![]() Genres FictionClassicsRomanceContemporaryLiterary FictionNovelsDrama.more. In 1992 McMurtry followed up with The Evening Star, a sequel to Terms of Endearment. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lonesome Dove created two characters who won the hearts of readers and moviegoers everywhere-Aurora Greenway and her daughter Emma. The novel was adapted to film in 1983 and starred Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, and Jeff Daniels. Terms of Endearment by Larry McMURTRY and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. ![]() Terms of Endearment is the story of a memorable mother and her feisty daughter and their struggle to find the courage and humor to live through life's hazards - and to love each other as never before. Widowed and overprotective of her daughter, Aurora adapts at her own pace until life sends two enormous challenges her way: Emma's hasty marriage and subsequent battle with cancer. ![]() In this acclaimed novel that inspired the Academy Award-winning motion picture, Larry McMurtry created two unforgettable characters who won the hearts of readers and moviegoers everywhere: Aurora Greenway and her daughter Emma.Īurora is the kind of woman who makes the whole world orbit around her, including a string of devoted suitors. In this acclaimed novel that inspired the Academy Awardwinning motion picture, Larry McMurtry created two unforgettable characters who won the hearts of readers and moviegoers everywhere: Aurora Greenway and her daughter Emma. ![]()
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The Fourth Dimension and Non-Euclidean Geometry in Modern Art by Linda Dalrymple Henderson5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In a remarkable turn of events, it has returned as an important theme in contemporary culture in the wake of the emergence in the 1980s of both string theory in physics (with its ten- or eleven-dimensional universes) and computer graphics. ![]() Although largely eclipsed by relativity theory beginning in the 1920s, the spatial fourth dimension experienced a resurgence during the later 1950s and 1960s. In an extensive new Reintroduction, Henderson surveys the impact of interest in higher dimensions of space in art and culture from the 1950s to 2000. That iconoclastic idea encouraged radical innovation by a variety of early twentieth-century artists, ranging from French Cubists, Italian Futurists, and Marcel Duchamp, to Max Weber, Kazimir Malevich, and the artists of De Stijl and Surrealism. The possibility of a spatial fourth dimension suggested that our world might be merely a shadow or section of a higher dimensional existence. The long-awaited new edition of a groundbreaking work on the impact of alternative concepts of space on modern art.In this groundbreaking study, first published in 1983 and unavailable for over a decade, Linda Dalrymple Henderson demonstrates that two concepts of space beyond immediate perception-the curved spaces of non-Euclidean geometry and, most important, a higher, fourth dimension of space-were central to the development of modern art. ![]() ![]() You watch the TV news every night and think you know what’s going on… think again. ![]() To ensure that no infected are allowed to reach Mars, a network of decontamination depots has been placed in space, half The plan is to relocate humans that have not been contaminated by the disease to the red planet and leave the crazies back on Earth. The only way to save humanity and propagate the species is to restart civilization someplace else. P class="MsoNormal">Earth is ravaged by a Vermiculira epidemic which threatens every human life on the planet. “Evil doesn’t have a problem finding the middle of nowhere.” Scott and Uncle Joe end up in a tactical, science fiction adventure as they confr When Dozer, a cross breed of an android and a cybernetic organism, fails to wake up one morning, Scott and Uncle Joe embark on a secret mission to save him. When Scott was eight years old, he received a unique dog named Dozer as a gift from a family friend. ![]() Span style="color: rgb(24, 24, 24) font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif font-size: 13.8000001907349px line-height: 19.3199996948242px ">Scott Hrdinsky and his Uncle Joe live on a quiet farm in rural America in the not too distant future. ![]() "Footprints" is a story that twists you around and around and deposits you in the most unexpected place. ![]() ![]() Castiglione returned to Mantua and entered the service of the ruling Gonzaga family. Then the Medici family captured Urbino and forced the duke into exile. In 1504 he entered the service of the duke of Urbino.Ĭastiglione worked for the duke and his successor until 1516. For the next five years he traveled about Italy as a military officer and diplomat for the marquis. Baldassare attended school in Milan but returned to Mantua in 1499 when his father died. Castiglione was the son of a professional soldier who served the marquis of Mantua. This work places Castiglione among the most important literary figures of the Renaissance. ![]() However, he is best known for The Book of the Courtier, which became the leading guide for social behavior and remained influential for centuries after its publication. Baldassare Castiglione served as a diplomat to Italian rulers and the pope in the early 1500s. ![]() ![]() ![]() They describe how early trauma impairs the capacity for connection to self and others and how the ensuing diminished aliveness is the hidden dimension that underlies most psychological and many physiological problems. An essential piece of trauma literature, this "well-organized, valuable book" draws from somatic-based psychotherapy and neuroscience to offer "clear guidance" for coping with complex PTSD (Peter Levine, author of Waking the Tiger)Īlthough it may seem that people suffer from an endless number of emotional problems and challenges, Laurence Heller and Aline LaPierre maintain that most of these can be traced to five biologically based organizing principles: the need for connection, attunement, trust, autonomy, and love-sexuality. ![]() |