![]() Over the course of their evolution, trees have developed sophisticated communication and cooperation systems that are similar to human ones. ![]() Most of his observations are also backed up by scientific research. Having worked as a forester for over 30 years, he has accumulated plenty of observations that the life of the trees is much more elaborate than we can perceive at a first glance. In The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from A Secret World, Peter Wohlleben shows us that these are all but appearances. You may sometimes even forget the fact that they are living beings! Their growth is invisible to a naked eye. As you walk through the woods, you may get an impression that the surrounding trees are all very individual, passive entities. There is so much more to the forest life than what meets the human eye. ![]() ![]() 1-Sentence-Summary: The Hidden Life of Trees describes how trees can communicate, support each other, learn from experience, and form alliances with other inhabitants of the forest. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() I've probably read "The Jaunt" about four or five times, since I have students read it for my horror and philosophy course. I've read The Mist before, so I skipped it this time, but I'll read that again one of these days. Often in a short story collection I'll skip the stories that don't grab me, so it's a testament to King's skill that I felt like I had to read every story (at least those I haven't read before). ![]() Others are also notable, like "The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands" or "Nona" (even if the former is a little problematic in the ways its Lovecraftian inspiration is). Todd's Shortcut," "Beachworld," and "The Reach." Of the lesser-hyped stories, I also really loved "Gramma," "Mrs. Not every story in 1985's Skeleton Crew is Stephen King's best, but since this collection contains my all-time favorite King story "The Jaunt" along with other classic King stories like The Mist, "The Monkey," "The Raft," and "Survivor Type," it's hard not to rate this one highly. ![]() I was thinking of a cute title for this post, and my first idea was that a Stephen King short story could be called a "little King." A collection of them should have a catchy collective name, and "murder" (as a "murder" of crows) was too good to pass up. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Rep: Wakandan cis female MC, Wakandan cast, Black American cis male side character.ĬWs: Violence, blood, body horror (possession by alien parasite), injury/injury detail, gun violence (sound canon type gun but still a gun), confinement of side character. Plus the audio narration by Anika Noni Rose is just chef's kisses. They keep me engaged and I always have a good time with this series. I love the intriguing plots Stone dreams up. The action and adventure in these books are so enjoyable. Miles was so adorable and I loved seeing how he navigated his secret identity in this one. Nick Fury is definitely one of my fave cameos and I hope he keeps coming back. The cameos in these books are just so fun!! I love seeing various marvel characters showing up. With her friends, and Miles Morales, an American boy SHIELD sends her to help, must travel to the Jabari Lands to figure out what is happening. The Wakandan royal palace is one of the most secure places on Earth, Shuri knows whoever broke in must have superhuman strength and speed in order to succeed. But as soon as the mysterious trespasser appears, they disappear. Symbiosis follows Shuri and her friends as they deal with palace break ins. I love this series and I hope gets to write as many Shuri books as she wants. ![]() ![]() ![]() Over all, this is an excellent edition of Euripides’ last plays, which offers a thoroughly readable translation along with ample interpretative and bibliographical help. ![]() Similarly, the two authors make no attempt to complete the lacunae at the end of the Bacchae, but offer some well-informed notes on its likely content. Given the extreme difficulties with interpolations in some of these plays - especially the Phoenician Women and Iphigenia at Aulis - they have sensibly decided to translate the entire extant texts while making clear all their difficulties in abundant endnotes. Their text is based on Diggle’s OCT, but they tend to include in their text lines and passages which he condemns. provide a general introduction, a chronological table, note on the text and translator’s note, substantial interpretative notes on each of the plays, bibliography and glossary of mythological and geographical names. It easily measures up to the high standards set by its predecessors. This volume, comprising Phoenician Women, Orestes, Bacchae, Iphigeneia at Aulis and Rhesus is the fourth and last in the series of collaborations by John Davie (D.) and Richard Rutherford (R.), which replace the old Penguin translations by Philip Vellacott. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her motto is "If it's not fun, then you shouldn't do it" and her students are always having fun.ĭavid LaPierre (he/him) has been working in clay for more than 35 years. ![]() With a background in special education, she firmly believes that everyone can work with clay and carries that attitude into her classes. She has been working with clay for over 20 years and teaches our beginner wheel class and our children's classes. in Art History from Boston University.