As some will know, I attended the launch of Christopher Snowdon's new book—Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: A History Of Anti-Smoking—last week. The event was very kindly sponsored by FoREST (which was also celebrating its 30th Anniversary) and hosted at Boisdales: a very good time was had by all. Well, as far as I remember, anyway...
Anyway, as I have also said before, I have read the book and it is thoroughly excellent—not bee-in-your-bonnet preachy, just a very interesting history of the anti-smoking movements, the sometimes eccentrically charismatic or just plain barking people leading some of them, and a good deal of the research carried out on both sides.
Here are a selection of reviews:
- "Magnificent...I can't speak highly enough of this extraordinary labour of love. I've read many books on smoking and this is best by far. It's a superb read."—Taking Liberties
- "Really very good...a damn good read"—Devil's Kitchen
- "Solidly researched, interesting and only occasionally strident"—The Economist
- "The book is a feast. Prepare to learn a lot, and much in the nature of revelations, from a dedicated researcher and lucid prose stylist."—Forces
- "I am proud to go on record in giving this book a fully deserved five stars."—Michael J. McFadden
- "Fascinating. Extensive research, and extremely well-written...Excellent, excellent book. Would recommend it to anyone because it's such an eye-opener from a number of angles."—Amazon reviwer
- "This is a great example of what history should be. It's thoroughly researched but doesn't get bogged down in the details, and it's so well written that it keeps your interest to the end."—Amazon reviewer
Now you can buy Velvet Glove, Iron Fist through The Kitchen and not only get free postage and packing but also earn money for both your humble Devil and the Filthy Smoker—for both of us contributed to Chris's book in our own small ways.
What more could you ask for...?


New! Adam Sedgwick - Geologist and Dalesman by Colin Speakman
Book signing at Yorkshire Geology Day, April 21 2018
Meet the author of this fascinating and updated biography of one of the world famous 19th Century Yorkshire geologist.
Buy a new signed copy, or get your existing copy signed.
More info at http://www.yorksgeolsoc.org.uk/book.php
The Yorkshire Geological Society was the first geological society in the North of England, founded in 1837, and is a registered charity (Charity No. 220014). The objective of the society is to promote and record the results of research in geosciences in Yorkshire, which is achieved primarily through...


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I have craved a creative life since I started my first journal. And, as artistic skills didn’t come naturally, I concluded that I wasn’t creative. Twyla Tharp’s The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life dispels a lot of the mystery around the creative/artistic life and essentially reduces it to a lot of hard work.
The premise of the book is: “Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is a result of good work habits” (Tharp). Tharp is a choreographer who has achieved a lot in her career. She conceived of and choreographed the musical Movin’ Out as well as several other ballets and dances. Even though her creative outlet is choreography, her insights and techniques are applicable to many creative disciplines.
Tharp says “in order to be creative, you have to know how to be creative…[and] there is a process that generates creativity” (pg 9). That process can be leant and includes identifying and practicing rituals that get/keep you moving, ‘scratching’ for ideas, eliminating distractions, generating the ‘spine’ of a concept, and cultivating and improving essential technical skills.
I count a book successful if one concept changes how I think about a subject – read this book with notepaper and a highlighter. Tharp’s autobiographical accounts are fascinating and inspiring and her pursuit of mastery has altered my perspective. A few things that I have incorporated into my pursuit of creativity are carrying a camera to record things that inspire me and compiling ideas/clippings/photos into a resource box. These are just a few things that I got from the book – there are several others. The Creative Habit is worth the time investment. The exercises and commentary are accessible tools that can help anyone cultivate creativity.


Why book XI of the Odyssey was my favourite
The Book XI Odysseus by Homes is my favorite. It is a reference to Polyphemus; his story is previously narrated in book IX. In this Book people are confronting him for his past, present and future. He is puzzled and confused and seems to change with every confrontation by different characters who address him. All of the fundamentals of this Book show how pivotal the book is in Odysseus’s voyage back to Ithaca and in demonstration of his character. Homer emphasizes the most significant themes that recur. Throughout the statements there is a demonstration that Odysseus can continue to Ithaca using the ideas seen all through Book XI. The most recurring theme in Book XI is Hospitality though it also occurs in many other Books of Homes, The Odyssey. The soldiers are shown to provide hospitality towards the Hades and the Persephone through sacrifices. This is to allow Odysseus to visit the Underworld.
The Book XI set the precedent for numerous emulated epic conventions of the later ages: the expedition to the Underworld. The Virgil would echo much from Homer when relating Aeneas’ voyage to Valhalla and the Dante would devote his entire to the motif. However, for Homer, the scenery characterizing Odysseus down amid the spirits of the dead present a different purpose. This gives an allowance for the poet to compress report on new characters amidst his narrative. The visit to the underground is an illustration of irony in Book XI. The main reason why Odysseus’s men and he are in this situation is because they refused to sacrifice for the Poseidon as supposed. During this time, conversely, Odysseus had to do as instructed by Kirke. He gave offerings of fresh to gods. This was to pale Persephone giving Odysseus an allowance to reach Hades where he had to learn his future. Homes demonstrate fate to be the most authoritative theme in the Greek Culture, as expressed in Book XI.
The whole essence of Book XI involves Odysseus journey to the Underworld. He was going to gain knowledge of his and his mates’ fate. To begin with, Odysseus travels to Teiresias to be familiar with his fate. Teiresias informs him of how he will return to Ithaca safely. He was also informed about the suitors he would meet in his house and the manner in which he will destroy the suitors. Teiresias also informed Odysseus on how he will ultimately die.
After Teiresias enlightens Odysseus with the information he requires, he tells him that all that shall be just as he had foretold. “He assured Odysseus that he will take his fate accurately.” In Book XI, Homer puts emphasis on loyalty in this book by the use the ghost of the Elpenor. When Odysseus is confronted with the reality that a member of his crew has died without of his consent, he guarantees Elpenor of a proper burial, demonstrating his loyalty following his return through sending.
The book indicates that although Telemachus is young, his is still accorded the royal honors, in the palace and portrayed as a representative of the king. He is demonstrated to be in his med to late teen though his age is no well defined. Homes links between Penelope and Clytemnestra and compared directly with the Orestes and Telemachus. Aga-mem-non just brings about a model that was brought about by other characters in the Odysseus concerning the commanders’ fate.
Most probably the most profound message brought about by the homers in the underground scenes props up in the interrogations with Achilles. He has a high regard for Achilles’ power to govern his fellow Greeks even after death, something that is sharply rebuked by Achilles. (XI. 488–91) Homer’s greatest expression of life’s immeasurable value is demonstrated here: the modest quandary of living is superior to the majority fortunate circumstances of the dead.
Alexander, Pope. The Odyssey of Homer. London: Ingram, Cooke, and Co.,227 Stranded, 1853.
11 Nov. 2010. <http://www.greekmythology.com/Books/Odyssey/O_Book_XI/o_book_xi.html>


