7/2/2023 0 Comments True by Ella Frank![]() Logan Mitchell – a regular at the bar and a man who always gets what he wants. The only problem is, Tate has caught the unwavering and unwelcome attention of Mr. He’s starting fresh and trying to get back on his feet with a new job at an upscale bar in downtown Chicago. Just coming out of a four-year marriage with an ex-wife from hell, a relationship is the last thing on Tate’s mind. He lives by one motto-if something interests you, why not just take a chance and try? Men and women alike fall into his bed-after all, Logan is not one to discriminate. ![]() ![]() Logan Mitchell loves it, and ever since he realized his raw sexual appeal at a young age, he has had no problem using it to his advantage. Try – verb: to make an attempt or effort to do something or in this case… someone. ![]()
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7/2/2023 0 Comments Half american matthew delmont![]() ![]() ![]() Black troops were at Normandy, Iwo Jima, and the Battle of the Bulge, serving in segregated units and performing unheralded but vital support jobs, only to be denied housing and educational opportunities on their return home. ![]() Half American belongs firmly within the canon of indispensable World War II books." -Clint Smith, #1 New York Times bestselling author of How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America Over one million Black men and women served in World War II. Delmont's book is filled with compelling narratives that outline with nuance, rigor, and complexity how Black Americans fought for this country abroad while simultaneously fighting for their rights here in the United States. A New York Times Notable Book - A Best Book of the Year from TIME, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Washington Independent Review of Books, and more! The definitive history of World War II from the African American perspective, written by civil rights expert and Dartmouth history professor Matthew Delmont "Matthew F. ![]() 7/2/2023 0 Comments Metaphysics book![]() ![]() ![]() Anything I give my attention to with importance can send me down a path I don’t want by activating the balancing forces. It carefully considers accounts of causation, freedom and determinism, laws of nature, personal identity, mental states, time, material objects, and properties, while inviting students to reect on metaphysical problems. Most eye opening and possibly why the law of attraction might not work for some, was learning about the theory of “importance”. This book is an accessible introduction to the central themes of contemporary metaphysics. And I appreciated a more in depth understanding of the power of my focus, awareness and attention. ![]() My top takeaways of the book are having a better understanding of the Law of Balance, and how not to trigger the pendulums or tip the scales and wake up balancing forces which can give the opposite of what I want. It’s not only freeing, you can control the game. However, if you can understand the model being presented, you discover how you are your own cause and effect. I should warn you, it is not an easy read. In a nutshell, Reality Transurfing is the rules to the game and how to surf those rules to get what you want. ![]() Those of us who’ve been on this journey will be familiar with the Universal Law of Cause and Effect, otherwise known as the Law of Attraction. This book reveals quantum physics theories and how to apply them to your life in order to live in harmony with Universal Laws. ![]() ![]() ![]() Louisiana is an orphan and she merely wants to win the prize money from the pageant. During the first lesson, Raymie meets two other girls, Louisiana Elefante and Beverly Tapinski, who are taking lessons with the same goal in mind. Raymie begins taking baton-twirling lessons intending to present that as her talent in the pageant. Raymie imagines that her father picking up the paper and seeing Raymie's picture will be prompted to pick up the phone and call Raymie. ![]() She develops a plan toward that end of winning the Little Miss Central Florida Tire pageant, so that her picture will be in the newspaper. ![]() Raymie and her mother are very sad and Raymie believes that their lives will be better if her father will just contact her. Raymie Clarke's father, Jim, has run away with a young woman. Candlewick Press, Somerville, Massachusetts, 2016. The following version of this book was used to create this guide: DiCamillo, Kate. ![]() ![]() ![]() O'Donnell pass away, Mary decides to find their daughter Alice. ![]() She also becomes acquainted with Sean Riordan, a boy around her age. O'Donnell, who are looking forward to seeing their daughter in America. On board the ship, Mary befriends an married couple, Mr. Three weeks later, Mary departs her hometown of Skibbereen and a neighbor takes her to Cork where the ship is docked. Her father, however, is upset that both his daughters will now be gone, but remains quiet once he says his piece. Mary's mother is happy that she will be joining her sister Kate, who left two years earlier. Two years after the Great Famine began in Ireland, fourteen-year-old Mary Driscoll receives a ticket for her passage to America from her aunt Nora Kinsella. What could be worse than what I had already seen back in Ireland? I had to go through those gates." Plot There is nothing to be afraid of, I told myself. There were smokestacks blowing their blackness heavenward and darkening the sky. It looked to me