5/13/2023 0 Comments The mothers by bennett![]() ![]() ![]() In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Despite the illegality of the procedure, many women still found ways to abort their pregnancies, and several states even made the operation legal again. In 1900, abortion was considered a felony throughout the United States, though some states made exceptions in certain cases. In The Mothers, Nadia’s character development and emotional life are both intimately tied to her abortion, echoing the United States’ tumultuous past and present. Two years later, when she was just twenty-six, Bennett published her debut novel, The Mothers, earning her a place on the National Book Foundation’s “5 Under 35” list of breakout writers. ![]() ![]() “I Don’t Know What To Do With Good White People” attracted millions of readers in only several days, spreading Bennett’s name throughout the literary community and beyond. In 2014, Bennett wrote an article for Jezebel entitled “I Don’t Know What To Do With Good White People.” The piece was published in response to the fact that police officer Darren Wilson-who shot and killed eighteen-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri-was not indicted for his crime. She also briefly studied at Oxford, making her the first person in her family to leave the country. Upon graduating from high school, she majored in English at Stanford before pursuing her Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at University of Michigan. Brit Bennett was born in Oceanside, California, where she spent the next seventeen years of her life. ![]()
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5/13/2023 0 Comments Attached by dr amir levine![]() Should be essential reading for everyone. With fascinating psychological insight, quizzes and case studies, Dr Amir Levine and Rachel Heller help you understand the three attachment styles, identify your own and recognize the styles of others so that you can find compatible partners or improve your existing relationship. ![]() Secure people feel comfortable with intimacy and are usually warm and loving. ![]() Pioneered by psychologist John Bowlby in the 1950s, the field of attachment explains that each of us behaves in relationships in one of three distinct ways:Īnxious people are often preoccupied with their relationships and tend to worry about their partner's ability to love them back.Īvoidant people equate intimacy with a loss of independence and constantly try to minimize closeness. ![]() Heller reveal how an understanding of attachment theory - the most advanced relationship science in existence today - can help us find and sustain love. Is there a science to love? In this groundbreaking book, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Amir Levine and psychologist Rachel S. 'A groundbreaking book that redefines what it means to be in a relationship.' - John Gray, PhD., bestselling author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus An insightful look at the science behind love, Attached offers readers a road map for building stronger, more fulfilling connections. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments The masque of the red death quotes![]() ![]() Prospero had supplied everything they needed for pleasure. They would leave the outside world to care for itself. Here they could forget the sickness, the Red Death. The gentlemen, after they had entered, brought fire to heat the iron of the gate to make them close so firmly that nobody could open them. This was a large and beautiful stone building he had planned himself. When half the people of his land had died, he called to him a thousand healthy, happy friends, and with them went far away to live in one of his palaces. And the sickness lasted, from beginning to the end, no more than half an hour.īut Prospero, the ruler of that land, was happy and strong and wise. The bright red spots upon the body and especially upon the face of the sick man made other men turn away from him, afraid to try to help. Then there was bleeding through the skin, though it was not cut or broken - and then, death! ![]() There were sharp pains, and a sudden feeling that the mind was rushing in circles inside the head. Blood was its mark - the redness and the horror of blood. ![]() ![]() No sickness had ever been so deadly - so great a killer - or so fearful to see. The Red Death had long been feeding on the country. The story was originally adapted and recorded by the U.S. We present the short story "The Masque of the Red Death, by Edgar Allen Poe. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Magic for liars book![]() ![]() ![]() Praise for Magic for Liars "A queerer, older, quicker-paced Harry Potter, concerned with the childhood grudges that adults can't get over."- Refinery 29 "We can't wait to see what Sarah Gailey does next!"-Crimereads, the most anticipated crime books of summer "With winks to multiple genres, Sarah Gailey's Magic for Liars shows that their talent has no trouble extending to a full-length novel."- Culturess "In a very short time, Sarah Gailey has distinguished themself as one of science fiction's best new writers." - BoingBoing "The world has little mercy but it does have heart, and like Ivy, it carries on despite its scars."-NPR " Magic for Liars is a perfect, spare, delectable novel that features a masterful narrative structure, terribly human characters occupying realistically magical settings, and more. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments The republic book![]() ![]() This book series serve as tie-ins for the LucasArts video game, Star Wars: The Old Republic, and accompanies a comic series of the same name. ![]() Readers here should be sure to coordinate Plato s remarks on poetry with the commentary in Book 3, which constitutes the first phase of the discussion. Star Wars: The Old Republic is an ongoing novel and short story series published by Del Rey. How does Socrates define courage, and where can it be found in the city? knowing what the city determines by law to be terrible and not it can be found in the auxillaries How does Socrates define moderation, and where can it be found in the city? being stronger than oneself and having willpower it can be found spread throughout the city How does Socrates define justice? Socrates defines justice as minding your own business and doing your part in the city What is the greatest harm to the city, according to Socrates? meddling among the classes and exchange with one another How is the just city similar to the just man? when the man is just, the city is likely to be just as well What are the 3 parts of the