![]() ![]() The account had largely faded from public memory, even though it was documented in popular accounts by Byron and other survivors, and went on to influence philosophers like Rousseau, Voltaire and Montesquieu, and inspire the novelists Herman Melville and Patrick O’Brian. “This is a story about the disintegration of a floating civilization.” ![]() “When they’re on that island, it became almost like a laboratory, testing human nature under extraordinary circumstances,” Grann said. ![]() Byron, the grandfather of the poet Lord Byron, was one of just a few dozen castaways who escaped the island and survived, out of some 250 who first set sail on a quest to seize a treasure-filled Spanish galleon in 1740. Written in florid, 18th-century prose by a midshipman named John Byron, the journal told the story of a British warship that sank off the coast of Chile, leaving its survivors marooned on a desolate island, where they descended into chaos, starvation, sedition and murder. The journalist David Grann was rummaging through the electronic files of a British archive in 2016, researching one of his pet obsessions - mutinies - when he came across an astonishing tale. ![]()
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![]() ![]() PANTHERS JUST UPSET THE BRUINS IN THE FIRST ROUND Boston suffered the Presidents' Trophy curse by way of a Carter Verhaeghe goal at the 11:25 mark that gave Florida a 4-3 overtime win: Halfway into OT, the Bruins suffered what is perhaps the most vexing curse in the history of professional sports: For 10 years running, no team that has won the Presidents' Trophy has won the Stanley Cup in the same season. THIS SERIES ISN'T OVER YET □ just forced OT in #Game7! #Stanle圜up But the Panthers managed to extend the game to overtime with a Brandon Montour goal just under the one-minute mark, keeping alive the Presidents' Trophy curse: The Bruins ultimately suffered a 4-3 overtime loss to the Panthers in Game 7 on Sunday, overcoming a 2-0 deficit to eventually take a 3-2 lead into the final minute of the third period. ![]() until the series somehow ended in a winner-take-all Game 7 in Boston. the Panthers seemed little more than a matter of course. The Bruins entered the 2023 NHL playoffs with an incredible 65-12-5 record, good for the most wins in NHL history and only the fourth time a team has 60-plus wins in a season (and the first since the Lightning in 2018-19). Even the best record in the history of the NHL is no match for the Presidents' Trophy curse. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Late Medieval Maelstrom: The Great Schism and Early Reform Attemptsĭr.Augustine’s Life and Work (against Donatism and Pelagianism).Theological Turning Points: NT Canon, Marcion, the Trinity and Chalcedon.Theological Divisions in the Early Church.This course concludes with an explanation of the Great Schism of the 14th century and the early reform attempts by John Wycliffe and Jan Hus, which paved the way for the Protestant Reformation. James traces the historical context of the rise of the papacy the violence of the first Crusades and their lingering effects and the rise of medieval scholasticism, particularly in the work of Thomas Aquinas. This course introduces you to the important work of Augustine, who responded to the Donatists and Pelagius in a way that would have lasting marks on the church. James unravels the distinct thought and persecution of the early Christians, as well as the key historical turning points that would result in the formation of doctrines such as the doctrine of Christ, the Holy Spirit, and the Trinity. Beginning with the aftermath of Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection, CH101 covers the story of Christianity up to the 15th century. ![]() ![]() I think that all the mind-blowing details about this world have been squeezed into Deadline and Feed. In terms of concept and world building, this story doesn’t add much to the awesomeness of the series. Had better pray that they’re immune to bullets” ~ Shaun Mason “Anyone coming within a hundred yards of my happy ending It’s all simply too hard even though I understand that at some point we had to get to an ending. I find it so hard to get closer to writing the last line about the Masons, so hard to think that I will never again enjoy new adventures with them, so hard not to wait for another book in the series to come out. I wish I’d know how to say goodbye, how to close the book with a smile on my lips and not to feel this ache in my heart, I wish there was more to this story. Damn you for being such an amazing writer! What you’re reading now is my heart bleeding all over my keyboard, because this is how it feels letting this story go.ĭamn you Mira Grant, for making me love your world as much as I do, for making me cry for a fictional story and some freaking amazing characters that don’t even exist, for making me read a zombie book when I don’t even like zombies. You know what?… If you want to know how this all ends you’ll just have to read the story and find on your own. I’ve never missed some characters the way I miss these guys, and yeah – I already miss them like crazy. ![]() ![]() As long as he can remember Mom's rule "Never bother Daddy when he's eating the newspaper," all is well. ![]() He never has to go to the dentist ("No cavities-no teeth, either"), he never gets in trouble for tracking mud through the house, and he never has to take a bath. Mom did not." Except for the fact that he can't chew gum or have a dog, the boy likes being a worm. I told her that no matter how much time she spends looking in the mirror, her face will always look just like her rear end. Take June 15's entry: "My older sister thinks she's so pretty. Written in diary form, this truly hilarious picture book tracks the ins and outs of a worm's life from the perspective of the worm family's young son. ![]() Doreen Cronin ( Click, Clack Moo: Cows That Type) and cartoonist Harry Bliss (illustrator of A Fine, Fine School) shed a whole new light on a creature that spends most of its time underground: the earthworm. ![]() ![]() ![]() We learn about Jenny’s difficult relationship with her mother. Maggie owns a florist and has being hired to supply flowers for a massive wedding with an Alice in Wonderland garden theme.