![]() ![]() If, like me, you are curious about the world, life and how humans behave, this book has very good science in it. If this book wasn’t for you, who do you think might enjoy it more? ![]() Putting up with - for the sake of good science. An entertaining and engaging read.” - Forbes “Chock-full of startling, science-backed findings. A lucid report from the cutting edge of emotion science, How Emotions Are Made reveals the profound real-world consequences of this breakthrough for everything from neuroscience and medicine to the legal system and even national security, laying bare the immense implications of our latest and most intimate scientific revolution. Instead, Barrett shows, we construct each instance of emotion through a unique interplay of brain, body, and culture. Leading the charge is psychologist and neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett, whose research overturns the long-standing belief that emotions are automatic, universal, and hardwired in different brain regions. ![]() The science of emotion is in the midst of a revolution on par with the discovery of relativity in physics and natural selection in biology. “A brilliant and original book on the science of emotion, by the deepest thinker about this topic since Darwin.” - Daniel Gilbert, best-selling author of Stumbling on Happiness “A singular book, remarkable for the freshness of its ideas and the boldness and clarity with which they are presented.” - Scientific American A thought-provoking journey into emotion science.” - Wall Street Journal ![]()
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![]() ![]() But it is definitely 100% fun! You’ll enjoy learning about how this fantasy world operates and will soon be cheering on the band of adventurers as they seek to find the home of the dragons. With fun talking creatures and a magical world, this book seems part Narnia, part Harry Potter, and part completely its own deal. But with an ancient evil, The Golden One, on the loose, will they be able to accomplish their task or will this evil overtake them all? ![]() With a brownie named Sorrell, a human named Ben, a host of helpful talking rats, and even a homunculus named Twigleg, Firedrake sets out on his mission and together they seek to find the Rim of Heaven. And this new place they’re looking for happens to be their old home that has since fallen into legend-the Rim of Heaven! Not all the dragons believe this utopia still exists, but one brave dragon (Firedrake) sets out to seek this place and find a way for the dragons to survive. When humans start to encroach on the valley where the last of the dragons live, it’s time for them to find their way to somewhere new to call home. ![]() This book is a fun fantasy romp filled with common dragon lore as well as a few unexpected twists, and you’ll enjoy it from cover to cover! ![]() But one of the best is definitely Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke. When you’re looking for the best books about dragons, you’ll have lots to choose from. ![]() ![]() ![]() The attribution of villainy and heroism also challenges conventional biography. The complex interactions of some 70 characters (seven of them annoyingly called Thomas) are always sharply delineated, but the audience is left to decide whether lurid allegations against Anne Boleyn of adultery and even incest were slander by her murderous husband or held some truth in her desperate attempts to save her life by conceiving an heir. ![]() ![]() Elegantly compressing 1,246 pages of print into just over five and a half hours of stage time, the productions compellingly combine absolute dramatic clarity with tantalising historical ambiguity. The extraordinary enthusiasm for these books across page, stage and screen is partly due to the inherent dramatic power of the narratives: Henry VIII is probably the only figure, apart from Jesus Christ, of whom even the most truanting British schoolchild will have heard.Įven so, Mantel and dramatist Mike Poulton and director Jeremy Herrin bring to the familiar tale of doomed wives and religious convulsion a thrilling originality of psychology and storytelling. ![]() ![]() This isn’t hard-core fantasy by any means, but this is high-action fantasy. This book did have its share of bumps, but it was a very entertaining read. It might not always work, but in this case, I think it did. I really like when authors step out of their lane and try something new. Brown mostly writes romance and action romance so she took a chance to write fantasy, as an indie author, and I applaud her for that. I had no idea when I got my KU copy, but I was really excited to hear that. It was not until I was offered a review copy of this book through LezReviewBooks that I was told that this is actually a Maggie Brown book. This was one of the first books I picked up as I’m always in search of fantasy and paranormal KU gems. While I haven’t had much time to use it, I got one of those cheap deals on a three-month Kindle Unlimited membership. I have read most of the books she has released with Bella with In the Company of Crocodiles and Playing the Spy, being my two favorites. I have been a fan of Maggie Brown for a while now. This was a fun and entertaining fantasy book. Previous Lesbian Book Quotes of the Month.40 Best Lesbian Romance Books for Valentine’s.Lex’s Top 13 Best Lesfic Halloween Books 2020. ![]()
