![]() While the storytelling is steeped in atmosphere and punctuated by unsettling imagery, the voices of the dual narratives are too similar, and the abrupt ending a bit of a letdown. Ostow (family) skillfully builds tension and keeps readers guessing about how much is real and what's simply in her characters' minds. As the centuries-old house known as Amity calls to each in turn and manipulates them, their stories seem destined to end in bloodshed and tragedy. ![]() In the present, Gwen Hall fears for her brother Luke's sanity, but her own psychological instability undermines her credibility and ability to cope. Ten years in the past, Connor Webb is haunted by dark dreams of murder and mayhem, pushed to the breaking point by his abusive father and held back only by his twin sister, Jules. ![]() Book excerpt: Here is a house of ruin and rage, of death and deliverance. This book was released on with total page 362 pages. Supernatural and psychological horrors intertwine as the stories unfold over the course of two separate months. Download or read book Amity written by Micol Ostow and published by Carolrhoda Lab ®. ![]() Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read Amity. Ostow evokes classic Stephen King with this disturbing story that sees two families terrorized by a malevolent house with a bloody history (loosely inspired by the Amityville Horror). Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. ![]()
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![]() Drawing on 100 interviews with exceptional people, from biologists and physicists to politicians and business leaders, poets and artists, as well as his 30 years of research on the subject, Csikszentmihalyi uses his famous theory to explore the creative process. ![]() The author’s objective is to offer an understanding of what leads to these moments, be it the excitement of the artist at the easel or the scientist in the lab, so that knowledge can be used to enrich people’s lives. You can read this before Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom.Ĭreativity is about capturing those moments that make life worth living. ![]() Here is a quick description and cover image of book Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention written by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi which was published in 1996–. Brief Summary of Book: Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi ![]() ![]() ![]() In the weeks ahead, the Republicans are set to refuse to lift the ceiling on the US national debt unless the Democrats accept a decisive down-payment in cutting US federal spending towards pre-modern levels. This movement has reached its apogee in two fundamentalist political movements – the American Tea Party movement and, unexpectedly, the British Conservative party. ![]() The superior form of economic and social organisation is a minimal state in a universe of moral individuals, families and companies freely contracting with one another in free markets. The quest for a socialist utopia, runs the argument, has proved economically inefficient and politically coercive because socialists deployed the state to achieve their ends, the state is thus economically inefficient and politically coercive as well. ![]() The aim has been to conflate the state with discredited socialism. F or some 40 years, the American neo-conservative right has led an ever-more vehement crusade against the idea of the state. ![]() ![]() ![]() There was a smart use of advertisements throughout the book for unwinding, things you would see on a billboard or in the subway, giving stories of people who’d been saved or found peace because of unwinding. ![]() It was dark and disturbing but I thought the world was so well done and it really intrigued me. It was the same reason I kept putting off other series I ended up loving so I finally gave it a try and, yes, I loved it. The first book in the series, I originally kept putting this one off because the concept disturbed me. The three main characters are all set to be unwound for different reasons but when their paths cross, they find themselves on the run and just trying to survive. It’s a dystopian series set in a future where parents have the option of Unwinding their troubled teens. Warning: No major spoilers but thoughts on books 2/3/4 will reference events from the previous books. ![]() ![]() ![]() With temperatures rising everywhere she turns, Del Sol's normally cool-minded sheriff is finding herself knee-deep in drama and danger. This one's got Levi, Sunshine's sexy, almost-old-flame, and a fiery-hot US Marshall. Add to that the trouble at her daughter's new school, plus and a kidnapped prized rooster named Puff Daddy, and, well, the forecast looks anything but sunny.īut even clouds have their silver linings. ![]() But a teenage girl is missing, a kidnapper is on the loose, and all of this is reminding Sunshine why she left Del Sol in the first place. Sheriff Sunshine Vicram finds her cup o' joe more than half full when the small village of Del Sol, New Mexico, becomes the center of national attention for a kidnapper on the loose.ĭel Sol, New Mexico is known for three things: its fry-an-egg-on-the-cement summers, strong cups of coffee - and, now, a nationwide manhunt? Del Sol native Sunshine Vicram has returned to town as the elected sheriff - thanks to her adorably meddlesome parents who nominated her-and she expects her biggest crime wave to involve an elderly flasher named Doug. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (Of course, this is a generalization and parents can make their own decisions for their teenagers, but in my opinion, I don’t think it’s wise.) I once had a student tell me that Miles from Ugly Love was her book boyfriend. There are incredibly dark themes and examples of relationships that are not healthy for young people who probably can’t yet see the shades of gray in these areas. Let me say this loud and clear: Colleen Hoover’s novels are NOT for high schoolers. (I have LOTS of thoughts on keeping adult books in high school classroom libraries, but I think that’s another blog post for another time.) There are only two titles in her catalogue that I’d consider allowing a teenager to read ( Without Merit and Slammed), and even then, I wouldn’t keep them in my own classroom library. ![]() They’re highly emotional and very entertaining, but most, if not all, are inappropriate for teenagers. Her books are gripping tales of love and loss. Colleen Hoover has been getting A LOT of attention in the book world, but if you have a teen or work with teens, you might be looking for books similar to Colleen Hoover instead. ![]() ![]() The Rocket is happy to cry self-indulgent tears, even though he is warned by the other fireworks that he will not be able to function as a firework if his powder gets damp. Nobody wants to listen to a show-off who believes their talent or ‘genius’ (the Rocket’s word) will carry them through without the need for humility or hard work. What is the moral of ‘The Remarkable Rocket’? That self-importance and narcissism make for a lonely life, both for the narcissist and for their art. ![]() Many fairy tales have a moral, since they are aimed at children and children’s literature (Lewis Carroll aside) tends to have a moral message. Similarly, the Rocket’s insistence on having an audience – whether for his sparkling conversation or his final explosion – raises the possibility that, in ‘The Remarkable Rocket’, Wilde is making a comment on art and his relationship with its audience. ![]() Both of these utterances are made by the Rocket. Indeed, this story contains several of Wilde’s most-quoted witticisms, including ‘I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying’ and ‘hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do’. ![]() ![]() The Girl from Andros The Eunuch The Mother-in-Law Pseudolus The Braggart Soldier The Rope Amphitryon The Pre-Socratics (Heraclitus, Empedocles).The Birds The Clouds The Frogs Lysistrata The Knights The Wasps The Assemblywomen Oedipus the King Oedipus at Colonus Antigone Electra Ajax Women of Trachis PhiloctetesĬyclops Heracles Alcestis Hecuba Bacchae Orestes Andromache Medea Ion Hippolytus Helen Iphigenia at Aulis Oresteia Seven Against Thebes Prometheus Bound Persians Suppliant Women Western literary tradition and is rarely conveyed adequately in the Wealth of ancient Chinese literature is mostly a sphere apart from Texts, because of their influence on the Western canon. ![]() "I have included some Sanskrit works, scriptures and fundamental literary Homer, Plato, the Athenian dramatists, and Virgil, the crucial work is I would think that, of all the books thatĪre in this first list, once the reader is conversant with the Bible, ![]() Philosophical, historical, and scientific writings that are themselves "Since the literary canon is at issue here, I include only those religious, ![]() ![]() Many critics have proclaimed Vaill's study of the Murphys one of the most complete stories of the couple, who were part of a circle of American writers and artists known as the Expatriates, and were part of a larger circle of artists known as the Lost Generation. She left that firm so that she could devote all of her time and efforts to her writing projects, which include her critically lauded debut book, Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy, a Lost Generation Love Story. SIDELIGHTS:īefore becoming a full-time writer and critic, Amanda Vaill was executive editor for the distinguished publishing company Viking Penguin. Somewhere: The Life of Jerome Robbins, Broadway Books (New York, NY), 2006.Ĭontributor to periodicals, including Esquire, New York, Washington Post, and Chicago Tribune. (With Janet Zapata) Seaman Schepps: A Century of New York Jewelry Design, Vendome Press (New York, NY), 2004. WRITINGS:Įverybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy, a Lost Generation Love Story, Houghton (Boston, MA), 1998. Former executive editor for Viking Penguin. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Better?” asked the man in violet, as Graham’s eyes reopened. Graham felt a cooling spray, a fragrant mist played over his forehead for a moment, and his sense of refreshment increased. “e said, something further that Graham could not hear, and a little phial was handed across to him. You were brought hither from where you fell asleep. Slightly foreign accent, or so at least it seemed to the Sleeper’s ears. The man in violet answered in a soft voice, speaking English with a A voice seemed to be asking what he had said, and was abruptly stilled. He saw the red-haired man who had been first to discover him. “What does this all mean?” he said slowly. Something seemed to fall across this tumult, a door suddenly closed. “Remote but insistent was a clamour of bells and confused sounds, that suggested to his mind the picture of a great number of people shouting together. When he recovered his senses, he was back on his translucent couch, and there was a stirring warmth at heart and throat. He learnt afterwards that he was insensible, hanging between life and death, for the better part of an hour. Graham’s last impression before he fainted was of the ringing of bells. ![]() |