6/28/2023 0 Comments Mockingjay hunger games book three![]() ![]() Katniss stands before her sister Prim’s shoes, watched over by her friend, Gale, who is in an invisible hovercraft above. ![]() It has been razed to the ground, burned, and ninety percent of its inhabitants killed. ![]() Part one opens with Katniss observing the remains of District Twelve. It is here that Mockingjay picks up the story. Katniss and other surviving tributes are rescued by the resistance, which is run by the thirteenth district, previously thought to have been destroyed. In book two, Katniss and Peeta must return to the arena, but though they destroy it, Peeta is taken by the Capitol. In book one, readers learned about the hunger games and how the Capitol-and President Snow-uses the brutal annual tradition to oppress the people living in the twelve districts of Panem. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins is the third book in the Hunger Games trilogy, and follows Katniss Everdeen. ![]()
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6/27/2023 0 Comments Snow by orhan pamuk analysis![]() ![]() Pamuk has taken this idea of Turkey and distilled the identity crisis to a border town Kars, and further refined it to the person, the poet, known as Ka (notice the wordplay here? More on it later). It is also a book about Turkey (most of Pamuk’s books are, but of course, since he belongs to the country, or does he?) and its contradictions and how difficult or easy it is for the natives to move in time, as they are on the crossroads of East and West. If anything, I thought “My Name is Red” to be a little tedious. “Snow” is also considered one of Pamuk’s difficult novels (I don’t think so at all) to read. You as a reader, will be bursting with ideas and thoughts at the end of almost every chapter. Books such as Snow need to be read together and discussed because there is so much to talk about. Please do look her up) and second, the discussions gave way to thoughts and opinions which sometimes a solitary reading experience cannot. ![]() First, because I was co-reading it with TheBookSatchel (a very famous blogger and Instagrammer. This reread though has been a very different experience. It has been thirteen years since I read it. ![]() I remember reading “Snow” by Orhan Pamuk for the first time in 2004 I think. ![]() Genre: Literary Fiction, Translated Works ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments Liam and melody callahan![]() ![]() What made it worse was the fact that the jury actually looked as though they were believing his bullshit. The blood in my veins felt as though it would boil over at any moment. Baby Ethan Callahan needs justice.” He turned and walked to his seat next to his proud peers. Melody Nicci Giovanni-Callahan needs justice. Liam Callahan wanted to wipe Melody off the face of the earth, and he thought he could get away with it. But money can buy you a lot of twisted things in this world. We don’t have body we wish we did so that her son could at least have that. Do not let that man in the fancy suit fool you. Witnesses will testify to his anger, hospital logs will show Melody’s suffering. “Ladies and gentlemen, her blood was found on his clothing and his boots. I was going to make sure you spent your entire life regretting this one long ass fucking opening statement. ![]() The only people who could have been there were her doctors and Mr. Only moments after giving birth, Melody disappeared. The way to get his freedom back, was to get rid of her. ![]() How does a car accident equate to a gunshot wound? Coincidentally, Melody was pregnant again. In fact, she had taken a gunshot wound to shoulder. However, that wasn’t the last time Melody was hospitalized. We’d lost our child…įrom the corner of my eye I noticed that Olivia stood up, took Ethan out of Coraline’s arms and walked over to the exit. The pain of losing our first child still stung. Health Insurance for Students in Australia: Detailed Discussion ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments Dogs of war book tchaikovsky![]() Instead, Tchaikovsky keeps the central focus on a primary technological idea – the bioform dogs – with all other ideas milling about on the periphery. ![]() ![]() There are so many inventive ideas on display in this novel that in the hands of a lesser author it would have been far too much. In his most recent novel, Dogs of War, again readers are provided with a unique view on our social structures through the lens of the animal kingdom. In Children of Time, we are drawn along by a spider-kind civil rights movement, where the male of the species attempts to gain equal footing with the women. ![]() In his Echoes of the Fall series, each group is a different animal and exhibits particular social traits based on those they display in the animal kingdom. Tchaikovsky really excels at finding interesting ways to comment on society through the use of animals in science fiction and fantasy settings. ![]() ![]() Yay! Another week in our Funday Sunday at the blog! Thank you to the author/publisher for a copy in exchange for a honest reviewįor more reviews on this week’s Advent releases, please check out the blog!! Very sweet and sexy, with strong hurt comfort tones, this nicely shows how love conquers a curse and sets both Laurence and Avery free. ![]() Usually, fairy tales aren’t typically my thing, but this was the exception. ![]() With the cold hard truth slapping him in the face, Laurence is determined to right some wrongs and win back Avery so he can keep him forever. When Avery and evidence of their time spent together disappears, Laurence realizes he had something truly special and has made a terrible mistake. When Laurence is asked to stay, he resists such a temptation because that’s just not practical despite the best holiday he’s had ever. ![]() One day turns into two, turns into three, until 12 days have gone by. ![]() Does it matter that Avery seems a bit mad, proclaiming he can do magic? When his train is delayed due to bad weather, his little trek to the village gets him lost in the woods, and there he finds a friendly Avery ready and willing to play the gracious host. This really for me, captured the holiday winter spirit.