![]() This cultural clash unfolds in a compelling, emotional drama of seduction, betrayal, and redemption. Two worlds collide in the course of this epochal story: that of the old-time aristocrats, who struggle to uphold their traditions of serfdom and authoritarian government, and that of the Westernizing liberals, who promote technology, rationalism, and democracy. ![]() Set against a backdrop of the historic social changes that swept Russia during the late nineteenth century, it reflects Tolstoy's own personal and psychological transformation. Tolstoy charts the course of the doomed love affair between Anna, a beautiful married woman, and Count Vronsky, a wealthy army officer who pursues Anna after becoming infatuated with her at a ball. This novel marks a turning point in the author's career, the juncture at which he turned from fiction toward faith. Anna Karenina is a novel of unparalleled richness and complexity, set against the backdrop of Russian high society. This book is available and ready to be shipped. ![]() ![]() Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Their first meeting is innocent, but as Eva matures into a woman, their chance reunions evolve into a fit of lust and love. Like Eva, he was born and raised in the club-but that’s where the similarities end. Deuce West is the sexy, biker bad-ass of the Hell’s Horsemen Motorcycle Club. ![]() When she’s a young girl, Eva meets the reason for her existence. Growing up with bikers in the club lifestyle is all that she knows. Eva Fox is the princess of the Silver Demons Motorcycle Club. It grows and develops-with hurt, sacrifice, and heartache-over the span of a lifetime. This is an epic love story that knows no boundaries and has no time limits. ![]() It’s intense, gritty and raw, dark and disturbing, and it doesn’t happen overnight. This is an all-consuming, soul-crushing, tear-your-heart-into-pieces story. Warning: This is not a typical, sappy love story. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Renowned for his uncanny ability to incorporate amazing detail and imagination into stunningly realistic fantasy settings, James Gurney teaches budding artists and fans of fantasy art step-by-step the techniques that won him worldwide critical acclaim. From the award-winning artist, learn to see and shape the world in a way you never before imagined.Īn award-winning fantasy artist and the creator of Dinotopia, James Gurney instructs and inspires in Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn't Exist. ![]() ![]() He also forms alliances with other powerful beings, including the Demon lord Milim Nava "Destroyer" and the "Storm Dragon" Veldora Tempest. He then establishes a nation called Jura Tempest Federation and becomes its ruler, promoting equality and justice among all its inhabitants. Rimuru eventually meets and befriends different monster races quickly gaining a reputation as a powerful and benevolent leader who strives to build a peaceful society for all races. This allows him to gain new skills and become stronger. ![]() As a slime, Rimuru initially struggles to survive in this new world but soon discovers that he has the power to absorb and mimic the abilities of any creature he consumes. However, he is reincarnated into a fantasy world as a slime monster with unique abilities. One day, while walking home from work, he is stabbed and killed by a criminal. ![]() ![]() Main characters Rimuru Tempest ( リムル・テンペスト, Rimuru Tenpesuto) Voiced by: Miho Okasaki (Rimuru), Takuma Terashima (Satoru) (Japanese) Brittney Karbowski (Rimuru), Jason Liebrecht (Satoru) (English) Rimuru Tempest's background story begins in Japan, where he was originally a human named Satoru Mikami. The following is the list of characters from That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime. A promotional poster featuring Rimuru, Chloe, Milim and other demon lords. ![]() ![]() ![]() The tradition of mangaji kamatian is a form of acculturation of Minangkabau and Islamic culture in Minangkabau. Ambitious and bold, Geertz's greatest creation is a method all critical thinkers can learn from. The best way to do this, for Geertz, is via 'thick description:' a way of recording things that explores context and surroundings, and articulates meaning within the web of culture. ![]() ![]() Understanding culture, therefore, is not so much a matter of going in search of law, but of setting out an interpretative framework for meaning that focuses directly on attempts to define the real meaning of things within a given culture. For Geertz, 'cultures' are 'webs of meaning' in which everyone is suspended. Geertz is best known for his definition of 'culture,' and his theory of 'thick description,' an influential technique that depends on fresh interpretative approaches. For Geertz, however, standard interpretative approaches did not go deep enough, and his life's work concentrated on deepening and perfecting his subject's interpretative skills. The centrality of interpretative skills to anthropology is uncontested: in a subject that is all about understanding mankind, and which seeks to outline the differences and the common ground that exists between cultures, interpretation is the crucial skillset. Clifford Geertz has been called 'the most original anthropologist of his generation' - and this reputation rests largely on the huge contributions to the methodology and approaches of anthropological