![]() ![]() ![]() The smartphone is the curse of public space as selfies click away with the lens pointed mainly at themselves and only secondarily at what is around them.”Īnd so on, in the same vein. “For today’s selfie, the object of each moment is first to record oneself as having been there and second to broadcast the result to as much of the rest of the world as possible. Complaining about “the swarms of ‘selfies’ who infest places of interest, art galleries concerts, public spaces, and cyberspace,” he elaborates: Simon Blackburn, for many years a professor of philosophy at Oxford, makes use of one recent idiom in his new book Mirror, Mirror: The Uses and Abuses of Self-Love ( Princeton University Press) and nearly gets it right. (The word “random” now has implications in the American vernacular that I have yet to figure out.) But the unwritten rules of informal correctness are sometimes tricky, and mastering them a challenge. Not that the words or usages are necessarily incomprehensible, though some of them are. At a certain age, you find the slang of the day growing a bit opaque or slippery. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Limón was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship in 2020, and two years later she was named the 24th poet laureate. Her 2019 book of poetry, The Carrying, garnered Limón the National Book Award. She published three books of poetry while working full-time in marketing and eventually quit her job to write full time, publishing Bright Dead Things, a finalist for the National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award in 2015. in drama from the University of Washington and an M.F.A. But it was a long shot: a month before the Stellfox committee approached her, Limón was named Poet Laureate of the United States. The first pick was Ada Limón, a poet who's both highly esteemed and also highly approachable. The heat was on to find just the right literary luminary for the job. Stellfox Visiting Scholars and Writers Program. This year marked the first time in three years that Dickinson has been able to welcome a distinguished writer to campus through the Harold and Ethel L. One woman's literary legacy inspires poet laureate's quietly powerful residency ![]() ![]() Yet one target eludes him: a vicious predator known as the Huntress. Transformed by the horrors he witnessed from Omaha Beach to the Nuremberg Trials, British war correspondent Ian Graham has become a Nazi hunter. ![]() When she is stranded behind enemy lines, Nina becomes the prey of a lethal Nazi murderess known as the Huntress, and only Nina's bravery and cunning will keep her alive. When the Nazis attack the Soviet Union, she risks everything to join the legendary Night Witches, an all-female night bomber regiment wreaking havoc on the invading Germans. ![]() In the aftermath of war, the hunter becomes the hunted.īold and fearless, Nina Markova always dreamed of flying. ![]() From the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling novel, THE ALICE NETWORK, comes another fascinating historical novel about a battle-haunted English journalist and a Russian female bomber pilot who join forces to track the Huntress, a Nazi war criminal gone to ground in America. ![]() ![]() No sé, he tenido sentimientos encontrados a lo largo de los cuatro meses que me tomó terminarlo. ¡Qué aventura ha resultado este libro! Extraordinaria, triste, a veces desesperante. But this author write with such realness of the 15th century Spain, I just wished he'd get the feel of faith as well. Yes, I know, writers aren't supposed to only write the things they're familiar with. There wasn't anything incorrect about it, it's just felt like someone who never eat orange described the taste of the fruit. Somehow it failed to describe the soul of the faith. It felt more like of someone from the outside looking at Moslems (which probably is the case, but the main character was a moslem boy). What bothers me a little though, is when the author describes the Moslem characters. The setting felt real, the characters vivid (which was most likely the reason why I felt so emotionally attached to it). What I liked about this book is the detail on 15th century Spain. ![]() I'm sorry, but I'd rather read books that made me feel hopeful. The main character in this book had so many bad things happened to him, and I felt after 300 pages (the book is about 900 pages) I just couldn't take it anymore. ![]() ![]() It wasn't really because the book is bad, but I just couldn't go on reading it because it's somehow made me feel sad and depressed. ![]() ![]() Three irresistible short stories by Ali Hazelwood the New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of TikTok sensation THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS, now available in paperback for the first time with a new, exclusive, bonus chapter.