5/21/2023 0 Comments Lewis surprised by joy![]() ![]() Though he described the school as "a very furnace of impure loves" he defended the practice as being "the only chink left thru which something spontaneous & uncalculating could creep in." The book's last two chapters cover the end of his search as he moves from atheism to theism & then from theism to Christianity. He writes about his experiences at Malvern College in 1913, aged 15. He finally finds what it's for at the end. He's struck with "stabs of joy" throughout life. This Joy was a longing so intense for something so good & so high up it couldn't be explained with words. However, while he does describe his life, the principal theme of the book is Joy as he defined it. He recounts his early years with a measure of amusement sometimes mixed with pain. That isn't to say the book is devoid of information about his life. This word was the best translation he could make of the German idea of Sehnsucht, longing. His aim was to identify & describe the events surrounding his accidental discovery of & consequent search for the phenomenon he labelled "Joy". ![]() This is because his purpose in writing wasn't primarily historical. The book overall contains less detail concerning specific events than typical autobiographies. Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life is a partial autobiography describing Lewis' conversion to Christianity. ![]()
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5/21/2023 0 Comments Bear snores on animals![]() ![]() But even after the tea has been brewed and the corn has been popped, Bear just snores on! Readers will love what happens when Bear wakes up and wants to join the party. ![]() While Bear is hibernating during a cold winter, a whole host of different animals and birds find their way out of the cold and into Bear’s cave to warm up. Published in 2005, Bear Snores On is the first in a series featuring a busy crew of forest friends. The StoryWalk® begins at the Town Kiosk at M&T Bank, located at 10420 Montgomery Ave., Kensington MD, and progresses on store windows along Howard Avenue, continuing to its end at Frankly, Pizza! at 10417 Armory Ave., Kensington MD. For its 17th free Noyes StoryWalk®, The Noyes Children’s Library Foundation presents Bear Snores On, written by Karma Wilson and illustrated by Jane Chapman.įamilies can read this well-loved story on posted signs along Antique Row in downtown Kensington, MD from January 14 through February 5, 2023. ![]() ![]() I recently spoke with Eubanks to about some of the main themes in her book. Eubanks examines these technologies, detailing the ways they can sometimes compromise the rights of the very people they supposedly help. Automated systems that gauge eligibility for Medicaid and food stamps, databases that match homeless people to resources, and statistical tools that detect cases of child abuse all hold the potential to revolutionize welfare programs. ![]() In it, Eubanks studies some of the seemingly neutral-and even well-meaning-technologies that promise to streamline the U.S. It’s this speech that Virginia Eubanks, an associate professor of political science at the University at Albany, SUNY, comes back to at the end of her new book Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Jim bouton yankees![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In the early part of his career, Bouton was a hard-throwing force for the Yankees - becoming an All-Star, a 20-game winner and a World Series starter for New York in 1963.īut the most notable part of Bouton's legacy might be his work in sports literature.įollowing his decade in pro baseball, Bouton penned a juicy tell-all titled Ball Four that pulled back the curtain and revealed the inner workings of a life inside a major-league clubhouse. He finished his career with a record of 62-63 with a 3.57 ERA. He was 80 years old.Īccording to friends of the family, Bouton died after several weeks of hospice care at his home in Massachusetts, where he lived with his wife.īouton's professional baseball career spanned 10 years, including seven seasons with the New York Yankees. Former MLB pitcher and author Jim Bouton died Wednesday following a fight with a brain disease linked to dementia. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Ghost Wars by Steve Coll![]() ![]() The Taliban is one of the fastest growing factions in Afghanistan. ![]() The Saudis also wanted to ensure that the Afghans won their war against the Soviets. In these camps, US intelligence agents came into contact with Osama bin Laden, a wealthy Saudi who was funding charities for humanitarian aid and giving financial support to fighters in Afghanistan. The rebels receive money, weapons, and training from the CIA to fight back.Īs part of the training program for Afghanis, camps were built to help them fight against the Soviets. Several factions revolt against the Soviets, waging guerrilla warfare and receiving support from the United States as part of its proxy war against the Soviets. The book begins in 1979 with the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. He includes information from interviews, declassified documents, and his own research to tell this story. ![]() The author starts with the Soviet invasion and ends before 9/11. Ghost Wars is a nonfiction book that explores the history of America’s involvement in Afghanistan. 