Fleischman Paul
1) Saturnalia
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It is December 1681, and the words of Mr. Baggot, the tithingman, terrify young William. William is living a strange double life. By day he is a printer's apprentice living in a white man's house. By night, he is Weetasket of the Narraganset tribe who must risk Baggot's wrath to search for his lost brother. Then comes the winter celebration of the Saturnalia-the ancient Roman holiday on which masters and slaves trade roles. Will William's secrets...
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The country has been swallowed by the Great Depression 2.0, complete with apple-sellers and Bruce Springsteen singing Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime on the radio. The Republican incumbent-battling his high–living wife, a populist opponent, and the accurate perception that he's rich and removed-has no choice but to follow his handlers' advice: cross the country incognito, living and working among his people for twelve days in a desperate bid to seem...
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What do a marigold, starlight over South Africa, and the birth of a child have in common? Every person, plant, and star springs up from information compounded by interaction. We are embedded in an ancient, intricate world. Changing combinations of atoms pass through the long filter of history and natural law, to form planet Earth, whales, and our own thoughts. Based on the growth of evidence explaining how the world is put together, we have become...
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En el presente audiolibro el Dr. Paul R. Fleischman nos narra de los diversos motivos que lo han convencido de sentarse 14 horas a la semana durante años, desde los paisajes bucólicos que le inspiran, hasta el enojo que ha sentido por las injusticias. Este trabajo se encuentra en la colección de ensayos Karma and Chaos. "Me siento para anclar mi vida a ciertos ánimos, para organizar mi vida en torno a mi mente y a mi corazón, y para irradiar...