Propaganda by edward l bernays6/8/2023 ![]() ![]() The Bernays family had rather notable connections back in their homeland: Ely’s sister was the wife of world-renowned psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, and Anna was Freud’s sister. So what do all of these changes have in common? The answer is one man: Edward Louis Bernays.Įdward, born in 1891, was the son of Ely and Anna Bernays, two New Yorkers freshly emigrated from Austria. Women began to smoke cigarettes to symbolize their freedom from the yoke of male rulership, calling the death sticks “liberty torches.” Even the American diet was changing a “hearty” meal of bacon and eggs became the new norm for the Yankee breakfast. ![]() Over 100,000 men were dead from a European war most Americans wanted nothing to do with, and a consumerist frenzy was on the rise. Long ago – almost one hundred years ago – the United States was a very different place. ![]()
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Armada by Ernest Cline6/8/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() So when he sees the flying saucer, he's sure his years of escapism have finally tipped over into madness.Įspecially because the alien ship he's staring at is straight out of his favorite videogame, a flight simulator callled Armada-in which gamers just happen to be protecting Earth from alien invaders.Īs impossible as it seems, what Zack's seeing is all too real. And too often, he catches himself wishing that some fantastic, impossible, world-altering event could arrive to whisk him off on a grand spacefaring adventure. He vastly prefers the countless science-fiction movies, books, and videogames he's spent his life consuming. Zack Lightman has never much cared for reality. ![]() ![]() From the author of Ready Player One, a rollicking alien invasion thriller that embraces and subverts science-fiction conventions as only Ernest Cline could. ![]() The layover roe horvat6/7/2023 ![]() ![]() Loving a golden-collared boy is foolish, but Elias falls anyway. ![]() It demands pleasure and warmth, and only one man’s embrace feels right. Except now that he’s pregnant, his body has its own will. He stays under the king’s protection and doesn’t ever want to depend on an alpha again. Will the boy like him? Even love him one day?_ĭisgraced and banished by his first mate, Iker found safe haven at the palace. But he doesn’t want his new husband to fear him. After being celibate for years, Hector craves to touch the pretty omega and take what’s lawfully his. He stands barefoot in the middle of the cottage, his eyes down, quiet and docile like a good omega groom. The boy knows what awaits him-he’ll be collared and claimed. He found him, paid the dowry, and today, he finally brings his new husband home. Hector has been saving money so he could afford a mate. ![]() Opposite of always review6/7/2023 ![]() Jack isn't sure if he's losing his mind.Still, if he has a chance to prevent Kate's death, he'll take it. And their story should end there.Yet Kate's death sends Jack back to the beginning, the moment they first meet, and Kate's there again. Soon she's meeting his best friends and Kate wins them over as easily as she did Jack.But then Kate dies. ![]() Perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and John Green.When Jack and Kate meet at a party, he knows he's falling - hard. reynolds comes The Opposite of Always, a razor-sharp, hilarious and heartfelt novel about the choices we make, the people we choose and the moments that make life worth reliving. ![]() Groundhog Day meets Everything Everything in this YA romance with a twist.One of the best love stories I've ever read.' Angie Thomas, bestselling author of The Hate U Give.From debut author justin a. ![]() Rajat gupta book review6/7/2023 ![]() ![]() He has contributed to the academics of the subject by writing chapters in the textbook of dermatology, for students. Rajat has also presented his work in the field of dermatology and cosmetology in international and national conferences. He is credited with multiple papers published in various peer-reviewed international and national journals. Indian Association of Dermatology again honored him with "Laser and Aesthetic Dermatology" Fellowship in 2015. ![]() In 2014, he was awarded the famous European Academy of Dermatology "Imrich Sarkany Memorial Scholarship" in EADV symposium at Belgrade, Europe. He has won the prestigious Galderma Academic Awards of Indian Association of Dermatology three years in a row. He is certified for injectables like botox & fillers and lasers. In addition to core dermatology, his special expertise is in aesthetic dermatology, lasers and hair loss therapies. He is working as Consultant Dermatologist at Max Hospital, Saket, Delhi. Rajat Gupta is a well qualified and experienced dermatologist & cosmetologist with experience of more than 8 years. ![]() Carry toni jensen6/7/2023 ![]() “At the Workshop” focuses on her graduate school years, during which a workshop classmate repeatedly killed off thinly veiled versions of her in his stories. “The Worry Line” explores the gun and gang violence in her neighborhood the year her daughter was born. In the title chapter, Jensen connects the trauma of school shootings with her own experiences of racism and sexual assault on college campuses. In Carry, Jensen maps her personal experience onto the historical, exploring how history is lived in the body and redefining the language we use to speak about violence in America. As a Métis woman, she is no stranger to the violence enacted on the bodies of Indigenous women, on Indigenous land, and the ways it is hidden, ignored, forgotten. ![]() And she has always known that in this she is not alone. As an adult, she’s had guns waved in her face near Standing Rock, and felt their silent threat on the concealed-carry campus where she teaches. Toni Jensen grew up around guns: As a girl, she learned to shoot birds in rural Iowa with her father, a card-carrying member of the NRA. We need more voices like Toni Jensen’s, more books like Carry.”