![]() ![]() Ultimately, however, this admirable desire leads to disaster for humankind. She still however aspires to improve the life of robots and find a way to give them souls. However, in what must be the fastest seduction scene in all drama, she is wooed and agrees to marry Harry Domin, the factory manager, who she has just met. In the first scene of the play, they are visited by a young woman, Helena Glory, who aspires to relieve the lot of the robots, who she sees as oppressed. They can be mass-produced in large numbers and are being adopted as workers in many countries. The corporation has been manufacturing artificial beings which resemble humans, but who are tireless workers. The play is set in the island headquarters of the R.U.R. “Robot” is derived from the Czech word meaning “worker.” is perhaps the most well-known of these works in the English-speaking world because it brought the word “robot” into the language. R.U.R., or Rossum’s Universal Robots is a play written in 1920 by Karel Čapek, a Czech writer who wrote many plays and novels, many of them with science-fiction and dystopian themes. ![]()
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James Romm opens his book with divergent possibilities passed down through history: a Stoic philosopher, doing his best to minimize the actions of a deranged emperor, or maybe an opportunistic manipulator, enriching himself at others’ expense while hypocritically preaching virtue and ethics. Nero spiraled out of control and Seneca was implicated in a plot to assassinate the emperor. Seneca became a close adviser to Nero on the emperor’s ascension to the throne. His writings include philosophical essays and letters along with chilling tragedies. Banished to Corsica under Claudius (at the bidding of Claudius’ third wife Messalina), Seneca eventually returned to Rome to tutor the future emporer Nero, Claudius’ fourth wife’s (Agrippina’s) son. Entering politics he rose to the rank of Consul but ran afoul with Caligula. The young Seneca moved to Rome to study rhetoric and was introduced to Stoic philosophy. on the Iberian peninsula to the son of a accomplished rhetorician (Seneca the Elder). Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero by James Romm ![]() ![]() ![]() Why the hell am I still at the restaurant? ![]() I’m walking right out the door.Īt fifteen minutes, shame on me. And if the inconsiderate ass is both ten minutes late and didn’t call? Thank you, next. Sometimes she screws you.Īt ten minutes, my patience would be running thin. I can forgive five minutes of tardiness.Īt seven minutes, I might still be somewhat receptive, especially if the lateness is accompanied by a heads-up call or text informing me he’s going to be late. Usually I’ll give guys a five-minute window. That’s the one risk I’m not willing to take. But while it’s getting harder and harder to resist Jake’s oozing sex appeal and cocky grin, I refuse to fall for him. My father would kill me, my friends will revolt, and my post-college career is on the line. Nothing good can come from sneaking around with Jake Connelly. Which means this bad girl is in big trouble. But fate is cruel-I require his help to secure a much-coveted internship, and the sexy jerk isn’t making it easy for me. Harvard’s star forward is arrogant, annoying, and too attractive for his own good. ![]() As the daughter of Briar’s head hockey coach, I’d be vilified if I hooked up with a player from a rival team.Īnd that’s who Jake Connelly is. ![]() But I draw the line at sleeping with the enemy. They’re only partly right-I don’t let fear rule me, and I certainly don’t care what people think. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fans and critics of "The Boondocks" loved and hated the strip for the same reasons: its cutting-edge humor and unapologetic, sometimes unpopular, views on various issues, including race, politics, the war on terrorism and the Sept. McGruder's strip, which is carried by more than 350 newspapers, has not veered away from controversy since its launch in 1999. Based on the syndicated comic strip that has been banned in some newspapers, the show focuses on the adventures and political musings of 10-year-old Huey Freeman, an afro-wearing, self-styled African-American radical, and his foul-mouthed, 8-year-old gangsta wannabe brother, Riley, as they adjust to living with their grandfather in the predominantly white Chicago suburb Woodcrest - the boondocks, in their eyes. Some viewers will probably be mad at McGruder when "The Boondocks" premieres on the Cartoon Network on Sunday night. "I've tried and I've always been surprised." ![]() "I've never been able to predict what people are going to get mad at," McGruder said. 3, 2005 — - Though he has offended readers for years, Aaron McGruder never fails to be surprised by the outrage "The Boondocks" sometimes generates - and expects more controversy now that the comic strip is coming to television as an animated series. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ultimately the lovers are drawn back to Baku, but when war threatens their future, Ali is forced to choose between his loyalty to the beliefs of his Asian ancestors and his profound devotion to Nino. To be together they must overcome blood feud and scandal, attempt a daring horseback rescue, and travel from the bustling street of oil-boom Baku, through starkly beautiful deserts and remote mountain villages, to the opulent palace of Ali's uncle in neighboring Persia. Ali Khan Shirvanshir, a Muslim schoolboy from a proud, aristocratic family, has fallen in love with the beautiful and enigmatic Nino Kipiani, a Christian girl with distinctly European sensibilities. It is the eve of World War I in Baku, Azerbaijan, a city on the edge of the Caspian Sea, poised precariously between east and west. ![]() It is a captivating novel as evocative of the exotic desert landscape