![]() ![]() ![]() He was released when a relative paid the tax for him, and went on to write the eminently quotable essay that included the line “Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.” “He withheld the tax to protest the existence of slavery and what he saw as an imperialistic war with Mexico,” writes the Library of Congress. The cause of his incarceration was something which the philosopher found to be equally galling: he hadn’t paid his poll tax, a regular tax that everyone had to pay, in six years.īut Thoreau wasn’t just shirking. "Civil Disobedience," originally titled "Resistance to Civil Government," was written after Thoreau spent a night in the unsavory confines of the Concord, Massachusetts jail–an activity likely to inspire anyone to civil disobedience. A few decades later, aged 32, he wrote an essay that fundamentally influenced twentieth-century protest. Henry David Thoreau was born on this day 200 years ago. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The book is thus weighted toward the years long before he became Pope (or even bishop). In the seminary, young Angelo Roncalli made notations weekly, sometimes daily, while later his entries came only during annual retreats. Indeed, the final pages include a wide variety of prayers written by John for particular intentions and devotions. ![]() Mislabeled an "autobiography"-it is rather a compilation of journals kept by the Holy Father in the seminary and during retreats in the decades that followed his ordination-this volume is what the modern Christian might call a prayer journal. ![]() $14.95.Ī new edition of John XXIII's journals (originally printed in Italy in 1964 and in the United States in 1980) arrives just in time to help mediate the latest round in the perpetual struggle between competing views of his papacy, and of the great Council that he summoned. JOURNAL OF A SOUL: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF POPE JOHN XXIII. ![]() ![]() ![]() As he passed by, the people lining the streets whistled and clapped and screamed themselves hoarse.īut all this hullabaloo was not, as it turned out, for the famous doctor it was for a diminutive middle-aged woman marching just in front of him. Spock, one of the most influential figures in America, joining their ranks. Those who did were so hopped up on adrenaline and fear that the fifty-block route, from the West Village to Central Park, took them half as long as anticipated afterward, they jokingly called it the Christopher Street Liberation Day Run. Two years earlier, when the march was held for the first time, its organizers had worried that no one would come. ![]() Still, even by his standards, joining the Christopher Street crowd was a radical act. Although he had risen to fame as a pediatrician, Spock was almost as well known for his support of left-wing causes-from legalizing abortion to ending the Vietnam War-as he was for “The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care,” which had already sold more than ten million copies. Benjamin Spock was walking uptown with the Christopher Street Liberation Day March, the scrappier, more revolutionary precursor to the New York City Pride Parade. The crowd along Sixth Avenue was losing its mind. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() En esta primera parte de la saga de Claire Randall –que continúa con Atrapada en el tiempo, Viajera y Tambores de otoño–, Diana Gabaldon ha escrito una historia de amor diferente, en la que los encuentros fortuitos y el juego equívoco del tiempo se conjugan en un intrigante final. Acosada por los recuerdos, Claire tendrá que elegir entre la seguridad del futuro que dejó atrás y la apasionante incertidumbre del pasado que ahora habita. Al volver en sí se encuentra con un panorama desconcertante: el mundo moderno ha desaparecido, ahora la rodea la Escocia de 1734, con sus clanes beligerantes y supersticiosos, hombres y mujeres rudos, a veces violentos, pero con una capacidad de vivir y de amar como Claire jamás había experimentado en su anterior vida. Una tarde, cuando pasea sola por la pradera, Claire se acerca a un círculo de piedras antiquísimas y cae de pronto en un extraño trance. 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Mary Rodgers was a songwriter, childrens book author, philanthropist and perhaps most famously the daughter of theatrical legend Richard Rodgers. Freaky Friday was adapted into a movie starring Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster in 1976 and a remake movie starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan in 2003. By spending a day in each other’s shoes, Katherine and Ellie come to appreciate one another’s struggles, learn self-acceptance, and realize the immeasurable love and mutual respect that bond a mother and daughter. She wrote children's books including Freaky Friday, A Billion for Boris, The Rotten Book, and Summer Switch. Freaky Friday, a new musical based on the celebrated novel by Mary Rodgers and the hit Disney films, is a heartfelt, comedic, and unexpectedly emotional update on an American classic. Freaky Friday Rodgers, Mary 3.7 avg rating (8,306 ratings by Goodreads) Softcover ISBN 10: 0060570105ISBN 13: 9780060570101 Publisher: HarperCollins, 2003 This specific ISBN edition is currently not available. When an overworked mother and her teenage daughter magically swap bodies, they have just one day to put things right again. ![]() Students ages 12+ and adults may interview for technical crew. ![]() ![]() Audition for Encore Stage & Studio’s production of Freaky FridayĪctors ages 9-18, college students, and adults are invited to audition for the cast in Encore Stage & Studio’s musical production of Freaky Friday. ![]() ![]() ![]() They meander through a hot Minnesota summer with the freedom of youth kept in check by the obligations of being the sons of the local pastor. Frankie, wise beyond his thirteen years, Jake, the socially inept younger sibling who has a debilitating stutter. The mystery and confusion that is adolescence. How that summer shaped his entire life, and turned his world asunder. A mystery novel, but not… more a literary rendering of a bygone summer in the life of a son of of Methodist clergyman. Set in 1961, this novel was written with equal parts nostalgia and wisdom. ![]() I have to admit that after reading this novel I questioned myself why I had not tried this author sooner. Renowned for his Cork O’Connor mystery series, this is one of his ‘stand-alone’ efforts. “ Ordinary grace” is the first novel I’ve read by William Kent Kruger. It is only when illness, death, or some other traumatic event interrupts our lives that we yearn for a simple, regular routine. ![]() With busy lives to lead most of us do not appreciate the ordinary. ![]() ![]() Dikeĭike is Ifemelu's cousin who grows up largely in the United States. Following his death, she flees with Dike to America where she must work tirelessly to become a doctor and support her son, all the while grappling with how to assimilate into America. Aunty Uju is in a relationship with "The General" early in the story, but it seems that she is his mistress which allows her money but not status. She is Ifemelu's wife and mother of Dike, Ifemelu's cousin. Aunt Uju (Obianuju)Īunty Uju is a complex character. The narration of Americanah sometimes switches to Obinze's life and thoughts, especially his difficult life working illegally in London before returning to Nigeria to become a rich family man. Ifemelu often calls him "Ceiling" which is a code word she devised when they were first becoming physically intimate. Obinze is Ifemelu's first love whom she falls back in love with after returning to Nigeria. 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I actually think they just didn't think about. So they spoke English in life, but at home they spoke Korean. My dad was a professor, and my mom was an academic. I feel like my mother tongue is Korean and that English is the language of school. I didn't learn English until I went to school. And to talk about, very briefly, my relationship to language: English is not my first language Korean is my first language. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Forgotten Country Author Catherine Chung ![]() ![]() ![]() Paul Dini's series run on Batman is collected in an omnibus for the first time! Paul Dini has a magnificently successful career writing about Batman in both television and comic book form and now his legendary work is collected in an omnibus for the first time! From Dini's take on Selina Kyle's path of vengeance against Hush, all the way to Batman's incredible journey on Detective Comics #1000, this omnibus includes some of Paul Dini's best work on the Caped Crusader's iconic adventures.Ĭollects Batman #685 (1940-), Batman Annual #1 (2016-), Batman Black and White #3 (2013-), Batman: Gotham Knights #14 (2000-), Batman: Streets of Gotham #1-4, #7, #10-14, #16-21, DCU Holiday Special #1, Detective Comics #821-824, #826-828, #831, #833-834, #837-841, #843-850, #852, #1000 ![]() |
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