5/30/2023 0 Comments The transfer a divergent storyThe fourth story, "The Traitor," runs parallel with the events of Divergent, giving readers a glimpse into the decisions of loyalty-and love-that Tobias makes in the weeks after he meets Tris Prior. The first three pieces in this volume-"The Transfer," "The Initiate," and "The Son"-follow Tobias's transfer from Abnegation to Dauntless, his Dauntless initiation, and the first clues that a foul plan is brewing in the leadership of two factions. When read together, these long narrative pieces illuminate the defining moments in Tobias's life. Readers will find more of this charismatic character's backstory told from his own perspective in Four: A Divergent Collection. 1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth will be thrilled by ‘The Transfer’, the first of four new short stories told from Four’s perspective.DIVERGENT a major motion picture series. His voice is an integral part of Allegiant. More Four Fans of the Divergent series by No. Readers first encountered Tobias as "Four" in Divergent. This collection also makes a great pick for fans of the blockbuster movies who want to delve deeper into the character played by Theo James. Complete your Divergent library with Four!įans of the Divergent trilogy by #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth will be thrilled by Four: A Divergent Collection, a companion volume that includes four pre-Divergent stories plus three additional scenes from Divergent, all told from Tobias's point of view. New York Times bestselling Divergent trilogy reveals the secrets of the dystopian world that has captivated millions of readers.
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5/30/2023 0 Comments Nike founder bookThe things I loved most-books, sports, democracy, free enterprise-started as crazy ideas. History is one long processional of crazy ideas. The portions quoted from the book are in italics. Here are the 18 life lessons I got from the book. It’s the story of a self-proclaimed rebel who defies all conventional wisdom-and all odds-to go from zero to Nike. It’s a beautifully written, captivating story, filled with contrarian life lessons. I can’t tell if the book was ghostwritten, but if not, Phil Knight easily could have been a prominent author in a different life. In the book, Knight describes the journey of his crazy idea. He started importing shoes from Japan and eventually started his own gig out of a run-down warehouse in Portland, Oregon. Most of these senior research papers are thrown into a drawer (worse, the trash), never to be picked up again.īut Knight actually decided to do something with his paper. In his final year at Stanford business school, he wrote a paper arguing that Japanese shoes could make deep cuts into the shoe market, which was dominated by Germans at the time. But once I started, I couldn’t put it down. So, Nike co-founder Phil Knight’s book, Shoe Dog, had a tough hill to climb to sustain my attention. I’m also not a runner (unless I’m chasing a soccer ball). When it comes to sportswear, it’s three stripes or nothing for me. 5/30/2023 0 Comments Charged by Emily BazelonIn her article, Smith explored “whether a well-intentioned prosecutor can temper the harsh reality of the criminal justice system – in view of the institutional and cultural pressures of prosecutor offices.” Smith didn’t just examine this question she also quite succinctly answered it, writing: “I hope so, but I think not.” Her answer reflected the reality that the previous three decades produced unprecedented punitiveness in our criminal laws, racial disparities in both prosecution and punishment, and ultimately in creating a system of mass incarceration. Today, that number has grown by about 200,000. In 2001, Abbe Smith, a Georgetown University Law School professor and co-director of the school’s criminal defense clinic, wrote an article entitled, “ Can You Be a Good Person and a Good Prosecutor?” At that time, the United States incarcerated just more than 2 million people. This piece was originally published in the National Book Review. Attend the Brennan Legacy Awards Dinner.Advance Constitutional Change Show / hide.National Task Force on Democracy Reform & the Rule of Law.Government Targeting of Minority Communities Show / hide. With hypnotic, swift storytelling, Weinstein weaves in and out of Abby, Ryan, and Lauren’s lives and imparts lessons of love, loyalty, friendship, and living with mental illness. Now, for the first time in seventeen years, the once-inseparable friends find themselves confronting their past loves, hurts, and the rapid rush of a current that still pulls them together. Now a globe-trotting photographer who documents the power and beauty of waterfalls around the world, she returns back home to the mountains of North Carolina, where she must face the scene of a devastating heartbreak that forever changed the course of her life.Īs college coeds, Abby, Ryan, and Lauren had an unbreakable bond. Although this isn’t the life he’s dreamed of, Ryan is determined to heal the rifts in his family. Lauren Sheppard was once Ryan’s girlfriend and Abby’s closest friend. Meanwhile, Ryan is a charismatic, loyal husband who can coach the local high school football team to victory, but is powerless to lift his wife’s depression, which has settled into their marriage like a deep fog. Yet, depression has a vice grip on Abby and every day tugs a little harder on the loose threads of her marriage, threatening to unravel her charmed life. She is the mother of a beautiful daughter and the wife of Ryan , a beloved high school football coach. Publisher: Lake Union Publishing (April 19, 2016) 5/30/2023 0 Comments The loneliest dollI had a faith that my family, friends, and love would go on forever and with me, as long as I did my best for them. I believed in eternity when I was an innocent child. This is because I now am afraid of what comes next. I feel the loneliest in my biggest moments of happiness. I always face emptiness when I come home from work or parties. However, I find myself home alone when I wake up in my bed. I talk, drink, and sing with many people all the time. I know what people want, how to make them happy, and how to enjoy moments. And after a few years of inviting them into a photographic world I staged, I started asking myself, “Why do I really photograph dolls?” I began photographing dolls in 2001 to listen to their voices, and see their secret lives once again as I did in my childhood. It was Monday afternoon, December 29, 2014, the very first day I met her. My hands were trembling slightly as the cutter went along the taped line. I sat down in front of the box with a box cutter. She’s going to stay there with you forever as she looks now.”