![]() It is broken up on the page, many paragraphs a single sentence so the prose doesn’t flow, but that is the point. This is an unusual narrative consisting of random and often apparently unconnected thoughts and observations from the wife’s point of view. of Speculation is proof that familiar subjects given fresh treatment can turn into something rare. This is an unflinching examination of marriage, parenthood, ageing, life – the eternal themes of fiction.īut Dept. of Speculation is a novelist who teaches creative writing (at Columbia University and elsewhere, in Jenny Offill’s case) and whose second novel is taking a long time to materialise. Jenny Offill’s first book Last Things was published in 1999. ![]() This is known to be important in the writing of short stories and although these are standalone titles it’s a quality they undoubtedly share. ![]() After this one and Oscar Coop-Phane’s Zenith Hotel I am starting to really appreciate the ability certain (few) authors have to distill the sense of a complete life in very few words. This is my second consecutive review of a very short book which makes more of an impact than many full-length novels. I read it last night in a single sitting so these are just a few uncut thoughts – for once it makes sense not to overanalyse. ![]() I was supposed to be working this morning but realised my time would better spent telling you about Jenny Offill’s second book Dept. ![]()
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![]() ![]() A world where the bones of the dead gods still hold great power for those brave – or desperate – enough to seek them out. ![]() Now a new world is rising, where power-hungry jarls feud and monsters stalk the woods and mountains. ‘ Set in a brand-new, Norse-inspired world, and packed with myth, magic and bloody vengeance, The Shadow of the Gods begins an epic new fantasy saga from bestselling author John Gwynne.Īfter the gods warred and drove themselves to extinction, the cataclysm of their fall shattered the land of Vigrið. Source: Physical ARC provided by the publisher (this in no way affects my review which is honest and unbiased) (Hardcover copy purchased by myself) ![]() I really loved reading the first part of the Bloodsworn Saga, The Shadow of the Gods, by John Gwynne and I’m already excited for the next instalment! The review for today is a story that mixes Viking mythology and other monsters up into a beautiful fantasy blend that is sure to become a favourite for fans of Vikings and the Witcher series. ![]() ![]() ![]() Amy struggles to keep herself anchor to the earth, as she has the ability to float and make other things float. ![]() Like the summary reads, Amy is sent there by her mother after she finds her sleeping on the ceiling more than once. The story starts off with Amanda “Amy” Thomsett arriving to Drearcliff Grange, a boarding school for girls, located in an actual cliff. They soon discover that the Hooded Conspiracy runs through the School, and it’s up to the Moth Club to get to the heart of it. ![]() Several of the pupils also have special gifts like Amy’s, and when one of the girls in her dormitory is abducted by a mysterious group in black hoods, Amy forms a secret, superpowered society called the Moth Club to rescue their friend. Although it looks like a regular boarding school, Amy learns that Drearcliff girls are special, the daughters of criminal masterminds, outlaw scientists and master magicians. A week after Mother found her sleeping on the ceiling, Amy Thomsett is delivered to her new school, Drearcliff Grange in Somerset. ![]() ![]() ![]() Oblivious to the storm gathering around the White House, Amanda arrives in the nation’s capitol only to discover her first assignment is far from routine. But when the complications of big city life and romance intervene, Amanda discovers that being a "detective" is nothing like she expected. She’d fled her small, rural town on the promise that Pinkerton Agent, Christopher Garrety, would make her his partner and perhaps something more. Newly inducted into Allan Pinkerton’s Female Detective’s Bureau, Amanda Brown was a fugitive from an unhappy past. In May, just one month before Guiteau’s first attempt on the President’s life, a lone woman was tasked with rooting out the threat to Garfield and his administration. ![]() But to the impressionable mind of an unbalanced observer named Charles Guiteau, there seemed only one way to relieve the tensions mounting in Washington D.C.- remove the man at the center of the controversy. Contentious appointment hearings, political backbiting, and scandal were nothing new. For months, factions of the Republican Party had been locked in an escalating tug of war, exacerbated by the surprise election of James A. ![]() ![]() In the spring of 1881, the United States was on the cusp of a national tragedy. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When she catches a nasty cold and has to stay home from work for a few days though, she's canned, and without a paycheck, she quickly finds that she's no longer welcome at Minnie's. It's a pretty miserable experience, but she eventually manages to find a position punching holes in pieces of leather at a shoe factory. Ooh la la.Īfter getting settled in at Minnie's pad, Carrie begins job hunting. And once they get to Chi-Town, he makes it clear that he wants to hang out again. Her adventure is off to a great start already: Charles Drouet, a traveling salesman with impeccable taste in clothing, flirts with her the whole train ride to Chicago. What's she planning to do there? Well, we don't exactly know that yet… but she'll figure it out. She's on a train headed for Chicago where she's got plans to move in with her big sister Minnie. Eighteen-year-old Carrie Meeber is leaving her parents and her small Midwestern town behind. ![]() ![]() ![]() The car continued toward me without missing a beat. At some point, I heard Todd’s voice yell out, “Stop!” Then the car plowed into the hockey nets at a speed high enough to crush them beneath the grill.