![]() ![]() But, as he approached forty, he felt that his master plan wasn’t panning out-where was his Benjamin Braddock, his Michael Corleone? ![]() By his mid-thirties, after fifteen years of hustling in the industry, he’d had minor roles in a string of A-list films: “Lincoln,” “Zero Dark Thirty,” “Selma,” and “The Big Short.” He’d played a staffer in both the nineteenth-century White House and the twenty-first-century C.I.A. By his early twenties, he had worked for all three men, and had adopted elements of their full-immersion acting methods. He read interviews that his heroes gave and, later, managed to get crew jobs on their movies. When Jeremy Strong was a teen-ager, in suburban Massachusetts, he had three posters thumbtacked to his bedroom wall: Daniel Day-Lewis in “My Left Foot,” Al Pacino in “Dog Day Afternoon,” and Dustin Hoffman in “Rain Man.” These weren’t just his favorite actors: their careers were a road map that he followed obsessively, like Eve Harrington casing out a trio of Margo Channings. ![]()
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![]() ![]() He compares life in a city with life in a zoo: both provide the inhabitants with all the necessities of life, but with withdrawal from a natural environment. In the sequel The Human Zoo, Morris examines urban societies. Ever since the publication of the book, Morris has received strong criticism from feminists and (especially female) scientists. In his theory, only the hunting men are the driving force behind the evolution of human intelligence. This evolution toward a 'naked monkey' helped couples live monogamously, so that male specimens could hunt with confidence, while the females waited faithfully for them at home. He does not only have the biggest brain and the largest penis, but is also the only monkey species whose body isn't covered with hair. Man does have some specific peculiarities. According to Morris, human behaviour and its evolution can best be understood as animal behaviour. ![]() ![]() In October 1967, British zoologist and behavioural scientist Desmond Morris (1928) published his infamous book The Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal, a study of human behaviour, in which he approached man as one of the 193 monkey species. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As a chronicler of this particular subset of life and literature, he’s surveyed the landscape thoroughly and well. He co-authored an innovative sex manual, “ The Joy of Gay Sex,” in 1977 wrote a gay travel book, “ States of Desire,” in 1980 and two years later produced one of the first coming-out novels, “ A Boy’s Own Story.” His biographies of Jean Genet, Marcel Proust and Arthur Rimbaud, along with his memoirs, “ My Lives” (2006) and “ City Boy” (2009), all attest to fascination with the male body and its erotic imperatives. Edmund White has often been described as a trailblazing artist. ![]() ![]() ![]() We only use sturdy cardboard postal tubes and double walled cardboard boxes. Packaging Details: We go to great lengths to ensure that your purchase arrives in perfect condition. We have been successfully shipping ready to hang frames containing glass since we opened in 2005.įor frame details click the ‘View Frame Details’ link above. ![]() Unlike acrylic, glass does not lose its clarity over time and can be easily and safely cleaned. įrame Details: We use sustainable wooden frames and glass, not fibreboard and acrylic which typically you find in 'off the shelf' frames. Please Note: The edition number shown in the thumbnail above is not necessarily the one which is available. ‘One Child Isn't Enough’ is an Official Collector's Edition Print of 595 from the classic book ‘The Enormous Crocodile' written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake.Įach illustration is beautifully presented in an attractive off-white double mount complete with Artist Information, Certificate of Authenticity and is individually numbered and hand embossed as an authentication of quality. ![]() ![]() I know that, when confronted with a sad, hard thing, they fare better if they have context, and advance warning. I know empirically that children deserve information about sad, hard things. ![]() I have thought about telling my son for weeks. A large part of my job as a social worker who supports children and families entails helping adults deliver unfortunate news to children, and helping children survive unpleasant situations intact, if not unscathed. I would counsel another parent to tell their son about the move as soon as possible - yesterday, in fact. I know I should tell him, but I don’t want to. The way they nuzzle toward each other when they hug, beaming, causes the grown-ups to blink back tears. My son is close with their son, Jacob - they attend the same preschool - and the two of them are like puppies together: joyful, chaos-seeking, a blur of delighted movement almost painful to witness in its tender exuberance. ![]() Our favorite neighbors are moving, and I have not told my son. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Suddenly the noble knight is fighting the fiercest battle of his life: against a searing desire for a woman he cannot have.I hope that you will be thrilled by Magdalen and Guy’s passionate love story, and that you will have as much pleasure reading it as I had writing it. Then duty calls Guy to the bloody battlefields of France, and when he returns, time has transformed Magdalen into a stunningly sensual beauty. Yet Guy sees only his responsibility to keep Magdalen safe until she can be wed to his nephew and thus fulfill her political destiny. And then one day, as if in answer to her prayers, the splendid figure of Guy de Gervais, a true knight in shining armor, rides into her cloistered world and spirits her away. ![]() All she knows is that she longs for excitement. Growing up behind the impenetrable walls of an English fortress, young Magdalen does not know that she is the illegitimate daughter of a powerful English prince and his murdered French mistress or that she has been a pawn in the struggle between England and France ever since she slipped from her dying mother’s womb. Dear Reader, Almost Innocent is a romance that is particularly dear to me, with a hero*ine who surprised me with her strength and resourcefulness, and a hero who will always be one of my favorites. ![]() ![]() ![]() She states that many sex education programs in the United States only promote abstinence-only education, which she feels gives an unhealthy attitude towards sex and women. ![]() In the book, Valenti discusses a variety of societal elements that promote chastity and discourage pre-marital sexual activity in women and teenage girls. A DVD tie-in titled The Purity Myth: The Virginity Movement's War Against Women was released in 2011. Valenti argues that there is a prevalent false notion promoted within the United States that a woman's worth is predicated upon whether or not she is sexually active, implying that the loss of virginity can negatively affect her. The book was first released onto hardback on March 24, 2009, through Seal Press. The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity Is Hurting Young Women (2009) is a book about virginity by feminist author Jessica Valenti. ![]() 2009 book by Jessica Valenti The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity Is Hurting Young Women ![]() ![]() ![]() It makes a person want to look closer at their own childhood to see what clues may be hiding there. In its own right, I think that many adults (particularly those who love writing or language or literature or history) will find a note of pleasure in this humble picture book. Melissa Sweet must be heralded for the playfulness and intelligence of the illustrations, and I love the vividness of the writing in The Right Word “ Baby Annette slept in his mother’s arms, a small pink blossom against a wall of black.” I later discovered that Jen Bryant has written a series of Books with a Backstoryfor children, which made The Right Word merely the tip of the iceberg. The last few pages include a sensible timeline of events, including global events, giving the creation of the Thesaurus greater context. I was delighted to find this book for many reasons, not the least of which being how utterly informative it is. I never knew a person so wholly good, though not in the customary way, which I think made me admire her all the more. I had an English teacher–a beloved teacher–who would often read the Thesaurus like a chapter book we would file into to class and find her sitting serenely at the desk, slowly turning to the next page. The Right Word begins as the story of a little boy who loves making lists about everything. I think there is something foreshadowing in every childhood. “The man is not wholly evil – he has a Thesaurus in his cabin.” (Captain Hook as described by J. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s the story of Sean Culhane, a bitter Irishman seeking revenge, and the spirited English beauty Catherine, daughter of John Enderly, Viscount Windemere. It begins in the late 18th century and continues into the early 19th, set in Ireland (mostly), England, Scotland and France. If the story is absorbing and the characters compelling, if I can’t stop thinking about it and I find myself reading late into the night, then I know I have a keeper. To me a story stands or falls on its own no matter the era it was written (some of my favorite keepers were written decades ago). Some readers might categorize this an “80’s bodice ripper” and so it is, first published in 1984, but I never look at books that way. ![]() So, of course, I had to read it to discover the truth for myself. ![]() This has been a controversial romance, not just because it’s a bodice ripper, but because of some of the harsh elements it contains. ![]() ![]() Sarah also co-edited the USA Today bestselling chick-lit anthology GIRLS' NIGHT IN. She has been featured in the short story collections, AMERICAN GIRLS ABOUT TOWN and SIXTEEN: STORIES ABOUT THAT SWEET AND BITTER BIRTHDAY. Since then, Sarah has written AS SEEN ON TV and MONKEY BUSINESS for Red Dress Ink and BRAS & BROOMSTICKS, her first teen novel, for Random House. When her second novel, FISHBOWL, received even more accolades, including a starred review from Booklist and being named one of Waldenbooks Best Women's Fiction novels of 2002, Sarah moved to New York City to write full-time. While she never met Fabio, she used her romance publishing experiences to fuel her first novel MILKRUN, which has since been published in 16 countries, selling over 600,000 copies around the globe. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Fairest of All (Whatever After 1) written by Sarah Mlynowski which was published in. ![]() ![]() After graduating with an honors degree in English literature from McGill University, she moved to Toronto to work for Harlequin Enterprises. Brief Summary of Book: Fairest of All (Whatever After 1) by Sarah Mlynowski. Sarah was born in Montreal, Canada in 1977. ![]() |