![]() ![]() It is a beautiful allegory of the soul moving towards higher consciousness through interaction with natural elements and each other. Most of all I love that the characters do not place blame for their struggles in life. I love the clarity of the characters and the overriding theme of man in nature. The Meadow transports us back in time to the events that have shaped the American west and so vividly recreates the sense of wonder that humans must have felt while in those wild environs. My passion is hiking and exploration and I often think to myself that it would be exquisite to somehow be able to time travel at a waterfall or mountaintop to see the events that have taken place over time. I will recommend this book to anyone who has a love of nature and of the history of the settlement of America. Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why? ![]() Reading the Meadow is almost like reading a poem. ![]()
0 Comments
![]() ![]() The sometimes-tedious, sometimes-intense moment-by-moment breakdown of events in the 31-foot RV (that seems much smaller as the night wears on) magnifies the claustrophobia. As Red battles internally with her guilt and grief over her mother’s death, her companions become increasingly volatile and paranoid as the group tries to discern whose secret is the one the hostage taker is after. Red, the Lavoy siblings, and three other friends-Reyna Flores-Serrano, Arthur Moore, and Simon Yoo-embark in a borrowed RV on a journey to Gulf Shores but instead find themselves in the crosshairs of a long-range rifle held by a man demanding that one of them reveal an important secret. ![]() Since her police captain mother’s murder, Red has been inseparable from Maddy Lavoy, though it’s often difficult for Red to witness the warm family dynamics Maddy and her brother, Oliver, share with their mother, an assistant DA and Red’s late mother’s best friend. Red Kenny and her friends’ spring break road trip veers off course when they are detained by a sniper. ![]() ![]() ![]() There’s no shock to this revelation after reading through Leibovich’s latest. ![]() ![]() “I’ve been tired of the Trump story for a long, long time.” “I’m absolutely tired of this story, no question,” he sighs. Leibovich had chronicled this milieu of Washington in a 2013 bestseller by the same name, and when Donald Trump steamrolled into the capital city in January 2017, he undertook a sequel, Thank You For Your Servitude: Donald Trump’s Washington and the Price of Submission, out on July 12.Īnd how was the journalist responsible for popularizing “This Town” feeling about it after four years of Donald Trump? The honeyed wood paneling, sienna leather, and $34 wagyu steak salad screamed “This Town,” shorthand for the circle jerk of Washington lobbyists, lawmakers, and lackeys who ostensibly run our global superpower. I met Mark Leibovich on a Friday in June in exactly the sort of place I’d expect to find him: At BLT Steak, a power lunch spot three blocks from the White House in the heart of downtown D.C. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() They obtained the rights from Clarke himself.Īrthur C. The rights to the Rama novels rights have been controlled for 20 years by Morgan Freeman and his partner Lori McCreary’s Revelations Entertainment, which will produce the movie along with Alcon. It’s currently winning awards and is a box office hit (for pandemic times). Villeneuve directed the critical and audience favorite of 2021, Dune. He followed that with Arrival, a truly amazing adaptation of Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang (Nebula Award), a story of timeless love and alien first contact. ![]() His first major hit is the crime-thriller Sicario. He’s had fantasy and scifi elements in almost all his work. Clarke’s classic sci-fi novel Rendezvous With Rama for their frequent collaborator to direct.ĭenis Villeneuve is a French-Canadian filmmaker known for his thoughtful, deeply felt approach to commercial films. ![]() Having brought Arrakis to life with his acclaimed adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune, Denis Villeneuve will journey even further into iconic science fiction foundations with Rendezvous With Rama.Īlcon Entertainment, previously partnering with Villeneuve on “Prisoners” and “Blade Runner 2049,” has acquired film rights to Arthur C. ![]() ![]() Intuitions vs Strategic Reasoning Story 1: Eating dog ![]() The Righteous Mind provides the key to understanding the miracle of human cooperation, as well as the disadvantages of our eternal divisions and conflicts. Haidt’s investigation also shows why liberals, conservatives, and libertarians have disparate intuitions about right and wrong, and why each party is right about many of its primary concerns. But the main message of the book is ancient – it is the realisation that we are all self-righteous hypocrites.