![]() Plus I think she’d appreciate a loud, ridiculous, loving family. I think it’d be so much fun to have her over for a tea party full of gossip and judgment. Lana Lee from Vivien Chien’s Noodle Shop Mystery series – anybody who can appreciate a good bowl of noodles the way Lana does is always welcome at Tita Rosie’s.Ĭharlotte Holmes from Sherry Thomas’s Lady Sherlock series – Charlotte is someone who appreciates food, particularly sweets, and it would be hilarious to have her turn her sharp insight toward the aunties and Lola Flor.Įlizabeth Bennett from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice – I’m super basic and absolutely love Lizzie. ![]() I’m sure Lila and her family would love to take her under their wing and introduce her to the world of Filipino food. Odessa Dean from Olivia Blacke’s Killer Content – she’s a small-town transplant currently living in NYC and has been expanding her palate (and crime-solving skills) ever since moving there. ![]() The Book Smugglers: If you could host a dinner party with characters from your book at Tita Rosie’s, and any other characters from any other fictional world: who and why? And, what would you serve? ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This essay considers the continuing legacy of the Lambs in the subgenre of children’s Shakespeare by examining the ways in which the Tales were repackaged and reissued for new generations of children in the Victorian and Edwardian periods. The Tales have never been out of print since 1807 and they continue to exert an influence over other authors who adapt Shakespeare for children, both in their choice of plays to adapt and in their translation of the plays from drama to prose. Mary and Charles Lamb’s Tales from Shakespear (1807) is generally taken as the starting point for the subgenre of “children’s Shakespeare,” in that it is an adaptation of Shakespeare’s plays aimed at young children which promises to entertain as well as to educate its young readers. ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() This popular movement, gathered under the slogan Black Lives Matter, acted against racism, but not against racism alone. ![]() Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of comrades took to the streets and fought the police and their allied fascists. In late May, beginning in Minneapolis when police murdered a man named George Floyd, the social rapidly and aggressively de-virtualised in the form of urban revolt: riots and looting abolitionist demonstrations and decolonial iconoclasm burning police stations and squad cars the construction of barricades and the establishment of autonomous zones. Outside of weekly trips to the grocery store, running in a hilltop woodland, and kicking a football with my four-year-old son, life would take place indoors, with the outside world entering materially by way of the post, and narratively via state news briefings and hyperactive social media feeds. For myself and many others in the United Kingdom, the social became virtual. ![]() At least half a month too late, on 23 March, my country of residence was placed under lockdown, shuttering classrooms and parks and pubs and libraries and just about all places of free gathering. For the first half of 2020, life adjusted itself to Covid-19, a highly-contagious respiratory disease unheard of this time last year. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This book reveals more than 50 bourbon brands' predominate tastes and suggests cocktail recipes to complement them. While many bourbons boast all four flavor notes, one delicious sensation typically overpowers the rest. Using the same tasting principles he offers in his Kentucky Derby Museum classes and as a judge at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, Minnick cuts to the chase, dismissing brand marketing and judging only the flavor of this all-American whiskey.Bourbon Curious groups bourbon into four main flavor profiles-grain, nutmeg, caramel, and cinnamon. "The world has been waiting for this book." -Jeffrey Morganthaler, author of The Bar Book and Drinking Distilled In Bourbon Curious: A Tasting Guide for the Savvy Drinker, award-winning whiskey writer and Wall Street Journal best-selling author Fred Minnick creates an easy-to-read interactive tasting journey that helps you select barrel-aged bourbons based on your flavor preferences. ![]() ![]() ![]() The third unconventional business practice that Hastings established at Netflix was to eliminate controls. Pay attention to comments and people’s facial expressions, and prod further when you notice that they’re trying to avoid conflict.) Practice #3: Eliminate Controls In Death by Meeting, Patrick Lencioni writes that having disagreements keeps participants engaged, so you should actively look for signs of disagreement. While you want to manage this tension, some argue that having a little drama during a meeting is a good thing. (Shortform note: Such open discussion can create a good deal of tension between those giving feedback and those receiving. Although this process can be uncomfortable and potentially embarrassing, the feedback could save receptive employees from being fired in the future. ![]() A manager and her team gather for several hours and go around the room as each employee takes a turn receiving feedback. Hastings saw that the discussions following written feedback were effective, so he implemented live 360 reviews. And third, motivate them to change by setting goals for their improvement.) Process 2: Live 360-Degree Reviews ![]() Second, make sure they commit to making the necessary changes. 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Here lie the origins of modern societythe dawn of art, architecture, religion, the nuclear familyeven the first tangible evidence of human self-awareness, the world’s oldest mirrors. The Goddess and the Bull details the dramatic quest by archaeologists to unearth the buried secrets of this huge, spectacularly well-preserved early farming settlement. ![]() Thousands of years before the pyramids were built in Egypt, a great civilization arose on the Anatolian plains. In The Goddess and the Bull, veteran Science magazine reporter Michael Balter takes you inside the trenches of one of the world's most important archaeological excavations and the biggest prehistoric village ever discovered: 9,500 year old Çatalhöyük, in south-central Turkey. ![]() ![]() ![]() These 3 stories bring the amazing Wheel of Time collection to a close and assures to be a legendary and also rather emotive finale. The Gathering Storm Audiobook – Robert Jordan Free. The Gathering Storm (officially under the working title A Memory of Light) is the 12th book in the impressive dream impressive, the Wheel of Time by the late Robert Jordan, originally begun in 1990 with “The Eye of the Globe”.Īs Jordan passed away before finishing what was believed to be the last volume in the series (however confessed by Jordan to be an enormous volume) it was selected by Jordans partner and also his estate that “A memory of Light” will certainly be completed by the author (and big Wheel of Time fan) Brandon Sanderson.ĭue to the large amount of product, and also tale still left unknown it has been chosen that the final unique be split into 3 publications because of be launched over the following 2 years. The Gathering Storm Audiobook – Robert Jordan The Gathering Storm Audiobook – Robert Jordan text ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Being together might be against all the rules. 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