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Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. ![]() ![]() I wanted this book to be that kind of story: one with open arms, with room for everyone who might want to come in. For so many years, books had been homes for me, places I’d found welcome when I couldn’t find it elsewhere. Because while I hoped that at least some classicists might like the book, I wanted this story to be for everyone, whether they knew classics or not, maybe even especially if they didn’t. One of my professors had started his course with the following salvo: “This is a class on Greek history, so I don’t want to hear any questions about women or slaves.” A young woman taking the revered and traditionally male epic material of the Iliad and centring it as a gay love story might not thrill people.īut still I kept writing. Attempts to expand the lens of scholarship have sometimes been met with open hostility, and women and scholars of colour have been undermined and belittled. There is a long history of gatekeeping in classics. I feared that my classics peers and professors would hate the idea. ![]() That summer, I began to write with his voice. ![]() ![]() ![]() In this book probability is principally a branch of applied skepticism, not an engineering discipline. Probabilityįooled by Randomness is about probability, not in a mathematical way but as skepticism. ![]() It certainly takes bravery to remain skeptical it takes inordinate courage to introspect, to confront oneself, to accept one’s limitations- scientists are seeing more and more evidence that we are specifically designed by mother nature to fool ourselves. Writing on Montaigne as the role model for the modern thinker, Taleb also addresses his courage: I would listen to someone’s discussion of his own past realizing that much of what he was saying was just backfit explanations concocted ex post by his deluded mind. It is as simple as that: Past events will always look less random than they were (it is called the hindsight bias). ![]() It is as if there were two planets: the one in which we actually live and the one, considerably more deterministic, on which people are convinced we live. Part of the argument that Fooled by Randomness presents is that when we look back at things that have happened we see them as less random than they actually were. Interestingly, Fooled by Randomness contains semi-explored gems of the ideas that would later go on to become the best-selling books The Black Swan and Antifragile. This is the first popular book he wrote, the book that helped propel him into an intellectual celebrity. ![]() I loved Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Taleb. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Publishers Weekly (starred review) Castillos soft, warmly colored art expresses the childs changing feelings about the city while also depicting the characters close bond. Review Quotes deserves a place on the shelf of classic New York City picture books. The succinct text is paired with watercolor illustrations that capture all the vitality, energy, and beauty of the city. But then Nana makes him a special cape to help him be brave, and soon the everyday sights, sounds, and smells of the city are not scary-but wonderful. Book Synopsis A Caldecott Honor Book * A Huffington Post Best Picture Book about Family * An NYPL 100 Books for Reading and Sharing * A 100 Scope Notes Top 20 Book of the Year In this magical picture book, a young boy spends an overnight visit with his nana and is frightened to find that the city where she lives is filled with noise and crowds and scary things. Then Nana makes him a special cape to help him be brave, and soon the citys everyday sights and sounds are not scary, but wonderful. About the Book In this magical picture book, a young boy visits his nana and is frightened by the noise and crowds in the city where she lives. ![]() ![]() ![]() This level of directness not only immerses her readers, but also allows the stories to come alive on the page, staying with the audience long after they’ve put the book down. Writing in a style that is direct and to the point, she has a grounded and down-to-earth manner which really works in her favor. All this whilst making sure her books remain entertaining and accessible to readers from all around the world, regardless of their background. ![]() Using elements of dark romance in her novels too, she’s afraid to deal with certain topics and subject matter either. Setting herself apart through her unique and idiosyncratic perspective, her work completely speaks for itself, with compelling plots that keep her audience reading all the way. Her books have proven to be hugely entertaining, making the most of the contemporary romance format, allowing her to say exactly what she wants to say. Becoming a household name for many around the world, she’s achieved a high level of literary status quite unlike any other. ![]() ![]() The author Clarissa Wild is well known for her bestselling romance novels that really capture the attention of the reader. Vengeful Kingpin (By:Isabella Starling,Bella J.)Ĭity Of Thieves (By:Cora Kenborn,Catherine Wiltcher)Ī Vow of Love and Vengeance, Part 2 (By:L.P. 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He wakes one morning to find that something has attacked one of his beehives, brutally killing every inhabitant. ![]() Sidi lives a hermetic life as a bee whisperer, tending to his beloved "girls" on the outskirts of the desolate North African village of Nawa. ![]() From an award-winning Tunisian author comes a stirring allegory about a country in the aftermath of revolution and the power of a single quest. ![]() ![]() ![]() She’s an independently wealthy, middle-aged woman (who married the love of her life, only to be left by him) who has retained her looks but who isn’t pursuing a relationship and who also happens to be a philosopher. ![]() In part, this is because I found that she rather stretched belief. ![]() I’m going to confess right from the start that I did not take to Isabel as a character. The Sunday Philosophy Club is the beginning of a new series featuring the middle-aged and single Isabel Dalhousie. He was pushed …Īlexander McCall Smith is not a writer whose work I have previously read (although I have heard of his very successful novel The No. And instinct tells her the man who tumbled to his death in front of her eyes after a concert in the Usher Hall didn’t fall. Which is probably why, by instinct, she is an amateur sleuth. An accomplished philosopher and editor of the Review of Applied Ethics, she knows all about the difference between good and bad. Behind Edinburgh’s regimented Georgian facades, its moral compasses are spinning with greed, dishonesty, lust and murderous intent. ![]() ![]() Although she thinks she is doing the right thing, just the thought of it is painful.īraith and Aria are growing closer together. It is a promise that will rip Braith apart. The book starts off with a bang with Aria having a secret meeting and making a promise. They are wandering the lands looking for allies to join the fight. ![]() Aria and Braith are together but no one can know. ![]() Refugee is the third book in the Captive Series. This book contains some language, violence, and sexual situations. However, the more immersed they become in a world that she doesn’t entirely understand, the more she realizes that it won’t be the war, or even the king that will eventually tear her and Braith apart. She is fascinated and amazed by the world they uncover within, one that is unlike anything she has ever seen before. ![]() He will do whatever is necessary though to ensure a future for himself and Aria.Īria is fearful of entering into the land she’s heard nothing but cautionary tales about, but she’s determined to help Braith locate the vampires that may help them with their cause. Though he once knew the powerful vampires that are rumored to reside within The Barrens, he is unsure what to expect if they succeed in finding them. Determined to find the remaining vampires that stood against his father in the war, Braith knows that it’s dangerous to enter the inhospitable land, but that they must if they are to have a chance at gaining allies to help overthrow the king. Whispers, rumors, and horror stories abound about The Barrens and the strange creatures that lurk within them. ![]() ![]() So he had the loot, and loot was all you really needed. he had sewed all his money into them because he was afraid of losing it out of his shoe. What if he had to leave everything behind? He had put his shorts on, and just the day before. Hadn’t the cops come when he was out of the apartment-wasn’t that luck? And he had gotten away without being seen, that was luck too. Sometimes he would forget it for a while and the shakes would come back and he would have to start thinking all about the luck again. To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:ġ4 Even though the cops knew who he was and were after him, luck was on his side, that’s what Billy Chung kept telling himself. ![]() What reading level is Make Room! Make Room! book? ![]() |
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