Added by: decabristka | Karma: 68078.20 | Fiction literature | 4 February 2014
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Johnny Gunther was only seventeen years old when he died of a brain tumor. During the months of his illness, everyone near him was unforgettably impressed by his level-headed courage, his wit and quiet friendliness, and, above all, his unfaltering patience through times of despair. This deeply moving book is a father's memoir of a brave, intelligent, and spirited boy.
(24 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture) Taught by Lloyd Kramer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Ph.D., Cornell University This course is an opportunity to explore the major thinkers and historic challenges that shaped the mind of Europe in the 19th century.Intellectual history emphasizes the exchanges of ideas and debates that went on among people from other places and times.But it also stresses the importance of a continuing dialogue between the present and the past.
The New Yorker is an American magazine that publishes reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. Starting as a weekly in the mid-1920s, the magazine is now published 47 times per year, with five (usually more expansive) issues for the remaining two-week spans.
The New Yorker is an American magazine that publishes reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. Starting as a weekly in the mid-1920s, the magazine is now published 47 times per year, with five (usually more expansive) issues for the remaining two-week spans.
Fortean Times is a British monthly magazine devoted to the anomalous phenomena. Open your mind with Fortean Times You’ll need a sense of adventure, curiosity, natural scepticism and a good sense of humour. Every month, Fortean Times takes you on an incredible ride where you’ll enjoy learning about the most fantastic phenomena on earth.