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Greetings, members of the 3DEM community! The 3DEM-6 Symposium was three days of new developments and applications in 3DEM, seeing old friends, making new friends and enjoying the Berkeley sunshine. The schedule, which can be downloaded below, outlines talks and posters that span a broad range of topics covering modeling, inversion, and data.
Proceeds donated to the SEG GW Hohmann scholarship fund
Enjoy the slideshow with thanks to Toshi Ushida. The banquet was a lot of fun!
Abstracts from 3DEM-6 are available for download, as individual abstracts or in one document. Note the 'Complete Proceedings' is a 85 MB file linked to a Dropbox, and will be directed there. The individual files will download directly with an unintelligible name, so you will need to rename when you download. The file Table of Content contains the abstracts title, authors, and file name. There are no page numbers on the abstracts, which were compiled in the order listed below.
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Santadi (Cagliari), September 4, 1967.
Camboni began his career in comic books in 1988 with Walt Disney.
In 2001, Camboni began his collaborations in France with two comic books published by Source/La Sirène, Le Vin Illustré en Bandes dessinées and Le Foot Illustré en Bandes Dessinées, with texts by Mo/CDM.
In 2004, Camboni starts working with Les Humanoïdes Associés, for which he drew the Gargouilles series, on texts by Denis-Pierre Filippi (7 books).
In 2005, he starts collaborating with the Belgian publisher Dupuis, for which he drew the comic book series Nefesis, also on texts by Denis-Pierre Filippi.
In 2006, Camboni won the AviSa film competition, organized by the Regional Institute of Ethnography of Sardinia, with the animated short Dopo trent’anni prima.
In 2010, Camboni started working with Vents d’Ouest/Glénat, for which he drew the comic book series Willy Wonder, with texts by Francesco Artibani.
From 2011 to 2014 he started drawing the series Le voyage extraordinaire, with texts by Denis-Pierre Filippi, published by Vents d’Ouest/Glénat (12 books expected, in progress).
Since 2012, he makes the short animated films Mosca, W la neve and Santa Nottefor the Zecchino d’Oro series of the Antoniano Choir in Bologna and Rai Cinema.
In 2015, he launched a new series for Les Humanoïdes Associes called Les mondes cachés, with texts by Denis-Pierre Filippi (4 books).
In 2018, he drew a book for Glénat/Disney within the collection Disney by Glénat, called Mickey et l’ocean perdu, with texts by Denis-Pierre Filippi; in the same Glénat collection, in 2020, he drew a new Disney book called Mickey et la terre des anciens, with texts by Denis-Pierre Filippi.
In 2022, he made the science-fiction series Prima Spatia, whit screenplay by Denis-Pierre Filippi and published by Vents d’Ouest/Glénat (2 books expected, in progress).
2001: Premio Fumo di China, Fumetto Umoristico Nuovi Autori.
2006: Film Competition AviSa, called by Istituto Superiore Regionale Etnografico della Sardegna.
2016: Book 03 of Le Voyage Extraordinaire win the Prix du public France 3 al Festival de la BD de l’Alpe d’Huez
2016: Book 04 of Le Voyage Extraordinaire win the Prix Graphique Actusf de l’Uchronie.
2017: Book 01 of Le Voyage Extraordinaire win the Prix BD d’Aventures CE EPIC SNCF.
2018: The Series of Le Voyage Extraordinaire win the Éléphant d’Or at the Festival of Chambéry.
2021: Premio Coco – Best Italian Drawer for the book Mickey e l’oceano perduto, ed. Panini/Glenat/Disney


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How Not to Die is a book created by a renowned professional public speaker, author, and physician Dr. Michael Greger. It’s a book penned to contain scientifically proven facts to prevent and reverse disease. So far, the book reached the New York Times Best Seller list at least three times. Let’s see if How Not to Die is the right book for you with this review.
How Not to Die: Summary and Highlights
How Not to Die’s preface all started with a heartwarming story about the author’s grandmother. It gives us a glimpse of Greger’s childhood, where his grandmother was diagnosed with end-stage heart disease. His grandmother started in a wheelchair but managed to stand back up on her own feet. She received a death sentence at 65-years old but managed to outlive this expectancy with another 31-years of her life. The real-life testimony for the opening was enough to get the readers riled up.
Overall, the book’s message revolves around the saying, ‘you are what you eat.’ It’s a book that cites research on how a plant-based diet can save someone’s life. With Greger’s insights on the why’s and how’s, the book’s final output ended with a whooping 576 pages print length. The first part of the book tackles the “why’s” of each disease. It includes the following:
High Blood Pressure
The second part of the book mostly consists of plant-based nutrition, going over what to include in your diet. It answers “how’s” as the author goes over each topic. The following is a part of Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen:
Nuts and Seeds
Herbs and Spices
Each section includes a recommendation on the serving sizes and the number of servings per day. Also, the last section contains the types of exercises and the recommended amount per day. The book’s entirety leans on the wonders and effects of a healthier diet.
In the book, the author writes that ‘most deaths in the U.S. are preventable, it relates to what we eat.’ This sentence is a part of the introductory chapter that holds a powerful message that makes people rethink their diet.
How Not to Die: Two Sides of a Coin
The “Great” Part
Overall, the book’s contents are backed up with scientific facts and real-life experiences. On Amazon, the book received a total of 14k+ global ratings earning a 4.7-star customer review. Most of the comments consist of positive reviews by people that have an affliction relating to the content.
One user with stage-4 prostate cancer commented, “thank you, you saved my life.” Giving the context to the comment, the user further explained that the meds prescribed have stopped working. To make matters worse, the user was experiencing a steadily increasing cancer marker. By following the book’s recommended diet for 12 weeks, the cancer markers returned to normal. The user further explained, “by eating stuff we aren’t supposed to, we are giving ourselves to the disease.”
In Good Reads, more than 24k+ users rated the book, earning a 4.48-star review. Most of the reviews here contain 5-star to 4-star, along with testimonials on how it helped them. One user commented and shared his experience after a heart attack. The user’s cardiologist recommended that he could reverse his atherosclerosis with diet and exercise. At first, he was skeptical about changing his diet to plant-based without concrete clinical evidence.
To sum it up, the user eventually stumbled upon the book “How Not to Die,” which addresses his health concern. Ultimately, the user adopted a plant-based diet following the information presented in the book. Although, he does allow himself nuts and other oils. He further commented that “you may make different choices based upon an understanding of the risks and benefits involved.”
It’s no wonder why the book was listed three times in the New York Times Best Sellers. The overall message of the book truly deserved its moment. Besides, it helped change the lives of thousands of readers.
The “Critical” Part
Although there is a lot of positive feedback, some people, especially those in the medical field, have a different opinion. A critical review by Healthline says that Dr. Greger tends to “cherry-pick” evidence to support the book’s framework. It brings light to how the author chooses or suppresses evidence that helps keep a plant-based diet.
Also, a user in Amazon shares the same opinion with the author who published a critical review in Healthline. As a scientist and medical doctor, she comments that some evidence that contradicts the book’s overall message is pulled out. This review is currently featured as the top critical with 1,600+ users citing it as helpful. Another “critical” review from a Good Reads user comments that the book’s contents contain the author’s preferred answer.
The critical reviews’ overall sentiments mostly include the author’s “biased” tone for a plant-based diet. Furthermore, although saying that he does not advocate for a vegan or vegetarian diet, the context leans toward this idea. Also, the author lists all the non-plant food such as meat, dairy products, etc., in the red-light zone.
In the end, people should read this book with a grain of salt. Although it has some critical reviews, most of the customer testimonials include how reading the book changed their lives. However, as some users expressed, we must be aware that the book is biased with its plant-based ideology.
Also, we must put in mind that each person functions differently. Keep in mind that although most users share their life-changing moments, there are cases where it won’t work for some. You must still be vigilant and cross-examine your planned diet with an expert near you.
The bottom line? Indeed, it brings results to those who follow the book’s recommendation. It makes people aware of what they eat and guides them to a healthier path. The book certainly is an eye-opener, and it makes people question their food choices.


