Beyond Lucky by Sarah Aronson5/9/2023 ![]() ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In an explicit teaching model, students are taught, through direct example (and non-example), that seemingly opposing views of reality can be reconciled into a meaning more reasonable than either of the seemingly contradictory positions. One inhibition to its use is that it can easily be abused-most modern uses of the dialectical paradigm known as the "Socratic Method" essentially are abuses of dialectical thinking. Dialectical thinking is a form of analytical reasoning that pursues knowledge and truth as long as there are questions and conflicts. Dialectical thinking refers to the ability to view issues from multiple perspectives and to arrive at the most economical and reasonable reconciliation of seemingly contradictory information and postures. Dialectical thinking has values for education that have been largely overlooked by researchers and educators. ![]() Portia de rossi autobiography5/9/2023 ![]() When she was growing up, DeGeneres dreamed of becoming a veterinarian, but she gave up the idea because she was "not book smart." Instead, she waited tables, sold vacuum cleaners, painted houses and worked as a legal secretary.ĭeGeneres's older brother, Vance, an actor/comedian and former correspondent for The Daily Show, was long considered the humorous member of the family. Early LifeĭeGeneres was born January 26, 1958, in Metairie, Louisiana, to an insurance salesman and a working mother who divorced when DeGeneres was a teenager. She has been the host of her own award-winning talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, since 2003, and married girlfriend Portia de Rossi in 2008. ![]() ![]() In 1997, she came out as gay, and became a staunch advocate of LGBTQ rights. ![]() Ellen DeGeneres hit it big as a stand-up comedian before starring on her own sitcom, Ellen. ![]() Minoans by J. Lesley Fitton5/9/2023 ![]() She notes that although other settlements on Crete around this time built palaces of their own, none was as large as Knossos. Lesley Fitton in her book " Minoans (Peoples of the Past)" (British Museum Press, 2002). When the palace was first constructed "it must have been a remarkable sight, quite unlike anything seen on Crete before," writes J. The site came to prominence in the early 20th century when it was excavated and restored by a team led by British archaeologist Arthur Evans. ![]() ![]() Built by a civilization that we call the Minoans, it covers about 150,000 square feet (14,000 square meters), the size of more than two football fields, and was surrounded by a town in antiquity. The Palace of Knossos is located just south of modern-day Heraklion near the north coast of Crete. ![]() The north entrance of the Palace of Knossos on the Greek island of Crete. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Undeterred, he takes on the role of Charmaine's daddy dom in hopes of breaking down her defenses and healing her wounds. Though he's used to charging into burning buildings on a daily basis, Hunter knows taming Charmaine's wild ways may prove to be his greatest challenge yet. This girl needs to be corrected firmly and thoroughly dominated, and a part of Hunter demands that he be the one to take her in hand. Carmen soon discovers that Natron is the kind of man who goes after what he wants and what he wants is her. Something about Charmaine arouses him deeply, and it isn't just her gorgeous looks. Written by Normandie Alleman Narrated by Alicyn Aimes 5 / 5 ( 1 rating ) About this audiobook Sparks fly when up-and-coming artist Carmen Harris meets football star Natron Dakers at her first gallery opening. Forced to carry her to safety, he throws her over his shoulder, but not before correcting her behavior with a well-deserved spanking. When firefighter Hunter Baldwin saves Charmaine from a fire in her penthouse apartment - a blaze started by her own carelessness - he's appalled by her nonchalant attitude. ![]() Twenty-four-year-old Charmaine Bainbridge appears to have it all - beauty, fame, and tremendous wealth - yet behind all the glitz and glamor hides a sad little girl who has been abandoned by every man she's ever loved. ![]() ![]() ![]() Martin's Griffin, 2017) & Flight Season (St. Martin's Griffin, 2015), The Radius of Us (St. Marie Marquardt, Author of Dream Things True (St. "I loved it! The story kept building and building as I was falling deeper and deeper for these characters, Danny and Fiona, the Romeo and Juliet of Belfast.a stellar debut!" - Jessie Ann Foley, award-winning author of The Carnival at Bray (Elephant Rock)Ĭompassionate, honest, and hopeful, All The Walls of Belfast celebrates the power of first love to build bridges and scale walls. "An endearing story full of pain, love, and strength." - Booklist ![]() ".a young adult romance with real meaning behind it.a welcome addition to the genre." - Foreword Reviews Seventeen-year-olds, Fiona and Danny must choose between their dreams and the people they aspire to be. The Carnival at Bray meets West Side Story in Sarah Carlson's powerful YA debut set in post-conflict Belfast (Northern Ireland), alternating between two teenagers, both trying to understand their past and preserve their future. ![]() Transformer nick lane5/9/2023 ![]() ![]() Yet this same cycle, spinning in reverse, also created the chemical building blocks that enabled the emergence of life on our planet. ![]() Lane reveals the beautiful, violent world within our cells, where hydrogen atoms are stripped from the carbon skeletons of food and fed to the ravenous beast of oxygen. Transformer is Lane’s voyage, as a biochemist, to find the inner meaning of the Krebs cycle―and its reverse―why it is still spinning at the heart of life and death today. Lane is among the vanguard of researchers asking why the Krebs cycle, the “perfect circle” at the heart of metabolism, remains so elusive more than eighty years after its discovery. In Transformer, biochemist Nick Lane reveals a scientific renaissance that is hiding in plain sight ―how the same simple chemistry gives rise to life and causes our demise. Our inheritance also includes our living metabolic network, a flame passed from generation to generation, right back to the origin of life. Information is important, but it is only part of what makes us alive. He is one of my favorite science writers.”