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7/8/2023 0 Comments I know this much is true lambIn the process, Dominick contemplates his own difficult life as Thomas's brother, his marriage to his gorgeous ex-wife, which ended after their only child died of SIDS, and his ongoing hostility toward his stepfather. Dominick sees him through the ensuing decision not to attempt to reattach the hand, and makes efforts on his behalf to free him from what he knows to be an inadequate and depressing hospital for the dangerously mentally ill. Thinking he is making a sacrificial protest that will stop the Gulf War, Thomas cuts off his own hand while at a public library. With medication, Thomas is able to live his life in relative peace and work at a coffee stand, but occasionally he has severe episodes of his illness. Dominick Birdsey's identical twin, Thomas, suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. The novel takes place in Three Rivers, Connecticut, in the early 1990s. It was featured in Oprah's Book Club for June 1998. I Know This Much Is True is the second novel by Wally Lamb, published in 1998. But do not be fooled by the build-up! - this is no easy-read identikit romance. I’d liken it to wrapping myself up in the cosiest of quilts on a cold day, wearing cashmere socks, and drinking tea. It’s one I return to at least once a year or so, and every time it leaves me with a sense of satisfaction and well-being. Today’s book is one of my all-time favourite comfort books. A film that we can watch over and again without getting bored a favourite pyjama top that should have gone in the bin a long time ago and is more holes than fabric a piece of music that hits you straight in your gut no matter how often you hear it. Whether you identify with any of these or not, I’m certain that we all have some comfort items that we return to again and again. You may equally be grumbling under three blankets on your sofa, gutted that summer is over. Depending on your tastes, you may currently be indulging in pumpkin spice lattes, digging out some cute cosy knitwear, or pulling your boots on to go kicking leaves around in a golden sunlit park. It’s definitely autumn, or fall now, assuming you’re in the northern hemisphere. Cocky and devoted, they loved to be watched by almost everyone but their parents, loved to be watched by other kids, by their pros, by the other kids' Good, ranked number one in the girls fourteen-and-under doubles in northern California. They were brown as berries, with feet as white as the moon the sock lines at their ankles were as sharply drawn as saddle shoes. Time, hanging out, playing Ping-Pong and endless games of cards. Their days were spent honing their games in lessons and practice, playing in tournaments, and in between matches, watching each other compete, killing Into their bloomers they tucked an extra tennis ball to extract when it was needed,Īs with sleight of hand, like pulling a rabbit out of a hat, a quarter from behind an ear. They wore tiny dresses and skirts so short that their frilly satin tennis bloomers showed. Rosie and her friends were blooming like spring, budding, lithe, agile as cats. 7/8/2023 0 Comments The deficit myth keltonHowever, even the countries with a high degree of monetary sovereignty were not sovereign during the gold standard, because they had to be careful about issuing currency lest gold runs out. To truly enjoy the benefits of the Modern Monetary Theory, the government must have monetary sovereignty. In fact, the situation is more complicated since the countries need to do more than just grant themselves the exclusive right to issue currency. In contrast, the issuer of a currency does not have such restrictions and does not have to worry about revenues when deciding which projects to fund. Currency users have to worry about financing costs since they need to borrow money. The author may end up convincing a large number of readers that the Modern Monetary Theory can turn unaffordable loans into smart investments by simply changing the way the government thinks about them.Īccording to Kelton, countries with monetary sovereignty do not need to manage their budgets the way a family does. This is a dangerous message that Kelton tries to infuse into American discourse. If too much money will be printed, the country will get high inflation, but it doesn’t have to worry about finding the money the way a family or business does. Kelton says that since the Federal Reserve has the legal ability to print unlimited money, people should stop worrying about how the government will pay for various spending programs. 7/7/2023 0 Comments The Gilded Hour by Sara DonatiWith the gravity-defying Brooklyn Bridge nearly complete and New York in the grips of antivice crusader Anthony Comstock, Anna Savard and her cousin, Sophie - both graduates of the Woman's Medical School - treat the city's most vulnerable, even if doing so may put everything they've strived for in jeopardy.