“2042. Post-peak oil America is a much more insular and inward looking country than now, with severely restricted immigration and international defense activities. Like most countries, imports of all kinds are limited because of cost, with a new emphasis on home and locally grown produce. Coffee is now a luxury beyond most people’s means. Oil and petroleum are rationed and restricted to use in essential industries. Solar, wind and tidal electricity generation now dominate the domestic energy market, and rail has become an important means of both commuter and long-haul transportation, using extensive networks built during depression years as employment stimulus projects.
In a reorganization of internal crime and security departments, the FBI and National Security Agency have been merged into a single entity-the Federal Justice Agency-which has wide-ranging powers of investigation across state borders. Within that agency, a small core of highly trained elite agents, Special Crime Investigators, are brought in on the most intransigent, dangerous cases to offer specialist expertise and abilities. ”
Excerpt from Somatesthesia by Ann Somerville, Copyright 2009.)
Thus begins Somatesthesia by Ann Somerville, multi-published author of nearly a dozen science fiction novels within the m/m or slash sub-genre that has become its own dynamic little profit center in the publishing world, especially the eBook publishing world.
Somatesthesia is one of Somerville’s most character-rich and action-filled works of fiction.
Reading Somerville’s dialog is like overhearing lovers at the table behind you talk about their hopes, dreams and desires for their relationship. At first, you accidently hear a few phrases, and then, you listen closer but non-chalantly as the exchange gets interesting, and finally you nearly fall off your chair leaning backwards, pretending to stretch, to hear the sweet nothings while trying to appear as though you’ve heard nothing unusual, or, nothing at all. But it’s not all sweet nothings, and it’s just too good to miss!
The linear tension of the action drives brilliant dialog-infused interactions that make this book a must read for anyone who likes their stories compelling and their characters complex and real. The muscle-taut tension is palpable on every page. The sexual tension alone is worth the price of admission.
Into this futuristic setting two men are drawn together in a law enforcement partnership that will test the professional, and personal, mettle of each man. And they couldn’t be more different…or so it seems. We first meet Devlin Grace, Special Crime Investigator inductee, as he is about to attend his orientation sessions and meet his new partner. Anxious to get started, Devlin does not allow his anticipatory excitement to be dampened down by rumors that his new partner had driven his last partner to a nervous breakdown. But then Devlin meets him.
Connor Hutchens is Devlin’s new partner, and their first few minutes together are not smooth. Connor, whose medically enhanced sensory faculties of sight, smell and hearing, together with his legendary work-addict personality, have gained him the common moniker of cyborg and the more personal invective of super freak, reveals in one verbal exchange how difficult this alliance will be.
The attraction between the two men is an initially unacknowledged rare point of silent agreement between them. Although their relationship proceeds along adversarial lines, their respect for one another’s professional crime fighting expertise, which includes enhanced as well as intuitive tools, brings the two men to a point in their personal interaction and in the child abduction they are sent to Chicago to solve where they must work out where mutual admiration begins and sexual fireworks begin.
For Devlin, who was transferred into the Special Crimes unit from a successful stint in Child Abductions, this is his opportunity to match Connor’s enhanced augments with a combination of his own innate instincts, intelligence and humor. Devlin’s adeptness at utilizing the SCI’s special heads-up display glasses, a futuristic crime-fighting tool that can locate one’s partner, wherever he may be, is temptation incarnate. The options for personal inquisitiveness prove alluring to Devlin, and to the reader.
One of the memorably telling incidents in the book is when, early in their partnership, the two men are forced to room together in Chicago, and Devlin discovers Connor is afraid of the dark. Blind without his visual enhancement augmentations, Connor, trying very hard to resist the easy and personable charm of the less uptight Devlin, is ashamed to have another man discover his fears.
Although the adversarial and sexual nature of the tension between them escalates after this revelation, Somerville does a masterful job of pulling together the seemingly disparate emotions of Connor’s humiliation and fear with Devlin’s innate compassion, warmth and reassurance. The incident reveals a theme that threads its way through the book wherein we see (and learn) how we are often only as sick as our secrets. What Devlin and Connor end up with is a confrontation with their authentic selves. What they do about that and how they approach their work is what makes this a great read.
Somerville took the reins of publishing her eBook herself this time, through the Lulu self-publishing model, adding this book to the others in her personally-penned library published by Samhain, PD Publishing and others. (See the complete list of Ann Somerville novels in the list below.)
If she’s so inclined, Ann Somerville’s prodigious, high-quality literary output over a relatively short period of time makes this Australian author a serious contender for a mainstream genre crossover bid and as a writer to watch in 2009 and beyond.


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A guide to growing health-giving plants in your own backyard.
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A fantasy d20 System sourcebook by JD Wiker with maps by Christopher West.
Arcane Quarter: A City Quarters Sourcebook is the third volume of the award-winning City Quarters series, which began with the highly acclaimed Thieves’ Quarter.
Arcane Quarter explores the workshops, libraries, and arcane orders that might appear in an urban fantasy setting, from the artisans making Mastercraft goods to the aging wizards and sorcerers protecting their academic traditions. Every aspect of the setting is created with the larger city of Liberty in mind but designed so that GMs can pick and choose which elements to include in their own campaigns.
Arcane Quarter includes:
new maps by Christopher West, a regular contributor to Dragon and Dungeon magazines
dozens of complete NPC stat blocks, from craftsmen and artisans to apprentices and archmages
new rules for formalized arcane duels and merchants who sell magic items
plots, plot hooks, and conspiracies linking it all together
Links and Downloads
Liberty Maps at CafePress
Thieves’ Quarter is the first book in the City Quarters series.
Temple Quarter is the second book in the City Quarters series.
Arcane Quarter is the third book in the City Quarters series.
Green Ronin’s Thieves’ Quarter (Print) page
Green Ronin’s Temple Quarter (Print) page
Ring of Thieves is an adventure including material from Thieves’ Quarter.
Houses of the Holy is an adventure including material from Temple Quarter.
Awards and Nominations
Thieves’ Quarter – Best Setting Supplement (Silver) – 2004 Gen Con EN World RPG Awards
Thieves’ Quarter – Best Cartography (Gold) – 2004 Gen Con EN World RPG Awards
Temple Quarter – Best Supplement (Nominee) – 2005 Gen Con EN World RPG Awards
Temple Quarter – Best Cartography (Nominee) – 2005 Gen Con EN World RPG Awards
Front Cover (PDF Edition)
Free Samples from the City Quarters Series
Ceremonies and Rituals, new rules for religious functions from Temple Quarter
The Temple and Sanctuary of Osai, pages from the Temple Quarter print edition (1.36MB zipped PDF)
The Temple of Ur-Argo, the home of a dragon cult from Temple Quarter
The Sea-Wolf Tavern, a selection from Thieves’ Quarter
The Lover’s Quarrel, new material building on an NPC from Thieves’ Quarter
Discussion Boards (through ezBoard) and IRC Chatroom
Reviews for the City Quarters Series
Let us know about a review (even your own!)
Reviews for Thieves’ Quarter (PDF)
Bradford Ferguson on Silven Crossroads
Reviews for Thieves’ Quarter (Print)
Ron McClung on GamingReport.com
Psion on ENWorld
JoeGKushner on ENWorld
GameWyrd on ENWorld
Reviews for Temple Quarter (PDF)
Tom Gafkjen on d20 Magazine Rack
Crothian on ENWorld
Ron McClung on GamingReport.com
A sourcebook for GMs and world-builders.
Available as a download from RPGNow.com for only US$12.00.
Designed by JD Wiker, author of Swords of Our Fathers and designer of products such as the Star Wars Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook, the Dark Side Sourcebook, and the Dark*Matter Arms & Equipment Guide. Cartography by Christopher West, a frequent contributor to Dragon and Dungeon magazines. Edited by Marc Schmalz. Cover Art by Ben Wootten. Interior Art by Pete Schlough. Layout and design by Marc Schmalz. Cover design by Marc Schmalz and Christopher West.
Requires the use of the Dungeons & Dragons®, Third Edition Core Books, published by Wizards of the Coast, Inc. This product utilizes updated material from the v.3.5 revision.


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Reading the Bible can seem like a daunting task, especially if you’re new to it. But it doesn’t have to be! Here are some tips to help you read the Bible this year:
Choose a translation.
There are many different translations of the Bible. Some popular translations include the New International Version (NIV), the New American Standard Bible (NASB), both of which are more modern translations, and the King James Version (KJV), which is more traditional.
Set aside a regular time to read.
Start with a book of the Bible.
It can be overwhelming to try to read the entire Bible at once, so perhaps it’s best to start with one book at a time. Pick a book that interests you and start there. There are also tons of reading plans and devotionals that you can choose from if you want more guidance and direction. Here are a few that our staff members recommend:
- The Bible App
- My Utmost for His Highest (Oswald Chambers)
- The Bible in A Year (Stephen Arterburn M. ED. / Misty Arterburn)
Read with a purpose.
Before you start reading, take a few moments to think about what you’re hoping to get out of the passage. After you read, consider writing out the passages or a paraphrase of the verses that stood out most to you.
As you read, don’t be afraid to ask questions. What does this passage mean? How does it apply to my life? What can I learn from it? Asking questions will help you gain a deeper understanding of the passage.
Just remember, no matter how you choose to read the Bible this year the most important thing is simply that you do.
“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness…”
— 2 Timothy 3:16
Note: On each of Thirst Missions custom mission trips, daily time is set aside for you and your group to dig into God’s word and have time with one another in Worship and Devotion. Thirst Missions provides every team with a guided devotion that can be used, but you are also always welcome to bring your own devotional that best suits your team.


