![]() Cora has seen it all from extremely hard labor to rape, and witnessing torture. Cora despises her mother and has an array of negative emotions towards her for leaving her behind to face the brutality of the plantation alone. While Ajarry died on the plantation, Cora's mother, Mabel, escaped from the farm when Cora was 10 or 11. Ajarry had three husbands during her lifetime and of her five children, Cora's mother was the only one who survived. She spent her life picking cotton on the plantation after being brutalized and raped and passing through a chain of owners. ![]() Cora's grandmother, Ajarry, was kidnapped by Dahomeyan raiders from her village and separated from her family when she was really young. She is a slave at Randall plantation in Georgia and is the third generation of captives there. ![]() Cora is a teenager who may not even be 17 years old yet. The story, documenting the horrors of slavery and the hope instilled by the Underground Railroad, is set in the 1800s. ![]() Note: this is an unofficial summary and analysis of the original book, meant to enhance your listening experience, and not the original book. ![]()
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![]() He was the nephew of economic historian Arnold Toynbee, with whom he is sometimes confused. He was educated at Winchester College and Balliol College, Oxford. The British historian Arnold Joseph Toynbee was born in London on 14 April 1889 and died on 22 October 1975 in York, North Yorkshire, England. Of Somervell's work, Toynbee wrote, "The reader now has at his command a uniform abridgement of the whole book, made by a clear mind that has not only mastered the contents but has entered into the writer's outlook and purpose." Volume 2, an abridgement of Volumes VII-X, includes sections on Universal States, Universal churches, Heroic Ages, Contacts Between Civilizations in Space, Contacts Between Civilizations in Time, Law and Freedom in History, The Prospects of the Western Civilization, and the Conclusion. Volume 1, which abridges the first six volumes of Toynbee's study, includes the Introduction, The Geneses of Civilizations, and The Disintegrations of Civilizations. Originally published in 19, these two volumes are themselves a great historical achievement. ![]() Somervell's abridgement, in two volumes, of this magnificent enterprise, preserves the method, atmosphere, texture, and, in many instances, the very words of the original. A ten-volume analysis of the rise and fall of human civilizations, it is a work of breath-taking breadth and vision. Arnold Toynbee's A Study of History has been acknowledged as one of the greatest achievements of modern scholarship. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Results: 62 PGY-3 IM residents, 59 PDs, and 113 interviewers responded to the survey with representation from almost all Canadian medical faculties and medical subspecialties. Qualitative data were open-coded thematically and quantitative data were cleaned and then statistically analysed. The anonymous survey was distributed after the submission of the rank order lists, such that participation would not affect residency match outcomes. Methods: We invited all Canadian third-year (PGY-3) IM residents, subspecialty PDs, and interviewers who participated in subspecialty medicine interviews in 2020 to complete a branching survey. This study explored the perceptions and experiences of IM residents, subspecialty program directors (PDs), and interviewers during this year’s virtual interviews. It is critical to improve the virtual interview process to provide the best experience, and thus match outcome, for both residents and programs. ![]() Introduction: Due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, all interviews for internal medicine (IM) subspecialty programs were conducted virtually for the first time across Canada. ![]() ![]() ![]() She is soon faced with an even greater challenge- staying alive long enough to learn how to handle a power she had no idea she possessed-a gift that allows her to see beyond the world of man, into the dangerous realm of the Fae.Īs Mac delves deeper into the mystery of her sister's death, her every move is shadowed by the dark, mysterious Jericho, a man with no past and only mockery for a future. The quest to find her sister's killer draws her into a shadowy realm where nothing is as it seems, where good and evil wear the same treacherously seductive mask. When her sister is murdered, leaving a single clue to her death-a cryptic message on Mac's cell phone-Mac journeys to Ireland in search of answers. In other words, she's your perfectly ordinary twenty-first-century woman. She has great friends, a decent job, and a car that breaks down only every other week or so. The quest to find her sister's killer draws her into a shadowy rea. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cedric Malmsley is a bearded poseur, pretending to more talent than he has yet to evidence. Francis Ormerin is an aloof student from Paris. The rest are a rag-tag collection of characters. One of the students, Watt Hatchett, is a rough-around-the-edges Australian Troy has brought back and is sponsoring, recognizing his talent. Troy has turned the back garden into a studio for students who want to train under her, living at her house. ![]() It turns out Lady Alleyn lives but a few miles from Agatha Troy’s home and studio Tatter’s End House in Bossicote. Nevertheless artist Agatha Troy paints a striking likeness of Alleyn which he presents to his mother upon his return to England. An untimely interruption onboard ship followed by a brusque brushoff. Summary: A murder occurs at the studio of artist Agatha Troy, who Alleyn had met on his voyage back to England the beginning in fits and starts of a romance while Alleyn seeks to solve the crime. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He discusses what the remarkable life and (perhaps) ordinary achievements of John Westwyk tell us about the place of precise planetary astronomy within monastic life, and within medieval culture more generally. As The Light Ages by the Cambridge historian Seb Falk shows, the Middle Ages were actually the times of learning and indeed of science (science as profession is a very modern concept anyway). : The Light Ages: A Medieval Journey of Discovery (9780141989679) by Falk, Seb and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. The Light Ages is an attempt to write a history of science in the later Middle Ages which focuses on everyday practices of calculation, demonstration, teaching, learning and instrument use.