5/11/2023 0 Comments Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong![]() ![]() Through writing about the lives and deaths of others, Vuong illustrates the strange feeling of having gone through a moment before, whether in a past life or in another timeline. In “Time is a Mother,” Vuong’s mother’s face becomes a “thumbprint left over,” a cremated pet, a puff “of smoke / little ghost / poodles.” The collection is filled with the ghosts of experience as Vuong attends to the relationship between absence and presence. Vuong’s voice is intricate but far from fragile as his attentive gaze turns to the magnitude of quotidian moments. Written after the death of Vuong’s mother in 2019, “Time is a Mother” parses through themes of grief and mourning, stillness and change, and the differences between interior and public personas. ![]() One of the most critically acclaimed contemporary poets, Vuong continues to explore the tenderness and weight of genre-bending writing in his work, particularly since the release of his debut novel “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous.” “I used to cry in a genre no one read,” Ocean Vuong writes in “Time is a Mother,” his most recent collection of poetry and prose. ![]()
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5/11/2023 0 Comments Pebble in the sky by isaac asimov![]() ![]() He also wrote Lucky Starr series, under the pen name Paul French, and Norby Chronicles with his wife Janet. ![]() His most famous series being the Foundation series, Robot series, and Galactic Empire series. Some of his contemporaries focussed on one universe or a few but Asimov created no less than 5 in total. At that rate, he averaged around 12 books per year, quite incredible.Īsimov was not only a prolific individual book writer but wrote more sci-fi series than any other writer in his genre. He kept writing until well into the early 1990's with his last works published in around 1992. His career started in 1939 when he first began writing sci-fi short stories with his first novel, The Stars, Like Dust was published in 1951. Dick to name but a few.Īsimov was an incredibly prolific author who managed to write, or edit, over 500 books excluding many more short stories. Clarke, Robert Heinlein, Orson Scott Card and Philip K. He was also a Professor of Biochemistry at Boston University.įor his fans, he stands as equals with other literary geniuses in the genre including the great Arthur C. He has inspired countless generations of children and adults around the world and widened their understanding of space and science in general. Isaac Asimov is widely recognized, and loved, as one of the best science fiction writers of all time. ![]() ![]() In its exquisite detail of a world that might have been, The Clan of the Cave Bear creates a new dimension of epic drama, and the timeless emotions that make it so human. Torn between two cultures, Ayla belongs to neither, but to herself, and to the future of Earth's Children. Her heart and mind soared with the desire to be herself. Ayla was unable to blindly follow, dumbly obey the unchanging ways of the Clan. The development of her brain was following a different path: she did not remember as well, but she learned more easily. As she grew older, the differences became more than physical. She was too tall, too different, too ugly. Into this clan came young Ayla, a young girl they found and raised as one of their own. Her Earths Children® series has sold more than 45 million copies worldwide and includes The Clan of the Cave Bear, The Valley of Horses, The Mammoth Hunters, The Plains of Passage, The Shelters of Stone, and The Land of Painted Caves. ![]() This is a saga of that time when the people who called themselves the Clan of the Cave Bear existed by hunting mammoth and other prey remained insulated by their customs, rituals, the great totems they revered were doomed by this same insulation. Over 35,000 years ago, in prehistoric Europe during the Ice Age, humanity as it eventually evolved was just beginning. ![]() Quarter yellow cloth, green paper boards. ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments The invisible man book hg wells![]() Bunting wake up to sounds of the vicarage being burgled. The local doctor, Cuss, visits Griffin at the inn, and is shocked to see that his sleeve is completely empty where an arm should be-yet he still manages to pinch Cuss’s nose. The villagers gossip, inventing many different theories about him. He does not attend church or communicate with anyone outside of the village, and only goes out at night. Griffin stays at the inn for a number of months. ![]() ![]() Hall hears the sound of bottles smashing, and when she asks Griffin about this he tells her not to bother him, saying that she can add extra charges to his bill. ![]() The following day, the carrier Fearenside brings Griffin’s luggage, which is filled with scientific equipment, handwritten notebooks, and crates of fluids, some of which are labeled Poison. Later that day, Griffin explains that he is an “experimental investigator” and that he needs his equipment. Griffin is rude to her, and impatiently asks when he will be able to get his luggage from the train station. Hall notices that Griffin’s face is also wrapped in bandages. Hall, who runs the inn, lights a fire for him. He is completely wrapped up in clothing, which he does not take off even after Mrs. ![]() A strange man (later introduced as Griffin) arrives in Iping and takes lodging at the Coach and Horses Inn. ![]() ![]() ![]() As has always been our policy, service animals are admitted with their owners regardless of time or stay.Įxperience this tropics-inspired oasis on the Columbia River.The owners agree to be present or remove their pets from the room during housekeeping service or while any hotel staff is present in the room. ![]() If your pet creates a disturbance or becomes aggressive to any guest or other person in the hotel, the owner agrees to remove the pet promptly from the hotel upon request unless a mutually acceptable compromise can be met.Dogs are allowed in designated food or beverage areas only.Dogs must not be left unattended by their owners while in the hotel. ![]()