One of my passions is reading. I have been an avid reader since I was a child. I enjoy a variety of subjects. I would like to share my latest read with you.
I just finished The Persimmon Tree by Bryce Courtenay. I found it a well written story about a young man and woman, based in the Dutch East Indies, during the Second World War. Courtenay has a way of being descriptive and you feel that you can see what he is talking about, yet not so much so, that it would be boring.
Although this story was fiction, Courtenay doesn't gloss over the reality of the time frame that he writing about. That being said, some of the content is dark, but necessary. I found the book just flows so well right to the very end. As I put the book down after the final page, I felt I had a little appreciation of what people went through during that time and with most really good stories, I learned a little something as well.
I rate this book as excellent.
I hope you enjoy it as well


- The Great Gatsby
This Fitzgerald’s masterpiece was first published in 1925. The parties he attended in Long Island inspired him to write it. The story is set on the West Egg in the prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The novel shows the tragedy of Jay Gatsby, who despite having achieved everything, could not win the love of his life. It is actually a very short novel of around 200 pages. Despite it’s short length, it will have you captivated. It is a delight to read especially it’s masterfully crafted ending. It explores the themes of decadence, idealism, resistance to change and social upheaval. It creates a vivid portrait of roaring twenties which has been described as a cautionary tale of American dream.
Best quote: ” So we beat on boats against current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”.
- The Kite Runner
This novel, which was also the debut novel of Khaled Hosseini is considered by many to be one of the best novel of this century and that’s saying something. First published in 2003, it features Amir from Wazir Akbar district of Kabul narrating his story. Set against the backdrop of tumultuous events which happened In Afghanistan, from the invasion of USSR to the rise of Taliban, does not shy away from showing the tension between ethnic groups of Afghanistan. Though, set in Afghanistan and USA, it’s themes of guilt and redemption makes it universal. Albeit of the fact that the lat part is a bit too much concentrated on redeeming Amir, it is still a devastating and unforgettable experience.
Best qoute: ” For you a thousand times over”.
- The Perks Of Being a Wallflower
This epistolary novel from Stephen Chobosky is about a boy who regularly writes to someone( the name of the someone is not given) under the fake alias of Charlie, about his life when he starts going to high school. Through these letters we learn a great deal about him. The book details his unconventional style of thinking as he navigates from adolescence to adulthood and tries to ask poignant questions spurred by his interactions with his family and friends. This is one of those rare books which will remind you of your teen days or if you are a teenager just like me you will find it easy to relate to.
It has a brilliant cinematic adaptation also, so just make sure you read the book before you watch the motion picture. Trust me, it will make you feel infinite.
Best quote: ” I am both happy and sad and I am still trying to figure out how I can be both at the same time”.
- The Alchemist
First published in 1988, written by Paul Coelho (perhaps his most famous work). It is an allegorical novel. It follows a young shepherd named Santiago, who travels to the great pyramids of Egypt from Spain to achieve his dreams. It has a charmingly simple narrative and a simple but beautiful plot. ”When you want something the whole universe conspires to help you achieve it”, this line from the novel is core to its philosophy. It shows you that journey is more important than the destination. It is a very inspiring book. I hope that it will inspire you just like it inspired me.
Best quote: ” It is the possibility of having a dream coming true that makes life interesting “.
- The Catcher in the Ray
J. D. Salinger’s masterpiece, it is a book I think every teenager should read. The book features Holden Caulfield narrating events that happened to him around one Christmas. The book’s narration is so honest that you can’t help feeling that you are not reading a book but are listening to a close friend. The novel’s protagonist is a teenager who is having problems adjusting to changes brought by adulthood. Despite being cynical, he is a reader’s delight. You can easily relate to him. This novel is a pure classic, so I guess most of you would have already read it. But if you have not read it, then you must read it, it won’t disappoint you.
Best quote: ” People always clap for the wrong thing”.


Like many of us, I’ve found the pandemic greatly enhanced my reading life, allowing me to attend many more online book groups and author readings than I ever could have in person and to read more than 200 books over the past two years, with more and more of them being “read” as audiobooks. Some of these books were so fantastic I wanted to take a moment to recommend them. And I wanted to share what I’ve learned about my reading habits and how I hope that will affect my reading goals for 2022.
I counted up and categorized everything I read by genre and author, by gender and race and topic, and discovered, no surprise, that I read mostly literary fiction and thrillers by white women – but few, if any, of those books made my list of favorites. So I was happy to see that I’ve increased the number of books I read by Black authors and other POC by 5 percent over the past two years from 24 percent in 2020 to 29 percent in 2021, and I hope to continue hitting about a 70/30 split in my reading this year. Having this as a goal can help guide my choices as I’m deciding between two books. Since I’ve now joined Netgalley, become a regular user of my library app Libby, and am an avid user of the amazing app Scrib’d, having to be judicious in my reading choices is a daily concern.
Deciding to read more books by authors of color is not an act of altruism; it’s a direct benefit to me. Turns out my favorite novels tackle issues of racism, sexism, homophobia, and/or or the environmental crisis, and in my experience, authors of color are more likely to include these subjects as part of their storylines. It’s not that I love reading about depressing topics, but books about something bigger than navel gazing (e.g., infidelity, murder solving, family secrets) are just more compelling and make for a better read. Plus in deft authorial hands, these subjects are not depressing; seeing brave characters confront challenges and overcome them is inspiring.
I used to think I didn’t like non-fiction, but as I’m aging, I’m coming to enjoy more memoirs, plus reading more poetry and discovering several excellent books about how to be more anti-racist have increased the number of non-fiction books I’ve read, too. I also am surprised to see how many of the books I’ve enjoyed have been speculative or sci-fi books, as I hadn’t previously thought of myself as a fan of sci-fi; this is probably because of the surging popularity of near-future dystopias.
I am a high grader on Goodreads, giving most books I finish a four or a five, but that’s because I don’t finish a lot of crappy books. (Life’s too short.) But of all the five-star reviews I’ve given, only a dozen or so novels are still sharp in my mind, all books I would definitely highly recommend if you’re looking for a good read. Here they are, starting with the most recently read. Each one links back to my Goodreads review.
by S.A. Cosby – a fantastic crime thriller about two fathers, one black and one white, who reluctantly team up to find out who killed their sons, who were married to one another. The fathers were homophobes who missed the chance to accept their sons when they were alive, so they are driven after the murders by a potent mix of guilt and regret.The School for Good Mothers
by Jessamine Chen – a deeply disturbing near-future dystopia that creates for-profit mother-training centers. If you’ve ever seen family court in action, this chilling book is all too believable.
by Torrey Peters – a wholly original, funny, moving novel about three individuals contemplating parenthood: a trans woman, a detransitioned man, and a cis hetero woman.
by Robert Jones Jr. – a poignant, powerful novel about two men who love and make a life with one another despite living under the tortures of slavery.
The Knockout Queen by Rufi Thorpe – Two misfit, outcast kids with no stable parents, one a gay boy and one a freakishly tall girl, become best friends and help one another through high school until their paths painfully diverge.
by Yaa Gyasi – A Black woman scientist, who spent part of her girlhood in her mother’s home country of Ghana, researches a cure for addiction in the wake of a family tragedy.
by Alexis Schaitkin – The surviving sister of a murder victim whose killer was never convicted finds her adulthood shaped by the need to placate her broken parents and find her sister’s killer.
My Dark Vanessa
by Elizabeth Kate Russell – A young woman falls in love with a teacher and lets their affair shape her future, taking decades to realize that she was groomed and victimized.
This is How it Always Is
by Laurie Frankel – A beautiful family novel featuring richly drawn parents and siblings who rally around their youngest member when she decides to transition in early childhood..
Such a Fun Age
by Kiley Reid – A hilarious, affecting novel about a Black babysitter and her relationships with the white mother who hires her, the white boyfriend who courts her, and the white child she cares for and comes to love.
The Nickel Boys
by Colson Whitehead – A dark, hard novel about a correctional facility for Black youth in the 1950s and how friendship helped some young men survive the brutal conditions. I still remember the sharp surprise of the twist at the end.
t by Jeanine Cummins – One of the best novels I’ve ever read, focused on the gang murder of a family and the attempt by the surviving mother and child to flee to the United States. Written with compassion and sensitivity, the determination of the mother is especially compelling when one considers how many thousands of such desperate mothers attempt this trek with their small children each year.
I also discovered that everything Chris Bohjalian and Liane Moriarty writes is wonderful and absorbing and reaffirmed for myself that I just don't like book series.
And here are my top 10 favorite non-fiction reads of the past two years, which I am disappointed to see doesn't include any poetry, something I will also focus on more in the year ahead:
by Tara Westover – my favorite-ever memoir, about a young woman raised on a right-wing compound by a crazy, controlling father, and how her world opened up when she got to go to school.
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents --
A master class in presenting a well-supported, compelling argument. Makes clear how much our society is based on an unspoken system of racial caste.
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
by my hero Ronan Farrow – the shocking story not just of how Harvey Weinstein and other predators got away with sexually assaulting women for decades but also of how hard it was to get this story out after NBC tried to kill it.
How to Be Anti-Racist
by Ibram X Kendi – Foundational work that helped me understand the difference between saying “I’m not racist” and learning to live as an active anti-racist.
The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win
by Maria Konnikova – This research-based memoir by a woman who learned to play championship poker contains surprising lessons about how women’s need to please costs us in myriad ways.
I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are
by Rachel Bloom -- because sometimes you just gotta laugh and navel gaze. This one must be enjoyed via the audio version because there are songs.
You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism
by Amber Ruffin – the title says it all. While there is a lot of humor in this book, the cumulative effect of realizing how much shit Black people have to take in their day-to-day lives should hit white people like a brick to the head.
How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us about Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression and Transcendence
by Michael Pollan – Brilliantly researched and compelling, with startling news about how popular psychedelic drugs were becoming among researchers in the 1950s before anti-drug messaging based on racism shut that research down. Bill, the father of AA, was actually only able to get clean after having a transcendent experience while tripping on LSD, but he and his biographers felt that didn’t fit with his image, so they took that out of his story in the Big Book. Of all the stories Pollan shares, I found that one the most disturbing. How many alcoholics thought they were failures because they couldn't pray the booze away while they were denied the real story of how Bill got clean?
A Year of Lovingkindness to Myself
by Brigid Lowry – a beautiful, compassionate book of essays about treating ourselves and one another more gently.
Take some time to think about what your favorite reads have been since the start of the pandemic. What subjects stand out? Which authors? I am surprised to see that even though less than 30 percent of the novels I read were by people of color, 50 percent of my favorites were. How might studying the breakdown of what you’ve been reading affect your own reading choices for 2022? I'm excited that this examination of my own reading has helped guide my reading for the year ahead.
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Melba Books is named after the famous Australian Opera singer "Dame Melba". Read more about her fascinating life and career here. It is also named for the railroad siding of Melba, Saskatchewan. When the Canadian Pacific Railway came through the Canadian prairies they developed a siding at the foot of the beautiful Coteau Hills about 50 miles west of Moose Jaw. While there, the railway cook sang beautiful songs each evening for entertainment. The workers thought she sounded like "Dame Melba" and the small railway siding became formally known afterwards as "Melba".


