![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Pakistani president authorises the use of nuclear weapons in the case of an Indian military counter-strike. Its desperate government prepares a last-ditch attempt to increase the flow of the Indus river by bombing half-constructed Indian dams in Kashmir. Pakistan, crippled by drought brought on by disappearing Himalayan glaciers, sees 27 million farmers flee to refugee camps in neighbouring India. Meanwhile, in New York, a Category 5-plus superstorm pushes through the narrows between Staten Island and Brooklyn, devastating waterside areas from Long Island to Manhattan. Vast pumping systems keep the water out of most of Holland, but the residents of Bangladesh and the Nile Delta enjoy no such protection. ![]() Displaced victims of North Africa's drought establish a new colony on Greenland's southern tip, one of the few inhabitable areas not already crowded with environmental refugees. On the edge of Greenland, rivers ten times the size of the Amazon are gushing off the ice sheet into the north Atlantic. Picture yourself a few decades from now, in a world in which average temperatures are three degrees higher than they are now. An eye-opening and vital account of the future of our earth, and our civilisation, if current rates of global warming persist, by the highly acclaimed author of 'High Tide'. ![]()
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Sean carroll many worlds book7/8/2023 ![]() ![]() Many of every one of us.Ĭopies of you are generated thousands of times per second. We just have to accept that there is more than one of us in the universe. Putting his professional reputation on the line with this audacious yet entirely reasonable book, Carroll says that the crisis can now come to an end. Academics discourage students from working on the "dead end" of quantum foundations. Science popularizers keep telling us how weird it is, how impossible it is to understand. Quantum mechanics has always had obvious gaps-which have come to be simply ignored. Most physicists haven’t even recognized the uncomfortable truth: physics has been in crisis since 1927. His reconciling of quantum mechanics with Einstein’s theory of relativity changes, well, everything. ![]() ![]() Already hailed as a masterpiece, Something Deeply Hidden shows for the first time that facing up to the essential puzzle of quantum mechanics utterly transforms how we think about space and time. Sean Carroll, theoretical physicist and one of this world’s most celebrated writers on science, rewrites the history of 20th century physics. As you read these words, copies of you are being created. ![]() The raven cycle dreamer trilogy7/8/2023 ![]() * "A complex web of magical intrigue and heartstopping action." - The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review this installment more tense and foreboding than its predecessor - and every bit as gripping." - Publishers Weekly, starred review that meld magic and reality into an engrossing, believable whole." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review The pace is electric, the prose marvelously sure-footed and strong, but it's the complicated characters. ![]() Stiefvater's careful exploration of class and wealth and their limitations and opportunities astounds with its sensitivity and sophistication. ![]() this story of secrets and dreams, of brothers and of all-too-real magic is an absolute marvel of imagination and an irresistible invitation to wonder." - Booklist, starred review * "Richly written and filled with figurative language. * "The prose is crisp and dazzling and the dialogue positively crackles." - School Library Journal, starred review ![]() Readers will snap up the final installment the second it's available." - Publishers Weekly, starred review * "Stiefvater's razor-sharp characterizations, drily witty dialogue, and knack for unexpected metaphors and turns of phrase make for sumptuous, thrilling reading. * "We have not yet finished loving these characters and exploring their world." - The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review * "Expect this truly one-of-a-kind series to come to a thundering close." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review ![]() * " Blue Lily, Lily Blue is, simply, a triumph." - Booklist, starred review ![]() Kant enlightenment7/8/2023 ![]() Kant's opening paragraph of the essay is a much-cited definition of a lack of enlightenment as people's inability to think for themselves due not to their lack of intellect, but lack of courage. ![]() ![]() Zöllner's question was addressed to a broad intellectual public community, in reply to Biester's essay entitled: "Proposal, not to engage the clergy any longer when marriages are conducted" (April 1783) and a number of leading intellectuals replied with essays, of which Kant's is the most famous and has had the most impact. In the December 1784 publication of the Berlinische Monatsschrift ( Berlin Monthly), edited by Friedrich Gedike and Johann Erich Biester, Kant replied to the question posed a year earlier by the Reverend Johann Friedrich Zöllner, who was also an official in the Prussian government. " Answering the Question: What Is Enlightenment?" ( German: Beantwortung der Frage: Was ist Aufklärung?), often referred to simply as " What Is Enlightenment?", is a 1784 essay by the philosopher Immanuel Kant. ![]() Jingo audible7/7/2023 ![]() ![]() The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Jingo is the fourth book in the City Watch series. As two armies march, Commander Vimes of Ankh-Morpork City Watch faces unpleasant foes who are out to get him. ![]() And even if they don't have much in the way of actual weaponry. It is after all every citizen's right to bear arms to defend their own. Of course, no-one would dream of starting a war without a perfectly good reason.such as a 'strategic' piece of old rock in the middle of nowhere. The day Jingo rode into Tower Creek, the town was busy celebrating its twentieth anniversary. When the neighbours in question are the proud empires of Klatch and Ankh-Morpork, those are going to be some pretty large garden tools indeed. ![]() People'd