―Bill Gates What brings the Earth to life, and our own lives to an end? For decades, biology has been dominated by the study of genetic information. ![]() “Nick Lane’s exploration of the building blocks that underlie life’s big fundamental questions―the origin of life itself, aging, and disease―have shaped my thinking since I first came across his work. From the renowned biochemist and author of The Vital Question, an illuminating inquiry into the Krebs cycle and the origins of life. ![]() Martial Magic by Mason Sabre5/9/2023 ![]() Harfang Munter, the second Headmaster of Durmstrang Institute, was responsible for establishing the school's reputation for duelling and all sorts of martial magic. Yew wands retained a particularly dark and fearsome reputation in the spheres of duelling and all curses. Wands of ebony were also highly suited to all manner of combative magic, and ebony wand owners had been found among both the ranks of the Order of the Phoenix and the Death Eaters. Īccording to Garrick Ollivander's studies on wandlore, wands made of aspen were more suited for martial magic and, thus, their owners were (or were likely to become, in the future) accomplished duellists. The terms martial magic or combative magic were used to refer to the forms of magic used defensively and offensively in wizard duels. Join Mason Sabre on Patreon to get access to this post and more benefits. An infamous and secretive eighteenth-century duelling club, which called itself The Silver Spears, was reputed to admit only those who owned aspen wands." - Garrick Ollivander's notes on aspen wand wood ![]() " The proper owner of the aspen wand is often an accomplished duellist, or destined to be so, for the aspen wand is one of those particularly suited to martial magic. ![]() Ruthless gods book5/9/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() My one and only complaint is that some of the inner monologues were quite repetitive, but its such a small gripe that I can't justify giving it any less than 5 glowing stars. This series is so beautifully gothic and gory, no one is safe and you feel all the trauma right along with them. Each of these characters has stayed true to what they felt even with shifting alliances and new threats emerge. I honestly enjoyed this title even more than the first, not only because our characters felt more confident but the author truly was comfortable in this wonderful world she created. I absolutely devoured Wicked Saints and knowing that Ruthless Gods is almost 200 pages longer than Wicked Saints I was hungry to devour it. I feel so blessed in receiving a copy of this title. As our main three all feel a pull to the west what awaits them and what more can be sacrificed to Ruthless Gods? ![]() ![]() Malachiasz, monstrous and lost with unimaginable power while still feeling inadequate in regards to his goals. Serefin, hearing voices and learning new facets of magic he never thought possible. Nadya, dealing with the silence of her Gods even after doing what they asked by tearing down the barrier keeping them out of Tranavia. In Ruthless Gods we follow Nadya, Serefin, and Malachiasz as they deal with the consequences of actions taken in Wicked Saints. Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for an eARC in exchange for an honest review. ![]() Betraying Season by Marissa Doyle5/9/2023 ![]() Thank you, Celena! I don't know that I'll be writing more about Persy and Lochinvar (that decision is a little out of my hands) but I promise that there's plenty more romance in my upcoming book. Betraying Season, the second entry in Marissa Doyle’s entertaining series featuring 19th-century English twin sisters Penelope and Persy Leland, takes readers to. Betraying Season ( Leland Sisters) Marissa Doyle OEA worked with Fresno Unified School District to develop a Hybrid Engagement Package. Betraying Season (Leland Sisters) (Book 2 in the Leland Sisters Series) by Marissa Doyle See Customer Reviews Select Format: Hardcover 4.69 Paperback 3.99 - 17.61 Select Condition: Like New 4.79 Very Good 4.69 Good 4.19 Acceptable 3.99 New 17.61 See All 3 Editions from 3.99 Format: Paperback (ex-library) 4.79 Save 15.20 19. ![]() ![]() I LOVE your books please write more about persy and penelope's adventures and the romance between percy and Lochinvar □ thank you soooo much ~! □ Winning was an honor, and I’m very grateful to the NRCA’s judges for choosing Betraying Season for this year’s award. Winners were announced at a reception during the RWA National Conference at the end of July, and yes, I squealed when they announced my name! It’s kind of exciting to see your book’s name on a hefty slab of stone, even if it did weigh my carry-on bag down a fair bit on the flight home. ![]() I feel a little sheepish for not having mentioned this sooner…but Betraying Season won an award! It won the Young Adult category in the National Readers’ Choice Award contest sponsored by the Oklahoma Romance Writers of America. Posted Augby marissadoyle & filed under award, Betraying Season, NRCA, RWA. ![]() |