5/21/2023 0 Comments Into the Blue by Robert GoddardThese images are false color, which makes the water (dark blue) stand out from its surroundings. The image on the left-acquired by the Operational Land Imager-2 (OLI-2) on Landsat 9-shows the same area on February 1, before significant flooding started. The image above (right), acquired by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8, shows flooded farm fields in the lakebed on April 30, 2023. The lakebed has since been covered with farms that produce a variety of crops and livestock.īut after two major storms hit southern California in March 2023, water once again returned to Tulare. Since the 1920s, the rivers that fed the lake have been dammed and diverted for agriculture and other uses. Close to the middle of that bowl is the historic lakebed of Tulare Lake, which was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River. The San Joaquin Valley sits like a bowl at the base of the southern Sierra.
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5/21/2023 0 Comments The doors of stone book buy“This is a magnificent book.” -Anne McCaffrey, award-winning author of the Dragonriders of Pern “ you think he's inventing the genre, instead of reinventing it.” -Lev Grossman, New York Times-bestselling author of The Magicians There is a beauty to Pat's writing that defies description." -Brandon Sanderson, New York Times-bestselling author of Mistborn "The characters are real and the magic is true.” -Robin Hobb, New York Times-bestselling author of Assassin’s Apprentice "It is a rare and great pleasure to find a fantasist writing.with true music in the words." -Ursula K. “Rothfuss has real talent, and his tale of Kvothe is deep and intricate and wondrous.” -Terry Brooks, New York Times-bestselling author of Shannara It’s a world you want to spend lifetimes in, as his many fans will attest.” -Lin-Manuel Miranda, Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of Hamilton “Rothfuss’ Kingkiller books are among the most read and re-read in our home. Martin, New York Times-bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire He’s bloody good, this Rothfuss guy.” -George R. “ The best epic fantasy I read last year. The Name of the Wind (Kingkiller Chronicle #1) If you're not deadset on reading the whole thing straight through, I'd recommend reading the last section, the poems from The Terrible Stories, first, and then beginning at the beginning to read the rest and the best of the work. I will say that I found the ending section to be the weakest-it was enjoyable, but didn't live up to the earlier work in the collection. If you enjoy poetry, I strongly recommend this collection. The poems are beautiful, unique, thoughtful, and what's more, they're accessable. Here though, there's little left to be desired. Those who really capture you with both-particularly on a regular basis within their works, I find rarely. There are some authors you go to for their language, and some for their ideas. This collection, though, is one I'll keep and return to, and there are quite a few poems I'll be copying down into a journal I keep of favorite poems. I had read Clifton before, but only poems that were dropped into larger anthologies, and while I'd enjoyed them, I was never blown away. I read quite a bit of poetry, though I rarely end up sitting down and reading a collection by a single author at once without jumping between collections, journals, etc. He presents complicated situations and difficult concepts in simple terms without over-simplifying, as when he explains Buddha's enlightenment or the Protestant Reformation. I found A Little History to be an excellent introductory history book for children (and adults), because it is filled with Gombrich's deep humanity, curious mind, wide-ranging knowledge, disarming candor, charming humor, avuncular voice, and passionate commitment to history and learning. A note about that religious history: in the context of an already short book, Gombrich's discussion of non-Western religious traditions is by no means skimpy: it's an outline, but a relaxed and anecdotal outline, and it shows a decidedly sympathetic and open mind.Ī Humane and Engaging Introduction to History Ralph Cosham is the perfect narrator for this, so much so that I kept confusing him in my mind with the author. It's particularly useful in emphasizing aspects of European history that many other short histories of the world gloss over or rush through. But if you go into it knowing what it is, it's a gem of a book, presenting the history of those areas of the world in a lucid, engaging, and graceful manner. There's a bit about India and China, mostly in the context of religious history (Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism) but it's mostly about the Mediterranean and western and northern Europe. It's true, as others have said here, that this is mainly a history of the WESTERN world. 5/21/2023 0 Comments The battle of reading gaolHow can a man who can make you laugh continuously through many of his works produce a slight of hand like that? “Lady” was amazing and it increased my passion for his works.