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The house in the cerulean sea5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() The master had showed them off proudly, telling Linus painting was her passion, and that if she hadn’t become the master of this specific orphanage, she’d be traveling with a circus as a lemur trainer or even have opened up a gallery to share her artwork with the world. ![]() The walls were lined with terrible paintings of lemurs in various poses. They were in the master’s office, a tidy room with government-issued brown carpet and old furniture. “I see,” Linus said, furiously scribbling on his pad of paper. It went on for a good minute before the blocks slowly lowered to the floor. Daisy frowned in concentration, the tip of her tongue stuck out between her teeth. The blocks spun in slow, concentric circles. ![]() He watched in rapt wonder as an eleven-year-old girl named Daisy levitated blocks of wood high above her head. “Oh dear,” Linus Baker said, wiping the sweat from his brow. ![]()
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Yung pueblo clarity and connection5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Diego's practice of Vipassana meditation, as taught by S.N. The name Yung Pueblo means young people it serves to remind him of his Ecuadorian roots, his experiences in activism, and that the collective of humanity is in the midst of important growth. A revised and expanded edition of Inward has recently been published and is now available in bookstores around the world. His first book, Inward, was self-published and quickly became a bestseller on Amazon. Online he reaches hundreds of thousands of people every month through his written works that focus on the reality of self-healing, the movement from self-love to unconditional love, and the wisdom that comes when we truly work on knowing ourselves. Every moment we take to know ourselves, we return as someone new." - Yung Puebloĭiego Perez is a meditator, writer, and speaker who is widely known on Instagram and various social media networks through his pen name Yung Pueblo. We are already always changing, but when we focus on healing we can change in the direction of our choosing these are moments when we intentionally reclaim our power. "The inward movement can be summarized as follows: we observe ourselves, we accept what we find without judgment, we let it go, and the actual release causes our transformation. ![]()
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William forstchen new book5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() No internet, cell phones, communication or even electricity in general. ![]() Without any actual means of doing anything about it, the world’s leaders have decided to go completely dark in an attempt to mitigate the damage, and thus the entire world has gone completely offline. ![]() Scientists have determined there will be a Coronal Mass Ejection from the sun in 48 hours, an event of unprecedented magnitude capable of destroying the Earth’s entire electrical infrastructure. The story begins by explaining to us the terrible predicament the entire Earth has found itself in. An established name in the post-apocalyptic genre, he returns to us with a new story of unspeakable cataclysm titled 48 Hours. ![]() This is spawned a veritable mass of literature dedicated to exploring humanity’s hypothetical reaction to different apocalyptic events, and I would argue few authors do it better than William R. Forstchen Creates a New Apocalypseįor a long time the great question on people’s minds, in regards to apocalyptic themes, was how the world would end of the innumerable things in the universe which can kill us all, which one is the likeliest to befall us? Needless to say, this remains a subject without any concrete conclusions, and as the discussions went on peoples’ focus shifted on another, perhaps more interesting question: how would society handle its fall? ![]()
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Milk fed book5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() As the book opens, Rachel, our protagonist and the book’s narrator, is at war with herself. In her latest, Milk Fed, the body and the spirit are once again at odds in a battle that becomes externalized into another impossible affair. Weird, and weirdly arousing, the story dove deeper, of course, when the impracticality of the relationship tapped into its protagonist’s desire for annihilation, an Eros-Thanatos face off for the ages. ![]() In Broder’s first novel, The Pisces, the conflict took the form of merman erotica, as a lonely Los Angelena found mind-blowing sex with a mythical half-man half-fish. For the Los Angeles–based poet and novelist, the two mix and merge in a constant tug of war, and the results are unexpected, explicit, and, well, weighty. The spirit is never far from the flesh for Melissa Broder, but it’s never superior to it, either. For all the sensual lushness of Melissa Broder’s writing, that hard center remains, one where appetite invites awareness, bringing with it pain as well as satiety. ![]()
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The Umbrella by Jan Brett5/28/2023 ![]() When the only sounds he hears are the drips from the tall trees, he climbs up a giant fig tree to see better, dropping his umbrella upside down on the ground. ![]() ![]() As the drips collect inside it, a series of animals tumbles in: Froggy, Toucan, Kinkajou, Baby Tapir, Quetzal, and-finally-Monkey, who tosses the umbrella into the river, where it starts to sink….Indeed, Brett surpasses herself in this handsomely designed and beautifully executed appreciation of so different a setting."- Kirkus Reviews, "Carlos makes an umbrella from shiny, green fronds to go into the cloud forest, hoping to see many animals. "Carlos makes an umbrella from shiny, green fronds to go into the cloud forest, hoping to see many animals. ![]()
