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Musa Okwonga a young Black man who grew up in a predominantly working-class town was not your typical Eton College student.The experience moulded and challenged him but also made him wonder why a place that was so good for him also seemed to contribute to the harm being done to the UK. The more he searched, the more evident the connection became between one of Britains most prestigious institutions and the genesis of Brexit.Woven throughout this deeply personal and unflinching memoir of Musas five years at Eton in the 1990s is a present-day narrative which engages with much wider questions: privilege, the distribution of wealth, the rise of the far right, systemic racism, the boys club of government and the power of the few to control the fate of the many.One of Them is both an intimate account and a timely exploration of race and class in modern Britain.

Branca de Neve não é uma princesa.Ela vive numa fazenda com seus pais, que vieram de muito longe para começar uma vida nova no Brasil, com uma pequena plantação cheia de sonhos.Quando sete agricultor

RETORNE À MAGIA DO ARQUIPÉLAGO...O VENENO ESTÁ SE ESPALHANDO E O TEMPO ESTÁ ACABANDO.Quando Christopher acorda com um dragão mordiscando seu rosto, o coração acelera – não de medo, mas de alegria pur

Ao esvaziar o apartamento da mãe morta em plena pandemia, Ana acredita que está apenas se livrando de tralhas — mas o que encontra é um museu de afetos que a obriga a revisitar toda a própria históri

The Astronomers Lost DaughterEchoes of the Veiled Stars XIby Evelyne DLorien Book Description (EN)Some stars do not fall.They wait to be remembered.When an abandoned observatory begins to breathe again, its shifting constellations reveal a truth long denied: the Astronomers daughter was never lost to the night. She was claimed by an unfinished pattern written into the sky itself.As the narrator follows echoes through corridors of folded darkness and archives of unrealized constellations, the boundary between human memory and celestial destiny begins to dissolve. What emerges is not a tale of disappearance, but of transformationof a girl caught between becoming a constellation and remaining human, and of the cost the universe never learned to count.The Astronomers Lost Daughter is the eleventh volume of Echoes of the Veiled Stars, a poetic, introspective fantasy about memory, sacrifice, and the fragile mercy of completion. Told in luminous prose and shaped by stillness rather than spectacle, it explores what happens when the sky itself must learn the weight of love.For readers of atmospheric fantasy, mythic resonance, and quiet stories where cosmic wonder meets human tenderness.

A cada ano que se passa, cresce o número de jovens negros, LGBTs e periféricos nas universidades públicas. Esse movimento é fruto da incansável luta das minorias sociais, que vem como contraponto à e

Rose Bretéchers memoir on her long struggle with OCD. Adapted for the 2019 Channel 4 series.Rose has OCD, but not as you know it. Pure is the brave account of her ten-year struggle with Pure O, a little-known form of the condition, which causes her to experience intrusive sexual thoughts of shocking intensity. Undermined at every turn by her obsessions and enduring years of misdiagnosis and failed therapies, eventually the love of family and friends and her own courage prevailed, inspiring this beautiful and often hilarious memoir of a woman who refused to give up.At its core is a lesson for all of us: when it comes to being happy with who we are, there are no neat conclusions.

The period included in the reigns of Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian, was remarkable for two memorable events in the annals of ecclesiastical history; the first persecution of the Christian Church by the sixth Roman sovereign, and the dissolution of the Jewish polity by Titus.The destruction of Jerusalem was stupendous, not only as an act of divine wrath, but as being the proximate cause of the dispersion of a whole nation, upon which a long series of sorrow, spoliation, and oppression lighted, in consequence of the curse the Jews had invoked, when in reply to the remonstrances of Pilate they had cried out, "His blood be upon us and our children."The church below, represented in Scripture as a type of the heavenly Jerusalem above, and having its seat then in the doomed city, was not to continue there, lest the native Jews composing it should gather round them a people of their own nation, in a place destined to remain desolate till the time when the dispersed of Israel should be converted, and rebuild their city and temple. The city bearing the ancient name of Jerusalem does not indeed occupy the same site, being built round the sacred spot.