interpretation that he outlined in The Interpretation of Cultures. ![]() ![]() ![]() Another small similarity is the fact that they are close to their English teachers. Unlike the Perks, which is written in letter form, Spud is written as journal entries. Spud and Charlie share a similar way of thinking and their situations are closely related, in terms of the fact that they are both learning about themselves and the world around them. I definitely saw similarites, although few, between Spud and the Perks. I haven't read Catcher in the Rye though, so I wouldn't know. I think it's been described somewhere (I can't remember exactly where) as the South African Catcher in the Rye. I almost want to say that this is sort of like The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Other than that, there isn't much more similarity. Except, I go to a nearby(ish) school and Spud is at a boarding school in South Africa in the 1990s, at the time of apartheid. We both go to all boys schools and have to dress in pointless dress codes. Mainly the school aspect, which is pretty much the entire book. I decided to read Spud because it is sort of like my situation. ![]() ![]() Edger soon learns of a supervillain who’s capable of reading minds. But Alex distrusts Mary, who confesses Watson is her father, whom she wouldn’t mind killing. GSPOT boss Alexandra Hamilton assigns Edger and Mary the task of preventing the prime minister’s potential assassination. Meanwhile, Australian Prime Minister Watson is planning to admit he’s a Nostradamus official and name others. He only has access to Nigel Willianbottom, a Brit with few discernible skills. But when Nostradamus agents suddenly attack Edger and Mary at home, his power inexplicably vanishes. Bruce Lee, for example, can temporarily take control, affording Edger martial arts deftness. Edger has the ability to access the Collective Unconscious, a “psychic stratum” of everyone living or dead. He’s living in Burbank, California, with spy Mary Thomas of the Global Strategic Peace Organization Taskforce as his protector and cover wife. To protect his loved ones, Edger Bonkovich pretends to be dead after the evil organization Nostradamus destroys his house. After mysteriously losing his abilities, a psychic superhero tries to prevent an assassination and thwart a powerful villain in this comedy-action sequel. ![]() ![]() ![]() We developed a model that predicts brain age from resting state (rs)-fMRI data, and assessed whether genetic determinants of AD, as well as beta-amyloid (Aβ) pathology, can accelerate brain aging. This impairment may be leveraged to aid investigation of the pre-clinical phase of AD. Resting state functional connectivity (rs-fMRI) is impaired early in persons who subsequently develop Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia. Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education.Office of Vice President for Business Affairs and Chief Financial Officer.Office of VP for University Human Resources.Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment.Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR). ![]()
![]() Ok so, I definitely have mixed feelings about this book. Sometimes funny, sometimes direct, but always truthful, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man is a book you must read if you want to understand how men think when it comes to relationships. The five questions every woman should ask a man to determine how serious he is. ![]() And what to read into the first interaction between your date and your kids. Should you require it of your man? -How to spot a mama's boy and what if anything you can do about it. In Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, Steve lets women inside the mindset of a man and sheds lights on concepts and questions such as: -The Ninety Day Rule: Ford requires it of its employees. Why? According to Steve it's because they're asking other women for advice when no one but another man can tell them how to find and keep a man. Yet when it comes to relationships, they can't figure out what makes men tick. These are women who can run a small business, keep a household with three kids in tiptop shape, and chair a church group all at the same time. Steve Harvey, the host of the nationally syndicated Steve Harvey Morning Show, can't count the number of impressive women he's met over the years, whether it's through the Strawberry Letters segment of his program or while on tour for his comedy shows. ![]() ![]() Passion flares between the two, but friendship, interest and a genuine affection also grow. The scene is set for the seduction in which they both plunge enthusiastically, the widow because she suspects her 8-year marriage to a man 30 years older may have missed an important ingredient (!), the Earl because he wants a last fling before committing himself to a marriage of conve nience. ![]() ![]() A wonderfully satisfying read, which has all the best elements of romance: Rosemary,a beautiful young widow who has yet to learn about passionate love, and Justin, a dashing earl who is very experienced but has never loved! The beginning of the book sees the pair caught in a snowstorm and stranded, in the wonderful cosy setting of a hunting lodge in the middle of the forest, with a retinue of competent and almost invisible servants who quietly produce appetising meals, roaring fires and cosy bedchambers. ![]() |