![]() ![]() His book is thus one of those rare works that have been supremely important in the creation of the greatest art masterpieces. ![]() Bramante, Michelangelo, Palladio, Vignola, and earlier were careful students of the work of Vitruvius. ![]() According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, he was the chief authority studied by architects, and in every point his precepts were accepted as final. For hundreds of years, the specific instructions he gave in his Ten Books on Architecture were followed faithfully, and major buildings in all parts of the world reveal the widespread influence of his precepts. Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, a Roman architect and engineer flourishing in the first century B.C., was the author of the oldest and most influential work on architecture in existence. ![]()
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![]() I started reading this novel at around 8pm tonight, and after a half an hour long ride back home and dinner, I managed to finish it by 11:40pm. For love is what matters, nothing else does! For “love means never having to say sorry” and I guess it also means never regretting the choice you made and dreams you give up for sake of love. Love Story is a story of a rich boy, who falls in love with a girl from humble background and witty mouth, and leaves everything behind to be with her and she in turn gives up her dream to be with him. While pretty much every romantic novel terms their love story to be an epic one, this is the one I would term epic, even though it is fairly short in comparison to some of the other novels I have read, yet it has more substance and emotion than novels twice or even thrice as long as this one! ![]() There are love stories and then there are Love Stories Love Story by Erich Segal falls into latter category, if you know what I mean. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() something a person does to make his or her soul complete"), celebrate holidays and form friendships. In other ways, Elsewhere resembles the world Liz left behind residents work at jobs (although here, everyone has a chance to pursue an "avocation. When they reach infancy, they are sent down the River to be reborn on Earth. Liz learns that the aging process works differently in this land of the dead: instead of getting older, humans (and animals) grow younger. Her situation gradually comes into focus after she arrives at the island of Elsewhere and is greeted by her grandmother, who died before Liz was born. A surreal atmosphere permeates chapter one as Liz awakens on a ship (mostly occupied by elderly people), unaware of its destination. Even readers who have strong views on what happens after death may find themselves intrigued by the fascinating world of "Elsewhere," the place 15-year-old Liz ends up after she is killed in a bicycle accident. ![]() ![]() ![]() The plot of the novel relies on „dead souls” (i.e., „dead serfs") which are still accounted for in property registers. To count serfs (and people in general), the measure word „soul” was used: e.g., „six souls of serfs”. Serfs were for most purposes considered the property of the landowner, and could be bought, sold, or mortgaged against, as any other chattel. In Russia before the emancipation of the serfs in 1861, landowners were entitled to own serfs to farm their land. Although the novel ends in mid-sentence (like Sterne's Sentimental Journey), it is usually regarded as complete in the extant form. Despite supposedly completing the trilogy's second part, Gogol destroyed it shortly before his death. Gogol himself saw it as an „epic poem in prose”, and within the book as a „novel in verse”. Dead Souls (Russian: Мёртвые души) by Nikolai Gogol, Russian writer, was first published in 1842, and is one of the most prominent works of 19th-century Russian literature. ![]() ![]() ![]() And Liz isn’t sure sneaking around is enough for her-especially when things between her and Hayden might be less platonic than she thought.USA Today bestselling author K.A. Though he’s a bachelor, potential voters might frown on Brady cozying up to a reporter. When Liz’s hard-hitting question catches the upstart senator off-guard, it impresses Hayden Lane, Liz’s editor who feels she’s headed for a promising career as a reporter.But Liz is also headed into a secret romance with Brady that could destroy both their ambitions. ![]() Brady Maxwell may have everything it takes to be a politician-a winning pedigree, devastating good looks, a body made to wear suits-but his politics rub Liz the wrong way. Liz Dougherty has no idea that a single question is about to change her life.Her first big reporting assignment for her North Carolina college newspaper has her covering a state senator’s impromptu press conference. ![]() |