Blutsbrüder. BIEF - Home. Best story book ever. Stephen King: Tax Me, for F@%&’s Sake! The iconic writer scolds the superrich (including himself—and Mitt Romney) for not giving back, and warns of a Kingsian apocalyptic scenario if inequality is not addressed in America. Chris Christie may be fat, but he ain’t Santa Claus. In fact, he seems unable to decide if he is New Jersey’s governor or its caporegime, and it may be a comment on the coarsening of American discourse that his brash rudeness is often taken for charm. In February, while discussing New Jersey’s newly amended income-tax law, which allows the rich to pay less (proportionally) than the middle class, Christie was asked about Warren Buffett’s observation that he paid less federal income taxes than his personal secretary, and that wasn’t fair.
“He should just write a check and shut up,” Christie responded, with his typical verve. Lobbyist Grover Norquist responds to King and begs to differ, 'for f@%&’s sake! ' Heard it all before. Cut a check and shut up, they said. If you want to pay more, pay more, they said. Projet A4. Le livre est un lieu exceptionnel pour la création photographique, mettant en jeu les questions de l’espace, du format, du récit en images.
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A Glossary of Literary Terms. Blank Verse. Unrhymed iambic pentameter. Shakespeare's plays are largely blank verse, as are other Renaissance plays. Blank verse was the most popular in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in England. Here are some examples you likely won't see elsewhere: At last, The clouds consign their treasures to the fields, And softly shaking on the dimpled pool Prelusive drops, let all their moisture flow In large effusion o'er the freshened world. --James Thomson, The Seasons, Spring, 172-176 Delightful task! How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful is man!
John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667) John Dryden, All for Love James Thompson, The Seasons Burlesque. Caesura. At length I heard a ragged noise and mirth Of theeves and murderers: there I him espied, Who straight, Your suit is granted, said, and died. Canon. Children's novel. Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer L. Detective novel. My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun. Enjambed. 1 2 3 4| Next Page Hosted By. La goleada literaria de Francia y la nueva Anna Karenina del cine >> Papeles Perdidos. eBouquin. Codex Gigas: Devil's Bible or Just an Old Book? “La literatura latinoamericana ya ha alcanzado la mayoría de edad” Santiago Gamboa (Bogotá, 1965) no quiere que lo lean por ser colombiano –“como yo no leo a Malraux por francés ni a Tabucchi por italiano”--, ni cree que para escribir una buena novela haya que salirse de los senderos ya marcados de la literatura: "Dice el maestro Fernando Botero que nunca ha dado una pincelada que no esté autorizada por la historia del arte.
Y lo que él dice refiriéndose a la pintura lo intento aplicar yo a mis novelas: me gusta que los temas que elijo estén autorizados de alguna manera por la historia de la literatura". De ahí que su última novela, Plegarias nocturnas (Mondadori), trate de dos personas que desean estar juntas a toda costa –en este caso dos hermanos— y de la multitud de problemas que se lo impiden. La tercera voz de la novela es la de otro clásico, un cónsul. "Un tipo solitario, aficionado a la escritura y a la bebida. A medida que se agota el Bloody Mari vamos dejando atrás Colombia y adentrándonos en la literatura. Les livres rendent intelligent, pas Internet. Le débat est on ne peut plus actuel. En pleine affaire Woerth/Bettencourt, les politiques rivalisent de formules visant à décrédibiliser Internet.
Danger? Menace? Ou encore ne vaut-il pas mieux tenir dans ses mains un journal papier ou un bon livre? Sauf que David Brooks n’intente pas de procès au web. Pour cela, il se réfère à une étude publiée par le professeur Richard Alligton de l’université du Tennesse. 852 enfants ont reçu chacun 12 livres durant leurs vacances scolaires. A l’inverse une seconde étude conclut qu’Internet nuirait aux performances académiques. En fait, l’auteur démontre que ce n’est pas tant le message véhiculé par le média Internet ou par les livres mais la posture d’esprit qu’il implique qui importe. Ainsi, notre rapport au livre diffère de notre rapport à Internet: «Une personne entre dans ce monde [ndlr. des livres] en tant que novice, et étudie progressivement le travail d’écrivains reconnus et de savants. Et de conclure sur une note plus otpimiste.