Art for the Love of Sark was published to highlight the beauty and fragility of Sark’s unique ecosystem and way of life.
This book is a selection of the finest quality reproductions of original artwork produced by award winning Artists who visited Sark in 2011.
The book is a visual delight and is accompanied by a complementary film (on DVD) by Hans Rademakers about The Island featuring the music of Peter Gabriel Byrne and David Lynn Grimes, the Artists and the Project. Produced in association with the Artists for Nature Foundation
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CSS is designed primarily to enable the separation of document content (written in HTML or a similar markup language) from document presentation, including elements such as the layout, colors, and fonts. This separation can improve content accessibility, provide more flexibility and control in the specification of presentation characteristics, enable multiple pages to share formatting, and reduce complexity and repetition in the structural content (such as by allowing for tableless web design).
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A PDF collection of 35 eBooks about CSS3. eBooks are sorted on publisher’s name.
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Addicted chronicles the life of Zoe, an African American family and business lady whose life is derailed by her sex addiction. Strebor, together with this New York Times bestseller, was eventually acquired by Simon and Schuster. However, the authorâs catalog of books will quickly be underneath Penguin Random House, which has recently acquired Simon and Schuster. The first version of the book was printed by Viking Press, which is now owned by Penguin Random House.
A decade later, a cable TV film version of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings aired on CBS. In this case, Angelou maintained ownership of the voice of the movie by co-writing the screenplay with Leonora Thuna. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is an autobiography detailing the early years of writer, activist, poet, and essayist Maya Angelou. By sharing the moments that shaped her, from racist encounters to rape, the influential manuscript earned the writer accolades and acclaim. The title gained the National Book Award in 1970 and held its place on The New York Times paperback bestseller list for 2 years.
Then, from 1920 to 1923, Robeson earned a degree from Columbia University’s Law School, instructing Latin and taking part in pro football on the weekends to pay tuition. Robeson briefly labored as a lawyer in 1923, but left after encountering severe racism at his agency. Spending a lot of the Nineteen Sixties abroad; she first lived in Egypt after which in Ghana, working as an editor and a freelance author. Angelou also held a place at the University of Ghana for a time. If I had read this e-book once I was in my teenagers or 20’s, I would have judged Gwen and Dana so harshly.
As she places collectively a group in school and prepares to compete, Jayla finds that Double Dutch is about a lot more than jumping ropeâand it simply would possibly change her life in methods she never imagined. Full of hilarious household dynamics and loads of jump rope motion, Jayla Jumps In follows one girlâs quest to get her mother healthy and discover her place in her community. But https://handmadewriting.com/editing-services first, she has to survive Planet Pom Poms, the summer time cheer camp the place sheâll audition for a spot on the HoneyBee squad. But with zero athletic ability and a group of imply women who have her number, Tragic Magic is a great distance from becoming the toe-touching cheerleader heroine she desires of being. Developing her braveness and resiliency against the raging hearth, itâs up to Addy to steer her pals to security. But remembering her origins and grandmotherâs teachings, sheâs ready to use road smarts, wilderness abilities, and her spiritual instinct to survive.
Scroll down for YA books by Black authors which are out this season. Colson Whitehead has been a lot within the information today with his latest novel, THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, recently chosen to be the subsequent Oprah Book Club Pick. He burst onto the literary scene nearly 20 years ago with the marvelously creative, genre-bending, noir-inflected novel THE INTUITIONIST, set in the curious world of elevator inspection. With a nod to Ralph Ellisonâs INVISIBLE MAN, Whitehead portrays a universe parallel to our personal, the place matters of morality, politics, and race reveal sudden ironies.
This list is various however by no means exhaustive in its try and seize present-day authors who are creating notable works in a range of genres including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, playwriting, and screenwriting. The newest work from Zadie Smithâone of probably the most prolific writers on race and id of our timeâfollows two brown women who dream of being dancers. The finish of 2017 is near, which implies it’s time for annual year-end âbest ofâ lists to pop up in http://asu.edu all places. Award-winning author of seven books and different works that span genres of fiction, essays, and theatre drama, Bernardine is a inventive powerhouse.
The novel centers around the disappearance of New Yorkâs avatar and the approaching together of 5 new avatars (each representing considered one of New Yorkâs five boroughs) to set things right. In âBrown Girl Dreaming,â Jacqueline Woodson writes poems by way of the lens of herself as a toddler. Raised in New York and South Carolina, Woodson navigates the contrasts of the plains and the wishes of her younger self. The book earned the National Book Award for Young Peopleâs Literature in 2014.
This added to emotions of frustration and a sense that they were not welcome or didn’t belong in the business. While these firsts have to be celebrated, additionally they shine a light on publishingâs systemic practices, which have maintained inequalities and under-representation for black, Asian and minority ethnic writers and numerous books. Despite awareness of its shortcomings and years of debates and initiatives the industry has generally failed to realize lasting change. Kennedy Ryan was one of the first Black authors to win a RITA award from the Romance Writers of America. Her contemporary romance novels are full of angst and trauma, but all the time offer that sweet, satisfying pleased ending.
The guide cover for the paperback version of ‘The Mothers’ by Brit Bennett, printed October 10, 2017. The e-book cover for the paperback edition of ‘Homegoing’ by Yaa Gyasi, printed May 2, 2017. Donât be surprise if it spurs you to take a long-term journey to Paris, or it turns into your favorite journey guide you advocate to all your friends.