as it is of the passion between two people pulled apart by culture, religion, and war. Out of print for nearly three decades until the hardcover re-release last year, Ali and Nino is Kurban Said's masterpiece. Its mysterious author was recently the subject of a feature article in the New Yorker, which has inspired a forthcoming biography. First published in Vienna in 1937, this classic story of romance and adventure has been compared to Dr. ![]() ![]() ![]() The teenage girl confesses to murdering a young boy. It seems like an open-and-shut case for FBI special agent Lucy Thorne when Eliza Cook walks into the field office. Desiree does receive a small commission should you purchase through this link however, she shares this out of her enduring love for corner, indie bookshops everywhere. A shocking thriller by the bestselling author of Girls of Glass. Please consider purchasing through – the online bookstore that donates 75% of the book’s profit margin to independent bookstores. ![]() Published August 1, 2020, Her Final Words is available in paperback, Audio CD, and for Audible Audiobook and Kindle. While I did have a couple of moments of feeling like the author didn’t trust me to understand the story line, or remember past plot points, overall, I do recommend Her Final Words – as long as you enjoy crime fiction, that is, and aren’t uncomfortable with the requisite crime descriptions that take place in this genre.īalanced viewpoints were presented, the “puzzle” of the story was intriguing recommended as a 4-star read. A shocking thriller by the bestselling author of Girls of Glass.It seems like an open-and-shut case for. I literally raced through the last 30 pages and had one of those moments that are just great in books like this – you know the ones where you find yourself saying to yourself, “Nuh uh! That didn’t just happen.” For me, a great ending just “makes” a book. Her Final Words audiobook, by Brianna Labuskes. ![]() This one kept up my steady attention, but as the tale approached the climax of the book, I was hooked. An excellent choice for crime fiction enthusiasts. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Together, they'll survive Tartarus' hazards, send a lifeline to lost Parole - and uncover the mystery connecting every one of them. Now, connected by Gabriel and their colliding pasts, xie joins collapse survivor Annie and the enigmatic, charismatic Chance on a desperate cross-country race, carrying a disc of xir mother's vital plans, whose encrypted contents may be Parole's salvation.įirst they'll board the FireRunner, a ship full of familiar faces that now sails through Tartarus' poison storms. When Parole collapsed, all contact was lost. Growing up outside Parole, Shiloh Cole always had to keep xir energetic powers a secret, except from xir parents, Parole's strategist-hero Garrett, and Tartarus expert Maureen. Now Parole's only hope lies in the hands of three teenagers reunited by their long-lost friend Gabriel - in their dreams. Somehow, this new nightmare is connected to Parole. The Tartarus Zone is a deadly wasteland a thousand miles wide, filled with toxic storms, ghostly horrors, and just as many Eyes in the Sky as ever. ![]() But while their city burned, the world outside suffered its own devastating disaster. A lucky few managed to escape with their lives. And now the day everyone has been waiting for is finally here: it's collapsed. ![]() ![]() ![]() Like any oppressed people, they defined themselves by what offended them, which would give New England its gritty flavor and, it has been argued, America its independence. On a providential mission, they hoped to begin history anew they had the advantage of building a civilization from scratch. Having suffered for their faith, they had sailed to North America to worship “with more purity and less peril than they could do in the country where they were,” as a clergyman at the center of the crisis later explained. ![]() The population of New England at that time would fit into Yankee Stadium today. One minister discovered that he was related to no fewer than twenty witches. Husbands implicated wives nephews their aunts daughters their mothers siblings each other. The youngest was five the eldest nearly eighty. Although we will never know the exact number of those formally charged with having “wickedly, maliciously, and feloniously” engaged in sorcery, somewhere between a hundred and forty-four and a hundred and eighty-five witches and wizards were named in twenty-five villages and towns. The first hanging took place in June, the last in September a stark, stunned silence followed. ![]() In 1692, the Massachusetts Bay Colony executed fourteen women, five men, and two dogs for witchcraft. Illustration by Thomas Allen Source: Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum (document) “Where will the Devil show most malice but where he is hated, and hateth most?” Cotton Mather wrote. ![]() ![]() The Batman must descend into this heart of darkness, confront his greatest foes, and face the truth of his own divided identity - or condemn himself to share their fate. Led by the Joker, Arkham’s inmates issue a terrible ultimatum to the man responsible for their imprisonment. It is April 1st, and the lunatics have taken over the asylum. ![]() Within its claustrophobic walls the demented and deformed enemies of the Batman brood in padded cells and unlit cellars, dreaming of a day when they might rise up and overthrow the world of reason. More than half a century later, the Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane is a place of dismal corridors and oppressive shadows-a dark riddle in stone and timber, best left unsolved. ![]() In 1920, following the death of his disturbed mother, brilliant psychologist Amadeus Arkham began the conversion of his ancestral home into a hospital for the treatment of the mentally ill. ![]() |