5/23/2023 0 Comments Rats by robert sullivan summary![]() ![]() Yesterday when I came out of my building, I was confronted by a giant rat standing at the bottom of the steps, looking up at me. Funny, wise, sometimes disgusting but always compulsively readable, Rats earns its unlikely place alongside the great classics of nature writing. ![]() Sullivan looks deep into the largely unrecorded history of the city and its masses-its herds-of-rats-like mob. ![]() Sullivan gets to know not just the beast but its friends and foes: the exterminators, the sanitation workers, the agitators and activists who have played their part in the centuries-old war between human city dweller and wild city rat. ![]() In Rats, the critically acclaimed bestseller, Robert Sullivan spends a year investigating a rat-infested alley just a few blocks away from Wall Street. Love them or loathe them, rats are here to stay-they are city dwellers as much as (or more than) we are, surviving on the effluvia of our society. "Engaging.a lively, informative compendium of facts, theories, and musings."-Michiko Kakutani, New York Timesīehold the rat, dirty and disgusting! Robert Sullivan turns the lowly rat into the star of this most perversely intriguing, remarkable, and unexpectedly elegant New York Times bestseller. PSLA Young Adult Top 40 Nonfiction Titles of the Year New York Public Library Book for the Teenager ![]()
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5/23/2023 0 Comments Triangle imzadi ii![]() David is a genuine and veteran master of the demanding art of the tie-in novel, and provides smart handling of Star Trek elements and a brisk story, enhanced by well-done action scenes and the ability to give the Star Trek universe a lived-in feel. It certainly stands intelligently, however. The novel suffers two basic problems: its reliance on the Star Trek: The Next Generation universe to provide readers with many of its referents, and its status as a sequel that doesn't stand completely intelligibly on its own. Complicating the situation are sundry wild variables: Troi and Riker are Imzadi (bonded at a psionic level) Worf has a son, Alexander, torn between human and Klingon ways Deanna's inimitable Betazoid mother, Lwaxana Troi, disapproves of Worf's engagement to Deanna and Riker's doppelganger, Tom Riker, shows up, apparently working with a formidable and ruthless Romulan spy. Seven years after David's Imzadi comes this sequel that continues the anything-but-romantic triangle among three of the Enterprise's officers: the human-raised Klingon Worf, the counselor and empath Deanna Troi and First Officer William Riker. Spot on Text block, slight toning, else appears as unopened, unread, unblemished copy in like wraps. ![]() ![]() His interest in Welsh mythology led to the publication of his series The Chronicles of Prydain.Īlexander was nominated twice for the international Hans Christian Andersen Award, and received the 1971 National Book Award for Children's Books for The Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian and the 1982 National Book Award for Westmark. After returning to the United States with his new family, he struggled to make a living from writing until he published And Let the Credit Go (1955), his first autobiographical novel. He met his wife while he was stationed in France and studied French literature at the University of Paris. ![]() ![]() He enlisted in the United States Army and rose to be a staff sergeant in intelligence and counter-intelligence. He attended college for only one term, believing that there was nothing more college could teach him. He developed a passion for reading books and writing poetry. National Book Awards in 19.Īlexander grew up in Pennsylvania during the Great Depression. His most famous work is The Chronicles of Prydain, a series of five high fantasy novels whose conclusion, The High King, was awarded the 1969 Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature. ![]() Over his seven-decade career, Alexander wrote 48 books, and his work has been translated into 20 languages. Lloyd Chudley Alexander (Janu– May 17, 2007) was an American author of more than forty books, primarily fantasy novels for children and young adults. ![]() ![]() ![]() But when the media gets wind of their date, things quickly spiral and the two families get swept up in a highly publicised stunt where everyone has a role to play. They agree to meet once, just to shut their parents up. Sharlot and George's worlds collide when they discover that their parents have secretly been pretending to be them online. ![]() His family-one of the wealthiest, most famed in Indonesia-has a reputation to uphold. Or so her mother thinks.Īcross the globe, George Clooney Tanuwijaya, tested with a name that is a daily embarrassment, is tested further when his father and sister, Eleanor Roosevelt, decide to take it upon themselves to find him a respectable girlfriend. Eventbrite - Barnes & Noble The Grove presents Jesse Q Sutanto discusses & signs WELL, THAT WAS UNEXPECTED at BN The Grove - Friday, November 18. ![]() When Sharlot Citra is caught with her very hot (but very secret) boyfriend by her traditional mother, she finds herself whisked away from LA to Indonesia for a summer of 'getting back to her roots'. ![]() Sharlot and George's story starts how all good love stories do - they're catfished by their own parents Crazy Rich Asians meets To All the Boys I've Loved Before in this an outrageous, laugh-out-loud yet heartfelt YA fake dating romcom, from the winner of the Comedy Women in Print Prize Jesse Q Sutanto grew up shuttling back and forth between Indonesia, Singapore, and Oxford, and considers all three places her home. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Kirihito osamu tezuka![]() ![]() ![]() Having developed an intense understanding of the preciousness of life from his wartime experience, Tezuka Osamu aimed to become a physician and later earned his license, but ultimately chose the profession he loved best: manga artist and animated film writer. As a boy he also had a love for insects as a grown-up he would incorporate the ideogram for insect into his pen name. He grew up in a liberal family exposed to manga and Walt Disney. ![]() About the Author: Osamu Tezuka was born on November 3rd, 1928, in Osaka. Like an unforgettable road movie, Dororo reaches deeper than its swashbuckling surface and offers a thoughtful allegory of becoming what one is, for nobody is born whole. With his sweeping vision, deftly intertwined plots, and indefatigable commitment to human dignity, Tezuka elevated manga to an art form. He originally intended to become a doctor and earned his degree before turning to what was still then considered a frivolous medium. On his journeys the young hero encounters an orphan who claims to be the greatest thief in Japan. Osamu Tezuka(1928-1989) is the godfather of Japanese manga comics. Yet, the abandoned infant survives thanks to a medicine man who equips him with primitive prosthetics - lethal ones with which the wronged son will use to hunt down the multitude of demons to reclaim his body one piece at a time, before confronting his father. A samurai lord has bartered away his newborn son's organs to forty-eight demons in exchange for dominance on the battlefield. The lauded adventures of a young swordsman and his rogue sidekick that also inspired the cult video game Blood Will Tell have never been as accessible. Previously published in three installments, the entire run of comic master Osamu Tezuka's enduring classic is herewith available in one volume at a new affordable price. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Dark matter blake![]() Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the existence of dark matter, sometimes characterized as cold and slow-moving, was gradually accepted by many scientists as other pieces of evidence began to build up.īut the story of dark matter is far from over. Astronomers Vera Rubin and Kent Ford, working on this problem, suggested this might be accounted for by dark matter. ![]() For instance, stars in the outer regions of spiral galaxies moved faster than they should, which suggested these galaxies had far more mass than scientists had accounted for. The term dark matter was in use by scientists as an English term by 1922.Īs astronomy and astrophysics progressed throughout the 20th century, inconsistencies about the way the universe was assumed to work began to add up. In 1904, in an effort to address the problem, Lord Kelvin found that the estimated mass of the Milky Way Galaxy was less than its observable mass, and attributed the difference to stars that were so-called “dark bodies.” Answering Kelvin in 1906, French physicist Henri Poincaré argued there wasn’t any special “matière obscure,” translated as (and the first known use of) dark matter, but rather undetected, non-light- emitting stars. In the late 19th century, astronomers noticed dark regions in otherwise dense clusters of stars. As NASA explains on its website, the dark in dark matter comes from the fact that “it is not in the form of stars and planets that we see.” ![]() ![]() ![]() Turnbull saw himself as a kind of visionary. One is tempted to call his descriptions an exaggeration of what he actually witnessed. Turnbull wanted to live his life as a good and generous human being he also romanticized those he studied. His knowledge of the ways of anthropology was phenomenal, and his knowledge of the Mbuti pygmies of the Ituri forest was deeply felt. On his way back to London, he stopped in Africa, thus beginning his long affair with some of the people of the continent. He took his PhD at Benares Hindu University in India, where he lived for two years, primarily under the guidance of a female seer. Colin Turnbull-anthropologist, author, lover and the subject of a new biography by Roy Richard Grinker-was born in the suburbs of London. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments The mountbattens andrew lownie![]() ![]() ![]() But the decision was appealed by the Cabinet Office, which “argues that the information is too sensitive to be released and that the dignity of the Queen could be compromised”, said The Times. In 2019, the Information Commissioner ruled that all documents should be released into the public domain, after historian Lownie launched his bid for unfettered access. Most of the diary contents are available for viewing at the university, but certain passages have been redacted as a result of Cabinet Office intervention. In 2011, his family sold his diaries for £2.8m in lieu of death duties to the University of Southampton. Mountbatten, the Queen’s cousin and uncle to the Duke of Edinburgh, was murdered in an IRA bombing in 1975. ![]() Which Royals might step in to help the Queen?īut Andrew Lownie, who has written a biography of Mountbatten, argued at a tribunal hearing this week that 120 redacted references in the diaries should be made public.Colonialism culture wars: how the Queen got ‘cancelled’. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Real katy evans read online free![]() Bit by bit, I start to wonder if I'm the one discovering him.or if he's uncovering me. And that’s where I come in.Īssigned to investigate Saint and reveal his elusive personality, I’m determined to make him the story that will change my career.īut I never imagined he would change my life. Since he hit the scene, his secrets have been his and his alone to keep. His entire life he’s been surrounded by the press as they dig for tidbits to see if his fairytale life is for real or all mirrors and social media lies. The hottest entrepreneur Chicago has ever known, he’s a man’s man with too much money to spend and too many women vying for his attention. ![]() There’s nothing holy about the man except the hell his parties raise. ![]() Don’t be fooled by that last name though. This is the story I've been waiting for all my life, and its name is Malcolm Kyle Preston Logan Saint. Is it possible to expose Chicago’s hottest player-without getting played? ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Sacred woman book near me![]() I know for Christians, the altars with images of other people can feel like idol worship, but you don't have to do that. You can reap the benefits of Sacred Woman without doing the gateway work with crystals and stones if that makes you uncomfortable. Overall, I did learn a lot and I enjoyed several of the recipes in her book. I don't know if I can credit this system and a plant-based diet, but my period did lighten over time. My cramps were always pretty mild, so that was easy, but I had long heavy periods that made life unbearable. I stopped relying on pain relievers and learned to manage cramps with teas and herbs. I think the best takeaway for me, was that I became much more intuned to my body. ![]() I would go to bed early so that I could wake up early, which I actually liked. I bought all of the stones/crystals, cloth, and altar objects, and started eating a vegan diet. I bought this book back in the early 2000s to join a healing circle at my school, but I ended up not participating with them and going it alone - which the book doesn't advise. ![]() |