![]() ![]() ![]() ( Hint: Things were much more complex than we're usually told.) And by including the perspectives of so many different people, Terkel is able to paint a richer picture of what things were like. It's one thing to read about the Great Depression in textbooks, or to hear it used as leverage in political speeches, but it's another thing entirely to read the experiences of the people who lived through it. Terkel spoke with all sorts of people: old and young, rich and poor, famous and not-so-famous, liberal and conservative. In 1970, writer Studs Terkel published Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression, which features excerpts from over 100 interviews he conducted with those who lived through the 1930s. I don't know anyone who lived through the Great Depression, so to find out what it might have been like, I turned to a book recommended by a couple of GRS readers. ![]() In my lifetime, the closest I've come to experiencing anything like the Depression was during the recession of the early 1980s, which was hard on my family. They smack of hyperbole, but I can't be sure. Maybe that's true and maybe it isn't, but even if it were, what would it mean? I have no frame of reference for these sorts of claims. ![]() We've heard a lot of rhetoric lately about how this is the worst economy since the Great Depression. ![]()
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5/24/2023 0 Comments Inferno by jonathan hickman![]() ![]() Karima should also be noted as more than a parenthetical, especially when she does act as a really interesting mirror of Moira, both women being survivors of a dead reality, trying to save their species from certain doom. We could also probably point to Moira’s own lack of imagination in finding a different solution as a kind of meta-criticism of comics in general or the X-Men specifically. It’s explained that it was to save mutants from losing (though, through Omega Sentinel, the book itself establishes a future where mutants win, soooooo), but it’s probably also reasonable to say that Destiny and Mystique traumatized her into making various decisions other than “don’t resurrect Destiny” and “try to save mutants.” Moira built a nation to separate mutants from everyone else to eventually cure them of being mutants. The most egregious choice in Inferno, though, the one that I just don’t understand, maybe the biggest flop Hickman has ever written, is the conclusion to Moira X’s story. ![]() Establishing new traditions in your finale that didn’t even have time to work, gg ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Ducks two years![]() Being one of the few women among thousands of men, the culture shock is palpable. With the singular goal of paying off her student loans, what the journey will actually cost Beaton will be far more than she anticipates.Īrriving in Fort McMurray, Beaton finds work in the lucrative camps owned and operated by the world’s largest oil companies. ![]() ![]() After university, Beaton heads out west to take advantage of Alberta’s oil rush, part of the long tradition of East Coasters who seek gainful employment elsewhere when they can't find it in the homeland they love so much. Celebrated cartoonist Kate Beaton vividly presents the untold story of Canada.īefore there was Kate Beaton, New York Times bestselling cartoonist of Hark A Vagrant fame, there was Katie Beaton of the Cape Breton Beatons, specifically Mabou, a tight-knit seaside community where the lobster is as abundant as beaches, fiddles, and Gaelic folk songs. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments His Mimosa by Jamie Schlosser![]() ![]() ![]() “We didn’t even do anything crazy last night.” “Not my fault you can’t hang.” He smirked at me. “I’m younger than you.” I gave Scott a sideways glance as we walked side by side back to The Millennium, the hotel we were were paying an arm and a leg for. ![]() “You’re an old man,” my brother replied with a laugh. “I haven’t even slept yet and I’m already hung over,” I grumbled, squinting against the sunrise glinting over the buildings in the distance. And Carter’s heart? It might be taking up permanent residence there. They say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. When he goes to Vegas for his brother’s bachelor party, the last thing he expects is Brynne, the beautiful cocktail waitress who nurses his hangover with a drink just as bubbly and sweet as she is.īrynne’s optimism and unfailing faith in love is a breath of fresh air, and it makes him think maybe he’s had it wrong all along. ![]() To Drew-Thanks for asking me to marry you way too soon.Ĭarter doesn’t believe in love at first sight or happily ever after. Due to language and sexual content, this story is intended for readers 18 and up. All names, characters, and events are a product of the author’s imagination. Please do not participate in or encourage piracy of copyrighted materials in violation of the author’s rights. This novel is a work of fiction meant for your enjoyment only and may not be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted without permission from the author except for brief quotations in a book review. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Your heart is a muscle book![]() ![]() What is so enthralling about this novel is its syncopated riff of empathy as the perspective jumps around these participants-some peaceful, some violent, some determined, some incredulous. I believe this is one of the reasons why you will find this book so amazing. When rewriting it, he focused on the characters that he really had passion for. Fun fact, the author had the original manuscript stolen. Fighting for what you believe is right for the world. All the characters are struggling to achieve their strongest passions. As a reader, you see all sides of the protest. It is a beautifully woven tale of a protest. I cannot remember when I have ever read a novel of this length in one sitting, almost breathless from the drumbeat pacing, like a heartbeat for our time. What a gorgeous, urgent, appeal to love and justice, disguised as a passionately rendered story about the fates of 5 people on the day Seattle activists shut down the WTO's opening meeting in 1999. ![]() I don't know what took me so long to get around to reading Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist. ![]() ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Shadowhunters book of the white![]() ![]() Magnus’s magic is growing unstable, and if they can’t stop the demons flooding into the city, they might have to follow them all the way back to the source-the realm of the dead. In Shanghai, they learn that a much darker threat awaits them. They need to follow the thieves to Shanghai, they need to call some backup to accompany them, and they need a babysitter.