6/12/2023 0 Comments Parade by Hiromi Kawakami![]() ![]() ![]() Soft Skull, 11.95 trade paper (96p) ISBN 978-1-59376-580-4 A pair of mysterious creatures from Japanese folklore become a. Aberdeen A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding Adrian Searle Alan Spence Anneliese Mackintosh Bantuan Coffee Foundation Cargo Publishing Chiew-Siah Tei China David Mitchell Dog Mountain Dundee International Book Prize Eastlit Edinburgh Edinburgh International Book Festival Endo Shusaku First Time Solo Fishnet flash fiction Fractures Freight Freight Books Gaijinpot Glasgow Gutter Haiku Iain Banks interview In The Empty Places Jackie Copleton James Hogg James Kelman Janice Galloway Japan Japan Times Kazuo Ishiguro Ken MacLeod Kirstin Innes Kirsty Logan Lian Hearn Linda Cracknell Looking Glass Books Metropolis Mishima Yukio Nicholas Hogg No Alibi Nothing in the Rule Book Not The Booker novel Oe Kenzaburo Piper Alpha Pippa Goldschmidt poetry redraft review Robert Louis Stevenson Roddy Doyle Rodge Glass Scots Whay Hae Scottish Book Trust. Kawakami (Record of a Night Too Brief, 2017, etc.) explores desire and the elusive nature of love through the voices of 10 women who all loved the same man, Nishino Yukihiko, at different points in their lives and his. from the Japanese by Allison Markin Powell. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Due to his uncle's inadequate financial operations, Wax is trying to save House Ladrian from bankruptcy. While trying to free her, Wax accidentally kills Lessie.įive months after the death of Lessie, Wax has given up the role as peacekeeper, and returned to Elendel, where after the death of his uncle and sister (who were involved in a carriage accident), he has become the head of his house. They decide to split up and Wax follows the murderer's tracks, leading him into a small church, where he finds that Lessie had been captured and held hostage by the serial killer. Lawman Waxillium Ladrian and his partner Lessie are investigating a serial killer in Feltrel, a small town in the Roughs. It also introduces the concept of Twinborn, beings with one allomantic and one feruchemical ability, for the first time in the series. ![]() The Alloy of Law is set in an analog to the early 20th century, on Scadrial, approximately 300 years after the conclusion of the original trilogy. ![]() Mistborn: The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson ![]() 6/12/2023 0 Comments Taleb fooled by randomness![]() ![]() The following book summary is a collection of my notes and highlights taken straight from the book. We do not make rational choices, but emotional ones. Small acts can have disproportionate consequences (good or bad). Individual probabilities are meaningless without knowing the magnitude of their outcomes. One cannot judge a performance in any given field (war, politics, medicine, investments) by the results, but by the costs of the alternative. Consider alternative histories-what could have happened.Especially in endeavors with high degrees of randomness and large sample sizes. We underestimate the share of randomness and luck.Eye-opening, independent-minded and insightful – if Fooled by Randomness does its job, then you’ll walk away convinced that you know even less about how the world works than before. Taleb writes incredibly smart, yet refreshingly informal, in his personal treatise on the role of randomness in life and business. This book will alter your worldview and change the way you think about perceived luck. ![]() ![]() Arin also writes about the thrill of meeting and dating a young transgender woman named Katie Rain Hill-and the heartache that followed after they broke up. In his captivatingly witty, honest voice, Arin reveals the challenges he faced as a girl, the humiliation and anger he felt after getting kicked out of his private school, and all the changes-both mental and physical-he experienced once his transition began. In this revolutionary memoir, Arin details the journey that led him to make the life-transforming decision to undergo gender reassignment as a high school junior. He had been born in the body of a girl and there seemed to be no relief in sight. ![]() We’ve all felt uncomfortable in our own skin at some point, and we’ve all been told that “it’s just a part of growing up.” But for Arin Andrews, it wasn’t a phase that would pass. ![]() Seventeen-year-old Arin Andrews shares all the hilarious, painful, and poignant details of undergoing gender reassignment as a high school student in this winning memoir. ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments The hungry caterpillar book![]() ![]() In 2014, when asked about the book’s popularity, Carle responded, “I haven’t come up with an answer, but I think it’s a book of hope”.Ī decade earlier, he seemed more settled on the idea: Growing wingsĭespite The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s success, Carle always seemed baffled by the persistent buzz. ![]() With just 224 words, it has sold roughly a copy per minute since its publication in 1969. His most celebrated, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, is frequently cited as one of the best picture books of all time. One Sunday morning, the warm sun came up - and pop! - out of the egg came a very tiny and hungry caterpillar.