"This important book explores how technology keeps us hooked, why that's destructive-and how to take back control." - People Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take Alter brilliantly illuminates the new obsessions that are controlling our lives and offers the tools we need to rescue our businesses, our families, and our sanity." "One of the most mesmerizing and important books I've read in quite some time. Arianna Huffington, author of The Sleep Revolution and Thrive "If you can't stop checking, clicking, surfing and liking, put your device down and read Adam Alter's Irresistible, an important, groundbreaking book about why we're addicted to technology, how we got here, and what we should do next." enjoyable yet alarming book."- Washington Post He takes in everything (which today is most things) whose business model depends on being irresistible. "Alter's sweep is broad: He includes not just the more obvious addictive technologies such as slot machines and video games, but the whole sweep of social media, dating apps, online shopping and other binge-inducing programs. Irresistible is a fascinating and much needed exploration of one of the most troubling phenomena of modern times." -Malcolm Gladwell, author of New York Times bestsellers David and Goliath and Outliers "As if to prove his point, Adam Alter has written a truly addictive book about the rise of addiction.
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Tells the story of three POWs who endure the hell of the Japanese camps on the Burma-Siam railway - Colonel Nicholson, a man prepared to sacrifice his life but not his dignity Major Warden, a modest hero, saboteur and deadly killer Commander Shears, who escaped from hell but was sent back. Description for The Bridge on the River Kwai Paperback. As their relationship deepens, Veda reconnects with the world around her, and begins to discover who she is and what dance truly means to her. A Time to Dance Padma Venkatraman 4.10 3,918 ratings688 reviews Padma Venkatraman’s inspiring story of a young girl’s struggle to regain her passion and find a new peace is told lyrically through verse that captures the beauty and mystery of India and the ancient bharatanatyam dance form. Then Veda meets Govinda, a young man who approaches dance as a spiritual pursuit. But Veda refuses to let her disability rob her of her dreams, and she starts all over again, taking beginner classes with the youngest dancers. For a girl who’s grown used to receiving applause for her dance prowess and flexibility, adjusting to a prosthetic leg is painful and humbling. Veda, a classical dance prodigy in India, lives and breathes dance-so when an accident leaves her a below-knee amputee, her dreams are shattered. This is a stunning novel about spiritual awakening, the power of art, and above all, the courage and resilience of the human spirit. Padma Venkatraman’s inspiring story of a young girl’s struggle to regain her passion and find a new peace is told lyrically through verse that captures the beauty and mystery of India and the ancient bharatanatyam dance form. Unlike most slaves-and in violation of laws forbidding slaves to be educated-Agnes Hobbs had been taught to read and write. Agnes Hobbs was the Burwells' house slave, caring for the Burwell children and acting as the family's seamstress. Sources place it as early as 1818 and as late as 1840 based on records from the Burwell household, February 1818 seems the most likely date, although other evidence from Keckley's lifetime suggests that 1824 or 1825 may be the correct year.ĭetails of her family are better known. However, this book and its unique perspective remain valuable for researchers and historians today.Įlizabeth Keckley was born into slavery as Elizabeth Hobbs on the estate of Colonel Armistead Burwell in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. Keckley's autobiography Behind the Scenes or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House caused considerable controversy at the time of its publication, with some accusing Keckley of betraying the confidence of Mrs. American slave, seamstress, and author Elizabeth Keckley (c.1818-1907) had a close friendship with First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln during her time in the White House. The queen starts to notice a change in the king and starts seeing him less and less. The Plot: It begins with love and lust towards the new queen and king, they have separate bedrooms and often make love. This story is a 17+ story that has violence and graphic sex depicted. The story had very little dialogue with most of the story delivered through narration. The images leave a lasting impression with the mix of bold color with dark colors. The images are hauntingly beautiful and very graphic. In this story it is flipped where the stepmother is good and loving, her stepdaughter is evil incarnate. The story is told from the Stepmother’s perspective, notice I didn’t say evil stepmother. Snow, Glass, Apple’s by Colleen Doran adapted from a Neil Gaiman short story is a haunting adaptation of Snow White told in a graphic novel form. Ive always loved wild people and wild places, always been drawn to them, and here are some of the stories. Now if youre reading the above and are thinking this was some kind of school reunion with a bunch of old codgers on Zimmer fames, playing inflatable ball games and drinking Dandelion & Burdock, mate, youve got it all wrong! If youve