![]() ![]() 16: Who was the escaped prisoner? What did Joris discover about Dirk's secret? hildebrand. 15: Why did Dirk feel proud of his country and his people? they were bombing bad dudes What happened when the British planes shot at the soldiers in the lorry? some died - Ch. 14: The episode of Dirk and the windmill and the secret message! yassss - Ch. What was the heroic activity that helped the Dutch people to survive? the bombing Holland was a rich country, but why were the people starving? the germans took it - Ch. 13: Dirk had to work for the Underground by memorizing a message and traveling to give it. Who gave them the chocolate? uncle cor - Ch. The two children sang the forbidden national anthem. Notice the attempt to have a normal Christmas. 12: Even in horrible times, people can lift themselves up. 11: Why were the Dutch facing starvation now? the germans were doing that What did people have to do to keep warm? light candles and use fuel What were they forbidden to do? hide someone Who came to the mill to get help? Notice the discussion about lies between Joris and his mother. ![]() ![]() ![]() Why did He not save them What did Father Kobus answer? Because then that wouldn't be fair Where does evil exist? The Germans came and collected all the dogs! inside you - Ch. Why? What did Joris question God about? By the windmills. 10: How did Catholics communicate when they were persecuted? One day the Germans packed up and left. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Throughout the twentieth century, argues Left-Wing Melancholia, from classical Marxism to psychoanalysis to the advent of critical theory, a culture of defeat and its emotional overlay of melancholy have characterized the leftist understanding of the political in history and in theoretical critique.ĭrawing on a vast and diverse archive in theory, testimony, and image and on such thinkers as Karl Marx, Walter Benjamin, Theodor W. For the political left, the cause lost was communism, and this trauma determined how leftists wrote the next chapter in their political struggle and how they have thought about their past since. The fall of the Berlin Wall marked the end of the Cold War but also the rise of a melancholic vision of history as a series of losses. ![]() ![]() ![]() Twice nominated for ’s Mysteries & Crime Thrillers Book of the Month, THE GREEN PEARL CAPER finished in 5th place in the June polling, and in 4th place in July, trailing New York Times best-selling author Stephen King. I knew from the very beginning how I wanted their story to end (at least until the next book in the series), but getting there was 90% of the fun. I loved watching their relationship evolve through the manuscript. ![]() Millie Hewitt, Damien's secretary, is easily dismissed as an empty-headed blond, based on appearances, but is a bright, resourceful woman whose good qualities reveal themselves as the story progresses. ![]() Although he tries to project a tough exterior, he cares deeply about his clients and his friends, and blames himself for the death of his client. As the story opens, the Dickens Detective Agency is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. He torpedoed a promising career with the Atlantic City Police Department by blowing the whistle on a fellow cop. He has had to struggle to succeed, both academically and professionally. I picture Damien Dickens as a hybrid of Kinsey Millhone and Guy Noir (from A Prairie Home Companion), with a bit of Humphrey Bogart thrown in. ![]() Introduce us to your new series character, Damien Dickens. Here is an excerpt from the interview, which can be read in its entirety at Omnimystery News. Phyllis Entis, author and Indie publisher of THE GREEN PEARL CAPER, was interviewed on May 29th by Omnimystery News. ![]() ![]() ![]() Īccording to author Howard Sounes, the idea to write the memoir had been Miles', yet he had " to let Paul vet the manuscript and, perhaps surprisingly, retain 75 per cent of the royalties, meaning it was really going to be Paul's book". Of the 600-plus pages, just twenty focus on his life after the Beatles' break-up in 1970. The majority of Many Years from Now covers the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership, the rise and fall of the Beatles, and McCartney's immersion in the vibrant arts scene of 1960s London. ![]() In this way, the book was an extension of McCartney's campaign to establish his legacy, particularly with regard to the Beatles' forays into the avant-garde, and followed statements he had made on the subject in a 1986 interview with Rolling Stone magazine and in the programme for his 1989–90 world tour. ![]() Irked at the reverence afforded John Lennon following the latter's murder in 1980, McCartney sought to alter the perception that Lennon had been the true creative leader of the Beatles. We're talking about a sequence of things that did all happen within a period. But the nice thing is, we don't have to be too faithful, because that's not what we're talking about. So I'll give you it as I remember it, but I do admit, my thing does move around, jumps around a lot. ![]() ![]() ![]() He doesn’t want them to just be written off or discarded. He legitimately wants justice (there we go!) for each victim. He legitimately cares (maybe cares isn’t the right word). He’s not one of those “it’s just a junkie”, or “they did the city a service” cops. This is an endearing character trait that repeats through the Harry Bosch stories. Everyone also thinks it’s just an overdose, but Harry wants them to look into it further. ![]() ![]() Harry recognizes him eventually as someone he served in Vietnam with. At first everyone just thinks it’s a “hype”, which is I guess cop speak / derogatory term for a needle drug addict. I hope that story comes up one of these days, because it sounds very interesting.Īnyway, he’s called to a murder where a body was left in a drainpipe at a dam. Harry was knocked down a few pegs after shooting a serial killer who was reaching for a toupee (not a gun). It sounds ritzy, but apparently that department is the bottom of the barrel. He starts out this story in the Hollywood Division of the LAPD. I think he’s in his 30’s / 40’s, which I consider young (see year of birth above). Harry Bosch is a fairly young man in this his first story. He was actually in another book I read by Michael Connelly a few years ago, as there’s apparently a Harry Bosch Universe! He was an old man in that book though. I mean I was born in 1981, so it’s basically the same thing! Anyway, I didn’t know about him for a while. So apparently the fictional detective Harry Bosch has been around almost as long as I have. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The measurement challenge starts to get trickier once people are in the door. If you can’t measure whether the people you care about are coming, you can’t tell if you are moving towards greater relevance to them. This may require collecting demographic or psychographic data about attendees beyond the fact of their presence. It doesn’t matter if a thousand people enter if none of them are from the community to which you are trying to relate. If you care about being relevant to a particular community, then you have to track whether they are walking in the door. If someone shows up, they clearly made it through the door. The easiest way to measure the effectiveness of your doors is by tracking attendance. Here’s the good news: it is completely achievable to measure relevance at the door. If an institution is relevant inside the room, that means that people access meaning and value through the experiences the institution offers. If an institution is relevant at the door, that means people see the door and choose to walk in. ![]() ![]() Doron’s story raises a common question about relevance: how do you measure it? If the heart of relevance is people unlocking meaning for themselves, how do you identify the moment when the key slides into the lock successfully? How do you measure something so personal and idiosyncratic? This question is especially complicated when you consider the dazzling variety of keys, doors, and rooms in action.Īnswering this measurement question starts with separating relevance at the door and relevance in the room. ![]() ![]() I would love to have a Practice Effect for my gear, I always feel a bit guilty binning a tool or a piece of kit that has rendered good services without fail – seems rather ungrateful.Īctually, the world we live in is the polar opposite of the world that Brin portrays: with an economy that builds on constant growth, consumption and expansion. For this reason, the wealthy employ servants to practice their possessions to perfection. However, if they are not put to use, an object’s condition deteriorates over time. So with use, swords get sharper, baskets improve the more things they carry, decorations and jewelry get more attractive the more they are looked at. This effect is known as the Practice Effect. This novel plays in a world, where as you use objects, instead of wearing out, they improve. This reminded me of David Brin’s 1984 novel, The Practice Effect. Rather, I was thinking about gear wearing out and about how annoying I find it sometimes, when you have to replace things, just when they were well worn in and working really well. ![]() Don’t worry, this is not going to be another post about boots and arborist or anything down those lines. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ryn’s eyes gleamed wickedly and she palmed Kiara’s breast through her shirt. “Care to do something about it?” she asked flirtatiously. ![]() “Oh yeah?” Kiara glanced around to make sure that no one was watching, and backed Ryn into a display. ![]() “Pay attention.” Ryn thwacked Kiara lightly with the package of Solo cups she picked up. “What if there were other people!” Kiara tried to act scandalized, but all she could think of was what Ryn would look like emerging from the waves with salt water running in rivulets down her sides. “Love, I don’t wear bathing suits.” Ryn wiggled her eyebrows. “I can’t imagine you in a swimming suit,” Kiara said honestly, smiling at the mental image of Ryn in a bikini-somehow it just didn’t look right. They’ve got hostels like, everywhere, and the beaches are gorgeous.” “I’ve got a friend who lives in Spain.” Ryn added fruit to the shopping cart for the sangria they planned to make for the party Ryn was hosting that night. ![]() Ryn grabbed her bike and followed Kiara out the door. The cash from Cole meant that she wouldn’t need to use her debit or credit cards-and as the bank would have been her first stop, otherwise, that knocked something off her list. Kiara took one last look around the apartment. “Ready.” Ryn appeared with her duffel bag slung over her shoulder. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Organized by Matt Dobkin, Karin Satrom, and Jonathan TichlerĪrchives contribution by Peter Clark and John TomasicchioĪssistant Head of Makeup Marian Torre transforms soprano Erin Morley into Gilda for a performance of Verdi’s Rigoletto. The collection of photographs displayed here in Founders Hall pays tribute to these faces of the Met, the people whose work supports the star singers and who make possible the onstage alchemy that occurs every night. Over two days during the 2021–22 season, photographer Zenith Richards roamed throughout the opera house capturing images of Met artists, artisans, designers, craftspeople, front-of-house staff, and administrators. A popular quotation, falsely attributed to Winston Churchill but nevertheless apt, states that “the only endeavor more complicated than grand opera is war ” in 2021–22, the Met’s forces were up for the battle. This success is due largely to the steadfastness, hard work, and prowess of the Met’s staff. ![]() While other performing arts organizations and Broadway shows had to repeatedly go dark as Covid-19 variants arose, the Met never missed a performance. After an 18-month, pandemic-forced closure, the company came roaring back with an artistically ambitious lineup and a new safety program to ensure the health of audiences, artists, and staff. The Metropolitan Opera’s 2021–22 season was historic. ![]() ![]() ![]() Nathaniel Hawthorne, who was haunted by the "sainted" Hutchinson, used her as a model for Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter. ![]() Until now, Hutchinson has been a polarizing figure in American history and letters, attracting either disdain or exaltation. Hutchinson defended herself brilliantly, but the judges, faced with a perceived threat to public order, banished her for behaving in a manner "not comely for sex." Her unconventional ideas had attracted a following of prominent citizens eager for social reform. In a time when women could not vote, hold public office, or teach outside the home, the charismatic Hutchinson wielded remarkable political power. Anne Hutchinson, a forty-six- year-old midwife who was pregnant with her sixteenth child, stood before forty male judges of the Massachusetts General Court, charged with heresy and sedition. ![]() |