![]() If (('gtm=off') const isAppRedirect = ('appRedirect') Ĭonst isAndroid = /Android/i.test(erAgent) Ĭonst isIphone = /iPhone|iPad|iPod/i. Elton’s The Practice of History, Evans’ In Defense of History delivers “a model of lucid and intelligent historiographical analysis” (The Guardian, UK). Evans offers a fervent and deeply insightful defense of his craft and its importance to civilization. He then goes on to explain the deadly political dangers of losing a historical perspective on the way we live our lives. In defense of history User Review - Not Available - Book Verdict Evans (history, Cambridge Univ.) defends traditional history against the onslaught of postmodernist theories, which hold. In this volume, the renowned historian Richard J. ![]() In staunch opposition to the wilder claims of postmodern historians, Evans thoroughly dismantles the notion that a realistic grasp of history is impossible to attain. Taking us into the historians’ workshop, he offers a firsthand look at how good history gets written. At a time when fact and historical truth are under unprecedented assault, Evans shows us why history is necessary. ![]() In this volume, the renowned historian Richard J. “A lucid, muscular, and often sly reflection” on the worth and purpose of historical scholarship by the award-winning author of The Third Reich Trilogy (Kirkus). ![]()
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![]() The WritersĪlly Carter has written young adult series including the Gallagher Girls series (about an all-girls school for spies), the Heist Society series (about a group of teens who steal back stolen art), and the Embassy Row series (about a girl living on Embassy Row who’s trying to uncover how her mother died). No, it’s not based on a book, but knowing how Ally Carter’s books tend to have a romantic theme mixed with spies, thieves, or intrigue, there’s a good chance this film will have her trademark flair. Working to find a compromise, the pair constantly butt heads, but along the way they just may find more than they bargained for. ![]() To give credit where credit is due, Ally Carter, Kim Beyer-Johnson, Neal Dobrofsky, and Tippi Dobrofsky all worked together to write the script for A Castle for Christmas, but as a die-hard Ally Carter fan myself, her writing credit was the one that had me most excited! It’s Ally Carter’s first original screenplay! About the StoryĪccording to The Hollywood Reporter, A Castle for Christmas follows a famed American author, Sophie, who travels to Scotland and finds herself wanting to buy a castle, but the prickly owner, a Scottish Duke named Myles, is reluctant to sell to a foreigner. ![]() ![]() Get ready Ally Carter fans, because the writer behind I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You has written a Christmas rom-com movie for Netflix called A Castle for Christmas! ![]() ![]() ![]() His unique star persona rarely found the right vehicles, and it was up to radio and later TV to showcase him properly. He was at his busiest in the 1930s and early 40s, and films ranging from "Chasing Rainbows" (1930) to "Broadway Melody of 1936" (1935), "Artists and Models" (1937), and "The Meanest Man in the World" (1943) all gave him some good one-liners and comic situations, but somehow Hollywood films never quite suited him. Among the loyal comic company he cultivated were announcer Don Wilson and singer Dennis Day, his real-life wife Mary Livingstone, and most memorable of all, Eddie Anderson as "Rochester," the valet with whom Benny shared a surprisingly intimate and complex relationship.īenny made very occasional films beginning with the coming of sound. ![]() (In real life Benny was actually a fairly accomplished violinist-hence his ability to butcher it so well.) Among many comic mannerisms Benny perfected were an effeminate walk and accompanying gestures a highly deliberate, leisurely paced line delivery and, best of all, a withering, long-suffering stare at the camera as he endured other characters' many intended or accidental insults. Benny's star persona was famous for its cynical, worrisome, almost mean nature its miserliness and for Benny's insistence on playing the violin (poorly) at social gatherings. ![]() Masterful, much-loved comedian and comic actor, an influential yet essentially inimitable staple of radio and later TV for half a century. ![]() ![]() Unfortunately for Avery, Hawthorne House is also occupied by the family that Tobias Hawthorne just dispossessed. To receive her inheritance, Avery must move into sprawling, secret passage-filled Hawthorne House, where every room bears the old man's touch - and his love of puzzles, riddles, and codes. The catch? Avery has no idea why - or even who Tobias Hawthorne is. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. ![]() Īvery Grambs has a plan for a better future: Survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. ![]() Don't miss this "impossible to put down" ( Buzzfeed ) novel with deadly stakes, thrilling twists, and juicy secrets - perfect for fans of One of Us Is Lying and Knives Out. ![]() ![]() Through new evidence from art, archeology, religion, and anthropology, Eisler shows that mythologies suggesting that human nature is inherently warlike or aggressive can be re-interpreted, showing it to be less war-like than traditionally thought She points toward new mythologies which involve partnership and cooperation, and are essential for facing the awesome crisis of nuclear power, the most dangerous weapon of the Blade social order. ![]() These latter societies were characterized by violent, authoritarian and hierarchical rule. Using recent archeological findings, Eisler demonstrates that peaceful societies actually existed (symbolized by the Chalice), but were overtaken by violent societies (symbolized by the Blade). Reviews the book, The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future by Riane Eisler (1987). ![]() |