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Gandhi mohandas5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() Mohandas Mahatma (‘the great soul’) Gandhi, who had taken a leading role in spearheading the campaign for independence from Britain, hailed the partition of the. The 20th century’s most famous apostle of non-violence himself met a violent end. Now since he is no more, we will fulfill his dream to set up the museum at Washi Nandwal where Mahatma Gandhi Mission's land is available." Arun Gandhi's son Tushar Gandhi is traveling to Kolhapur to be with his father during final rites, which will be perfomed at Washi Nandwal. Gandhi was shot on 30 January 1948 by the Hindu fanatic Nathuram Godse. He had the fortune to be with Mahatma for two years of early life. ![]() He wanted to set up a museum of Mahatma Gandhi's memories in the form of pictures he preserved. Every time he used to visit, he used to stay with us. ![]() Bhosale said, "I have association with Arun Gandhi for last two and a half decades. In the 1920’s he had held that every Hindu must follow the hereditary profession (varnashrama) and that prohibition of intermarriage between people of different varnas was necessary for the rapid evolution of the soul. He told girls to hold their state and country the dearest among any other thing." Bhosale said Arun Gandhi kept on writing till night and on morning he passed away on his bed. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s views on the caste system changed in the last years of his life. On Monday evening, we celebrated Maharashtra Day. He got well and returned to Avani Sanstha but doctors had asked him not to travel. Bhosale said, "Before planning to leave, he got ill. ![]()
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Oleander book5/27/2023 ![]() ![]() OL18183266W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 92.16 Pages 410 Ppi 500 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0965887006 Urn:lcp:whiteoleanderno000fitc:epub:74ee11d5-aeda-4fde-adef-5e818fe5e80a Extramarc OhioLINK Library Catalog Foldoutcount 0 Identifier whiteoleanderno000fitc Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t23b7392m Isbn 9780316569323ĩ9016579 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary OL14445571M Openlibrary_edition In the movie you only get to see a small portion of how Astrid’s Mother treats her. The beginning of the book is so important because you really get the feel for the weird mother-daughter relationship between Astrid and her Mother. Urn:lcp:whiteoleanderno000fitc:lcpdf:0e3a0e97-2438-47af-a6ed-93406fb31feb White Oleander was written by Janet Fitch and first published in 1999. The movie easily cut out very important parts of the story. ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 23:35:32 Bookplateleaf 0003 Boxid IA152801 Boxid_2 CH101701 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City Boston, Mass Containerid_2 X0001 Donorįriendsofthesanfranciscopubliclibrary Edition 1st Back Bay trade pbk. ![]()
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Sweet as Sin by Inez Kelley5/27/2023 ![]() ![]() But the most pleasant surprise of the movie year so far is that several of this winter and spring’s new releases have wildly over-delivered on expectations (e.g. ![]() Many of the early highlights - including heartstopping immigration dramas “R.M.N.” and “Tori and Lokita,” as well as the more narcotized likes of “Godland” and “Pacification” - are inevitable holdovers from last year’s Cannes lineup, while more recent festival breakouts like “Rye Lane” and “A Thousand and One” have already made their way down the mountain from Sundance. 2023 is only five months old and many of the year’s most anticipated films are still waiting in the wings for their summer or fall debuts, but the year has already provided an absolute smörgåsbord of cinematic delights for those who know where to look (or are lucky enough to live in the kind of place where AMC isn’t the only game in town). ![]()
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Not Okay Cupid by Heidi R. Kling5/27/2023 ![]() ![]() Sure, a pretty package looks nice, but I’m more interested in what’s inside. ![]() “To me, getting to know a person is kind of like getting a present. ![]() He must have sensed my nervousness, because he dropped his hand. My skin tingled under his touch, and my mouth went dry, despite the water I’d just drank. “A very good thing,” he said more softly. He paused, staring directly into my eyes. We want to know what a girl’s face really looks like under the junk they paint on.” He touched my cheek, “And when it looks like this? That’s a good thing.” “Don’t you get it? Most guys don’t give a shit about all the makeup and fancy outfits. I like this look on you.” He tilted his head and smiled. I shrugged, and fiddled with the strands falling loose from my ponytail. “Why do girls always think they look bad when they’re dressed comfortably?” ![]()
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John vercher after the lights go out5/27/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If he can get himself back in the game, he'll be able to clear his name and begin to pay off Shot. Then Xavier is offered a chance at redemption: a last-minute high-profile comeback fight. Xavier can no longer deny he is losing his. The progress of Sam Wallace's end-stage Alzheimer's has revealed his latent racism, and Xavier finally gains insight into why his Black mother left the family years ago. Xavier Scarecrow Wallace, a mixed-race MMA fighter on the wrong side of thirty, is facing the fight of his life. Xavier makes ends meet while he waits for the call that will reinstate him after a year-long suspension by teaching youth classes at Shot's gym and by living rent-free in the house of his white father, whom Xavier was forced to commit to a nursing home. After the Lights Go Out is a propulsive exploration of biracial identity, the price that athletes pay to entertain, and one mans battle to reconcile his past. Through the fog of memory loss, migraines, and paranoia, Xavier does his best to stay in shape by training at the Philadelphia gym owned by his cousin-cum-manager, Shot, a retired champion boxer to whom Xavier owes an unpayable debt. Xavier can no longer deny he is losing his battle with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), or pugilistic dementia. Xavier "Scarecrow" Wallace, a mixed-race MMA fighter on the wrong side of thirty, is facing the fight of his life. ![]() |