![]() ![]() ![]() Maples has borne witness to every act of cruelty and brutality of which the criminal mind is capable. Pound Human Identification Laboratory at the University of Florida, Dr. His skill is to read the tales of death written on the bones of the dead, and in this fascinating book he revisits his strangest, most interesting and most horrific investigations, from gruesome and baffling dismemberment cases to the revelation of the identity of long-buried skeletons. From a skeleton, a skull, a mere fragment of burnt thighbone, he can deduce the age, gender and ethnicity of a corpse, and the manner in which the victim was dispatched his gift has sealed the doom of many a killer. William Maples is blessed with an eerie but powerful gift. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Dostoevsky depicts a Russian society divided between ideologies: The westernizing liberals of the 1840s, Slavophiles (Russian isolationists and nationalists), and nihilists. In addition to the facts of the murder, “Demons” depicts a much wider social and political conflict in Russia. ![]() However, it is the Nechaev-like anarchists and older liberals who are the primary players in the Russia of “Demons”. ![]() The peasant reforms (Dostoevsky 370), the third department (Dostoevsky 361) and the emergence of the zemstvo (Dostoevsky 211) all enjoy passing mention. It draws directly on the true story of a murder committed in 1869 by Russian anarchist and nihilist Sergei Nechaev (Saunders 324). Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “Demons” (Besy, in Russian, variously translated as “The Possessed” and “Devils”) is a fundamentally political and social novel. ![]() ![]() Hylas and Philonous īerkeley's views are represented by Philonous (Greek: "lover of mind"), while Hylas (" hyle", Greek: "matter") embodies the Irish thinker's opponents, in particular John Locke. This foreshadowed his chief philosophical work, A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (1710), which, after its poor reception, he rewrote into the Three Dialogues (1713). In 1709, Berkeley published his first major work, An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision, in which he discussed the limitations of human vision and advanced the theory that the proper objects of sight are not material objects, but light and colour. Since objective features of objects cannot change without an inherent change in the object itself, shape must not be an objective feature. shape) depending on the observer's perspective. ![]() Perceptual relativity argues that the same object can appear to have different characteristics (e.g. ![]() Three important concepts discussed in the Three Dialogues are perceptual relativity, the conceivability/ master argument and Berkeley's phenomenalism. Taking the form of a dialogue, the book was written as a response to the criticism Berkeley experienced after publishing A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge. Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous, or simply Three Dialogues, is a 1713 book on metaphysics and idealism written by George Berkeley. ![]() ![]() ![]() Stoicism is having a renaissance with entrepreneurs, athletes, and politicians. The creation of this guide has these goals in mind. Instead, it offers an immediate, useful and practical way to find tranquility and improve one’s strengths of character. Practicing Stoicism doesn’t require learning an entirely new philosophical lexicon or meditating for hours a day. Stoicism was deliberately created to be understandable, actionable and useful. It reminds people of what is truly important, providing practical strategies to get more of what is valuable. It’s a philosophy of life that maximizes positive emotions, reduces negative emotions and helps individuals to hone their virtues of character.Īt any moment, in any situation, and at any stage of life, Stoicism provides a framework for living well. Simply put, Stoicism was designed to help people live their best possible lives. What are ways people practice Stoicism today?.What are the main principles of Stoic philosophy?. ![]() ![]() He is also co-editor-in-chief of the journal Information Technologies and International Development. Toyama co-founded the IEEE/ACM International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) to provide a global platform for rigorous academic research in this field. ![]() The award-winning group is known for projects such as MultiPoint, Text-Free User Interfaces, and Digital Green. At MSR India, he started the Technology for Emerging Markets research group, which conducts interdisciplinary research to understand how the world’s poorer communities interact with electronic technology and to invent new ways for technology to support their socio-economic development. ![]() Until 2009, he was assistant managing director of Microsoft Research India, which he co-founded in 2005. Kellogg Professor at University of Michigan’s School of Information and a fellow of the Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at MIT. ![]() ![]() Here we were, women whose Church membership traced back to the same original Church established by God through the Prophet Joseph Smith. One of the women in the room who had been ordained to the priesthood described her responsibilities and shared her feelings regarding the blessing it was for her to be able to perform priesthood ordinances.