![]() One of these days shell get a hang of that adulting thing. If only I could make Andy realize that he doesn’t need to change himself for love. She swears too much, doesn’t eat enough leafy greens and binge watches too much television. Only the more time I spend with Andy, the more I like this quirky guy who makes me laugh, and pretty soon I’m the one who’s tutoring Andy in way more than we initially agreed upon.īut as weeks pass and the chemistry between us turns explosive, I’m starting to think that I might be in way over my head with Andy. I need somebody to tutor my hockey team, and Andy needs somebody to help him with his crush. If I knew what I was doing, I wouldn’t look like every nerd cliché wrapped into one awkward package.īut then Law Anderson enters the picture… Change everything about myself so that when Falcon returns from his summer vacation, he can finally see I’m the love of his life. Not an especially promising start when my plan is to finally let my best friend know I have a crush on him. ![]() ![]() ![]() If my life was a movie, I would be the sidekick. What if you accidentally fell in love with the right guy? ![]()
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![]() ![]() And it is good that the old religions are dead, along with them, that the old God, the God of our old concepts is dead too It is said of Jesus that he never laughed. A laughing religion, a religion that accepts life in its totality is yet to be born. If you set aside Krishna’s vision of religion, then every religion of the past presented a sad and sorrowful face. Religions of the past were all life-denying and masochistic, extolling sorrow and suffering as great virtues. In the long line of such sages it is Krishna alone who comes dancing, singing and laughing. By and large, the chief characteristic of a religious person has been that he is somber, serious and sad-looking – like one vanquished in the battle of life, like a renegade from life. The most important reason is that Krishna is the sole great man in our whole history who reached the absolute height and depth of religion, and yet he is not at all serious and sad, not in tears. Only in some future time will we be able to understand him and appreciate his virtues. He is still beyond man’s understanding he continues to puzzle and battle us. Man has yet to grow to that height where he can be a contemporary of Krishna’s. Firstly, his uniqueness lies in the fact that although Krishna happened in the ancient past he belongs to the future, is really of the future. Krishna is utterly incomparable, he is so unique. ![]() QUESTIONER: WHAT ARE THE DISTINGUISHING VIRTUES OF KRISHNA THAT MAKE HIM RELEVANT TO OUR TIME? WHAT IS HIS SIGNIFICANCE FOR US? PLEASE EXPLAIN. ![]() ![]() One need not even know what a manifesto is to appreciate this particular collection. In essence, this book is for those who feel enraged, fed up, overwhelmed, lonely, marginalized, betrayed, without voice, uneasy, and feral. So much of the academic work I read-especially outside of feminist circles-is stripped of its emotional resonance and made it to comply with “standards” that do not serve the needs of broader audiences, nor the needs of those who feel precarious or in imminent danger. ![]() ![]() This is a book designed to tap into not only the cultural zeitgeist moment that we are in, particularly in terms of the painful betrayal of women happening in such a blatant way in the US, but also to recognize the transformative power of anger more broadly. Soraya Chemaly: Who do you think will read this book? Who do you think should read this book?īreanne Fahs: Like all of my books, I like to think about writing and editing books that I personally want to read and that I wish existed. We talked, in a series of email exchanges, about these manifestos and the enduring radical promise of feminism. ![]() Breanne Fah’s remarkable collection of manifestos, Burn It Down, chronicles 250 years of feminist “rage and dreams.” It includes more than 75 vivid treatises from around the world, each a “bleeding edge of rage and defiance” where a visionary future was born. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the fall of 1532, Rabelais published a very different sort of text: Pantagruel, the first of the comic works to which he owes his fame. There he took up a position at a hospital, began a correspondence with Desiderius Erasmus, and published several medical texts. ![]() By the early 1530s, having first left the Franciscans for the Benedictines, and then left monastic life entirely to become a secular priest, he was a prominent physician living in Lyon, the cultural (and publishing) capital of France at that time. By 1521 he had become a priest and acquired the reputation of being both an excellent scholar of Greek and a troublemaker, as his Franciscan superiors confiscated his Greek books. 1510), studied both theology and law, and frequented or corresponded with leading humanist scholars of the day. As a young man Rabelais joined the Franciscans (c. He was born near Chinon, in the Loire valley, and refers affectionately to the region in his work. ![]() Little is known about Rabelais's early life even the year of his birth remains uncertain. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now, in a new era of immense uncertainty and dislocation, renowned Kierkegaard scholar Bruce H. Disgusted at the self-certainty of his own age, Kierkegaard investigates the paradox underlying Abraham's decision to allow his duty to God to take precedence over his duties to his family. ![]() Retelling the biblical story of the binding of Isaac, Kierkegaard expounds on the ordeal of Abraham, who was commanded to sacrifice his son in an exceptional test of faith. ![]() Auden, Walter Benjamin, and existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre. First published in 1843 under the pseudonym "Johannes de silentio" (John of Silence), Søren Kierkegaard's richly resonant Fear and Trembling has for generations stood as a pivotal text in the history of moral philosophy, inspiring such artistic and philosophical luminaries as Edvard Munch, W. "This newly translated Fear and Trembling, a founding document of modern philosophy and existentialism, could not be more apt for these perilous times. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() CIA director Allen Dulles stands next to the pair, his satchel full of cash, while Dwight Eisenhower’s face is pictured in a bomb. In one of the most compelling pieces of twentieth century political art, Glorious Victory, Diego Rivera depicts Secretary of State John Foster Dulles shaking hands over a pile of dead corpses with Castillo Armas who deposed Guatemala’s left-leaning President Jacobo Arbenz in a 1954 coup. ![]() The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War ![]() ![]() ![]() * * *īoys and girls who read at grade level by 3rd grade are significantly more likely to graduate high school. * * * $1 from every copy supports early literacy. Humble yourself, and in due time He may exalt you. When we set out to do the Lord’s work, we never know what’s going to happen. And one grateful girl whose questions would be answered. Dozens of kids gathered in a rural church basement. But come it will, forever changing the lives in his path: A failed actress and the son she wills to stardom. Setting out from New York City, Don knows neither how nor where his opportunity may come. The confrontation that ensues gives Don what he thinks could be the idea of a lifetime. Out of their apartment finally, looking for work, he stumbles upon a soapbox preacher denouncing Harry Potter. Fed up, she gives him a month to find a job. One day like too many others, Don’s girlfriend comes home and finds him ranting at the set. Gladwell’s very existence is a marketing miracle, a knockout punch to Christians aching for a smarter God. Barry Gladwell, in particular, the king of Jesus TV. In this sorry state, he watches a lot of TV. Like most writers, Don can’t get his novel published. It was the American thing to do-imagine your fame. A brilliant comic novel about faith, the media, and making it big in modern America. ![]() ![]() ![]() He sought out the source of Van Gogh's inspiration at Arles, then farther afield, from Provence to the Atlantic. With photographs, Duncan reveals his own obsession to document the flower. This vast floral extravaganza vies with the Dutch tulip fields for spectacular beauty and abundance, yet has been ignored until now. Scarce in Van Gogh's own time, the sunflower of today grows across Europe in ever-increasing numbers of fields to satisfy the commercial demand for vegetable oil. Inspired by Van Gogh's vibrantly painted canvasses, Duncan set out on a journey to capture with color camera the plant that had so intrigued the artist. ![]() From the front flap of this 149-page "This romantic odyssey through all of Van Gogh's hauntingly beautiful sunflower paintings, and David Douglas Duncan's unknown poetic photography from the sunflower belt of southern France, pays tribute at once to the artist's achievement and the dazzling flower itself. ![]() ![]() ![]() While Denise, is not comfortable with everyday conversations (she is neurodivergent and on the autism spectrum), her bigger fears are about her sister – Iris, who’s not returned from her end of the world party yet. Denise, a teenager and her drug-addict mother are desperately trying to reach their underground bunker to wait out the wave of devastation in Netherland. ![]() Janu– a comet with the capability of wiping out parts of earth’s population is going to hit the planet. But the story couldn’t be more different from its premise and that is exactly what put me off the book. Is it a good, something else – in parts, yes. But it all turned out to be something else. I expected a lot of action, a lot of survival, and high-stakes drama when I picked up the book. I’ll tell you what comes to my mind – an intense science fiction adventure dealing with the aftermath of a comet strike on the planet. What do you think when you pick up a book based on the following keywords: post-apocalyptic, comet strike, survival, generation ship. ![]() ![]() I Always Come When You Call by deadpai įrom high school, to college, to his career as a teacher, there has always been one constant in Castiel Collins’ life: his crippling crush on Dean Winchester. ![]() Warning: violence, language, racism, torture, controversial political views Loosely based on the Indiana Jones franchise. But with a missing father, secret societies, and an unexpected romance, things get more than a little complicated in this race against time. With the help of a librarian named Castiel, it’s up to Sam and Dean Winchester, respectively a professor of archaeology and treasure hunter, to get to the Lost City of Amun-Ra and stop the Third Reich from achieving world domination. It’s the 1940’s, the war is tearing Europe in half, and the Nazis have a plan to uncover an ancient weapon belonging to the Egyptian gods that can tip the scale in their favor. ![]() Castiel is on his feet and reaching for the gun tucked into the back of his pants as the shutters over the windows start to rattle.įor Love, For Glory by bellanovaskies He’s kneeling before the altar, praying, when the glass in the windows start to shake, the very air vibrating around him. ![]() ![]() Hunting for Faith by riseofthefallenone and pappcave Ĭastiel first notices it in the middle of the night when the dreams of fire and screams have kept him awake. ![]() |