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![]() ![]() The wounded animal ran off toward a little river and. Frightened, he hoisted himself into the safety of a little tree and from there fired on and hit one of the pigs. ![]() ![]() Fifteen or so and just beginning to hunt on his own, he told us of the day he stood out in the forest for what seemed an eternity, waiting for something to happen, and how, all of a sudden, he found himself close to a herd of collared peccaries moving through the underbrush. One evening while the grown-ups gathered around the hearth drinking manioc beer, Maxi, settling back to a quieter corner of the house, began to tell his teenage neighbor Luis and me about some of his recent adventures and mishaps. feeling is absolutely simple and without parts-as it evidently is, since it is whatever it is regardless of anything else, and therefore regardless of any part, which would be something other than the whole.Ĭharles Peirce, The Collected Papers 1.306-10 By a feeling I mean an instance of that sort of element of consciousness which is all that it is positively, in itself, regardless of anything else. ![]()
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Lucy barton novels6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Knitting this powerful narrative together is the brilliant storytelling voice of Lucy herself: keenly observant, deeply human, and truly unforgettable. Gentle gossip about people from Lucy's childhood in Amgash, Illinois, seems to reconnect them, but just below the surface lie the tension and longing that have informed every aspect of Lucy's life: her escape from her troubled family, her desire to become a writer, her marriage, her love for her two daughters. Her mother, to whom she hasn't spoken for many years, comes to see her. ![]() Louis Post-Dispatch Lucy Barton is recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post * The New York Times Book Review * NPR * BookPage * LibraryReads * Minneapolis Star Tribune * St. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A simple hospital visit becomes a portal to the tender relationship between mother and daughter in this extraordinary novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge and The Burgess Boys. ![]()
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George eliot's marner6/10/2023 ![]() Having confronted life's challenges herself, Eliot understood how complicated and messy the business of living could be. Eliot refused to succumb to melodrama or stereotype. Novels like Middlemarch, Silas Marner, and The Mill on the Floss were beloved by readers for their realistic portrayal of life's complexities. Eventually, however, people were so curious to see what Eliot would write next that they forgot they were supposed to be shunning her. ![]() ![]() ![]() She was also considered a "fallen woman" due to her twenty-five year relationship with George Henry Lewes, a married literary critic. Mary Anne Evans, was said to be the greatest living English novelist of her time, and is still considered one of the finest writers in all of English literature. What's that? That wasn't a given answer choice? Hey, news flash: life isn't fair, and then you die. The correct answer, of course, is E) all of the above. ![]() Pop quiz time: which of the following is true about George Eliot?Ī) Eliot was called England's greatest living novelist.Ĭ) Eliot was embroiled in one of the most scandalous love triangles in Victorian England.ĭ) Why are you asking us this, we literally don't know anything about George Eliot, that's why we're reading this guide. ![]()
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Fulghum all i really need to know6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten is brimming with the very stuff of life and the significance found in the smallest details. sardines-and how these games relate to the nature of God. The little seed in the Styrofoam cup offers a reminder about our own mortality and the delicate nature of life…a spider who catches (and loses) a full-grown woman in its web one fine morning teaches us about surviving catastrophe…the love story of Jean-Francois Pilatre and his hot-air balloon reminds us to be brave and unafraid to “fly”…life lessons hidden in the laundry pile…magical qualities found in a box of crayons…hide-and-seek vs. Here Fulghum engages us with musings on life, death, love, pain, joy, sorrow, and the best chicken-fried steak in the continental United States. Today, after being embraced around the world and selling more than seven million copies, Fulghum’s book retains the potency of a common though no less relevant piece of wisdom: that the most basic aspects of life bear its most important opportunities. More than thirty years ago, Robert Fulghum published a simple credo-a credo that became the phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. ![]()
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Last call at the hotel imperial6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() Sixteen-year-old Alice is stressed about her SATs, figuring out which boy she’s going to kiss at her birthday party, and has not considered that her father’s days could ever be numbered. Forty-year-old Alice is unmarried, working in admissions at her old high school, and caretaking for her ill father, who happens to be a renowned sci-fi novelist. ![]() Emma’s latest follows Alice, a woman who falls asleep on her fortieth birthday and, to her surprise, wakes up on her sixteenth. There is such a warmth to Emma’s writing-the care she takes in introducing us to her characters, the clear love she has for them in all their messiness that makes us love them, too. Whenever I dip into a new Emma Straub book, it always feels like home: I can walk right into the living room, kick off my shoes, and find a place waiting for me in a comfy chair. ![]()
