![]() ![]() ![]() He left the firm in 1993 so that he could devote his focus to writing. Richard North Patterson was a practicing member of the San Francisco office of the firm McCutchen, Doyle, Brown, and Enerson. He was an assistant Attorney General for Ohio State and worked for the Securities & Exchange Commission in San Francisco and Washington D.C. The Case Western Reserve University awarded him the University President’s Award For Distinguished Alumni and the President’s Award For Excellence as well. He graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1971. He was awarded the Distinguished Achievement Citation by that university and also received the Alumni Achievement Award from his fraternity. He graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1968. Richard North Patterson is an American #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of many serious novels. ![]()
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![]() Is There a Trailer for 'Our Kind of People'?Ī trailer and a number of different clips have been released in the lead-up to the show's debut on Fox. The drama soon sees Angela discover a dark secret about her own mother, one that completely flips her world upside down. Our Kind of People follows Angela as she returns to Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, to reclaim her family name.īack in her hometown, the single mother tries to join the "sisterhood" of the rich and powerful Black elite in the area and she introduces her revolutionary haircare line that focuses on highlighting Black women's natural beauty. ![]() What Will Happen in 'Our Kind of People'? All We Know So Far About 'Sex Education' Season 4.Debbie Allen Makes History at the 2021 Emmys.'Jeopardy!' Champ Matt Amodio 'Excited' for Mayim Bialik's Arrival As Host. ![]() ![]() ![]() Even in these colonial zones-from South Africa to Namibia to Zimbabwe- the people were on the move, fighting with their bodies and their guns, with their poems and their murals. South Africa, South-West Africa (or Namibia), Rhodesia (or Zimbabwe), as well as Djibouti, Seychelles, and Western Sahara remained in colonial hands. Most of the countries in the African continent had won their freedom. What did Rodney mean when he said that line, Africa is on the move? 1 In 1974, the previous year, the African national liberation movements defeated the Portuguese to win the freedom of Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe. ![]() This line stays with me, digs deep into my sense of historical possibility. In 1975, Walter Rodney wrote, Africa is on the move. History Imperialism Movements Revolutions Places: Africa ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Harvey’s main point is that the current global dominance of neoliberalism-a set of policies that includes free trade, low taxes, lax business regulation, reduced government services, and hostility to labor unions-was not the inevitable result of economic logic but was instead the product of a deliberate campaign by wealthy and powerful individuals to secure their class interests. ![]() David Harvey’s A Brief History of Neoliberalism, a slender but dense volume, provides an explanation for that situation. But a key element is surely the rise of a political economy that allows a tiny international elite to garner unimaginable wealth and wield inordinate political power while the middle and working classes of the developed nations stagnate economically and writhe in political impotence. The roots of the anti-establishment mood that was so visible this year in the US presidential primaries and the Brexit vote in the UK are no doubt many and complex. A Brief History of Neoliberalism by David Harvey (Oxford University Press, 2005) ![]() 6/22/2023 0 Comments Midnight at austenland![]() ![]() IsPublicPerformanceAllowed False languages ![]() ![]() How could it not turn out right in the end? Mallery as sinister as he seems? What is Miss Gardenside's mysterious ailment? Was that an actual dead body in the secret attic room? And-perhaps of the most lasting importance-could the stirrings in Charlotte's heart be a sign of real-life love? The follow-up to reader favorite Austenland provides the same perfectly plotted pleasures, with a feisty new heroine, plenty of fresh and frightening twists, and the possibility of a romance that might just go beyond the proper bounds of Austen's world. And as the parlor games turn a little bit menacing, she finds she needs more than a good corset to keep herself safe. Everyone at Pembrook Park is playing a role, but increasingly, Charlotte isn't sure where roles end and reality begins. She dons a bonnet and stays at a country manor house that provides an immersive Austen experience, complete with gentleman actors who cater to the guests' Austen fantasies. When Charlotte Kinder treats herself to a two-week vacation at Austenland, she happily leaves behind her ex-husband and his delightful new wife, her ever-grateful children, and all the rest of her real life in America. New York Times bestselling author Shannon Hale offers up mystery, romance, and a lot of fun in this follow-up to Austenland. