Gravity by Jason Chin5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() An informative afterword gives more scientific details about the process outlined in the rather whimsical main text. Author Miranda Paul explores the many states of H2O, from liquid to vapor to ice, and every step in between, in her poetic text, one which highlights the involvement of a group of children in the water cycle over the course of a year. Water is always water in this lovely picture-book, but that doesn't mean it always stays the same. ![]() ![]() Maybe 4/4.5 for me in terms of engagement, but you have to really support well-written informational books, and ones about nature. I read this because I read illustrator Jason Chin's most recent and award-wnning book Grand Canyon, and I think the art work is the real prize here, but Miranda Paul's lyrical writing is also very strong, perfectly wedded to the watercolor images. Given my interest in the world's water crisis (and more local concerns for me such as the preservation of The Great Lakes and the poisoning of urban America, i.e., Flint and more recently Detroit, and my having recently taught a course about water and literature) I sort of expected a more political book, but was not disappointed, really. Water is Water is a lyrical informational picture book (consider that combination!) about the water cycle, from clouds to mud to apples to bodies, with a useful and engaging appendix (did you know that babies are 78% water but young children are 65% water? An oak tree is 75% water. ![]()
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Tiny habits atomic habits5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() In this ground-breaking book, Clears reveals exactly how these minuscule changes can grow into such life-altering outcomes. He knows that real change comes from the compound effect of hundreds of small decisions: doing two push-ups a day, waking up five minutes early, or holding a single short phone call. But world-renowned habits expert James Clear has discovered another way. People think that when you want to change your life, you need to think big. Transform your life with tiny changes in behaviour, starting now. Paints, Brushes, Plasticine, Hobby Materials.Folders with Files, Hanging File Folders.Folders With Elastic Bands, Clip Folders, Copybook Folders.Staplers, Riveters, Staple Removers, Staples.Construction Paper, Cardboard, Colored Adhesive Paper. ![]() Exercise Books, Notebooks, Writing Pads.Writing Paper, Letter Paper, Carbon Paper.Courses for Children, Pre-School Courses. ![]() From lukov with love by mariana zapata5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() He did it right there with the tip of his nose touching my own and his forehead against mine too. He ended every worry I’d ever had about there being someone after him. I blinked so fast I knew I was about two point five seconds away from losing my shit.Īnd then Ivan ended me. I will drag your stubborn, beautiful ass kicking and screaming back to me because nobody else will ever be good enough for you.” “You’re not ever going to be anyone else’s partner. Not like it ever will again,” he finished, pressing his forehead against mine, his eyes intense and heartbreaking. “You mean so much to me that that’s why whatever happens doesn’t really matter to me. ![]() “I love you so fucking much, Jasmine, that if I broke my ankle during a program, I would get up and finish it for you, to get you what you’ve always wanted.” “I love you so much, if I can’t skate with you, I don’t want to skate with anyone else.” “I love you so much I spend all day with you, and it still isn’t enough for me,” he kept going. ![]() Lucky man a memoir by michael j fox5/24/2023 ![]() He talks about what Parkinson's has given him: the chance to appreciate a wonderful life and career, and the opportunity to help search for a cure, and spread public awareness of the disease. Most importantly however, he writes of the last 10 years, during which - with the unswerving support of his wife, family, and friends - he has dealt with his illness. Now, with the same passion, humor, and energy, that Fox has invested in his dozens of performances over the last 18 years, he tells the story of his life, his career, and his campaign, to find a cure for Parkinson's.Ĭombining his trademark ironic sensibility, and keen sense of the absurd, he recounts his life - from his childhood in a small town in western Canada, to his meteoric rise in film and television which made him a worldwide celebrity. Fox: Lucky Man: A Memoir Paperback 1,819 ratings Kindle 2.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook Hardcover 17.50 271 Used from 1. Fox Bantam, 2003 - Actors - 323 pages 22 Reviews Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its identified In September. ![]() Fortunately, he had accepted the diagnosis, and by the time the public started grieving for him, he had stopped grieving for himself. ![]() Fox It was easily one of the best books Ive ever read, which was full of tangible, useful philosophy. In fact, he had been secretly fighting it for seven years. RT WarlordDilley: 'Lucky Man: A Memoir' by Michael J. Fox stunned the world by announcing he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease - a degenerative neurological condition. ![]() Alex a cold fury hockey novel5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Set in the European theater between 1944-45, “Call of Duty: WWII” follows U.S. That’s sort of how we’ll bring you through the game.” Battle cry “They had to dig deep in their life for the knowledge and lessons from their family to get through the experience. “These guys were 17 years old with eight weeks worth of training and were thrown into the war,” Schofield said during a demo at the company’s Bay Area’s office. At the same time, Sledgehammer has great reverence for the subject matter, and in turn hopes to craft a game as much about the emotional challenge of dealing with war with the big, noisy explosions the series is known for. On one hand, it has to cater to the finicky whims of an expansive fanbase with built-in expectations of what a “Call of Duty” game is supposed to deliver. 