![]() ![]() He has graduated from Stanford University on the department of Philosophy and did his Ph.D. Among the titles he penned are the bestsellers The End of Faith, Free Will, Letter to a Christian Nation, The Moral Landscape, Waking Up, Lying, and Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue (with eMaajid Nawaz). ![]() Sam Harris is an author of a handful of books, published in more than 20 languages. If provoking believers or tinkering with ancient philosophical questions in modern times is in the domain of your interest. But, Harris writes in a way that not only is openly against religion but also against everyone that glorifies it. When confronted by it people are provoked to face their philosophies on life and the world. It is an ancient question, but it still does the trick. One of his central questions is: if there is God, why does he permit evil. ![]() Who Should Read “The End of Faith”? And Why? But as the world evolves, a significant number of people overthrow faith and the worldview it creates. 4 min read ⌚ Religion, Terror, and the Future of ReasonĮver since the beginnings of religion, some people were not entirely taken by it. ![]()
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![]() When news of her three hundredth kill makes her a national heroine, Mila finds herself torn from the bloody battlefields of the eastern front and sent to America on a goodwill tour. Given a rifle and sent to join the fight, Mila must forge herself from studious girl to deadly sniper-a lethal hunter of Nazis known as Lady Death. In 1937 in the snowbound city of Kyiv, wry and bookish history student Mila Pavlichenko organizes her life around her library job and her young son-but Hitler's invasion of Ukraine and Russia sends her on a different path. The bestselling author of The Rose Code returns with an unforgettable World War II tale of a quiet bookworm who becomes history's deadliest female sniper. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It follows Kouchi, a boy who befriends a quiet girl named Mei. For those curious, our story takes place in a town surrounded by mystery. Fortunately, Yukito Ayatsuji’s manga goes a bit more in-depth with the cast. While Another’s anime has fantastic kills, it doesn’t spend as much time fleshing out the cast as it should. Despite being 7 chapters long, Garden of Words is an excellent example of how a bite-sized manga can pack a powerful punch. It’ll enlighten folks on why it’s important to find meaning in the small moments in life by examining the connection that develops between Takao and Yukino as they meet on a daily basis. The biggest takeaway from this manga is its themes. Makoto Shinkai’s ability to create intimacy and emotion in a short period is insane. ![]() The manga is notable for its stunning artwork, which captures the mood and atmosphere of rainy Tokyo authentically. The story unfolds over the course of a single rainy season, as the two characters bond over their shared love of gardens and pursue their individual passions. It centers around the relationship between two people named Takao and Yukino. While the manga’s art isn’t as engaging as the anime, the story is just as compelling in the manga. It blew people away with how detailed everything appeared from its luscious environments to its neat weather effects. Garden of Words received an incredible anime film adaptation that holds up well. ![]() ![]() ![]() What does all of the evidence point to-and what does it mean today?.Is there any reason to believe the resurrection was an actual event?.Does evidence for Jesus exist outside the Bible?.In his comprehensive investigation, Strobel doesn't shy away from challenging questions, including: ![]() In this revised and updated edition of The Case for Christ, Strobel cross-examines a dozen experts with doctorates from schools such as Cambridge, Princeton, and Brandeis, asking hard-hitting questions-and taking a deeper look at the evidence from the fields of science, philosophy, and history. Is there credible proof that Jesus of Nazareth really is the Son of God? In The Case for Christ, Lee Strobel, former legal editor of the Chicago Tribune and New York Times bestselling author, retraces his own spiritual journey from atheism to faith and builds a captivating case for Christ's divinity. ![]() ![]() ![]() Eventually he found an agent in New York, who spent several years sending his manuscripts around, and trying to make the rejection slips sound hopeful. Those years garnered him a nice collection of unpublished manuscripts, but not a lot of money. ![]() Should anyone ever want to write a novel concerning the car-rental industry or the travails of temporary typists, John can provide excellent background material. He attended several colleges-Antioch, in Ohio, Cerritos, in Norwalk, California, Montana State University and San Francisco State College, variously majoring in anthropology, liberal arts, and theater, but never obtaining a degree.Īfter leaving college, he decided the best thing for a college dropout to do was become a writer, and spent the next fifteen years working in various jobs while attempting to write a book someone would want to publish. John Saul grew up in Whittier California where he graduated from Whittier High School in 1959. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() While the prose is dry and best read in short sessions, Plenderleith has compiled an intriguing history packed full of trivia that's certain to fascinate soccer fans. Though the league would eventually crumble from the fiscal strain of poor management and lack of national enthusiasm, it nevertheless influenced soccer around the world in a number of ways, which Plenderleith expounds upon while drawing from more than a century of sports history. Boasting stars like Pele and overnight celebrity clubs like the New York Cosmos and fan-favorite Minnesota Kicks, the NASL burned bright and enjoyed the company of literal rock stars like the Beach Boys and the Rolling Stones. Journalist Ian Plenderleiths Rock n Roll Soccer presents the raucous history of the hype and chaos surrounding the rapid rise and cataclysmic fall of the NASL. Plenderleith (For Whom the Ball Rolls), a 20-year veteran of sports journalism, chronicles the rise and fall of the NASL, America's first major foray into the "beautiful game." The NASL's commissioners met with immediate road blocks from the group's adversarial beginnings in 1967 68, but they managed to guide their upstart league through more than 15 years of tumultuous, flamboyant, and FIFA-flouting play, starring "bad boy" players who captivated American fans. Rock 'n' Roll Soccer - Ian Plenderleith - YouTube 0:00 / 3:08 Rock 'n' Roll Soccer - Ian Plenderleith IconBooks UK 453 subscribers Subscribe 1.5K views 8 years ago ABOUT. ![]() ![]() ![]() With some possibly disturbing scenes with guns, dismemberment of robots, and death in the wild, the story's also filled with lessons about kindness and pluck. Though Roz is a robot and doesn't have emotions, she's thoughtfully observant and programmed to be helpful and kind. ![]() Set in an indeterminate future when crates of robots are carted on cargo ships and climate change kicks up violent storms, the story mixes artificial intelligence with wilderness survival. Tiger Goes Wild) is a middle-grade novel about a shipwrecked robot who learns to survive by observing and befriending the animals native to her new island. Parents need to know that The Wild Robot by Peter Brown ( Mr. ![]() Fire in woods.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Violence & Scariness in your kid's entertainment guide. Dismemberment of robots: Robots break apart when they first crash onto the island Roz loses a foot and at the end loses all limbs recon robots get blown apart. ![]() The gosling adopted by the robot is initially orphaned when the robot falls off a cliff and rocks fall several animals are also found frozen to death in winter. Gun violence in several scenes: A farmer shoots and kills a goose character the recon robots sent to retrieve the main robot have guns and use them in an extended chase scene and the animals shoot a hole through one of the recon robots, and it's pictured graphically in the art. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The extensive notes that follow the translation serve as an intelligent guide for the reader, supplying details about each of the stories and how they fit into the pattern of mythic development that allowed Kyoka to deal with his fears in a way that sustained his life and, as Mishima Yukio put it, pushed the Japanese language to its highest potential. In the way of introduction, Inouye presents a clear analysis of Kyoka's problematic stature as a "great gothic writer" and emphasizes the importance of Kyoka's work to the present reevaluation of literary history in general and modern Japanese literature in particular. They are drawn from four stages of the author's development, from the "conceptual novels" of 1895 to the fragmented romanticism of his mature work. The four stories presented here are among Kyoka's best-known works. Gothic Tales makes available for the first time a collection of stories by this highly influential writer, whose decadent romanticism led him to envision an idiosyncratic world-a fictive purgatory -precious and bizarre though always genuine despite its melodramatic formality. Resisting the various forms of realism popular during the Meiji "enlightenment," Izumi Kyoka (1873-1939) was among the most popular writers who continued to work in the old-fashioned genres of fantasy, mystery, and romance. ![]() ![]() ![]() “A very good read, a sparkling choice!” SFWA Grandmaster Harlan Ellison Callie Woodland, the narrator, deserves a series and I’m sure she’ll get one!” Dean Koontz “Starters is a smart, swift, inventive, altogether gripping story. But there’s no time to enjoy her fairy-tale new life, because she must solve the mystery of her renter’s deadly plan. But when her neurochip malfunctions, she wakes up in the mansion of her rich renter and finds she is going out with a senator’s grandson. ![]() Sixteen-year-old Callie discovers the Body Bank where teens, called Starters, rent their bodies to seniors, called Enders, who want to be young again. In a near-future Los Angeles, becoming someone else is now possible. ![]() ![]() ![]() From the invention of the first personal computer to the rise of Apple as an industry giant, iWoz presents a no-holds-barred, rollicking, firsthand account of the humanist inventor who ignited the computer revolution. ![]() Wozniak's life before and after Apple is a "home-brew" mix of brilliant discovery and adventure, as an engineer, a concert promoter, a fifth-grade teacher, a philanthropist, and an irrepressible prankster. ![]() But in 1975, a young engineering wizard named Steve Wozniak had an idea: what if you combined computer circuitry with a regular typewriter keyboard and a video screen? The result was the first true personal computer, the Apple I, a widely affordable machine that anyone could understand and figure out how to use. They had cryptic switches, punch cards, and pages of encoded output. The mastermind behind Apple Computer sheds his low profile and steps forward to tell his story for the first time.īefore cell phones that fit in the palm of your hand and slim laptops that fit snugly into briefcases, computers were like strange, alien vending machines. ![]() |