Īs per the blurb, Laurence is on his way home, released from military service after suffering a head injury during the war. ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments Little leaders book series![]() ![]() Little Leaders is a story of 40 notable women in US history, each with 2-3 paragraphs of biography. The book was nominated for an NAACP Image Award before its release date. Vashti is known for her bestselling novel Little Leaders, which tells stories of bold African-American women who shaped history. They were screened at the New York Film Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival, and Rotterdam International Film Festival. Some of her films were experimental and had a Caribbean origin and folklore. The author also received an MFA in Film and Video from the California Institute of Arts. She was awarded a BA in Media Studies and Studio Art from the University of Virginia. Vashti Harrison is an author, filmmaker, and illustrator born in Virginia but based in New York. Libby Loves Science: Mix and Measure (By:) The Addams Family: A Frightful Welcome (By:)Ĭece Loves Science: Push and Pull (With: ) Minnie and Moo: The Case of the Missing Jelly Donut (By:) ![]() Minnie and Moo and the Haunted Sweater (By:) ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Jon haidt the righteous mind![]() ![]() This topic is important because if there is really a serious case to be made that (a) our moral judgments are driven largely by our moral intuitions, and (b) our moral intuitions are strongly shaped by genetically hardwired “modules” that first evolved in our Pleistocene past, then our moral intuitions are cast in a new light. ![]() Just what are these fundamental, innate sources of moral intuition, and how can we show that we really have them? In previous chapters, he has argued that moral judgment is driven primarily by moral intuition-that the intuitive dog wags the rational tail-and that our moral intuitions cover more areas of life than just harm and fairness. ![]() In chapters 7 and 8, Haidt describes in detail his account of our innate “moral foundations”-a relatively small set of fundamental psychological mechanisms that underlie and produce our moral intuitions. ![]() ![]() Nevertheless, extensive study of many toxins has contributed to a greater understanding of their biology and chemistry. Studies readily separate and evaluate individual components, but it is very difficult to use purified components to make the original toxin or venom. ![]() One major complication to the study of plant and animal poisons arises from their complexity as mixtures. These toxic compounds are invaluable in the insight that they provide into the systems that they disrupt and poison. Some toxic compounds are used primarily to aid an animal in obtaining food while plants have developed toxic properties to specifically ward off being used as food. These toxic adaptations reflect how the organism interacts with its surroundings and with its predators. The toxic properties of plants and animals often enhance their ability to survive. Even the Ebers Papyrus, which dates to around 1550 bc, describes concoctions using plant substances as primary ingredients. History is replete with stories of the earliest humans using plant extracts and animal venoms for hunting, war, assassination, and political intrigue for millennia. Lepidoptera (Caterpillars, Moths, and Butterflies) Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Hornets) Loxosceles Species (Brown or Violin Spiders) ![]() Skeletal Muscle and Neuromuscular JunctionĪgelenopsis Species (American Funnel Web Spiders) ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments The Autumn Murders by Robert Gott![]() ![]() ![]() There’s a quick recap of the earlier books as the lead-in, explaining how the first in the series, The Holiday Murders, introduced the establishment of the Victorian Police Homicide Squad in 1943. Having said that, readers new to the series might find all of these novels very worthwhile reading. This series is plot- and character-driven crime fiction, but there’s enough here to give you some background, and some grasp of events from earlier novels. Readers who are new to this series might be fine starting out with The Orchard Murders. The fourth book in Robert Gott’s ‘Murders’ series frees its cast from the constraints of the newly formed Homicide Squad and plunges them straight into a baffling case that threatens many of their number. ![]() 6/26/2023 0 Comments Shakespeare complete works book![]() ![]() In a private sale shortly before his death in 2003, Sir John Paul Getty purchased a First Folio from Oriel College, Oxford, for an estimated US $5.6 million. A copy sold in 2001 at Christie's in New York for US $6.1 million, to Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. holds 82.īased on some highly publicized sales since 2000, three copies of the First Folio are known to be privately owned. Most known copies are held by institutions - the British Library holds five copies and the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. Of the estimated 750 copies originally printed, 228 are believed still in existence, although only 40 of those remain complete. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies were compiled by John Heminges and Henry Condell, Shakespeare's fellow actors in the King's Men, the theatrical company for which he wrote. Known as the First Folio, the 36 plays in Mr. While quarto editions of some of the plays and poems were published during Shakespeare's lifetime (1564 - 1616), the first collected plays did not appear until 1623, seven years after the Bard's death. Early editions are also some of the most valuable. ![]() Considered the greatest writer in the English language, William Shakespeare's works are among the world's most widely read, most intensely studied, and most passionately collected. ![]() |