Publicité. Le livre que je n'ai pas écrit. Brisbane Bookfest | UnitingCare Community. Institute for the Future of the Book. Forside - Bjørnsonfestivalen. The Book of Knighthood. Miniatures cropped from the ~1460 manuscript containing Christine Pizan's 'Épître d'Othéa' (Epistle to Hector; sometimes known as the Book of Knighthood) - Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 49, courtesy of the Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland [link].
Christine de Pizan (Pisan) (c.1363-1430) was raised among the nobility of Paris and pursued intensive studies in literature, history, languages and the sciences. Towards the end of the 14th century, Pizan took up writing to support her three children, following the death of her husband. She is widely credited with being both the first professional female writer, and first feminist to advocate for her sex, in all of Europe. Her writing career might be considered to have had two phases: poetry, then prose; and she achieved great renown during her lifetime. "Her poetic work is notable both for its technical mastery of the accepted forms of her time, and for its innovativeness. Base de données anarchistes.
Feria del Libro de Madrid. Frankfurt Book. THE COMPOSITES. James Bond, Casino Royal & Moonraker, Ian Fleming “Bond reminds me rather of Hoagy Carmichael, but there is something cold and ruthless” …As he tied his thin, double-ended, black satin tie, he paused for a moment and examined himself levelly in the mirror. His grey-blue eyes looked calmly back with a hint of ironical inquiry and the short lock of black hair which would never stay in place slowly subsided to form a thick comma above his right eyebrow.
With the thin vertical scar down his right cheek the general effect was faintly piratical. Not much of Hoagy Carmichael there, thought Bond, as he filled a flat, light gunmetal box with fifty of the Morland cigarettes with the triple gold band. (Casino Royal) Rather like Hoagy Carmichael in a way. That black hair falling down over the right eyebrow. George Smiley, Call for the Dead & Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, John le Carre. Gift guide for the book lover by Ellie on Etsy. UbuWeb. On Snobbery and Books for Grown-Ups. Joel Stein is being roundly booed as a snob for opining in a recent Times roundtable that “Adults Should Read Adult Books” and steer clear of young adult fare.
Maybe out of pure contrariness, I’m inclined to offer a qualified defense. It has to be qualified because, let’s face it, I’m a 33-year-old man with an extensive comic book library. I even read all the Harry Potter and Hunger Games books, and I can’t see why that’s any worse a light entertainment than watching an action movie—which takes about as long. Nor—since he mentions the shame of seeing an adult crack one of these tomes on an airplane—are they appreciably less sophisticated or intellectually challenging than any number of spy thrillers, conspiracy yarns, and other airport bookshop staples. None of them contain prose as clunky or appalling as nominal “adult” author Dan Brown churns out. Most of us, let’s admit, are fundamentally lazy: After working hard all day, who wants to work in their spare time?
The modern war canon - The Browser. This interview first appeared in The Browser, as part of the FiveBooks series. Previous contributors include Paul Krugman, Woody Allen and Ian McEwan. For a daily selection of new article suggestions and FiveBooks interviews, check out The Browser or follow @TheBrowser on Twitter.
Former BBC war reporter Martin Bell picks out essential reading on the Bosnia and Vietnam wars and explains why a book of poetry speaks more to him about the reality of conflict than any other writing. You were a war reporter for many years. In the past few weeks, the Sunday Times reporter Marie Colvin and other journalists have been killed in Syria. Do you think it has become more dangerous? Infinitely. When you were a reporter, the public relied on you and a few of your colleagues to report what was happening.