![]() ![]() Jones on Jamestown’s first slaves to historian Annette Gordon-Reed’s portrait of Sally Hemings to the seductive cadences of poets Jericho Brown and Patricia Smith, Four Hundred Souls weaves a tapestry of unspeakable suffering and unexpected transcendence.”- O: The Oprah Magazine a gateway to the solo works of all the voices in Kendi and Blain’s impressive choir.”- The Washington Post
![]() In I Take My Coffee Black, Tyler tells hilarious stories from his own life as a black man in America. By sharing his highs and exposing his lows, Tyler welcomes us into his world in order to help bridge the divides that seem to grow wider every day. The viral video's main point-the more you know someone, the more empathy, understanding, and compassion you have for that person-is the springboard for this book. ![]() He's appeared on Jimmy Kimmel and Sports Illustrated and has been profiled in the New York Times. ![]() Tyler Merritt's video "Before You Call the Cops" has been viewed millions of times. ![]() In this powerful memoir, the creator of the viral videos "Before You Call the Cops" and "Walking While Black", Tyler Merritt, shares his experiences as a Black man in America with truth, humor, and poignancy. ![]() ![]() ![]() Further dangers are beginning to emerge, however, as those calling themselves the Abominators plot together to destroy all the learning that has been discovered from the records of the Old Ones.Īnd, on top of this, now comes a fresh and terrible catastrophe - a large cometary fragment is hurtling towards Pern and cannot be deflected. ![]() Yet nothing in Pern stays stable for long. ![]() 'Absolutely fantastic' - ***** Reader review 'Anne McCaffrey has out-done herself yet again' - ***** Reader review 'Such tension and emotion throughout this book!' - ***** Reader review A journey into pure fantasy, just what's needed to escape for a few hours.' - ***** Reader review ![]() 'Anne McCaffrey, one of the queens of science fiction, knows exactly how to give her public what it wants' - THE TIMES If you like David Eddings, Brandon Sanderson and Douglas Adams, you will love this. A world of dragons and other worldly forces a world of mighty power and ominous threat. Let Anne McCaffrey, storyteller extraordinare and New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author, take you on a journey to a whole new world: Pern. ![]() ![]() I will never be the same.Then, after countless days of being apart, Jay and I finally are reunited but everything has changed. My new situation has changed my perspective on everything. Slowly, I, Meg, am trying to put the pieces of me back together, alone and separated from Jay. Īfter several days of coma, I have finally woken up but I am not the same. In the end, there is just one thing we can rely on: the beast in us. Whom can I trust? Whose truth is reality. ![]() Everything but one definite plan: escape from White's clutches. After several days of coma, I have finally woken up but I am not the same. ![]() ![]() ![]() I was as hollow and empty as the spaces between the stars. Somehow, Chandler’s detective Marlowe walks the straight and narrow path and comes out alive at the end: ![]() It’s about a nasty, persistent evil that, once you poke it with a stick, keeps coming back to snare you and hurt you. This is no tight Agatha Christie thriller than runs like a Swiss clockwork. Chandler’s wife, Cissy, was dying and he felt more vulnerable. I might even go so far as to say it is his masterpiece, though back then I liked The Big Sleep and Farewell My Lovely more. In the meantime, I have aged-not exactly like a fine wine, but aged nonetheless-and found myself loving Raymond Chandler’s penultimate work. I had read The Long Goodbye many years ago, and liked it. The following is based on my review of Raymond Chandler’s The Long Goodbye for Goodreads.Com: ![]() ![]() ![]() The prime minister’s speech on the government agenda for the coming year was somewhat overshadowed. It was the morning of the opening of the 64th session of the Diet, Japan’s parliament, and the Emperor himself was present. ![]() But what had seemed to be posturing had suddenly become very real. ![]() He was a literary celebrity, a macho and provocative but also rather ridiculous character, perhaps akin to Norman Mailer in the US, or Michel Houellebecq in today’s France. Mishima’s death shocked the Japanese public. Mishima stepped back inside and said: “I don’t think they heard me.” Then he knelt down and killed himself by seppuku, the Samurai’s ritual suicide. ![]() The audience, at first politely quiet, or just stunned into silence, soon drowned him out with jeers. He railed against the US-backed state and constitution, berated the soldiers for their submissiveness and challenged them to return the Emperor to his pre-war position as living god and national leader. He was Japan’s most famous living novelist when, on 25 November 1970, he went to an army base in Tokyo, kidnapped the commander, had him assemble the garrison, then tried to start a coup. The figure is Yukio Mishima, real name Kimitake Hiraoka. Standing on a balcony, as if on stage, the small, immaculate figure appeals to the army assembled below. ![]() |