Īnna's work has placed her in the path of four children who have lost everything, just as she herself once had. The year is 1883, and in New York City it's a time of dizzying splendor, crushing poverty, and tremendous change. The internationally best-selling author of Into the Wilderness makes her highly anticipated return with a remarkable epic about two female doctors in 19th-century New York and the transcendent power of courage and love. 7/7/2023 0 Comments House of earth and bloodWith unforgettable characters, sizzling romance, and page-turning suspense, this richly inventive new fantasy series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah J. But with a demon wreaking havoc in the city, he's offered an irresistible deal: help Bryce find the murderer, and his freedom will be within reach.Īs Bryce and Hunt dig deep into Crescent City's underbelly, they discover a dark power that threatens everything and everyone they hold dear, and they find, in each other, a blazing passion-one that could set them both free, if they'd only let it. His brutal skills and incredible strength have been set to one purpose-to assassinate his boss's enemies, no questions asked. Hunt Athalar is a notorious Fallen angel, now enslaved to the Archangels he once attempted to overthrow. She'll do whatever it takes to avenge their deaths. When the accused is behind bars but the crimes start up again, Bryce finds herself at the heart of the investigation. Maas's brand-new CRESCENT CITY series begins with House of Earth and Blood: the story of half-Fae and half-human Bryce Quinlan as she seeks revenge in a contemporary fantasy world of magic, danger, and searing romance.īryce Quinlan had the perfect life-working hard all day and partying all night-until a demon murdered her closest friends, leaving her bereft, wounded, and alone. Maas € 7.58 This item is currently not in stock at our suppliers. 7/7/2023 0 Comments Hello World by Hannah FryAlgorithms will never give a shit about us. It does not know how to critically think its only goal is to complete a program and meet a target. It cannot express democratic values, no matter how sophisticated it is. Let me put it this way: An algorithm does not breathe or think. But, I think the folks who develop tech often forget that an algorithm (a machine) should never be depended upon to make humane decisions - nor is it a reliable agent of Effective Altruism. Yes, I agree that better developed algorithms can improve quality of life. As a librarian/Information Science professional, I have serious qualms with the argument that we should learn to "live" with algorithms/machines controlling functions of society. Thoroughly researched and more balanced that expected, but still problematic. 7/7/2023 0 Comments This is how it always isThis is how a family lives happily ever after…until happily ever after becomes complicated. This is how a family keeps a secret…and how that secret ends up keeping them. I would encourage you to browse through past blog posts to find book recommendations because I definitely would NOT recommend the following book… Synopsis from Goodreads: One great thing about spending time inside when it’s too cold to leave is the opportunity to read a well written book! Unfortunately, the book that I reviewed for you today is not well written. It’s funny and yet heartbreakingly sad all at the same time. I posted this photo on Instagram yesterday and titled it “My Favorite Summer Reading Spot”. I just walked in the door from driving my daughter to school (I was not about to let her wait at a bus stop this morning) and the thermometer in my car was reading in the negative numbers. Ridiculously unbelievably freezing outside? You betcha. Silver lining, right?īreathtakingly beautiful outside? Absolutely. If you are reading this that means that I haven’t actually frozen into a block of ice by this point. 7/7/2023 0 Comments Kiss me deadly mickey spillaneHammer’s character belonged smack inside the ‘40s and ‘50s (Spillane also played a detective in the 1954 film Ring of Fear). That film was made at a time when the real-world, war-fueled malaise that fueled Spillane’s prose was in the process of transforming into a paranoia that Spillane’s Hammer character wasn’t ready for. Almost two a decade after Deadly’s theatrical release, Spillane himself played Hammer in the 1963 film The Girl Hunters. Kiss Me Deadly was neither the first nor the last film adaptation of Spillane’s Hammer stories. In it, Meeker’s muscular physique and well-practiced squint convey Hammer’s flinty skepticism as written by Spillane. Hammer was most memorably portrayed by Ralph Meeker in Dirty Dozen director Aldrich’s classic 1955 film noir Kiss Me Deadly. Here was a character too rough around the edges to be played even by Humphrey Bogart, whose early gangster pictures emphasized his brawler’s charisma. Hammer in Kiss Me Deadly, which the Criterion Collection released earlier this week, is more violent, sexist and overpoweringly primitive than rival fictitious detectives like Sam Spade or Philip Marlowe. |