Recent Award: The WILLA Literary Award 2010 Finalist for YA fiction
The Healing One begins The Dreamwalker Trilogy with the birth of twins during a solar eclipse. The medicine woman for the Eagle clan sees their births as significant to her people. Because she is also their grandmother, she promises to watch over them and predicts that one day each will be called upon to ensure the survival of the clan. The books begin with when Bright Star and Dark Sun are teenagers living with their parents and others of the Eagle clan in the cliffs that tower above Beaver Creek.
One night a golden eagle guides Bright Star as she dreamwalks into another reality:a spirit world. In this spiritual realm she finds her injured father and rescues him. Her grandmother recognizes this dreamwalking as the sign that Bright Star will one day become the next medicine woman for the People. Bright Star is devastated by what follows and resists the Healing Ways until a stranger comes to their village and persuades her to take a journey that will forever change her life.
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Hello and welcome, Beatrice.Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
First of all, I’m Scottish, from Aberdeen. We’ve been here for over forty years, however, having come for my husband’s job. When you get a good place with good people, you don’t move unless you have to! Secondly, I’m a very devoted and proud grandmother to three delightful grandchildren, who love to do the things I like best such as cooking and gardening.
And I retired as a social worker for older people, and working for family caregivers, in 2006-7 and decided that now was my time to write what I wanted.
I write mostly non-fiction, gerontology and caregiving, and years ago I wrote on herb-gardening; but I have written two children’s stories, Ice Escape, the story of a rescue of pioneer flyers, American Aces, father, mother and 2 children, by a Scottish fishing boat. No Space to Waste is a briefer story about a boy and his grandfather who grew potatoes in rubber tyres.
My most recent young adult novel The Resolute Heart is about a young man who was press-ganged from his home in Fife, Scotland, to serve in Nelson’s Navy. His wife followed him, and after some adventures found the boat where he was serving, boarded and became a surgeon’s assistant. Together they unmasked a mutiny, and a plot to take at least some of the British frigates over to the French.
What’s your writing style, do you plan everything first, or write and see where the story leads you?
I planned No Space to Waste, and Ice Escape followed a pattern, but I wrote The Resolute Heart as it came to me – sometimes at 2 a.m. A very awkward time.
Where did the idea for The Resolute Heart come from?
I got the idea from reading some of my ancestors’ stories, sent me by someone in Scotland who had been researching our ancestry. I’ve always been interested in my ancestors – one side came from Fife, and t’other from the west coast, members of the Cameron Clan, and somehow the two sides got together in Aberdeen. From reading about Harry’s being press-ganged, and his wife following him, I thought it would make a good story.
Which character do you most identify with and why?
Probably the mother in The Resolute Heart, the one supporting the home fires/gathering the herring/selling at market, keeping going while others had the fearsome adventures.
What was your favourite and least favourite part in researching for the novel?
I loved the research but would have been even happier if I’d been able to walk along the streets of Cellardyke in Fife, where my family came from, so that I could continue absorbing the atmosphere. I’ve had a few visits, but I’d like more.
Why did you decide to venture into self-publishing?
Speed of getting things out. At my age (mid seventies) I can’t wait for publishers’ decisions, and then the time to get the books out. I’d much rather someone else did this, but I want to see the books in my hand, fast.
What has been the hardest part with promoting your work?
Not knowing quite what to do and where to go.
What tips would you give to others considering publishing that you wished you knew when you started?
Go for it! Find others who can help, join NZSA which is an excellent organisation, become more computer literate. I needed to know more about printing fonts, sizes, sizes of covers at the end, though the cover itself is brilliant (of Ice Escape), I managed to make a mistake on sizing it when I got a few books printed.
What else have you had published, and what is coming up?
Recently, I’ve published Ice Escape and The Resolute Heart, but before then I was working in Non-fiction and published Family Transitions in Caregiving (Patrick Barrett, Beatrice Hale, Mary Butler) and The Age of Supported Independence (Beatrice Hale, Patrick Barrett, Robin Gauld). Before that I published with Longacre The NZ Pleasure Garden.
Coming up? I’m hoping to have Simon Says, a book about a young carer whose mother is sick and who gets bullied at school, and Lucas catches the Light and I don’t know what that’s about yet! What I’m currently working on is The Story of Caregiving, a meander through the past looking at how people gave care to older family members. I begin by discussing work on Neanderthal peoples, and move on from there. Very interesting, hugely ambitious and I just hope I can finish it.
Thanks so much for chatting with us today. Where can we buy your books?
Ice Escape is available via Amazon and Smashwords
and The Resolute Heart, through Amazon as Kindle ebook and Paperback.
You can also connect with Beatrice via her Amazon Author Page HERE
And on Linkedin HERE


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Перевод на англ.: О. Тучина
Год издания: 2017
Кол-во страниц: 174 илл.
Размер страницы: 145 х 210
Тип обложки: мягкая
Возрастное ограничение: 12+
This Educator’s Guide will be useful to primary school teachers, psychologists, and chess
club coaches who aim at overall development of children and further translation of the abilities
that are developed during chess training to other school subjects and activities. The theoretical part of the Guide outlines the essence of the Reflection and Activity Approach to designing chess training targeting development of the ability to perform mentally. The authors delineate the chess training program (from the basics of Chess to solving mate-in-one problems in one’s head). The Guide describes the process of developing the ability to make a mental move. Specific exercises (chess problems) and an exemplary lesson plan are provided. The Guide rests on the principles and techniques of the Reflection and Activity Approach to developmental psychology and the evidence obtained in terms of the Chess for Overall Development Project that has been evolving in Satka since 2004.
The Guide was published with the organizational and financial support of the Satka German-Russian Chess Foundation


Named by the Texas Legislature in 2015 as the State Poet Laureate of Texas, Dr. Carmen Tafolla is the author of more than 20 books, ranging from collections of poetry to collections of short stories, and from historical non-fiction to children's books. A popular speaker, performer and educator, she was named in 2012 by Mayor Julian Castro as the first Poet Laureate of the City of San Antonio, and is one of the most widely anthologized of Latina writers, with works being published in newspapers and posters, high school and college textbooks, Kindergarten Big Books, elementary readers, literary anthologies in India and magazines in Mexico City. Called by Rigoberto Gonzales the Zora Neale Hurston of the Chicano Community and by Alex Haley “a world-class writer”, Tafolla, a native of the West-Side barrios of San Antonio, has performed in London, Madrid, Mexico City, Norway, New Zealand, Canada, and throughout the United States and has been recognized by the National Association for Chicano Studies for "giving voice to the peoples and cultures of this land."
A native of the West-Side barrios of San Antonio, Texas, Tafolla was told by her junior high principal that she had potential to make it all the way to high school. Instead, she completed high school, a B.A. from Austin College in 1972, an M.A. from Austin College in 1973, and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin, in 1982. In 1973, she became Director of the Mexican-American Studies Center at Texas Lutheran College where she initiated, among other projects, the El Premio Roberto Salinas Award to recognize students who have worked to promote human understanding and cultural harmony.
Tafolla has held numerous faculty and administrative positions at universities throughout the Southwest, including Associate Professor of Women’s Studies at California State University Fresno and Special Assistant to the President for Cultural Diversity Programming at Northern Arizona University. She was the first Chicana to head a Mexican-American Studies Center, and the first Latina to be awarded a Charlotte Zolotow award.
Honored twice by the Library of Congress, Tafolla received the 2010 Americas Award. Numerous other distinctions include the Art of Peace Award for works which promote peace, justice and human understanding, five International Latino Book Awards, Outstanding Young Women of America, Foremost Women of the Twentieth Century, and the Dictionary of International Biography. In 1999, the President’s Peace Commission of St. Mary’s University selected her for its Art of Peace Award for writing which promotes peace, justice and human understanding. She has authored five books of poetry, eight children’s picture books, seven television screenplays, several non-fiction volumes, and a collection of short stories, The Holy Tortilla and a Pot of Beans. In addition, she co-authored with filmmaker Sylvia Morales a feature-length comedy entitled REAL MEN... and other miracles. Her works are archived at the University of Texas Benson Latin American Collection. Dr. Carmen Tafolla currently teaches at the University of Texas-San Antonio, as Associate Professor for Transformative Children’s Literature, and lives in San Antonio, where she is at work on the biography of noted 1930s civil rights organizer Emma Tenayuca.


