![]() ![]() “But the truth was, at least so far, I was consumed only with my most immediate and physical suffering.” “I’d set out to hike the trail so that I could reflect upon my life to think about everything that had broken me and make myself whole again.” Solo three-month hike on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) See my notes below or Amazon for details and reviews. It’s a wonderful story of letting go, finding yourself, persevering, and choosing gratitude despite it all. The book details her solo three-month hike on the Pacific Crest Trail and the painstaking miles where she was able to reflect on everything that had left her broken and begin to make herself whole again. She reflects on her own truth and struggles in a way that gives a voice to an experience that so many other people can relate to. I had high expectations and Cheryl Strayed’s memoir still blew me away. ![]() ![]() Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayedĭate read: 2/25/23. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Label A higher loyalty : truth, lies, and leadership Title A higher loyalty Title remainder truth, lies, and leadership Statement of responsibility James Comey Creator From prosecuting the Mafia and Martha Stewart to helping change the Bush administration's policies on torture and electronic surveillance, overseeing the Hillary Clinton e-mail investigation as well as ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, Comey has been involved in some of the most consequential cases and policies of recent history deputy attorney general in the administration of President George W. attorney for the Southern District of New York, and the U.S. Comey served as director of the FBI from 2013 to 2017, appointed to the post by President Barack Obama. His journey provides an unprecedented entry into the corridors of power, and a remarkable lesson in what makes an effective leader. Summary In this book, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situations of his career in the past two decades of American government, exploring what good, ethical leadership looks like, and how it drives sound decisions. ![]() ![]() The Personal Librarian tells the story of an extraordinary woman, famous for her intellect, style, and wit, and shares the lengths to which she must go-for the protection of her family and her legacy-to preserve her carefully crafted white identity in the racist world in which she lives. Belle's complexion isn't dark because of her alleged Portuguese heritage that lets her pass as white-her complexion is dark because she is African American. She is the daughter of Richard Greener, the first Black graduate of Harvard and a well-known advocate for equality. ![]() She was born not Belle da Costa Greene but Belle Marion Greener. Belle becomes a fixture on the New York society scene and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world, known for her impeccable taste and shrewd negotiating for critical works as she helps build a world-class collection.īut Belle has a secret, one she must protect at all costs. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. ![]() ![]() Morgan's personal librarian-who became one of the most powerful women in New York despite the dangerous secret she kept in order to make her dreams come true, from New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict and acclaimed author Victoria Christopher Murray. The remarkable, little-known story of Belle da Costa Greene, J. This is a previously-published edition of ISBN 9780593101537. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the Riordan literary world, there is always some evil force that is looking to exert control or seek vengeance for being wronged centuries before. Now bound to Meg McCaffrey, Apollo confronts the enemies of his past, while relying on the help of the Greek demigods from Camp Half-Blood in New York and the Roman demigods of Camp Jupiter in California.īook three in the series was released over a year and half ago, but Riordan masterfully places the readers back in the dread and doom that Apollo, Meg and the rest of the demigods face without skipping a beat. Readers and fans of Riordan’s past work have been waiting eagerly for the next installment in his Trials of Apollo series and this fourth book in the series continues to deliver emotional punch, truly evil characters and the heroic abilities of the demigods in our world.Īpollo, cast out from Mount Olympus by Zeus and placed in the mortal body of the teenaged Lester, has been forced to confront the selfishness he has exhibited for all his life. ![]() ![]() The Trials of Apollo: The Tyrant’s Tomb by Rick Riordan is an emotional rollercoaster that grabs hold of the reader’s emotions from the first page and will make readers shed more than one tear for the plight of their heroes. Caution: This review may contain some spoilers from The Trials of Apollo series. ![]() ![]() ![]() "You want to do what?" The cappuccino in Carmen’s hand wobbled precariously as Felicity’s words sunk home. Know that if and when you are ready, there is a wonderful community waiting to welcome you in. ![]() Lastly, a few words for anyone who has picked up this book because they, too, are questioning their sexuality. Oh wow, did you ever push me on this one! But thank you so much for your guidance, your patience, and all the things you taught me throughout this process. Thanks once again to the team at Ylva for all their work in bringing another novel of mine to life.īig thanks to my wonderful beta readers, Katja, Erin, and Amy, and to Cari for the extra read-through at the end.