![]() ![]() I thought about how I needed to love myself enough to allow others to fulfill their contract with themselves. ![]() I wondered why the behavior of this self-hating man would rock me for even a second. I wondered too about my contract with myself. It is all part of that contract, that even if we didn’t write it for ourselves, we certainly cosigned. When we pick the job that pays us less than we deserve. We do this when we select a partner who confirms our feelings of unworthiness. Like everyone, he had this right of self determination. Spano had honored every word of his inner contract. I do not deserve wellness, so I return to what I deserve.” I do not love myself enough to allow you to take care of me. I do not love myself enough to take care of myself. Because I am afraid, I cannot be here, sober. I cannot endure the pain of facing my life. I am not healthy and cannot commit to healing. What was so terrible to face that death would be preferable? How might his inner contract read that he would be consumed with such a compulsion? I wondered what it must have felt like for him, without the haze of intoxication to blur the relationship between himself and the truth. Spano who, once he’d learned that he wasn’t going to die that afternoon, found the prospect of remaining in the hospital so unsettling that he preferred to hobble out on a bloated, red leg and risk dying a few days later, although he wasn’t yet 30. ![]()
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The Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times journalist "explicates for the lay reader the intricate biology of our immune system" (Jerome Groopman, MD, New York Review of Books)įrom New York Times science journalist Matt Richtel, An Elegant Defense is an acclaimed and definitive exploration of the immune system and the secrets of health. An Elegant Defense left me with sense of awe." -Bill Gates, Gates Notes Summer Reading List "Gives you all the context you need to understand the science of immunity. Science Fiction & Fantasy - Available Now.Armchair Explorers for Children and Teens. ![]() ![]() ![]() Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the United Kingdom, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is regarded as a major innovator in the art of the short story his children's books are classics of children's literature and one critic described his work as exhibiting "a versatile and luminous narrative gift". His poems include Mandalay (1890), Gunga Din (1890), The Gods of the Copybook Headings (1919), The White Man's Burden (1899), and If- (1910). ![]() Kipling's works of fiction include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901), and many short stories, including The Man Who Would Be King (1888). Joseph Rudyard Kipling was a journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. ![]() ![]() ![]() Roughly 16 at this time, Douglass was regularly whipped by Covey.Īfter several failed attempts at escape, Douglass finally left Covey’s farm in 1838, first boarding a train to Havre de Grace, Maryland. ![]() By the time he was hired out to work under William Freeland, he was teaching other enslaved people to read using the Bible.Īs word spread of his efforts to educate fellow enslaved people, Thomas Auld took him back and transferred him to Edward Covey, a farmer who was known for his brutal treatment of the enslaved people in his charge. 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Blurb :Īll’s faire in love and war for two sworn enemies who indulge in a harmless flirtation in a laugh-out-loud rom-com from debut author, Jen DeLuca.Įmily knew there would be strings attached when she relocated to the small town of Willow Creek, Maryland, for the summer to help her sister recover from an accident, but who could anticipate getting roped into volunteering for the local Renaissance Faire alongside her teenaged niece? Or that the irritating and inscrutable schoolteacher in charge of the volunteers would be so annoying that she finds it impossible to stop thinking about him? ![]() ![]() ![]() Why Do They Keep Saying “happy Halloweenâ€? (Bradbury essay).Bradbury drew an original tipsheet drawing which appears in each edition, but on only the Lettered Edition will one find a Bradbury thumbprint on one of the pumpkins. Lettered Edition: The 52 copy Lettered edition is full of bonus material: several previously unpublished Halloween poems and the previously unpublished short story “The Elevator†(a version was produced for the second incarnation of The Twilight Zone, but the script didn’t adhere to the story). Limited Edition: 750 signed and numbered copies Table of Galley Changes for the First Edition, 1972.The dustjacket was designed by Bill Walker and Donn Albright. The front and back covers are Bradbury oil paintings of Halloween trees. Whole pages and paragraphs were deleted by the publisher and are restored for our edition.Įdited by Jon Eller, this signed limited edition contains a typeset version of Bradbury’s preferred text, the original manuscript (complete with handwritten corrections) Bradbury sent to Knopf, a screenplay Bradbury wrote before he wrote the novel (in manuscript form) and the typeset version of his Hanna-Barbera screenplay. For the first time the Gauntlet edition carries Bradbury’s preferred text to this classic novel. ![]() ![]() ![]() In addition, the supposedly forbidden romance (or maybe even lost romance) in the centre of the story wasn’t deep enough and instead of letting us get to know more about the love between Joan and Nick we get constant repetition of how they felt when they first met so that when the final betrayal comes it hardly evokes any emotions or sympathy towards them. ![]() ![]() The timelines also weren’t explored enough, while the notion that the timeline strived to correct itself so that monsters couldn’t change the events that were supposed to happen was understandable enough the fact that some monsters could play with its’ rules and also the question about what happened to the original timeline were left as mysteries probably to be solved in the next book in the series. Joan’s power’s weren’t explained properly and I felt like more than anything they were a magical fix instead of a completely thought out abilities with rules and limitations. Even though as a whole this book was enjoyable and I liked it some elements were severely lacking. The lines between good and bad weren’t obvious and I was debating myself the entire time while reading it. This book is a nice new entry to the YA fantasy realm and I found the idea of us as readers being supposedly on the side of the bad ones (the monsters) quite original and interesting. ![]() ![]() Despite accusing critics of Christianity and the Bible of bringing their "anti-supernatural bias" to the table, making them unfit critics, Josh McDowell has based all of his so-called "evidence" on the presupposition that the Bible is true and that the Christian god is real. 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While I understand that shifting the focus on many different characters can give an impression of a certain family or community…here we also get entirely unnecessary segments on characters such as Barnes and two mormons. In The Night Watchman Thomas’ fight against Native dispossession is lost in a plodding narrative that follows an array of inconsequential characters. Sadly, I think I would preferred to read a non-fictionalised account of this important story. ![]() The serious and inspirational subject matter captivated my attention. ![]() When he hears of Congress’ new “emancipation” bill, he knows that is the United States newest threat against his people. As a member of the Chippewa Council he loves and wants to protect his community. Set in 1953 Thomas, like Erdrich’s grandfather, works as a night watchman. Louise Erdrich’s own grandfather was the inspiration for the character of Thomas Wazhashk and for the events that transpire in The Night Watchman. Having now read it, I can’t say that I found this to be either very good or bad. After reading many reviews praising The Night Watchman, I had quite high expectations for this novel. ![]() |