![]() ![]() Yes, ‘The Right Stuff’ is a play on words, as we like to think that at AFE we only supply ‘The Right Stuff’ to our customers, but more than that it’s a tribute to many of the pilots we get to know who, outwardly unassuming and modest, show the rest of us just what can be achieved through guts and determination.īecause, in our book, ‘The Right Stuff’ is not confined to test pilots and those with combat experience. ‘The Right Stuff’ is also one of our favourite films, based on the Tom Wolfe book, and even if the film is a trifle long at just over three hours, many pilots find it absolutely riveting from start to finish (and we’ve got the DVD box set too!).īut more importantly ‘The Right Stuff’ is a short-hand that pilots use to describe the very best of their fellow pilots, those who have virtue of the highest order as well as the skill and courage to be considered the best of the best. ![]() The story contrasts the " Mercury Seven" and their families with test pilots such as Chuck Yeager, who was considered by many contemporaries as the best of them all, but who was never selected as an astronaut. ![]() postwar experiments with experimental rocket-powered, high-speed aircraft as well as documenting the stories of the first Project Mercury astronauts. ![]() The Right Stuff is a 1979 book by Tom Wolfe about the pilots engaged in U.S. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Socrates and Glaucon agree that it is the spirit of the people which shapes a country’s political system. And lastly, there is Tyranny, where one ruler can make or brake any laws. There is Democracy, a system in which the people choose their rulers and politicians. Glaucon despises this form of government. ![]() The next is an oligarchy, in which several renowned individuals, usually of “noble” bloodlines control the nation. It is simple and was universally approved. The first is the simple way of having a king or queen, or, in the case of Sparta, two kings. Glaucon states the different possible ruling situations. But Socrates wants to know what kind of city Glaucon wanted this to be, before Socrates gave his definition. To start the book off, Socrates finalizes their view of the functioning of the city and its politics. Hey! Today, in follow-up to The Cave, we are going to be taking a look at Book 8. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The two share a mutual attraction, but, deep down, Noah knows Adam’s not like other boys. Since their confrontation, Adam is obsessed with Noah, and he wants to help him uncover the answers he seeks, however dark they may be. Unable to ignore his own surfacing memories, Noah embarks on a quest to find the truth about his childhood with the help of an unlikely ally: the very person who murdered his father. NOAH HOLT has spent years dreaming of vengeance for the death of his father, but when faced with his killer, he learns a daunting truth he can’t escape. By night, he’s an unrepentant killer, one of seven psychopaths raised to right the wrongs of a justice system that keeps failing. ![]() By day, he’s the spoiled youngest son of an eccentric billionaire. ![]() ![]() But don't expect to be entertained because it's just not entertaining. The Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus (Penguin Classics) by Sophocles, Bernard Knox, et al. Again, this is an important work for historical reasons, and if that's enough for you, by all means listen to it. I'm a huge fan of live theater and strongly recommend most of the LA Theatreworks productions. Look, call me a Philistine if you'd like, I have nothing to prove to you. Again, the actors do a great job, but it's still really boring. ![]() The drama comes from Oedipus telling us over and over just how much he's suffering, moaning pitifully (though the modern take would be more ick than woe is me). This story is told through the framing device of Oedipus, several years later, having all this explained to him and then refusing to believe it, insisting on having various people brought to him to confirm that what we all know is true is true. You already know the Oedipus story: he kills his father and marries his mother. We expect things like character development and suspense. Available for the first time as an independent work, David Grene’s legendary translation of Oedipus the King renders Sophocles’ Greek into cogent, vivid, and poetic English for a new generation to savor. Drama has evolved somewhat over the last 2500 years. There are plenty of good reasons to want to listen to this play which, like all the LA Theatreworks pieces, is extremely well produced but one of them is not that it's actually an enjoyable listen. ![]() ![]() OK, it's old, I get that, and it had a lot of influence on later drama. ![]() |