![]() ![]() ![]() Simply put, Washington: A Life is a masterpiece of biography. ![]() I tried again a few weeks later, and finally realized the book's brilliance, blasting through at over 100 pages per day. I just couldn't get into it for some reason. Even this time around, I made it about 50 pages in and took a break. I recently decided, though, to read a biography of each president in order (I've read a few here and there, but thought it'd be good to start fresh at #1), so I picked it up again and started anew. I actually started reading this book in college, and got a few hundred pages in before giving up. ![]() These are textbook-like tomes in their meatiness, and make for reading that while rather enjoyable, is not necessarily easy. Not only are they long, but the type is small too. This of course leads to enormously high expectations as a reader.Ī note about Chernow before getting into reviewing the book: he has a penchant for writing huge biographies that all span 800+ pages. At the popular, it's the only bio (spanning every president) to receive a perfect 5-star rating. This is a book that's often called not only the best biography of George Washington, but perhaps one of the best biographies ever written. And while all his books have received excellent reviews and numerous awards, the only one to receive perhaps the most prestigious - the elusive Pulitzer - is 2010's Washington: A Life. With the wild of success of Hamilton the play, Ron Chernow is currently best known for his biography of Alexander Hamilton, which the play is based off of. ![]()
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![]() But in terms of caretaking and relating to two children, no matter how adorable, Patrick is, honestly, overwhelmed. ![]() ![]() That is, he loves spending time with them when they come out to Palm Springs for weeklong visits, or when he heads home to Connecticut for the holidays. Patrick, or Gay Uncle Patrick (GUP, for short), has always loved his niece, Maisie, and nephew, Grant. Winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humorįinalist for the 2021 Goodreads Choice Awardsįrom the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus and The Editor comes a warm and deeply funny novel about a once-famous gay sitcom star whose unexpected family tragedy leaves him with his niece and nephew for the summer. ![]() ![]() ![]() The book was honoured in 1999 as one of “100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century.”ĭue to continued and expanding interest, the book has been translated and published in 15 major Indian subcontinental languages and more than fifty languages worldwide. Hailed as a masterpiece from its first appearance in print in 1946, the Autobiography has continuously been on spiritual bestseller lists and read by spiritual aspirants of various paths. Clear recollections came to me of a distant life, a yogi 1-3 amidst the Himalayan snows. I find my earliest memories covering the anachronistic features of a previous incarnation. ![]() Emerging in every generation, they have bulwarked their land against the fate of Babylon and Egypt. For over seven decades, this book has introduced countless readers to India’s ancient science of Yoga and to the scientific methods for attaining God-realization that are India’s unique and lasting contribution to world civilization. He was one of the great masters who are India's sole remaining wealth. This book has touched the hearts and minds of millions around the globe. Welcome to the page dedicated to the life story of Paramahansa Yogananda. A comprehensive overview of Paramahansa Yogananda’s enduring spiritual classic.Ģ021-22 marks the 75th anniversary of Paramahansa Yogananda’s Autobiography of a Yogi, one of the world’s most acclaimed spiritual classics. ![]() ![]() ![]() May 8 Former NIJISANJI EN VTuber Zaion LanZa's Testimony Goes Public.May 10 Artist Apologizes, Deletes Chibi Maruko-chan Dōjinshi of Maruko as Drug Addict.May 10 Persona 5 Royal LED Lamps Will Light Up Your Fandom.May 11 Trigun Fan's Book Recommendation Tweet Escalates Fast.03:45 Lasengle President Yoshinori Ono Gifts Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Copies to Employees.09:45 Los Angeles Chargers NFL Team Releases Yet Another Anime Schedule.11:45 Gundam Franchise Grosses Record High 131 Billion Yen in 2023 Fiscal Year.Apr 8 Oshi no Ko is a Dark Look at the Entertainment Industry.Apr 10 Anime Boston 2023: What It's Like to Work in Anime (UPDATED).Convention reports chronological archives.06:05 I Shall Survive Using Potions! 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It doesn't feel like it's been two years. It feels like we picked up four days later like we were told we would. What does it feel like to be back in the room? This conversation has been condensed and edited for clarity. Friedman Theatre starting tonight, Gold told us about what it's like to re-rehearse the piece and finish it. On a break from rehearsals, and in anticipation of finally taking the stage at the Samuel J. Rounding out the company are Chris Myers and Alyssa May Gold. ![]() The Manhattan Theatre Club production was something of a novelty: a Broadway transfer more than two decades after the play had its premiere, reuniting the director, Mark Brokaw, and three original cast members, Mary-Louise Parker, David Morse, and Johanna Day. Paula Vogel's How I Learned to Drive was in rehearsals when the world shut down. ![]() This is the second in a series spotlighting the Broadway productions getting ready to open this spring, and which are now getting to start their runs. Two years ago, theater productions were shut down across the world. ![]() ![]() This includes a near accident for a train (which Alain does not mention to his elders that he's traveling on), breaking a lock through combined skills, Mari's teaching