ĭrawing on his 25 years of research on moral psychology, the author Jonathan Haidt explains that moral judgements shouldn’t arise from reason, but rather from gut feelings. This book draws on the latest research in neuroscience, genetics, social psychology and evolutionary modelling. The Righteous Mind examines why it’s difficult for us to get along and understands why society is so easily divided into hostile groups (each so certain of its righteousness). This week, Jonesy and Ashto explore the concept of human nature and history from the perspective of moral psychology. What You Will Learn from The Righteous Mind ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Emily said she had never seen him cry so hard. ![]() When Rob saw all those rows and rows of dogs in cages, knowing that most of them would probably be put to death, he began sobbing. With much coaxing, Rob agreed to accompany Emily to the local animal shelter “just to look” at dogs. Rob thought Emily was being unreasonable. Emily thought Rob was being cold and unfeeling. They went through several weekends during which all they did was fight about the dog issue. ![]() In his logical, analytical way, Rob gave her every reason why the timing was not right, for example: How could you show the house with a puppy running around, peeing on the floor? On an intellectual level, Emily knew he was right, but her heart insisted she would be happier with the dog. Emily argued that a dog would provide her with some needed company, and make her feel secure when alone in their home. At the same time, they argued about whether or not to get a dog. Emily stayed back, preparing their house for a sale. I worked with one couple for whom this was the case: Rob had taken a new job several hours away. Such unplanned, unexpected emotion can often prove overwhelming. Part of the problem for some men may be that they have silenced their feelings for so long that they haven't developed resources for handling them when they do arise. Men’s feelings may take everyone off guard. ![]() ![]() ![]() After returning to England, Christie wrote continuously for the rest of her life, interrupted only by a stint assisting in the pharmacy of University College Hospital in London during World War II. The Middle East would become a setting for and influence on her mid-career novels. ![]() In 1930, she traveled to Istanbul where she met her second husband, the archaeologist Max Mallowan. After the war, she published her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, featuring the iconic detective Hercule Poirot, whom she based in part on Belgian soldiers she treated as a nurse in Torquay. At the beginning of World War I, she married an army officer named Archibald Christie, but Archibald’s infidelity eventually led to their divorce in 1928. Christie also displayed an early talent for writing, finishing her first novel in 1911, though she was unable to find a publisher for it. She was educated alternately at home and in Paris and grew into a devoted and voracious reader. Although her father died prematurely in 1901, she had a happy childhood. Agatha Christie was born Agatha Miller to an upper-middle class family near the turn of the nineteenth century. ![]() ![]() Metaphor, the authors explain, is a fundamental mechanism of mind, one that allows us to use what we know about our physical and social experience to provide understanding of countless other subjects. The now-classic Metaphors We Live By changed our understanding of metaphor and its role in language and the mind. Because such metaphors structure our most basic understandings of our experience, they are "metaphors we live by"-metaphors that can shape our perceptions and actions without our ever noticing them. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It was perfect for me, I wanted to continuously read it until I knew what the ending would be for Liberty and Killian. I am sad that Idol is a standalone because I adored the story of Liberty and Kallian and wish their was more.In terms of my reading experience I had no trouble getting into this book, I found it to have somewhat of an average pace not too fast and not too slow. Idol is a the first book in the VIP series and my second experience with Kristen Callihan as an author, I have previously read The Hook Up which I enjoyed however I was much more engaged with this story. Because, with Libby, everything has changed. I’ve got to find a way to coax the hermit from her shell and keep her with me. The world is clamoring for me to get back on stage, but I’m not willing to leave her. ![]() When I get my hands on her, she is scorching hot and more addictive than all the fans who’ve screamed my name. ![]() She’s grouchy, a recluse-and kind of cute. It all fell apart with one fateful decision. How do you keep an idol when everyone is intent on taking him away?Īs lead singer for the biggest rock band in the world, I lived a life of dreams. Problem is, the world thinks he’s theirs. ![]() Sexy, charming, and just a little bit dirty, he’s slowly wearing me down, making me crave more. With the face of a god and the arrogance to match, the pest won’t leave. I found Killian drunk and sprawled out on my lawn like some lost prince. ![]() ![]() Stahl reads one that announces “German Divisions Prepare to March.” While things appear normal on the surface, the newspaper headlines are rather ominous. ![]() It smelled as it had smelled when he was twenty-five.” Our movie star is “walking slowly, looking at everything, he couldn’t get enough of the Parisian air it smelled of a thousand years of rain dripping on stone, smelled of rough black tobacco and garlic and drains, of perfume, of potatoes frying in fat. The author’s appreciation for the atmosphere of this beautiful city is always worth savoring. He checks into the hotel then heads out to the city streets to rediscover his old haunts. Stahl lived in Paris before he became a movie star. ![]() ![]() He travels by ocean liner to France to star in a motion picture, “After the War.” At the dock, he is met by Zolly, the movie studio’s man in Paris and whisked away in a luxurious automobile. ![]() |