![]() ![]() ![]() Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.” Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are. Simple in actions and in thoughts, you return to the source of being. “I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. ![]() Yet it nourishes and completes all things” Because he accepts himself, the whole world accepts him.” ![]() Because he is content with himself he doesn’t need others’ approval. Because he believes in himself, he doesn’t try to convince others. He understands the universe is forever out of control, and that trying to dominate events goes against the current of the Tao. My favorite parts of the text were chapters 30, 41 and 67, which deal with approval and self-acceptance, the Tao itself and it’s universality, and the three keys to the Tao (simplicity, patience and compassion). Lao Tzu covers a wide spectrum of human experience from love and peace to war and governance. Beneath the witty, pithy aphorisms, lies deep truth and profound insight into human behavior. Although the Tao Te Ching has received much hyped attention in recent years from various modern-day gurus and charlatans alike, it is worthy of the great reputation that precedes it. This book is 100 odd pages of poetically distilled wisdom from the 6th century B.C. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() 44 CHAPTERS also won the After Dark Book Lovers Shortie Award for Best Debut of 2016.ĭue to the book's success and BB's desire to keep writing, she quit her stressful job, dyed her hair pink like she'd always wanted to, and went on to publish four more wickedly funny, shockingly steamy, and heartwarmingly honest books, one for each man in her memoir: SKIN, SPEED, STAR, and SUIT. Miles Dale, who would go on to win a Best Picture Academy Award for The Shape of Water. Within weeks, 44 CHAPTERS ABOUT 4 MEN hit the Amazon Top 100 Bestseller list, received a glowing review from #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover, and was optioned by producer J. ![]() ![]() She took the events that followed and turned them into her hilarious, heart-warming, hot-as-hell comedic memoir, 44 CHAPTERS ABOUT 4 MEN. BB discovered that her straight-laced, NOT-tattooed, NOT-bad-in-any-way-shape-or-form husband had been reading her sexy ex-boyfriend journal, and from that day on, her life would never be the same. So BB began writing down her own stories about these guys - wild, ridiculous stories from her past as a rebellious, purple-haired punk rocker - just for fun. The tattoo artist, the motorcycle club outlaw, the underground street racer, the rock star. BB realized that she KNEW the men she was reading about. ![]() ![]() ![]() Cosplay, comic shops, and college applications collide in this geek-girl anthem from You’re Welcome Universe author Whitney Gardner, complete with fully illustrated comic pages by Gardner herself.” Before she can say “Demogorgon,” Cameron finds herself drafted into a D&D campaign alongside the dudebro, a friendly (almost flirtatiously so) clerk, a handsome Dungeon Master, and her brother Cooper, dragged along for good measure.īut as her “secret identity” gets more and more entrenched, Cameron’s portfolio falls by the wayside-and her feelings for her DM threaten to make a complicated situation even more precarious. Unfortunately, the only comic shop in her new town-her main destination for character reference-is staffed by a dudebro who challenges every girl who comes into the shop.Īt her twin brother’s suggestion, Cameron borrows a set of his clothes and uses her costuming experience to waltz into the shop as Boy Cameron, where she’s shocked at how easily she’s accepted into the nerd inner sanctum. ![]() ![]() Summary: From the book: “Soon-to-be senior Cameron hopes to complete her costume portfolio away from the online abuse she has endured since winning a cosplay contest dressed as a character from a game she’s never played. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. ![]() Due to this diagnosis, educating people on the varying degrees of blindness has become of passion of hers, right alongside writing, which she plans to do as long as she can. In early 2015, Jennifer was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a group of rare genetic disorders that involve a breakdown and death of cells in the retina, eventually resulting in loss of vision, among other complications. she spends her time reading, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. To email me, please use the below 1 New York Times and # 1 International Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Charles Town, West Virginia. ![]() If you're interested in reviewing a book of mine before release date, please contact the appropriate publisher. Hey Guys! Please note: I don't send out ARCs for review. ![]() ![]() “We just do not understand how dust storms form on Mars,” says planetary meteorologist Scott Guzewich of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Such storms can make the nail-biting process of landing on Mars even more dangerous and could certainly make life difficult for future human explorers.ĭespite almost 50 years of study, scientists are missing some key data that would help explain how dust gets kicked into the air to form planet-wide storms and what keeps it circulating for weeks or months at a time. ![]() Bean had joined Opportunity’s rover-driving team just before that May 2018 storm.ĭust storms like that one, which snuffed out Opportunity for good, are the most dramatic and least predictable events on the Red Planet ( SN: 3/16/19, p. ![]() “It got so bad so quickly, we didn’t even have time to react,” says Keri Bean of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. Within a week, the dust storm spanned more than twice the area of the contiguous United States and eventually encircled the whole planet, allowing just 5 percent of the normal amount of light to reach Opportunity’s solar panels. ![]() Small flecks swirled like wildfire smoke through the atmosphere, turning sun-filled midday into dusk, then night. In more than 14 Earth years of exploring the Red Planet, the rover had seen plenty of this kind of weather.