6/28/2023 0 Comments Barbara kingsolvers new book![]() Eight Nights of Flirting by Hannah Reynolds ~ a Re.Will he be able to save himself from the drug-addicted world that he's become part of and does anyone in his life really care? When a serious injury on the field starts him on the path to opioid addiction, his life begins to move into a fast downward spiral. When he finally got placed in a wonderful home, he couldn't relax enough to enjoy it but he soon became a star player on the football team and became popular overnight. Demon ended up doing almost slave labor on a farm, working in a trash dump that fronted for a meth lab and trying to survive on his own despite the cruelness of the foster parents. Many of the foster parents were only concerned with getting a monthly check for being a foster parent and didn't care for the foster children. The author goes into great detail about the failings of the foster care system. After his mother dies of an overdose, he finds himself in foster care at 11 years old. ![]() He didn't have a lot of clothes and he was bullied at school but he had a strong sense for survival and did the best he could do. Sure he had to be a parent to his mom and make sure that she got to work each day but life was still fulfilling for him. ![]() ![]() As a kid, none of this really matters to him - he has friends and the great outdoors to explore. Born to a single teenage drug-addicted mother in a single-wide trailer he starts out with the cards stacked against him. This novel is set in the mountains of southern Appalachia and starts when Damon is born. ![]()
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6/28/2023 0 Comments Blue Days by Mary Calmes![]() ![]() Everything wrapped up in a neat little bow, and I was scratching my head as to how that happened. I also wasn't into how Takeo went from unable to read social situations to a social maven by the end of the story. ![]() I thought that these guys moved way too fast once they made the first move, going from making out to looove in a hot second. The story, however, was muuuuch less successful. Greg puts his all into it, as he does in every story, giving each characters a distinctive voice and feel. The best part of this book, by far, was the narration. Now, I'm a white Jewish girl who knows diddly about Asian accents, but in my very uneducated opinion, Greg really nails them. ![]() He doesn't make them sounds like caricatures, he just makes them sounds. Greg Tremblay is a white guy that can do Asian voices. When I saw that this audiobook was narrated by one of my favorite narrators, Greg Tremblay, I KNEW that I had to get my grabby hands on it! When I saw that this book had an Asian, MC, it all made sense. ![]() ![]() I will post some questions/quotes to get things started, but I would love for this to grow into an open discussion with and between you all. The plan is to select and read a book every month, then discuss the work during the month’s last week (to give everyone time to read it!). There is so much amazing stuff out there! Funny, inspiring, sad, thought-provoking, empowering! I’ve been discovering so much that, at times, I’ve felt like my head was about to explode… I decided to start a Feminist book club, as I want to share what I’m learning and hear your thoughts too. OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM.Īs part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM.Īs part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading as many books and essays about equality as I can get my hands on. ![]() ![]() ![]() I will not be making a distinction between toads and frogs. That was about it, but now I know that there are lots of other misconceptions about these creatures: they are created by spontaneous generation they are associated with childbirth – both of gods and humans they are associated with the concept of resurrection they are a symbol of avarice they are harbingers of fire and/or rain they, or something very much like them, open the way to the underworld, i.e., hell and so much more.īut let’s get one thing straight right now, right from the get-go When I was a kid… all I knew was that you shouldn’t touch toads because they will give you warts. ![]() We’ll eventually get back to the more specific subject of toads in Japanese art later. However, before I make this connection clearer, let’s move on to a more generalized approach – the role of toads in art everywhere else in the world. A little digging, metaphorically speaking, and there are toads everywhere. So… here goes nothing, which I hope will lead to something… and just possibly be interesting on the way.Īs you can see, there is nothing obvious about this print’s connection with toads, but trust me there is one. ![]() So, while I don’t believe in signs (i.e., omens), that was a sign if there ever was one. Let me tell you how this all started: I was researching a Hokuei print in the Lyon Collection – see below – isn’t it magnificent? – and everywhere I turned it seemed to lead to toads. ![]() ![]() ![]() Samuel Tucker-encounters British cruiser. Adams appointed commissioner to France, sails N. Privations experienced by the US population. Distant Shores Chapter 4: Appointment to France Congress turns to France for help, King Louis XVI. General William Howe lands Staten Island July 1776. Signing of Declaration of Independence on Aug. Chapter 3: Colossus of IndependenceĪdam's decisive speech for independence. Jefferson's authorship of the Declaration of Independence. Congress indecisive and debating on independence. Philadelphia 2nd Continental Congress, John Hancock presiding. Adam's Essay on Liberty 1765 and "Braintree Instructions". First son John Quincy (eventually 6th president). Attended Harvard, read law, admitted to bar 1759 loved books (incl. Revolution Chapter 1: The Road to Philadelphia Heroic early Americans had-very timely for American patriots after the events Overall Impression: A fine work reminding us what a struggle the Quotations are for the most part taken from that work, as Summary by Michael McGoodwin, prepared 2001Īcknowledgement: This work has been summarized using the 2001 Simon and SchusterĮdition. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The inmate was Marle Woodson, a brilliant scholar and versatile athlete in college, a man who became one of the nation's youngest college presidents before launching an impressive journalism career.įor all its merit as a social document, its value as history or literature, Beyond the Door of Delusion mirrors tragedy in more ways than one - through Marle Woodson's vignettes of fellow inmates and through Woodson's reflection on his own life and the prospects for his future. West of the Mississippi, however, the identity of "Inmate Ward 8" was better known, inasmuch as journalists who reviewed the book recognized the author as one of their own. It is a powerful and uncommon social commentary on Depression-era America that provides insight into political and economic forces affecting a neglected underclass.įirst published in 1932, the book was attributed to "Inmate Ward 8," posing few problems for eastern book reviewers who cared nothing about the author but wished merely to attack or defend modern psychiatric practices. Behind the Door of Delusion is the memoir of a journalist whose friends committed him to an Oklahoma mental hospital in the early 1930s in a desperate attempt to cure him of alcoholism. ![]() ![]() The guests receive a headset through which they communicate with a voice named Winston, which reveals to Langdon that it is an artificial intelligence invented by Kirsch. Among those in attendance are Kirsch's former teacher, Robert Langdon, and the Guggenheim's curator Ambra Vidal, the fiancée of the future King of Spain, Prince Julián. Kirsch hosts an event at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. The three learn that he is presenting it in three days' time, prompting Valdespino to demand that he stop. He has informed them out of respect, despite his hatred of organized religion, which he blames for his mother's death. He informs them that he has made a revolutionary discovery that he plans to release to the public in a month. The book is predominantly set in Spain and features minor sections in Sharjah and Budapest.Įdmond Kirsch, a billionaire philanthropist, computer scientist, futurist, and strident atheist, attends a meeting at the Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey in Catalonia ( Spain) with Roman Catholic Bishop Antonio Valdespino, Jewish Rabbi Yehuda Köves, and Muslim Imam Syed al-Fadl, members of the Parliament of the World's Religions. ![]() ![]() ![]() The book was released on October 3, 2017, by Doubleday. Origin is a 2017 mystery thriller novel by American author Dan Brown and the fifth installment in his Robert Langdon series, following Inferno. ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments Let the record show book![]() In just six years, ACT UP, New York, a broad and unlikely coalition of activists from all races, genders, sexualities, and backgrounds, changed the world. Twenty years in the making, Sarah Schulman's Let the Record Show is the most comprehensive political history ever assembled of ACT UP and American AIDS activism This is a tactician’s bible." - Parul Sehgal, The New York Times "This is not reverent, definitive history. One of NPR, New York, and The Guardian's Best Books of 2021, one of Buzzfeed's Best LGBTQ+ Books of 2021, one of Electric Literature's Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2021, one of NBC's 10 Most Notable LGBTQ Books of 2021, and one of Gay Times' Best LGBTQ Books of 2021. ![]() ![]() Longlisted for the 2021 Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize. A 2021 New York Times Book Review Notable Book and a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. Finalist for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbriath Award for Nonfiction, the Gotham Book Prize, and the ALA Stonewall Israel Fishman Nonfiction Award. ![]() Winner of the 2022 Lambda Literary LGBTQ Nonfiction Award and the 2022 NLGJA Excellence in Book Writing Award. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments The choice nora roberts![]() ![]() ![]() It’s Keegan who’s at her side when the enemy’s witches, traitorous and power-mad, appear to her in her sleep, practicing black magick, sacrificing the innocent, and plotting a brutal destruction for Breen. She rededicates herself to writing her stories, and when his duties as taoiseach permit, she is together with Keegan, who has trained her as a warrior and whom she has grown to love. It’s also a time for celebrations-of her first Christmas in both Talamh and Ireland, of solstice and weddings and births-and daring to find joy again in the wake of sorrow. Breen spreads her wings and realizes a power she’s never experienced before. ![]() With the enemy cast out and the portal sealed, this is a time to rest and to prepare. Her grandfather, the dark god Odran, has been defeated in his attempt to rule over Talamh, and over Breen-for now. Now she is in Talamh, trying to heal after a terrible battle and heartbreaking losses. But portals allow for passage in and out-and ultimately, each must choose their place, and choose between good and evil, war and peace, life and death…īreen Siobhan Kelly grew up in the world of Man and was once unaware of her true nature. Talamh is a land of green hills, high mountains, deep forests, and seas, where magicks thrive. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It is engaged, enthusiastic, curious and has supportive nonverbal action. When people speak, the best responses are both active and constructive. Merely listening to what they have to say and ask them to tell you more makes you more liked and people more receptive to your requests. Make the other person feel important – and do it sincerely.ġ) “Become genuinely interested in other people.”Īctively showing interest in other people is powerful.Talk in terms of the other person’s interest.Encourage others to talk about themselves. Remember that a person’s name is, to that person, the sweetest and most important sound in any language.Become genuinely interested in other people. ![]() Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People is the classic on getting along well with others.īut is there any real science behind it, or is it just advice that “sounds good”? In the past I’ve broken down old sayings and career advice, let’s see if Carnegie holds up to scrutiny.Ĭarnegie listed six ways to make people like you. ![]() |