Jan 18 ~~ Since reading Melville In Love I have been enjoying my own personal Melville revival. I have read all the other selections (except for two sketches) in another book which I reviewed a couple of years ago. Jan 15 ~~ I got this book for Billy Budd. The apple-tree table, or Original spiritual manifestations. The paradise of bachelors and the tartarus of maids. Poor man's pudding and rich man's crumbs -The happy failure : a story of the river Hudson. A kind of vigorous supervisory humour is his natural idiom as a writer, and one particular attraction of his shorter work is the fresh further display it offers of this prime element in his literary character."īartleby, the scrivener : a story of Wall-Street -Ĭock-a-doodle-doo! or, The crowing of the noble cock Beneventano. And Melville, certainly, is no exception. a master, according to choice, of high comedy, of one or another robust species of expressive humour, or of some special variety of the preposterous, the grotesque, the absurd. Here, they are collected along with 19 other stories in a beautifully redesigned collection that represents the best short work of an American master.As Warner Berthoff writes in his introduction to this volume, "It is hard to think of a major novelist or storyteller who is not also a first-rate entertainer. Billy Budd, Sailor and Bartleby, the Scrivener are two of the most revered shorter works of fiction in history.
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Kill Switch All power is taken down, new assassins arise, the light is gone. Predator One New age of High Tech killing machines: the battlefield is everywhere. Code Zero Worst case scenario: Zombies, mutants, plagues, vampires, and tech. Maberry’s shout-outs to popular culture’s depictions of zombies lessens the tension and feeling of doom, albeit just slightly. Extinction Machine Alien Technology: the Truth is out there. The Berserkers, monsters believed to have been wiped out, resurface and go on the attack, spreading infections that turn people into ravenous killers. Ledger and his team take what appear to be successful steps to thwart the threat posed by these hackers, but his optimism proves to be ill-founded. A top-secret prototype stealth fighter is destroyed during a test flight. 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Bittman’s evenhanded tone and his ability to cover a gamut of recipes, from crudités to fluffy vegan frosting made with coconut milk, render this book as relevant today as it was when it first appeared, and confirm its status as an indispensable resource. A chapter on breads provides straightforward information about gluten and flour substitutions followed by recipes for crackers, flatbreads, and tortillas. DIY types can make their own tofu and those in more of a hurry can transform packaged tempeh into one of five options, including a hash with cilantro, ginger, and garlic. He covers basic skills such as crafting a salad and offers 12 additions to perk up veggie burgers, such as a spoonful of tomato paste or grated citrus zest. Equally as useful as the recipes are Bittman’s enlightening instructions and informal lists of suggestions. 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Yes.īefore we left the Lake District, I needed one more look at Castle Cottage (the light beige house above) where Beatrix lived happily-ever-after with her husband Willie for thirty years. here it was on June 7, over the Lake District, dark, rainy, and moody. Remember how gorgeous the sky was on the first day we found our way to Beatrix Potter’s Hill Top Farm? It wasn’t like that the second time. Back to Beatrix Potter’s Hill Top Farm we go ~ is everybody ready? Grab your galoshes, you’re going to need them! It’s our second visit in a week - you knew I would have to go back! |