7/8/2023 0 Comments Soul on ice book![]() ![]() If the dates were removed from the book along with historical figures, a person could honestly be tricked into thinking that this book Soul On Ice was written within the last 2 years or so despite the book being published in 1968. ![]() His way of describing the struggles of black America along with his extremely thoughtful breakdown of why race relations were the way they were during that time period could honestly be applied to modern day times. ![]() There are many in the black community who idolize Eldridge Cleaver for his brilliant mind in being able to eloquently articulate the plight, feelings & thoughts of black people in America during the 50s & 60s. The book Soul On Ice is a rather complicated book from the standpoint of truly gaining access to the mind of a black man in America who has dealt with every form of institutionalized racism & systemic oppression one could imagine to that of the mindset of a person who was an admitted rapist. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Kate is lost, having just run away from a chance to finally meet the girl she has been in love with from afar. That is until Kate spots Mark miles away from home, out in the city for a wild, unexpected night. ![]() For whatever reason, their paths outside of class have never crossed. Mark and Kate have sat next to each other for an entire year, but have never spoken. Who knows you well? Your best friend? Your boyfriend or girlfriend? A stranger you meet on a crazy night? No one, really? His op-eds on interrogation have also been published in The Washington Post and The New York Times. He won a Pushcart for his 2012 essay "Consequence," which was published first in Ploughshares and then in Harper's Magazine. But as his health and his marriage deteriorate, Fair's desire to speak out about his experience becomes a key to his survival.Įric Fair, an Army veteran, worked in Iraq as a contract interrogator in 2004. Years after his time in Iraq, he is still haunted by what he took part in there. They included sleep deprivation, stress positions, diet manipulation, exposure, and isolation. In 2004, as an interrogator for a government contractor, Eric Fair participated in or witnessed a variety of aggressive interrogation techniques to solicit the cooperation of Iraqi detainees. In this harrowing and unprecedented memoir, a man questions everything-his faith, his morality, his country-as he recounts his experience with torture as an interrogator in Iraq ![]() 7/8/2023 0 Comments Keeper of the lost cities![]() ![]() But somehow she’d managed to find all of his stashes-even the extra well-hidden ones. He’d managed to slip some Hush Slush into Ro’s dinner the night before and wiped out her voice for eight glorious hours. Keefe glared at both of them, wishing he still had some of his favorite elixirs handy. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Is that what you’re calling it?” Ro asked, plopping next to him and bouncing the mattress so hard that Keefe almost let out a yelp. “See? It’s my brooding, mysterious look.” “What? This is how I smile now!” Keefe tightened his jaw and raised one eyebrow. “I might be willing to believe you,” Elwin told him, “if you weren’t gritting your teeth every time you move.” Not that he cared-he had big plans to trash all of Alvar’s stuff as soon as he was done hiding out there. “Look! I’m all better!” Keefe promised, waving his arms and almost knocking over the ugly lamp on the table next to the bed. Hope you enjoy! - Shannon Messenger + DAY ONE + So imagine these scenes happening at the same time as all the crazy stuff Sophie & Crew are doing during chapters 36–60 of this book. Don’t worry, the bonus Keefe hilarity will still be here when you’re ready! And now that I’ve sufficiently warned you-*pauses to give you one last chance to flee*- the pages you’re about to read cover what Keefe was up to during his recovery. If you haven’t read Nightfall yet, SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT! Even the rest of this paragraph isn’t safe, so if you snuck back here because you’re channeling your inner Silveny (KEEFE! KEEFE! KEEFE!), you might want to wait. ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments Summer by Edith Wharton![]() ![]() The spring-like transparent sky shed a rain of silver sunshine on the roofs of the village, and on the pastures and larchwoods surrounding it. It was the beginning of a June afternoon. ExcerptĪ girl came out of lawyer Royall's house, at the end of the one street of North Dormer, and stood on the doorstep. A novel that "breaks, or stretches, many conventions of women's romantic love stories and in the process creates a new picture of female sexuality," as Marilyn French writes in her introduction, Summer is "a clamorous and ecstatic affirmation of the joy of sexual love no matter what it costs." Bold in conception, rich in imagery, and provocative by implication, it was one of Edith Wharton's personal favorites, and stands as one of her greatest novelistic achievements. Like its predecessor, Ethan Frome, it is set in the Berkshires, but the season is summer and the story is that of Charity Royall, a New Englander of humble origins - passionate, forthright, and proud - and her torrid affair with Lucius Harney, an artistically inclined young man from the city. Summer, Edith Wharton wrote to Gaillard Lapsley, "is known to its author and her familars as the Hot Ethan." One of the first American novels to deal frankly with a young woman's sexual awakening, it was a publishing sensation when it appeared in 1917, praised by Joseph Conrad, Howard Sturgis, and Percy Lubbock, and favorably compared to Madame Bovary. ![]() ![]() ![]() After reading it over Halloween, sadly it fails to live up to an interesting premise and quickly outstays its welcome. I had heard a lot of praise for Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, in particular for her crime novels, so had high hopes for this mixture of crime and supernatural. ![]() I Remember You was selected as one of the books we were reading for Hear… Read