It’s positive and negative. To what extent has the culture of celebrity affected war reporting and the type of journalists who are on our screens? He has a very interesting personal story. Yes. Yes. Chinese Poems. The pleasures of rereading | Books | The Observer. It usually starts with a pretence of steeliness. Not the whole thing, I'll tell myself, reaching for the ruined paperback. One chapter, a favourite passage, then I'll wedge it back in with those books begun but not yet finished; the dozens more bought or inherited that I honestly mean to open, sooner to get to all of Dickens. I'm a chronic rereader, mostly of novels, and it is a habit as coiled with guilt as it is with pleasure, because every go-round with a favourite is also another time I haven't read Bleak House.
The trouble is that a chapter or passage is never enough. The same qualities that seduced once seduce again. The affliction struck early. I haven't gone back to Esio Trot yet, and every reread since that first shaky reach for Matilda has been tinged with the same concern: that to refuse the new is to break some elemental code of literature. Examples mentioned here are personal. It is time travel, a reliable way to reawaken feelings sparked by a book at first encounter. BookMooch: trade your books with other people. Audiolibros. Whichbook | A new way of choosing what to read next - StumbleUpon. Gapers Block : GB Book Club : Chicago Books. Author Sun Apr 13 2014 It's safe to say that practically none of us in the U.S. are reading enough literature in translation.
And should you protest, well: what's the last novel you read from, say, Bulgaria? (For real, tell me about it in the comments!) This Friday, April 18, at 6pm, Seminary Co-op Bookstore (5751 S. Zaharieva's Nine Rabbits came out in Bulgaria in 2008, and immediately won praise for its eclectic blend of memoir, feminist meditation, and even recipes, letting ambitious readers can experience the story in a sort of taste-o-vision. Stambolova is a somewhat weirder writer. . — Daphne Sidor / Fri Apr 11 2014 Tonight! Saturday! Saturday! Saturday! — Miden Wood / Events Thu Apr 10 2014 On Sunday April 13, Northwestern University's Masters in Creative Writing program welcomes three of their graduating students for an afternoon reading at the Norse Bar, 6334 N. The reading is in the afternoon, so to get you going early, there will be free pizza!
— John Wawrzaszek / — Alex Thompson / Reader. 30 Books I’m Glad I Read Before 30 - StumbleUpon. In various ways, these 30 books convey some of the philosophy of how Angel and I live our lives. I honestly credit a fraction of who I am today to each title. Thus, they have indirectly influenced much of what I write about on this site. A medley of both fiction and nonfiction, these great reads challenged my internal status quo, opening my mind to new ideas and opportunities, and together they gave me a basic framework for living, loving, learning and working successfully.
If you haven’t read these books yet, I highly recommend doing so. They will enrich your library and your life. Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert – Gilbert, a Harvard professor of psychology has studied happiness for decades, and he shares scientific findings that just might change the way you look at the world. His primary goal is to persuade you into accepting the fact that happiness is not really what or where you imagined it would be. What are your favorite books?
Photo by: Katie Harris. "Turing's Cathedral": Gods of the digital universe - Nonfiction. Madrid. The brilliance of speculative sci-fi - Science Fiction and Fantasy. Whichbook | A new way of choosing what to read next. Book recommendations from readers like you. Books you read that you weren't supposed to read.
Free Classic AudioBooks. Digital narration for the 21st Century - StumbleUpon. El Butano Popular - Librepensamiento y explicaciones. Wikibooks. In the Land of the Non-Reader. A few months ago, I stopped reading books. At night I crawl into bed and thumb my iPhone to life. I watch Star Trek: Voyager on the Netflix app. It’s not a bad show. But somehow it is difficult to compare the weeks it took to complete the seven-season voyage through the Delta Quadrant with Capt. Back when I was a reader, it often troubled me when friends claimed that they had no time to read. Alas, dear reader, the term “pleasure” doesn’t capture the mental and physical need for books I once had.
Books can steady a chair and a soul. The last book I read was Boethius’s The Consolation of Philosophy. Then I opened Skyrim and saw the following message: “48 hours played. I must have some free time. After I saw that message I knew that I had taken up residence in the swamp of the non-reader. The world is flat. My iPhone has uploaded my fiery libido into the cloud, where it is currently carousing with a Beyoncé video. An inner voice vibrates in the addled idle of my non-reading life. The Joy of Books.