Īlso, someone has stabbed Magnus with a strange magical weapon and the wound is glowing, so they have that to worry about too.įortunately, their backup consists of Clary, Jace, Isabelle, and newly minted Shadowhunter Simon. Now Magnus and Alec will have to drop everything to get it back. ![]() Until the night that two old acquaintances break into Magnus’s apartment and steal the powerful Book of the White. They’re living together in a fabulous loft, their warlock son, Max, has started learning to walk, and the streets of New York are peaceful and quiet-as peaceful and quiet as they ever are, anyway. Life is good for Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood. ![]() The Lost Book of the White is a Shadowhunters novel. From #1 New York Times bestselling authors Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu comes the second book in the Eldest Curses series and a thrilling new adventure for High Warlock Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood, for whom a death-defying mission into the heart of evil is not just a job, it’s also a romantic getaway. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Alex scarrow books![]() The World According to Ellie Quin (Book 2) and Beneath the Neon Sky (Ellie Quin 3) are also available.Įllie Quin lives in colonial plot 452 ‘in the middle of this flat, dry, baked-mud world, Harpers Reach’, located in ‘a generally uninteresting region of space a little piece of nowhere’. ![]() For a very limited period it is available free. Published by Grr Books on 23 December, Ellie Quin is available in digital format from Amazon. The Legend of Ellie Quin (Ellie Quin Book 1) I’m delighted to include here a Q&A with Alex about TimeRiders and Ellie Quin, but first a review! It was an unexpected treat to discover that this Christmas Alex was unleashing on his readers a new heroine, Ellie Quin, in an original series of adventures set in a brand new universe. But, on top of this series, Alex has also produced a number of thrillers for adults which are packed with the shocks and psychological realism that makes TimeRiders so edible. They might be found on the YA shelves of the bookshops but it would be very unfair for YA readers to keep these fantastic books to themselves. I cannot read them fast enough, soon enough or often enough. ![]() ![]() HUGE! (Obviously, I mean this metaphorically.) TimeRiders continues to be my favourite series of books. A cursory glance through the pages of For Winter Nights would reveal my poorly kept non-secret that I am a huge fan of Alex Scarrow. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Relay layla reyne![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And then add in that there's an ex boyfriend thrown in.and this ended up being nothing but the drama llama stomping her way throughout this whole book.Īlso, what added to my annoyance and frustration was the fact all of this drama was happening during the Olympics, the pinnacle of an athlete's career. I just never warmed up to him.even by the end, he didn't completely win me over. And the reason is simple.Bas.īas's push and pull throughout most of the book was beyond frustrating. Jacob aka Pup and his mentor, Bas, developed a close relationship in the previous book and I couldn't wait to read their story! Unfortunately, I lost that connection in this book. It seriously pains me to give such a low rating to a Layla Reyne book, but I really struggled with this book.Īt the end of Relay, Alex, Dane, Bas, Jacob and the team were on their way to Europe for the Olympics and the chase for their elusive relay gold. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Jim gaffigan fat![]() ![]() Those tweets struck such a chord that he soon passed the million followers mark. ![]() ![]() Though he grew up in a large Irish-Catholic family, Jim was satisfied with the nomadic, nocturnal life of a standup comedian, and was content to be "that weird uncle who lives in an apartment by himself in New York that everyone in the family speculates about." But all that changed when he married and found out his wife, Jeannie "is someone who gets pregnant looking at babies."įive kids later, the comedian whose riffs on everything from Hot Pockets to Jesus have scored millions of hits on YouTube, started to tweet about the mistakes and victories of his life as a dad. ![]() ![]() ![]() He has also developed one of the most insightful methodological tools, the “Experiencing sampling technique”. For instance, he is known as one of the founders of positive psychology. ![]() ![]() ''Professor Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi has made numerous contributions to the field of psychology. ![]() Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is best-known for his theory on FLOW and author of the ground breaking classic work Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience. This series will appeal to scholars in psychology, sociology, anthropology, neuroscience and management studies as the work crosses disciplines and is of broad scholarly significance. Readers will discover what inspired his perspective and led to his fresh insights on some of the mysteries of human existence, as well as discovering the insights themselves. These are big issues of our time and through this series we are able to trace the origins and development of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s work. Through these volumes the important themes and discoveries in Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s work emerge, including studies of creativity, cultural evolution, play and adolescent development. These volumes bring together a valuable collection of work from four decades of writing by one accomplished and influential scholar, who has academic foundations in psychology and wide ranging experience and collaborations, crossing into a number of other disciplines. ![]() |