![]() Not because of how everything turned out (because that was great!!), but of how they were presented. I thought the last couple chapters fell a little flat. ![]() I understand, yes, that once a baby is conceived we should love that child and that the child is never to blame, but the reasoning behind it didn't seem a problem to Amelia (the fact that James was going overseas, hence the time together). The baby being born out of wedlock seemed to be condoned. At first I thought she would be painted in a bad light, but it was nice to see that even though she had her issues, there was a warmness about her. I really enjoyed seeing Helene's perspective throughout the story. I love any story set during World War 2, and this one was really sweet! I really sympathized with Amelia and James story, and it's the perfect Christmas story! I grabbed up a chance to read this as soon as I read the synopsis. ![]()
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![]() Our desire to get drunk, along with the individual and social benefits provided by drunkenness, played a crucial role in sparking the rise of the first large-scale societies. ![]() In fact, intoxication helps solve a number of distinctively human challenges: enhancing creativity, alleviating stress, building trust, and pulling off the miracle of getting fiercely tribal primates to cooperate with strangers. Drawing on evidence from archaeology, history, cognitive neuroscience, psychopharmacology, social psychology, literature, and genetics, Drunk shows that our taste for chemical intoxicants is not an evolutionary mistake, as we are so often told. While plenty of entertaining books have been written about the history of alcohol and other intoxicants, none have offered a comprehensive, convincing answer to the basic question of why humans want to get high in the first place.ĭrunk elegantly cuts through the tangle of urban legends and anecdotal impressions that surround our notions of intoxication to provide the first rigorous, scientifically-grounded explanation for our love of alcohol. ![]() An "entertaining and enlightening" deep dive into the alcohol-soaked origins of civilization-and the evolutionary roots of humanity's appetite for intoxication (Daniel E. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sophie is distraught over Keefe's note and the fact that he is sudden leaving, thus, started to ask many questions to Grady, who witnessed the event. In the first chapter of the book, Sophie's reaction to Keefe's note left at the end of Unlocked is shown. And in the battle that follows, only one thing is certain: nothing will ever be the same. The Lost Cities' greatest lie could destroy everything. And as the Neverseen's plans sharpen into terrifying focus, it appears that everyone has miscalculated. ![]() ![]() But finding truth in the Lost Cities always requires sacrifice. Stellarlune - and the mysterious Elysian-might be the key to everything. But her instincts are leading her somewhere else. Her friends are divided and scattered, and the Black Swan wants Sophie to focus on their projects. ![]() ![]() Will was still leaning forward, his arm extended curled against him, her head on his shoulder, closing her eyes. What ensues is a moment that is so simple, so touching and so beautiful. ![]() They’re opening themselves up to one another. They talk about Nate about losing a sibling. ![]() Later on when Tessa wakes she sees Will sitting on the bed next to hers watching her. Following the event, Tessa is in-and-out of consciousness in the infirmary and at one point witnesses Brother Enoch removing shards of metal that had lodged into Will’s back. Will threw himself on top of Tessa to protect her when the automaton was blown to bits (thanks to one of Henry’s inventions) and Will was badly injured as a result. One of the more under-appreciated moments between Will and Tessa in the series comes in Clockwork Prince after the incident at the old tea warehouse with Nate and the automaton. Let's get to it!įavorite Infernal Devices Moments: Part 1 Alyssa, TMI Source: Infirmary Scene with Will and Tessa ( Clockwork Prince, Chapter 17: In Dreams) There are so many that we couldn't each just choose one! So we'll be bringing you Part 2 tomorrow. We've enlisted the help of some of your favorite fan sites to reflect on our Favorite Infernal Devices Moments (so far). ![]() So we're going to look back at some of the memorable moments (so far) in The Infernal Devices. We've reached Day 5 of our Week of Clockwork Princess and with Clockwork Princess just 3 days away, we're feeling a bit nostalgic as the series is drawing to a close. ![]() ![]() This meticulously researched novel is a sweeping narrative of her life, from a childhood steeped in both joy and violence, to her meteoric rise to fame at the head of the French army, where she navigates the perils of the battlefield and the equally treacherous politics of the royal court. Chen’s hands, the myth and legend of Joan of Arc is transformed into a flesh-and-blood young woman: reckless, steel-willed, and brilliant. From this chaos emerges a teenage girl who will turn the tide of battle and lead the French to victory, becoming an unlikely hero whose name will echo across the centuries. France is mired in a losing war against England. “A secular reimagining and feminist celebration of the life of Joan of Arc that transforms the legendary saint into a flawed yet undeniable young woman.”