6/27/2023 0 Comments Orhan pamuk snowTrade set the Venetians apart, made wily diplomats of them, at a time when the rest of Italy was under the rigid sway of Catholic Spain and Papal fatwas banned dealings with the Infidel. It stressed the Italian republic’s key position as a bridge between Muslim and Christian worlds. Beginning with the Egyptian Mamalukes and moving on to the Ottomans, the exhibition surveyed the important two-way commerce in spices, glass, ceramics, and silk between Venice and the Middle East. This winter, the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris placed that portrait at the centre of its exhibition “Venise et l’Orient” (1). So too was the fascination: the beginning of a tempestuous Turkish love affair with European culture. Such realism was a landmark: the first-ever true likeness of a Muslim monarch. His fine greyhound nose almost sniffs the air. Or did he? In the Venetian’s portrait, Mehmet’s young dreamy face stares wistfully out from his fluffy fur collar. Gentile Bellini went, painted, and conquered. In 1479, when the Not So Serene Republic of Venice was negotiating with the victorious Ottomans to retrieve lost trade routes, Sultan Mehmet II, fascinated by the Western fashion for portraiture, requested “a good artist.” The Doge sent his best.
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6/27/2023 0 Comments Fixer Upper by L.C. DavisA style has been chosen and made better till its generally excepted by most clients. That is exactly what is happening on this show. you might see different styles during the early career of an artist but they always tend to stick to a style. Since there seems to be a running theme of every home they renovate, it shows that they are truly the ones running their company and not doing it for the TV show. The thing is if I were to see a different style in every home they did I would think they had more then one person pulling the strings on how the renovation goes. If you watch 3 or more of the shows you will realize what they like to do so I won't spoil the feeling for you all. Per the other review I got to rebuttal against it. It's fun to see what home they choose, what choices they have to make down the road, how much they end up paying for renovations, it is all just a feel good show. This show allows you to live that dream of a new home over and over again. Those feelings you get when you get to find a place to call your own. There is always this hype of buying a home. 6/26/2023 0 Comments Blackberry picking poemAs the poem comes to the end with the rotting of the blackberries, the relationship ends as well. Young lovers have a hunger and a burning desire for one another just as children have for blackberries. Furthermore, Heaney uses words like "hunger" and "burned" to add to the sexual association. Just as a young child picks his first berry and can't stop picking them because of their tempting taste, a summer romance starts with one date and turns into the want for even more. and had a lust for picking," makes reference to a summer romance once again. The ripening of the blackberries refers to the "ripening" of young love when the relationship has already started and the two young people fall in love. The diction Heaney uses has romantic and sexual connotations, that allow the reader to infere the deeper meaning of a summer romance. It helps to portray a deeper understanding of the intensity of a summer relationship between two young people. Heaney's physically-intense language, vivid literal description, and profound, metaphoric use make the poem much more than a child's impression of a popular activity in the countryside. In Seamus Heaney's "Blackberry Picking," a literal description of picking blackberries is conveyed through his use of diction, imagery, and metaphors, which then portrays a deeper understanding of the whole experience. 6/26/2023 0 Comments Vicious cycle series katie ashleyNo matter how attracted she is to Deacon, Alexandra refuses to be just another conquest. The moment Deacon sees Alexandra, he has to have her in his bed-and he’s never met a woman yet who couldn’t be persuaded. When Willow stops coming to school, Alexandra’s search leads to a clubhouse full of bikers…and a father hell-bent on keeping his daughter always within sight. There’s an aura of sadness about her, a girl in need of all the love Alexandra can give. But his devil-may-care approach to life is thrown for a loop when the five-year-old daughter he never knew existed lands on the club steps.Īlexandra Evans is devoted to all her students-but there’s always been something about Willow Malloy that tugs at her heart. Tough, hard, and fast with his fists, he serves the group as sergeant at arms. New York Times bestselling author Katie Ashley revs up the danger and sexual tension in her brand-new Vicious Cycle romance series.ĭeacon Malloy’s life is dedicated to the Hells Raiders motorcycle club. Nettle & Bone is exactly what I want in a comfort read. Together, the five of them intend to be the hand that closes around the throat of the prince and frees Marra’s family and their kingdom from its tyrannous ruler at last. On her quest, Marra is joined by the gravewitch, a reluctant fairy godmother, a strapping former knight, and a chicken possessed by a demon. But, as is the way in tales of princes, witches, and daughters, the impossible is only the beginning. Seeking help from a powerful gravewitch, Marra is offered the tools to kill a prince-if she can complete three impossible tasks. SUMMARY: After years of seeing her sisters suffer at the hands of an abusive prince, Marra-the shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter-has finally realized that no one is coming to their rescue. 