6/29/2023 0 Comments Paulo coelho 7 minutes‘Eleven Minutes’ the title or the time is referred to the state to have sex. Eleven minutes declare the life philosophies and how one gains the ultimate meaning of life by experiences. The book Eleven Minutes is written by the best selling author Paulo Coelho in Portuguese language and was translated by Margaret Jull Costa in the year 2003. The same has been brought about in this novel. I admit that it wasn’t the best of the topics to write upon, but whatever Paulo Coelho writes about, no matter how undiscussed, trivial or gross, turns into a beautiful art of fiction and more. The author has somehow interlinked the brilliance of the mind with the desire of the body in a book which goes beyond the meaning of ‘fiction’ and tries to answer deeper existential questions. Never have I ever read something which made me think about things like meeting of souls, pure desire without getting intimate or the existence of an inner light. While this book is a story of a young woman who works as a prostitute, it goes on a complete intellectual level which is found in the pages of her diary.
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6/29/2023 0 Comments Marley and me authorMarley was filmed for a two-minute credited appearance in the 1996 movie The Last Home Run. His acts and behaviors are forgiven, however, since it is clear that he has a heart of gold and is merely living within his nature. Marley routinely fails to "get the idea" of what humans expect of him at one point, mental illness is suggested as a plausible explanation for his behavior. He is strong, powerful, endlessly hungry, eager to be active, and often destructive of their property (but completely without malice). Marley, a yellow Labrador Retriever, is described as a high-strung, boisterous, and somewhat uncontrolled dog. Told in first-person narrative, the book portrays Grogan and his family's life during the 13 years that they lived with their dog Marley, and the relationships and lessons from this period. It was subsequently adapted by the author into three separate books, as well as into a comedy-drama film released in 2008. The dog is poorly behaved and destructive, and the book covers the issues this causes in the family as they learn to accept him in addition to their grief following Marley's death. Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog is an autobiographical book by journalist John Grogan, published in 2005, about the 13 years he and his family spent with their yellow Labrador Retriever, Marley. 6/29/2023 0 Comments Bravo 2 zero andy mcnabDelivered to Baghdad, they were tortured with a savagery for which not even their intensive SAS training had prepared them.īravo Two Zero is a breathtaking account of Special Forces soldiering: a chronicle of superhuman courage, endurance and dark humour in the face of overwhelming odds. For the survivors, however, the worst ordeals were to come. In the desperate action that followed, though stricken by hypothermia and other injuries, the patrol 'went ballistic'. After a fierce fire fight, they were forced to escape and evade on foot to the Syrian border. Within days, their location was compromised. Delivered to Baghdad, they were tortured with a savagery for which not even their intensive SAS training had prepared them.Bravo Two Zero is a breathtaking account of Special Forces soldiering: a chronicle of superhuman courage, endurance and dark humour in the face of overwhelming odds. Their call sign: BRAVO TWO ZERO.Įach man laden with 15 stone of equipment, they patrolled 20km across flat desert to reach their objective. Under the command of Sergeant Andy McNab, they were to sever the underground communication link between Baghdad and north-west Iraq, and to seek and destroy mobile Scud launchers. In January 1991, eight members of the SAS regiment embarked upon a top secret mission that was to infiltrate them deep behind enemy lines. Imitate has everything I love a slow-building tension, weird intrusions into everyday life, a troubled protagonist trying to grapple with dark forces they can barely comprehend. “Imitate” and “Transfigured” were my personal favorites of the collection. The stories of Anoka share similar themes: loss, addiction, alienation, and the particular pain only those close to us can cause. The narration by Kyle Bullock is fantastic and the production values are top-notch. Review: This is my first experience with indigenous horror. I appreciated the insight into the author’s thought process in choosing Anoka, as well as his thoughts on writing indigenous horror. My maternal grandparents lived in the Twin Cities and I spent my summers in the wilds of northern Minnesota, so I connected to the setting of Anoka right away. Anoka contains four short stories and two flash fiction pieces loosely centered around the real-world city of Anoka Minnesota, the self-proclaimed “Halloween Capital of the World.” Like the author, I have family connections to Minnesota. 6/29/2023 0 Comments Hg buzz bissingerA fitting the next day for a made-to-measure suit and shoes and shirt at the Gucci store. A sumptuous dinner with an unrestricted view of the Duomo, which shimmered with golden light in the shadows of the chilly night. A guests-only presentation at the Gucci showroom with champagne, way too much champagne. The fashion show with the presentation of the men's 2013-14 autumn/winter collection. Gucci employees everywhere, like secret agents without the whole talking-wrist ritual. Bissinger with better pronunciation and far more enthusiasm than my friends. Private pickup to the Park Hyatt Milan, where the concierge has been clearly prepped before our arrival, calling me Mr. Business class on Alitalia Flight 605 from JFK to Malpensa on January 12. I am here as a private client of Gucci, one of five pampered and feted on an all-expenses-paid four-day trip to Milan and Florence. But I am not here because of my particular journalistic qualifications. 