Ībout the Author: Ali Hazelwood is the New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis and Love on the Brain, as well as a writer of peer-reviewed articles about brain science, in which no one makes out and the ever after is not always happy. ![]() Though their fields of study might take them to different corners of the world, they can all agree on this universal truth: when it comes to love and science, opposites attract, and rivals make you burn….Īn environmental engineer discovers that scientists should never cohabitate when she finds herself stuck with the roommate from hell – a detestable big-oil lawyer who won’t leave the thermostat alone.Ī civil engineer and her nemesis take their rivalry – and love – to the next level when they get stuck in a New York elevator.Ī NASA aerospace engineer’s frozen heart melts as she lies injured and stranded at a remote Arctic research station and the only person willing to undertake the dangerous rescue mission is her longtime rival.Īli Hazelwood’s latest novel, Love on the Brain is out now. Mara, Sadie, and Hannah are friends first, scientists always. ![]() ![]() Three irresistible short stories by the global phenomenon Ali Hazelwood, now available together in paperback for the first time, with an exclusive bonus chapter. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I've also just launched my newest novel on Kickstarter! Maybe a few of you are even familiar with my Chaos Born trilogy, or have heard that I'm currently back working in games at Archetype Entertainment. Many of you probably know me from my Star Wars novels, like Darth Bane or Revan, or my Mass Effect books, or from my work on games ranging from the Baldur's Gate series to KOTOR to Mass Effect. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the section on Tools and Kitchen Stuff, Isa employs a light touch while advising a practical approach to equipping the vegan kitchen with tools she considers essential and those that are not. The show was not filmed on an elaborate set, but in her own small New York apartment kitchen. The cookbook is the product that evolved from her Post Punk Kitchen cooking show on Brooklyn Community Access TV. While watching cooking shows after 911, she had an epiphany and was inspired to create her own vegan cooking TV program. What she gained from the punk rock period is the "do-it-yourself" attitude that led the way to pursuing cooking with a creative freedom. Her sincere aspiration is to make "a great cook out of each and every vegan." Rather, Isa is a 30-something woman who grew up during the punk rock scene, frequently cooked at a vegan cafe, and realized she had a bent for cooking. Her down-to-earth, no-nonsense plain speak communicates she is not trying to impress anyone with high-minded language or flowery adjectives. Like a diamond in the rough, author Isa Chandra Moskowitz displays her unpolished edges beginning with the introduction to Vegan with a Vengeance. ![]() ![]() ![]() Big-hearted, genuine, and universal, I Almost Forgot About You shows what can happen when you face your fears, take a chance, and open yourself up to life, love, and the possibility of a new direction. Georgia’s bravery reminds us that it’s never too late to become the person you want to be, and that taking chances, with your life and your heart, are always worthwhile. When she decides to make some major changes in her life, including quitting her job as an optometrist and moving house, she finds herself on a wild journey that may or may not include a second chance at love. ![]() Georgia Young's wonderful life-great friends, family, and successful career-aren't enough to keep her from feeling stuck and restless. The bestselling author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Waiting To Exhale is back with the inspiring story of a woman who shakes things up in her life to find greater meaning NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY LIBRARY JOURNAL In I Almost Forgot About You, Dr. ![]() ![]() Kobna Holdbrook-Smith is a deity among readers. As much as I enjoy the written version of Peter Grant, the audio is superb. But then came Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, the reader for Aaronovitch's books. If I listened while cooking, I lost track of either my numbers or the plot (and that's no good when it comes to spices, let me tell you). When I listened to Harry Potter while driving, I found myself getting sleepy. I believe you until this series, you could have counted my attempts at audio books on one hand, as I suffered many of the same complaints. You will likely not believe me you will tell me that you hate audio books, that you lose track, fall asleep, and are 100% unable to pay attention. Stop reading the paper copy and give listening a go. ![]() The Post in Which I Muse on Audio Versions of Books ![]() ![]() ![]() Calf Binding material made from cowhide-versatile, durable, usually tan or brown in color, of smooth texture with no or little apparent grain.Broadside Sheet printed on one side, typically for public display, usually larger than folio size (a folio being a broadside-size sheet printed on both sides and folded once, to make four pages). ![]()
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