![]() ![]() SNAP! It breaks in two! And with a greedy dragon looking for a snack, the witch's animal pals better think fast! It's a case of the more, the merrier, but the broomstick isn't used to such a heavy load and it's not long before. Luckily, they are retrieved by a dog, a bird and a frog, who are all keen for a ride on the broom. ![]() The witch and her cat fly happily over forests, rivers and mountains on their broomstick until a stormy wind blows away the witch's hat, bow and wand. But when disaster strikes and the whale is beached in a bay, it's the tiny snail's big plan that saves the day! Together they go on an amazing journey, past icebergs and volcanoes, sharks and penguins, and the little snail feels so small in the vastness of the world. ![]() One little snail longs to see the world and hitches a lift on the tail of an enormous whale. ![]()
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7/5/2023 0 Comments I spy the lie![]() ![]() One reason we often fail to detect lies has to do with the fact that it’s difficult for us to precisely interpret what others are communicating to us – for a number of reasons.įirst, we find it hard to concentrate on verbal and nonverbal communication simultaneously. In fact, we all lie about ten to twenty times a day! Despite that, we’re incredibly bad at recognizing other people’s lies. When was the last time you told a lie? It probably wasn’t too long ago. the different types of lies and various strategies to turn them against the liars themselves.Ĭommunication is hard to interpret because it is complex and non-universal.why sports fanatics always seem to hate the referee, and.why it’s so hard to sit still when you’re caught in a lie,. ![]() These blinks provide you with the field experience of highly trained professional lie detectors so that you can better detect whether other people are telling the truth, as well as how to ask the right questions to get people to reveal their lies. If you’re a lawyer, CEO or accountant, it doesn’t matter why people lie. We lie for numerous reasons, both good and bad: sometimes to protect others sometimes just to save our own skins.īut no matter why people lie, many of us are involved in activities that require us to have access to truthful information. Others suggest that it is near ten times that amount. If someone asked you how many times you lie on a given day, how would you answer (without lying)? Some studies indicate that we lie up to an amazing 200 times per day. ![]() 7/5/2023 0 Comments Stones by kevin young![]() ![]() The poetry editor of The New Yorker, Young is the editor of nine other volumes, most recently the acclaimed anthology African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song. Young is the author of fourteen books of poetry and prose, including Brown Blue Laws: Selected & Uncollected Poems 1995-2015, long-listed for the National Book Award Book of Hours, winner of the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize from the Academy of American Poets Jelly Roll: a blues, a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Poetry Bunk, a New York Times Notable Book, long-listed for the National Book Award and named on many “best of” lists for 2017 and The Grey Album, winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize and the PEN Open Book Award, a New York Times Notable Book, and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism. He previously served as the director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Mellon Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher. ![]() Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. ![]() 7/5/2023 0 Comments The basic laws of stupidity![]() ![]() This problem is compounded by the biased assumption that some people are intelligent because of superficial factors such as their job, education, or other characteristics that we believe rule out stupidity.įor example, Nabilla is excluded because she is a multimillionaire. No matter how many idiots you suspect you are surrounded by, you are invariably underestimating the total. The question is: what category are you in? Law 1: Everyone always and inevitably underestimates the number of stupid people in circulation All are defined on the basis of a win/lose concept, slightly echoing the prisoner’s dilemma. He divides humanity into four main categories: Intelligent, Bandit, Helpless, Stupid. In 1976, Professor Cipolla published a 60-page essay describing the fundamental laws of a force he perceived as the greatest existential threat to humanity: stupidity. ![]() 7/5/2023 0 Comments Integrity by henry cloud![]() ![]() ![]() All of us can grow in the kinds of real character that brings about fruitful relationships and achievement of purpose, mission, and goals. The real factor, Cloud demonstrates, is the makeup of the person. Cloud explores the six qualities of character that define integrity, and how people with integrity:Īre able to connect with others and build trust Are oriented toward reality Finish well Embrace the negative Are oriented toward increase Have an understanding of the transcendentSuccess is not related to only talent or brains. Henry Cloud, a clinical psychologist and nationally syndicated radio host, shows how our character can keep us from achieving all we want to (or could) be. Drawing on experiences from his work, Dr. A person with integrity has the ability to pull everything together, to make it all happen no matter how challenging the circumstances. ![]() Integrity - more than simple honesty, it's the key to success. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A hero unwilling to back down to alien or human governments, unwilling to live in slavery and with enough hubris, if not stature, to think he can win. Live Free or Die To free the world from the grip of the Horvath is going to take an unlikely hero. With their control of the orbitals, there's no way to win and Earth's governments have accepted the status quo. Since then, they've held Terra as their own personal fiefdom. Who Controls the Orbitals, Controls the World When the Horvath came through, they announced their ownership of us by dropping rocks on three cities and gutting them. When the first aliens to come through, the Glatun, turned out to be peaceful traders, the world breathed a sigh of relief. ![]() First Contact Was Friendly When aliens trundled a gate to other worlds into the Solar System, the world reacted with awe, hope and fear. ![]() ![]() ![]() So she’s damned to the same fate too.Īnd they’ll stop at nothing to make us bow at their feet. I just discovered I’m a Fae with unspeakable power, an heir to an entire kingdom, and a threat to those four ruthless supernaturals who are also in line to rule this world. Carefully hidden from those who would destroy her, she has prepared her mind, body, and soul to unite with the goddess – and not once has she doubted her chosen fate. In a few short months, her life as a mortal will end, and her new existence as the human host of a goddess will begin. Red Winter (Red Winter #1) by Annette MarieĮmi is the kamigakari. Worth it! Best Kindle Unlimited Romance Books: Fantasy Romance #1. I got a whopping six-month one back in 2018, three months in 2019, and I’ve just taken them up on another one-month trial they (inexplicably) offered me. It’s worth saying here that Amazon are very generous with their free KU subscriptions. ![]() As of writing, they’re all available on KU.īook descriptions are taken from Amazon, but for some books I particularly enjoyed I’ve added extra notes. I’ve divided them up by subcategory of romance, and tried to spotlight many brilliantly-written, lesser-known books which deserve your attention. Below is a 30-strong list of some of the best Kindle Unlimited romance books I’ve read. ![]() If you’re new to Kindle Unlimited, here’s your chance! Amazon is offering a free 2-month subscription to new customers, giving you access to thousands of ebook and audiobooks. ![]() ![]() ![]() "An enjoyable tale for readers of gentle romance. Empathetic and wise, this is the deeply profound yet very human story of a man who finds love just when he thinks all is lost. ![]() Little does he know that something strange-and wonderful-is about to happen.Īn ode to love, Paris, and joie de vivre, Love Letters from Montmartre brings the reader down narrow streets, past the cozy red bistro on Rue Gabrielle, and all the way to Montmartre cemetery with its beautiful stone angels, where we will discover the truth we all hope to find: that love is real, that miracles can happen and that-most of all-it's never too late to rediscover your dreams. Six months after the funeral, Julien finds himself standing in the most famous cemetery in Paris, the painful first letter in his hand. Before her death, she made her husband promise to write her thirty-three letters, one for each year of her life. When his beloved wife, Hélène, dies at the age of thirty-three, leaving him alone to raise their young son, Arthur, he is so devastated that he loses faith in the happier side of life-and along with that his ability to write.īut Hélène was clever. Julien Azouly, the famous French writer of beautiful romance novels, has stopped believing in love. Description For fans of Nina George, Elena Ferrante, and Valentina Cebeni, a charming, uplifting novel about a man who sets out to fulfil his dead wife's last wish. ![]() 7/4/2023 0 Comments Daughter of the siren![]() ![]() And she takes great comfort in knowing that the villainous Vordan will soon be facing her father’s justice. Still unfairly attractive and unexpectedly loyal, first mate Riden is a constant distraction, but now he’s under her orders. Not only has she recovered all three pieces of the map to a legendary hidden treasure, but the pirates who originally took her captive are now prisoners on her ship. I was super excited to find out I didn’t have to wait long at all for the sequel – Daughter of a Siren Queen – to come out.Īlosa’s mission is finally complete. Pirates are my jam! And that book became one of the best things I read last year. One of those months included a book called Daughter of the Pirate King and came with a bunch of pirate-y themed goodness. ![]() ![]() And Owlcrate had some leftover boxes from previous months. When I first discovered book boxes, I found Owlcrate. ![]() ![]() ![]() When I asked Petrona how she and her family stayed safe, she laughed. ![]() “I knew that there was no gate surrounding the invasiones where Petrona lived, no iron locks on the doors, no iron bars on the windows. Petrona and her family live in a poor, guerrilla-held area of the city which is unprotected from the car bombs and kidnappings which occur more frequently as the story progresses. ![]() But Petrona goes home to a very different world when she leaves the safety of working for Chula’s family. The author, Ingrid Rojas Contreras.Ĭhula lives with her sister and parents who enjoy carefree lives, aside from Chula’s father often traveling for work. Petrona and Chula develop an unlikely and heartfelt friendship despite their differences. That is until Chula’s curiosities about their new maid, Petrona, get the better of her. In a time when Pablo Escobar, infamous drug lord and head of one of the most dangerous criminal families in the world, was at the height of his power, seven year old Chula and her family enjoy relatively safe lives. Ingrid Rojas Contreras was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia, and this is where her remarkable debut novel, Fruit of the Drunken Tree, takes place. ![]() |