![]() ![]() ![]() Along the way, they and their reluctant companion meet giant spiders, hostile elves, ravening wolves-and, most perilous of all, a subterranean creature named Gollum from whom Bilbo wins a magical ring in a riddling contest. The dwarves' goal is to return to their ancestral home in the Lonely Mountains and reclaim a stolen fortune from the dragon Smaug. No such luck, however soon 13 fortune-seeking dwarves have arrived on the hobbit's doorstep in search of a burglar, and before he can even grab his hat or an umbrella, Bilbo Baggins is swept out his door and into a dangerous adventure. Certainly this particular hobbit is the last person one would expect to see set off on a hazardous journey indeed, when Gandalf the Grey stops by one morning, "looking for someone to share in an adventure," Baggins fervently wishes the wizard elsewhere. The hobbit-hole in question belongs to one Bilbo Baggins, an upstanding member of a "little people, about half our height, and smaller than the bearded dwarves." He is, like most of his kind, well off, well fed, and best pleased when sitting by his own fire with a pipe, a glass of good beer, and a meal to look forward to. ![]() Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort." "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. ![]()
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6/12/2023 0 Comments Under sea under stone![]() The concluding Silver on the Tree (1977) also won the annual Tir na n-Og Award. Volume four, The Grey King (1975), won both the Newbery Medal, recognizing the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children", and the inaugural Tir na n-Og Award for English-language books with Welsh background. The sequels were published 1973 to 1977, almost simultaneously in the U.K. publication by Jonathan Cape of Over Sea, Under Stone. ![]() Both magical and ordinary children are prominent throughout the series. The books depict a struggle between forces of good and evil called "The Light" and "The Dark", and draw upon Arthurian legends, Celtic mythology, Norse mythology and English folklore. ![]() The Dark Is Rising Sequence is used as an over-arching title in several omnibus, boxed-set, and coordinated editions but the title of The Dark is Rising is also used for the whole series. The first book in the series, Over Sea, Under Stone, was originally conceived as a stand-alone novel, and the sequence gets its name from the second novel in the series, The Dark Is Rising. ![]() ![]() The Dark Is Rising Sequence is a series of five contemporary fantasy novels for older children and young adults that were written by the British author Susan Cooper and published from 1965 to 1977. ![]() 6/12/2023 0 Comments Better by Atul Gawande![]() ![]() Well, if not exactly easy, easily implementable as part of their regular routine. Gawande uses example after example of people who are doing just that – making betterment part of their everyday lives and making it look easy. And it’s also not a one-time sort of practice – to be better we have to be constantly trying to improve which, for a lot of people, can be overwhelming to consider. ![]() Gawande explains, understanding and best intentions don’t always mean we follow through. Seems pretty simple, right? Pay extra special attention to what you’re doing, do those things the right way with integrity and look for unique and innovative ways to accomplish tasks…that should be all that’s required to raise your performance to the next level. Gawande talks specifically about performance and how – through three core requirements for success (diligence, doing right and ingenuity) – the medical field is setting new standards of performance. Gawande is creating a niche, by tackling the issues of general medicine and paralleling them with issues existing in most other industries. ![]() Gawande is rapidly revealing himself to be a well respected business author (most recently having written The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right). Known for his work in the field of medicine, Dr. Atul Gawande, doesn’t really fit the mold of “standard business or personal development book”. ![]() 6/12/2023 0 Comments Arch enemies marissa meyer![]() ![]() The line between good and evil has been blurred, but too much power could mean the end of their city - and the world - as they know it. Nova wants vengeance against the so-called heroes who once failed her when she needed them most.īut as Nova, her feelings for Adrian are deepening, despite the fact that he is a Renegade and the son of her sworn enemies and, unbeknownst to Nova, he has some dangerous secrets of his own. Nova's double life is about to get a lot more complicated:Īs Insomnia, she is a fully-fledged member of the Renegades, a syndicate of powerful and beloved superheroes.Īs Nightmare, she is an Anarchist - a group of of villains who are determined to destroy the Renegades. ![]() A story of superheroes, villains, vengeance and forbidden love, Archenemies by Marissa Meyer is the fabulous sequel to the New York Times-bestselling Renegades.īut they are each other's worst nightmare. ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments Bad guys the book series![]() ![]() My Weird School graphic novel series by Dan Gutman Heavily illustrated chapter book pages make these fast-paced and enticing, just like Dog Man.ĥ. When Alexander moves to a creepy new town and finds a notebook filled with drawings of weird monsters, he gets thrown into a task he never expected: fighting them off. The comic book-style pages draw kids in, and there’s plenty of readable early chapter book text to keep building their reading stamina. Danny can’t breathe fire (yet), but he is a master of witty banter, and his spirit of adventure always carries him through. The antics of Danny Dragonbreath and his friend Wendell are genuinely funny. This series has laughs, clever crimefighting, and it has the unlikeliest of heroes: pigeons! These are good for easing kids into reading chapter books independently. We only recommend items our team loves!) 