![]() ![]() ![]() He also documents outbreaks of racial violence, anarchist bombings, and the 1919 Palmer raids, which targeted the Union of Russian Workers. Though few records remain, Hochschild cites claims by one lawyer that between 19, 462 men and women were jailed by the federal government for a year or longer for their written or spoken words. Hochschild documents how new laws ostensibly passed to protect America’s national security, including the Espionage and Sedition Acts, were weaponized against the foreign born, labor activists, and pacifists. ![]() Even more common, however, was violence against coal miners, steel workers, and other laborers attempting to unionize. ![]() Historian Hochschild ( Rebel Cinderella) notes that increasing numbers of immigrants from Italy, Eastern Europe, and Russia during the early 20th century provoked nativist resentments and violent attacks from Americans whose Protestant ancestors came from England and northwestern Europe. to enter WWI to make the world “safe for democracy” ironically set the stage for an unprecedented attack on Americans’ civil liberties, according to this expert and eye-opening account. President Woodrow Wilson’s call for the U.S. ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments One Brother Shy by Terry Fallis![]() Most of the world sees a painfully and chronically shy software engineer in his mid-20s, soft-spoken, a bit of a loner, and someone easy to escape notice wherever possible-and that's just the way Alex wants it. ![]() From the two-time winner of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, and author of The Best Laid Plans, comes a new story about a man tormented by an event from his youth, and the journey he finds himself on to heal and to learn who he is.įew people know the real Alex MacAskill. ![]() ![]() ![]() This riveting young readers’ edition challenges prevailing orthodoxies to reveal the dark reality about the rise and fall of the American empire for curious, budding historians who are hungry for the truth. ![]() ![]() This is not the kind of history taught in schools or normally presented on television or in popular movies. And there is history we should have known.Ĭomplete with photos, illustrations, and little-known documents, this first of four volumes covers crucial moments in American history from the late nineteenth century to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The truth about America is revealed in this first of four volumes of the young readers’ edition of The Untold History of the United States, from Academy Award–winning director Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick, adapted by Susan Campbell Bartoletti. ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments Going over by beth kephart![]() ![]() "An excellent example of historical fiction focusing on an unusual time period."-School Library Journal, starred review this gripping effort captures the full flavor of a trying time in an onerous place."-Kirkus Reviews "A stark reminder of the power of hope, courage, and love."-Booklist, starred review Going Over-about a boy and girl separated by the cruelest of fates-will inspire any reader to make the leap for love."-Patricia McCormick, author of National Book Award Finalists Sold and Never Fall Down She's spun gold out of the language of longing and has shown us how to make room for miracles. ![]() We Could Be Heroes-about a boy and girl separated by the cruelest of fates-will inspire any reader to make the leap for love."-Patricia McCormick, author of National Book Award Finalists Sold and Never Fall Down Kephart captures the beauty and desperation of 1980's Berlin with prose both gripping and graceful."-Ruta Sepetys, New York Times bestselling author of Between Shades of Gray and Out of the Easy "An unforgettable portrayal of life and love divided. ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments The total money makeover amazon![]() ![]() Your true hourly wage refers to the amount of money you actually earn per hour of time invested in your work. That core idea has a lot of implications, and Your Money or Your Life walks through them carefully through concepts like the fulfillment curve and the crossover point.įor me, perhaps the most effective point was the discussion of the idea of your true hourly wage. You’ve traded your time and energy for something that didn’t provide equal or greater value in return. Then, when you spend that dollar on something that doesn’t provide deep or lasting meaning, you’re essentially wasting your life. Your Money or Your Life‘s premise is that when you work, you are effectively exchanging some portion of your life for every dollar that you make. It happened to be one of a handful that I grabbed at the library when I was completely lost in terms of my financial life and it was heavily responsible for turning my financial situation around. Best overall for personal finance: Your Money or Your Life by Joe Dominguez and Vicki RobinĪn early edition of this book was the book that turned my financial life around. ![]() ![]() 10 personal finance books you should read to jumpstart your financial education 1. ![]() |