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...attribute a similar, if not quite as extensive, power to Lewis himself. His description of Lewis as larger-than-life, deeply kind and perennially jovial strays eerily close to reverence. It is Lewis, bounding into the lives of his readers, who teaches them to imagine and to truly feel delight. If Jacobs doesn’t want to deify Lewis, he certainly wishes to canonize him. Chronicling the richness Lewis found in his whimsical visions, Jacobs demonstrates that Narnia is as relevant for today’s readers as it was for children in post-World War II Britain. While...
...mention more captivating beats.A product of the same recording sessions that produced this year’s “Fijacion Oral I,” “Vol. II” contains no songs from the Spanish album, even excluding her effortlessly erotic delight “La Tortura.” Separating her songs into language-based categories dilutes the power of both albums, and neither the Spanish nor English album achieves full levels of Freudian fixation. On “Vol. II,” Shakira begins with a religious monologue...
...understanding of the humanities, broadened citizens’ engagement with the humanities, or helped preserve and expand America’s access to important humanities resources,” according to the NEH website. Glendon said she was grateful for the honor. “It was a delight to be able to introduce my family to the President” she wrote in an e-mail. Professor Glendon’s work has played a major role in science and law in both the United States and abroad. She lectures and writes in the fields of human rights, comparative...
...fish. Others are more elaborate, as when he shapes bananas into the heads of giraffes, then a zebra and, yes, an airplane. The book has five sections in which Freymann's fancies illustrate shapes, colors, numbers, letters and opposites. His inventiveness never flags, nor will the reader's delight. Caution to parents: This book may give kids ideas about what to do with dinner besides eating...
...Sydney last month, at the end of a long day, Estens is recalling the time he scored a turn at the controls of a 747 passenger jet (okay, it was a simulator). "I took the bloody thing over Sydney Harbour," says Estens, his voice cracking, eyes watering with delight. "I wanted to fly under the Bridge. So there I am, wondering whether the Bridge is 100 or 300 feet above the water. I turn, I'm heading for the Bridge, flying under 50 feet, the plane is vibrating, the ground-proximity radar is going off. I'm trying to keep...