7/4/2023 0 Comments Erik larson titanic![]() ![]() On the morning of May 1st, passengers boarded, luggage and cargo was loaded and the officers and crew of the Lusitania did their daily inspection of lifeboats and all systems of the gigantic ship. Besides while the Great War between Great Britain and Germany had been ongoing for years, there was a tacit agreement that neutral and commercial vessels were not fair game.ĭespite an announcement from the German embassy which ran in the New York Times on May 1, 1915, warning that commercial vessels were vulnerable to attack in waters encompassed in the war zone, no one paid much attention. ![]() It was fully capable of ramming and destroying a smaller ship. It’s size alone was daunting its image would scare off most warships that were smaller and barely faster than the swift steamship. Just like the Titanic before it, the Lusitania was considered to be virtually unsinkable. However being an ocean liner for passengers wasn’t to be the reason why it became an important part of world history. While some of Britain’s private steamships had been converted for the war, the Lusitania had no connection whatsoever with the war or wartime maneuvers. This splendid example of man’s advancements in shipbuilding was a commercial vessel that carried passengers and cargo. It was called the “magnificent ship” standing seven stories from dock to bridge and consuming coal at a rate of 140 tons a day while just standing still. ![]() “Dead Wake” by Erik Larson tells the story of a fabulous steamship, the Lusitania. ![]()
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7/4/2023 0 Comments Laura spinney 1918![]() ![]() This strain then possibly drifted across the Atlantic as America joined the war eventually surfacing in Camp Funston in Kansas. Mustard gas victims with compromised lungs certainly became extremely susceptible to the new strain possibly as early as 1916 but never identified as such at the time. An alternative theory is that gas victims in the base hospitals mutated avian flu within their lungs from the waterfowl living in the wetlands around Etaples. Spinney argues believably that either the virus originated in China, where waterfowl borne viruses have mutated in the years since as Bird Flu, and travelled with the CLC across the US to Europe, potentially drifting into Kansas on the way. Alongside were troops of the Chinese Labour Corps (CLC) recruited from rural China for labour support activities on the front. ![]() Notorious for a mutiny amongst British and Australian troops in 1917 Etaples and its infamous ’Bullring’ training grounds held thousands of troops going up to the frontline as well as a dozen hospitals with 23,000 beds for casualties returning from the Ypres salient. ![]() Discussing how it emerged in Kansas Spinney highlights the differing views but two key theories seem to coalesce around the British base depot at Etaples to the rear of the British Sector of the Western Front. ![]() 7/4/2023 0 Comments Spinning silver naomi novik![]() She goes door to door, collecting what is due. ![]() While they go hungry, other men dower their daughters with Mandelstam coin. As the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders, she should be living in modest wealth but instead, the money her father lends out never makes it back. When Miryem Mandelstam’s mother becomes ill, Miryem’s patience with her father’s sloth comes to an end. When her grand marriage to the most important man in the land turns into a fight for survival, she meets a most unexpected ally. She gets far more than she bargained for. ![]() She expects a simple marriage, to a man of moderate importance. Her father earned his title rather than being born into it and while men deeply respect him and his accomplishments, theirs is not the noblest blood. Irina is the plain daughter of the first wife of an upstart duke. ![]() A story full of adventure, wit, dangerous fey and clever queens, it is everything, EVERYTHING that a fairy tale for adults should be. Spinning Silver is a lush, richly imagined, gloriously magical fantasy novel that takes its inspiration from Russian and Jewish folklore. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Proletariat as Subject and RepresentationĨ. As Debord noted in his follow-up work, Comments on the Society of the Spectacle (1988), "spectacular domination has succeeded in raising an entire generation molded to its laws."Ĥ. The book is considered a seminal text for the Situationist movement. Most people today have scarcely any awareness of pre-spectacle history, let alone of anti-spectacle possibilities. The Society of the Spectacle (French: La société du spectacle) is a 1967 work of philosophy and Marxist critical theory by Guy Debord, in which the author develops and presents the concept of the Spectacle. It has, in fact, become even more pertinent than ever, because the spectacle has become more all-pervading than ever - to the point that it is almost universally taken for granted. ![]() This makes it more of a challenge, but it is also why it remains so pertinent nearly half a century after its original publication while countless other social theories and intellectual fads have come and gone. NEW 2K RESTORATION The spectacle sings not of arms and the man but of commodities and their passions. ![]() Contrary to popular misconceptions, Debord’s book is neither an ivory tower “philosophical” discourse nor a