įalk's talk will examine what we can know about the astronomical skills of a poorly-recorded monk in fourteenth-century England. The Light Agesįalk talks about his book The Light Ages: A Medieval Journey of Discovery, published in Dutch as De verlichte middeleeuwen. Histories of medieval sciences, especially those written for non-academic audiences, have often focused on big ideas and famous names. ![]() Soaring Gothic cathedrals, violent crusades, the Black Death: these are the. ![]() This time the lecture will be given by Dr Seb Falk (University of Cambridge). Buy a cheap copy of The Light Ages: A Medieval Journey of. On 26 November, the next (online) edition of the lecture series of the Utrecht Centre for Medieval Studies will take place. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Giants only gave second consecutive contracts to two players drafted from 2011-18: wide receivers Sterling Shepherd and Odell Beckham Jr. His playing time decreased down the stretch. He earned his spot, however, and averaged 35 defensive snaps over his first 10 games of the season. Oshane Ximines will likely have to battle to make the Giants’ roster. Ximines has 6.5 sacks in 45 career games.įormerly a starter, Ximines fell out of favor under former head coach Joe Judge’s watch in 2021 and was at one-time a long shot to make the 2022 roster. ![]() She has failed to give him a son and her sharp intelligence and audacious will. Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. He is the third member of that 2019 draft class to re-up this offseason, though he likely will have to fight for a roster spot, whereas the other two, quarterback Daniel Jones and even wide receiver Darius Slayton, are more cemented. The sequel to Hilary Mantel's 2009 Man Booker Prize winner and New York Times bestseller, Wolf Hall delves into the heart of Tudor history with the downfall of Anne Boleyn. Oshane Ximines re-signed with the Giants on a one-year deal. Outside linebacker Oshane Ximines, a 2019 third-round pick, agreed to terms to return to the Giants, The Post confirmed. The Giants continued Wednesday to reverse a bad habit they have picked up over the last decade-plus of not re-signing their own draft picks. Hilary Mantel is the two-time winner of the Booker Prize for her best-selling novels, Wolf Hall, and its sequel, Bring Up the Bodies. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() in English from Dartmouth College in 1968 at Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Alpha Epsilon and he was an All-Ivy, All-East, and honorable mention All American as an offensive lineman. A star athlete at Barrington High School, Paulson was a champion wrestler and stand-out football player, graduating in 1964. Paulson was born in Palm Beach, Florida, to Marianna (née Gallauer) and Henry Merritt Paulson, a wholesale jeweler. He had served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs, and is now chairman of the Paulson Institute, which he founded in 2011 to promote sustainable economic growth and a cleaner environment around the world, with an initial focus on the United States and China. (born March 28, 1946) is an American banker who served as the 74th United States Secretary of the Treasury. in English from Dartmouth College in 1968 at Dartmouth he Henry Merritt "Hank" Paulson, Jr. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Discover whether these two hunters have the skills between them to finally rid the world of vampires and exactly how much they are willing to sacrifice to achieve their aim. Get your copy of this middle grade audiobook, for kids aged ten and over, today. What will happen if they decide to work together? I know I have to try to be strong, but I’m really not feeling it. ![]() ![]() I should tell my parents how I feel, but we have this rule - we never hunt together, because there are too few of us left to risk it. Elias Zapples Rhymes from the Cabbage Patch. Even though this is my destiny, and if my family doesn’t do it, there’s no one else, that doesn’t mean I want to go out alone. Learn more about Elias Zapples work experience, education, connections & more by visiting their profile on. Some would say that twelve years old is too young to be hunting vampires - I might be one of them. I am alone in my mission, but I will persevere until it is complete. It is already over one hundred years since then and the era of steam is but a distant memory. I have been hunting vampires since I was fashioned by the clockwork specialist, Beatrice Hansworthy. Two vampire hunters, from two different times. ![]() ![]() ![]() In order to ensure humans controlled his robots, Asimov wrote about (although he credits John Campbell with the idea) the Three Laws of Robotics. The Three Laws of Robotics were developed in response to robots having positronic brains. It is not simply a computer because it is supposed to provide the robot with human like qualities making humans perceive positronic robots as conscious. It is a fictional device imagined by Asimov that functions as the software of a robot. Positronic refers to the type of brain inside a robot. What are positronic robots and the Three Laws of Robotics, you ask? His Robot books, a quasi-series, have the common themes of positronic robots and the Three Laws of Robotics. Asimov excelled in ‘hard science fiction’, meaning his books were science fiction but had a strong connection to scientific and technical truths. ![]() ![]() He grew up to become a professor of biochemistry at the university of Boston, but is known for his accomplishments as an author.Īsimov was a talented writer the sheer amount of content he produced is impressive and he wrote in many different genres. Asimov was born in the early 1920’s and immigrated to America from Russia at a young age. We’re certain Isaac Asimov had no idea the impact his fictional short stories and novels would have on the robotics world. ![]() |