soul, and what is the relationship between them? Reason, Spiritedness, and Desire. The Republic Book 10 Summary Share Summary At the beginning of Book 10, Socrates returns to his frontal assault on the status and role of poetry in the ideal state. ![]() ![]() ![]() At approx 2035 hrs, the Def did again expose his penis and masterbate again." Three other men were also arrested. The Def did begin to masterbate his exposed penis with his left hand. ![]() And I was like, ‘I want absolutely no part of this. I’d seen all of the dances and trends, Gaines says. ![]() But Reubens reached a personal nadir in July 1991, in the South Trail Cinema, an adult movie theater in Sarasota, Florida, when around 10 pm a patrolling cop-as the police report chronicles it-"did observe the Def's penis exposed. Caseen Gaines, author of Footnotes: The Black Artists Who Rewrote the Rules of the Great White Way, had no interest in TikTok despite encouragement from his wife to make an account with book promotion in mind. The Pee-wee Herman persona reached its zenith in 1986 with the debut of P ee-wee's Playhouse, a faux children's program aired Saturday mornings on CBS. After a cameo in Cheech & Chong's Next Movie, Reubens starred in an HBO special, based on the Groundlings event, and then Pee-wee's Big Adventure, a film that married the talents of Reubens and another newcomer, Tim Burton. The character grew from a skit for the Los Angeles-based comedy group the Groundlings, then turned into a recurring live show. Paul Reuben's rise as Pee-wee was meteoric. Pee-wee was a kid's show performer for the age: the comedian as borderline personality type. Yet also like Pee-wee, there is the raging man hidden within the child who comes out on occasion to scorn, to knife you with words, to bask in hedonistic selfishness. The faint sense of make-up, the flushed cheeks, the pouting mouth. The undersized suit, the close-cropped hair boasting a Tintin-like comma-lick at the crown. We all know someone who looks like Pee-wee. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Temperament by Stuart Isacoff![]() ![]() "Any plan that describes the adjustments to the sizes of some or all of the twelve fifth intervals in the circle of fifths so that they accommodate pure octaves and produce certain sizes of major thirds is called a temperament." Temperament is especially important for keyboard instruments, which typically allow a player to play only the pitches assigned to the various keys, and lack any way to alter pitch of a note in performance. Tempering is the process of altering the size of an interval by making it narrower or wider than pure. Most modern Western musical instruments are tuned in the equal temperament system. ![]() In musical tuning, a temperament is a tuning system that slightly compromises the pure intervals of just intonation to meet other requirements. Comparison of notes derived from, or near, twelve perfect fifths (B ♯). ![]() ![]() ![]() Secondly, it’s a metaphor for the law of unintended consequences. First, it’s a history of the human activities that have affected the great lakes. I encourage everyone with an interest in the history and ecology of the Great Lakes, to consider reading this also. ![]() It is hugely relevant to all of us who reside in the Great Lakes drainage basin and depend on them for water, and so much else. I promptly ordered a copy and read It, so thus was my introduction to this important book. He texted me this answer: “Have you read The Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan? They have tried all sorts of crazy engineered solutions over the years with the great lakes…most with disastrous results”. So I called a cousin who is a hydrologist, and asked him if it would make sense to lower the lake levels, by piping the water away to places that need it. ![]() Book Review “The Death and Life of the Great Lakes, by Dan Egan (2017)Īs anyone who has been to the Peninsula lately knows, this has been a very bad year for high water lake levels and resultant erosion. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Chatter voice in your head![]() ![]() ![]() This comes to resemble a branding exercise-perhaps a necessary one to sell a book these days-but the advice is good, and some of it nonobvious. Read Full Review >ĭespite the title’s reference to self-talk, the book uses “chatter” to refer to nearly any kind of negative thoughts or emotions. Kross may be a scientist by trade, but with Chatter he proves himself a deft storyteller who, through levity and wit, creates an easily digestible work on the brain, how it works and how we can quiet our often relentless chatter. ![]() There is no one cure-all solution, but Kross provides tools we can employ to manage our own chatter and help us redirect our inner voices. Kross keeps his argument simple and relatable. Citing myriad studies to forward his thesis, Kross includes extensive notes but never leaves the reader drowning in data. ![]() We don’t want to eradicate our inner voice we just want to have a better relationship with it. Most importantly, he gives us tools we can use to manage it. It's easily digestible, as Kross forgoes the verbiage of academia and explains simply and concisely to the reader why we have an inner voice and what happens when that voice is hijacked by chatter. Kross’ writing reads less like a scientific tome and more like a casual conversation. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Friday black nana kwame![]() ![]() O’Connor fellow in fiction at Colgate University. He graduated from SUNY Albany and went on to receive his MFA from Syracuse University. Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah is from Spring Valley, New York. A comprehensive warning list can be found here. This collection deals with mature subject matter and contains content that can be very affecting. If you’re Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, you shine a floodlight on all of it, all at once, in a way that is nothing but overwhelming.Įditor’s note: With so many current issues on display in Friday Black, it’s important for readers who utilize Content Warnings to do so. How do you illuminate society’s achievements while these social issues get worse and worse? Whether that’s the mistreatment of minority populations by both authority figures and fellow humans or the passing of laws restricting rights of women and members of the LGBTQ+ community. Many find it hard to point at the marvels around us without being overwhelmed by the constant injustices going on every day. ![]() Poll the average HOWLer and you’ll get the same opinion: the world is a dumpster fire. ![]() |