![]() ![]() ![]() A timid spinster in her fifties who still sleeps with teddy bears, Marion does her best to live by John’s rules, even if it means turning a blind eye to the noises she hears coming from behind the cellar door.and to the women’s laundry in the hamper that isn’t hers. Marion Zetland lives with her domineering older brother John in a crumbling mansion on the edge of a northern seaside resort. What becomes of a child who grows up without love? With the smart suspense of Emma Donoghue’s Room and the atmospheric claustrophobia of Grey Gardens, this “bizarrely unsettling, yet compulsively readable” (Iain Reid, internationally bestselling author of I’m Thinking of Ending Things) thriller explores the twisted realities that can lurk beneath even the most serene of surfaces. ![]()
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Covers all the battles from Wilson’s Creek thru ![]() Very sympathetic and caring not only to his men, but the prisoners who were Captain John Wyatt was prejudiced and opinionated, but 516 pages, 34 illustrations and 4 maps add to the text. Well researched work.Ĭivil War Times Illustrated’s Robt. Probably, next to the Edwards classic Noted Guerrillas, the most widely read book on the Leslie has drawn all sort of comments and ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() His first nonacademic book, The Language Instinct (1994), was acclaimed for its lucid and witty explanation of an ability that is so central to the human experience that few of us have ever thought about how it works. Pinker, a professor of psychology at MIT, established his academic reputation by studying how children acquire the rules of grammar. Why is the idea of an inborn human nature so controversial? What does it imply about how our society should be organized, about our conceptions of equality and justice, about education, religion, the media, the arts? Would we really be better off if there were no such thing as human nature-or if we chose to ignore it? These are the questions Steven Pinker tackles in a passionately argued defense of the thesis that the natural history of our species places powerful constraints on who we are and how we think. The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature ![]() ![]() ![]() The journey would test them, and their relationship, in one of the planet's most remote places: a land of wolves, musk oxen, Dall sheep, golden eagles, and polar bears. It would be their third and most ambitious trip. So he decided to take Aidan back to Alaska one final time before she left home. Despite windchills of 50 degrees below zero, father and daughter ventured out daily to track, hunt, and trap.Ĭampbell knew that in traditional Eskimo cultures, some daughters earned a rite of passage usually reserved for young men. She even agreed to return a few months later to help the Korths work their traplines and hunt for caribou and moose. Booktopia has Braving It, A Father, a Daughter, and an Unforgettable Journey into the Alaskan Wild by James Campbell. So when James Campbells cousin Heimo Korth asked him to spend a summer building a cabin in the rugged Interior, Campbell hesitated about inviting his fifteen-year-old daughter, Aidan, to join him: Would she be able to withstand clouds of mosquitoes, the threat of grizzlies, bathing in an ice-cold river, and. ![]() Would she be able to withstand clouds of mosquitoes, the threat of grizzlies, bathing in an ice-cold river, and hours of grueling labor peeling and hauling logs?īut once there, Aidan embraced the wild. ![]() So when James Campbell's cousin Heimo Korth asked him to spend a summer building a cabin in the rugged Interior, Campbell hesitated about inviting his 15-year-old daughter, Aidan, to join him. Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, home to only a handful of people, is a harsh and lonely place. ![]() ![]() The brain has a remarkable ability to compensate for neurological shortcomings in one area with neurological strengths in another. ![]() As we’ll see, the brain is the source of our very humanity, giving us our identity and deepest sense of self.Īs we study the lives of these patients, some key themes emerge: In sharing these stories, Sacks weaves a narrative that demonstrates the remarkable complexity of the human brain and its extraordinary capacity to adapt. In The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Sacks presents the stories of his patients, all of whom were suffering from some form of neurological impairment. The late neurologist Oliver Sacks dedicated his life to studying the mysteries and extraordinary powers of the human brain. ![]() 1-Page Summary 1-Page Book Summary of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat ![]() ![]() ![]() Their books have been widely translated and have been made into a number of films. Le Guin and a new afterword by Boris Strugatsky explaining the strange history of the novel’s publication in Russia.