![]() Both brothers, predictably, go into medicine. Though both boys are handsome and intelligent, Shiva is an oddity one is tempted to describe him as a high-functioning autistic savant. Marion, the narrator, shares a nearly mystical connection with his twin: in fact, they were born joined at the head. Rosina is the boys’ nanny and her daughter Genet is their playmate and “sister,” while Matron is the stern but loving head of both the family and the “Missing” (the Ethiopian mispronunciation of Mission) hospital where the family lives and ministers to the needs of the poor. ![]() As a result, the twins are cared for by Hema, an irascible but hugely loving Indian born-doctor, and the saintly Ghosh, another Indian-born physician who spends years pining for Hema even as they raise the twins together. His mother, a nun, died giving birth to Marion and his twin Shiva, and their Anglo-Indian father fled the country after the catastrophe. Set mostly in and around Addis Ababa and New York, the story follows the life of Marion Praise Stone. ![]() ![]() ![]() Abraham Verghese’s first novel, Cutting for Stone, with its huge cast of characters and exotic locales-including the Bronx-has a richness that recalls Conrad or Forster. ![]()
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![]() ![]() From the moment Keller recognizes the word “water” when her teacher finger-spells the letters, we share her triumph as “that living word awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, set it free!” An unparalleled chronicle of courage, The Story of My Life remains startlingly fresh and vital more than a century after its first publication, a timeless testament to an indomitable will. With an extraordinary immediacy, Keller reveals her frustrations and rage, and takes the reader on the unforgettable journey of her education and breakthroughs into the world of communication. This book–published when Keller was only twenty-two–portrays the wild child who is locked in the dark and silent prison of her own body. ![]() Popularized by the stage play and movie The Miracle Worker, Keller’s story has become a symbol of hope for people all over the world. An American classic rediscovered by each generation, The Story of My Life is Helen Keller’s account of her triumph over deafness and blindness. ![]() ![]() So she has spent a lot of time interacting with people on these questions. She's the cofounder of Vocable Communications and former Vice President of Content at the Veritas Forum. Sean McDowell: Rebecca McLaughlin holds a PhD in Renaissance Literature from Cambridge University and a theology degree from Oak Hill College. Sean McDowell: Today we have a guest who's written a fascinating new book called Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World's Largest Religion, which, of course, is Christianity. Scott Rae: I'm your cohost, Scott Rae, Dean of Faculty and Professor of Christian Ethics, also at Talbot School of Theology here at Biola University. I'm your host, Sean McDowell, Professor of Apologetics at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. ![]() ![]() Sean McDowell: Welcome to the podcast Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith and Culture. She is a regular writer for The Gospel Coalition. Rebecca McLaughlin holds a PhD from Cambridge University and a theology degree from Oak Hill seminary in London. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Even if she’s never been attracted to big, hunky, athletic types. ![]() When Grayson, former co-captain of her university rugby team, walks into her class, she knows it’s meant to be – she has to go out with this guy. “Go out with a stereotypical romance novel hero WHO ISN’T YOUR TYPE.”Īvid reader and art student Steph is participating in a monthly blog challenge to Live Like Fiction, and this was the task for October. Esguerra book I’ve finished so far, after Never Just Friends, My Imaginary Ex, and The Harder We Fall. I can be brave over something else instead, okay? Yes, I can feel you shaking your head sadly at me, universe. I’ll leave the Live Like Fiction challenge to the braver ones. Then again, that’s what living vicariously is for, right? I’m good at that. Oh, if only I were brave enough to live like fiction. ![]() ![]() ![]() The novel was adapted into a 1956 film of the same name starring Kirk Douglas, which was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning one. The book is divided into nine smaller "books", titled based on the places Van Gogh lived: London (Prologue), the Borinage, Etten, The Hague, Paris, Arles, St. People close to Van Gogh's life, like Paul Gauguin, are also characters in the novel. It closely follows the life of Vincent van Gogh. Stone wanted to explain Van Gogh's difficult life and how he began, flourished, and died as a painter. Lust for Life is a very good debut novel authored by Irving Stone. including The Potato Eaters and Sunflowers. ![]() The narrative of Lust for Life creates origin-stories for many of the artist's famous paintings. ![]() Stone conducted a large amount of "on-field" research for the novel, as is mentioned in the afterword. This correspondence lays the foundation for most of what is known about the thoughts and beliefs of the artist. It was Stone's first major publication, and is largely based on the collection of letters between Vincent van Gogh and his younger brother, art dealer Theo van Gogh. Lust for Life (1934) is a biographical novel by Irving Stone about the life of the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh and his hardships. ![]() ![]() Star-Lord's arc over three films has been about “becoming a Guardian of the Galaxy, learning that it's OK to give a (hoot) about something and to care about your friends,” Pratt says. And that's what this movie's about more than anything else.” Chris Pratt’s hero’s journey for Peter Quill is not exactly about being a superhero ![]() “And if you can have compassion for all living things, it really helps you to live a much more fulfilling life. “Compassion is the answer to all your problems on this planet,” Gunn says. These outcasts have long looked after their misfit own, but more than ever, they want to help everyone. 