![]() ![]() Includes detailed, lively, and fascinating back matter…His acknowledgementsĮnd, ‘I loved writing this book.’ It shows.” - Cleveland Plain DealerĪstonishingly understandable book that celebrates human achievement and After a short chapter on the equation’s birth,īodanis presents its five symbolic ancestors in sequence, each with its ownĬhapter and each with rich human stories of achievement and failure,Įncouragement and duplicity, love and rivalry, politics and revenge…Bodanis It is a history of where the equation came from and how Through each symbol separately, including the = sign…There is a great ‘aha!’Īwaiting the lay reader.” - St. ![]() Understand the meaning and implications of that equation, as Bodanis takes us What its subtitle says it is: a biography of the world’s most famous equation,Īnd it succeeds beautifully. “E=mc2, focusing on the 1905 theory of special relativity, is just ![]()
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![]() Stephanie has spent much time in school, from the United States to Vienna to England she has learned about music and then writing. She is also a huge fan of Caroline Stevermer who happens to be the next featured author this month! They have two sons, who I am sure will grow up to be book addicts, who could avoid that fate being raised by these two? Stephanie has exquisite tastes in books, and one of her favorite by Austen is Northanger Abbey, which I also adore and view as her most underappreciated book. Stephanie shares her life with her husband Patrick Samphire, who is also a Middle Grade writer among other things. She lives in Wales, after some years in Yorkshire, surrounded by castles (even more jealous) and coffee shops, and one would hope a bookstore or twelve. Stephanie Burgis is one of those lucky Jane Austen lovers who has somehow managed to escape the United States (East Lansing, Michigan to be exact) and relocate to Great Britain, where she now has dual citizenship, I am so jealous.
![]() ![]() Coulter is enchanting and Lyra is thrilled when she learns that she's going to go live with her. That night, the Master invites her to dinner with him and with Mrs. Lyra is obsessed with the Gobblers but is terrified when they arrive in Oxford and steal a gyptian boy named Billy Costa and, possibly, Roger. The narrator explains how she tricked a boy named Tony Makarios. ![]() Her idyll comes to an end with the Gobblers, who begin stealing poor children and shipping them north by luring them in with a glamorous woman named Mrs. ![]() Lyra spends her time running wild around Jordan College and Oxford with her best friend, Roger. In private later, the Master tells the Librarian that he was trying to protect Lyra from Lord Asriel and from her destiny, which is to unwittingly lead someone to their sacrifice. She doesn't understand most of what he and the Scholars say, but they mention something called the panserbjørne and someone who, oddly, doesn't have a dæmon. He shows a photograph of the northern lights and a city in the lights. He allows her to stay hidden and watch his presentation about something called Dust, which he's studying in the North. When Lord Asriel himself appears, Lyra shows herself and warns him. She sees something that shocks her: the Master poisons wine intended for her beloved but terrifying uncle, Lord Asriel. ![]() 11-year-old Lyra and her dæmon, Pan, sneak into the Retiring Room at Jordan College so they can see what the Scholars do in there. ![]() ![]() “John Wayne: A Love Song” follows the actor on his first film set after suffering a bout of cancer and tries to reconcile the man with the image he’s built over his film career. The essay “Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream” follows-through research, interviews, and media coverage-the trial and conviction of Lucille Miller, a housewife who is accused of staging her husband’s accidental death. ![]() Nearly all of the essays in the book originated as magazine pieces, and many of them are concerned with the relationship between the American ideal, the people who embody it and reject it, and what Didion sees as a looming crisis of identity in America. “Seven Places of the Mind” has essays that document the relationship between a place and its people, including Didion herself. “Personals” contains several essays that outline various some of Didion’s philosophies and perspectives. ![]() The essays in “Life Styles in the Golden Land” are examples of Didion’s New Journalism style of writing and document various groups, individuals, and cultural phenomena in California and the American Southwest. ![]() ![]() The collection is divided into three sections: “Life Styles in the Golden Land,” “Personals,” and “Seven Places of the Mind,” with the essays in each section centered around a common topic or theme. ![]() ![]() ![]() A spirited autobiography, a tale of spiritual quest and fulfilment, a sophisticated treatise on religion, politics, and economics, The Interesting Narrative is a work of enduring literary and historical value. In England he worked for the resettlement of blacks in Sierra Leone, married an Englishwoman and became a leading and respected figure in the anti-slave movement. As a free man on a Central American plantation, he supervised slaves increasingly disgusted by his co-workers, he returned to England in 1774. Oludah Equiano's Narrative recounts his kidnapping in Africa at the age of 10, his service as the slave of an officer in the British Navy and his years of labour on slave ships until he was able to purchase his freedom in 1766. ![]() ![]() An account of the slave trade by a native African, former slave and loyal British subject, The Interesting Narrative is both an exciting, often terrifying, adventure story and an important precursor to such famous 19th century slave narratives as Frederick Douglas's autobiography. ![]() ![]() "You will see me in my Julian Edelman x Joe’s The Folsom jeans in Kinetic, a pair of sneakers and Bose headphones." That said, he likes to take his airport style game up a notch when he's traveling for work. "If it's a trip for pleasure, I always go with a comfortable outfit," he says. ![]() They're also designed with performance stretch, which allows him to feel super comfortable in them whenever he's on the go.