6/26/2023 0 Comments The Caphenon by Fletcher DeLanceyTweet to enter and tell me you want to win. Plus, there’s a chance to win one of five audiobook copies of the lesbian fiction classic Patience & Sarah by Isabel Miller. I also do a run-down of the Amazon lesbian fiction charts, and a sweep of what I’ve been up to, including writing a bonus chapter for my novel All I Want For Christmas, along with taking a trip to Lyon. Fletcher is a night owl when it comes to writing, and the view from her office window will turn you green with envy! Fletcher talks about how her writing revealed her true self, how she moved to Portugal to be with her true love and how she’s about to launch the third book in her Chronicles of Alsea series – Without A Front: The Warrior’s Challenge. The Caphenon (Chronicles of Alsea Book 1). When the Voloth invaded Alsea, Lancer Andira Tal thought the hard part would be fighting off a technologically advanced army. The news is shocking: not only is there other intelligent life in the universe, but its landing on the planet right now.Tal leads the first responding team and ends up rescuing aliens who have a frightening story to tell. The Caphenon by Fletcher Delancey Projection (Chronicles of Alsea, 1. The Producer’s Challenge is the most romantic book in the series and a Golden Crown Literary Society Award finalist. 13 Works Popularity 63,851 (47 Members) 135 Books 21 Reviews ½ 4.6. Welcome to Episode 14 of The Lesbian Book Club where I interview US sci-fi author Fletcher DeLancey ( The Caphenon and Without A Front: The Producer’s Challenge). Fletcher DeLancey is an Oregon expatriate who left her beloved state when she met a Portuguese woman and had to choose between home and heart. The epic tale of Without A Front stretches across two books and two challenges. 6/25/2023 0 Comments Martin fierro by jose hernandezFor this reason, perhaps, the poem has such universal appeal that it has been translated into nineteen languages, making it available to more than half of the world's people. This poem, composed and first published more than a century ago, could have been written today by spokesmen for other oppressed groups in other parts of the world. This is a poem of protest drawn from the life of the gaucho, who was forced to yield his freedom and individuality to the social and material changes that invaded his beloved pampas-a protest which arose from years of abuse and neglect suffered from landowners, militarists, and the Argentine political establishment. The term botnet is a portmanteau word made with the terms ‘ro bot‘ and ‘ network’. Together, all these infected computers will form a botnet (or a zombie army). Very often, they will make it “work” with other zombies. But instead of aiming only to install a keylogger and steal your personal data, the malicious software will transform your computer into a zombie: thanks to this infection, the hackers can control it remotely. Worry it might happen to you? Follow our advice on how to prevent your computer from becoming a zombie.Ī zombie computer is the result of a cyber-attack similar to a traditional Trojan horse attack (a malicious code wrapped inside a regular behaving code). For example, a hacker could use your device to send out spam or, even worse, to attack other computers or IT systems. A zombie attack aimed either to steal your sensitive information or to make your computer do things that it normally shouldn’t. “Zombie” is the term used when an attacker takes control of your computer without your knowledge. 6/25/2023 0 Comments Heaven alcornStudy of the Scriptures, here are some of the most frequently asked questions. Though most of us are in no hurry to get to our final destination, we all have questions about it. That first gasp will likely be followed by many more as we continually encounter new sights in that endlessly wonderful place. Etched in my memory is the sound of a gasp going through my snorkel as my eyes were opened to a breathtaking underwater world.Īs believers, I imagine our first glimpse of heaven will cause us to gasp in a similar way-with amazement and delight. Just when I thought I'd seen the most beautiful fish, along came one even more striking. I saw countless fish of every shape, sizeĬolor. When I anticipate my first glimpse of heaven, I remember the first time I went snorkeling. In Black Athena, an audacious three-volume series that strikes at the heart of today's most heated culture wars, Martin Bernal challenges Eurocentric attitudes by calling into question two of the longest-established explanations for the origins of classical civilization. Could Greek philosophy be rooted in Egyptian thought? Is it possible that the Pythagorean theory was conceived on the shores of the Nile and the Euphrates rather than in ancient Greece? Could it be that Western civilization was born on the so-called Dark Continent? For almost two centuries, Western scholars have given little credence to the possibility of such scenarios. Winner of the American Book Award, 1990. |