My aged professor’s hunched figure hobbles through the door each morning, usually muttering a hello to the class or launching directly into a ramble about our novel. He positions himself behind the dark wooden podium, which obscures most of his body. We only see the brown leather shoulder pads on his green canvas coat and the snow-white tufts of hair on his head, and everything in between. As he talks he alternates between English and French.
“I don’t know why, I just feel like speaking English more today,” he muddle-stutters. “I don’t know… I just feel like it.”
He tends to repeat things twice, sometimes, too.
He glances occasionally at a loose stack of yellow lined notepad paper with sharp crisp lettering in blue ink adorning its surface. In between long winds of explanations, he coughs, clears his throat abruptly, and with vigor (a jarring phenomenon to witness at first, but I have, oddly enough, grown rather used to it at this point). Besides my professor’s idiosyncrasies, the insights I’ve unearthed from the novel we are tackling, Madame Bovary, have made a lasting impression in my mind.
Up to three times per class, my professor interrupts his thoughts mid-sentence to digress that Madame Bovary is the best novel ever written in the history of French culture, that it is a phenomenal effort by the author, Gustave Flaubert, to engage in modern methods of expression in literature.
“This book is about the sadness of life, really.” he sighs, he blinks, and continues, “I don’t think young people should be allowed to read this book. It’s too harsh, too cynical.”
Under the guidance of my peculiar professor, I learned some fascinating information I will now relay back to the universe via cyberspace. Here goes :
Madame Bovary was published in 1857 by Gustave Flaubert, when Paris looked like this:
A brief summary: Emma Bovary marries a gentle and well-meaning, but rather dull and boring bafoon of a husband, Charles Bovary. By way of rather shallow ‘love’ affairs and spending more money than she has, Emma lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of her provincial life.
Flaubert went on trial for the promiscuity of his writing the year the novel was published. Remember that film did not exist quite yet; it wasn’t invented until nearly four decades after Madame Bovary’s publication. Naturally, novels had greater impact on the literate populations of the time. Literature was one of the most primary and vivid methods of story-telling for the public. Emma’s intense problem of desire to escape the boredom and insufficiency of life, and Flaubert’s expression of her dissatisfaction and frustration with her life, was thought to arouse the passions of the middle-class society of women. The novel was charged as “an outrage to public and religious morals.”
As a brief side note I want to acknowledge that this work was indeed written from the perspective of a woman by an upper-class 36-year-old French white man, and so it goes without saying that it cannot contain the subtle, unspoken and inexplicable, nuances that form the complete whole of a womanhood. Accepting these facts and moving on, I chose, for this reason, to focus on reading the novel not so much as an authentic account of gendered experience but more so as an intimate look into life for a woman in the time period, and the nature of the patriarchal system she finds herself as victim of.
In class we only briefly touched on the feminist tones of the novel. My professor has not explored the concept in further detail on the grounds that there is deeper meaning behind the novel as an aesthetic document. He says that all great works transcend sex and gender. Which I have decided that I do agree with, however, I think that for certain works, a specific sex may resonate on a different level with the truths of that story because of particular sensibilities. He claims that women probably get more out of Madame Bovary that men do, which I have also decided that I would like to believe.
Honoré de Blazac
Flaubert’s literary predecessors were Honoré de Balzac and Victor Hugo, whom wrote in a styles referred to as “realism” and “romanticism,” respectively. They entail long winding descriptions and the monumentalizing of objects and people, as well as emotionally charged, dramatic exchanges and experiences.
To be modern is to make a clean break with the past. If the past of literature consisted of didactic realism and inflated romanticism, then Madame Bovary is a satire of not only contemporary systems and society, but of past literary styles themselves. Madame Bovary cuts directly to the bare, stark core of the bleak reality of things. Furthermore, this means that Flaubert’s novel is not so much called “modern” for the content of the story, but the way in which the story is told. The surface plot of Madame Bovary is banal as can be, considering that stories about adultery are as old as books themselves.
There are a number of ways in which Flaubert’s style exudes these bold jabs at the ridiculousness and dated-ness of the past while establishing some new experimental
1). He writes in imperfect tense, discards the safety net narrator.
This tense combines past tense and imperfective aspect (reference to a continuing or repeated action). It has meanings similar in English like “was walking” or “used to walk.” The ambiguity and vagueness of this tense leaves readers unsure of the exact order and timing in which certain actions of the characters are performed. This imprecision stems from a larger effort on Flaubert’s part to do away completely with the concept of the narrator. In past novels, the narrator was always established as an all-knowing figure who provided masses of information and insights about characters and the storyline. In this novel, the voice of the narrator is absent; Flaubert asserts that the narrator is no longer our friend here.
2). Ironic tone and distancing of past conventions
As is so concisely put by Dangerous Pages Redux, Madame Bovary is “a biting satire of the French bourgeoisie, the petty, social climbing snobs of the middle road…The novel comments on the trends of the time, using Emma as a mouthpiece to show France’s upwardly mobile middle class as unsophisticated, gaudy and materialistic.” One way Flaubert subverts the norm is through his extensive and obviously sarcastic use of clichés. During one of the exchanges between Emma and her lovers, for example, the couple discuss the colors of the setting sun and of music. The conversation continues to drone on this note of mockingly sappy dialogue. Flaubert presents clichés as a reflection of people’s suffering from a lack of originality and freshness in ideas. Flaubert italicizes terms in order to deliberately set them apart as words that he, for lack of better words, finds dumb. To distance his writing style from the romantics’, he purposefully dedicates an absurdly long chunk of text to the meticulous description of a ridiculous looking hat. This is his jab at past writers and their encyclopedic portrayal of objects and people. Talk about being shady.
Portrait of Gustave Flaubert by Eugène Giraud
3). ‘Flaubertian’ Lyricism
While some passages in the novel are bitingly satiric and ironic, Flaubert’s writing occasionally undulates into zones of poetic descriptions that have a melodic rhythm and project harmonious images. In other words, his writing goes beyond prose and towards the sensuous oscillation of a rising and falling pitch. For example, take the sentence:
“La pluie ne tombait plus; le jour commençait à venir, et, sur les branches des pommiers sans feuilles, des oiseaux se tenaient immboiles, hérissant leurs petites plumes au vent froid du matin.” (Partie Une, Chapitre II).
Here, we see that the “et” (“and”) acts as a break, in the sense that the portion of the sentence preceding the word is pronounced in a rising tone, and, the second portion of the sentence after the “et” is read to end in a falling, lower toned pitch. Each comma acts as a marker to change an octave. Hence with his ample use of semicolons and “et” to direct the melody of his words, Flaubert achieves a poetic form of writing.
“La phrase prend de l’ampleur,” says my professor.
It is for this reason that I must also be the barer of bad news for all non-French readers out there; to really get the full effect of the sing-song poetic quality ingrained in Flaubertian diction and syntax structure, one must read en Francais. Flaubert deliberately chose certain words in this language for not only their pointed meanings but the sound they make when they are uttered in the mind or aloud while reading.
4). Big themes
Emma suffers from a fundamental unhappiness deeply rooted in boredom, the banality and insufficiency of her life. To escape her suffering and attempt to transcend the limits of her desires, Emma falls hard for the fairytale ending she has read about in books, and becomes fully invested in insisting that these illusions appear in her reality. She is driven forth by the hope for Prince Charming to show up, for a life of adventure, for anywhere but here. Tangled in this net of solitary suffering and longing, Emma rejects both her husband and child, and centers her energy on herself. At the same time that Emma is portrayed as a bitter, unkind and cold person, the hopelessness of her dealing with her situation demands sympathy from the reader which Flaubert has managed to masterfully extract. Madame Bovary is captivating because of the complexities of both themes and character that is presents.
Madame Bovary (2014)
5). My favorite concept:
The passage from the novel that has occupied my thoughts the most as of late lies in Flaubert’s commentary about the limitations of spoken word. Interrupting a sparse dialogue between the characters, Flaubert injects a paragraph about the failure of words to capture and express, at times, the core of an emotion or thought. This got me thinking that all linguistic endeavors are man-made. They are not innate, they were not born with the Earth but with humans. Language and words are just a tool that humans made up in the hopes that the pronunciation of certain sounds in determined orders, combinations and tonal inflections would approximate, closely enough, the essence of a mood or idea that stirs inside of a person. But words can fail us sometimes, and that’s okay. It’s okay because this leaves some truths impossible to express. And that leaves some truths holy.
6). What to make of it
My professor triumphantly announced on the first day of class, “Ce livre n’est pas à props de Madame Bovary, mais de nous.” (“This book is not about Madame Bovary, but about us.”)
Flaubert has famously said “Madame Bovary, c’est moi.” (“Madame Bovary is me.”)
How do I reconcile these claims? Well, they are not mutually exclusive. Flaubert wrote this book partly in self-reflection and deep analysis of self, which he infused into Emma’s character and mentality. Yet this same mentality is what extends and connects to us all as breathing, thinking beings. In reading the novel, a certain familiarity of emotions will seep into your periphery and you will confront yourself.
It is about Flaubert, and me, and you.
Header image: Photograph of 19th century Paris


This weekend is typically the second busiest one of the season and over the weekend, the skiing at Alta has been exceptional all weekend. Fresh snow fell over the weekend with powder yesterday and today. Today the sun is shining as you can see in this shot taken from Alta’s mountain camera located at the top of Collins lift.
Last week the University of Utah Marriott Library Special Collections put some clips on their YouTube channel from the classic 1940’s era film “Margie of the Wasatch”. The film was shot when Alta had only one chairlift–the Collins single chair–which ended a little past the angle station of the current Collins chair. The story line is engaging and we’ve included the first clip with a link to the U of U’s YouTube channel so you can view all five clips.