1-Page Summary of Ghost Wars Overall Summary ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Julie gregory author![]() ![]() In extreme cases the mother will put her child through unnecessary and life-threatening surgery so she can thrive in the role of an all-giving, all-caring parent. She may even induce illness or fake test results in her pursuit of doctors' attention and nurturance. Over time she repeatedly fabricates symptoms of illness in her son or daughter - mental, physical or both - bringing the child to doctor after doctor to seek diagnoses for conditions that she invents. That other person is usually a child and the perpetrator its principal caretaker, almost always the mother. Munchausen's syndrome by proxy is regarded by doctors as a mental disorder in which a person looks for attention through another person. A book published this week throws light on a much lesser-known, more insidious and also potentially lethal form of child abuse, one that usually remains hidden from view. Sometimes, however, the danger comes from within. ![]() A new account of growing up the victim of Munchausen's syndrome by proxy is harrowing reading, writes Sylvia Thompson.Ĭases such as that of Ian Huntley, the caretaker who murdered the English schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, reinforce our fear of strangers and of the dangers outside our warm, nurturing homes. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Resurrection row![]() ![]() ![]() īorn and raised and still living in Chicago, Rick Kogan has worked for the Chicago Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune, where he is currently a senior writer and columnist. His books include Chicago and the American Literary Imagination, 1880-1920 Urban Disorder and the Shape of Belief: The Great Chicago Fire, the Haymarket Bomb, and the Model Town of Pullman The Plan of Chicago: Daniel Burnham and the Remaking of the American City and City Water, City Life: Water and the Infrastructure of Ideas in Urbanizing Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago. Carl Smith is Franklyn Bliss Snyder Professor of English and American Studies and Professor of History, Emeritus, at Northwestern University. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments The game of silence louise erdrich![]() ![]() The elders send four men on a year-long quest to uncover the causes of the government's hostility, only to learn that the answer is government rapacity and complete disregard for the Indians' rights. The title refers to the "game" that the elders use to keep the children quiet when the adults are having serious conversations, in this case, discussions with the refugees about how to interpret the government's actions and how to respond. The story picks up from the previous novel in 1850, when Omakayas is 9 years old and with the arrival of a group of Ojibwe refugees who have been driven off their land by the government. The two novels both feature the family of the Ojibwe girl Omakayas. It is the second novel in "The Birchbark" series that began with The Birchbark House. The Game of Silence is a 2005 novel by Louise Erdrich. ![]() 5/20/2023 0 Comments GRIMM FAIRY TALES #0 by Joe Brusha![]() ![]() ![]() Requirements: Must order 3 copies of all Grimm Universe books SEP222132 – GRIMM UNIVERSE RETAILER PROGRAM NOV 2022 PLATINUM EXC – 75īronze Level – Character = Jasmine cover art by Ian MacDonald SEP222131 – GRIMM UNIVERSE RETAILER PROGRAM NOV 2022 GOLD EXC – 40 SEP222130 – GRIMM UNIVERSE RETAILER PROGRAM NOV 2022 SILVER EXC – 20 GRIMM UNIVERSE RETAILER PROGRAM NOV 2022 BRONZE EXC But when the universe she thinks she knew becomes much larger than she can fathom, will what comes for her next finally be the end of the famed vampire-hunter? Or, will she stand her ground as she faces oblivion, beating it back like she has done so many times before?ĭon't miss this game-changing collection of stories that will re-define everything Liesel has come to know!Ĭollects Van Helsing Annual: Bloodlust, Van Helsing #50,Van Helsing: Black Annis, Van Helsing: Hellfire, Van Helsing: Steampunk, Van Helsing: Invisible Woman, Van Helsing: Beast of Exmoor, Van Helsing: Return of the League of Monsters parts 1 & 2. ![]() One after another they have tested the strength and fortitude she continually proves as synonymous with the legacy that follows the Van Helsing bloodline. ![]() Liesel Van Helsing has taken on legions of undead creatures over her many years on this world. (W) Joe Brusha, Pat Shand, Brian Hawkins (A) Various ![]() 5/20/2023 0 Comments The love hypothesis about![]() ![]() Buy you a new bike and a case of decent reagent and that sludge you drink. ![]() Is there anything I can do for you? I’ll take you grocery shopping and fill your fridge when we’re back home. It’s been going on for a while, longer than you think, longer than you can imagine, and I should have told you, but I have this impression, this certainty that you’re half a second from running away, that I should give you enough reasons to stay. The day before I was set to chat with Ali Hazelwood, the news broke that her debut novel The Love Hypothesis had officially become a New York Times bestseller, charting at 9 in print and at 11. Then I dream of you, and when I wake up my head’s still there, stuck on something funny, beautiful, filthy, intelligent that’s all about you. As Hazelwood’s debut novel, her bibliography following women in STEM was an instant hit. Sometimes, often, always, I think about you before falling asleep. The Love Hypothesis is an unapologetically cheesy rom-com novel with an upbeat attitude, meet cutes, fake-dating tropes, etc. The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood follows a scientist’s journey to true love which is packed full with lies, tears, laughter and cringey moments. ![]() I liked you when I didn’t know you, and now that I do know you it’s only gotten worse. I like no one, absolutely no one, but I liked you from the start. An issue, since I remember a little too well. ![]() “Pretty fucking tragic twist of fate, but you don’t seem to remember that we first met years ago. ![]() |