![]() ![]() In Screwtape's advice, selfish gain and power are seen as the only good, and neither demon can comprehend God's love for man or acknowledge human virtue. ![]() In the 31 letters which comprise the book, Screwtape gives Wormwood detailed advice on various methods of undermining God's words and of promoting abandonment of God in "the Patient" (whom Wormwood is tempting), interspersed with observations on human nature and on the Bible. Screwtape holds an administrative post in the bureaucracy ("Lowerarchy") of Hell, and acts as a mentor to his nephew Wormwood, an inexperienced and incompetent tempter. In The Screwtape Letters, Lewis imagines a series of lessons in the importance of taking a deliberate role in Christian faith by portraying a typical human life, with all its temptations and failings, seen from devils' viewpoints. The uncle's mentorship pertains to the nephew's responsibility in securing the damnation of a British man known only as "the Patient." ![]() It is written in a satirical, epistolary style and while it is fictional in format, the plot and characters are used to address Christian theological issues, primarily those to do with temptation and resistance to it.įirst published in February 1942, the story takes the form of a series of letters from a senior demon Screwtape to his nephew Wormwood, a junior tempter. The Screwtape Letters is a Christian apologetic novel by C. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The science and natural history of shells are woven into a compelling narrative, revealing their cultural importance and the ways they have been used by humans over the millennia. ![]() Their shells provide homes for other animals, and across the ages, people have used shells not only as trinkets but also as a form of money, and as powerful symbols of sex and death, prestige and war. Members of the phylum Mollusca are among the most ancient animals on the planet. In Spirals in Time, marine biologist Helen Scales shows how seashells have been sculpted by the fundamental rules of mathematics and evolution how they gave us color, gems, food, and new medicines. Seashells, stretching from the deep past into the present day, are touchstones leading into fascinating realms of the natural world and cutting-edge science. ![]() ![]() ![]() In analyzing poetry, it is important to take apart the pieces of metaphor and symbolism individually to figure out what they mean and what moods they evoke. Please help analyse this poem and tell me what it’s about. Voltas of acoustics, instinct & metaphor. I make you a box of darkness with a bird in its heart. Shit dropping to your floors is not unlike the starsįalling from the pep rally posters on your walls. You undergo a beautiful catharsis trapped one night While your better selves watch from the bleachers. ![]() I lock your persona in a dream-inducing sleeper hold Grinder to separate the song of the bird from the bone. I lock you in a form that is part music box, part meat Part panic closet, a little room in a house set aflame. I lock you in an American sonnet that is part prison, American Sonnet for My Past and Future Assassin ![]() ![]() ![]() And it calls for turning today's degenerative economies into regenerative ones, and divisive economies into far more distributive ones. ![]() It also recognises that economies, societies, and the rest of the living world, are complex, interdependent systems that are best understood through the lens of systems thinking. ![]() Doughnut Economics recognises that human behaviour can be nurtured to be cooperative and caring, just as it can be competitive and individualistic. At the same time, see the big picture by recognising that the economy is embedded within, and dependent upon, society and the living world. The starting point of Doughnut Economics is to change the goal from endless GDP growth to thriving in the Doughnut. Drawing on insights from diverse schools of economic thought - including ecological, feminist, institutional, behavioural and complexity economics - it sets out seven ways to think like a 21st century economist in order to transform economies, local to global. It's not a set of policies and institutions, but rather a way of thinking to bring about the regenerative and distributive dynamics that this century calls for. ![]() If the 21st century goal is to meet the needs of all people within the means of the living planet - in other words, get into the Doughnut - then how can humanity get there? Not with last century's economic thinking.ĭoughnut Economics proposes an economic mindset that's fit for our times. ![]() ![]() What a novelist can fit in a chapter, it would take about 4 hours to show on stage. I suppose this is a common trait of plays adapted from novels. You’re a bit confused over the amount of seen and unseen characters they’re introducing and explaining in such a small space of time before the murder occurs. Of course that is to be expected as we have a lot to unpack about these characters before we begin to investigate them- but it was bit overwhelming. The performance starts with a lot of exposition. That moment where everything ties together in a bow is delicious!īut if we start at the beginning, it’s a slow burner. If you go to see a play adapted from Agatha Christie, you know you’re in for a storytelling treat. When a shoot out does occur in the house, it’s up to Miss Marple and Inspector Craddock to find out what really happened. A Murder is Announced- A Miss Marple Mystery has all the charm of a classic ‘whodunnit’ that has you guessing throughout.