![]() I thought it was really well written and thoroughly enjoyed it. I'll admit that parts brought a tear to my eye. Now I was gifted the book and thought, I don't want to read this pish (also I spent more time on harriers than tornado), but I took it on holiday with me last summer and I couldn't put it down. ![]() I like to think I don't behave like that today. So I spent the last 30 years largely discounting anything you said or wrote. ![]() I'm ashamed to admit I accepted those PoVs without any critical thought or analysis and should have realised that if someone raises their head above the parapet then others will take pot shots. These lines were, in clear hindsight, peddled by people who had never even come close to putting themselves into the danger that you and others did in '91. Also annoyance at seeing you trotted out on the news etc, etc. I joined a couple years after the events referenced in the book and there was certainly a line in various crew rooms that you were a bell end, or a failure, or a big head, or various combinations of similar. However since you asked.the shortest answer is, despite never having met or worked with you, I didn't think I liked you. ![]() ![]() But why didn't you 'want' to enjoy TORNADO?You're right, you probably shouldn't! ![]()
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6/5/2023 0 Comments Fingersmith goodreads![]() ![]() Once in, however, Sue begins to pity her helpless mark and care for Maud Lilly in unexpected ways.But no one and nothing is as it seems in this Dickensian novel of thrills and reversals. ![]() With dreams of paying back the kindness of her adopted family, Sue agrees to the plan. Once the inheritance is secured, Maud will be disposed of-passed off as mad, and made to live out the rest of her days in a lunatic asylum. Sue Trinder, orphaned at birth, grows up among petty thieves - fingersmiths - under the rough but loving care. One day, the most beloved thief of all arrives-Gentleman, an elegant con man, who carries with him an enticing proposition for Sue: If she wins a position as the maid to Maud Lilly, a naïve gentlewoman, and aids Gentleman in her seduction, then they will all share in Maud’s vast inheritance. One day, the most beloved thief of all arrivesGentleman, an elegant con man, who carries with him an enticing proposition for Sue: If she wins a position as the maid to Maud Lilly, a nave gentlewoman, and aids Gentleman in her seduction, they will all share in Maud’s vast inheritance. Fingersmith from Dymocks online bookstore. ![]() ![]() Sucksby’s household, with its fussy babies calmed with doses of gin, also hosts a transient family of petty thieves-fingersmiths-for whom this house in the heart of a mean London slum is home. Sucksby, a "baby farmer," who raised her with unusual tenderness, as if Sue were her own. Sue Trinder is an orphan, left as an infant in the care of Mrs. ![]() ![]() Danticat constantly toggles between the universal and the personal, the philosophical and the everyday, like someone for whom mortality has suddenly snapped into sharp focus. In one paragraph, the author is recalling her own brushes with death in the next, she's quoting French essayist Michel de Montaigne. ![]() There are vivid memories of her Haitian childhood, her mother's abiding faith and mischievous sense of humor, their many walks together down Avenue D in Brooklyn. Danticat writes: "I am writing this book in order to learn (or relearn) how one writes about death, so I can write, or continue to write, about the deaths that have most touched my life, including, most recently, my mother's."įramed as part of Graywolf's "The Art of" series - edited by Charles Baxter, in which important contemporary authors write critically about some aspect of creative writing (subtext, syntax, the poetic line and so on) - "The Art of Death" synthesizes literary exegesis and memoir. ![]() ![]() ![]() In "The Art of Death," she examines its long shadow in literature - in Toni Morrison, Anne Sexton, Haruki Murakami, Albert Camus, Leo Tolstoy, Michael Ondaatje, Joan Didion, Don DeLillo and more - and the power of words to help us process our experiences. ![]() 6/4/2023 0 Comments Titanic by Don Lynch![]() ![]() The pages of Titanic: An Illustrated History also display hundreds of archival photographs, paintings and illustrations, many published here for the first time. Encyclopedic in scope, this volume is an invaluable sourcebook of Titanic lore. Historian Don Lynch, the foremost expert on the people aboard the Titanic has compiled a text filled with enthralling information about the crew, the passengers and the ship itself. ![]() ![]() ![]() From the sight of water crashing through the glass-domed roof of the first-class staircase to a view of an underwater robot exploring the remains of the staircase seven decades later, each of the original Marschall paintings displayed here has a breathtaking impact. Through dozens of full color, accurate paintings and illustrations by Titanic artist Ken Marschall, readers can again experience what it was like to sail on history's most famous ship. Now, republished in one splendidly illustrated volume, the complete story of the giant luxury liner that sank on its maiden voyage in April, 1912 is recreated. To most people, this image evokes one name alone - the Titanic.