Ĭheska Komissar (she/her) earned her undergraduate and master's degrees from Boston University. Function is still very important in her work, from kitchen and tabletop ware to Asian-inspired lanterns. After an eighteen year break, Martha now enjoys creating one-of-a-kind clay pieces without the pressure of production schedules. Martha Gold (she/her) worked as a production potter in Oregon and Connecticut from 1974 through 1987. His work is included in the recently published Lark Book 500 Animals in Clay, and was chosen for the juried show “The State of Clay, 2007.” Howard currently teaches ceramics at Mudflat Studio and Boston University. ![]() from the University of Cincinnati and has been working in clay since 1985. Howard Gerstein (he/him) has been making art since childhood, and it continues to be a passion. ![]() ![]() ![]() Furthermore, the characters are worth spending time with, and I realize now that it offers young readers a good primer on effective and upright leadership without being preachy. There's enough action and drama to keep a young reader turning pages. ![]() It's well put together and set in an interesting and believable fantasy world that feels real but is easy to comprehend. Medallion is a fun adventure story that also works-as is apparent to us now-as an accessible introduction to fantasy for students. We had just finished The Silver Chair and wanted to read another fantasy, one we both remembered fondly but hadn't touched in over two decades. Fast forward another twelve years and my wife-who had a copy in storage-and I decided to revisit this as our bedtime reading. My teacher even had the author, Dawn Watkins, visit class once, and years later I took Poetry Writing from her as one of my minor electives. ![]() I first read this in fourth grade, like a lot of kids raised in private schools that used BJU Press curriculum. ![]() ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, she suffered from depression for much of her life. As her writing career took off, she began to travel to other nations. During this time, she wrote a few plays, and was encouraged to write novels by a publisher. ![]() She made a small living as teacher, and continued to live with her parents. She went to boarding school during WWI and later to Arts College, presumably at Reading College. Later, when her father was made Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford, they moved to Christ Church, Oxford. The family moved to Ely for a Canonry as Principal of the theological college. Her mother was Miss Ida Collenette from the Channel Isles. Elizabeth Goudge was an English author of novels, short stories and children's books.Įlizabeth de Beauchamp Goudge was born on 24 April 1900 in Wells, Somerset, in Tower House close by the cathedral in an area known as The Liberty, Her father, the Reverend Henry Leighton Goudge, taught in the cathedral school. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Most influential however, is not her views or her writing per se, but the fact that they cameįrom an American Jewish girl who converted to Islam and immigrated to Pakistan. Translated into several languages, including Bengali, Persian, Turkish and Urdu. What makes her Medium as a platform to voice her criticism of secularism, materialism, modernism and the West. She has been called “a prominent female voice for conservative andįundamentalist Islam, known for her disparaging writings on the west.” Her works have been ![]() She is the author of over 30 books and pamphlets, using the Maryam Jameelah, a prolific writer, and named as one of only two women in the book “100 Great Muslim Leaders of the 20th Century” (2005), channeled her passion and conviction into a successful writing career that has had lasting and widespread “In Islam, my quest for absolute values was satisfied. In Islam I found all that was true, goodĪnd beautiful and that which gives meaning and direction to human life (and death)… My adherence to the Islamic faith is thus a calm, cool but very intense conviction.” ![]() ![]() CARL and The Meaning of Life, Viking Children's Books, April 2,, ISBN: Audiobook narrated by Adam Grupper, Recorded Books, ISBN also available in. ![]() Carl suspends his usual activities to find out, querying a rabbit, fox, squirrel, and many others until, over time, these very creatures are compelled to travel away for sustenance. Earthworm Carl works busily underground, burrowing, eating, and depositing soil-enriching castings-until a field mouse asks, Why?. Carl sure is covering a lot of ground, for a worm! I love starting to see these foreign editions as they. > CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD EBOOK > CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD EBOOK <<<<Ĭarl Around the World. The meaning of life Is this Monty Python Nope, it’s Carl, the earthworm and he’s on a quest Our ‘heady’ invertebrate hero gets distracted from his daily. ![]() ![]() _Carl and the Meaning of Life by Deborah Freedman Ebook Epub PDF bap ![]() ![]() ![]() Read moreīook on CD performed by Thérèse Plummer3.5*** There are many kinds of “happily ever after…” Margaret Jacobsen has worked hard and is ready to step into a bright future, with a new dream job and an equally successful fiancé, but as the happiest day of her life unfolds, a horrific accident snatches it all away from her. 'If you read just one book this year, read How to Walk Away' Nina George, author of The Little Paris Bookshop. How to Walk Away by Katherine Center is an uplifting story of learning to live – and love – again. But could it be more than she had ever dared hope for? Maggie’s new life is nothing like she expected. ![]() Iain, who won’t let her give in to her despair, who makes her cry, but also manages to make her laugh. Finally there’s Iain, her physical therapist, the one the nurses said was too tough for her. ![]() Then there’s her sister Kit, who shows up after pulling a three-year vanishing act. First there is her fiancé, Charlie, wallowing in self-pity while demanding forgiveness. ![]() In hospital Maggie is forced to confront the unthinkable. But on what should have been the happiest day of her life, everything she worked for is taken away in a single catastrophic moment. Maggie Jacobsen is just about to step into the bright future she’s worked so hard and so long for: her dream job, a fiancé she adores and the promise of a perfect life just around the corner. If your life fell apart, could you start again? ![]() |