![]() ![]() She does, however, have a strong emotional attachment to the dolphins, which takes precedence over anything else. Shaw is your typical female scientist found in many thrillers, obsessed with the science and willing to put herself in harm’s way in order to advance her agenda. ![]() There are a number of characters that are constant throughout the series, but I would have to say that the two main characters are Alison Shaw marine biologist and lead researcher on the dolphin communication project, and John Clay a military analyst that is part of what is called the Electronics and Signaling Team within the Department of Naval Investigations. This creates a very unique and interesting plotline that investigates the human interaction between our fellow creatures on a totally different level. The focus of Grumley’s Breakthrough series involves computer technology that has the capability of being a translator between humans and dolphins and later in the series between humans and gorillas. ![]() Grumley’s series Breakthrough would be a hit when two of the main characters are dolphins known as Sally and Dirk. Dolphins have always been a favorite among humans and it is no surprise that Michael C. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Written from friend to friend, one day at a time, A Mindful Year invites you to start a new pattern-one that begins with taking just a few quiet moments to reconnect with what is most important, each day. We fall into unhealthy patterns that can be all too difficult to break. The demands of the day can leave us feeling exhausted and uninspired, while alerts and notifications constantly tug at our attention. From two experts on the psychology of behavior change comes A Mindful Year, the first book of its kind to join the age-old wisdom of mindfulness with cognitive behavioral science-the best-tested set of practices for alleviating stress and anxiety.Īt a time when there have never been more ways to connect with one another, it has also never been easier to lose track of the people and passions we hold most dear. ![]() ![]() ![]() Shaffer consider the lessons being taught in the novel. Neil Heims offers a close examination of the novel as wisdom literature while Teresa Godwin Phelps and Thomas L. Overview essays by Nancy Grisham Anderson and Gurdip Panesar consider the cultural contexts surrounding the novel and the critical reception of Lee's work. Having been translated into over 40 languages, and never having gone out of print since its date of publication, Lee's novel is considered to be one of the most influential works of the 20th century. Lee is celebrated the world around for having created such a lasting and accessible story.Įdited by Alabama native and Lee scholar Don Noble, this volume brings together some of the very best criticism available on Lee's timeless classic. To Kill a Mockingbird is the type of book that transcends boundaries. In-depth critical discussions of Harper Lee's novel - Plus complimentary, unlimited online access to the full content of this great literary reference. ![]() ![]() Her best friend, Cherish Whitman, adopted by a white, wealthy family, is something Farrah likes to call WGS-White Girl Spoiled. Seventeen-year-old Farrah Turner is one of two Black girls in her country club community, and the only one with Black parents. Morrow comes a new adult social horror novel in the vein of Get Out meets My Sister, the Serial Killer, about Farrah, a young, calculating Black girl who manipulates her way into the lives of her Black best friend’s white, wealthy, adoptive family but soon suspects she may not be the only one with ulterior motives. ![]() You never know who’s really in control.”- Los Angeles Timesįrom bestselling author Bethany C. “Morrow uses her heroine’s warped perspective to examine painful truths about race and class in America, but this isn’t a book intended to teach anyone a lesson, except maybe: Be careful. magazine, Medium, Book Riot, BookPage, CrimeReads, Tor Nightfire, Bookshop, Book Talk, BiblioLifestyle, and more! Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by PopSugar, Ms. ![]() ![]() ![]() The New Husband is a thriller, but it’s also a lesson in abusive relationships. So often throughout the book, I wanted to yell at Nina about her self-doubt! But in a loving friend kind of way. What’s outraging at the same time though is that she questions herself more than she questions Simon. Once Nina tries to work and begins to question the things Simon tells her, things begin to fray at the edges. ![]() Through the eyes of Maggie, we see a glimpse behind the true nature of Simon’s character. It’s both outraging and thrilling to read the relationship between Nina and Simon. We read the book mostly through the eyes of Nina and Maggie. In the book The New Husband we read this story from a variety of points of view. So, now that her husband is gone – presumed dead from a boating accident – she wants to focus on her new life and her new husband. She found out he was living a double life and having an affair with another woman. The thing is Nina’s last husband was anything but perfect. ![]() He knows all about her favorite foods, music, and movies. In The New Husband, Nina Garrity is moving in with Simon Fitch. Have you ever read one of those books that drive you crazy, yet captivate you the entire time? The New Husband by D.J. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With sharp insight into modern politics and family dynamics, taboos around mental illness, and our inescapable relationship to the past, Fencing with the King asks how we contend with inheritance: familial and cultural, hidden and openly contested. In a sibling rivalry that carries ancient echoes, the Hamdan brothers must face a reckoning, with themselves and with each other-one that almost costs Amani her life. Her words hint at a long-kept family secret, carefully guarded by Uncle Hafez, an advisor to the King, who has quite personal reasons for inviting his brother to the birthday party. Her father’s past is a mystery to her-even more so since she found a poem on blue airmail paper slipped into one of his old Arabic books, written by his mother, a Palestinian refugee who arrived in Jordan during World War I. The King of Jordan is turning 60! How better to celebrate the occasion than with his favorite pastime-fencing-and with his favorite sparring partner, Gabriel Hamdan, who must be enticed back from America, where he lives with his wife and his daughter, Amani.Īmani, a divorced poet, jumps at the chance to accompany her father to his homeland for the King’s birthday. ![]() One of The Millions' Most Anticipated Books of the MonthĪ mesmerizing breakthrough novel of family myths and inheritances by the award-winning author of Crescent. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The New English Library are republishing the whole series this year with a new Introduction by Elizabeth George, so it is an excellent opportunity to catch up. Well, I can give you my first impressions at least, and encouragement to try them yourself, in print, and unabridged. I knew there were whole societies devoted to Ms Sayers, and was frightened by the prospect of writing a review of a foppish and unemotional sleuth which would show up how uneducated I really am. I had however recently listened to an abridged audio of an earlier book in the Lord Peter Wimsey series, CLOUDS OF WITNESS, and wondered what the fuss was all about. As a child I was stuck on Christie, and then moved straight to more contemporary writers without looking back. First, a terrifying confession: I had never read a Dorothy L Sayers novel until I picked up THE UNPLEASANTNESS AT THE BELLONA CLUB. ![]() ![]() She realizes that it is important to not dwell in the past since life is constantly changing-for Ruth, the past is represented by her memoir. ![]() As she reads more of the diary, Ruth, too, becomes influenced by Nao’s great-grandmother Jiko’s words on the importance of living each moment mindfully. She becomes worried for Nao as she reads about her troubles, and she frantically begins looking for Nao and her family online to see if they are alive-but she finds nothing concrete. Like Nao, Ruth has lived in Japan and America, so she understands both cultures. When Nao’s diary washes up on Ruth’s shore, it is a welcome distraction. Ruth now finds this project unpleasant, but she feels she has worked on it too long to abandon it. For the past 10 years, she has been working on a memoir about caring for her mother, who had Alzheimer’s. Though the move was voluntary, Ruth feels displaced and stifled on the island, and she finds unable to write. ![]() ![]() Ruth used to live in Manhattan but moved to the island to be with her husband, Oliver. She finds Nao’s diary when it washes ashore on the island. Ruth is a writer who lives in Whaletown on a remote island in Canada. Part III, Chapter 7: Haruki #1’s Secret French Diary.Part II, Chapter 13: Haruki #1’s Letters. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() After awakening from a coma in January of 1996, Bauby found that the only way he could communicate with the outside world was by blinking his left eyelid-the single part of his body over which he had any remaining control. On December 8th of 1995, the editor-in-chief of the French fashion magazine Elle, Jean-Dominique Bauby, suffered a massive stroke which severed his brain stem from his spinal cord and rendered the worldly, charismatic, fashionable man nearly completely paralyzed. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Neither of them imagines that their daughter’s death will have profound and far-reaching effects, in Muddy River and beyond.Īmong the characters affected are Kai, a beautiful radio announcer who is married to a man from a powerful family Tong, a lonely seven-year-old boy and Nini, a hungry young girl. While Gu Shan’s distraught mother makes bold decisions, her father begins to retreat into memories. Now a political prisoner, she is to be executed for her dissent. In luminous prose, award-winning author Yiyun Li weaves together the lives of unforgettable characters who are forced to make moral choices, and choices for survival, in China in the late 1970s.Īs morning dawns on the provincial city of Muddy River, a spirited young woman, Gu Shan, once a devoted follower of Chairman Mao, has renounced her faith in Communism. ![]() |