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I have actually reread and also re-listened to various parts a few times, as well as I haven’t cared one little bit … being in one part in the book – behind in the audiobook. The electronic book and also audiobook that I have are not synced with each other which is not a negative point. At some point I looked into the electronic book from the collection to speed up points along. David McCullough – Truman Audiobook Truman Audiobook ![]() 6/22/2023 0 Comments Franzen how to be alone![]() Recent pieces include a moving essay on his father's struggle with Alzheimer's disease and a rueful account of Franzen's brief tenure as an Oprah Winfrey author. Although his subjects range from the sex-advice industry to the way a supermax prison works, each piece wrestles with familiar themes of Franzen's writing: the erosion of civic life and private dignity, and the hidden persistence of loneliness, in postmodern, imperial America. This essay is reprinted for the first time in 'How to be Alone', alongside the personal essays and painstaking, often funny reportage that earned Franzen a wide readership before the success of 'The Corrections'. Nearly every in-depth review of it discussed what became known as 'The Harper's Essay,' Franzen's controversial 1996 look at the fate of the novel. Jonathan Franzen's 'The Corrections' was the best-loved and most written-about novel of 2001. ![]() ![]() Passionate, independent-minded nonfiction from the international bestselling author of 'The Corrections'. ![]() 6/21/2023 0 Comments Against the web by michael brooks![]() ![]() Michael Jamal Brooks was born on August 13, 1983, to Donna Brooks and Glenn Brooks, and grew up in Hampshire County, Massachusetts. He commented extensively on US foreign policy, the Middle East, Latin America, capitalism, and the intellectual dark web. īrooks was a self-identified progressive, internationalist, democratic socialist, and Marxist humanist. His book Against the Web: A Cosmopolitan Answer to the New Right was published by Zero Books in April 2020. Brooks contributed to various publications, including HuffPost, The Washington Post, Al Jazeera, openDemocracy, and Jacobin. ![]() While co-hosting The Majority Report with Sam Seder, he launched The Michael Brooks Show in August 2017 and provided commentary for media outlets, making regular appearances on shows such as The Young Turks. Michael Jamal Brooks (Aug– July 20, 2020) was an American talk show host, writer, political commentator, and comedian. ![]() 6/21/2023 0 Comments Moonlight by lisa kessler![]() It should be a simple mission for Adam, but when he touches the frustratingly beautiful Lana, his inner wolf howls.mate. And the stranger across the diner is watching her like an enemy. But now she's being tracked by some strange organization that wants her back - even though she's never stepped foot inside their compound. Raised in the foster system, she only knows that she blacks out during the new moon and wakes up without remembering a thing. ![]() Lana Turpin doesn't realize she's a moving target. And when he smells one at the local diner, his standing orders are to take her out. But a group of jaguar shifters threatens to reveal the pack, blasting into town killing humans in plain sight. ![]() ![]() As the heir to his Pack, the sexy werewolf's biggest challenge is keeping his kin's true nature under wraps. Rancher Adam Sloan is more than meets the eye. ![]() 6/21/2023 0 Comments François chollet deep learning![]() ![]() ![]() An intellectual superpower is the ability to consider every new idea as if it might be true, rather than merely checking whether it confirms/contradicts your current views.Ĭhollet’s essay seemed mostly on-point and kept to the object-level arguments. If you post an argument online, and the only opposition you get is braindead arguments and insults, does it confirm you were right? Or is it just self-selection of those who argue online?ĭon’t be overly attached to your views some of them are probably incorrect. ![]() In response to critics of his essay, Chollet tweeted: This is a reply to Francois Chollet, the inventor of the Keras wrapper for the Tensorflow and Theano deep learning systems, on his essay “ The impossibility of intelligence explosion.” A reply to Francois Chollet on intelligence explosion ![]() |