Īlison would then use the cups and turn them into candles as she runs a business in her home studio.Īll three ladies agree to embark on regular visits to car boot sales and charity shops to add to their vintage teacup collection. She hopes to collect enough teacups for the guests to use at the reception. Jenny is getting married and is planning a vintage tea party theme. The ladies meet at a car boot sale where they all fall in love with a tea service.Įach of them have a different reason for wanting the tea set and so they agree to share it. We are introduced to three main characters – Jenny, Maggie and Alison. ![]() The Vintage Teacup Club is the sort of book I could not put down and it drew me in from the start. ![]() It isn’t often I read a book in three days. The Vintage Teacup Club by Vanessa Greene(Sphere) ![]() ![]() Now although I LOVE bully romances, I wouldn’t necessarily call this one a bully romance, most definitely a friend’s to lovers – enemies to lovers, but not quite a bully romance. Taboo-ish stepbrother romance, enemies to lovers, second chance romance, heartbreak, longing, suspense, secrets, mystery, angst, and a whole lot of steam. Told in dual POV Tell Me Pretty Lies has everything that makes up a captivating new adult romance for me. ![]() Now, I have to face him again, but the boy I used to know has become the man who loves to hate me. One night was all it took for our world to crumble, leaving only secrets and lies between us. ![]() ![]() He warned me himself.īut he was a thunderstorm, and I never could resist the rain. The last thing I expected was to fall for one of them, least of all Thayer Ames. Three things my mother acquired when she became engaged: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I don’t want to leave them! I need more novellas, bonus scenes, something, ANYTHING because I want to know more about their life together. I love Avery and Deck so much honestly my only complaint is that I wish I could have more about them. But thank god I took a chance because this book was so worth the wait. ![]() ![]() I just didn’t want to be disappointed again. But honestly this year has been a bit of disappointment for me when it comes to books I’ve been highly anticipating so when this novella finally did come out…I kinda hesitated. Unfortunately I didn’t get the book in time and it wasn’t for sale and then KR kept it on the back burner for quite some time and I was stressed that I’d never know the story about those two characters. This is a novella that I’ve been dying to get my hands on since it first came out over a year ago in a previous book. This novella was exactly what I needed! I was getting so worried I was falling into a book slump after starting and dropping two books back to back but little did I know I just needed some Deck and Avery (not to mention some Iris, August, Keenan and Lo) in my life! YAASS BITCH YAAS!! THIS BOOK! THIS MOTHER EFFING BOOK! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion from 1987 to 1990. Nicknamed "Iron Mike" and "Kid Dynamite" in his early career, and later known as "The Baddest Man on the Planet", Tyson is considered to be the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time. Michael Tyson is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. ![]() Here, Tyson elaborates on the life lessons that D'Amato passed down, and reflects on how the trainer's words of wisdom continue to resonate with him outside the ring. In Tyson's best-selling memoir Undisputed Truth, he recounted the role D'Amato played in his formative years, legally adopting him at age sixteen after his mother died and shaping him both physically and mentally after years of living in fear and poverty. ![]() When legendary boxing trainer Cus D'Amato first saw thirteen year old Mike Tyson spar in the ring, he proclaimed, "That's the heavyweight champion of the world." D'Amato, who had previously managed the careers of Floyd Patterson and Jose Torres, would go on to train the young boxer for several years, and died a few months before Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion in history. This edition has been cancelled by the publisher.įrom the former heavyweight champion and New York Times bestselling memoirist, an intimate and revealing look at the life and leadership lessons of Cus D'Amato, the legendary boxing trainer and Mike Tyson's surrogate father. ![]() ![]() With her genius for demystifying science, Grandin draws on cutting-edge research to take us inside visual thinking. Do you have a keen sense of direction, a love of puzzles, the ability to assemble furniture without crying? You are likely a visual thinker. ![]() “A powerful and provocative testament to the diverse coalition of minds we’ll need to face the mounting challenges of the twenty-first century.” -Steve SilbermanĪ landmark book that reveals, celebrates, and advocates for the special minds and contributions of visual thinkersĪ quarter of a century after her memoir, Thinking in Pictures, forever changed how the world understood autism, Temple Grandin- “an anthropologist on Mars,” as Oliver Sacks dubbed her-transforms our awareness of the different ways our brains are wired. ![]() |