![]() ![]() There's no doubt that Zarathustra is speaking what Nietzsche believes. "All poets are liars" but our reality and the lies we believe in give us our values which we must determine by ourselves with no help from any book or prophet nor even from Zarathustra. Zarathustra will challenge everything you think you might know and never lets up on his challenges, "What the populace once learned to believe without reasons, who could- refute it to them by means of reasons?". "Man does not live by bread alone, but also by lamb". ![]() ![]() What does it mean for us when there is no longer external truth? He'll even make a statement to the effect that the one who rode the donkey would have reached the same conclusions if he had only had the chance to live longer. He knows that God is dead not that there is no God but that Man (and Woman) no longer have need of him. The prophet, Zarathustra, loosely follows the gospel. Not a fiction book, but not quite a philosophy book in as much it doesn't give a foundation as such, but if anything takes away any structure to the world and challenges everything the listener thought he might have thought he knew as certainty. ![]()
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![]() How much of a navy would suffice? Britain alone had hundreds of powerful warships.įrom the decision to build six heavy frigates, through the cliffhanger campaign against Tripoli, to the war that shook the world in 1812, Ian W. Would a standing army be the thin end of dictatorship? Would a navy protect American commerce against the Mediterranean pirates, or drain the treasury and provoke hostilities with the great powers? The foundersparticularly Jefferson, Madison, and Adamsdebated these questions fiercely and switched sides more than once. Constitution, the establishment of a permanent military had become the most divisive issue facing the new government. How "a handful of bastards and outlaws fighting under a piece of striped bunting" humbled the omnipotent British Navy.īefore the ink was dry on the U.S. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Lord of the White Hell is a Fantasy, and for sure I have to use the capital letter here for sure it reminded me a famous fantasy series of the recent past, but, truth be told, it reminded me also a movie, Chariots of Fire, set at the beginning of the XX century. But they are still, really, one huge book, and so I highly recommend people to pre-order both of them, if you liked Ginn Hale's previous novel, and I know you did, then you will be not disappointed by this one, if not for the "little" detail that, as soon as you will reach last page of book 1 you will want to have book 2 right there, ready to be read. ![]() Wait, someone will think, Book 2 is already planned when Book 1 is still to be released? Do you know what I think? the author has built a complex world, and she needed a lot of "space" to develop it that when she was in the middle of writing she realized that one book was not enough, and she parted it in two novels. ![]() Elisa_rolle I thought if waiting to post this review, since the book will be officially out on June 15, but then you have now the change to pre-order it with a % off the cover price, and even more if you pre-order also book 2 together. ![]() ![]() I must remind you, this series-especially this book-isn’t for the weak of heart the atrocities and devastations committed in this war were terrifying in every sense of the word. ![]() In the previous book, the story focused on Genghis’ conquest of The Chin this book centered on Genghis’ breathtaking conquest of the Arabs. Genghis: Bones of the Hills is the third book in the Conqueror series, and it-along with the first installment-are my favorites in the series so far. Genghis’ conquest on its own, even if they’re written or told in a textbook manner, are very attention-grabbing already, but Iggulden successfully elevated the quality of Genghis’ legend so that it became much more engaging and emotional. I can’t help but start this review by saying that I’m thoroughly impressed by Iggulden’s talent for the creation of this series. The wolf does not think of fine things, only that his pack is strong and no other wolf dares to cross his path. “We are not here to earn riches with a bow. Published: 1st September 2008 by Harper Collins (UK) & 24th March 2009 by Delacorte Press (US)Ī seriously astounding piece of historical fiction that left me speechless in many ways. ![]() Genghis: Bones of the Hillsby Conn Iggulden ![]() ![]() ![]() Like the peasants in the Jacquerie or the Luddite wreckers, they were seeking their salvation in the most obvious way, the destruction of what they knew was the cause of their sufferings and if they destroyed much it was because they had suffered much. The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution Rivers of blood were to flow before they understood that elevated as was his tone Toussaint had written neither bombast nor rhetoric but the simple and sober truth.” The French bourgeoisie could not understand it. Toussaint could defend the freedom of the blacks without reservation, and this gave to his declaration a strength and a single-mindedness rare in the great documents of the time. For even these masters of the spoken and written word, owing to the class complications of their society, too often had to pause, to hesitate, to qualify. That was why in the hour of danger Toussaint, uninstructed as he was, could find the language and accent of Diderot, Rousseau, and Raynal, of Mirabeau, Robespierre and Danton. The blacks were taking their part in the destruction of European feudalism begun by the French Revolution, and liberty and equality, the slogans of the revolution, meant