-Tommy Orange, New York Times bestselling author of There There A powerful, poetic memoir about what it means to exist as an Indigenous woman in America, told in snapshots of the author’s encounters with gun violence.įinalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. ![]() ![]() ![]() Several turns after the events of Dragonquest, young Lord Jaxom of Ruatha Hold is allowed to fly for the first time on his white Dragon, Ruth, who, despite his small size, is believed to have reached his full growth. Edwards Award for her «lifetime contribution in writing for teens». The American Library Association in 1999 cited the two early Pern trilogies ( Dragonriders and Harper Hall), along with The Ship Who Sang, when McCaffrey received the annual Margaret A. It won the Gandalf Award for Book-Length Fantasy and the Australian Ditmar Award for international fiction. The White Dragon placed third for the annual Locus Award for Best Novel and it was one of five nominees for the annual Hugo Award for Best Novel. ![]() In 1987, the magazine Locus ranked The White Dragon number 23 among the 33 «All-Time Best Fantasy Novels», based on a poll of subscribers. The first part of the novel was published three years earlier as A Time When, a special publication by the New England Science Fiction Association for its annual convention Boskone in 1975, where McCaffrey was Guest of Honor. ![]() The White Dragon was first published by Ballantine Books in Jule 1978. The White Dragon is the fifth book in the Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey. He was Lord Holder, but not confirmed so. ![]() His birth had been as bizarre as Ruth’s Hatching-he from a dead mother’s body, Ruth from an eggshell too hard for the half-sized beak to break. ![]() Clean by david sheff6/6/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() "As a journalist, father, and clear-eyed chronicler of addiction, David Sheff is without peer." - Sanjay Gupta, M.D. An advocate for those suffering addiction and their families, Sheff created. His most recent book is The Buddhist on Death Row. has performed a vital service by compiling sensible advice on a subject for which sensible advice is in short supply." - New York Times Book Review David Sheff is the author of the bestsellers Beautiful Boy and Clean. for America as it confronts its drug problem. "A guide for those affected by addiction, but also a manifesto. In Clean, he reveals how addiction really works, and how we can combat it. To discover why, David Sheff spent time with scores of scientists, doctors, counselors, and addicts and their families, and explored the latest research in psychology, neuroscience, and medicine. ![]() The existing addiction treatments, including Twelve Step programs and rehabs, have helped some, but they have failed to help many more. As with other illnesses, the approaches most likely to work are based on science - not on faith, tradition, contrition, or wishful thinking. A myth-shattering look at drug abuse and addiction treatment, based on cutting-edge researchĪddiction is a preventable, treatable disease, not a moral failing. ![]() Love on the brain ali hazelwood6/6/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The possibilities have all her neurons firing.īut when it comes time to actually make a move and put her heart on the line, there’s only one question that matters: What will Bee Königswasser do? Review But Levi made his feelings toward Bee very clear in grad school – archenemies work best employed in their own galaxies far, far away.īut when her equipment starts to go missing and the staff ignore her, Bee could swear she sees Levi softening into an ally, backing her plays, seconding her ideas… devouring her with those eyes. Sure, Levi is attractive in a tall, dark, and piercing-eyes kind of way. But the mother of modern physics never had to co-lead with Levi Ward. ![]() Other Books I have read by similar author-įrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a new STEMinist rom-com in which a scientist is forced to work on a project with her nemesis-with explosive results.īee Königswasser lives by a simple code: What would Marie Curie do? If NASA offered her the lead on a neuroengineering project – a literal dream come true – Marie would accept without hesitation. Disclaimer – Many thanks to Berkley for eARC via NetGalley. ![]() Move heaven and earth christina dodd6/6/2023 ![]() (general) search for identity/new understanding If one lover chases another. New York Times bestselling author CHRISTINA DODD builds worlds filled with suspense, romance, and adventure, and creates the most distinctive characters in. ![]() physically ill Inner struggle subplot - Yes Struggle with. ![]() Click on a plot link to find similar books! Plot & Themes Time/era of story - 1600 to 1899ĭifficult/unusual lover? - Yes How difficult? - disabled/ugly Action/suspense subplot? - Yes Who is. ![]() |