6/29/2023 0 Comments Northwest zadie smith![]() ![]() It sells cheese, but of the decently priced and easily recognizable kind-brie, goat’s, blue-as if the market has traveled unchanged across the channel from some run-down urban suburb of Paris. It sells French breads and pastries for not much more than you’d pay for the baked goods in Gregg’s down Kilburn High Road. It sells ornaments and knick-knacks and doo dahs, which are not always obviously French in theme or nature. It sells umbrellas and artificial flowers. It sells CDs of old time jazz and rock ‘n’ roll. ![]() Willesden French Market sells cheap bags. It was not even like going to one of these Farmer’s Markets that have sprung up all over London at the crossroads where personal wealth meets a strong interest in artisanal cheeses.īut it was still very nice. This wasn’t like walking a shady country lane in a quaint market town ending up in a perfectly preserved eighteenth-century square. We walked in the sun down the urban street to the concrete space-to market. The “French Market” was on, which is a slightly improbable market of French things sold in the concrete space between the pretty turreted remnants of Willesden Library (1894) and the brutal red brick beached cruise ship known as Willesden Green Library Centre (1989), a substantial local landmark that racks up nearly five hundred thousand visits a year. We wandered down Brondesbury Park towards the high road. ![]() Last time I was in Willesden Green I took my daughter to visit my mother. ![]() An 1894 drawing of Willesden Green Library ![]()
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![]() ![]() I read the trilogy in the 1970's when it first came out. In 1976, Ken Campbell adapted Illuminatus! for the stage, creating a 10-hour epic that went on to open the Royal National Theatre in London under the patronage of Queen Elizabeth II. Part I: The Eye in the Pyramid is performed by the incomparable Ken Campbell and Chris Fairbank. The trilogy tackles all the cover-ups of our time, from who really shot the Kennedys to why there's a pyramid on the one-dollar bill, and suggests a mind-blowing truth. ![]() In a breakneck race against an awesome deadline, Goodman plunges down the trail of the ultimate conspiracy as the days fall away toward Apocalypse.įilled with sex, violence, and rock-and-roll, in and out of time and space, Illuminatus! is only partly a work of the imagination. The Illuminati, an inside joke? The lunatic fringe? Or a vast conspiracy hidden for centuries, unleashing it's power on a naive, defenseless world? 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In Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary, Dr. ![]() ![]() “Brant Pitre is one of the most compelling theological writers on the scene today.” –Bishop Robert Barronīestselling author of Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist casts new light on the Virgin Mary, illuminating her role in the Old and New Testaments.Īre Catholic teachings on Mary really biblical? Or are they the "traditions of men"? Should she be called the "Mother of God," or just the mother of Jesus? Did she actually remain a virgin her whole life or do the "brothers of Jesus" refer to her other children? By praying to Mary, are Catholics worshipping her? And what does Mary have to do with the quest to understand Jesus? ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Matt haig the comfort book![]() The Comfort Book is Haig’s life raft: It’s a collection of notes, lists, and stories written over a span of several years that originally served as gentle reminders to Haig’s future self that things are not always as dark as they may seem. Incorporating a diverse array of sources from across the world, history, science, and his own experiences, Haig offers warmth and reassurance, reminding us to slow down and appreciate the beauty and unpredictability of existence. ![]() ![]() But then we never think about food more than when we are hungry and we never think about life rafts more than when we are thrown overboard.” Named by The Washington Post as one of the best feel-good books of 2021. “It is a strange paradox, that many of the clearest, most comforting life lessons are learnt while we are at our lowest. An instant New York Times best seller The new uplifting book from Matt Haig, the number one New York Times best-selling author of The Midnight Library, for anyone in search of hope, looking for a path to a more meaningful life, or in need of a little encouragement. ![]() The new uplifting book from Matt Haig, the number one New York Times best-selling author of The Midnight Library, for anyone in search of hope, looking for a path to a more meaningful life, or in need of a little encouragement. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Bossman vi keeland series![]() ![]() ![]() My date suddenly went from boring to bizarrely exciting. When the gorgeous stranger and his equally hot date suddenly appeared at our table, I thought he was going to rat me out.īut instead, he pretended we knew each other and joined us-telling elaborate, embarrassing stories about our fake childhood. Of course, he caught me on more than one occasion, and winked. 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If approved an initial grant of 25 million ordinary shares would be made to participants if core earnings targets of 480 million pounds in 2016, 570 million in 2017, 650 million in 2018 and 750 million in 2019 are met. Ashley, also owner of soccer club Newcastle United, will not vote. One previous proposal was knocked back by shareholders due to concerns over the related performance targets, and another failed to be put to a vote.īased on more shareholder feedback Sports Direct said it would seek approval for a 2015 bonus share scheme for all eligible staff and senior management, including Ashley at its AGM in September. The bonus scheme was the third attempt by Sports Direct’s board to reward its founder in recent years. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Mama's Last Hug by Frans de Waal![]() ![]() ![]() In 2016, at almost 59 years of age, Mama was near death. A skilled negotiator who exerted immense influence over the other chimpanzees in her group, Mama was an individual for whom de Waal felt enormous respect and affection: "I had never sensed such wisdom and poise in any species other than my own." (Thirty-seven years ago, Mama was already a memorable figure in de Waal's first book, Chimpanzee Politics.) Mama, the animal of the book's title, was the matriarch of the chimpanzee colony at Burgers Zoo in Arnhem, the Netherlands. ![]() Pigs experience hope, which we know because if raised in decent conditions they anticipate that pleasurable things will happen to them.Īs primate behavior researcher Frans de Waal writes in his new book Mama's Last Hug, publishing in early March, "emotions are everywhere in the animal kingdom, from fish to birds to insects and even in brainy mollusks such as the octopus." Through colorful stories and riveting prose, de Waal firmly puts to rest the stubborn notion that humans alone in the animal kingdom experience a broad array of emotions. Rats' faces express joy when the animals are tickled.įairness matters to monkeys when food offered to their social partners is of higher quality than what they themselves receive, they become highly agitated. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Mama's Last Hug Subtitle Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves Author Frans de Waal ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments Nijigahara holograph review![]() ![]() Arie’s accident is only one small part of an ongoing pattern of fear and violence. She told a story about a monster that lived in a tunnel along the Nijigahara embankment that would bring the world to an end, which terrified the other children. As a result of her injuries she has been in a coma ever since. I couldn’t get that short segment of Nijigahara Holograph out of my mind, my anticipation only growing stronger the closer the manga’s release date came.Įleven years ago Arie Kimura, a young girl bullied by her classmates, fell down a well. The sequence, taken from near the end of Nijigahara Holograph, was so chilling and unsettling and at the same time so striking and beautiful that it left a huge impression on me. But after seeing an early preview of the manga, I knew that I would need to read it no matter what. I had previously read and greatly enjoyed Asano’s other manga currently available in English- What a Wonderful World! and Solanin, both published by Viz Media-so I was naturally interested in Nijigahara Holograph. Originally published in Japan in 2006, Fantagraphics’ English-language edition is collected in an attractive, large-trim hardcover much like its other manga releases. ![]() ![]() Nijigahara Holograph, the third manga by Inio Asano to have been licensed in English, was one of my most highly anticipated manga releases for 2014. ![]() |