Īnd it didn’t stop there. It kept racing toward me, toward the two hockey nets that Todd McCaffrey had left in the middle of the lot while he went in to fetch more equipment. ![]() Me, sort of frozen there, on hands and knees, assuming the car would come to a sudden halt when she saw me. Everything that happened next sped by in what felt like a three-second blur: Gloria Beckham’s car peeling across the parking lot in my direction. ![]() But the pair was my favorite, given to me by my mother just months before, on my sixteenth birthday. I was walking across the parking lot by the gym when my earring slipped off-a hammered sterling-silver hoop with a clasp that never seemed to fit quite right. Ever since, things haven’t quite been the same for me. ![]() ![]() Today, the company’s HR staff delivers more services more efficiently at 73 percent of the cost structure it had in 2011 on a per-employee basis. People analytics helps Google process some 3 million applications annually to find the crème de la crème, the quarter of 1 percent of candidates who eventually are hired for their skills, aptitude and ability to fit into the company’s culture, a trait insiders call “Googliness.”īy using data analysis and testing to streamline hiring and other personnel moves, Google has seen its people operations group’s productivity rise 6 percent annually over the past five years. ![]() The results have bordered on revolutionary. He did it by applying the rigorous testing Google previously reserved for refining search algorithms and rolling out new products to how it hires, trains, manages and promotes. consultant has helped elevate Google’s people-related number-crunching to world-class levels. human resources executive and McKinsey & Co. Since then, the former General Electric Co. Google dabbled with using data for hiring and other people practices before Bock joined the company nine years ago. is a pioneer of people analytics, Laszlo Bock is guiding the wagon train.īock, 42, is the Internet giant’s senior vice president of people operations. Laszlo Bock photo provided by Google Inc. ![]() ![]() Prior to that, he was best known for his 80-issue run on Image Comics' Spawn, created by Todd McFarlane. Greg Capullo is a self-taught illustrator and artist on the bestselling and highly acclaimed Batman series for DC Comics. He teaches at Columbia University and Sarah Lawrence University and lives in New York with his wife, Jeanie, and his son, Jack Presley. He has also been published in Zoetrope, Tin House, One-Story, Epoch, Small Spiral Notebook and other journals, and has a short-story collection, Voodoo Heart, which was published by Dial Press. His works include Dark Nights: Metal, All Star Batman, Batman, Batman: Eternal, Superman Unchainced, American Vampire and Swamp Thing. Scott Snyder is a #1 New York Times best-selling writer and one of the most critically acclaimed scribes in all of comics. Barne- og ungdomsbøker for motvillige lesere. ![]() Se alle bøker innen Dokumentar og fakta ».Se alle bøker innen Økonomi, administrasjon og ledelse ».Se alle bøker innen Pedagogikk og samfunnsvitenskap ».Naturvitenskap, filosofi, teori og metode. ![]() ![]() ![]() Recently, in a livestream arranged by his publisher, Martin claimed that The Winds of Winter is "about three-quarters of the way done," although he's hesitant to provide a release date for fear of disappointing his readers. He’s been writing The Winds of Winter, the highly-anticipated penultimate volume in his Game of Thrones series, since at least 2010-and lately, as if to make up for over a decade of missed deadlines, he’s speaking out on how the book is worth the wait (funny, I think I told my British Lit professor the same thing when I needed an extension). Martin, you may remember, is suffering from the most public case of writer’s block in human history. If this sounds like you, then come sit by George R.R. Have you ever added extra spaces on an essay to meet a minimum page requirement? Sneakily increased the font size on periods to pad your page count? Claimed to be working toward a deadline when you most definitely, assuredly were not? Procrastinators, boss-havers, degenerate undergraduates, lend me your ears. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her relationship with King Raffar is awesome and sweet and so refreshing.Ī Dragonbird in the Fern by Laura Rueckert, (List Price: 9. But she always looks for the Next Best Thing and by opening her heart to her new people, their Watcher religion (while still embracing her own) she learns so much about her own capabilities. She’s brave and kind and is constantly on herself for not living up to her older sister’s legacy due to her undiagnosed dyslexia. Utilizamos cookies y herramientas similares que son necesarias para permitirte comprar, mejorar tus experiencias de compra y proporcionar nuestros servicios, según se detalla en nuestro Aviso de cookies. Jiara is an awesome protagonist you want to follow to the ends of worlds. There’s a lot going on with high stakes but the pacing flows well so it is never overwhelming. ![]() Newly-queened Jiara must understand both if she’s to lead in peace, AND find out who murdered her sister Scilla, who is quickly becoming a pretty scary earthwalker, a ghost consumed by revenge to find her killer. I loved the world-building in this fantasy debut! Rueckert created two different religious systems and blended them expertly into the cultures of the different countries. When an assassin kills Princess Jiaras older sister Scilla, her vengeful ghost is doomed to walk their city of glittering canals, tormenting loved ones until the murderer is brought to justice. A Dragonbird in the Fern ist ein wunderbarer Roman fr jugendliche und junggebliebene Mdchen und besitzt alle Zutaten die ein Fantasy Abenteuer braucht. ![]() |