like all the people in Ireland could fit inside. I never dreamed earthly hands could make anything that big. Abbott's house is so near the mills we were able to walk there. Dedication " To the memory of my grandfather, Louis Denenberg" Book description " Friday, July 9, 1847 ![]() ![]() ![]() That narrative is very much a personal history with honor and reputations at stake, and it was crafted without direct access to many of the principals and the kind of archival sources we take for granted now.” This conclusion may strike some as bold, even presumptuous 2,500 years removed from the destruction of ancient Greece’s city-state system, how can a contemporary observer credibly question the foremost chronicler of that event? There are several answers one might offer: among them, that historical understanding is an ongoing enterprise, not a fixed objective that no proposition is entitled to an exemption from reasoned interrogation (and certainly not on the arbitrary grounds that there should be a statute of limitations on conducting such inquiries) and that even the most penetrating of observers suffer from biases that undermine their analysis. ![]() Frank Hoffman argued recently that observers should evaluate Thucydides’s account of the Peloponnesian War with skepticism: “Like any historian,” he explains, “Thucydides had to create a framework for the war and had to select facts, weigh sources, and arrange a narrative. ![]() 7/1/2023 0 Comments Into the Wild by Erin Hunter![]() ![]() I literally cannot watch a TV show or a movie where there are talking animals without going insane. The second thing you need to know is that I hate stories about talking animals. ![]() One gets near me and the good girl inside me is in risk of going far far away. I can't think about cats without flinching. They're are the living creatures I dread the most after roaches. The first thing you need to know about me is that I hate cats. I won't be replying to any comment in here, I don't care why you love this (write your own review for that) and I won't read the rest of this series. Of course, there are reviews with more trolls, but this is as much as I can endure.Īnd for you, ignorants who can't accept other people's opinions (better known as "trolls"), why don't you go read one of the many thousands of 5 star reviews instead of coming to criticize an opinion that's obviously different to yours? Don't you understand it's pointless? I'm not going to stop hating this book if you tell me "I'm wrong." In fact, if anything, your words only make me feel nauseas when I think of this piece of garbage.Īnd that's my final word. The level of trolls it has gotten has reached levels I cannot stand anymore. I'm disabling the notifications, so if someone comments in it, I'm not gonna now. ![]() ![]() Verity sounded older than she actually is. I think Camille is 19 and Verity is supposed to be like 5 or something, but their voices were the same. However, the youngest sister Verity spoke like Camille. I'm sure at the beginning of the book it said how old everyone is and I forgot. The only thing I was confused about was the sisters' ages. I would say this is a very loose retelling of the original 12 Dancing Princesses because all the recognizable components are there, but the story is entirely its own. I liked Fisher and Cassius's roles in the story, and I'm glad there wasn't a huge, dramatic love triangle because it would've detracted from the mystery and suspense of Plot A. I had been worried that some of the sisters would slip through the cracks and be underdeveloped compared to the leading handful but that wasn't the case at all. All the characters were fleshed out and had their own contributions to the story. The pacing was consistent and the plot relentlessly pushed forward. It's creepy and spooky and urgent all at once. The second thought I had was, "Good thing one my friend's cat's name is Legia or I would've been pronouncing it wrong the entire time." The first thought I had with this book was, "Oooh, creepy, dark retelling!" ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments Lippman lady in the lake![]() ![]() Maddie wants to matter, to leave her mark on a swiftly changing world. This year, she’s bolted from her marriage of almost twenty years, determined to make good on her youthful ambitions to live a passionate, meaningful life. ![]() ![]() Last year, she was a happy, even pampered housewife. In 1966, Baltimore is a city of secrets that everyone seems to know-everyone, that is, except Madeline “Maddie” Schwartz. Publisher’s Synopsis: The revered New York Times bestselling author returns with a novel set in 1960s Baltimore that combines modern psychological insights with elements of classic noir, about a middle-aged housewife turned aspiring reporter who pursues the murder of a forgotten young woman. ![]() ![]() ![]() In THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE Stephen R. Download our latest guide to learn 7 ways to be more proactive - powered by The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People®. Buy The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Reprinted Edition by Covey, Stephen R. Taking initiative in small, specific ways can help you reach your goals-for your team, your career, and your life. Covey follows that in order to change our reality we must change our underlying beliefs. The book opens with the assertion that perception shapes reality. 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