Īfter an announcement in the Gazette predicts a Murder at Letitia Blacklock’s house, she and her group of family and friends are anxious to see what might happen. ![]() ![]() ![]() Midland RockHounds: 7:05 PM (gates open at 5:35) Must be present to win+ Bud Light Friday Fireworks + H-E-B & Favor Gift Card Raffle: $5,100 in gift cards raffled off throughout the game. + Blue Ghosts Weekend presented by Mike Shaw Automotive + Three Dollar Thursday: $3 domestic & $3.50 premium 12-oz draft beer (all stands), $3 discount on 14-oz margaritas at Live Oak Bar, Valero Champions Corner and Port Ave Tacos+ Media Partners: The Beach 96.5 & WILD 105.5įriday, May 26 vs. Midland RockHounds: 6:35 PM (gates open at 5:35) ![]() _+ Media Partners: 97.5 KFTX Real Country ![]() + Fans can buy one ticket and get one ticket free for Whataburger Family Day _(online promo code: HOOKSBOGO) + Your Hooks take the field as the world-famous Honey Butter Chicken Biscuits + Conviva Silver Sluggers Night+ Media Partners: SportsRadio Corpus Christi & Bandtango Radio + Mike Shaw Automotive 4-for-$40, offering fans four tickets, four hot dogs and four sodas for $40 (online promo code: HOOKS4FOR40) Here is a complete rundown of the happenings at the Ballpark by the Bay. Heroes On The Water is this week's beneficiary of the Share2Care 50/50 Raffle presented by Lithia CDJR. The Leadoff: Detroit Tigers' September call-ups bring new and familiar faces ![]() ![]() I could not have written this account while Marilyn was alive. During those days something happened that was impossible to include in my normal entries. But nine days during the middle of filming were missing from my account. But Monroe was determined to proveįrom my first day as third assistant director I kept a journal that was later published as The Prince, the Showgirl and Me. Monroe’s new husband, the playwright Arthur Miller, dealt with her like a difficult child, and Milton Greene (her business partner in Marilyn Monroe Productions) was desperate to retain control of ‘his’ star by giving her prescription drugs. Olivier, the best-known classical actor of his generation, patronised Monroe – who before then had played only strippers and chorus girls – and treated her like a dumb blonde. I had just finished university and was only there because my parents were friends of Olivier andįilming on The Prince and the Showgirl went badly from the beginning. In the summer of 1956 I worked on the set of a film starring Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn lounges on a sofa in The Prince and the Showgirl ![]() ![]() ![]() “He is not particularly emotionally intelligent, but he has this sort of fascination with Count Magnus and the family. Oh, the warm, expansive joy to be had from a chilly, compact ghost story And A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint (BBC Two), an MR James short story adapted by aficionado Mark Gatiss into a glittering half-hour nugget, is an absolute treat. “There are red flags waved in front of him all the way through that he doesn't read,” he told BBC Radio Four’s Today programme. And A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint (BBC Two), an MR James short story adapted by aficionado Mark Gatiss into a glittering half-hour nugget, is an absolute treat. Watkins said of his character, “he has this really unhealthy fascination with things that you should be leaving alone”. ![]() ![]() In Count Magnus, Jason Watkins (W1A, The Crown) plays Mr Wraxhall, an inquisitive character who becomes fascinated by the long-dead founder of a Swedish family and discovers that the dreaded aristocrat may not lie easy in his tomb. “The Count casts a long shadow and I hope we can all relish being in his thrall this Christmas.”Ĭount Magnus follows the success of James adaptations The Mezzotint (2021), Martin’s Close (2019) and Tractate Middoth in 2013, and original scripts The Dead Room (2018) and The Crooked House in 2008.įor a flavour of the ghost story experience ahead of the 23 December debut of the new story, The Dead Room, The Mezzotint and Martin's Close are all available to watch on iPlayer. James’ most beloved tales to life for this year’s ghost story. “It’s an absolute thrill to be bringing one of M.R. James, is a highlight of this year's festive schedule. The half-hour drama, set in 1863 and based on a 1904 short story by M.R. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ben and Johnny pair well together, as Ben’s rocky form shields him from the scintillating heat of The Human Torch. The comic expands upon the concept that each member reflects a distinct element of matter. Ultimate Fantastic Four forces the team to accept that they need each other to survive the trials that lie ahead. Instead of plunging head-first into super-heroism, the squad cowers in fear, shocked by their sudden transformation. ![]() The group longs to rid themselves of the strange new powers that stretch and suffocate their bodies. Similar to 2015’s doomed Fant4stic Four film, the story explores the terror of bodily mutation and illuminates the emotional and psychological damage it wreaks upon the team. Unlike its predecessor, 2004’s Ultimate Fantastic Four #1-12 (by Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Millar, Warren Ellis, Adam Kubert, Stuart Immonen, John Dell, Danny Miki, Wade von Grawbadger, and Dave Stewart) cast Marvel's first family as young adults caught in chaos, searching for a way to reclaim their former selves. ![]() ![]() We also encourage discussion about developments in the book world and we have a flair system. We love original content and self-posts! Thoughts, discussion questions, epiphanies and interesting links about authors and their work. Please see extended rules for appropriate alternative subreddits, like /r/suggestmeabook, /r/whatsthatbook, etc. ‘Should I read …?’, ‘What’s that book?’ posts, sales links, piracy, plagiarism, low quality book lists, unmarked spoilers (instructions for spoiler tags are in the sidebar), sensationalist headlines, novelty accounts, low effort content. 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