īut the dust grew thicker. ![]() The Opportunity rover watched with its robotic eyes as the wind blowing through Perseverance Valley kicked puffs of rusty Mars dust into the air. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Langan also, thank goodness, avoids any tie-in to Judaeo-Christian anything, which means that, outlandish as the mythology behind the book may seem, I can't reject it out of hand because it's something I've rejected already.There were occasional places where I thought Langan's reach exceeded the power of his prose, but the book is well-written and Langan is a very thoughtful guy (I am listening to a podcast called "Talking Scared" and he is certainly steeped in his chosen genre's history and traditions). Lovecraft being cosmic horror's exemplar) as to seem like a pastiche, or an homage, or anything like that. It's a great example of what the kids today call "cosmic horror," but it is not so Lovecraftian (H. I thought this a superb horror novel and finished it in two days. ![]() ![]() ![]() Once she reaches her destination, the conversations she has with the people she meets - about art, about family, about politics, about love, about sorrow and joy, about justice and injustice - are the most far-reaching questions human beings ask. ![]() That woman is Faye, who is now on her way to Europe to promote the book she has just published. Kudos A woman on a plane listens to the stranger in the seat next to hers telling her the story of his life: his work, his marriage, and the harrowing night he has just spent burying the family dog. And through these disclosures, a portrait of the narrator is drawn by contrast, a portrait of a woman learning to face great a great loss. ![]() The people she encounters speak volubly about themselves, their fantasies, anxieties, pet theories, regrets, and longings. She goes swimming in the Ionian Sea with her seatmate from the place. She leads her student in storytelling exercises. Spare and lucid, it follows a novelist teaching a course in creative writing over an oppressively hot summer in Athens. Description Outline Outline is a novel in ten conversations. Rachel cusk outline, transit and kudos 3 books collection set. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “Sparkling with slang, full of riotous characters, and dripping with intrigue, Amberlough is a dazzling romp through a tumultuous, ravishing world.” -Robert Jackson Bennett, winner of the Shirley Jackson Award and the Edgar Award “James Bond by way of Oscar Wilde.” -Holly Black The Dancer: Streetwise Cordelia Lehane, burlesque performer at the Bumble Bee Cabaret and Aristide’s runner, could be the key to Cyril’s plans-if she can be trusted.Īs the twinkling marquees lights yield to the rising flames of a fascist revolution, these three will struggle to survive using whatever means - and people - necessary. The Spy: Covert agent Cyril DePaul thinks he’s good at keeping secrets, but after a disastrous mission abroad, he makes a dangerous choice to protect himself…and hopefully Aristide too. ![]() By night, he moves drugs and refugees under the noses of crooked cops. The Smuggler: By day, Aristide Makricosta is the emcee for Amberlough City’s top nightclub. In Amberlough, amidst rising political tensions, three lives become intertwined with the fate of the city itself. “Exploring the roots of hatred, nationalism, and fascism, while at the same time celebrating the diversity, love, romance, fashion, and joy the world is capable of producing.” - Bookriot A double-agent sacrifices all his ideals in order to save his smuggler lover before a government coup takes over their decadent city in Lara Elena Donnelly’s glam spy thriller debut, now a Nebula finalist for Best Novel! ![]() ![]() ![]() Well, there is at least one self-help dating advice book author who is objective enough to point the finger at members of both genders. If you ask women who have authored dating and relationships advice books for women, the vast majority of them would point the finger at the men. If you ask men who have authored self-help dating advice books for single heterosexual men, the vast majority of them would point the finger at the women. Hollywood, CA, Decem-( PR.com)- Over the last thirty years, which has plagued the dating scene for singles more: toxic masculinity or toxic feminity? ![]() The new book is actually an updated revised edition of Currie's popular 2012 book titled "The Possibility of Sex: How Naïve and Lustful Men are Manipulated by Women Regularly." Currie was once voted as the Best Dating Coach for Men on YouTube for the 2017 calendar year. ![]() Author & Dating Coach Alan Roger Currie has released a new eBook and paperback titled "No FREE Attention" that is bound to attract a lot of attention from both single women and single heterosexual men. ![]() ![]() ![]() Its themes of hope and reconciliation show us that even when we think we are far away, God's love is always present. ![]() The Shunning is the first book in a trilogy that recreates the simple life of the Amish. A keen interest in her mothers Plain heritage has inspired Beverly to write many Amish-related novels, beginning with The Shunning, which has sold. Her stories have been published in eleven languages worldwide. Feeling betrayed, Katie watches as the only life she has ever known begins to unravel, leaving in its wake a furrow of pain and a future of hope. Beverly Lewis, born in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country, is The New York Times bestselling author of more than eighty books. On the eve of Katie's wedding to widower Bishop John, startling news staggers out of her anguished parents, and nothing prepares Katie for the devastation their confession brings. Why else would her Amish mother, a plain and simple woman who embraces the Old Order laws, hide the beautiful baby dress in the attic? When Katie Lapp stumbles upon a satin infant gown in the dusty leather trunk of her parents' attic, she knows it holds a story she must discover. But a secret lies buried that could shatter the tranquility its inhabitants have grown to love. ![]() In the quiet Amish community of Hickory Hollow, Pennsylvania, time has stood still while cherished traditions and heartfelt beliefs have flourished. ![]() |