![]() ![]() From the Back Cover Blessed with enormous talents and the energy and ambition to go with them, Franklin was a statesman, author, inventor, printer, and scientist. Related in an honest, open, unaffected style, this highly readable account offers a wonderfully intimate glimpse of the Founding Father sometimes called the wisest American. Covering his life up to his prewar stay in London as representative of the Pennsylvania Assembly, this charming self-portrait recalls Franklins boyhood, his determination to achieve high moral standards, his work as a printer, experiments with electricity, political career, experiences during the French and Indian War, and more. Franklins extraordinary range of interests and accomplishments are brilliantly recorded in his Autobiography, considered one of the classics of the genre. He also invented bifocals, a stove that is still manufactured, a water-harmonica, and the lightning rod. He helped draft the Declaration of Independence and later was involved in negotiating the peace treaty with Britain that ended the Revolutionary War. Book Synopsis Blessed with enormous talents and the energy and ambition to go with them, Franklin was a statesman, author, inventor, printer, and scientist. Its openness, honesty, and readable style have made the Autobiography one of the great classics of the genre. About the Book Charming self-portrait covers boyhood, work as a printer, political career, scientific experiments, much more. ![]()
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![]() It feels important to explore, because this book feels like it appeals to a wide range of readers. But we agree that the age range feels squarely in early YA, just outside of Middle Grade. We open this conversation by talking about how to categorize this book, it absolutely could be considered in a special category of comics or superhero fiction. ![]() This episode serves as our wrap up for our Marvel and Comic book storytelling episodes, and we feel it’s a great one to end on. Today, Fable and the Verbivore share our July book club episode on Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Jason Reynolds. ![]() ![]() ![]() I?ve always been ? drawn to maybe a little attracted too.Pity I?ve never been more than an afterthought to him. Visual indication that the title is an audiobook. Charles I never wanted to become Kappa President.The appointment was made easier, though, when none other than Zeke Ariston took over Sigma house. Presidential Chaos audiobook (Unabridged) &mid Frat Wars Series, Book 3 Author : Saxon James Pages : 316 pages Publisher : May Books Language : eng ISBN-10 : B09W136MF8 ISBN-13 : Document details Download EPub Presidential Chaos (Frat Wars, 3) by Saxon James on Mac. One hell of a happy ending.Zeke Being President of a frat house means everything is on my shoulders.Idiot brothers, epic pranks, a list of organizational duties long enough to make my eyes bleed.None of it fazes me.But senior year is almost over, and I?m ready to take a step back.Until the hazing rumors start.I might not know where they?re coming from, but I know they?re total BS.Now, instead of dialing back the stress, we?ve broken the number one rule on the row: Don?t get the dean?s attention.I need to find out who?s driving the lies.And all evidence points to one person. ![]() ![]() And of course, what they have done is they have strengthened their surveillance state in ways that George Orwell could never have imagined. “There were people saying that China would liberalize as a result of the internet, China would democratize as a result of the internet. ![]() I think we can do better than that as a nation, I think we can do better than that as a country, and the sooner we ban this, the better.” “ now hypnotizing us with TikTok, which the Average American spends three weeks a year on. ![]() Now he’s saying something different in his testimony to the committee.” “When he was in my office, the CEO admitted to me that my interpretation of Chinese law was correct, which was that any time the CPP wanted to say: we’re going to have the data turned over, that ByteDance, and therefore TikTok, had a legal obligation to turn that data over. “I know what we’re going to hear, which is that we should believe that it’s OK for a wholly-owned subsidiary of ByteDance, that’s controlled by the CCP, to do what it wants in America when it’s been banned in China.” On what he expects to hear from the TikTok CEO: After calling on Apple CEO Tim Cook and Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai to remove TikTok from their app stores, Bennet met with Chew to express his concerns about the platform’s risk to young Americans and our national security. Senator Michael Bennet joined MSNBC’s Morning Joe ahead of TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew’s testimony before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. ![]() ![]() ![]() Much of this has been achieved and the University now not only holds copies of all his printed work but also a significant amount of his manuscripts, letters, journals and assorted papers.Īs it happens 2016 is turning out to be an exceptional year for Colin Wilson and studies Since then I have been assisting his widow, Joy, to sort his papers and manuscripts in preparation for their transfer to the archive. Sadly, in the meantime, Colin Wilson (who was too ill to attend the opening) died ![]() 2016 was mooted as an appropriate date because it coincided with the sixtieth anniversary of the publication of his first (and still most famous) book The Outsider, which, incidentally, has never been out of print since publication day in 1956 and now been translated into over 30 languages. When the Colin Wilson Collection was opened at the University of Nottingham in the summer of 2011, it was agreed among those present that there should be a Conference to discuss his work. Proceedings published by Cambridge Scholars June 1, 2017 ![]() First International Colin Wilson Conference ![]() ![]() They're both looking for a place to belong, and if they're able to let go of past mistakes and learn to trust again, they might just find what they need in Knights Bridge.and each other. Kylie and Russ have more in common than they or anyone else would ever expect. Possible ex library copy, that’ll have the markings and stickers associated from the library. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. But his bigger challenge is getting Kylie to let loose a little.like the adventurous characters she depicts in her work. The Spring at Moss Hill (Swift River Valley) by Carla Neggers. Her opposition to converting part of the old hat factory into a theater is a challenge. Keeping tabs on Daphne while she considers starting a small children's theater in town doesn't seem like a tough job until he runs into Kylie. Russ is in Knights Bridge to keep his client and friend, eccentric Hollywood costume designer Daphne Stewart, out of trouble. And then California private investigator Russ Colton moves in. She carefully guards her privacy in the refurbished nineteenth-century hat factory where she has a loft. ![]() No one seems to know her here-and she likes it that way. Kylie Shaw has found a home and a quiet place to work as an illustrator of children's books in little Knights Bridge, Massachusetts. Carla Neggers Books in Order (82 Book Series). ![]() New York Times bestselling author Carla Neggers returns to charming Swift River Valley, where spring is the time for fresh starts and new beginnings. Most Recommended Books presents the Carla Neggers series written by Carla. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Exactly the kind of adult she's never aspired to be. Recent developments-and a few distressing prophesies-have forced her to become a responsible adult. ![]() But all of that combined barely scratches the surface of her problems. Add to that an ex-BFF who is haunting her night and day, a rash of suicides that has authorities baffled, and a drop-dead sexy fiancé who has attracted the attentions of a local celebrity, and Charley is not having the best week of her life. For one thing, her father has disappeared, and the more she retraces his last steps, the more she learns he was conducting an investigation of his own, one that has Charley questioning everything she's ever known about him. But Charley has more on her plate than a mob of testy hellhounds. Twelve of the deadliest beasts ever forged in the fires of hell have escaped onto our plane, and they want nothing more than to rip out the jugular of Charley Davidson and serve her lifeless, mangled body to Satan for dinner. ![]() ![]() In 1987 a maverick and minor-rank steel company named Nucor set out to challenge American "big steel" and foreign competition by crash-building on Indiana farmland a new facility, of German design, to produce sheet metal for consumer products, profitably and at competitive prices. Elizabeth, Convent Station, N.J.Ĭopyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. ![]() This book, which will find a wide audience, just might ignite a desire among businesses to resurrect other neglected industries as well. ![]() Using suspenseful, tension-filled narration and nontechnical language, Preston dramatizes the Crawfordsville Project's birthpangs and its revolutionary German steelmaking process that, after two years and $250 million, finally transforms rusted Cadillacs, abandoned refrigerators, and broken truck axles into hot-rolled steel. Preston, author of First Light ( LJ 12/87), provides more than a compelling account of the mill's creation he profiles and champions Nucor's hard-working, fast-driving, heavy-drinking, union-hating, hot-metal steelworkers who literally risk their lives to rekindle the fire of America's steel industry. ![]() In 1987, Nucor, the ninth largest steel company in the United States, bulldozed one square mile of Indiana cornfield and built the world's first compact strip production steel mill. ![]() ![]() ![]() Lady Sedgwick has concealed the fact that she is Elvira's mother, considering herself unsuitable, and both women are lovers of the racing-car driver Ladislaus Malinowski, whose car resembles one seen at the train robbery. ![]() Meanwhile, Elvira's money is being held in trust until she comes of age, and she asks her guardians who would inherit if she died, and hints that she is planning to get married. The latter is supposed to fly to Switzerland for a conference but misses his flight by a day, returns to the hotel, and is knocked unconscious, before waking up four days later outside of London near to a recent train robbery where witnesses say they saw him Miss Marple also saw him leaving his room fully conscious several hours after he was knocked out. ![]() Miss Marple is holidaying at the titular hotel, where she meets her old friend Lady Selina Hazy, and encounters a variety of other guests including the adventuress Bess Sedgwick, the young heiress Elvira Blake, her guardian Colonel Lunscombe, and the forgetful Canon Pennyfather. At Bertram's Hotel is a 1965 novel by Agatha Christie, featuring Miss Marple. ![]() ![]() I might give this another try shortly, but for now, this book fell short for me. I did enjoy the historical explanations and the diving into socio-cultural discussions touching on White privilege, homophobia and sexism. Nevertheless, the concept and main story drew me in from the first read I struggled to connect to this throughout the book. ![]() The constant jumping made it hard to follow and, at one point, gave me a headache. It was very scattered, and it was hard to follow when they were in the after-life space and when they entered the real world or when it was a simple flashback. However, while the author had a strong concept, the delivery was not so great. This is one of the unique portrayals of the afterlife/death I have seen for a long time. The MC being queer was another remarkable aspect of the story, to understand how being Queer in that time, culture and environment were refreshing. Basing the world-building on Sri Lankan civil war and the fantasy elements tied to Asian culture that we do not see as much in Western Media gave it a unique edge. While the concept of this book is strong, unfortunately, the structure and pace of the story take away from it. ![]() |