live for ages side by side, nodding at one another amicably on their way to work, and then some trivial thing would happen and someone would be having a garden fork removed from their ear.' ![]() Nat reeve nettleblack7/7/2023 ![]() ![]() All told with wit, flair and heart: a true delight.” – Eley Williams, author of The Liar’s Dictionary and Attrib. Nat Reeve's novel presents a vivid, entirely engrossing story where subterfuge, scurrilousness, skullduggery and sincerity zip through the pages. ![]() “A joy to be invited into the raucous, charming, conniving world of Nettleblack. ![]() Told through journal entries and letters, the book is a picaresque ride through the perils and joys of finding your place in the world, challenging myths about queerness – particularly transness – as a modern phenomenon, while exploring the practicalities of articulating queer perspectives when you’re struggling for words. Subversive and playful, Nettleblackis a neo-Victorian queer farce that follows a runaway heir/ess and an organisation of crime-fighting misfits as they struggle with the misdeeds besieging a rural English town! *Bookings close at 6, but you can still pop along and get a ticket on the door!* ![]() Chasing The Light by Oliver Stone7/7/2023 ![]() In August 1944, the Allies made their D-Day landing in western Europe and liberated Paris. The Red Army began pushing the Germans back across Russia into eastern Europe, while the Allies bogged down in Italy. #4 The tide of war began to shift in 1943 with the shocking Soviet victory at Stalingrad. She was a coquette, and she enjoyed the attentions of several sophisticated men. She finished her baccalaureate at age eighteen and went on to attend the prestigious Racing Club of Paris. ![]() #3 My mother, Jacqueline Goddet, was a natural rebel. Chasing The Light: Writing, Directing, and Surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador, and the Movie Game by Oliver Stone Paperback 17. Tom Sutcliffe talks to Oliver Stone, who directed Platoon and wrote Midnight Express, about his life and struggles to make movies, chronicled in his memoir Chasing the Light. She must have wondered who were these barbaric creatures who built these granite towers so high into the sky. #2 In the harbor, I can imagine my mother’s eyes, coming from a terrible war that nearly destroyed human civilization, sailing past on that icy deck. ![]() I was drifting through the crowd to the bottom of the island, past the barbeque families waving little flags back at the ships, lugging their ice chests and folding chairs. Sample Book Insights: #1 I was coming up on thirty, and I was broke, but I didn’t want to think about that anymore. Available in used condition with free delivery in. Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Buy Chasing The Light: How I Fought My Way into Hollywood - THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER By Oliver Stone. ![]() Mr terupt series in order7/7/2023 ![]() ![]() Then, with Anna’s story of her mother getting remarried, it was resolved just before the halfway point of the book. Jessica’s story with her relationship with her father and her poetry seemed SO irrelevant to the overall story. With that being said, it did feel almost like Buyea ran out of ideas for some of the characters here. It’s like the series evolved with the readers. There was some cussing, romance, and more mature humor with this book. They have lost a lot of their childhood senses of wonder and naivety from the first book. The characters were clearly older in this story, which was nice to see. Review: This was a pretty strong ending to the Terupt series. ![]() Terupt’s big announcement that everything really begins to change. As they each work to solve their problems, alone and with each other’s help, their bonds become closer than ever before. Terupt’s crew has a whole new set of problems for their last year of middle school. Summary: It’s time for eighth grade, and Mr. ![]() Original ugly duckling story7/7/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The duck feels frightened and flees from this place too. But the farmer’s kids were loud and noisy. However, he cannot join them because he cannot fly and also, he is young.ĭuring his first winter, the duck experiences freezing cold. He then sees some wild swans in a lake and fills with excitement. ![]() He then starts to live in a house with an old lady.īut her hen and cat bully and taunt him every day, and hence he leaves that place. But after some time, hunters slaughter almost everyone. ![]() The duck wanders around to run away from this farmhouse and live with geese and wild ducks. This duck suffers from both physical and verbal abuse from other animals. The story begins with a mother duck who gave birth, and one of them is called ugly by other animals and birds on the farm. Other than The Ugly Duckling, there were 3 different short stories in this volume, and all of them had good reviews with critically appreciation. The book was first published in November 1843 in the New Fairy Tales First Volume First Collection. The Ugly Duckling movies, musicals, operas, etc., were all adapted from Hans Christian Andersen, a Danish author and poet. The Ugly Duckling Story – Original Version Destroy me shatter me7/7/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() In Shatter Me, we saw Juliette’s perception of him, all of opinions are tainted by her own limited knowledge of his true intentions. Well, not different, per se but we are definitely seeing him from another perspective: his. In Destroy Me, Tahereh Mafi introduces you to a different Warner. Like I said in my Shatter Me review, I find Warner to be a more interesting character. Holy cannoli! Finally, I got inside Warner’s head. Thank you for supporting my blog! Book Review: I appreciate my readers and make it my goal to be upfront and honest. This small income goes back into my blog, so I can continue to create fun content for you. ![]() In plain English, this means that I may receive a small commission (at no cost to you) if you purchase something through the links provided. Affiliate Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. ![]() |