Subject: Books to talk about with my wife when she can't fall asleepĭate: 4.5 days before the Fall of BookSwap Language path: Stream of Consciousness Babble→Poorly Considered Argument→LOLcats→Goodreads In-jokes→Only Funny to Me→Irony→English A rescue mission, not entirely composed of humans, must rescue the children-and a secret that may save the rest of interstellar civilization. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these "regions of thought", but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artifact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence.įleeing the threat, a family of scientists, including two children, are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures and technology can function. A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale.
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If I wasn’t so in touch with my 10 year old self, I might have given this only 4 stars, but it’s a completely delightful and smart story. My 10 year old self gives this 5 full stars. Great fun! I’d have adored this when I was 9, 10, 11. It's still one of my favorite books, and it still puts me in the mood to listen to the Cure. Once I read the book, and fell in love with it, I had to get my own copy so I could share it with all of my Cure loving friends. The title Charlotte Sometimes caught my eye and grabbed the book to read in my tent later. Me, being bored to tears by the rain and driven crazy by the kids running amok decided to check out the bookshelves. It was a rainy day so the councilors were letting the kids run amok in the building. They had a large building with a stage that had the back wall covered in bookshelves. I had just graduated from high school, and was working at a Girl Scout summer camp in Vermont. I didn't have a clue that the song title was taken from a book, and that lines from the book were used in the song, as well as in the song The Empty World (She talked about the armies, that marched inside her head). One of my favorite songs by the Cure was always Charlotte Sometimes. What can I say, I've always liked boys in makeup. That's 80's quasi-gothy band, lead by Robert Smith. I have to admit to being a HUGE fan of the Cure. I will fully admit that I didn't discover this book in the traditional way. You can get it on Audible, but the narrator is tough to listen to! If you prefer books, there are many used on Amazon too. Take whatever is useful and leave the rest. If you don't like it, that's fine, and some people find it quite triggering early in their treatment. I will probably listen to it a number of times. If you have a serious trauma/abuse history, I urge you to give it a try. The author, Pete Walker, a survivor of Complex PTSD himself, weaves his story through the text, in a sincere and humble way, highlighting the pitfalls and successes that are possible in the course of recovery. It talks about fight, flight, freeze, and fawn (what I call attach and submit), the protective origins of these, and what results when they are relied upon too much. It makes a broad sweep through the process of identifying how trauma and neglect affect kids (Complex PTSD), and then describes the recovery process in a clear, grounded, and accessible way. You will likely see your spouse, friends, former friends, difficult coworkers illuminated here, as well as your own lifelong patterns. Pete Walker MA, author of Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving, outlines the concepts of freeze and fawn as additional survival strategies for Complex PTSD, a condition developed from long-term, repeated trauma such as childhood abuse, ongoing sexual trauma, living in war-torn areas, for example. This book is aimed at clients trying to recover from painful childhoods, and is quite comprehensive. A colleague recently recommended this book to me, and it's just too good not to share with you!Ĭomplex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving, by Pete Walker. To create her “novels in voices,” Alexievich interviews ordinary Russians who survived some of the worst episodes of the twentieth century. Her newly translated book Secondhand Time: The Last of the Sovietsbears no resemblance to “investigative journalism.” In interviews, however, Alexievich has stressed the literary nature of her intentions and methods, and she rejects the title of “reporter.” Her work opts for subjective recollection over hard evidence she does not attempt to confirm any of her witnesses’ accounts, and she chooses her stories for their narrative power, not as representative samples. The Western press described her as an “investigative journalist” and “contemporary historian,” accepting her work as accurate documentation of Soviet and post-Soviet reality. There was some confusion, however, about the lineaments of Alexievich’s chosen genre. Since the Nobel Prize goes almost exclusively to novelists and poets, writers working in the sprawling, ill-defined world of “nonfiction” welcomed Alexievich’s win as an acknowledgment that even true stories can make great literature. She was a woman writing about the effect of world events on ordinary people she was an outspoken advocate for peace and respect for the environment. American journalists found their own reasons to celebrate her win. Tacopina also forgot the cardinal rule to never ask a question where you don’t know the answer.Īnyone who watches an episode of Law & Order (more on that shortly) knows that an attorney should never ask a question on cross-examination where they do not already know the answer (and have the evidence to control the witness). Once she admitted that she found it amazing that she went from bantering with Trump to being a rape victim in the course of a couple of minutes, he had no place left to go. Rather, he repeatedly just tried to get Carroll to admit that her testimony was “incredible” or “extraordinary”. When he then tried to debunk it, he rarely had anything of substance to convince the jury that she must have been lying. He spent minutes at a time giving Carroll the opportunity to repeat her direct testimony. Good cross-examination will then lay out, in simple and direct assertions (phrased as questions), why the prior testimony had to be false. The best cross-examination usually avoids this problem by using this formulation: “When you said on direct examination, that was not the truth, was it?” The witness will either defend the prior testimony or appear confused. This is difficult, because it is a challenge to remind the jurors of the testimony that the attorney intends to discredit without recapitulating that testimony. One of the central rules of cross-examination is to never reinforce the testimony that the witness provided during direct testimony. Jane Rosenberg/Reuters Tacopina Violated Cardinal Rules Of Cross-Examination She only has three of them and each, while dense with thought and feeling, are also easy reads. The easiest place to start with Rooney's literary career is the most obvious: Her novels. They have deeply intimate, intellectual conversations.