Īrkady and Boris Strugatsky are the most famous and popular Russian writers of science fiction, and the authors of over 25 novels and novellas. This authoritative new translation corrects many errors and omissions and has been supplemented with a foreword by Ursula K. And the news he gets from his girlfriend upon his return makes it inevitable that he’ll keep going back to the Zone, again and again, until he finds the answer to all his problems.įirst published in 1972, Roadside Picnic is still widely regarded as one of the greatest science fiction novels, despite the fact that it has been out of print in the United States for almost thirty years. But when he and his friend Kirill go into the Zone together to pick up a “full empty,” something goes wrong. ![]() ![]() His life is dominated by the place and the thriving black market in the alien products. Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger, to venture illegally into the Zone to collect the mysterious artifacts that the alien visitors left scattered around. Science Fiction Book Club: Roadside Picnic by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky ![]() ![]() If you love a story about strange rituals, unusual cults, and the occult then this is the sort of story you'll gobble right up. Life now revolves around a strange factory of unknown origin, and even weirder are the all-consuming sirens that emanate from it each night. Alas, when he returns he finds that the once lively-though rural-village has turned into a ghost town. ![]() In the wake of a strange phone call from his parents and an ominous apparition at his window, Kyochi decides it's time for a family reunion. Turning his hand to folk horror, Ito crafts another bleak homecoming in Village of the Siren. The devastating reason for that will soon be revealed, but in the meantime, his arrival coincides with a trend of young women seeking out "crossroads fortunes." Soon the bodies of school girls who ask strangers for their fortunes begin to turn up brutally murdered but who is to blame? How does it connect with Ryusuke's pass? This wonderfully chilly mystery is one of the most memorable of Ito's tales and introduces one of his scariest creations. ![]() ![]() The teen boy is moving back to his hometown after years away, but the simple notion of it haunts him. The first-and throughline-story from his Lovesickness collection is a great example of just that. ![]() Ito often writes of love and how it can curse us. ![]() ![]() ![]() Part 3 (24/04/23) : Drawings / Sculptures / Decorative Arts (Furniture, Silverware, Carpets, Earthenware, Glassware) / Jewelry & Fashion / Decoration (Decorators & Decor) / Architecture (Architects & Constructions) / Urbanism / Contemporary Art / Photography (Ancient, Modern and Contemporary) / Music (Composer, Singer, Opera, Theater.) Part 2 (19/04/23) : Ancient & Modern Fine Arts (Monographs, Exhibitions, Catalogues.) / Major Artistic Trends / Drawings / Prints / Magazines / The Artist and the Book / Literature / Religion (Sacred Art) Part 1 (17/04/23) : Ancient Arts (Egyptian Art - Mythologies, Rome, Greece, Byzantine Empire), Primitive Arts, Asian Arts (China & Japan), India, Indonesia, Pre-Columbian Arts, Celtic, Middle Ages (Year 1000), Renaissance Arts, Architecture, Heraldry, Royalty, History and Place of France, The French Revolution - Napoleon Bonaparte, War, Hunting, Navy ![]() ![]() D*cked by Daddy - It’s Daddy Nick’s birthday and Holly knows just how to celebrate. If everything goes according to plan, Nick and Holly could be bound for forever.Ĥ. He’s got the perfect girl, that special something is burning a hole in his pocket, and the stage is set for a certain question to be popped. Well, Nick hopes she wants to take the next step. ![]() She has a Silver Fox for a boyfriend, they’ve dropped the L word, and now he’s treating her to an all expenses paid trip to Cabo. Bound In Cabo - Holly feels like she’s won the lottery. This holiday, Nick is claiming her as his own.ģ. Holly is quickly falling for Nick, and she can’t wait to spend their first Valentine's Day together.Īnd, boy, does this Silver Fox have a surprise up his sleeve.īut this isn’t just about lust anymore, and Nick is tired of taking things slowly.Ĭupid’s arrow is pointed directly at Holly. Have a Big O during Valentine’s Day dinner? Check. Share your New Year’s kiss with said Fox? Check. ![]() Claimed By Cupid - Date a Silver Fox? Check. She is a lover of books, coffee, and rainy days.Ģ. ![]() She was born in the Midwest and has been all over but now resides (begrudgingly) in Alabama. Overview: Dana Isaly is a writer of dark romance, fantasy romance, and has also been known to dabble in poetry (it was a phase in college, leave her alone). ![]() Requirements: epub, mobi, azw3 reader, 1.4 mb 449 KB Nick and Holly Series by Dana Isaly (2-4) ![]() |