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8 hours ago · Steampunk is a subgenre of fantasy and speculative fiction that came into prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. The term denotes works set in an era or world wherein steam power is still widely used—usually the 19th century, and often set in Victorian era England —but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy, such as fictional technological inventions like those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, or real technological developments like the computer ...
8 hours ago · Today is the anniversary of one of the great actresses from the golden years of Hollywood. Barbara Stanwyck had an incredible career, starring in films that crossed genres such as comedy, film noir and westerns and was unafraid to play characters that were unsympathetic as well as playing heroines. Indeed, at least for this writer, she is the ...
8 hours ago · I have just finished reading Martyn Isles’s book Who Am I? Solving the identity puzzle. It is a good book to make Jesus known and reveal more about God. Martyn makes the good point that we al…
8 hours ago · Throughout, the book explores a myriad of themes, such as family, identity, resilience, human connection, and the complexities of personal relationships while raising questions about the price of war, the boundaries of morality, and the impact of violence on individuals and communities.
1 day ago · Sigmund Freud ( / frɔɪd / FROYD, [2] German: [ˈziːkmʊnt ˈfrɔʏt]; born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies seen as originating from conflicts in the psyche, through dialogue between patient and psychoanalyst, [3] and the distinctive theory of mind and human agency derived from it. [4]
1 day ago · BioShock' s concept was developed by Irrational's creative lead, Ken Levine, and incorporates ideas by 20th century dystopian and utopian thinkers such as Ayn Rand, George Orwell, and Aldous Huxley, as well as historical figures such as John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Walt Disney. The game includes role-playing elements, giving the player different approaches in engaging enemies such as by stealth, as well as moral choices of saving or killing characters. Additionally, the game borrows concepts ...
8 hours ago · Appalachia ( / ˌæpəˈlætʃə, - leɪtʃə, - leɪʃə /) is a geographic region formally located by the federally legistated Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) as following "the spine of the Appalachian Mountains from southern New York to northern Mississippi " (and so lying entirely in the the eastern United States ), [4] [5] but that ...