This!, a monthly book club podcast. When the two stories collide the terrifying truth is uncovered. Meanwhile, in a town across the fjord, a young doctor investigating the suicide of an elderly woman discovers that she was obsessed with his vanished son. But soon they realise they are not alone there – something wants them to leave, and it’s making its presence felt. ![]() “In an isolated village in the Icelandic Westfjords, three friends set to work renovating a derelict house. ![]() ![]() ![]() Gonzales has won many awards, including two National Magazine Awards and the Distinguished Service Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. Its appeal has been so broad and deep because the principles in Deep Survival apply to any challenge that life poses, from coping with a financial crisis to battling a life threatening illness or boardroom takeovers. Since its publication, this best-seller has been embraced by everyone from the head of training for the Navy SEALs, to the Sloan School of Management at MIT. ![]() It set the bar and started a trend that spawned a spate of imitations. ![]() This week's guest on REPORT FROM SANTA FE is Laurence Gonzales, author of "Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why," and the sequel "Surviving Survival: The Art and Science of Resilience." His newest book is "Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival," about the historic plane crash in 1989 in Sioux City, Iowa, where 184 out of 296 passengers survived.ĭeep Survival was the first scientific book on survival. ![]() ![]() ![]() “I called my lawyer, and we made a note of it.” She doesn’t know shit, and on record, you aren’t his doctor,” he says, dumping the bags and holding my hand in his face. “Zack, she came here, and she knows I’m his doctor.” “I bought the flowers before you called.” He comes to me, handing them to me, and I grab them. “You stopped,” I say, looking at the flowers, “to buy flowers while I was here pacing the floor worried she would come back.” He kicks off his shoes, and I walk to the door. ![]() ![]() I pace the hallway back and forth till he walks in, and he does it with a smile and a bouquet. I pace the hallway, waiting for him, and put Jack in front of the television to watch Paw Patrol. “I’ll be home soon, baby,” he whispers and hangs up the phone. He laughs, he fucking laughs here I am, so furious at her, so fucking pissed that she showed up and didn’t even ask for her son but was a cold bitch. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Why would any thinking person become a Christian? is one of the questions she addresses, and her answer is also compelling reading." Booklist "Powerful. ![]() Miles comments, often with great insight, on the ugliness that many people associate with a particular brand of Christianity. "The most amazing book." Anne Lamott "Engaging, funny, and highly entertaining. Here, in this achingly beautiful, passionate book, is the living communion of Christ. Take This Bread is rich with real-life Dickensian characterschurch ladies, millionaires, schizophrenics, bishops, and thievesall blown into Miles's life by the relentless force of her newfound calling. Within a few years, she and the people she served had started nearly a dozen food pantries in the poorest parts of their city. Before long, she turned the bread she ate at communion into tons of groceries, piled on the church's altar to be given away. A lesbian left-wing journalist who'd covered revolutions around the world, Miles didn't discover a religion that was about angels or good behavior or piety her faith centered on real hunger, real food, and real bodies. Early one morning, for no earthly reason, Sara Miles, raised an atheist, wandered into a church, received communion, and found herself transformedembracing a faith she'd once scorned. ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments Little women book![]() In addition to the path of a woman in the world of movie-making, Gerwig inscribes another personal theme: the relationship of an artist to her family. In short, a time very much like today in Hollywood. In this way, Gerwig’s “Little Women” is the tale of the birth of an artist-a female artist at a time that’s hostile to women and the telling of stories of women’s lives from women’s point of view. ![]() Namely, in Gerwig’s thrillingly bold reconfiguration of “Little Women,” the writing of the novel is built into the story-and the author isn’t Alcott but the novel’s protagonist, Jo March (played by Saoirse Ronan). ![]() It’s odd to begin a review of a movie based on a work as familiar as “ Little Women” with a warning about spoilers, but one of the most original inspirations that Greta Gerwig, as writer and director, brings to her adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s novel is a conceit that needs to be revealed in order to make sense of the movie at all. ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments Digital fortress code![]() ![]() ![]() Take the end as an example: a bunch of the brightest people in the US cannot see straight away the puzzle Tankado left them was about chemical elements and afterwards take 20 minutes to figure out what’s the prime difference between Uranium-235 and Uranium-238? Yeah, right. Even though I’m not a specialist in cryptology and computers (I’m just a simple philologist), I noticed a lot of errors, and the plot and characters were not believable. To be honest, I’m surprised it was that bad, especially when you keep in mind Brown is so highly praised by millions. The only reason I read Digital Fortress to the end was because I kept believing that it must get better eventually. ![]() I know Digital Fortress is his first book, but it made me wonder how on earth he was able to get his second one published. I think I just un-became a Dan Brown fan. “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who will guard the guards ? If we’re the guards of society, then who will watch us and make sure that we’re not dangerous?” 2023 Netgalley And Edelweiss Reading Challenge.2017 Netgalley And Edelweiss Reading Challenge. ![]() |