ĭescribed by author Mo Willems as a “ gentleman with a mischievous charm”, Carle might have appreciated the irony.Īll living things grow and change and die.īut while a caterpillar’s life is spectacularly short, Carle lived for 91 years. Eric Carle, author and illustrator of beloved children’s book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, died on Sunday - the same day his famous caterpillar is born. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And in their way, a single company of Malazan marines. No, this time tens of thousands are poised to pour into the lands to the south. Another long-feared migration is about to begin and this time it won't just be three warriors. Scarred by the deeds of Karsa Orlong, he intends to confront his god even if he has to cut a bloody swathe through the Malazan Empire to do so.įurther north, a new threat has emerged and now it seems it is the Teblor who are running out of time. They aren't quite sure what they're going to be facing.Īnd in those high mountains, a new warleader has risen amongst the Teblor. Responding to reports of a growing unease among the tribes beyond the border, the Malazan army marches on the new god’s people. The town has recovered and yet the legacy remains. Now the tribes of the north no longer venture into the southlands. Many years have passed since three warriors brought carnage and chaos to Silver Lake. New York Times bestselling author Steven Erikson continues the beloved Malazan Book of the Fallen with this first book in the thrilling Witness sequel trilogy, The God is Not Willing. ![]() ![]() The novel is presented as a discovered manuscript, introduced by the narrator's nephew it then 'transcribes' the tale. Interest groups were even formed to tackle the issue: the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection was formed two years after the publication of the novel. When the novel was written in the late 19th century, England's scientific community was engulfed by debates on animal vivisection. Edward Prendick, a shipwrecked man who washed up on the mysterious island home of Doctor Moreau, a mercurial figure who creates human-like hybrid beings from animals via vivisection. 'The Island of Doctor Moreau' is the account of a Mr. ![]() ![]() Wells, addressing ideas of society and community, human nature and identity, religion, Darwinism, and eugenics. Wells called it 'an exercise in youthful blasphemy'. The Island of Doctor Moreau is an 1896 science fiction novel written by H. ![]() Download cover art Download CD case insert The Island of Doctor Moreau Wells - Free Ebook Project Gutenberg 70,574 free eBooks 123 by H. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments Vagabond book rolf potts![]() Daily topics include reinventing "bucket lists" and saving money before the journey, improvising itineraries and navigating technology on the road, and keeping the spirit of the journey alive when you get home. ![]() Throughout the year, Rolf Potts embraces the ragged-edged, harder-to-quantify aspects of travel that inevitably change travellers' lives for the better, in unexpected ways. Each day of the year features a one-page meditation on a certain aspect of the journey, anchored by words of wisdom from a variety of thinkers-from Stoic philosopher Seneca the Younger and poet Maya Angelou, to Trappist monk Thomas Merton and Grover from Sesame Street. ![]() For readers who dream of travel-or long to get back out on the road-The Vagabond's Way explores and celebrates the life-altering essence of travel. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments Then she was gone a novel![]() Her characters are full bodied and bloom like a spring flower by the end of her stories. Her writing is addictive and appeals to a wide variety of readers not too light, not too dark, but just right. Lisa Jewell has quickly become one of my favorite authors, and for good reason. She had walked straight into it with her eyes open." But back then, when she knew nothing about anything, she had not seen it coming. Looking at it backward it was obvious all along. ![]() "If she could unwind the timeline, untwist it and roll it back the other way like a ball of wool, she'd see the knots in the yarn, the warning signs. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen![]() ![]() In School Library Journal Kathy Krasniewicz called Library Lion "a winsome pairing of text and illustration" adding that it is a "natural for storytime and a first purchase for every collection". The Library Lion was written as a tribute to libraries. But when something terrible happens, the lion quickly comes to the rescue in the only way he knows how. And he never roars in the library, at least not anymore. He makes a comfy backrest for the children during story hour. His big feet are quiet on the library floor. Furthermore, as it turns out, this lion seems very well suited to library visiting. There aren't any rules about lions in the library. ![]() But when a lion comes to the library one day, no one is sure what to do. No running is allowed and you must be quiet. Miss Merriweather, the head librarian, is very particular about rules in the library. Library Lion is a children's book, written by Michelle Knudsen, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes, and published in 2006 by Candlewick Press. ![]() |