The excellence of the following Treatise is so well known to all in any tolerable degree conversant with the Art of Painting, that it would be almost superfluous to say any thing respecting it, were it not that it here appears under the form of a new translation, of which fome account may be expected.Of the original Work, which is in reality a selection from the voluminous manuscript collections of the Author, both in Solio and Quarto, of all such passages as related to Painting, no edition appeared in print till 1651.Though its Author died so long before as the year 1519; and it is owing to the circumstance of a manuscript copy of these extracts in the original Italian, having fallen into the hands of "Raphael" that in the former of these years it was published at Paris in a thin folio volume in that language, accompanied with a set of cuts from the drawings of Niccolo Pouissin, and Alberti, the former having designed and defined the human figures, the latter the geometrical and other representations..

The two strangers remained standing by the door, which was closed quietly behind them. They seemed to be waiting for the mild sensation caused by their appearance to subside before advancing into the room. Maskull was a kind of giant, but of broader and more robust physique than most giants. He wore a full beard. His features were thick and heavy, coarsely modelled, like those of a wooden carving; but his eyes, small and black, sparkled with the fires of intelligence and audacity. His hair was short, black, and bristling.Night-spore was of middle height, but so tough-looking that he appeared to be trained out of all human frailties and susceptibilities. His hairless face seemed consumed by an intense spiritual hunger, and his eyes were wild and distant. Both men were dressed in tweeds.Before any words were spoken, a loud and terrible crash of falling masonry caused the assembled party to start up from their chairs in consternation. It sounded as if the entire upper part of the building had collapsed. Faull sprang to the door, and called to the servant to say what was happening. The man had to be questioned twice before he gathered what was required of him.

Beginning with his A Treatise of Human Nature (1739), Hume strove to create a total naturalistic "science of man" that examined the psychological basis of human nature. In stark opposition to the rationalists who preceded him, most notably Descartes, he concluded that desire rather than reason governed human behaviour, saying:"Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions". A prominent figure in the sceptical philosophical tradition and a strong empiricist, he argued against the existence of innate ideas, concluding instead that humans have knowledge only of things they directly experience..NOTHING is more usual and more natural for those, who pretend to discover anything new to the world in philosophy and the sciences, than to insinuate the praises of their own systems, by decrying all those, which have been advanced before them. And indeed were they content with lamenting that ignorance, which we still lie under in the most important questions, that can come before the tribunal of human reason, there are few, who have an acquaintance with the sciences, that would not readily agree with them.

This fantastically precise misconception was based upon a too literal interpretation of the Hebrew Bible, and upon rather arbitrary theological assumptions connected therewith. Such ideas have long since been abandoned by religious teachers, and it is universally recognized that the universe in which we live has to all appearances existed for an enormous period of time and possibly for endless time. Of course there may be deception in these appearances, as a room may be made to seem endless by putting mirrors facing each other at either end.But that the universe in which we live has existed only for six or seven thousand years may be regarded as an altogether exploded idea.The earth, as everybody knows nowadays, is a spheroid, a sphere slightly compressed, orange fashion, with a diameter of nearly 8,000 miles. Its spherical shape has been known at least to a limited number of intelligent people for nearly 2,500 years, but before that time it was supposed to be flat, and various ideas which now seem fantastic were entertained about its relations to the sky and the stars and planets.

This new edition contains quotations from the literature of the periods covered, from the Apocrypha, Philo, Josephus and the Mishna. Three chapters have been added, two on "Stories and Sayings of the Sages of the Talmud" and one on "Rabbi Judah and his times."Other chapters have been placed in more logical sequence. Both the Chronological Tables and the Notes are fuller. A new feature has been introduced in a "theme for discussion" at the close of each chapter that may be found helpful to study circles and Chautauqua societies. This has also been introduced in the recently issued "Modern Jewish History."The author expresses his grateful indebtedness to Dr. David de Sola Pool for a most careful reading of the manuscript and for many corrections and suggestions; also to Mr. Philip Cowen for the aid rendered in collecting the illustrations. The author has availed himself of writings that have appeared on this epoch since the edition of 1904. He hopes he has succeeded in producing a more readable book.

