5/24/2023 0 Comments Rj palacio novel![]() Only entrants whose precepts have been chosen will be notified if they have been chosen. Please note, no original postcards will be returned. Enclose that paper-along with your POSTCARD-in an envelope, and mail to:Įntries must be received by Decemto be eligible. I’ll be using a scan of the postcard, so be neat! If you want to embellish with some of your own artwork, by all means, go ahead! Make it as unique as you would like! Then, write your name, address, age, and email on a separate piece of paper. How to enter? First, write your PRECEPT on a POSTCARD as legibly as you can. I won’t be able to publish every precept mailed in, but at least 20 of the best entries will be used in the book. If you’d like to see your precept published in my next book- in your own handwriting-please send me your POSTCARD PRECEPT by December 20th, 2013. Do you or a child you know have a WONDER-ful precept that you live by? I’m looking for some original precepts for a new book I’m working on! If you have a unique, or daring, or especially beautiful precept that you’d like to share with the world-this is your chance! ![]()
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5/24/2023 0 Comments Shanghai Girls by Lan Lan![]() The mean estimated dietary intake of DON did not exceed the tolerable daily intake (TDI) of l μg/kg DON was detected in 945 morning urine samples taken from 315 individuals for three consecutive days. Total deoxynivalenol levels were measured using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) in combination with a stable isotope dilution assay (SIDA). Urine samples were collected for three consecutive days and digested with β-glucuronidase and then purified using a DON-immunoaffinity column (IAC). A total of 315 adolescents aged 14-16 years, including 161 boys and 154 girls, were recruited. In the study, we estimated the risk of DON exposure for adolescents in Shanghai and explore the effects of collection time, areas, sex and BMI on intake estimates. ![]() ![]() Furthermore, little is known about the effects of collection times on risk exposure. Nevertheless, there have been few surveys of DON exposure for adolescents in China. ![]() There is growing interest in deoxynivalenol (DON) exposure during puberty because experimental evidence shows that DON-exposed to adolescents are more sensitive to DON and have limited detoxification ability. ![]() ![]() ![]() Having already given us an effective and unforgettable stage version of another episodic C. The kind of narrative thrust and cohesion that one needs for a successful screenplay or script would seem to be lacking in The Great Divorce. As such, the book, though endlessly fascinating, is, like Dante’s Divine Comedy, necessarily episodic: which is to say, it does not provide good raw material for a film or stage play. In this most imaginative of books, Lewis works out a grand supposal: what if the sinners in hell were allowed to take a bus ride to heaven? And what if, when they arrived, they were met by a blessed saint (or Spirit) who offered them the chance, even now, to forsake their sin and pride and embrace the mercy of Christ? What would they do? As it turns out, all but one of the damned souls freely choose to return to hell.Īfter a few chapters that describe hell and the conversations on the bus ride, The Great Divorce devolves into a series of dialogues (I like to think of them as case studies) between a damned soul and the Spirit sent to help him. My answer is always the same: The Great Divorce. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Pupil julie kagawa![]() I was tired of rules and isolation, of watching the world go by without me. She's rebellious! She wants freedom! She wants to go to the beach and chill and have friends, yo. There is literally no distinguishing her from every other rebellious teenager ever besides for the fact that she can turn into a dragon. Instead, I got a main character who's a dragon but really just wanted to fit in with the humans. They breathe fire, they kill people, they're awesome! I wanted a main character like that. I could tell from the first few chapters that this wouldn't be a book I enjoyed, and the fact is reinforced throughout the story. Fuck, I liked the much-reviled and oftentimes stupid Meghan in the Iron Fey series, I overlooked the tragic love triangle, because those books were fun. This book was only marginally better, and only so due to Kagawa's writing. So my standards weren't high to begin with. ![]() Last week I read the fantastically craptastic Firelight which was essentially Twilight with dragons. I fully expected to enjoy this book, or at least find plenty of entertainment value, given that it was written by Julie Kagawa. Read my theories at the end, those who have read this series, and tell me if I'm wrong. ![]() ![]() I have theories about what happens throughout the rest of the book. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments The forever war comics![]() Postings of multiple images individually will be removed. Multi-part image posts, "works in progress" and collections of images should be collected into an image album (imgur or another image hosting service), and then post a link to the album. If post is NSFW put NSFW at the beginning of your post's title. No linking to torrents, streams, or any other sites that may lead to illegal activity (This will result in a BAN at moderator's discretion). Use link flair when appropriate (See here). This is to reduce spam and also increase discussion. It is also expected that submitters will monitor their posts and engage with the sub's response. 