Įdelman finds the pants so comfortable that he'll even wear them on the plane, a place where many passengers settle for sweats. "I am not easy to fit, due to my athletic build, and from the start, I loved how the jeans fit me," he says. But finding the right pair to fit his frame hasn't always been easy.īeing an NFL star has its perks, though-so Edelman got to design his own cut to fit him just right through a capsule he did with lifestyle brand Joe's Jeans. "I am definitely a denim first guy," he admits. ![]() That focus on ease and comfort also extends to his choice in jeans, a staple in Edelman's "going out" wardrobe. ![]() ![]() Zerzan provides a critical perspective about civilization. This book includes sixteen essays ranging from the beginning of civilization to today's general crisis. Subjects of his criticism include domestication, language, symbolic thought, and the concept of time. The American anarchist, primitivist philosopher, and author John Zerzan critiques agriculture-based civilization as inherently oppressive and advocates drawing upon the life of hunter-gatherers as an inspiration for what free society should look like. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Paperback. ![]() In recent years, John Zerzan, co-editor of Black and Green Review, has successfully toured Europe to speak from his primitivist perspective regarding contemporary civilization. Zerzan provides a critical perspective about civilization.Ī People’s History of Civilization includes chapters about: ![]() This book includes sixteen essays ranging from the beginning of civilization to today’s general crisis. ![]() ![]() I was mesmerized by her story, her troubles, and all of her dreams. Brown, author of While I Was Away, delivers an uplifting coming-of-age story about a Japanese American girl's fight to make space for herself in a world that claims to celebrate everyone's differences but doesn't always follow through.Īnnie's voice is so sweet, charming, and absorbingly addictive. Is this all people see when they see her? Is this the only kind of success they'll let her have-one that they can tear down or use race to belittle? Disheartened but determined, Annie channels her hurt into a new dream: showing everyone what she's made of. until she starts to hear grumbles from her mostly white classmates that she only got the part because it's an Asian play with Asian characters. So when Annie lands an impressive role in the production of The King and I, she's thrilled. And at the start of seventh grade, she's channeling that irrepressible hope into becoming the lead in her school play. As the daughter of immigrants who came to America for a better life, Annie Inoue was raised to dream big. ![]() ![]() In this empowering deconstruction of the so-called American Dream, a twelve-year-old Japanese American girl grapples with, and ultimately rises above, the racism and trials of middle school she experiences while chasing her dreams. ![]() ![]() Having grown up in each other’s pockets, along comes a summer when the four are parted for the first time. Lena, the reluctant beauty feisty, big-tushied Carmen the anti-everything, mad-at-the-world Tibby and the over-achieving, statuesque athlete Bridget are friends literally since birth ( their mums shared a preggers-aerobics class). ![]() They care for each other, love each other, put aside fights and misunderstandings with a careless shrug and offer unstinted, non-judgmental support any time, everytime. The book is a far cry from the regular breed of YA novels which seem to dwell on the fixed notions that young girls basically fall into two main groups: One, the hatefully pretty, perpetually scheming Prom Queens with their nastier than “week-ol’ milk” cliques! And at the other end of the rainbow, the brave under-dog.not much to look at, the general do-gooder, the faithful confidante and to nicely round it off, more often than not, armed with an IQ formidable enough to gain entry into MENSA.īreaking the age-old mould with insouciance, Ann Brashares creates a world where it is possible for four friends, as different as chalk and cheese to form a deeply satisfying friendship. ![]() A sparkling breath of fresh air, this book captures the spirit of friendship in the most charming and sauciest manner possible. ![]() ![]() ![]() So please, stick around and we’ll look at it together. ![]() ![]() So what shall we talk about instead? There is an issue or a question rather, that I want to tackle this evening. You’re dying to know, right? BTW you won’t sleep much after reading it, so rest up while you can. I’m not going to divulge the story just yet it may disrupt the creative process (pretentious or what?) But I’ll keep you informed. I do have a legitimate excuse – I’ve been busy revising/editing one of my horror novels. Did you miss me? Hopefully you noticed my absence. ![]() |