Homer commences his story, not at the beginning, but "in the midst of things;" hence, when one starts out to read the Iliad without having made some special preparation beforehand, he finds it hard to understand, and is tempted, in despair, to stop at the end of the first book. Many people are, therefore, content to admire the great masterpiece of poetry and story-telling simply because others admire it, and not because they have any personal acquaintance with it.Now, it is not my purpose to give you a "simplified version" of the Iliad or the Odyssey. There are already many such versions; but the best way for you, or any one else, to read Homer, is to read Homer. If you do not understand Greek, you can read him in one of the many English translations. You will find much of the spirit of the original in the translations by Bryant, by Lord Derby, and by old George Chapman, as well as in the admirable prose rendering by Butcher and Lang; but you can get none of it in any so-called simplified version.My object in writing this "Story of the Golden Age" has been to pave the way, if I dare say it, to an enjoyable reading of Homer, either in translations or in the original.

It wasnt a game made by a studio. It was a messy, unbalanced map made by a teenager in a level editor. "Defense of the Ancients" (DotA) was a custom map for Warcraft III that stripped away the base building and focused on heroes. Blizzard ignored it. But the players didnt.This book traces the chaotic lineage of the MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) genre. From the anonymous creator Eul to the mysterious IceFrog, from the theft of ideas that led to "League of Legends" to Valves corporate maneuvering to secure "Dota 2". It is a story of how the community built a genre that generates billions today, while the company that owned the engine (Blizzard) watched from the sidelines and missed the biggest opportunity in gaming history.

You are not the same person in sweatpants that you are in a suit. This is not just a matter of vanity or how others perceive you; it is a matter of how your brain processes information. "Enclothed Cognition" is the scientific phenomenon describing how the symbolic meaning of our clothes changes our cognitive performance.This book dives into the fascinating research showing that people pay better attention when wearing a doctors coat, negotiate more aggressively in formal wear, and feel more creative in "artists clothes." It moves beyond the superficial "dress for success" advice and explains the neural feedback loop between texture, style, and mindset. Learn how to hack your own wardrobe to trigger specific mental states on demand, turning your closet into a toolbox for your brain.

In software engineering, the "Bus Factor" is the minimum number of team members that have to disappear (e.g., get hit by a bus) before a project stalls completely. If you are the only person who knows how the legacy code works, you are not an asset; you are a single point of failure. This book challenges the ego-driven desire to be indispensable."Hit by a Bus" argues that true professional mastery is making yourself replaceable. It provides a framework for documentation, knowledge transfer, and mentorship that secures the companys future and frees the individual for promotion. The employee who hoards knowledge to protect their job is building a prison; the employee who shares knowledge is building a legacy. A guide for managers to identify "knowledge silos" and for employees to escape the trap of being the only one who can fix the printer.

You enter the office and feel tired. Your eyes itch. Your head throbs. You leave at 5 PM, and you feel fine. You are not lazy; your building is attacking you. "Sick Building Syndrome" (SBS) is a medical reality caused by the energy-efficient architecture of the 1970s, which sealed buildings so tight they stopped breathing.This book investigates the cocktail of VOCs (volatile organic compounds), mold spores, high CO2 levels, and flickering LED lights that define modern workspaces. It explains how bad air quality reduces cognitive function by up to 50% and why "open windows" are the enemy of corporate HVAC systems. A guide for employees to identify the symptoms and for architects to build spaces that dont poison the people inside.

The Ford Edsel was supposed to be the ultimate car. Ford spent ten years and $250 million (billions today) on market research. They polled thousands of people. They analyzed every demographic. They used the best science of the 1950s. And then they launched a car that nobody wanted, with a grille that people said looked like a toilet seat."The Grill of Disaster" is the definitive autopsy of the biggest product launch failure in corporate history. It dissects why asking customers what they want often leads to disaster, the dangers of design-by-committee, and the hubris of thinking you can engineer desire. It is a timeless lesson for modern startups: Data can tell you everything about the past, but it cannot predict whether people will laugh at your product.

On the night of February 24, 1942, three months after Pearl Harbor, the air raid sirens screamed across Los Angeles. Searchlights swept the sky. Anti-aircraft guns fired over 1,400 shells into the darkness. Millions of people watched as explosives detonated in the air. The next morning, five civilians were dead from heart attacks and car accidents. But there was not a single enemy plane.Was it a Japanese submarine launching a plane? A weather balloon? A UFO? Or was it the deadliest case of "War Nerves" in history? This book dissects the "Battle of Los Angeles," showing how fear can make an entire city see phantoms. It explores the power of collective hallucination and how inexperienced gunners shooting at smoke created a feedback loop of destruction.