3 for Microsoft’s (MSFT) Xbox One, Sony’s (SNE) PS4 and PC, the historical shooter is in a tricky spot. ![]() Inventing Reality by Michael Parenti5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The beginning of the destruction of our Republic began with Woodrow Wilson, and Americans worked and slept while the philosophies that produced men like Obama grew like a cancer and metastasized. If you are adventurous read "The Creature from Jekyll Island." It's like we are trapped in a box with no windows or doors or even the desire to look outside let alone resolved to get out! This can only end one way if this doesn't change very soon. Read pamphlet entitled Economic Solutions by Peter Kershaw, there is one of his quotes available here. Mike, Norwalk, a study of our world banking system will reveal that big brother does not own the banks the international bankers own them. ![]() My first summer book5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() This recording commemorates the 140th anniversary of that first summer. Muir spent the rest of his life working to preserve the high Sierra, believing that “the clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” John Muir (1838-1914) was born in Dunbar, Scotland and grew up in Wisconsin, USA. The antics of the smallest “insect people” amazed him as much as stunted thousand-year old Juniper trees growing with inconceivable tenacity from tiny cracks in the stone. After work in Nevada, Utah, and Colorado, he returned to California in 1880 and made the state his home. He first came to California in 1868 and devoted six years to the study of the Yosemite Valley. From French Bar to Mono Lake and the Yosemite Valley, Muir was awestruck by everything he saw. Famed naturalist John Muir (1838-1914) came to Wisconsin as a boy and studied at the University of Wisconsin. The journal of nature-lover John Muir who spent the summer of 1869 walking California’s Sierra Nevada range. Famed naturalist John Muir (1838-1914) came to Wisconsin as a boy and studied at the University of Wisconsin. Download cover art Download CD case insert My First Summer in the Sierra ![]() Chemical garden book5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Worse still, they can't seem to elude Rhine's father-in-law, Vaughn, who is determined to bring Rhine back to the any means necessary. But the road there is long and perilous - and in a world where young women only live to age twenty and young men die at twenty-five, time is precious. The two are determined to get to Manhattan, to relative safety with Rhine's twin brother, Rowan. With Gabriel at her side, Rhine travels through an environment as grim as the one she left a year ago - surroundings that mirror her own feelings of fear and hopelessness. Just as Rhine uncovers what plans await her, her fortune turns again. Running away brings Rhine and Gabriel right into a trap, in the form of a twisted carnival whose ringmistress keeps watch over a menagerie of girls. ![]() For 17-year-old Rhine Ellery, a daring escape from a suffocating polygamous marriage is only the beginning. ![]() ![]() ![]() "Elementals is one of the best in the YA genre!" "Michelle Madow has a flair for keeping you enthralled, no matter what your age." There are secrets lurking within the hallowed halls of Elementals Academy, and she may hold the key to unraveling them. While struggling to understand her feelings for Zane, Summer soon discovers she has another problem-one far more dangerous. Despite the way Zane's warm to her one minute and cold the next, Summer feels an irresistible draw to him. It's Zane Caldwell-the iciest, most attractive, and most mysterious student at the school. Although that doesn't last long, thanks to her magic not working the way it's supposed to, and no one knowing why.īut her biggest challenge isn't schoolwork. Soon after her magical breakthrough, Summer learns she's destined to attend Elementals Academy-an exclusive school dedicated to witches descended from the Greek gods.Īt Elementals Academy, Summer finally finds the thing she's wanted her whole life: a place where she fits in. ![]() ![]() ![]() But that's only the start of the surprises in store for her. She's about to find out how wrong she is.īecause when the president of the most exclusive sorority on campus goes off the rails and bullies her, Summer defends herself with something she never knew she had. Summer Donovan thinks paying her way through her expensive private college is her biggest problem. Welcome to Elementals Academy, where magic is the only hope of survival, forbidden romance beckons, and an ancient secret threatens to end it all. ![]() 300 spartans comic book5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Where did your fascination with the battle of Thermopylae begin? When I was 5 years old, when the movie The 300 Spartans came out. It was the person who did the absolute right thing, even if it meant he would die, forgotten, in disgrace. A hero wasn’t necessarily the best-looking guy in town, or the one who got the woman or got all of Harry Potter’s schoolmates to cheer him. I think it’s the same story it was in 480 B.C., when heroes were tested for what they are. Is this really the right historical moment to be releasing a movie about an army of civilized Europeans taking on invading hordes of Middle Eastern barbarians? I can’t really think that way, because I wouldn’t get any work done. Miller spoke with Dave Itzkoff about Spartans, heroes, terrorists, and Angelina Jolie. Now his graphic novel 300, a hyperviolent retelling of the ancient battle of Thermopylae, gets its own cinematic treatment, this time by director Zack Snyder ( Dawn of the Dead). ![]() Moviegoers who never discovered comic-book artist and author Frank Miller through such geek-culture touchstones as Batman: The Dark Knight Returns got a crash course in his penchants for bullets, babes, and blood in Sin City, a stylish adaptation of his neo- noir comics that Miller co-directed with Robert Rodriguez. ![]() |