![]() ![]() This adds considerable richness and depth to each of the ‘adventures’ covered in this book. The writer’s style is more akin to that of a Sherlock Holmes novel, or an old style of journalism rather than a cold black and white approach where they just hit you with hard facts until coming to a conclusion. This gives you a real insight into their personality and how the world was when these stories took place. The Author tends to take a human interest angle and describes a number of key people. ![]() I have heard, as I believe everyone else has, that ‘Business Adventures’ was a favorite book of Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, and although this book is outdated, I was interested to see what it has to offer.īusiness Adventures contains a number of somewhat humorous and entertaining dialogues, the emphasis on these make it an overall entertaining read. I was interested in looking into this one. Although not to the same extent as the stories covered in these pages. Having just left the ‘corporate’ world myself. ![]() Hello my fellow wordsmiths and page turners, ![]()
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![]() ![]() Of course, anyone claiming the "common good" is the worst form of terrorist, as there is no such thing as a "common good" and those who invoke the term are usually imposing their will on a segment of society. He wants the creation of a kind of society where all of man's potentialities could be realized: a world where man could live in dignity, security, happiness, and peace-a world based on a morality of mankind" (p 15). ![]() He wants a world in which the worth of the individual is recognized. ![]() He is that person who genuinely and completely believes in mankind. He is that person to whom the common good is the greatest personal value. "What is the American radical? The radical is that unique person who actually believes what he says. Alinsky distinguishes his "radical" ideology from the liberal, the communist, the religious, and the conservative. He plainly states his own ideology in Reveille, which he tries to avoid doing in Rules. As Alinsky himself notes in his '69 introduction, he was full of much more piss and vinegar in this work than in his later Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals. I actually have the 1969 version of the 1946 book, with an updated introduction and afterward by Alinsky. ![]() ![]() ![]() When the biggest opportunity of Farley’s career comes along and forces the pair to fake-date in order to stir up publicity, it doesn't take long for their act to bring all those other funny feelings out into the open. Farley has been everything to them since she came into their lives three years ago, and despite his grumpiness, his protectiveness over Hazel, and his disdain for public attention, Meyer will do anything to make her standup dreams come true. ![]() After all, who else would have the patience to put up with a hot mess like her?Ī former standup star himself, single father Meyer Harrigan left the stage years ago in order to focus on raising his deaf daughter Hazel. She can’t risk ruining their relationship by telling him how she truly feels. ![]() Keeping her feelings hidden from him is agony (a tragedy, even―in lieu of flowers, please send cash.) but Meyer has been Farley’s closest and most treasured friend, not to mention vital to the trajectory of her career. The only thing she loves more than the rush of telling jokes in front of a revved-up audience is her hot older manager Meyer, though he doesn’t have a clue. Farley Jones is a loud, chaotic, and hilariously clever standup comedian on the way to stardom. ![]() ![]() ![]() But try this: It’s about 10 times the number of cups of water in all the oceans of Earth. The number is so big, it’s hard to imagine. Or, to put it another way, 200 sextillion. There are approximately 200 billion trillion stars in the universe. The answer is an absolutely astounding number. Using the Milky Way as our model, we can multiply the number of stars in a typical galaxy (100 billion) by the number of galaxies in the universe (2 trillion). With that method, they discovered the Milky Way has about 100 billion stars – 100,000,000,000. By measuring that starlight – specifically, its color and brightness – astronomers can estimate how many stars our galaxy holds. Red, white and blue stars give off different amounts of light. Exoplanet is the name for worlds outside our solar system. About two-thirds of the stars in the Milky Way are red dwarfs. Artist’s concept of a red dwarf star with an exoplanet in orbit. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s a must read for young adults and parents of children interested in science and technology. ![]() With the publication of iWoz, he makes another contribution to children by providing advice to those hoping to make a dent in the world - advice that primarily concerns how to go about inventing something new. ![]() I remember my father telling me way back then that it was education that would lift me up to where I wanted to go in life, that it could lift people up in values.” According to Wired, Wozniak did work for a time as a teacher in Los Gatos through an unconventional arrangement with the school system. I believed, truly believed, that education was important. ![]() “If I couldn’t have been an engineer,” he says in iWoz, “I would’ve been a teacher. Wozniak has always been a strong advocate for children and a big supporter of public education. He also provides valuable advice for young adults who have aspirations of following in his footsteps. Apple’s cofounder was only 26 years old when he single-handedly designed and developed the Apple 1 computer, the product that launched Apple and started the personal computer revolution. In iWoz ( public library), Wozniak provides insight into his younger years, his career, and his personal philosophy on life. In many ways, Steve Wozniak needs no introduction. If you love what you do and are willing to do what it takes, it’s within your reach.” ![]() ![]() ![]() The book consists of seven chapters interspersed with images and artworks. She intersperses her writing with images of various paintings, drawings, sculptures, and other digital media to "render visible the black experience". In her critique of racism and visibility, Rankine details the quotidian microaggressions African-Americans face, discusses controversial incidents such as backlashes against tennis player Serena Williams, and inquires about the ramifications of the shootings of Trayvon Martin and James Craig Anderson. The book ranked as a New York Times Bestseller in 2015 and won several awards, including the 2014 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry, the 2015 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in Poetry, and the 2015 Forward Prize for Poetry Best Collection. Citizen stretches the conventions of traditional lyric poetry by interweaving several forms of text and media into a collective portrait of racial relations in the United States. ![]() Citizen: An American Lyric is a 2014 book-length poem and a series of lyric essays by American poet Claudia Rankine. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() There are also many flashback scenes, including a substantial narrative set in the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. However, it should not be read as a direct account of Ware's personal life. Elements of the novel seem autobiographical, particularly in passages about Jimmy's estranged relationship with his father (Ware only met his father once in adulthood, during the period he was working on this book, and has remarked that his father's attempts at humor and casualness were not unlike those he'd already created for Jimmy's father in the book). The story explores themes of discontent and alienation, especially within families. Jimmy attempts to escape his unhappiness via an active imagination that sometimes gets him into awkward situations. Jimmy is an awkward and cheerless character with an overbearing mother and a very limited social life. The story, previously serialized in the pages of Ware's comic book " Acme Novelty Library" (and, previous to that, in the alternative Chicago weekly "New City"), is about Jimmy Corrigan, a meek and lonely man in his late thirties who meets his father for the first time in a Michigan town over Thanksgiving weekend. ![]() "Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth" is a widely-acclaimed graphic novel by Chris Ware, published in 2000. Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth ![]() ![]() It is a Batman story like none other and one that will truly resonate with fans. ![]() But despite how bleak his circumstances were, or perhaps because of it, Dini also always imagined the Batman at his side during his darkest moments.ĭARK NIGHT: A TRUE BATMAN STORY is the harrowing and eloquent autobiographical tale of Dini’s courageous struggle to overcome a truly desperate situation. His recovery process was arduous, hampered by the imagined antics of the villains he was writing for television including The Joker, Harley Quinn and the Penguin. Walking home one evening, he was jumped and viciously beaten within an inch of his life. In the 1990s, Eisner Award-winning writer Paul Dini had a flourishing career writing the hugely popular Batman: The Animated Series and Tiny Toon Adventures. But in this surprising original graphic novel, we see Batman in a new light-as the savior who helps a discouraged man recover from a brutal attack that left him unable to face the world. ![]() ![]() The Caped Crusader has been the all-abiding icon of justice and authority for generations. DARK NIGHT A TRUE BATMAN STORY HC (MR) (FEB160250) (MR) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (Approximately.) He doesn't age or get sick, but is otherwise entirely capable of being killed.His survival has hinged on an innate ability to adapt, his wits, and a fairly large dollop of luck.He makes for an excellent guide through history. The second thing I learned was, don't try to run through fire." -Adam the ImmortalĪdam is a sixty thousand year old man. One of the first things I learned was if there is going to be a mob panic, don't be standing between the mob and wherever it is they all want to go. "I have been in quite a few tight situations in my long life. ![]() ![]() In an artful blending of sci-fi, adventure, fantasy, and humor, IMMORTAL introduces us to a world with vampires, demons and other "magical" creatures, yet a world without actual magic. Immortal is a first person confessional penned by a man who is immortal, but not invincible. But in the twenty-first century, Adam confronts new dangers-someone has found out what he is, a demon is after him, and he has run out of places to hide.Worst of all, he has had entirely too much to drink. Surviving sixty thousand years takes cunning and more than a little luck. I like to brag that I've been there from the beginning, and while this may very well be true, I generally just say it to pick up girls." -Adam the Immortal "I don't know how old I am.My earliest memory is something along the lines of fire good, ice bad, so I think I predate written history, but I don't know by how much. ![]() ![]() Scaife, hoping that she will lead them to the Red Book, a rumoured ledger containing the names of influential Nazi sympathisers. Instead he recruits her to ingratiate herself to a woman named Mrs. Juliet develops a crush on Perry, who seems to encourage speculation that they are having an affair but does not return her affections. The walls are bugged with microphones and Juliet's job is to transcribe the audio recordings of their conversations. Working out of two flats, the MI5 team reveal that they are spying on a group of low-level Nazi sympathisers who report to MI5 spy Godfrey Toby, believing he is a secret spy for the Gestapo. Hired to work at MI5, she is quickly scouted for an operation run by the elusive Perry Gibbons. The incident causes Juliet to reflect back to 1940 when she was a young 18-year-old woman who had recently been orphaned. When she approaches him he denies knowing her. In 1950, Juliet Armstrong, a producer of children's programmes at the BBC, sees Godfrey Toby, a man she knew during WWII. She begins a career as a low-level transcriptionist for MI5, before rising through the ranks. ![]() ![]() The novel focuses on the activities of British orphan Juliet Armstrong throughout World War II and afterwards. ![]() Transcription is a spy novel by British novelist Kate Atkinson, published in September 2018. ![]() |