Ī month later, I received a giant box from a sweating FedEx deliveryman. “However, she’s not going to leave you behind or die. She is expensive,” Brian, a representative of a silicone sex doll company in Japan, told me on the phone. “It’s not about a sex doll, but all about our solitary existence in human society.” 5/30/2023 0 Comments The world the world norman lewisHis newspaper article entitled "Genocide in Brazil" (1969) prompted the creation of Survival International-an organisation dedicated to the protection of indigenous peoples around the world. Subjects he explored in his travel writing include life in Naples during the Allied liberation of Italy ( Naples '44) Vietnam and French colonial Indochina ( A Dragon Apparent) Indonesia ( An Empire of the East) Burma ( Golden Earth) tribal peoples of India ( A Goddess in the Stones) Sicily and the Mafia ( The Honoured Society and In Sicily) and the destruction caused by Christian missionaries in Latin America and elsewhere ( The Missionaries). Best known for his travel writing, he also wrote twelve novels and several volumes of autobiography. (John Frederick) Norman Lewis (28 June 1908 – 22 July 2003) was an influential British journalist and a prolific author. Descriptions and defence of indigenous peoples 5/30/2023 0 Comments Hippie Boy by Ingrid RicksThe fact that her family is Mormon is important for the story, yet Ricks does an exceptional job of keeping Mormonism as the background setting instead of focusing the camera on Mormonism itself. That’s the world of teenaged Ingrid Ricks in the story Hippie Boy: A Girl’s Story. Unfortunately, since he was often unreliable and occasionally violent, it wasn’t always the good kind of adventure - but it was a great escape from a home run by a crazy (and also occasionally violent) control-freak of a step-dad, who reeked of the meat that made up his entire food pyramid. Hippie Boy is a memoir about a teenage girl who escapes her abusive Mormon stepfather by joining her dad on the road as a tool-selling vagabond - until his arrest forces her to take charge of her life.ĭad was a master salesman who could talk anyone into anything, and life on the road with him was the wildest adventure any kid could possibly imagine. What would you do if your Mormon stepfather pinned you down and tried to cast Satan out of you? For 13 year old Ingrid, the answer is simple: RUN. My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness is one of the most powerful manga I have ever read, and it all comes down to Nagata Kabi's openness and honesty. this is a comic that (a) treats sex workers with dignity and agency in a medium which has been historically unkind, (b) addresses very real themes of self-harm in a direct and honest way, and (c) adopts an attitude of complete acceptance of sexuality fluidity. Her story is an open, honest, and deeply personal look at her struggles to fight back against her eating disorder, stop self-harming, and learn more about her sexuality. Sheds light on the complicated emotional and mental dynamics involved in lesbian relationships. The self-discovery that follows is utterly fascinating. While the subject matter is by no means light, this moving and honest slice of life will resonate with anyone who has questioned themselves or ever been conflicted in their lives. Winner of the 2018 Harvey Award for Best Manga and the 2017 Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Manga, and acclaimed in Vox's top books of the decade, The Advocate 's Best LGBT Graphics Novels of 2017, the NPR Guide to 2017's Great Reads, and the Publishers Weekly Best Books 2017. 5/29/2023 0 Comments No fixed address susin nielsenYou can also check out the unabridged audiobook version. Susin Nielsen deftly combines humor, heartbreak and hope in this moving story about people who slip through the cracks in society and about the power of friendship and community in making all the difference. Winning the cash prize could make everything okay again. He is determined to get a spot on the show. If he does, she warns him, he’ll be taken away from her and placed into foster care.Īs their circumstances go from bad to worse, Felix gets a chance to audition for a junior edition of Who What Where When. Astrid swears him to secrecy he can’t tell anyone about their living arrangement, not even Dylan and Winnie, his best friends at his new school. His mom Astrid is loving, but can’t hold onto a job. When they get evicted from their latest apartment, they move into a Westfalia van. ABOUT THE NORTH AMERICAN EDITION | ABOUT THE UK EDITION PEEK INSIDE THIS BOOK I READ ABOUT THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE BOOKġ2-and-three-quarter-year-old Felix Knutsson has a knack for trivia, and his favorite game show is Who What Where When he’s even named his gerbil after the host. 5/29/2023 0 Comments Kate quinn the diamond eyeStill reeling from war wounds and devastated by loss, Mila finds herself isolated and lonely in the glittering world of Washington, DC-until an unexpected friendship with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and an even more unexpected connection with a silent fellow sniper offer the possibility of happiness. When news of her three hundredth kill makes her a national heroine, Mila finds herself torn from the bloody battlefields of the eastern front and sent to America on a goodwill tour. Given a rifle and sent to join the fight, Mila must forge herself from studious girl to deadly sniper-a lethal hunter of Nazis known as Lady Death. In the snowbound city of Kiev (now known as Kyiv), wry and bookish history student Mila Pavlichenko organizes her life around her library job and her young son-but Hitler’s invasion of Ukraine and Russia sends her on a different path. |