![]() ![]() Pandora has all kinds of wonderful qualities, but she is curious, and can’t resist opening a box she isn’t supposed to open, which releases terrible evils out onto the Earth. Miss Justineau often reads to the children from books about Greek gods and goddesses, and Melanie’s favorite is about Pandora, “the girl with all the gifts.”Īccording to legend, Pandora was the first human woman created by the gods, as a punishment to humanity for Promentheus’s theft of the secret of fire. But Melanie is smarter than any of the other kids, and she also has a crush on one of her teachers, Miss Justineau, who is the only one who treats Melanie with compassion. ![]() Every day she is strapped into a wheelchair and taken to a school, which she attends along with other similarly-restrained children. Much of the story is told from the perspective of Melanie, a ten-year-old girl who lives in a cell in an army barrack outside of what was formerly London. The Girl with All the Gifts is a post-apocalyptic zombie novel that distinguishes itself with a big twist uncommon to any zombie stories I have previously seen. ![]()
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![]() They’ve had three front office iterations and two head coaches since the beginning of the so-called “Process.” They’ve thrown Ben Simmons under the bus. They’ve tried different stars to put around Embiid. Today? Today we need to talk about the 76ers, about league MVP Joel Embiid, about the incredibly shrinking James Harden and about a team-building experiment that has reached its expiration date. After a 112-88 beatdown of the Philadelphia 76ers, the Celtics will move on to face the Miami Heat and by all rights should be holding the Larry O’Brien trophy about a month from now.īut that’s a column for another day. ![]() ![]() It was clinical, it was ruthless and it was spectacular. ![]() ![]() What we saw from the Boston Celtics in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals was exactly what you’d expect from the best team remaining in the NBA playoffs on its home court with two star players and the deepest rotation in the league. ![]() ![]() Otherwise, it’s basically the author trying to figure out new and weirder ways to torture Ben. He is the only “funny” part of the novel. Needless to say, he ends up meeting a talking crab who talks a lot of shit. There is very little rhyme or reason to what happens to him along that path, but maybe that’s the point. A path that leads him on all sorts of surreal adventures. He goes for a hike before dinner and finds himself on a path that he can’t leave. Instead it’s a tale about a regular family dude named Ben who travels from Maryland to a mountain retreat in Pennsylvania for a work thing. Which makes it sound like it’s Jack and the Beanstalk, which it isn’t. Nope, it’s like a straight-up fantasy novel with giants and magic beans and shit. I wasn’t full of hi-jinx or wacky characters and slick dialogue. But the novel was nothing like that at all. But, in retrospect, I think it’s mostly because I understood there was some humor in this novel and, like most of Haissan’s novels, has a water-living creature on the cover. Even though I’ve never actually read a Carl Haissan book. ![]() I thought it was going to be like a Carl Hiaasen book. ![]() ![]() I gotta say that I didn’t quite know what I was getting myself into with The Hike. ![]() ![]() ![]() The themes are that of being patient, whilst not giving up, in the face of rejection and tolerance of people who are different. ![]() The writing is simple and spare but with well-chosen words, which should leave children effortlessly remembering that van Gogh painted sunflowers, and that he was unappreciated in his lifetime. The illustrations are bright and cheerful, with a couple of repeated motifs, such as van Gogh's pipe and straw hat, to ensure the images are simple but memorable. ![]() Use of a child's perspective renders the subject matter more accessible for children, helps to disguise the educational aspect of the book and brings a fresh sense of wonder to the artist. ![]() ![]() In a style that combines wit, a masterful command of his subject, and an encyclopedic range of reference, Gordon includes such chapters as “How to Design a Worm” and “The Advantage of Being a Beam,” offering humorous insights in human and natural creation.Īrchitects and engineers will appreciate the clear and cogent explanations of the concepts of stress, shear, torsion, fracture, and compression. Structures: Or Why Things Don’t Fall Down is an informal explanation of the basic forces that hold together the ordinary and essential things of this world–from buildings and bodies to flying aircraft and eggshells. Structures – For anyone who has ever wondered why suspension bridges don’t collapse under eight lanes of traffic, how dams hold back–or give way under–thousands of gallons of water, or what principles guide the design of a skyscraper, a bias-cut dress, or a kangaroo, this book will ease your anxiety and answer your questions. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Several of his novels dealt with a Welsh theme, the best-known being How Green Was My Valley (1939), which won international acclaim and was made into a classic Hollywood film. Only after his death was it discovered that his claim that he was born in St. ![]() Llewellyn was born Richard David Vivian Llewellyn Lloyd of Welsh parents in Hendon, Middlesex in 1906. Richard David Vivian Llewellyn Lloyd, better known by his pen name Richard Llewellyn, was a Welsh novelist. One of Huw's three sisters, Angharad, makes an unhappy marriage to a wealthy mine owner and never overcomes her clandestine relationship with the local minister.