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The man who saw his wife as a hat6/30/2023 And as he found this out, he grew fretful and restless again, and wandered the corridors, uneasy and bored and with a sense of indignity games and puzzles were for children, a diversion. He would become keenly and briefly involved in games, but soon they ceased to offer any challenge: he solved all the puzzles, and could solve them easily and he was far better and sharper than anyone else at games. This worked better better than the diary. Later, having noted his aptitude for, and pleasure in, quick games and puzzles, and their power to 'hold' him, at least while they lasted, and to allow, for a while, a sense of companionship and competition - he had not complained of loneliness, but he looked so alone he never expressed sadness, but he looked so sad - I suggested he be brought into our recreation programmes at the Home. Oliver Sacks recounts his condition and history, then tells us about their efforts to solve Jimmy’s restlessness and sadness. Everything after that, including the recent past, was a blank, due to brain damage from alcohol abuse. Jimmy was a patient whose memories stopped in 1945. A short, interesting excerpt from “The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat” by neurologist Oliver Sacks
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Faust part 1 by goethe6/30/2023 This past Winter Quarter, Auslander taught an Urban Studies course in Paris. There's no reason to assume that when students walk into a classroom, they have any idea how to actually learn from each other.” “Part of my job is to teach people how to do that. “How do you create a classroom community where everybody exchanges their points of view and learns from each other?” Auslander asked. This awareness manifests in her teaching style, one that makes sure differences are respected and that listening, as well as speaking, is taken seriously. She shows how the smallest differences-in style, in food, in manners-can lead to inclusion, exclusion and sometimes violence. Leora Auslander works on how abstractions like “nationality,” “class,” “gender,” and “race,” are made and transformed in the things and spaces we use every day.
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Dan brown nasa book6/30/2023 Navigating the dark corridors of hidden history and extreme religion, Langdon and Vidal must evade a tormented enemy whose all-knowing power seems to emanate from Spain’s Royal Palace itself. Together they flee to Barcelona on a perilous quest to locate a cryptic password that will unlock Kirsch’s secret. With him is Ambra Vidal, the elegant museum director who worked with Kirsch to stage the provocative event. Reeling and facing an imminent threat, Langdon is forced into a desperate bid to escape Bilbao. But the meticulously orchestrated evening suddenly erupts into chaos, and Kirsch’s precious discovery teeters on the brink of being lost forever. one that will answer two of the fundamental questions of human existence.Īs the event begins, Langdon and several hundred guests find themselves captivated by an utterly original presentation, which Langdon realizes will be far more controversial than he ever imagined. Kirsch, who was one of Langdon’s first students at Harvard two decades earlier, is about to reveal an astonishing breakthrough. Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the ultramodern Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend a major announcement-the unveiling of a discovery that “will change the face of science forever.” The evening’s host is Edmond Kirsch, a forty-year-old billionaire and futurist whose dazzling high-tech inventions and audacious predictions have made him a renowned global figure. The stunningly inventive new novel from the world’s most popular thriller writer
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Read a lady of rooksgrave manor6/30/2023 And it just ramps up from there: voyeurism, exhibitionism, threesomes, spanking, denial, being chained up, biting, rough play, and loads more. The book kicks off with a Doctor assisting a woman with “female hysteria” by using a Victorian vibrator. I loved her relationship with her men, they’re all different monsters and it was fun to see the variety they bring to Esther’s life. The heroine Esther is definitely down for everything & anything and in this book we get allll sorts of fun times and kinks for everyone. I love that this world will be expanded on later as the author has plans for more of the characters we meet in this book. I’ve been in such a monster romance mood and this one has such a fun premise: Victorian era, heroine who is unashamedly sensual/sexual and starts working as a “lady” of a manor where women service monster men, reverse harem done right, lots of smutty times, and of course monsters. I heard about A Lady of Rooksgrave Manor when a few friends read it and immediately grabbed it too (it is currently available on kindle unlimited).
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Fever dream george rr martin6/30/2023 the relations between human and the vampire race are also something of an allegory for slavery and exploitation. The best vampire novel ever written' Joanne Harris, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Narrow Door 'The kind of chiller one rereads' Harlan Ellison 'A gripping and thrilling read. * * * * * * * * * * * * * 'I loved Fevre Dream. From the author of the international phenomenon that is Game of Thrones, leap into a gothic historical fiction that will leave you wanting to read it with the lights turned on. As the Dream sails the great river, it leaves in its wake one too many dark tales, until Abner is forced to face down the man who helped to make his dreams become reality. Joshua York put up the money for the Fevre Dream, but now rumours have started about the company he keeps, his odd eating habits and strange hours. Abner hopes to race the boat some day, but his partner is making it hard for him to realise his ambition. Abner Marsh has had his dearest wish come true - he has built the Fevre Dream, the finest steamship ever to sail the Mississippi. Martin's classic southern gothic novel finds it just as gripping today as it was on its release. |