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On chesil beach author7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() Having overcome the social gap that divides their families (her father is a wealthy businessman and Oxford academic his father struggles to make ends meet while caring for his brain-damaged mother), the couple embark on their honeymoon at a seaside hotel. It is 1962, and talented violinist Florence has finally married earnest history student Edward. ![]() On Chesil Beach is an excellent example of the former.Īs in Atonement, the novella hinges on the power of a single word or action to change – or destroy – an entire life. ![]() He is a modern master of the slim volume ( The Cement Garden remains, in my opinion, one of the greatest works of a then-debut author) and longer, virtuosic novels that merge complexity and style ( Atonement). Incredibly, McEwan has proved that he can do both. There is as much skill, if not more, to writing an excellent novella as there is to writing an opus pushing 900 pages. McEwan’s latest offering may not have been good enough to win the Booker – by all accounts, there were at least two other books which were better – but it certainly provided a welcome antidote to all those bloated novels out there. The Prince, A Room of One’s Own and The Great Gatsby are all relatively short works, but no one would argue that their significance is diminished by their page count. The most outrageous claim so far has been that On Chesil Beach “wasn’t long enough” to deserve the Booker. ![]() I’ve heard a few people moan about Ian McEwan lately, and I’ve been struggling to fathom why. ![]()
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The silkworm novel7/5/2023 ![]() Strike could hear voices through the gloom, shouted instructions and the growl and beep of reversing lorries unloading the carcasses. The slight unevenness in his gait became more pronounced as he walked down the slope towards Smithfield Market, monolithic in the winter darkness, a vast rectangular Victorian temple to meat, where from four every weekday morning animal flesh was unloaded, as it had been for centuries past, cut, parceled and sold to butchers and restaurants across London. "Smithfield Café on Long Lane," said Strike and rang off. Strike could hear the rustling of sheets. You need this now if you're going to use it."Ī groan. "Culpepper, I've got another client this morning, he pays better than you do and I've been up all night. "You told me," said Strike, stifling a yawn. ![]() "How d'you know where I live?" demanded the voice. ![]() "It's half past, but if you want what I've got, you'll need to come and get it," said Cormoran Strike. "It's six o'clock in the fucking morning!" ![]() The large unshaven man tramping through the darkness of pre-dawn, with his telephone clamped to his ear, grinned. ![]() "Someone bloody famous," said the hoarse voice on the end of the line, "better've died, Strike." ![]()
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Wintergirls novel7/4/2023 ![]() Unsure if it’s due to her low caloric intake or if these thoughts are to blame, Lia frequently has hallucinations of Cassie’s ghost, who scares her and urges her to hurt herself. She couldn’t stop herself from thinking “…body found in a motel room, alone…”(1) Lia is constantly hurt by these scars. ![]() Throughout the exposition of the book, Anderson slowly reveals how Lia discovers that Cassie is dead, and she constantly blames herself for “killing” her she had made a bet with Cassie on who could become the thinnest, fought with her, and didn’t answer her thirty-three phone calls on the day of her death. ![]() The ghost of Cassie symbolizes Lia’s fear and thoughts of hurting herself. Anderson skillfully uses frequent symbolism in the book, which endows it with more depth and meaning. Sent to the hospital twice, Lia not only does not recover at all from her eating disorder, but she finds that Cassie’s death triggers her to fall deeper into the hole of self-harm. ![]() The book tells the story of an anorexic girl, Lia, struggling with her dead friend Cassie, her family members, and her own body. ![]() Wintergirls is a novel written by author Laurie Halse Anderson in 2009. ![]()
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The Duchess Hunt by Lorraine Heath7/4/2023 ![]() ![]() But when an anonymous note threatens to reveal truths best hidden, Kingsland has no choice but to confront the danger with Penelope at his side. Still, she is determined to find the perfect bride for her clueless, yet ruthlessly charming employer. If there exists a more unpleasant task in the world than deciding who is to marry the man you love, Penelope Pettypeace certainly can’t imagine what it might be. He places an advert encouraging the single ladies of the ton to write why they should be the one chosen, and leaves it to his efficient secretary to select his future wife. However, restoring the dukedom-left in ruins by his father-to its former glory demands all his time, with little room for sentiment. ![]() Description: One of Amazon’s Best Romances for October 2021 New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath continues her Once Upon a Dukedom series with this lush love story of a duke who discovers what he desires in a wife may not be what he needs… Hugh Brinsley-Norton, the Duke of Kingsland, is in need of a duchess. ![]()
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Candide text7/4/2023 ![]() What they saw in the Country of El Dorado How Candide killed the brother of his dear CunegondeĪdventures of the Two Travellers, with Two Girls, Two Monkeys, and the Savages called OreillonsĪrrival of Candide and his Valet at El Dorado, and what they saw there How Candide and Cacambo were received by the Jesuits of Paraguay How Candide was forced away from his fair Cunegonde and the Old Woman The Adventures of the Old Woman continued In what distress Candide, Cunegonde, and the Old Woman arrived at Cadiz and of their Embarkation What became of Cunegonde, Candide, the Grand Inquisitor, and the Jew How the Old Woman took care of Candide, and how he found the Object he loved How the Portuguese made a Beautiful Auto-da-fé, to prevent any further Earthquakes: and how Candide was publicly whipped Tempest, Shipwreck, Earthquake, and what became of Doctor Pangloss, Candide, and James the Anabaptist How Candide found his old Master Pangloss, and what happened to them How Candide made his escape from the Bulgarians, and what afterwards became of him What became of Candide among the Bulgarians ![]() How Candide was brought up in a Magnificent Castle, and how he was expelled thence Voltaire wrote it in three days, and five or six generations have found that its laughter does not grow old. ![]() Download cover art Download CD case insert Candide (version 3)Įver since 1759, when Voltaire wrote "Candide" in ridicule of the notion that this is the best of all possible worlds, this world has been a gayer place for readers. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() How’s your habit-building process working for you? When you start playing by your brain’s rules-as mini habits show you how to do-lasting change isn’t hard.” You can achieve great things without the guilt, intimidation, and repeated failure associated with such strategies such as ‘getting motivated,’ resolutions, or even ‘just doing it.’ To make changes last, you need to stop fighting against your brain. People so often think that they are the reason they can’t achieve lasting change but the problem isn’t with them-it’s with their strategy. Mini Habits will better equip you to change your life than 99% of the people you see walking around on this globe. The science of Mini Habits exposes the predictably inconsistent results of most popular personal growth strategies, and reveals why mini habits are consistent.Ī mini habit is a very small positive behavior that you force yourself to do every day a mini habit’s ‘too small to fail’ nature makes it weightless, deceptively powerful, and a superior habit-building strategy. ![]() When something works, that which doesn’t work is exposed. ![]() When I accidentally started my first mini habit-and the changes I made were actually lasting-I realized the prior strategies I relied upon were complete failures. “I had experimented with personal development strategies for a decade. ![]()
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The coddling of the american mind7/3/2023 ![]() ![]() You learn the dozen most common cognitive distortions and then actively guard against them by bringing your thinking into greater alignment with the facts. Where does the term Matrix come from? William Gibson's novel Neuromancer Where was their idea first explored? In 2015 in The Atlantic What is affective partisan polarization? The demonization of the other party-an intense dislike that makes compromise harder v What is the goal of CBT? To minimize distorted thinking and see the world more accurately. What was an important discovery by CBT? That eliminating cognitive distortions makes people less depressed and anxious? What is Greg's theory? Students were beginning to demand protection from speech because they had unwittingly learned the very cognitive distortions that CBT tries to correct. ![]()
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The code of the woosters7/3/2023 ![]() ![]() OL1337126W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 82.75 Pages 262 Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 643 Related-external-id urn:isbn:1841591009 Odum, Mark Richard, Nicolas Sandys, Thomas M. Wodehouse, Rosalind Ayres, Patrice Egleston, martin jarvis, Kelly Nespor, Kenneth J. ![]() Wodehouse Preview E 1 Chapter 1 - The Code of the Woosters P. Theatre Works production of Wodehouses Thank You, Jeeves (1-58081-119-1, 19.95). To dive into a Wodehouse novel is to swim in some of the most elegantly turned phrases in the English language.Ben Schott Follow the adventures of Bertie Wooster and his gentleman’s gentleman, Jeeves, in this stunning new edition of one of the greatest comic novels in the English language. Wodehouse Audio The Code of the Woosters P. Urn:lcp:codeofwoosters00wode:lcpdf:6bf20416-948c-4411-bb91-527106fcf17c The Code Of The Woosters is a superbly entertaining, 121 minute, two cassette 'theatre of the mind' production that is a 'must' for all Wodehouse fans. ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 19:44:16 Boxid IA134722 Boxid_2 CH101001 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Containerid_2 X0001 Donor ![]()
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![]() Seanan is aware that you have Google at your fingertips, so doesn't bother to explain some things.We like a lot of the characters, so threatening them is scary and losing some of them hurts.Seanan's books read almost effortlessly, and this is no different.Structurally, the major differences are that we and the characters know what's about to happen, so a lot of it is willful this time and there are survivors. Or alternately, maybe I didn't need to read the second story since I've read the first one. ![]() You don't need to read the first story, because the second story is just a longer version of the first story. The reality channel wants revenge and vindication, and so do some of the people who lost people in the first story. She's just released Into the Drowning Deep, a sequel. ![]() You remember the Discovery Channel did a credulous and asinine show about the modern-day survival of Megalodon? The premise of Rolling in the Deep was a similar show by a reality channel preying on the credulity of viewers, sending a bunch of people to the South Pacific to look for mermaids. A while back, she did a novella called Rolling in the Deep. ![]() Seanan McGuire does her SF/horror stuff under the name Mira Grant. ![]()
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Travellers in the third reich7/2/2023 ![]() Travelers in the Third Reich is an extraordinary history of the rise of the Nazis based on fascinating first-hand accounts, drawing together a multitude of voices and stories, including politicians, musicians, diplomats, schoolchildren, communists, scholars, athletes, poets, fascists, artists, tourists, and even celebrities like Charles Lindbergh and Samuel Beckett. About the Book This fascinating and shocking history of the rise of the Nazis draws together a multitude of expatriate voices-even Charles Lindbergh and Samuel Beckett-into a powerful narrative charting this extraordinary phenomenon.īook Synopsis This fascinating and shocking history of the rise of the Nazis draws together a multitude of expatriate voices - even Charles Lindbergh and Samuel Beckett - into a powerful narrative charting this extraordinary phenomenon. ![]() |