far more to them than to any Frenchman. ![]() “Leader of a backward and ignorant mass, he was yet in the forefront of the great historical movement of his time. ![]() ![]() ![]() It succeeds where all the others have failed. Adam Brown was a devoted man who was an unlikely hero but a true warrior, described by all who knew him as?fearless."As a rule, we don't endorse books or movies or anything regarding the command where I work-and Adam Brown worked-but as the author writes in Fearless, 'you have to know the rules, so you know when to bend or break them.' This is one of those times. In a deeply personal and absorbing chronicle, Fearless reveals a glimpse inside the SEAL Team SIX brotherhood, and presents an indelible portrait of a highly trained warrior whose final act of bravery led to the ultimate sacrifice. ![]() It's about a man who waged a war against his own worst impulses, including drug addiction, and persevered to reach the top tier of the U.S. In a letter to his children, not meant to be seen unless the worst happened, he wrote, "I'm not afraid of anything that might happen to me on this earth, because I know no matter what, nothing can take my spirit from me." Fearless is the story of a man of extremes, whose courage and determination were fueled by faith, family, and the love of a woman. Fearless: The Heroic Story of One Navy SEALs Sacrifice in the Hunt for Osama Bin Laden and the Unwavering Devotion of the Woman Who Loved Him by Eric. When Navy SEAL Adam Brown woke up on March 17, 2010, he didn't know he would die that night in the Hindu Kush Mountains of Afghanistan-but he was ready. Fearless takes you deep into SEAL Team SIX, straight to the heart of one of its most legendary operators. ![]() ![]() ![]() Reading the Bible, many of the Gospels are almost surreal, and the speech difficult to understand. The one thing I liked most about this book is the believability. I have to say here, that through out all of their adventures, Josh remains true to who and what he is. Along the way, they learn the ways of the Buddhists, Hindu's and even walk into a cult sacrifice ceremony, before finally returning home. So, off they go to find The Three Wise Men. Finally Josh and Biff come of age, and it's time for Josh to figure out what exactly a Messiah is supposed to do. He knows he's The Messiah, because his Mother won't let him forget, being the stereo-typical Jewish Mother that she is. Getting into typical little boy mischief with the Roman guards, going to school together, and both having a crush on the same girl (Mary of Magdalen) with the exception that Josh must deal with being The Messiah. They have a typical childhood, just two young boys growing up in Roman controlled Israel. ![]() So, here's Biff & Josh (Jesus) growing up in Jerusalem. I thought, how dare someone write their own version of events?! But I decided to have an open mind, after all, I absolutely loved "A Dirty Job". ![]() ![]() ![]() It was once thought to be hardened sea foam or poo from seabirds - but mass whaling in the 1800s revealed it comes from the guts of the sperm whale.Īccording to the Natural History Museum (NHM), “There are conflicting opinions about how ambergris emerges from the whale. The whale produces the solid waxy substance in the form of vomit, which fishermen occasionally find floating in the sea. He says occasionally, a beak makes it way to the whale’s stomach and into its looping convoluted intestines where it becomes ambergris through a complex process, and may ultimately be excreted by the whale. A sperm whale eats several thousand squid beaks a day. However, Christopher Kemp, the author of Floating gold: A Natural and (unnatural) history of Ambergris, says this is not right. It is generally referred to as whale vomit. ![]() The term Ambergris is derived from the Old French word Amber and gris and it translates to grey amber. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() They have also promoted the view of the learner as 'subject' rather than 'object' of the learning process. ![]() ![]() Throughout their adult education work, Horton and Freire have underlined the distinctly political nature of educational activity, insisting that there can be no 'neutral' education. This book brings together two figures who, as activists and educationists, have revealed a lifelong commitment to transformative radical adult education.(2) Both Myles Horton and Paulo Freire have a lot in common, as the editors of this publication point out in their introduction. Review by Peter Mayo (University of Malta)(1) We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and SocialĬhange. Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT). Schugurensky, Department of Adult Education, Community Development and When the book has been translated into English, the first date refers to the The books are listed in chronological order. This website, dedicated to Brazilian educator Pauloįreire (1921-1997), consists of a collection of reviews of his books and ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel’s doors. When, in 1922, he is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the count is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Readers and critics were enchanted as NPR commented, “Towles writes with grace and verve about the mores and manners of a society on the cusp of radical change.”Ī Gentleman in Moscow immerses us in another elegantly drawn era with the story of Count Alexander Rostov. With his breakout debut novel, Rules of Civility, Amor Towles established himself as a master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction, bringing late 1930s Manhattan to life with splendid atmosphere and a flawless command of style. ![]() |