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![]() ![]() Team owner Gussie Busch generously instructed Devine to give Musial $100,000.Īccording to Bob Broeg in the Feb. In the book “Stan Musial: The Man’s Own Story,” Musial said he told Devine, “I’d like to be the highest-salaried player the National League has had. ![]() ![]() 29, 1958, Musial, 37, became the first National League player with a six-figure salary when the Cardinals agreed to pay him $100,000 to play first base.Īfter Musial won his seventh batting title by hitting .351 in 1957, Cardinals general manager Bing Devine asked him what salary he wanted for 1958. When Stan Musial established a National League record by signing a one-year, $100,000 contract, he got his first pay raise from the Cardinals in seven years. ![]() ![]() Biological knowledge proceeds by a voyage inwards, first at the gross anatomy level later by microscopic explorations. Similarly, early limitations of human geographical horizons give way to inventions and explorations that take the adventurer, pilgrim, commercial exploiter, or conqueror to wider spheres and new concepts of the world's dimensions. He begins with primitive notions of time and the increasing need to develop means of measuring its passage-a natural enough entrÉe to astrology, astronomy, clocks, and calendars. ![]() Boorstin's choice of ""discoverers"" to title this omnibus history of the growth of scientific knowledge reflects his view of the importance of pivotal people, as well as the idea that knowledge is a revealing or an uncovering of ever broader vistas in time or space. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The novel sheds light on how even the “smallest players” in history were affected.Īnother central historical theme was how opium changed the dynamics of the economy: “This was the drug that started everything,” Amrith explained. “It highlights the dark side of early globalization – the violence and exploitation upon which fortunes were made and empires were founded.”Īmrith explained that a major theme in the novel is the colonial presence, and how it affected everyone on the subcontinent, especially the characters in the novel such as Deeti. “In a much broader way, I think Sea of Poppies is a novel about the making of the modern world,” Amrith explained. The first in a trilogy, the historical novel uses its ship, the Ibis, as the central motif to tell the story of 19 th century India. The novel is an epic journey set in the poppy fields of the Ganges. Using Adobe Connect webinar software, teachers representing Massachusetts, Iowa, New York, and Rhode Island were able to log on to a virtual classroom and interact directly with Amrith and other participating teachers. On November 5, Sunil Amrith, Mehra Family Professor of South Asian Studies and Professor of History, led a virtual discussion with teachers from across the country about Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh in an Online Book Group sponsored by SAI and the Harvard Asia Center. ![]() ![]() ![]() She now lives in Omaha, Nebraska with her husband and two dogs, Louie and Reggie. ![]() Life Īlexander was born in Washington D.C., grew up as an "Air Force brat", and travelled the world at a young age. On September 4, 2007, Avon Books released Alexander's newest novel, Lady Amelia's Secret Lover, as an e-book original, including an embedded video with Alexander's comments about the plot and characters. " Alexander has also won a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award. ![]() She has been nominated for the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award four times, winning once, for A Visit From Sir Nicholas, which Romantic Times described as "overflowing with heart-tugging scenes, simmering sexual tension, marvelous characters and meaningful lessons about life and love. Victoria Alexander (born 1950) is an American author of historical romance novels. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() * the book would have been more pulled together if Sam's narration was in the third person. * the flashbacks slowed down the momentum a little too much * it would have been fun to see more of the critters that appear later in the book * Douglas would have been more interesting if his character was a little more developed * I would have liked to have seen more of Sam's necromancy powers appear earlier on This is probably a 3.5 star book for me, though, since: "So, you're telling me the zoo commissioned you to make a zombie panda in order to avoid a potential international incident." Hah! All the characters are engaging and likable, especially smart-mouthed Sam, strong and beautiful Brid, Sam's little sisters, the.incapacitated Brooke, and the gleefully bizarre Ashley. ![]() I have to confess it took me awhile to get to this one because I think the title is a little cheesy (and it's now obviously impossible to get Elton John out of my head), but this turned out to be a hilarious book that had me laughing out loud numerous times-not a bad feat when a big part of the book is about raising the dead. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() At just over twenty, Hatshepsut out-maneuvered the mother of Thutmose III, the infant king, for a seat on the throne, and ascended to the rank of pharaoh.Shrewdly operating the levers of power to emerge as Egypt's second female pharaoh, Hatshepsut was a master strategist, cloaking her political power plays in the veil of piety and sexual reinvention. Her failure to produce a male heir, however, paved the way for her improbable rule as a cross-dressing king. Hatshepsut-the daughter of a general who usurped Egypt's throne-was expected to bear the sons who would legitimize the reign of her father’s family. ![]() An engrossing biography of the longest-reigning female pharaoh in Ancient Egypt and the story of her audacious rise to power. ![]() ![]() ![]() Underlining and highlighting, rereading, cramming, and single-minded repetition of new skills create the illusion of mastery, but gains fade quickly. Many common study habits and practice routines turn out to be counterproductive. ![]() Grappling with the impediments that make learning challenging leads both to more complex mastery and better retention of what was learned. New insights into how memory is encoded, consolidated, and later retrieved have led to a better understanding of how we learn. Memory plays a central role in our ability to carry out complex cognitive tasks, such as applying knowledge to problems never before encountered and drawing inferences from facts already known. Drawing on recent discoveries in cognitive psychology and other disciplines, the authors offer concrete techniques for becoming more productive learners. Make It Stick turns fashionable ideas like these on their head. ![]() ![]() Good teaching, we believe, should be creatively tailored to the different learning styles of students and should use strategies that make learning easier. To most of us, learning something “the hard way” implies wasted time and effort. ![]() ![]() ![]() His father worked in a garage and died when Banville was in his early thirties his mother was a housewife. ![]() Only Benjamin Black, a modern master of the genre, could write a new Philip Marlowe novel that has all the panache and charm of the originals while delivering a story that is as sharp and fresh as today's best crime fiction.īanville was born in Wexford, Ireland. Almost immediately, Marlowe discovers that the man's disappearance is merely the first in a series of bewildering events, and soon he is tangling with one of Bay City's richest-and most ruthless-families. Then a new client is shown in: blond, beautiful, and expensively dressed, she wants Marlowe to find her former lover. It is the early 1950s, Marlowe is as restless and lonely as ever, and business is a little slow. Channeling Raymond Chandler, Benjamin Black has brought Marlowe back to life for a new adventure on the mean streets of Bay City, California. "It was one of those summer Tuesday afternoons when you begin to wonder if the earth has stopped revolving." So begins a new novel featuring Philip Marlowe-yes, that Philip Marlowe. ![]() IT WAS LIKE HAVING AN OLD FRIEND, ONE YOU ASSUMED WAS DEAD, WALK INTO THE ROOM."- Stephen King ![]() ![]() ![]() Review Quotes What once was lost is found, lost, and found again in the prismatic Collage of Seoul, a journey to the complicated heart of adoption, identity, family, and faith. ![]() Through a mix of narrative and lyric poetry, Collage of Seoul transports the reader into a simulated flight between dreamscape and reality, faith and doubt, and allegory and biography as we are invited to explore the dangerous field of investigating who we are and where we come from. Book Synopsis Collage of Seoul is a book of poetry tracing the spiritual journey of a man who, unnamed at birth, looks to both Eastern and Western cultures to form an identity through a love story that culminates with the decisive act of naming his two daughters. ![]() About the Book Collage of Seoul is a book of poetry tracing the spiritual journey of a man who, unnamed at birth, looks to both Eastern and Western cultures to form an identity through a love story that culminates with the decisive act of naming his two daughters. ![]() |