![]() ![]() lovelace’s poetry often has a staggering beauty to the way she lays out her words, both visually on the page and mentally in the reader’s mind. It’s prefaced with a long list of trigger warnings and content notes, including abuse, self-harm, and suicide. If I have to try summing it up, the princess saves herself in this one is about resilience. Then one of my IRL friends read and highly recommended it, so I borrowed a copy, and here I am. ![]() ![]() We’ll skip the boring part about how I don’t usually read poetry and yadda yadda but this one is an exception blah blah, OK? I’ve had this on my to-read list for a while-in addition to the intriguing title, amanda lovelace is asexual (or ace-spec), so that increased my interest. ![]()
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![]() The one time where it's mine, nobody else has seen it, no one else has touched it. my favorite part of writing is that first time getting it on paper. I was supposed to get to see Six on Broadway before everything shut down. ![]() I'm super into the six wives of Henry VIII. And then going into the Tudor era, which it seems like they finally got it settled, but then there's still so much drama, like just intense drama. KC: I have always been slightly fascinated with it, even the lead up to it, the War of the Roses, where it's two branches of the same family duking it out to see who gets the crown. And I was curious what it was about that time period that was so alluring to you? Now I remember a tweet of yours that said the setting of The Betrothed is evocative of the Tudor era. But the future she can see so clearly is called into question when a young man from a neighboring country shows up at court and, quite literally, catches her eye. The Betrothed follows Lady Hollis Brite, girlfriend to King Jameson and likely future queen. KO: Congratulations on the release of the instant best-seller The Betrothed. I'm Audible Editor Katie O’Connor and I'm thrilled to be speaking with Kiera Cass, best-selling author of The Siren, The Selection series, and the recently released The Betrothed. ![]() Note: Text has been edited and may not match audio exactly. ![]() ![]() ![]() And while the Union and Rebel armies fought increasingly savage battles, the Republican-led Congress enacted a blizzard of legislation that made the government, for the first time, a powerful presence in the lives of ordinary Americans. Salmon Chase, Lincoln’s vanquished rival and his new secretary of the Treasury, waged war on the financial front, levying taxes and marketing bonds while desperately battling to contain wartime inflation. Lincoln believed this agenda would foster the economic opportunity he had always sought for upwardly striving Americans, and which he would seek in particular for enslaved Black Americans. With Lincoln at the helm, the United States would now govern “for” its people: it would enact laws, establish a currency, raise armies, underwrite transportation and higher education, assist farmers, and impose taxes for them. ![]() ![]() The government had no authority to raise taxes, no federal bank, no currency.īut amid unprecedented troubles Lincoln saw opportunity –the chance to legislate in the centralizing spirit of the “more perfect union” that had first drawn him to politics. Even before the Confederacy’s secession, the United States Treasury had run out of money. Upon his election to the presidency, Abraham Lincoln inherited a country in crisis. In Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet the Financing of the Civil War Roger Lowenstein reveals the largely untold story of how Lincoln used the urgency of the Civil War to transform a union of states into a nation. ![]() ![]() But Lewis’s book works best as a companion and a complement to Kahneman’s own Thinking, Fast and Slow – a case, like Christopher Ricks on Bob Dylan or Francois Truffaut on Alfred Hitchcock, of one master being inspired by another. The Undoing Project examines the relationship between two psychologists. If you care about ideas, or the underpinnings of human nature, you should read it. Michael Lewiss The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed. Whether or not its subjects would accept its validity, The Undoing Project is a fine book. Morey is portrayed as an outsider, not a former NBA player or coach himself, but a. They proved not only that our memories play tricks, but that analysis of the past tends to be misleading, not least because we retrospectively turn possibilities into inevitabilities. The first chapter largely focuses on Darryl Morey, the general manager of the Houston Rockets professional basketball team, and how his decision-making approach represents a paradigm shift in the world of professional sports. ![]() Both Tversky and Kahneman were skeptical of history and biography. But there is another irony that undermines The Undoing Project. He spent five years persuading Kahneman to let him write it, and years before that watching him agonize over Thinking, Fast and Slow. You can hardly blame Lewis for any of this, or accuse him of jumping on a bandwagon. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. ![]() Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt. ![]() ![]() ![]() Bill the cat inspires him to hold auditions for a "New high-profit heavy-metal rock band". ![]() ![]() And by "funny" I mean laugh-out-loud, roll on the floor, tears streaming down my face, people coming into the room to see "WHAT are you laughing at?!!!?" kind of laugh.In "Billy and the Boingers" Steve Dallas, the sleazy womanizing ambulance-chasing lawyer, finally decides that even HE has had it with defending murderers and child abusers. depending on if you want a chronological collection of the BC Strips, or to complete ALL of the BC Books, this is either the 4th or 5th volume of Bloom County, and Berkeley Breathed is still in high-gear producing the funniest 'toon strip I've ever read. depends on.: Okay - Bloom County Babylon, the 4th Bloom County book was really a compilation of material contained in the first 3 books. ![]() ![]() Hired by grieving families to photograph gravesites, he has returned to the Western Front. And so she begins to search.įrancis’s brother, Harry, is also searching. He has been declared ‘missing, believed killed’, but when Edie receives a mysterious photograph in the post, taken by Francis, hope flares. ' impressive debut… a touching novel of love and loss' Sunday Timesġ921. The Great War is over and while many survivors have been reunited with their loved ones, Edie’s husband Francis has not come home. ‘This excellent debut is a melancholic reminder of the rippling after-effects of war’ The Times If someone you loved went missing, would you ever stop searching for them? ![]() Perfect for fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and 1917 ![]() ![]() ![]() Ana Iorga Pip Jamieson Leitha Matz Tom Dewhurst Jana Kovacovska Inga D. But this is a fallacy and one of the biggest mistakes founders can make.Ī big THANK YOU to all speakers to sharing their wisdom, insights and this reminder with me and the audience: Sara Gordon Tim Stoller Anthony McGuire Clare Dobson Stefanie Amini Elisheva Manekin Maree Kinder Jason Russell Daniel Johnson Katie Booth Dr. The more experience we have as founders and operators, the more we think that we know what our audiences / customers want. If the answer is "never", then you need to stop whatever you're doing right now and get some calls booked it. If the answer is "more than 6 months", you should get some calls booked in asap. Now, take a pause and ask yourself: when was the last time you've spoken to your audience / customer? Speak to your target audience or your customers, understand their challenges and needs, and stop making things up in your head. If there is *one piece of advice* that pretty much all speakers shared around what you need to do to grow your business, it is this: ![]() Last week we wrapped up 3 days of Online Growth Summit and it's been super duper insightful and humbling in a way. ![]() ![]() ![]() Stiefvater writes beautifully, I can’t deny this. While it didn’t live up to my expectations, I still enjoyed it enough to get to the end – and now I’m a bit impatient to read the final book of the trilogy! I was really looking forward to reading Linger, sequel to the beautiful Shiver. And Isabel, who already lost her brother to the wolves. Add into the mix a new wolf named Cole, whose own past has the potential to destroy the whole pack. and figuring out a way to survive into the future. For Sam, this means grappling with his werewolf past. For Grace, this means defying her parents and keeping a very dangerous secret about her own well-being. Now, in Linger, they must fight to be together. In Shiver, Grace and Sam found each other. ![]() Series : The Wolfes of Mercy Fall, Book 2 ![]() ![]() ![]() For without Margaret there would be no Craig Brown biography. But before Diana, there was Margaret-Her Royal Highness the Princess Margaret, as she always insisted-Queen Elizabeth’s little sister, who lost her heart but kept her tiara who married a commoner but remained obnoxiously imperious the tireless smoker, drinker, partygoer, celebrity mascot and scandal mill, for whose 5-foot-tall existence we give thanks. ![]() Then wayward Diana appeared, shielded by stardom and sanctified by early death. Beheading, for example, took care of Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard, Mary Stuart and lesser irritants, until the chop gave way to the cold shoulder (Edward who?). Troublesome royals have, throughout British history, met a variety of fates. ![]() ![]() ![]() More laughs come from the irresistible contrast between Dot's sweet bunny countenance and her furious glares of rage. OHora's ( Tyrannosaurus Wrecks!) distinctive folk-naif spreads poke gentle fun at hipster families-Papa and Mama are decked out in cardigans and argyle, while Dot and Wolfie shop at a food coop selling such wares as locally-sourced bamboo. But Papa proudly snaps pictures of Wolfie chowing down on carrots ("He's a good eater!"), and Mama's smitten, too. "He's going to eat us all up!" cries daughter Dot. * "Dyckman's ( Tea Party Rules) rousing, warmhearted story opens as a family of city-dwelling bunnies discover a wolf cub in a basket on their front stoop. A crowd-pleaser for crowds big and small."- Booklist, starred review ![]() * " This gets all the elements of the successful picture book just right: a familiar scenario (sibling rivalry), a scary adversary, a display of courage, and a happy ending. VERDICT: A great book for one-on-one sharing that's also sure to be a storytime hit."- SLJ, starred review They clearly show everyone's feelings from fear to sadness to joy to anger to love and everything in between, and there are brilliant bits of humor and whimsy added to the mix. OHora's acrylic paintings are the heart of this tale. * "The text is seamlessly integrated with the illustrations and uses various fonts to good effect. A treat of a picture book."- The Horn Book, starred review * "Interspecies adoption puts a fresh spin on the new-baby theme. ![]() |