- USA Todayġ412. ![]() ![]() “It is as if Chen has crept inside a statue and breathed a soul into it, re-creating Joan of Arc as a woman for our time.”-Hilary Mantel, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Booker Prize winner Wolf Hall If every generation gets the Joan it deserves, ours could do worse than an ass-kicking, avenging angel fighting simply for the right to fight.”- The New York Times Book Review ![]() ![]() Together, they gain access to Aiden's social media account and post a picture of Pen's aloe plant, Alice, tied to a curse: Whosoever beholds the aloe will be pushed into the Shadowlands. ![]() After an IRL encounter with Aiden leaves Pen feeling especially resentful, Pen enlists his roommates, the Witch and the Stoner-Hacker, to put their respective talents to use in hexing Aiden. When he's not walking dogs for cash or responding to booty calls from his B-list celebrity hookup, he's holed up in his dingy Bushwick apartment obsessing over holograms of Aiden Chase, a fellow trans man and influencer documenting his much smoother transition into picture-perfect masculinity on the Gram. ![]() An embittered dog walker obsessed with a social media influencer inadvertently puts a curse on a young man-and must adventure into mysterious dimension in order to save him-in this wildly inventive, delightfully subversive, genre-nonconforming debut novel about illusion, magic, technology, kinship, and the emergent future. ![]() ![]() If you thought 3-5 years between the books above was bad, well, the first time these books were republished was in 1971! Yes, a whopping thirty-two years after The Enchanted Wood was published. The earliest edition and the one I’m least likely to be able to find. ![]() I was looking for something reasonably un-taxing to write this week, and decided that as the Faraway Tree series only has three books (well, four if you include Up the Faraway Tree which is a different format, but even so that only has three editions so hardly adds any complications) so I’m hoping it does prove to be more straight-forward than some of the ones I’ve done.ĭespite there being perhaps slightly longer gaps between books (there are seven years between the first and third books, and twelve years between the first and fourth), and the fourth book being a strip-book put together from Sunny Stories content, all the first editions were illustrated by Dorothy M. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In her debut book, Knitting for Radical Self-Care, Harper offers tips and suggestions for carving out time for creativity, alongside beautiful patterns to try yourself. Brandi Harper aims to bring those challenges to the forefront and help you unearth the immense benefits that knitting has to offer. There's a lot to be distracted by, and the path forward isn't always clear. Each contribution that you make to the world through knitting is meaningful, but maybe you've slowed your commitment to this craft, or you can't seem to find the time to be creative. The wobbly scarves and that oversized sweater you tried to shrink all count too. Language eng Summary There is no such thing as being kind-of a knitter. Label Knitting for radical self-care : a modern guide Title Knitting for radical self-care Title remainder a modern guide Statement of responsibility Brandi Cheyenne Harper Creator ![]() ![]() Shulman, Chapter 72: Science and Society, (Quotation appears as chapter epigraph), Quote Page … Continue reading Boldface added to excerpts by QI: 1988, Isaac Asimov’s Book of Science and Nature Quotations, Edited by Isaac Asimov and Jason A. The epigraph for the “Science and Society” section was the following. ![]() The work contained 86 sections, and each began with a quotation from Asimov. Shulman published “Isaac Asimov’s Book of Science and Nature Quotations”. Quote Investigator: In 1988 Isaac Asimov and Jason A. ![]() Would you please help me to identify the author of this statement together with a citation? Science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. Yet, humankind’s thoughtfulness and judgement have been severely tested by the new insights and capabilities that have emerged. Dear Quote Investigator: Science has been extraordinarily successful in making impressive discoveries. ![]() ![]() ![]() That photograph, which imagines the closing passages of the book, served as the opening image of the Life article.Īnother elaborately staged photograph depicts the subterranean retreat that serves as the protagonist’s home after he is forced into hiding on the evening of a Harlem riot. ![]() Parks set out to create photographs, many of them staged, that illustrate many of the novel’s key Harlem scenes, including the iconic image of the protagonist-portrayed by John Bates, a friend of Ellison’s-ending his hibernation and emerging aboveground. Within months of the novel’s publication, Gordon Parks and Ellison collaborated on “A Man Becomes Invisible” for the Augissue of Life magazine. Written in the first person, the book is a stark account of America’s racial divisions and of the unnamed Black narrator’s awakening to his condition of invisibility-a realization that no one can see beyond what is projected onto the color of his skin. In April 1952 Ralph Ellison published Invisible Man, his first and only finished novel and a work that is regarded today as one of the most important American literary works of the twentieth century. ![]() |