6/29/2023 0 Comments Black Sea by Neal Ascherson“To say it at once: this is a superb book, beautifully written, evocative, learned, and deeply subtle.” - Timothy Garton Ash, The Times Literary Supplement “History and time and place flow together superb, encompassing story of the Black Sea region.” - Mary Lee Settle, Los Angeles Times Ascherson's portrait of a place whose chief characteristic is the durability of its many ethnic identities comes at the right moment.” - Richard Bernstein, The New York Times With ethnic conflicts much in the headlines, Mr. rich both in historical data and in interpretation. “A searching examination of the lands that ring the Black Sea and that were the scenes of some of the most ancient multicultural experiences of human history. 6/29/2023 0 Comments The stars and teethThe study published Wednesday in The Astrophysical Journal. That changed when a global team of almost 70 scientists from around the world collaborated after receiving a tip from an amateur astronomer. But the calcium has presented more of a mystery. But these explosions have turned out to be incredibly rare events that scientists have had difficulty observing and analyzing, so they weren’t sure how the calcium was created.Įxplosions and mergers of stars are also known to create other heavy elements, like gold and platinum. In fact, half of the calcium in the universe likely came from calcium-rich supernovae. We truly are made of star stuff, as famed astronomer Carl Sagan once said. The calcium in our bones and teeth likely came from stars exploding in supernovas and scattering this mineral across the universe in massive quantities, according to a new study. 6/28/2023 0 Comments Black rednecks and white liberalsSowell traces this culture to several generations of mostly Scotsmen and northern Englishmen who migrated to many of the southern American colonies in the eighteenth century. The title essay, which opens the volume, shows that what passes for “black culture” in the United States, with its particular language, customs, behavioral characteristics, and attitudes toward work and leisure, is in fact a collection of traits adopted from earlier white southern culture. In his new collection of essays, Black Rednecks and White Liberals, Sowell once again performs this task with great insight. And in doing so he has challenged and undermined many of the dominant ideological myths of our time. Over several decades he has applied his exceptional skills as an economist to an array of interdisciplinary studies focusing on race, culture, and politics. In a just world Thomas Sowell would win the Nobel Prize in economics. And when the school celebration of firework night comes around and a tragic event occurs, Pearl realizes quite how much she does need her big sister. Maybe she doesn't need Jodie as much as she used to. Jodie really doean't fit in with the posh teenagers in her class. But things keep on changin for the sisters. She dyes her hair, pierces her ears and dresses in an outlandish way, constantly irritating her mother. Jodie, 14, is boisterous, mischievous and very protective of her younger sister. Plot summary edit Pearl and Jodie Wells are sisters. When term begins, their strange summer is over. My Sister Jodie is a 2008 children's novel by English author Jacqueline Wilson. Jodie just seems to be getting into more and more trouble - arguing with Mum, scaring the children, flirting with the young gardener. Jodie has always been the leader - but now it's Pearl who's making new friends: tall, eccentric Harley and Mrs Wilberforce, the wife of the Head, with her library of wonderful books. Things start to change now they are in their new home. When their parents get new jobs at Melchester College, a Victorian gothic mansion, the girls spend a bizarre summer holiday in the boarding school with just a few leftover children for company. Jodie is nearly three years older, bold and brash and bad - and Pearl adores her. Pearl is the younger one, small, shy and axious. Their friends are Larry (13) and Daisy (12) The other 12-year-old is Pip, who’s light on his feet but rather scathing of his younger sister Bets, who is eight - but quite a clear thinker. His dog Buster is also an important part of the group. He’s a bit boastful at times, as he knows that he’s extremely bright, but he’s also kind, and full of integrity. Set in the 1940s, it was well before the days of political correctness, so one of the 12-year-old children, whose initials are FAT and who is somewhat overweight is known as ‘Fatty’, but he takes it mostly in good humour. I was expecting to find it rather trite and was pleasantly surprised that I thought it very readable. I’ve just finished ‘The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat’, second in the series, a book which I acquired in 1969 and read many times during my teens, but which I had not read for at least twenty-five years. A young friend has been borrowing, repeatedly, the ‘Five Find-Outers’ series by Enid Blyton, so I decided to choose one of those. So I decided instead to re-read a couple of my children’s books. But although I’m in the middle of four different books currently, I realised it was going to be difficult to finish any of them in two days - and I wouldn’t enjoy them. I had read 98 books by Christmas Eve, so should easily have reached my target. My ‘Goodreads’ challenge, I had decided, was a modest 100 books for 2021. It’s been a busy month and I haven’t read as many books as I expected to. |