6/10/2023 0 Comments Marble run john lewis![]() ![]() The Senate is considering a similar version that has bipartisan support. President Trump has vowed to veto the measure if it comes to his desk, but it gained a veto-proof majority. The move comes a day after the House approved the annual defense bill with a provision that directs the military to rename Army bases bearing names of Confederate generals. All Democrats backed the bill, but the GOP conference was split, with 72 voting for it and 113 opposing the legislation. "It's time to sweep away the last vestiges of Jim Crow and the dehumanizing of individuals because of the color of their skin that intruded for too long on the sacred spaces of our democracy," House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said at a press conference on Capitol Hill.īut the vote on the measure exposed a partisan divide on the issue - the bill passed 305-113. The bill would also replace the bust of Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney, author of the Supreme Court's 1857 Dred Scott decision denying freedom to an enslaved man, and replace it with a bust of Justice Thurgood Marshall. ![]() The House of Representatives approved legislation Wednesday to remove statues honoring figures who were part of the Confederacy during the Civil War from the U.S. ![]() ![]() The House legislation later passed in a 305-113 vote. Congressional Black Caucus Chair Karen Bass speaks during a news conference Wednesday about the House vote on Confederate statues at the U.S. ![]()
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6/10/2023 0 Comments The diary of a nobody![]() ![]() The diary is interspersed with snippets of period classical music, which add to the all-around pleasure. As this is a diary, Pooter necessarily tells the story, but Jarvis gives such life to Pooter’s comments about his companions that we imagine their voices clearly. Jarvis’s Pooter speaks with orotund vowels and a bemused tone. ![]() Written in 1892 by two actor brothers, one of whom starred in Gilbert and Sullivan’s operettas, this fictitious diary gives voice to the grandiose hopes, simple pleasures, near misses and outright disasters that comprise most people’s lives. This edition features Weedon Grossmith's hilarious illustrations and is complemented by an. ![]() Martin Jarvis simply owns this comic novel about hapless London city clerk Charles Pooter, an endearing stuffed shirt whose life is a series of misunderstandings. Both celebration and critique, The Diary of a Nobody has often been imitated, but never bettered. Titles by George and Weedon Grossmith Titles by George and Weedon Grossmith The Diary of a Nobody (unabridged) Reviews ![]() ![]() ![]() It would have been just as funny, if not more so, had her school difficulties been in geography. What I don't understand is why Ms Cabot felt the need to go stereotypical with girls and math. ![]() Am I being too much of a feminist when I cringe at her problems with math and how it takes a boy to help her understand? Or that her algebra teacher bumps her grade up to a D because he is dating her mom? I totally understand the adolescent angst of dealing with social anxiety, coupled with the horrors of finding out that she has to learn to dress and act like a princess. What I didn't like about the book is the poor role-model Mia makes for girls. ![]() Of course, this is the first of a series, so they will likely be fleshed out in succeeding books. Other characters were interesting as well, though I wouldn't say any of them were particularly well-developed. Then her life gets really challenging when she learns that she is actually the heir to the throne of a tiny European principality. She details her issues of liking the popular boy, being talked down to by his snotty cheerleader girlfriend, and dealing with the difficulties of algebra. Her mother has given her a diary through which the entire story is told. Setting: contemporary NY, NY Genre: YA situation comedy I enjoyed this book about a too-thin, too-tall, flat-chested 14 year old girl trying to adjust to high school, along with her smart, bossy best friend Lily. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments Divergent series four book![]() ![]() ![]() INSURGENT As war surges in the factions of dystopian Chicago all around her, Tris attempts to save those she loves - and herself - while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love. And yet she is drawn to a boy who seems to both threaten and protect her. Shocked by the brutality of her new life, Tris can trust no one. Turning her back on her family, Tris ventures out, alone, determined to find out where she truly belongs. DIVERGENT For sixteen-year-old Tris, the world changes in a heartbeat when she is forced to make a terrible choice. These special 10th anniversary editions features exclusive content from Veronica Roth and a beautiful reimagined cover art from award-winning illustrator Victo Ngai. The internationally bestselling Divergent series that inspired major motion pictures starring Shailene Woodley. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments Soul eater by lily mayne![]() ![]() Which, if you know me, is quite serious because I'm not one to own something on my kindle and my shelves. I devoured the entire series (each book follows a different human/monster pairing, yet connects beautifully) in about a week and now my goal is to own the paperbacks. ![]() It's brilliantly written, balancing serious topics and laugh-out-loud human perfectly, with enough sex to make your head explode (but there's no insta-fucking here, so be patient). It's a story of understanding, of hope, of love, and of companionship between two people who should be enemies, but who cannot resist the pull of one another. We have Wyn, monster who is known for slaughtering humans at random and without remorse, and Danny, a human soldier who has no real desire to be a part of tracking down and killing monsters. ![]() The United States as we know it no longer exists, and instead a battle for survival has begun between humans and the monsters. Soul Eater is an MM romance that takes place in a dystopian world twenty years after a rift opened between the human world and the monster world. A really depraved, deranged, and sexy history. And so I picked up Soul Eater and.the rest is history. But then finally I decided that enough was enough and I was actually going to read the books my friends recommended. Sometime last year my friend Shaina was all, "You absolutely have to read Soul Eater by Lily Mayne." And I was all, "Of course, I will!" And then I didn't. ![]() ![]() ![]() Liars Like Us is LIVE! Grab this one NOW! ✍□ ✍□ Oh how I love me some dark romance from J.T.Want a little nibble of Banks? Check out this excerpt! ✍□ ✍□ Adriana Locke’s Flaunt is coming FAST.Jackson’s Love Me Today releases on Monday! Need an excerpt to get you ready? Check it out HERE! ✍□ ![]() If the single dad and nanny trope is your fav, GRAB this one quickly! ✍□ Love Me Today, book 1 of her Time River series, is LIVE. ![]() Jackson’s next series has officially begun. Stay up to date by joining J.T.’s mailing list: She lives near the beach in Los Angeles with her husband and deaf/demented rescue kitty, Ginger. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, drinking wine, surfing the internet, and daydreaming about all the things she’s going to be when she grows up. Since then she’s written eighteen more novels. She has also been a finalist in the Booksellers’ Best, National Readers’ Choice, and Daphne du Maurier Awards. She is the recipient of the Prism Award for Best First Book, the Golden Quill Award for Best Paranormal/Urban Fantasy, and is a two-time finalist for the RITA® Award from the Romance Writers of America®. Ranging from funny, feisty rom coms to intense, edgy suspense, her books have sold more than one million copies and been translated into several languages. Geissinger is a bestselling author of emotionally charged romance and women’s fiction. ![]() 6/8/2023 0 Comments Arctic Summer by Damon Galgut![]() ![]() ![]() Forster's great work of literature, is published. It will be another twelve years, and a second time spent in India, before A Passage to India, E. ![]() The seeds of a story start to gather at the corner of his mind: a sense of impending menace, lust in close confines, under a hot, empty sky. As Morgan stands on deck, the promise of a strange new future begins to take shape before his eyes. On board is Morgan Forster, novelist and man of letters, who is embarking on a journey of discovery. In 1912, the SS Birmingham approaches India. ![]() 6/8/2023 0 Comments Magic bites book![]() He has also been proud to receive many "Best Physician" and "Top Patient Satisfaction" awards during the past 30-plus years of being a dermatologist. His prior work experience includes teaching dermatology residents as a Clinical Professor of Dermatology at Stanford Medical School. He is certified by the American Board of Dermatology. ![]() Peppercorn has had more than 5,500 patient visits here on SkyMD since he joined us in 2019. ![]() Peppercorn devoted his career to the creation and operation of one of the most respected full-service state-of-the-art university quality dermatology centers in the country. After training at the top medical schools in the USA (Harvard, Johns Hopkins, and Stanford Medical School), Dr. ![]() 6/8/2023 0 Comments Bran mak morn the last king![]() ![]() However, I’ve known some of those stories for a long time and maybe nostalgia gives them a bit of an artificial boost. ![]() ![]() Overall, though, I didn’t like the tales as much as the ones of Conan, Kull or Solomon Kane. It’s that personality that really carries these stories. His time doesn’t overlap with either of the other heroes but his people and their history are tied to both Conan and Kull.īran has a harder edge to him than Conan or Kull and I kind of like his temperament and personality. However, Howard stories typically take place in pre-history, so you may want to connect the two.īran Mak Morn, like Conan and Kull, exists in a prehistoric age. Howard’s mythos aren’t the same Picts that existed on Earth in the time of our recorded history. Bran Mak Morn is actually a badass Pict that forged his own badass destiny while crushing enemies and monsters in his way. He exists in the same universe as Conan and Kull but he’s different from the Cimmerian and Atlantean dudes that are really similar. Howard character whose stories I’ve wanted to read since I first heard about him. ![]() 6/8/2023 0 Comments Douglas adams life![]() ![]() Now all we have to do is wonder exactly why the Jo> : Currently in Santa Fe, NM | (current) I sat at my desk, : stared into the garden and thought '42 Jo> representations, : base thirteen, Tibetan monks are all complete Jo> number, an : ordinary, smallish number, and I chose that one. A brief quote, if I might, from JohnvRe: Why 42 ? un.rhbnc.ac.uk: The Sodhed, is setting the world on fire. Almost makes me want to start reading something more Reason, by the way, that I read this newsgroup is because a friend of mine isĪ fanatic, and has told me much of Mr. Would be few flame-wars arguing about stuff we don't even know. Newsgroups ALL had the real source of the entertainment posting to them, there ![]() >stared into the garden and thought '42 will do' I typed it out. >base thirteen, Tibetan monks are all complete nonsense. >ordinary, smallish number, and I chose that one. >I am new to this group so bear with this beginners question: ![]() |