![]() This is inspired by his own life experiences Paulsen worked as an emergency volunteer and has seen how devastating heart attacks are to everyone else on board. In Guts, Paulsen explains how Brian has no choice but to swim free after he tries to land the plane when the pilot dies of a heart attack. His story is based on Gary Paulsen’s experiences while he was lost for several days when he himself was young. ![]() He has nothing but his hatchet, and he learns to hunt, build shelter, craft things and get help from others using his own initiative. The book follows thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson who survives in Northern Canada after being in a plane crash. Hatchet is a part of the Brian’s Saga series by Gary Paulsen. ![]() ![]() Gary Paulsen has had many life experiences which have helped make him an outstanding writer. Gary Paulsen’s Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books recounts a series of stories that inspired him to write his best-selling books, including plane crashes, dog sled races, and other adventures. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Effortless offers actionable advice for making the most essential activities the easiest ones, so you can achieve the results you want, without burning out. No matter what challenges or obstacles we face, there is a better way: instead of pushing ourselves harder, we can find an easier path. Getting ahead doesn’t have to be as hard as we make it. Why then would I wish to argue for the importance of language Because two additional points lead to the conclusion that essentialism is not wholly a wired-in capacity, and that language can bolster essentialist tendencies. And the more depleted we get, the harder it is to make progress. Stuck in an endless loop of “Zoom, eat, sleep, repeat,” we’re often working twice as hard to achieve half as much. This book summary of Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less has several. That if we aren’t perpetually exhausted, we’re not doing enough.īut lately, working hard is more exhausting than ever. Book Summary: Essentialism by Greg McKeown. That if we want to overachieve, we have to overexert, overthink, and overdo. Everything is so much harder than it used to be?Īs high-achievers, we’ve been conditioned to believe that the path to success is paved with relentless work. ![]()
![]() At the root of all these disagreements were two sharply different visions for the nation's future.Īcclaimed historian Thomas Fleming examines how the differing temperaments and leadership styles of Washington and Jefferson shaped two opposing views of the presidency - and the nation. They also argued violently about the nation's foreign policy, the role of merchants and farmers in a republic, and the durability of the union itself. The chief disagreement between these former friends centered on the highest, most original public office created by the Constitutional Convention - the presidency. What could elicit such a strong reaction from the nation's original first lady? Though history tends to cast the early years of America in a glow of camaraderie, there were, in fact, many conflicts among the Founding Fathers - none more important than the one between George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the months after her husband's death, Martha Washington told several friends that the two worst days of her life were the day George died - and the day Thomas Jefferson came to Mount Vernon to offer his condolences. ![]() ![]() ![]() He is not injured, only confused, certain only that his name is Dan. He takes a while to die, uttering something mysterious as he expires. It all takes place with seasonal aplomb during the final 13 days of 1897.A young aristocrat is discovered lying in the snow, mortally wounded. This is a feel good novel busy with everyday life as lived by a large cast of singular individuals. Parvulescus' book is a magical tale full of enchanting characters who can carry the reader to another time. We might even say that it is we who inhabit their future, and so too does Dan Creţu, alias Dan Kretzu, the present-day journalist hurled back in time by some mysterious process for just long enough to allow us a wonderful glimpse into a remote, almost forgotten world. The plot of Life Begins on Friday takes place during the last 13 days of 1897 and culminates in a beautiful tableau of the future as imagined by the characters we have come to know and love. Within the pages of this charming book, the stories of a variety of characters unfold, each closely interwoven with the next, and outlining the features of what ultimately turns out to be the most important and most powerful character of all: the city of Bucharest itself. No one knows who he is and everyone has a different theory about how he got there. ![]() A young man is found lying unconscious on the outskirts of Bucharest. ![]() ![]() One visit led to an invitation from Gardner’s wife, Charlotte, to stay for dinner. ![]() Hearn’s extended essay provides an unforgettable glimpse of Gardner’s home life in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y., where he lived with his family during the period he was writing the “Mathematical Games” column for Scientific American. Matrix in Oz” by Michael Patrick Hearn, the compiler of The Annotated Wizard of Oz. The most substantive pieces in A Bouquet for the Gardener are “Editing Martin” by Robert Weil, Gardner’s editor at W.W. After all, the Queen of Hearts is practically defined by her shouts of “Off with his head!” No doubt there’s a rich history of this form of execution, particularly during Tudor times, but the reader must look elsewhere for such information. It then suddenly struck me that there’s no annotation for death by beheading. Somewhere in this tribute