutality behind sensationalized stories of violence. ![]() ![]() ![]() Along the way Harris encounters various challenges, like losing her only pair of bike shorts, but none of these stop her from her dream. Taking off with her friend Mel, Harris spent about a year biking the Silk Road. This is where her book focuses, though she does provide readers with some back story in order for us to understand what led her to this moment in her life. More specifically, Harris wanted to bike the Silk Road where Marco Polo himself once travelled. The crazy thing about Harris, though, is that she put all of this on hold because of another passion: exploration. Her dream drove her to become exceptional in science, which led her to many opportunities in life like being able to study at MIT, an exceptional university. ![]() Harris grew up knowing she wanted to explore space, especially Mars. Let me give you a little back story here. ![]() |