worked holiday towns as a seasonal worker, either in the UK or abroad, then youll get it or if youre looking to work a season in Spain or Portugal or the South coast of England, then these are the tough but crazy times you can expect. There were even people whod missed each other first time around, yet all of us have a very rare and exceptional connection. And do you know what, it was as if we hadnt skipped a beat. This book recalls those days and tells the story of bringing a special group of people back together again after almost 40 years. We lived off our wits and, yes, from time to time we were rogues, but we had each others backs and we had some laughs. Many worked the deckchairs, some worked hotels, pubs, bars, or nightclubs, either as bar staff or bouncers. We were seasonal workers during the late 70s and early 80s in Bournemouth. Bournemouth Boys and Boscombe Girls - Were the oddballs, weirdoes, comedians, eccentrics, head cases and hard cases, and this book is for those who get it In the lead-up to a recent reunion party, many of the old stories came out. When he wins the pools he buys a remote Sussex house and calmly abducts Miranda, believing she will grow to love him in time. He is obsessed with a beautiful stranger, the art student Miranda. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. The Collector John Fowles 3.98 73,474 ratings5,431 reviews Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick collects butterflies and takes photographs. Category: Fiction Contemporary Fiction Britain/UK Modern ISBN: 009974371x. Gratis frakt inom Sverige över 199 kr för privatpersoner. She, the creator, desperate for her freedom, tries to be understanding but cannot banish her comtempt for everything anti-life that the collector stands for. The Collector av John Fowles (3 röster) Häftad Engelska, 115 Köp Spara som favorit Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar. The situation is seen first from the collectors point of view- he thinks the chloroform pad no more vicious than his butterfly net, and patiently waits for the barriers of class and taste that inhibit their love to break down in the limbo of their isolation. A chance pools win enables him to capture the art student Miranda and keep her in the cellar of the Sussex house he has bought with the windfall. Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick collects butterflies and takes photographs. This book is available and ready to be shipped. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. The family soon begins to figure out what Horrorland is all about, but will they live to tell it. The Monsters they will help, but say you’re not going to ever want to leave. The monsters who the family assume are in costumes ask about a phone or assistance. Because of the kids begging the family desided to check it out. Only the family has left the map on the table and is lost in a desert, they turn around and finally start to see trees, and a billboard to Horrorland. The Plot: the Morris Family is heading to a Zoo amusement park, that sounds like Busch Gardens. 9o% of this book is great, but man is that last 10% weak, I was thinking this could be my top Goosebump book, to finally rival Stay Out of the Basement but the ending ruined it. I really enjoyed myself and felt my pulse go up as I read. Stine has fun coming up with horror filled rides and amusements, I wish they would ridden more rides, they only ride 3, one of the rides they go on twice. This one drives the nostalgia as major plot point is finding a phone, and having kids not be on the phone for a long car ride with nothing but scenery to look at. The scares check a lot of boxes, fear of the unknown, fear of abandonment, fear of the dark, fear of being trapped, fear of confined spaces, and fear of spiders, bats, and wolves. One Day at Horrorland is the 16th book in the Goosebumps series original order. Stine is one of the scariest Goosebumps stories but ends with weak ending. Tehlor lives with their daughter, partner, and two small dogs in Oregon, where they grow heirloom corn and continue their quest to perfect the vegan tamale.Īnna-Marie McLemore (they/them) was born in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and taught by their family to hear la llorona in the Santa Ana winds. It is currently in development at Disney as a television series to be produced by Eva Longoria. It received four starred reviews, and was named Amazon’s best book of 2020 in the 9-12 age range. Tehlor’s debut middle grade novel, Paola Santiago and the River of Tears, was published by the Rick Riordan Presents imprint at Disney/Hyperion. Its sequel, We Unleash the Merciless Storm, followed to continuing acclaim, while Miss Meteor (co-written with National Book Award Nominee Anna-Marie McLemore) was named to the American Library Association’s 2021 Rainbow List, honoring outstanding contributions in LGBTQIA teen fiction. It has been featured on Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, and O by Oprah Magazine’s best books lists, and was a 2019 book of the year selection by Kirkus and School Library Journal. Their debut young adult novel, We Set the Dark on Fire, received six starred reviews, as well as the Oregon Spirit Book Award for debut fiction, and the Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award runner up honor for debut speculative fiction. Tehlor Kat Mejia is a bestselling and award winning author of young adult and middle grade fiction. |