Coggernaut's Big Guide Of Medieval Engineers Modding
The Big Guide Of Medieval Engineers Modding By [1COG] Coggernaut and 1 collaborators.
A "Do it live" kind of guide, that will teach someone who has never modded to learn how to mod Medieval Engineers.
Do you have a Blender model completed with a stable 512x512.png UV ready and accompanying 512x512.png texture ready to convert to .dds format?
- Than this guide is definitely for you if you are trying to figure out the magic of M.E. modding from the Blender platform. I was where you once are now.
- This guide can still work for you but some knowledge in blender is pretty much required. This guide may get your creative juices flowing and introduce you to your new favorite toy.
Whether you have Blender installed or not got to C: drive folder or what ever the root directory of your machine is and make a folder called "BlenderSaves". Also within this folder create a folder called "Textures" and also a folder called "Models". This will store your pre-M.E. world developing products so you may get them to the right size and orientation when exporting the models into the M.E. & S.E. data standard "3Dmodel.mwm" file format.
Within the texture folder you should keep backups of your .png textures not including UVs. Within the Models folder make more folders by the name of the block you are creating and keep multiple versions of the iterations until a final placeholder is reached then delete outdated and obsolete versions. Examples will be found in the upcoming videos.
Have you created the folder in "Appdata/Roaming/Medieval Engineers/Mods" that will contain your mod creation?
- O.K. you are probably just ready for the video that shows you how to make your .blend into a .mwm file. That is coming but I must lay all this out first to be certain all the information is clear.
- That's not a problem. Do that now and come right back to this spot. Use the main content folder and grab the basics. (Data/_,Models/_,Textures/(Models/_),(GUI/_)) Throw these in a named folder and you have the basis of your mod folder.
Place this into the previously named "Roaming" M.E. directory and into that mods folder. This Folder of folders is the ground work for the storage and coding of your future creative expressions. You can delete all unnecessary files you are not modding unless the game gives you a bug later and you might have to re-add something but keep the files as light as you can in the beginning of your M.E. modding journey.
A message from the creator Coggernaut!
What Software do I need? (It's all FREE) Hello, I am the narrator for this adventure. It will be an exciting trip filled with success, struggle, and new found joy. Modding can be tricky at first but as you practice modeling and explore new things, you begin to find it more easy. Though as you begin your journey, your pockets feel empty... if that's the case don't worry! Hurry, open the chests to acquire your Modding Equipment.
- You need a Modeling software, this guide uses the Blender: BLENDER DOWNLOAD LINK
- This is important for understanding how to use Blender with ME: http://harag-on-steam.github.io/se-blender/
This guide was designed for Space Engineers, but it works for Medieval Engineers, so you need to get your Mwm converter working. You'll find the (working) mwm converter.exe in 32-bit MedeivalEngineersModSDK. If you use the Current MedievalEngineersModSDK the mwm converter will not work. So Please keep the "Legacy" 32-Bit SDK on while using the Blender Addon, if you need to import an FBX, please use the Current SDK.
- You MUST follow this guide above ^^^
- Havoc is required for Blender, Link to acquire havoc
- You will then need a Scripting software to write a script. (I use Notepad). https://notepad-plus-plus.org/
- You will need some Painting programs:
- MS Paint http://www.getpaint.net/index.html
- You will need a PNG to DDS converter: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9xkntwx0jqzd6jv/png2dds.exe?dl=1
- You will need the Legacy 32-Bit version and current version (at different points in time) of the Medieval EngineersModSDK file: Found under steam Library --> Tools
(The reason you need the legacy 32-Bit version is that it contains the Mwmbuilder that works for this guide's blender to mwm converter.)
Equipped with the legendary tools of modding, you begin your quest, you step into the darkness, but you are not alone! The narrator is with you! Let us begin....
If you have any further questions, our modding group is here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SFMTHFG


ALEJANDRO MARTÍNEZ (scientific edition)
History of the Arts among the Ancients by Johann Joachim Winckelmann. Work translated from German into French and from French into Spanish in 1784 and illustrated with some notes by Diego Antonio Rejón de Silva, Académico de Honór de la Real de San Fernando.
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
235 × 165 mm
The translation by Diego Antonio Rejón de Silva, whose manuscript has been deposited in the Archive-Library of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando since 1797 and which we are now finally publishing, plays an important role in this account. Both this author’s efforts to make Winckelmann’s text accessible to a wider public and the fact that his efforts were cut short represent equally interesting and, in a certain sense, complementary aspects of the complex framework in which Enlightenment thought was forged, showing that there is something refractory between Spain and the aesthetic and political ideals represented by this author at the end of the 18th century.
His reception in Spain has not been evaluated in depth until recently. A challenge that is beginning to bear fruit, mainly after the holding of the congress El legado de Winckelmann en España/Das Vermächtnis von Johann Joachim Winckelmann in Spanien held at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in October 2011. His imprint has been sought in his relations with Spaniards living in Rome and in the presence of his works in public and private libraries in Spain at that time, but also in the general context of the reception of the classical world in the theory of the Fine Arts and, most especially, through Anton Raphael Mengs. However, and even if we believe it to be a conditioning factor in Reflections on Beauty and Taste in Painting, it is worth asking: was Mengs’s success an obstacle to the publication of his admired friend’s work, or should we consider other reasons in the content of his ideas or, at least, in the context in which they were received in post-1789 Europe?
The purpose of this edition is to make Rejón de Silva’s publishing project accessible, thus contributing to the body of literary sources of the period for the analysis of neoclassical reception in Spain. From it we can deduce aspects derived from the exercise of translation as an aesthetic and political response on the part of the person who undertakes it. A particular “aesthetics of translation” that could well help us to better understand the reception of Johann Joachim Winckelmann in Spain during the Enlightenment. Published by the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, the scientific edition of this work is the work of Alejandro Martínez Pérez (PhD student in the Department of History and Theory of Art at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), with the collaboration of Bárbara Avezuela Aristu, Susana Delgado Ibáñez and Cristina Martínez Delgado in the edition, design and revision.
More information on the RABASF website


Les Liaisons dangereuses, one of the most scandalous novels of all time, is a French epistolary novel by Choderlos de Laclos, first published in four volumes by Durand Neveu from March 23, 1782. It is celebrated for its exploration of seduction, revenge, and human malice. The novel is often claimed to be the source of the saying “Revenge is a dish best served cold”, a paraphrased translation of “La vengeance est un plat qui se mange fraud”.
It is in the world of feature film that Laclos’s diabolical characters have been most memorably portrayed. The screenplay for Dangerous Liaisons (1988), directed by Stephen Frears, was adapted from the stage play by Christopher Hampton. Frears’s sharp, elegant drama stars a masterfully evil Glenn Close as the sinister Marquise de Merteuil. Close shares brilliant chemistry with John Malkovich as the snake-like Vicomte de Valmont. Michelle Pfeiffer radiates purity as Madame de Tourvel, and a young Uma Thurman rounds out the group as Cecile de Volanges. Set in stunning French chateaus and shot with polished camerawork, the film was nominated for seven Academy Awards; it won for art direction, costume design, and adapted screenplay.
The teensploitation flick Cruel Intentions (1999) brings Laclos’s novel to the world of jaded Manhattan prep school students. It features Sarah Michelle Gellar as Kathryn Merteuil and Ryan Phillippe as her stepbrother Sebastian Valmont. Kathryn promises to have sex with her stepbrother if he can deflower the sniveling Cecile Caldwell, entertainingly played by Selma Blair. Sebastian agrees, but also sets his eye on the self-righteous prude Annette Hargrove, played by Reese Witherspoon. Slick and melodramatic, the movie by writer-director Roger Kumble is an innovative twist on Laclos’s story.