![]() ![]() As online life collides with real life, the truth starts to come together and the backlash is even more devastating than anyone could have imagined. ![]() Lara's not nearly as great as everyone thinks.After weeks of talking online, Lara thought she knew Christian, so what's with this sudden change? And where does he get off saying horrible things on her wall? Even worse - are they true?But no one realized just how far Christian's harsh comments would push Lara. Bree's secretly glad that Christian's pointed out Lara's flaws to the world. She's worked really hard since starting high school to be happy and make new friends.Bree used to be BBFs with overweight, depressed Lara in middle school, but constantly listening to Lara's problems got to be too much. It's been a long time since Lara's felt this bad, this depressed. She thought that Christian liked her, that he was finally going to ask her to his school's homecoming dance. In critically acclaimed author Sarah Darer Littmans gripping new novel what happens. ![]() In critically acclaimed author Sarah Darer Littman's gripping new novel what happens online doesn't always stay online. Read Backlash by Sarah Darer Littman available from Rakuten Kobo. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Perhaps it is this invigoration of growth that compelled me to reread Michael Pollan’s book, The Botany of Desire. In my small container garden, dainty green tendrils of scallions and sweet peas reach ever upwards, while planted pieces of potatoes seem content for the moment to slumber in the dark black soil. On nearby trails, star-shaped flowers from salmonberry bushes dot the flush of new growth, fuchsia markers intended to attract the eyes of hungry pollinators. In the suburbs, neighbourhood lawns and gardens are enlivened by vivid hues of yellows and violets from blooming daffodils and tulips. In the city, pink blossoms burst forth from ornamental cherries, enjoying brief moments of glory before cascading down as a silent snow of soft petals. ![]() Spring is in full bloom in my corner of the world it is impossible not to notice the explosion of plant life all around. The Botany of Desire (Photo credit: Wikipedia) ![]() ![]() The idea of a man-made android with feelings and a reactive human personality is interesting, so long as you don't dig too deep into the actual mechanics of it. Having witnessed untold atrocities, namely civilian casualties coldly dubbed "collateral," the android (spoiler alert) aims to destroy humankind in order to save it from its own, well, inhumanity. The third key character of Captain Eckhart, played by House of Cards'Michael Kelly, gains prominence in the last act of the film without enough development earlier on.ĭirected by a Swede and set in an imagined future civil war involving Ukraine and Russia, the film takes aim at the US military's never-ending wars, its detached drone attacks, and its parallel vision of itself as a force for peace. Mackie and Idris are both compelling as two conflicted anti-heroes on an unclear mission together. It's also very violent and often prioritizes action over character or story. Outside the Wire is a fast-paced and suspenseful futuristic war film with solid acting and a clear ambition to raise provocative questions about the United States' role in the world. ![]() ![]() ![]() Joining via a video link from New York, the writer appeared on a sizable video screen that hung above director Douglas Mackinnon (“Sherlock”), and exec producers Rob Wilkins, a longtime collaborator with Pratchett, and BBC Studios’ Chris Sussman, who were there in the flesh. Gaiman was speaking at a “Good Omens” session at the BBC Studios Showcase event in Liverpool. ![]() “That stuff allowed us to actually solve some of the problems involved in putting it on television – the fact that we have Jon Hamm as the impossibly irritating angel Gabriel is something from the sequel we slid back in – the relationship between heaven and hell, where we keep going back and forth between these two appalling places,” he said. He said he had used a lot of material that the pair had discussed as going into possible sequels to the “Good Omens” novel in the TV series. Gaiman said he missed being able to call Pratchett, as he had during the writing of the book, to talk through the project as it took life. ![]() ![]() ![]() Written for beginners and scholars, for students and teachers, for philosophers and engineers, What is Mathematics?, Second Edition is a sparkling collection of mathematical gems that offers an entertaining and accessible portrait of the mathematical world. Its goal is to put the meaning back into mathematics. This new edition of Richard Courant's and Herbert Robbins's classic work seeks to address this problem. The teaching and learning of mathematics has degenerated into the realm of rote memorization, the outcome of which leads to satisfactory formal ability but does not lead to real understanding or to greater intellectual independence. Today, unfortunately, the traditional place of mathematics in education is in grave danger. ![]() St Joseph's University (Brooklyn Voices Series)įor more than two thousand years a familiarity with mathematics has been regarded as an indispensable part of the intellectual equipment of every cultured person. