Desperate, he accepts an offer from her innocent and spirited-and absolutely beautiful-sister Alex: She will turn him into a perfectly tamed suitor, and show him how to woo the shrew. He won’t see another pound from his parents, however, until he’s engaged to Lavinia. Owen has spent most of his bachelor years drinking, gambling, and skirt-chasing. But the duke has already chosen Alex’s infamously spoiled elder sister, Lavinia, for Owen. The Unexpected Duchess The Accidental Countess The Unlikely Lady The Irresistible Rogue The Unforgettable Hero The Untamed Earl The Legendary Lord Never. Lady Alexandra Hobbs, the daughter of the Duke of Huntley, has intended to marry Lord Owen Monroe since she first glimpsed him from the window of her bedchamber, back when she was just a girl. The fifth volume, The Untamed Earl, is inspired by William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. AN INDECENT PROPOSAL Lady Alexandra Hobbs, the daughter of the Duke of Huntley, has intended to marry Lord Owen Monroe since she first glimpsed him from the window of her bedchamber, back when she was just a girl. Jumbo Puzzles: Wasjig & Jan Van Haasterenīestselling author Valerie Bowman sets the stage in Regency England for her Playful Brides series, where couples' misadventures on the way to the altar are witty, romantic romps based on some of the world's most beloved plays. The fifth volume, The Untamed Earl, is inspired by William Shakespeares The Taming of the Shrew.
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Six hundred eighty participants were recruited from MTurk to rate men, women, and leaders on agency and communion. Researchers employing Schein’s (1973, 1975) paradigm, ubiquitously conclude that the greater conceptual distance between leaders and women compared to leaders and men is problematic for women in leadership roles. Thus, the illusory mind–body divide may arise from the very workings of the human mind. These observations (from Western participants) cannot establish universality, but the association of Dualism with ToM suggests its roots are psychological. A final analysis confirms that males’ ToM scores are lower, and ToM scores further correlate with embodiment intuitions (in Experiments 1–2). Experiment 3 further shows that males are less inclined towards Empiricism-a putative byproduct of Dualism. Experiments 1–2 show that males indeed perceive the psyche as more embodied-as more likely to emerge in a replica of one’s body, and less likely to persist in its absence (after life). If ToM begets Dualism, then males should exhibit weaker Dualism, and instead, lean towards Physicalism (i.e., they should view bodies and minds alike). Past research has shown that males are poorer mind-readers than females. Here, we ask whether Dualism emanates from within the human psyche, guided, in part, by theory of mind (ToM). A large literature suggests that people are intuitive Dualists-they tend to perceive the mind as ethereal, distinct from the body. It was meant to complement historical knowledge, indeed might be said itself to offer historical knowledge, since the behaviour of words is an aspect of social life. Close reading was rigorous reading, the opposite of loose or distant or offhand appreciation or criticism, and its appetite for detail produced many surprises. The art was reading, and Richards himself had discovered (and reported in Practical Criticism (1929)) how inattentive and prejudiced even apparently serious reading could be. Richards, Empson's teacher at Cambridge, later said his former pupil's ‘minute examinations … raised the standards of ambition and achievement in a difficult and very hazardous art’. ‘Close reading’ is a familiar phrase now, but we need to pause over it for a moment, since its implications have shifted rather drastically over the years, as those of catchphrases often do. Blackmur had equal (if differently angled) gifts, and the two men were often grouped together as the critics who, as Stanley Edgar Hyman said, ‘did the work’ of intricate literary exploration, where others had preached or proposed it. It established him at once and permanently as one of the two most brilliant practitioners of what he called verbal analysis, more commonly known as close reading. William Empson's first book, Seven Types of Ambiguity, begun while he was an undergraduate at Cambridge, was published in 1930, when he was twenty-four. Between the stones and the void? Geoffrey Hill, ‘Three Baroque Meditations’ In times of instability and suffering, Peterson reminds us that there are sources of strength on which we can all draw: insights borrowed from psychology, philosophy, and humanity's greatest myths and stories. Beyond Order therefore calls on us to balance the two fundamental principles of reality - order and chaos - and reveals the profound meaning that can be found on the path that divides them. While an excess of chaos threatens us with uncertainty, an excess of order leads to a lack of curiosity and creative vitality. Now in this long-awaited sequel, Peterson goes further, showing that part of life's meaning comes from reaching out into the domain beyond what we know, and adapting to an ever-transforming world. His insights have helped millions of readers and resonated powerfully around the world. Peterson offered an antidote to the chaos in our lives: eternal truths applied to modern anxieties. In 12 Rules for Life, acclaimed public thinker and clinical psychologist Jordan B. The result was a new modus vivendi between faith and philosophy which survived until the rise of the new physics. In two stints as a regent master Thomas defended the mendicant orders and, of greater historical importance, countered both the Averroistic interpretations of Aristotle and the Franciscan tendency to reject Greek philosophy. Thomas completed his studies at the University of Paris, which had been formed out of the monastic schools on the Left Bank and the cathedral school at Notre Dame. When he joined the Dominican Order he went north to study with Albertus Magnus, author of a paraphrase of the Aristotelian corpus. It was at Naples too that Thomas had his first extended contact with the new learning. Thomas, after early studies at Montecassino, moved on to the University of Naples, where he met members of the new Dominican Order. This crisis flared up just as universities were being founded. He is honored as a saint and "Doctor of the Church" in the Roman Catholic tradition.