![]() ![]() You might get into a few arguments but literally no one will ever be surprised about it. Saying that you love Isaac Asimov is kind of like saying you love The Beatles. You could say the same of Heinlein and Clarke and Bradbury, but from my point of view Asimov always towered over them, for sheer output if nothing else. I think a part of it is that he’s just such a giant. But I never really loved Asimov in any of those same ways. I love Dune and A Canticle for Leibowitz and Star Maker and everything Ursula Le Guin ever wrote (even the stuff I haven’t read yet). Politics will do that but I’ll admit that the Admiral could tell a ripping good yarn, as far as I’m concerned. ![]() I loved Heinlein for a while but we’ve kinda cooled off lately. When I first read Clarke, I loved him and still do. I’ve liked some of his nonfiction.īut I’ve never quite felt the same way about him the way I have about some other stuff. I liked the Foundation books, which is to say the first three, because I haven’t read all the rest of them yet. I can’t believe I’m about to say the following sentence to open an entry in the blog I started just so I could read more science fiction authors than the Big Ones I was already reading all the time, but here it goes: Originally published in Galaxy, November 1950 ![]()
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![]() ![]() O元290390W Page_number_confidence 95.74 Pages 518 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.15 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210818160256 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 276 Scandate 20210817141720 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780679743422 Tts_version 4. After giving an engrossing account of Machiavelli's childhood and period of personal crisis that followed his imprisonment and torture, the book turns to an examination of The Prince. ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 14:01:22 Boxid IA40220019 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier In this intellectual biography, de Grazia presents a new vision of Niccolo Machiavelli that evokes the great Florentine thinker's presence. ![]() ![]() ![]() The author concludes with a summary of today’s changing economic climate and offers Rodney King’s challenge to all of us to try to get along. Students may be surprised by some of the revelations, but will recognize a constant thread of rampant racism. Well-known occurrences, such as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, the Trail of Tears, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Japanese internment are included. The narrative is laced with short quotations, cameos of personal experiences, and excerpts from folk music and literature. ![]() ![]() “Takaki traces the economic and political history of Indians, African Americans, Mexicans, Japanese, Chinese, Irish, and Jewish people in America, with considerable attention given to instances and consequences of racism. The book is an excellent companion to A People’s History of the United States. 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Having now read two of her books, I can hardly believe the same person wrote both of them. You can likely find something that would interest you amongst her books, especially if you are a kid or someone teaching kids. Maybe they aren’t even all for kids, since a couple are memoir/writing life books. For children, yes, but everything from picture books to nonfiction, fantasy to historical fiction. ![]() She wrote a heck of a lot of books and they are very wide in their scope. ![]() Okay, there are actually quite a few more. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We do not offer every plan available in your area. government or the federal Medicare program. Medicare supplement insurance plans are not connected with or endorsed by the U.S. Medicare supplement insurance is available to those age 65 and older enrolled in Medicare Parts A and B and in some states to those under age 65 eligible for Medicare due to disability or End Stage Renal disease. Government or the federal Medicare program. 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