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The source by james a michener6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() The Source is not only a compelling history of the Holy Land and its people but a richly written saga that encompasses the development of Western civilization and the great religious and cultural ideas that have shaped our world. ![]() Michener weaves his epic tale of love, strength, and faith until at last he arrives at the founding of Israel and the modern conflict in the Middle East. ![]() of Jesus (Matthew 20:20-28) John s and James Request of Jesus (Mark. ancient city during critical periods of its existence, and traces the profound history of the Jews, including that of the early Hebrews and their persecution, the impact of Christianity on the Jewish world, the Crusades, and the Spanish Inquisition. James Michener, writing in his book, The Source, tells the story of a man. By exploring the lives and discoveries of modern archaeologists excavating the site of Tell Makor, Michener vividly re-creates life in and around an. ![]() In his signature style of grand storytelling, James Michener sweeps us back through time to the Holy Land, thousands of years ago. ![]()
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Bitter End by Jennifer Brown6/8/2023 ![]() ![]() Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. ![]() As the months pass, though, Alex can no longer ignore Cole' s small put-downs, pinches, and increasingly violent threats. inlibrary printdisabled internetarchivebooks delawarecountydistrictlibrary china americana. When Alex falls for the charming new boy at school, Cole-a handsome, funny sports star who adores her-she can' t believe she' s finally found her soul mate. As Alex struggles to come to terms with the sweet boyfriend she fell in love with and the boyfriend whose "love" she no longer recognizes, she is forced to choose - between her "true love" and herself. Sure, Cole seems a little jealous of her relationship with her close friend Zack, but what guy would want his girlfriend spending all her time with another boy? As the months pass, though, Alex can no longer ignore Cole's small put-downs, pinches, and increasingly violent threats. Someone who truly loves and understands her. When Alex falls for the charming new boy at school, Cole - a handsome, funny sports star who adores her - she can't believe she's finally found her soul mate. ![]()
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Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles6/8/2023 ![]() ![]() He paid his debt to society and now just wants to be free. Maggie and Caleb run into each other a few times, and while Maggie is terrified of him, due to old nightmares and just the fact that he ran her over with his car, Caleb really wants her to forgive him. ![]() Caleb, is now an ex-con and while his old friends don't seem to have a problem welcoming him back into the fold, they keep bringing up the accident, the one thing he really wants to forget about. A year later and everything has changed, Maggie is no longer popular, no longer star of the tennis court and she walks with a limp. ![]() With Maggie going through multiple surguries and physical therapy over the last year and Caleb being granted early release from the juvenile detention center, we get to see how being thrown back into high school affects them both.Ĭaleb was your average good looking jock, while Maggie was Caleb's twin sisters best friend and popular by default and her ability on the tennis court. The chapters switch back and forth between Caleb and Maggie's point of view and we get to see just how the accident has affected both of them. I picked it up last night after I finished unpacking to help me relax and I am so glad that I did! i literally couldn't put it down. ![]() I've had this one sitting on my shelf for over a year now. ![]()
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Sineater elizabeth massie6/8/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() This collection is on par with The Fear Report and Shadow Dreams, as one of Massie’s best collections, and it should be an integral part of any horror fan’s library, or those who simply love great story. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for SinEater Hardcover Elizabeth Massie at the best online prices at eBay Free shipping for many. It’s not easy to successfully write humor, but Massie nails the light-hearted with aplomb, usually in a south-of-the-Mason-Dixon manner, until the reader realizes something deeper and darker is afoot. Her entries in the horror genre often begin in quiet tones, embracing the reader– right before the darkness strikes. What you will encounter is a voice in Southern Gothic style that is like no other. To detail the individual stories here would be to spoil any surprise within the pages. ![]() For those not familiar with Massie’s work, her range of writing is vast, and effortless to read. The Bram Stoker-winning author of Sin Eater has put together eighteen tales, several of which will be new to readers, and there is not a clunker in the bunch. ![]() In her first collection in several years, Elizabeth Massie returns with a thrilling collection of short stories. The sineater is a mysterious, terrifying figure of the night, condemned to live alone in the mountains. ![]()
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Luster by raven leilani6/8/2023 ![]() The reason Rebecca then takes Edie home with her…can’t be reduced into straightforward facts. The bone saw is because she’s a medical examiner. Newly fired from the publishing house for being “sexually inappropriate,” Edie is working for a delivery app when she gets an order for lobster bisque and a bone saw delivered to a VA hospital. ![]() Afterward, Rebecca leaves her a voicemail: “I enjoyed meeting you, let’s do that again.” And so it begins. Of course, she has been curious about the wife, but it's only after Eric goes silent that she wanders into his unlocked house and comes face to face with Rebecca, who knows who she is and coolly invites her to stay for dinner. “The age discrepancy doesn’t bother me,” she explains, keenly aware of the dynamics of these types of exchanges, his stability and experience for the redemptive power of her youth. After losing her day job, a troubled young artist finds herself living with her much-older lover, his inscrutable wife, and their adopted daughter in Leilani’s electric debut.Įdie meets Eric online: She's a 23-year-old Black art school dropout with a mouse-infested apartment in Bushwick and an ill-fitting administrative job at a children’s publishing imprint he's a White archivist in an open marriage and twice her age. ![]() |