volume someone comments that Gardner avoided annotating anything unpleasant, such as Carroll’s social snobbery. ![]() ![]() On rereading Gardner’s notes, I was struck by how scrupulous he is in crediting the contributions of others, many of them members of the Lewis Carroll Society of North America, as I learned from concurrently reading A Bouquet for the Gardener: Martin Gardner Remembered, a collection of mostly brief appreciations published by the LCSNA in 2011. ![]() ![]() Before you get working on the next draft, I would share that my favorite parts are those in which you discuss your influences and where you write in illuminating specifics about the genesis of many of your now-classic songs: “Proud Mary,” “Fortunate Son,” “Who’ll Stop the Rain,” “Green River,” “Down on the Corner” and so many others. ![]() ![]() ![]() There are plenty of exciting things going on in The Turncoats and even a few that I, the seasoned reader that can guess most plots within a few chapters, didn’t figure out until the end. She’ll do the best she can and we will love her for it. more What would you do? Read it to find out how Val handles all of this plus a ton more.Her life isn’t going to be easy but that’s okay. ![]() Your friends don’t remember the things that you can and you aren’t sure if you should share the information that you have. So I’ll leave you with this imagine waking up one day and an entire part of your life has been wiped out. I can tell you all day how awesome it is and how much you’ll love it but that doesn’t really make up a person’s mind to read something. Her friends are all there, pitching in when needed like all good friends do.Since I don’t really believe in spoilers of any kind, it is a bit hard to tell you why you should read it. ![]() It quickly becomes obvious that her entire life will never be the same and she does her best to get in tune with her new way of life. Review 1: The story picks up where it left off, with Val returning to the bookshop she works in. ![]() ![]() ![]() Being in the medical field and always on call, for us intentionality is key and more often than not - we have to be spontaneous. This really resonated with me, as my husband’s work schedule is very unpredictable. I like to think of these small adventures as small but mighty.” “Small adventures also build such strong connections. ![]() ![]() And if you’re already one of those rock climbing or deep diving mamas - then just read and see how your adventurous spirit can create lasting connections with your kiddos! Starting the adventure doesn’t need a travel agent or vacation time. She quickly makes you feel at ease by letting you know that you don’t have to be a CrossFit mama or outdoors woman. From hiking trails, to campouts, to ballets Greta’s stories will make you want to climb Mount Everest (or at least aspire to).Īll are welcomed into Adventuring Together. Sharing from personal experiences with her own family and childhood, she invites you into her personal adventures. Throughout the book, Greta wants to drive through the point that - adventuring together makes lasting connections. If you haven’t read Adventuring Together, the new release by Greta Eskridge, GO ORDER IT RIGHT NOW!! An easy read that will make you laugh, drop a tear, and introspect.Īdventuring Together is broken up into three parts: ![]() ![]() ![]() This middle grade novel was inspired by the author's visit to the plantation and her experiences there.Īt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. ![]() ![]() Laurel Oaks is a thinly disguised version of the legendary Myrtles Plantation in Louisiana, which is on the Smithsonian's list of the ten most haunted places in America. Shifting back and forth from Lila's world in the present to Daphne's world in the past, the true story of what really happened that fateful night finally comes to light. Lois Ruby is the author of 18 books for middle graders and teens, including Steal Away Home, Miriams Well, The Secret of Laurel Oaks, Rebel Spirits. Daphne's spirit senses that Lila is the very person she's been waiting for, the one who can prove her innocence so her spirit can rest at long last. One spirit eager to tell her story is Daphne, a slave girl at Laurel Oaks in the 1840s, who was blamed for the poisoning deaths of two girls and their mother. ![]() But secretly, Lila suspects there are ghostly presences willing to communicate with her, and her alone. When Lila and her family visit Laurel Oaks Plantation in Louisiana, her parents and brother scoff at the claim that the house is haunted. A haunting historical mystery based on real life events, told in the alternating points of view of a contemporary girl and a 19th century slave accused of a horrible crime. ![]() ![]() ![]() 'a star'.her success does not come without In "Silver", we meet an actress - Anna May Wong. which, the author continues to show us through the years for Chinese Americans. It's through Ling directly we feel the conflicting emotions of what's to become of historical growth of more and more immigrants. We see different moral perspectives from the choices made - success and growth on one end - but sadness and fear -questioning identity and personal power living in this county right from this first story. ![]() He takes several jobs, ( laundry - valet), before eventually becoming an organizer - a leader- of Chinese labor.building the transcontinental railroad. He's an orphan from China.(Pearl River), and we follow him to Gold Mountain in California. ![]() Ling, from the first story "Gold", ( 1860's), is one of those characters that stays with you. Real historical characters].challenges are examined of immigrant life. In each of the four stories told by Peter Ho Davies -[three which are inspired by Four Stories: Gold, Silver, Jade, and Pearl. ![]() |