ġ19 years after this great maritime disaster, the haunting saga of the Titanic continues to fascinate the world. A huge ocean liner, its lights blazing, its band playing, is slowly sinking in a calm sea. ![]() ![]() The bright light at the end of the dark long tunnel. The other planets – even his son, Mercury – may not like him, but to all the Little Lights, he brings hope something that they can always come home to. The Sun symbolizes the soul, the essence, and all that is good about life. ![]() He’s always happy to meet a Little Light. “Like Mercury here, I have many names,” the Sun says. “You must be Surya,” the Little Light chimes in. But they’re going to have to put their differences aside to help the Little Light – a wise soul, imbued with insight and curiosity – prepare for its reincarnation on Planet Earth, where it has a great and far-reaching destiny… The Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu, and Ketu – Celestial Beings from world mythology – bicker and squabble, just like any family. On the eve of its birth, The Little Light finds itself in the topsy-turvy world of the Planet Party. ![]() ![]() ![]() The author describes the human-centred design as a design philosophy that ensures that the design fulfils the needs, desires, and capabilities of the users for whom they are designing. The first chapter, The psychopathology of Everyday Things, focuses on human-centred design. The Design of Everyday Things_©The book consists of seven chapters. Norman, through this book, acquaints the designers to the four aspects of product design: Good design can make people happy and enhance their everyday functioning, while a bad design can cause many problems and ruin their trust in the product. Every single device around us is a product of design. ![]() ![]() Don Norman_©Įvery day we come across countless objects such as doorknobs, chairs, switches, glasses, and household appliances whose design impacts the overall user experience of the owner. This book is the second edition of “ The psychology of everyday things.” The first edition mainly targeted making the products “understandable” and “usable.” The second edition focused on updating the examples and including the importance of emotional design, as the technology industry has undergone tremendous change in the past 25 years. ![]() 6/3/2023 0 Comments The soul of power callie bates![]() ![]() And every third person seems to be spontaneously manifesting magical powers. Half the nobility in her court want her deposed, and the other half question her every decision. With an influx of magic-bearing refugees pouring across the border, resources already thinned by war are stretched to the breaking point. Caught up in Elanna Valtai’s revolution, Sophy has become the reigning monarch of a once-divided country-a role she has been groomed her whole life to fill.īut as she quickly discovers, wearing a crown is quite a different thing from keeping a crown. Separated from her birth mother, raised by parents mourning the loss of their true daughter, and unacknowledged by her father, Sophy desires only a place and a family to call her own. Sophy Dunbarron-the illegitimate daughter of a king who never was-has always felt like an impostor. “Bates brilliantly concludes an impressive high fantasy trilogy with this tale of scheming and magic.”- Publishers Weekly (starred review) One young woman learns the true nature of power-both her own and others’-in the riveting conclusion to The Waking Land Trilogy. ![]() ![]() I kept hoping that we could go a half a page at least without sex coming up, but it never happened in the 214 pages I read. Book one was fairly good, two was eh.okay, but this one was just too much. It's just not possible-I most sincerely hope. I refuse to believe that the internal thought process of an alpha male can be anything like they are depicted here. Not one person in it spoke, thought, or acted even remotely close to the way real human beings do. 'Cause who doesn't want to have that discussion with their sister-in-law?) Just couldn't take it anymore. ![]() Finally I just gave up.right about the time Alani, Molly, and Priss all had their cozy little how-many-times-a-day-my-guy-can-do-it talk. Just couldn't make myself finish this one-I knew it was a bad sign when the first thing I'd do when turning on my ereader was check to see what page I was on and how many I had left to go-a step I repeated about every five minutes or so. ![]() 6/3/2023 0 Comments Love stargirl audiobook free![]() But what’s life without Leo? Will he–can he–answer that one crucial question she asks every morning to the rising sun? In letters to Leo over the course of a year, Stargirl comes to find hope in new places: mockingbirds, donut angels, moon flowers, and the Winter Solstice. Then Stargirl meets her wonderfully bizarre new neighbors: Dootsie, the curly-headed five-year-old “human bean” Betty Lou, who hasn’t stepped outside her house for nine years Charlie, who sits among the tombstones hot-tempered Alvina with that one glittery nail and Perry Delloplane, the blue-eyed thief who soon lays his own claim to Stargirl’s heart. ![]() ![]() He’s all she can think about, and her life begins to feel like a parade of unhappy anniversaries. Stargirl has moved and left everything behind: Arizona, Mica High, enchanted desert places–and Leo. ![]() 6/3/2023 0 Comments Battle Cry by Jordyn Glaser![]() ![]() In Battle Cry, she delivers the message that we weren't created to be the hero of our own stories-we were created to be the rescued. Concerto hautbois bach, 13 oktyabrya, Epic battle clash of clans, Yamaha virago. She encourages all to stop living small and to fight big. Glaser uses her own story as a tool to rally the troops. A True Story of Hope and Encouragement, Paperback by Glaser, Jordyn, ISBN 197365332X, ISBN-13 9781973653325, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Skip to main content. Through her experiences of being born with a complicated heart condition, having children with rare birth defects, and the emotional roller coaster of multiple adoptions, Glaser acknowledges the strength of Christ and the value of being refined in the fire. Battle Cry : A True Story of Hope and Encouragement, Paperback by Glaser, Jordyn, ISBN 197365332X, ISBN-13. ![]() Filled with both trials and tribulations, she chronicles her journey to discovering the beauty of her brokenness. Jordyn Glaser is the author of Battle Cry (4.75 avg rating, 24 ratings, 8 reviews) and The Little Fawn and Her Stolen Spots (5.00 avg rating, 2 ratings. In Battle Cry, author Jordyn Glaser shares her story, her personal battle cry. They are meant to encourage one another and to push back the enemy-but they must be shared to do that. Our life stories, the real and the messy ones, are God's battle cry. ![]() Battle cry (noun): a loud shout given by soldiers to frighten the enemy or to encourage their own side. Battle Cry: A True Story of Hope and Encouragement (English Edition) eBook : Glaser, Jordyn: : Kindle Store. ![]() |