Īlong came yet another freebie (I am not frugal but some of the best books require no physical currency). Then I read that “Lady Windermere's Fan” or whatever it was called, recently, and although it was a play, it was serious and disturbing. And that to me, was what Wilde was, ice-cream, albeit no calories. That lasts oh, about one day, and you are back at the market buying another gallon. And then you become angry with yourself for lack of discipline. You buy a quart of it and say to yourself, “hmm…this should last for an entire week,” and before that night is out, you have consumed it all. Actually I cannot get enough of it, sort of like ‘coffee almond fudge’ ice cream. I totally enjoy the colloquies of the British at the turn of the twentieth century. Not too long ago, let us say recently, I thought that Wilde was a charming playwright who wrote prolific, concise, and witty dialogue, unmatched by most. 5/21/2023 0 Comments Dan simmons ilium reviewThe plot, however, is occasionally bogged down in too much detail, which impedes the flow of the pacing and may tempt the reader to (gasp) skip ahead a few pages. Then mix well with handfuls of expertly drawn characters that fairly leap off the page and minute (sometimes to the point of annoyance) descriptions of the fanciful imaginings of Simmons’ mind, and you have a very good novel. While that seems dizzying enough by itself, let’s throw in a society where reading no longer exists (shudder) and the Earth is no longer considered to spherical. Picture it, a world where people can travel in the blink of an eye with the aid of “faxing,” co-exist with the gods of Olympus (who often stop time to interfere in the lives of mere mortals), and the characters from Homer’s The Iliad are flesh and blood beings who bring the great poem to life. Ilium is a brilliantly conceived story that artfully combines Shakepearean and Homerian themes with a surrealistic future in which high technology coexists with dinosaurs. 5/21/2023 0 Comments Think Again by Adam M. GrantIn the end, learning to rethink may be the secret skill to give you the edge in a world changing faster than ever.Īdam Grant has been Wharton’s top-rated professor for 7 straight years. And the final section 3 looks at how schools, businesses and governments fall short in building cultures that encourage rethinking. Section 2 discusses how we can help others think again through learning about 'argument literacy'. Section 1 explores why we struggle to think again and how we can learn to do it as individuals, arguing that 'grit' alone can actually be counterproductive. New evidence shows us that as a mindset and a skilllset, rethinking can be taught and Grant explains how to develop the necessary qualities to do it. Evidence has shown that creative geniuses are not attached to one identity, but constantly willing to rethink their stances and that leaders who admit they don't know something and seek critical feedback lead more productive and innovative teams. Think Again is a book about the benefit of doubt, and about how we can get better at embracing the unknown and the joy of being wrong. There are no deliveries on Saturdays, Sundays or Bank Holidays. These times are an estimation, not a guarantee. These delivery times are the maximum delivery periods that a purchase can take to reach our customers. 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We aim to process and dispatch our orders within 24 hours. 5/20/2023 0 Comments Caroline leaf brainTrigger warning: We do briefly discuss recovering and healing from sexual abuse. Our conversation was so powerful that I split it up into two episodes, so make sure to listen to part two which you can find here. In this episode, we discuss how important food is when detoxing the brain, how to get your messy mind under control (and what happens if you don’t), and why you should do an identity check on yourself once a year. She has created an app called neuro cycle, which has a five-step process to help you take back control over your thoughts with scientific research showing it reduces anxiety, depression, and toxic thoughts by up to 81%. She’s also a speaker, podcaster, and the author of multiple best-selling books with her latest being Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess. She was one of the first in her field to study neuroplasticity and how the brain can change with directed mind input. Since the early 1980s, she has researched the mind-brain connection, the nature of mental health, and the formation of memory. She is a communication pathologist and cognitive neuroscientist specializing in cognitive and metacognitive neuropsychology. You just have to stop letting them control you.” It means that you were put to the test and you didn’t fall apart.” And Dan Millman said, “You don’t have to control your thoughts. Linda Poindexter said, “One small crack does not mean that you are broken. 5/20/2023 0 Comments Assassin's Creed by Alex PaknadelWhen Juhani Otso Berg arrives on the scene after the fact, he is drawn to a similar conclusion, that the fight seems to have occurred between Assassins, rather than Assassins and Templars. She barely escapes along side Guernica, a tech assistant on the team, relaying to the team in London that she encountered a highly trained team including a boy who calmly said, “Oh. The issue focuses, from the opening, on Charlotte de la Cruz – a young, recent Assassin initiate – and Juhani Otso Berg, who has taken up the mantle of The Black Cross to bring order to Templars.Ĭharlotte, during a routine raid of a former Templar space, is attacked by a group marked by the Assassin iconography, leading her to believe that perhaps they have a break-off faction to deal with. If you have not been keeping up with the comics, these transitions can seem confusing, blurring the lines between the two groups, especially as there seems to be infighting and sabotage on both sides. The comic takes place in modern day, switching between factions of Assassins and Templars. Theoretically, this is also the conclusion of the Phoenix Project storyline that permeated the game Assassin’s Creed: Unity, meaning that it is best understood in the context of the current timeline of that game in particular. It merges characters from both Assassin and Templar comics into one interwoven story-arc. This series is definitely written for those who have been reading the other Assassin’s Creed comic titles while also playing the games. |