1. ![]() (Just a heads up, WeAreTeachers may collect a share of sales from the links on this page. ![]() Here are plenty more books like Dog Man to keep kids reading long after the bad guys are behind bars. Many parents and teachers report that Dog Man is “the” series that ignites a love of reading in their kids. Half man and half dog, Dog Man gets himself into plenty of tough, but hilarious, situations while fighting villains and saving his family and community. It’s easy to see why the Dog Man graphic novels by Dav Pilkey are longtime favorites of kids everywhere. ![]() ![]() Later that evening, Josh invites Lucy to his apartment and reveals that he has a strained relationship with his father because he dropped out of med school, while his brother was always the favorite. After they kiss again, Josh asks her to sort out things with Danny first, as he does not want to be just a fling for her. Lucy overhears that Josh needs a +1 for his brother‘s wedding and offers to accompany him to get even. At a company paintball event a few days later, Lucy collapses due to a fever and is brought home by Josh, who has her checked by his brother Pat, a physician. However, both become increasingly attracted to each other and share a passionate kiss in the elevator before Lucy goes on a date with a co-worker, Danny. Realizing nobody wants to work under the other, they make a bet: whoever does not get the job has to quit. ![]() Their rivalry comes to a head when they go face-to-face for the same promotion. ![]() Complete opposites in every way possible, they despise each other. Lucy and Josh are forced to work together after their respective publishing companies are merged. The film received generally positive reviews from critics. It was released in theaters and video on demand on December 10, 2021, by Vertical Entertainment. ![]() It is based on the novel of the same name by Sally Thorne, and stars Lucy Hale and Austin Stowell in the lead roles. ![]() The Hating Game is a 2021 American romantic comedy film directed by Peter Hutchings. ![]() ![]() There is nothing special about the day Cushla meets Michael, a married man from Belfast, in the pub owned by her family. If Michael Agnew had not walked through the door of the pub on a quiet night in February in his white shirt. If Seamie McGeown had not found himself alone on a dark street. 1 BESTSELLER ( The Times) * LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023 * * WINNER OF THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2022 * * SHORTLISTED FOR BRITISH BOOK OF THE YEAR: DEBUT FICTION ** SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2022 * * AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVELIST OF 2022 * * A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME * - ‘Like Sally Rooney mixed with a political thriller’ RUSSELL KANE ‘Intense, unflinchingly honest, it broke my heart a million times’ MARIAN KEYES ‘Absolutely loved it’ MAX PORTER ‘A beautiful, devastating novel’ NICK HORNBY One by one, she undid each event, each decision, each choice. ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments 1987 novel by gore vidal![]() ![]() ``Empire'' fleshes out Vidal's proposition that the king of yellow journalism, William Randolph Hearst, had impeccable timing. ![]() ``One follows on the other if the timing's right,'' comes the reply. ``We create news.,'' says a newspaperman. ![]() In it, Vidal focuses on the rise of newspapers and their effect on politics.Ī key exchange comes midway through the book. It is one of those perplexing beasts, the historical novel, and one of a series by Gore Vidal. ``Empire'' begins in the summer of 1896 and takes the reader through some 20 years of American history. This is a book with a thesis: that newspapers invent politics. Never mind that heroine Caroline Sanford's rise in publishing has the making of a television miniseries. Never mind that Henry James makes a number of appearances in this book. ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments A tree grows in brooklyn paperback![]() Betty Smith has, in the pages of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, captured the joys of humble Williamsburg life-from “junk day” on Saturdays, when the children traded their weekly take for pennies, to the special excitement of holidays, bringing cause for celebration and revelry. By turns overwhelming, heartbreaking, and uplifting, the Nolans’ daily experiences are raw with honestly and tenderly threaded with family connectedness. ![]() Often scorned by neighbors for her family’s erratic and eccentric behavior-such as her father Johnny’s taste for alcohol and Aunt Sissy’s habit of marrying serially without the formality of divorce-no one, least of all Francie, could say that the Nolans’ life lacked drama. St Joseph's University (Brooklyn Voices Series)Ī special 75th anniversary edition of the beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the twentieth century.įrom the moment she entered the world, Francie Nolan needed to be made of stern stuff, for growing up in the Williamsburg slums of Brooklyn, New York demanded fortitude, precocity, and strength of spirit. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments Immanuel kant ethics![]() ![]() ![]() His principle of universalizability requires that, for an action to be permissible, it must be possible to apply it to all people without a contradiction occurring. Kant formulated the categorical imperative in various ways. ![]() It states that an action can only be moral if (i) it is motivated by a sense of duty and (ii) its maxim may be rationally willed a universal, objective law.Ĭentral to Kant's theory of the moral law is the categorical imperative. Kantian ethics refers to a deontological ethical theory developed by German philosopher Immanuel Kant that is based on the notion that: "It is impossible to think of anything at all in the world, or indeed even beyond it, that could be considered good without limitation except a good will." The theory was developed in the context of Enlightenment rationalism. ![]() |