Īfter everyone Huw has known either dies or moves away, he decides to leave as well, and tells us the story of his life just before he does. Later, Huw's father is also killed in the mine. His five brothers and his father are miners after the eldest brother, Ivor, is killed in an industrial accident, Huw moves in with his sister-in-law, Bronwen, with whom he has always been in love. Huw's academic ability sets him apart from his elder brothers and enables him to consider a future away from this troubled industrial environment. Set in Wales in the late Victorian era (the precise time is never clear), How Green Was My Valley tells the story of the Morgans, a poor but respectable mining family of the South Wales valleys, through the eyes of the youngest son, Huw Morgan. Summary | Author | Book Reviews | Discussion Questions ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Eusebius devoted himself to his studies, especially to the study of the Bible. He made diligent use of Pamphilus’ magnificent library. Joining the theological school of Pamphilus, Eusebius became an earnest student. At an early age, he associated himself with Pamphilus, an overseer of the church in Caesarea. Likely, Eusebius was born in Palestine about 260 C.E. ![]() Overawed by the emperor, the bishops, with two exceptions only, signed the creed, many of them much against their inclination.” Was Eusebius among the exceptions? What lesson can we learn from the stand that he took? Let us look at the background of Eusebius-his credentials and undertakings. the crucial formula expressing the relation of Christ to God in the creed issued by the council, ‘of one substance with the Father’. Eusebius had studied the Scriptures diligently and had been a defender of Christian monotheism.Īt the Council of Nicaea, “Constantine himself presided,” relates The Encyclopædia Britannica, “actively guiding the discussions, and personally proposed. Among those present was the man regarded the most learned of his age, Eusebius of Caesarea. His objective: to settle the much debated issue of God’s relationship to his Son. IN THE year 325 C.E., Roman Emperor Constantine summoned all bishops to Nicaea. Eusebius-“The Father of Church History”? ![]() ![]() ![]() I will say, if you're the kind of person that minds fade-to-black, this is fade to black- so walk in with that knowledge. I am a sucker for a road trip romance and the "only one bed" trope and this one certainly delivers that. So, like, when do you do the thing you're supposed to be doing all the time? While I understood nothing about the game, I loved that it was included and such a big part of the book. So many times I read a "sports" romance, where there's actually no sport on the page. ![]() ![]() I enjoyed this book so much!! I will say, the game play did play a large part in the book, and it mostly all went over my head, but also, I really liked that they actually played the thing they played on the page. If you're looking for something cute and adorable to pick up this summer, look no further than Conventionally Yours. All the light and fluffy cuteness you need ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The federal government guaranteed urban mortgages in an attempt to overcome resistance to lending to Black buyers - as if unprofitability, rather than racism, was the cause of housing segregation. Meanwhile, new policies meant to encourage low-income homeownership created new methods to exploit Black homeowners. The same racist structures and individuals remained intact after redlining's end, and close relationships between regulators and the industry created incentives to ignore improprieties. Race for Profit uncovers how exploitative real estate practices continued well after housing discrimination was banned. The disaster that ensued revealed that racist exclusion had not been eradicated, but rather transmuted into a new phenomenon of predatory inclusion. Reasoning that the turbulence could be calmed by turning Black city-dwellers into homeowners, they passed the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, and set about establishing policies to induce mortgage lenders and the real estate industry to treat Black homebuyers equally. ![]() By the late 1960s and early 1970s, reeling from a wave of urban uprisings, politicians finally worked to end the practice of redlining. ![]() ![]() The plot is reminiscent of the old tale, The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Lindy, full of tricks, really torments her sister. The competitive spirit between twins really drives the story. The dummy becomes a living object, ready to make the twins his slave. She reads it out loud, which casts a spell over Mr. One day, Kris finds a note in the dummy’s pocket, written in a strange language. When she finally does get her own old puppet that she names Mr. ![]() Kris is desperate for her own dummy to prove that she can be a better ventriloquist than Lindy. Lindy’s excitement over the dummy is sincere, and it sparks a new hobby. The rivalry really kicks into high gear once Lindy finds an old ventriloquist dummy in a dumpster near their home. ![]() Lindy tends to tease Kris a little too harshly at times, leaning over to the side of bullying. Twelve year-old twin sisters, Lindy and Kris, have a bit of a hard time getting along. This is the 7th book in the Goosebumps series, published in May of 1993. Goosebumps: Night of the Living Dummy was written by R. ![]() |