Īnd an enormous thank-you, with a big bow on top, to my editor, the editor-in-chief herself, Sandra Gerth. ![]() (The Superheroines Collection) Acknowledgements ![]() ![]() ![]() It wasn't until I was in my late twenties and I had heard this piece countless times that I finally began to appreciate its genius, and then started to consider it all-out brilliant. ![]() ![]() But when I was a pre-teen and adolescent, my musical sophistication just wasn't developed enough to truly appreciate the genius of George Gershwin: the constant dissonance, the difficulty in picking out a lilting melody, the jazzy, syncopated notes. I played classical piano for 13 years and have always adored composers like Chopin (my favorite), Beethoven, Rachmainoff, Brahms, etc. But thanks to the encouragement of his brother and friends, he took on the challenge of creating a piece that would soon become the epitome of American music in only a few weeks. The problem was, this was news to George! He had no idea that the public expected him to perform a brand new piano concerto, especially considering he hadn't even started writing one, let alone had one ready to perform in a few weeks. One day in early 1924 George Gershwin's brother Ira was reading the New York Daily when he brought to George's attention that the newspaper said he would be performing a new concerto in a few weeks. ![]() ![]() ![]() Filled with inspiring stories, case studies and practical advice, Curious will change the way you think about your own mental life, and that of those around you. It's not a gift, but a habit that parents, schools, workplaces and individuals need to nurture if it is to thrive. Curiosity isn't a quality you can rely on to last a lifetime, but a mental muscle that atrophies without regular exercise. ![]() But at the very moment when the rewards of curiosity have never been higher, it is misunderstood and undervalued, and increasingly practised only by a cognitive elite.ĭrawing on fascinating research from psychology, sociology and business, Curious looks at what feeds curiosity and what starves it, and uncovers surprising answers. Curious people tend to be smarter, more creative and more successful. Leslie combines both knowledge and research from diverse topics and disciplines to explore the vital role curiosity plays in our careers, our happiness, and our children’s education. In Curious Ian Leslie makes a passionate case for the cultivation of our desire to know. If your sense of curiosity needs a jumpstart, this book is for you Curious by Ian Leslie, who claims our future depends on the desire to know. Which side of the 'curiosity divide' are you on? ![]() But only some retain the habits of exploring, learning and discovering as they grow older. Until about 30 months, their questions focus on what and where, and then they move on to why and how questions. Yuka’s third-grade classroom at Wildwood Elementary School. ![]() Chapter 2 explores the developmentor lack thereofof curiosity in children. The book is set on a single school day in December of 1965, in Ms. I am only passionately curious' Albert Einstein.Įveryone is born curious. Curious is a fascinating blend of history and science. ![]() ![]() ![]() His brother, Guillem, is also a Republican soldier, but he dies in the Battle of Ebro. The story opens during the Spanish Civil War in Barcelona where the protagonist, Victor Dalmau, has left his medical studies to help the Republicans against the Fascist forces of General Franco. ![]() A Long Petal of the Sea became the most popular book in Spain between April 2019 and April 2020. Based on a real story, it is set partly during the Spanish Civil War and partly in Chile where the protagonists again witness the fight between freedom and repression. The novel was issued in 2019 in Spanish as Largo pétalo de mar, and was translated into English by Nick Caistor and Amanda Hopkinson. Originally published in Spain by Plaza & Janés, it was first published in the United States by Vintage Espanol. A Long Petal of the Sea ( Spanish: Largo pétalo de mar) is a 2019 novel by Chilean author Isabel Allende. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We meet Feyi having an anonymous hook-up at a party in New York, and she does at one point think of the car crash that killed her husband five years ago, but it’s not some kind of “Crash” mash-up of sex and death or anything. ‘Four thirty,’ she replied, with a damned smile and a traitorous chill burning through her veins. And, because Feyi was Feyi and she was alive, there was no way she could say no. There was a reason she’d fled from the garden that night, and a certainty that going on an early morning hike alone with this man was terrible idea. With the impression that the opening scene was an offputting mix of sex and death and the central character a transgressive artist who worked in fairly grim media, I picked it up to check for myself before writing a quick note about why I hadn’t read it, and was instead drawn in by the rapid plot development, attractive characters and good writing.Įmezi has published two works of more literary style fiction before this and warns their readers that this is a “romance” however, it ponders a lot of deep things and although it is at heart a novel about millennials finding their place in the world, it’s thoughtful and considered.Īkwaeke Emezi – “You Made a Fool of Death with your Beauty” I’m really glad that I tried this book for myself and wasn’t put off by other reviews I read. ![]() ![]() ![]() As Ehrenreich worked restaurant, retail, and house cleaning jobs across the United States she found coworkers sleeping in cars, depending on relatives, forgoing medical care, and not getting enough to eat, and she herself could barely subsist. It’s true that a central finding of Nickel and Dimed was that it’s really difficult to survive on the minimum wage. ![]() The Times obit says Ehrenreich “found it nearly impossible to subsist on an average of $7 an hour” and says she concluded that “every job takes skill and intelligence… and should be paid accordingly.” The Guardian says the book “helped spread awareness of an economy in which it was necessary to work two or three jobs to survive, and acted as a catalyst of the minimum wage movement.” The New York Times review of the book, which deemed Ehrenreich “our premier reporter of the underside of capitalism,” said the takeaway of the book was that for “a worker holding two jobs, wages are too low, housing costs too high for minimally decent survival.” Indeed, in obituaries for Ehrenreich, the point of the book is summarized as: working class jobs do not pay enough to cover a minimally decent standard of living. Barbara Ehrenreich will probably always be best known for Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, a bestseller that recounted her time spent working low-wage jobs across America. ![]() |