3” finds Pratt’s space hero Peter Quill, aka Star-Lord, leading the team on a mission to save their raccoon friend Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper). Compassion drives Marvel’s third ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ movie The pair talk about their memories, how they’ve changed and which icon had to be on the soundtrack this time. Gunn and Pratt are close collaborators and buds after three “Guardians” movies in the past decade, starting with Marvel's surprise 2014 hit and closing with an emotional finale (in theaters now). And that's the end of my lessons from Chris Pratt,” Gunn says, laughing. ![]() “What I've learned from Chris is: Don't lean into the thing. ![]() “See, I would never do that,” Pratt quips. 3” director James Gunn and star Chris Pratt are on a Zoom chat together discussing how each has influenced the other when Gunn commits a cardinal sin: He shifts his body and blocks the movie logo in the background. ![]() ![]() ![]() It can be difficult to find the time to practise the exercises, it's easy to get distracted and it can be a struggle if you get stuck and have no one to ask for help. However, learning to draw from a book isn't always easy. ![]() Since Betty Edwards' published her best-selling book Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain millions of people around the world have learned to draw using her methods. You can find out more about Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain® theory here ![]() You don't have to have been with an extraordinary talent to draw - any of us can learn to draw with the proper instruction.ĭrawing on the Right Side of the Brain® has been shown to be the most effective method of teaching people to draw and that proven method has been developed into a five-day drawing course by Dr Betty Edwards. Learning to draw is about learning how to see - how to see things differently to our normal everyday 'seeing'. Everyone has to learn skills and attending drawing courses is one of the best ways to learn a new skill. If you think you can't draw - think again. ![]() ![]() ![]() I'm already a Junji Ito fan, so I'm leaning that way, but I want to know what others think about both manga's merits as their own art and as adaptation. ![]() It seems that Usamaru Furuya's and Junki Ito's adaptations are the most popular/commonly read, so I figure they're a good place to start. I've just started looking into Osamu Dazai (thanks, Wendigoon), and I'd like to start reading No Longer Human and a few of the manga adaptations, to see how different artists interperate the material. ![]() ![]() ![]() "Wisely rescu ing] Shirley Jackson from any semblance of obscurity" (Lena Dunham), Franklin's invigorating portrait stands as the definitive biography of a generational avatar and an American literary genius. Franklin investigates the "interplay between the life, the work, and the times with real skill and insight, making this fine book a real contribution not only to biography, but to mid-20th-century women's history" ( Chicago Tribune). As a biography, Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life deftly narrates the influences. In this "remarkable act of reclamation" (Neil Gaiman), Ruth Franklin envisions Jackson as "belonging to the great tradition of Hawthorne, Poe and James" ( New York Times Book Review) and demonstrates how her unique contribution to the canon "so uncannily channeled women's nightmares and contradictions that it is 'nothing less than the secret history of American women of her era' " ( Washington Post). Ruth Franklin Alan Chin I enjoyed this book immensely, but probably for all the wrong reasons. ![]() ![]() ![]() Instantly heralded for its "masterful" and "thrilling" portrayal ( Boston Globe), Shirley Jackson reveals the tumultuous life and inner darkness of the literary genius behind such classics as "The Lottery" and The Haunting of Hill House. Download or stream Shirley Jackson by Ruth Franklin, Bernadette Dunne for free on hoopla. ![]() ![]() ![]() Students will spend the final portion of the class developing and workshopping their own participatory research projects. Decolonisation itself refers to the undoing of colonial rule over subordinate countries but has taken on a wider meaning as. Different means of ensuring community input into the steps of the research, and of increasing the value of the research for the community will be explored. Walter Mignolo, Duke UniversityTo the colonized, the term research is conflated. The commitment to democratizing research and the importance of respect for the knowledge, understandings and values of the community are emphasized throughout the course. A landmark in the process of decolonizing imperial Western knowledge. ![]() ![]() The course uses readings, discussion, and workshop techniques to critically engage political and epistemological questions related to knowledge production, to explore the promise of participatory methodologies, and to introduce the politics, problems, and practice of engaged research. Maya Berryĭecolonizing Methodologies is the core required course for UNC’s Graduate Certificate in Participatory Research. RELI 890/ANTH 898: Decolonizing Methodologies Ajanaw Alemie Desta, Review of Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and IndigenousPeoples, by Linda Tuhiwai Smith. Decolonizing methodology is one of many necessary steps the international global health apparatus must make in order to make reparation for the long and brutal history of colonial approaches to. ![]() |