Īquinas lived at a critical juncture of western culture when the arrival of the Aristotelian corpus in Latin translation reopened the question of the relation between faith and reason, calling into question the modus vivendi that had obtained for centuries. Thomas Aquinas (sometimes styled Thomas of Aquin or Aquino), was a Dominican friar and priest notable as a scholastic theologian and philosopher. I have been referring to this book for years now. Finally someone has directed and produced a top quality film series inspired by the book Cosmos and Psyche, Intimations of a New World View by that great historian/astrologer, Richard Tarnas. I’d love to invite you to learn more about this connection, because it will have an impact on your own personal fate as we move towards what’s coming next. This period has something in common with what’s happening recently.Īnd the positions of planets are showing that the cause of global shifts in human behavior today (and during pockets of time spanning centuries), cause world-changing revolutions. Movements, uprisings, social unrest… it all went on… and it changed the future in remarkable ways. If you, or someone you know, experienced the 1960s – it was an astonishing time. Top astrologers and psychologists discovered that the alignment of two planets has likely been responsible for this “shake up” and with that…a pattern has also emerged. I want to let you know that what’s been happening globally is the result of some major planetary activity. Have you been wondering how to navigate the current circumstances of your life while existing in this changing world? Shifts have left us wide-eyed, as epic events have unfolded. You and I have watched the world changing in revolutionary ways in the past few years. As U-20 and the Lusitania made their way toward Liverpool, an array of forces both grand and achingly small - hubris, a chance fog, a closely guarded secret, and more-all converged to produce one of the great disasters of history. Meanwhile, an ultra-secret British intelligence unit tracked Schwieger's U-boat, but told no one. Germany, however, was determined to change the rules of the game, and Walther Schwieger, the captain of Unterseeboot-20, was happy to oblige. He knew, moreover, that his ship - the fastest then in service - could outrun any threat. But the Lusitania was one of the era's great transatlantic "Greyhounds" and her captain, William Thomas Turner, placed tremendous faith in the gentlemanly strictures of warfare that for a century had kept civilian ships safe from attack. Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone, and for months, its U-boats had brought terror to the North Atlantic. On May 1, 1915, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the Lusitania The uplift series of novels and short stories is set in a future universe in which no species can reach sentience without being "uplifted" (genetically brought to sapience) by a patron race, which then "owns" the uplifted species for 100,000 years. The second book in the Uplift series, Startide Rising (The Uplift Saga, Book 2), was WINNER: 1983 Nebula, Hugo, and LOCUS Awards for Best Novel. Below, Streaker's crew battles armed rebellion and a hostile planet to safeguard her secret - the fate of the Progenitors. Above, in space, armadas of alien races desperate to possess the knowledge of the Progenitors clash in a titanic struggle to claim the right to capture the prize. They appear to belong to the Progenitors, the fabled First Race who seeded wisdom throughout the stars.īearing one of the most important discoveries in galactic history, Streaker crashes on the uncharted world of Kithrup. The Terran exploration vessel Streaker, crewed by 150 uplifted dolphins, 7 humans, and one uplifted chimpazee, discovers a derelict fleet of spaceships - each the size of a small moon. And so is the palace itself, which is filled with deadly traps and invisible monsters. The students' supposed benefactors are trying to kill them. Along with four other gifted teenagers, Anouk will be one of the first people to set foot in the palace in more than two hundred years. Seventeen-year-old Anouk has finally caught the break she's been looking for-she's been chosen to participate in an exclusive program that includes an all-expenses-paid trip to France and a chance to explore the hidden underground Palais du Papillon, or Palace of the Butterfly. I Know What You Did Last Summer meets Frankenstein.- YA Books Central A genre-bending thriller from internationally bestselling author Stefan Bachmann perfect for fans of The Maze Runner and Joss Whedon's The Cabin in the Woods. With such insurmountable odds stacked against them, is their love really enough to conquer all?Īlso available: The Soul Seekers Books 1, 2 and 3 (Fated, Echo and Mystic) from bestselling author Alyson Noël. An epic battle is on the horizon and the end of the world looms near. Though Daire refuses to give up on him, the choice may not be hers. But what if that means sacrificing the person she loves most?īound to the Richters by blood, Dace struggles against the darkness growing inside him that threatens to claim Daire too. With her grandmother gone and Cade back in Enchantment, Daire must finally step into her destiny and lead the fight against the Richters. A truly one-of-a-kind cast of characters and brilliant twists on mythology and lore make this novel a stand-out for fans of the genre. Now, in Horizon, Daire and Dace face one final fight that will seal their destiny forever.ĭaire Santos is the last of the Soul Seekers, and the only thing standing between the Richters and the destruction of everyone she loves. An entertaining and exciting read, author Kaylin McFarrens Soul Seeker is a great supernatural thriller/paranormal romance read. "Dreams and reality bleed into each other in this dangerous and edgy romance!" – Justine magazineįate has bound them together-and torn them apart. |