īut before her work became no-brainer TV adaptation fodder, how did Rooney become a book world star in the first place? And how does someone get into her work? Here's a primer for just that. Bobbi is infatuated with Melissa while Frances begins an intense affair with Nick. Both younger women become entangled with the couple. At a poetry reading where they perform, they meet Melissa (Jemima Kirke), a glamorous writer married to Nick (Joe Alwyn), a handsome, yet slightly less successful actor. Sasha Lane ( American Honey) and newcomer Alison Oliver stars as friends Bobbi and Frances, studying at Trinity University in Dublin. And while that may be slight hyperbole, her appeal is undeniable, which the Conversations with Friends show once again makes clear. The Irish author has been hailed as the great millennial literary hope, a scribe who captures her generation and their language better than anyone else. Rooney's novels and their subsequent television adaptations have become a cottage industry. This weekend, Hulu debuted Conversations with Friends, the second series based on a Sally Rooney novel to hit the platform, once again offering up 10 episodes of emotional entanglements, warmly lit sex scenes, and Irish accents. There are also plans for a second book in the Fairies series, She loves to help other writers and speaks on “Want to Write a Book? Let’s Get Started!,” and assists parents by sharing her educational strategies when she speaks about “How to Help Your Child Become a Better Reader.” She is active in her local chapter of SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators), is the founder of a Dallas writer’s salon, “The Little Read Writing Hood” ( is co-chair of the 18th annual Highland Park Literary Festival ( She is currently working on a different trilogy, the first book of which is called, “Grotesque,” with gargoyles that come to life. Jill currently works at an acting college, instructing teens in the areas of acting, modeling, and etiquette. Jill illustrated the beginning of every chapter and much of the story takes place along Turtle Creek, where she often walks her vizsla dog, Bella. Her first book, The Fairies of Turtle Creek, is woven with the things she loves, like nature, science, art, folklore, and the early 1900’s. She fell in love with the beauty found in Highland Park, Texas where she resides today. Her husband’s work moved them, and their three children, to Dallas. Receive her Teaching Credentials in Elementary Education, specializing in gifted learners. While attending UCLA, Jill modeled and received her degree in Art. Of Los Angeles, full of beautiful Arts & Crafts homes, with her antique-collecting parents. She grew up in a small town, just outside Born and raised in southern California where flowers bloom year-round, Jill K. Isabelle reacts with anger and defiance, risking her life to join the resistance against Nazi occupation. The sisters Isabelle and Vianne respond to the war in very different ways. How did pretending to be someone else determine each character’s fate, for better or worse? And what about those who had no choice, like Ari and Julien?Ĥ. Many characters chose to construct a secret identity in The Nightingale. Why do you think Kristin Hannah chose to keep the narrator’s identity a secret in the beginning and end of the novel? Were you surprised by who it turned out to be? Did you go back and reread the beginning of the novel once you finished? Were you satisfied when you discovered who was narrating the novel?ģ. Take a moment to talk about the narrative structure of The Nightingale. The Nightingale opens with an intriguing statement that lays out one of the major themes of the book: “If I have learned anything in this long life of mine, it is this: In love we find out who we want to be in war we find out who we are.” What do you think the narrator means by this? Is love the ideal and war the reality? How does war change the way these characters love? How does love influence their actions in the war? On a personal level, has love affected your life choices? Have those choices affected who and how you love?Ģ. Spoiler Alert: Please note that both the audio guide above and the printed one below contain spoilers to the book.ġ. In this book, we will explore areas such as geographical, locational, sensorial, and emotional fences that ministers, and those with whom they counsel, would do well to respect. That tragedy could even happen to a minister. Good people with good intentions can find themselves entangled in a sinful situation as they cross fences that should never be traversed. What could possibly go wrong with this type of relationship? Unfortunately, our adversary (1 Peter 5:8) can take a seemingly innocent situation and create havoc. It is often an important function of their jobs. Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.ĭescription: Ministers counsel with members of the opposite sex every day. Little Women arrives on digital on March 10 and DVD/Blu-ray on April 7. An opulent dance scene was shot in the Grand Ballroom of the Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel, which is offering a Little Women-themed experience through February that includes the book Little. It is based on Louisa May Alcott's home of the same name in Concord, Massachusetts, United States, The real building is now a historic house museum which opened to the public on May 27, 1912. Our goal is to educate, engage, and enrich the lives of Utah citizens throug broadcast programs and. Orchard House is the March Family home in the Little Women series. And, if you're still unsure about a movie with this kind of incredible cast and six Oscar nominations is worthy of smashing that "Purchase" button, then take a peek at all the prime bonus features listed below. UEN-TV is operated by the Utah Education Network. The new Little Women Garden will continue to provide a beautiful, hopeful spot for rest, contemplation, and joy. Thanks to Gerwig's clever adaptation of Alcott's material as well as the performances turned in by Ronan, Pugh, Scanlen, Watson, and co-stars Laura Dern, Timothée Chalamet, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, and Bob Odenkirk, you'll want to pick up this gem for yourself. In 2020, the garden was expanded in conjunction with the installation of an accessible pathway that wends its way through our historic landscape - from the front parking area to The School of Philosophy. |