Alain what a friend is, Alain's explaining that dragons don't hiss, discussion of a Roc, the secret knowledge of a computing machine's contagion, a prophecy, and much more. Surviving first in the wilderness and then in events after teaches them much. Both teach their students that the other guild has no real powers - when the Mechanics do the machines, and the Mages can, by dint of regarding the world as illusion, alter things mentally. The Mages and the Mechanics are the two Great Guilds. (Normally they send two Mages.) When it is attacked by unexpectedly powerful bandits, only he and one other survive. It opens with the Mage Alain - the youngest Mage in history of his guild - guarding a caravan alone. ![]() ![]() ![]() Marycatelli The Dragons of Dorcastle by Jack CampbellĪ fantasy/steampunk tale with just a bit pointing toward a far future setting on another planet. ![]() ![]() Julia's original idea of giving them to her late husband's heir was way better. I'm not the best person at picking up all the clues and solving the murder mystery before the book explains it to you, but this one just struck me as impossible to solve, in an unfair kind of way.Īlso, the Grey Pearls? Seriously, giving these magnificent heirloom pearls away to your Roma friend on a whim? No. In the end we had two different murderers, plus two more people who either attempt a murder or are an accessory to one, plus an unrelated jewel thief. And second, once the mystery(ies) start to get solved and Everything is Explained, it was really an overly complex resolution, not to mention wildly unlikely. I mean, I do enjoy Raybourn's writing and hanging out with these characters, but over 200 pages of exposition before the murder mystery actually gets going? Seems excessive. No, my real complaint with this book is the murder mystery itself. I think Lady Julia and her eccentric family are too much 21st century with their socially liberal attitudes, but I already complained about that in the first book, so that one's on me if I decide to keep reading the series anyway. I enjoy the characters and the world Raybourn has created, and I'm pretty much into the tortured romance of the main characters, even though they go months without seeing each other and spend more time insulting each other than kissing. This Victorian-era murder mystery gets a mixed verdict from me. ![]() ![]() ![]() Keene is a pseudonym– a pen name for many different writers.īack in the 30s, Edward Stratemeyer of the Stratemeyer No, Carolyn Keene hasn’t found the Fountain of Youth. ![]() Nancy Drew books in 1930 and start writing a new series within the last few Think about it – how could Carolyn Keene start writing the Readers may be surprised to know that, in a way, Carolyn The Origins of Nancy Drew and the Nancy Drew Books’ Author, Carolyn Keene Here’s what readers need to know about the series, as well as the Nancy Drew books author, Carolyn Keene. Reboot with a new video game, a television series, and a new series of books. ![]() In fact, the beloved character is now getting a Though her stories have been around for nearly 90 years, The Nancy Drew books have been loved by girls since theġ930s when the first Nancy Drew novel – The Secret of the Old Clock – was first One of the most beloved YA series of all time is Nancy Drew. ![]() ![]() ![]() Peter examines the six key areas of your life - Family, Relationships, Work, Health, Money, and Spirituality - and shows how these unique parts are so interrelated that if just one is cluttered, that clutter will creep into the other areas and throw your life off balance. ![]() This crazy imbalance and the resulting stress and unhappiness you feel are the clutter that Peter Walsh wants to help you tackle in Enough Already! Let's Get Started!"ĭoes it seem like everything is moving so fast these days you can barely keep up? Do you sometimes feel that your life is spinning out of control? For many of us, life feels completely out of balance because we give one area of our lives too much attention and the other areas nowhere near enough. "This process will take you beyond thinking about what you need for your home or your life to understanding what you need from your life to make it truly and uniquely yours. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ali dealt with his first professional loss. In addition, both men possessed intense personal animosity towards each other.įrazier won in fifteen rounds by unanimous decision. involvement in the war, and he had been adopted by elements of the public with alternate views. Ali, who had been stripped of his titles by boxing authorities for refusing to submit to the draft for the Vietnam War, had become a symbol of the anti-establishment public during his government-imposed exile from the ring. The bout held broad appeal for many Americans, including non-boxing and non-sport fans. It was the first time that two undefeated boxers who held or had held the world heavyweight title fought each other for that very title. An international audience observed the spectacle. The fight is widely regarded as the biggest boxing match in history and arguably the single most anticipated and publicized sporting event ever. Muhammad Ali, billed as The Fight Of The Century or simply The Fight, was a heavyweight championship boxing match between WBA, WBC, and The Ring heavyweight champion Joe Frazier and former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world Muhammad Ali, on Monday, March 8, 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. ![]() WBA, WBC, and The Ring heavyweight championįrazier wins via 15-round unanimous decision (8-6-1, 9-6, 11-4) WBA, WBC, and The Ring heavyweight titles ![]() Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US ![]() Former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world Muhammad Ali. ![]() |