![]() ![]() i wrote in notes and reactions in the margins (therefore i will never lend anyone my copy of this, because it would be hugely embarrassing, considering how i underlined almost every single one of aiden's lines). To start: i started using post-it notes/tabs again for this book, even though it’s been FOUR YEARS since i last did so.Īnd yet, i went back to my old ways, because underlining my favorite parts didn’t feel like enough. How much do i love this book? this is an unquantifiable number. Tbh i don't think i could encapsulate my feelings about this book and series into a perfect review within the ~17k character limit (and counting) that i have left ![]() Omg! We have a cover! Darn that's beautiful. Just finished City of Gold! That ending was absolutely crazy. I loved how Chokshi ended this series.I would KILL for an epilogue book!! I really can't believe it's over.I'm gonna miss these characters. Loveable characters, interesting plot, hilarious writing: all the components I need in a masterpiece MG book. ![]() I was not exposed to a lot of Indian protagonists back then, so I was extremely excited to see some rep.Ĥ years later, as a teenager, I'm still invested in this series, which just goes to show how much this series meant to me. ![]() When I looked at the cover, I truly couldn't believe that there was a book where the main character was Indian. I was 10 years old when I first came across this series. I truly can't believe this series is over. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Lobachevsky himself did not understand the import of his work when he came out with it, but others quickly pointed out that the results (along with those of Bolyai) showed that the main example upon which Immanuel Kant had based his main thesis in his masterwork "Critique of Pure Reason" (thesis: that there were a priori synthetic truths example: the sum of the angles of a triangle adding up to a half-circle) was false, hence the thesis was false. For more detailed information, I turn to David Reid who first wrote to suggest that this work be added to my list:ĭostoevsky was an avid newspaper reader, and one of the things that made the headlines in the Russian press (for the small percentage of literate Russians at the time) was the consequences of Lobachevsky's non-Euclidean Geometry. Although the theme is not explicitly carried throughout the rest of the novel, it plays an important role by bringing into doubt the idea of objective morality which the `truth' of Euclid was meant to support. In this classic final masterwork by Dostoevsky, the existence of non-Euclidean geometry is mentioned at one point. (click on names to see more mathematical fiction ![]() ![]() ![]() A list compiled by Alex Kasman ( College of Charleston) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And another concern was: it is enough good to keep my attention for so much pages? The answer is yes: the book is funny and compelling and if not for my body need of sleeping, I wouldn't put it down till the end. When I first opened it, thinking to read it on a session before sleep, I had a little surprise: it was 300 pages long, no way I could read it in one night. Plus, and I'm sincere about that, after deciding that I would buy it, I discovered that it was the first book of one of my LJ friends (I recognized the cover) and so one more reason, since I followed all the gestation (how I missed that it would be out with Loose Id, I don't know, but my brain sometime lose a chip here and there). Elisa_rolle This one was a certain to-buy-book: first it's a may/december relationship and I love it, second it's a Loose Id LGBT book and with rare exception I buy all of them (but this doesn't mean that I read all of them.), third it has a young character, probably virgin, and I'm very naughty about it. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sheltering in the shadows made him feel a little better, a little stronger, a little closer to his powers in the House. He felt weak, here in the outside world, and he would feel weaker the longer he stayed exposed. ![]() The 81st day of Spring, for instance, would be “9 Days Till Spring’s End.” The 46th day of Spring is “1 Day Since Sower’s Day.”Ģ4th Year in the Reign of King Zakareth VIĪs the sun sank below the horizon, the Eldest Nye moved from shadow to shadow across the battlefield. To mark the date, you count the number of days between you and the nearest holiday. ![]() This was a simplified system intended to unify the various seasonal and lunar calendars that competed prior to Damasca’s conquest of the continent. (Also called the Cynaran Calendar, established during the reign of Queen Cynara II) To Dad, who doesn’t read fantasy novels…but who read these. Chapter Four: A Dead Man in the GraveyardĬhapter Fourteen: Battle in the House of BladesĬhapter Eighteen: A Conversation in AvernusĬhapter Twenty: Old Friends and New EnemiesĬhapter Twenty-Four: The End of a TravelerĬhapter Twenty-Seven: War in the City of Light ![]() ![]() ![]() Anya! ) bright gouache illustrations heighten the sense of a world beautified through a blend of colors, while her compositions warmly depict the affection and positive self-image exuded both by the child and by her parents. The energetic brush strokes of Trivas's ( Annie. Mama and Papa say, `Just right!' '' The girl then describes her parents' different preferences in music, art and food, and the idiosyncrasies that make each family member an individual. My face? I look like both of them- / a little dark, a litte light. Her dark brown eyes are bright as bees.'' Her father, on the other hand, ``turns pink in the sun / his blue eyes squinch up when he smiles. In free verse, the bubbly, confident girl describes her African American mother's face as ``chestnut brown. More a concept book than a story, this work is narrated by the daughter of an interracial marriage. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The longer she stays, the more obsessed Wilder will become. Because in small doses, she can help make something beautiful, but her ability has just as much capacity to destroy as it does to create. But she can’t turn off the way she influences people, not even to save a man she might love. And most importantly… he’s not an artist. Sweet, sexy, and steady, Wilder Bell feels more real than anything else in her long existence. She’s spent thousands of years living lie after lie, and now she’s ready for something real. But all she wants is a different life- a normal one. She moves from one artist to the next, never staying long enough to get attached. Musicians, artists, actors-they use her to advance their art, and she uses them to survive. ![]() Go out and get this today!Īs an immortal muse, she doesn’t have any other choice. We are so incredibly excited to be able to bring you the Release Day Launch for Cora Carmack’s INSPIRE! INSPIRE is a New Adult Paranormal Romance novel and the first book in her new Muse Series!! Holy canoli, y’all. Congrats to Cora Carmack on her new release. ![]() ![]() And thus, while I absolutely adored The King's Daughter as a fifteen year old, reading the novel in 2023 (and yes, the revised 1998 edition, but more on that later), this has actually been not really all that nostalgic and fun for me, but more like a a bit of a reading chore, a frustrating slog.Īnd well, there are two main reasons why The King's Daughter has rather majorly lost its textual shine for me in 2023. ![]() ![]() I read the original 1980 English language translation of Suzanne Martel's 1974 young adult and French Canadian themed Jeanne, fille du Roy in 1981 when I was going through a historical romance as a favourite genre phase as a teenager (a reading preference I outgrew decades ago). ![]() ![]() ![]() Once your class figures out the need have them as a group find a solution. Have students figure out what is needed today that would make life easier. Have an inventions fair and have students alone or in groups attempt to invent something. ![]() Give students the pieces of a clock you know works and have them try to put it back together so it works. ![]() Have students take them apart to see how they work. Get donations of items that no longer work such as hard drives, keyboards, clocks, etc. Of the items listed, which could you do without? Choose simple items such as the zipper, button, irrigation ditch, fork, etc. ![]() Have students draw the slips out and tell how their life would be different without the items. What if we didn’t have them? Write the names of simple inventions we take for granted on separate slips of paper, one per student. In Sky Jumpers, someone invented a spoon with holes in it. National Invention competitions for kids Prek-12: Literary Rambles interviews Peggy Eddleman:ġ3 accidental inventions that changed the world (must click on the picture to get the next one and the explanation):ġ8 Inventions by women that changed the world: Inventions from the book, drawing and how they work: Peggy Eddleman previews Through the Bomb’s Breath:Įxtra information on the main characters: Scroll down to find Related Activities & Resources, Book Talk Teasers, Read Alikes, and Book Reviews.Īuthor Interview RELATED ACTIVITIES & RESOURCESĬristina dos Santos interviews Peggy Eddleman: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Their trials lay bare a profound meditation on faith, love tested beyond endurance, and our responsibility to those closest to us. While Peter is reconciling the needs of his congregation with the desires of his strange employer, Bea is struggling for survival. Suddenly, a separation measured by an otherworldly distance, and defined both by one newly discovered world and another in a state of collapse, is threatened by an ever-widening gulf that is much less quantifiable. Bea’s faith, once the guiding light of their lives, begins to falter. ![]() His work introduces him to a seemingly friendly native population struggling with a dangerous illness and hungry for Peter’s teachings-his Bible is their “book of strange new things.” But Peter is rattled when Bea’s letters from home become increasingly desperate: typhoons and earthquakes are devastating whole countries, and governments are crumbling. Peter becomes immersed in the mysteries of an astonishing new environment, overseen by an enigmatic corporation known only as USIC. It begins with Peter, a devoted man of faith, as he is called to the mission of a lifetime, one that takes him galaxies away from his wife, Bea. A monumental, genre-defying novel that David Mitchell calls "Michel Faber’s second masterpiece," The Book of Strange New Things is a masterwork from a writer in full command of his many talents. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rachel Ignotofsky splendidly captures that in her phenomenal book Women in Art. "It's eye-opening and awe-inspiring to see how women artists have shaped the world over the centuries. This fascinating book celebrates the success of the bold female creators who inspired the world and paved the way for the next generation of artists. Covering a wide array of artistic mediums, Women in Art also contains infographics about artistic movements throughout history, statistics about women's representation in museums, and notable works by women. A collection of charmingly illustrated and inspiring profiles of fifty pioneering female artists, from the eleventh century to today-by the New York Times bestselling author of Women in Science "A beautifully illustrated, fact-filled breath of fresh air! Countless women have been left out of art history, but thanks to gorgeous books like this, future generations will begin to know their stories."-Danielle Krysa, founder of The Jealous Curator Women make masterpieces! Through fifty fascinating profiles, Women in Art highlights the achievements and stories of fifty notable women in the arts-from well-known figures like painters Frida Kahlo and Georgia O'Keefe, to lesser-known names like nineteenth-century African American quilter Harriet Powers and Hopi-Tewa ceramic artist Nampeyo. ![]() |