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ada Twist, Scientist, the companion picture book featuring the next kid from Iggy Peck's class. Also from the powerhouse author-illustrator team of Iggy Peck, Architect, is Rosie Revere, Engineer, a charming, witty picture book about believing in yourself and pursuing your passion. He loves building too much to give it up! With Andrea Beaty's irresistible rhyming text and David Roberts's puckish illustrations, this book will charm creative kids everywhere, and amuse their sometimes bewildered parents. 17.99 Iggy Peck, Architect The Questioneers By: Andrea Beaty ( 5 reviews ) Write a Review About this Book Hardcover 32 Pages Age 5 - 8 Grade 1 - 2 Dimensions (cm) 28.5x23.2x0.9 Edition Number: 1 Published: 25th June 2007 ISBN: 9780810911062 Share This Book: Hardcover RRP 24.99 21. His parents are proud of his fabulous creations, though they're sometimes surprised by his materials-who could forget the tower he built of dirty diapers? When his second-grade teacher declares her dislike of architecture, Iggy faces a challenge. Meet Iggy Peck-creative, independent, and not afraid to express himself! In the spirit of David Shannon's No, David and Rosemary Wells's Noisy Nora, Iggy Peck will delight readers looking for irreverent, inspired fun. A hilarious, irreverent book about doing your own thing. ![]() ![]() Other signs that can appear almost right away include swollen lymph nodes and cold- or flu-type symptoms. The rash is not necessarily indicative of Lyme, but if one does present itself, it's a good idea to get a blood test to rule out the disease. ![]() Tick bites often result in a noticeable bull's-eye rash, but not always. Lyme disease also occurs in Europe and Asia. In these areas, hiking, gardening, and walking a dog through tall grass are considered particularly risky activities. (The pathogen that causes syphilis is another.) In the USA, the hot spots are the Northeast (from Maine to Virginia), the West coast, and Wisconsin and Minnesota. burgdorferi is one of just a few spirochetes, or 'spiral-shaped' bacteria, to be identified to date. ![]() Lyme disease is caused by a bacterial infection, specifically a bite from a tick bearing the Borrelia burgdorferi bacterium. Porochista Khakpour's Sick is a memoir of living with chronic Lyme disease. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I hate weak female characters and this began with such promise, with an upbeat heroine who had been through a personal tragedy and yet somehow remained sunny and happy. Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not? I barely stopped smiling throughout the entire book, definitely worth a credit or buy! The first word that comes to mind when I think of this book is adorable, although I usually enjoy a good steamy romance I enjoyed the banter and interactions between the characters so much that I couldn't have cared less about the steamy parts (although I did enjoy those parts as well). The male narrator did a great job as well! This book made me laugh out loud so many times and tear up also. I absolutely loved it though, she is incredibly humorous and brings out the best in Nick. ![]() Tina is super peppy and positive most of the time despite terrible emotional scars and trauma, and let's face it, she's kind of a ditzy goofball. Thankfully I didn't! At first the female narrator irritated the snot out of me, she's incredibly peppy and sounds ditzy as all get out but then I realized she was PERFECT for Tina. ![]() To be perfectly honest within the first 15 minutes of listening to this book I was about to give up on it. ![]() ![]() ![]() Knausgaard does not mention Merleau-Ponty, but from the beginning, he wrestles with the mute language of the canvas and the difficulty of translating his experience with it to the page: “Sometimes it is impossible to say why and how a work of art achieves its effect. Merleau-Ponty was deeply engaged in the silent meanings of painting and their relation to the human body and its gestures, meanings that he argued are different from and prior to words. ![]() "Writers must not underestimate the painter’s labor and study, that effort which is so like an effort of thought and which allows us to speak of a language of painting.” This sentence from the French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty might serve as an epigraph for a new book on the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch (1863-1944) by the Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard. The Art of Edvard Munch, By Karl Ove Knausgaardīy Siri Hustvedt, May 1, 2019. ![]() ![]() ![]() My mother was a teetotaler and my father was into a variety of recreational chemicals, so their marriage was probably doomed from the start. In the story's illustrations my older sister looks suspiciously like the Great Gazoo from The Flintstones. The first story I ever wrote in pre-school was a thinly veiled autobiography about a family of aliens. Later I found out it really doesn't matter whether something's true, as long as it's a good story. When I was little, my family often accused me of being a storyteller, which is a polite way in Kansas of calling someone a liar. ![]() Not even all the presidents, because Hugoton at the time was only ten blocks by ten blocks. They were gravel and named after presidents. I grew up on the mean streets of Hugoton, Kansas, where the only traffic light in town went to flashing red at dusk. She is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels The Reckless Oath We Made, All the Ugly and Wonderful Things, Last Will, and Lie Lay Lain. She earned a MA in Creative Writing from Kansas State University. BRYN GREENWOOD is a fourth-generation Kansan, one of seven sisters, and the daughter of a mostly reformed drug dealer. ![]() |