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TMNT: Urban Legends (Image Reprint) TMNT: Urban Legends #22 ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments The sense of style book![]() ![]() Confusing changes in the world with moral decline, every generation believes the kids today are degrading society and taking language with it. ![]() They fail to deal with an inescapable fact about language: it changes over time, adapted by millions of writers and speakers to their needs. But most style guides fail to prepare people for the challenges of writing in the 21st century, portraying it as a minefield of grievous errors rather than a form of pleasurable mastery. Steven Pinker, the bestselling author of The Language Instinct, deploys his gift for explaining big ideas in The Sense of Style - an entertaining writing guide for the 21st centuryWhat is the secret of good prose? Does writing well even matter in an age of instant communication? Should we care? In this funny, thoughtful book about the modern art of writing, Steven Pinker shows us why we all need a sense of style.More than ever before, the currency of our social and cultural lives is the written word, from Twitter and texting to blogs, e-readers and old-fashioned books. ![]() ![]() The text contains patterns for men, women, children, cats, dogs, and and much more, as well as information to help you compile your pattern, and frame your finished work. ![]() Perfect for personal projects and thoughtful gifts, Stitch People portraits are fully customizable, down to every last detail. Do-It-Yourself- Stitch People contains hundreds of Stitch People designs, making thousands of design combinations available. Now you can make your own cross-stitch family portraits! Do-It Yourself Stitch People will not only introduce beginning embroiderers to the world of cross stitch, but also will provide hours of enjoyment to cross stitch experts. ![]() We've now released the 2nd edition of this book, which has everything in this 1st edition and more! The 2nd edition is available as a separate listing here on Amazon. ![]() 5/23/2023 0 Comments My brilliant friend book review![]() ![]() The charismatic and mysterious Lila is eminently crush-worthy, but it doesn’t take much hermeneutic detective work to see that Ferrante thinks her namesake protagonist is brilliant in her own right. After this initial shock, Elena trains herself to accept Lila’s superiority. So it comes as a distressing surprise when Lila Cerullo, the shoemaker’s daughter, is invited to take the seat of honor instead. Europa Editions, paper, $17.Įlena Greco, known to all as the porter’s daughter in her poor, 1950s Naples neighborhood, always liked school: “Right away, from the first day,” it seemed like “a much nicer place than home.” She’s the teacher’s pet, often asked to sit beside the maestra as a reward for her diligence. MY BRILLIANT FRIEND Book One: Childhood, Adolescence. ![]() 5/23/2023 0 Comments The heroes of olympus book 2![]() ![]() ![]() Follow him on Twitter at Magruder is a writer and artist based in Los Angeles, California. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts with his wife and two sons. Rick is also the publisher of an imprint at Disney-Hyperion, Rick Riordan Presents, dedicated to finding other authors of highly entertaining fiction based on world cultures and mythologies. Rick collaborated with illustrator John Rocco on two #1 New York Times best-selling collections of Greek myths for the whole family: Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods and Percy Jackson’s Greek Heroes. Rick Riordan, dubbed “storyteller of the gods” by Publishers Weekly, is the author of five #1 New York Times best-selling middle grade series with millions of copies sold throughout the world: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Heroes of Olympus, and the Trials of Apollo, based on Greek and Roman mythology the Kane Chronicles, based on Ancient Egyptian mythology and Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, based on Norse mythology. ![]() 5/23/2023 0 Comments The haunting of brynn wilder![]() ![]() Alice knows things about Brynn, about all of them, that she shouldn't. But in this inviting refuge, where a century of souls has passed, a mystery begins to swirl. In her fellow lodgers, she finds a friendly company of strangers: the frail Alice, cared for by a married couple with a heartbreaking story of their own LuAnn, the eccentric and lovable owner of the inn and Dominic, an unsettlingly handsome man inked from head to toe in mesmerizing tattoos. Checking into a quaint boardinghouse for the summer, she hopes to put her life into perspective. After a devastating loss, Brynn Wilder escapes to Wharton, a tourist town on Lake Superior, to reset. From the #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author of Daughters of the Lake comes an enthralling spellbinder of love, death, and a woman on the edge. ![]() |