Īlthough the conversation was interesting and enlightening, it didn’t take long for me to realize the paradox of the conversation. ![]() We talked openly and in a friendly manner about similarities and differences between our two churches and landed squarely on the topic of women and the priesthood. I have great love and respect for these people, those I consider brothers and sisters in the faith. ![]() I recently sat with a number of members of the Community of Christ, previously known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, as part of an interfaith dialogue. ![]() ![]() ![]() choice of words and their construction) and I really liked the world building - there seemed to be good depth and interesting ideas. This book is replete with authorial conceits, like those witty observations that seem to be present in all the latest books, gender fluidity, and yes, pointless cuddly cats named after Mephistopholes (and other people/demons the crew of the ship has probably never heard of unless it was via one of Haimey's 19th Century novels).ĭespite these foibles (and they are my foibles, not the book's) I thought it was rather good. The last comment above that Neil made resonates with me, as I kept thinking through the reading that it really seemed to capture the zeitgeist of current SF, which is another way of saying 'it's fashionable'. ![]() ![]() I overall liked Ancestral Night, and though I wasn't 'wowed' by it, there were times I thought it was quite good. ![]() ![]() Not Your Average Hot Guy is her first romantic comedy for adults. She also created Dead Air, a serialized mystery and scripted podcast written with Carrie Ryan and Rachel Caine. She wrote the first official Stranger Things novel, Suspicious Minds. Gwenda Bond is the New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including the Lois Lane and Cirque American trilogies. ![]() Callie never had time for love, and with the apocalypse coming closer, is there room for romance when all hell’s about to break loose? But what Callie doesn’t know is that Luke is none other than Luke Morningstar, Prince of Hell and son of the Devil himself. ![]() But when the summoning reveals a handsome demon in a leather jacket named Luke who offers to help Callie stop the cult from destroying the world, her night goes from weird to completely strange. Naturally they take Callie and her friend, Mag, along with them. ![]() Instead a Satanic cult shows up, claiming that the prop spell book in one of the rooms is the real deal, and they need it to summon the right hand of the devil. She promised her mom she could handle running her family’s escape room business while her mom is out of town. Not Your Average Hot GuyĪll Callie wanted was a quiet weekend with her best friend. ![]() Support our event series & the authors by buying your copies on the registration page! Books will include signed bookplates while supplies last. It's time for some ROMANCE! Join us for a conversation with Gwenda Bond ( Not Your Average Hot Guy), Jen DeLuca ( Well Matched), and Katee Robert ( Neon Gods). ![]() ![]() ![]() Joseph Kingsley III is America’s golden boy, descending from political power and riddled with familial tragedy, inspired by the Kennedy family. This book follows two perspectives of a love story that appears to be doomed from the start. With a stunning cover that’s perfect for beach side reading, it’s already off to a good start. Published on May 31, 2022, Giffin’s readers flooded the digital sphere and their local bookstores to get their hands on this anticipated new release, myself included. Here are my thoughts on “Meant to Be.” And don’t worry, there are no spoilers ahead. Giffin is no stranger to the bestseller list, and her latest book is no exception. With “Something Borrowed” later adapted to the big screen starring Kate Hudson, Ginnifer Goodwin and John Krasinski. ![]() Besides, with each publication of a new novel, Giffin’s success grows. ![]() Though her work is categorized as “chick-lit,” there’s a lot more to Giffin’s storytelling than the genre gives her credit for. Ever since Emily Giffin’s first novel, “Something Borrowed” made it to the bestseller’s list 18 years ago, Giffin’s books have been a staple read for women’s fiction. ![]() ![]() Michael Morpurgo has written more than one hundred books for children and won the Whitbread Award, the Smarties Award, the Circle of Gold Award, the Children’s Book Award and has been short-listed for the Carnegie Medal four times. War Horse is a story of universal suffering for a universal audience by a writer who ‘has the happy knack of speaking to both child and adult readers’ (The Guardian). Look out for Morpurgo’s other war fiction including Friend or Foe, Waiting for Anya, King of the Cloud Forests and An Eagle in the Snow. His books have been translated into over twenty languages. The National Theatre production opened in 2007 and has enjoyed successful runs in the West End and on Broadway.Ī great way of introducing young readers to the realities of WWI. ![]() War Horse was adapted by Steven Spielberg as a major motion picture with Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, and Benedict Cumberbatch. ![]() The power of war and the beauty of peace. One horse has the seen the best and the worst of humanity. ![]() Bombarded by artillery, with bullets knocking riders from his back, Joey tells a powerful story of the truest friendships surviving in terrible times. In the deadly chaos of the First World War, one horse witnesses the reality of battle from both sides of the trenches. Before the Steven Spielberg film, before the National Theatre production, there was the classic children’s novel… ![]() |