mere expression of “protest.” It is a carefully considered effort to clarify the most fundamental tendencies and contradictions of the society in which we find ourselves. Icarus Films: The Society of the Spectacle (718) 488 8900 The Society of the Spectacle Directed by Guy Debord Text Size Printable Version The Society of the Spectacle from Icarus Films. ![]() 7/4/2023 0 Comments No rules rules![]() ![]() ![]() Rejecting the conventional wisdom under which other companies operate, Reed set new standards, valuing people over process, emphasizing innovation over efficiency, and giving employees context, not controls. ![]() When Reed Hastings co-founded Netflix, he developed a set of counterintuitive and radical management principles, defying all tradition and expectation, which would allow the company to reinvent itself over and over on the way to becoming one of the most loved brands in the world. ![]() Not only because it has led a revolution in the entertainment industries or because it generates billions of dollars in annual revenue or even because it is watched by hundreds of millions of people in nearly 200 countries. Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings reveals for the first time the unorthodox culture behind one of the world’s most innovative, imaginative, and successful companies There’s never before been a company like Netflix. You can read this before No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. Here is a quick description and cover image of book No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention written by Reed Hastings which was published in. Brief Summary of Book: No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings ![]() 7/4/2023 0 Comments Cinderella is dead description![]() On the run, she encounters beautiful Constance, a descendant of Cinderella’s vilified stepsister Gabrielle, who knows the truth behind the official legend. But while Erin succumbs to fear and social pressure, Sophia refuses to yield, fleeing the ball. In the city of Lille, headstrong Sophia Grimmins, 16, wants nothing to do with marriage-unless it’s to her girlfriend, Erin. Those who aren’t selected in three years-married by 18-are considered forfeit and destined for lives of servitude some vanish altogether. ![]() Two hundred years after Cinderella’s death, the kingdom of Mersailles is a totalitarian patriarchy: women have no rights and live with children under a strict curfew, while young women must present themselves to prospective suitors at the annual ball. ![]() 7/4/2023 0 Comments Book american assassin![]() ![]() ![]() What type of man is willing to kill for his country without putting on a uniform? Kennedy finds him in the wake of the Pan Am Lockerbie terrorist attack. Stansfield directs his protégée, Irene Kennedy, and his old Cold War colleague, Stan Hurley, to form a new group of clandestine operatives who will work outside the normal chain of command-men who do not exist. ![]() ![]() The rise of Islamic terrorism is coming, and it needs to be met abroad before it reaches America’s shores. Cold War veteran and CIA Operations Director Thomas Stansfield knows he must prepare his people for the next war. Two decades of cutthroat, partisan politics has left the CIA and the country in an increasingly vulnerable position. #1 New York Times bestselling author Vince Flynn returns with yet another explosive thriller, introducing the young Mitch Rapp, as he takes on his first assignment.īefore he was considered a CIA superagent, before he was thought of as a terrorist’s worst nightmare, and before he was both loathed and admired by the politicians on Capitol Hill, Mitch Rapp was a gifted college athlete without a care in the world. ![]() 7/3/2023 0 Comments Blowback chalmers![]() ![]() OL17729256W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 90.75 Pages 294 Ppi 500 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0316854867 Urn:lcp:blowback00chal:epub:76c44c5e-ea00-45e2-a756-981165a52949 Extramarc University of Toronto Foldoutcount 0 Identifier blowback00chal Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t7hq6mj6d Invoice 11 Isbn 0805062394ĩ780805062397 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.16 Openlibrary OL7932542M Openlibrary_edition Chalmers Johnson, Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire. ![]() ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 17:23:39 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA1119303 Boxid_2 BWB220140929 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donorįriendsofthesanfranciscopubliclibrary Edition 1. ![]() ![]() ![]() Delivery with Standard Australia Post usually happens within 2-10 business days from time of dispatch.You can track your delivery by going to AusPost tracking and entering your tracking number - your Order Shipped email will contain this information for each parcel. 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Book Review Information:īelow are the book info as found in Amazon and Goodreads… Publication Date: May, 2022įormat: Hardcover, Paperback, Audiobook, and ebookĪmazon Score: 4.5 of 5 (over 1400 ratings) It did make me feel pressure to finish it which was nice and different. ![]() The book was borrowed for 14 days and so it was fun reading the book within this time allowed. I got this book from my local library through the Libby app. “When Women Were Dragons” by Kelly Barnhill How I Got This Book? ![]() |