Her base camp is attacked by a Barrayarian, her crew escapes, but she is marooned with one of the most famous of Barrayar’s soldiers, the noted “Butcher of Komarr” - Aral Vorkosigan. Ruled by an emperor, Barrayar is primitive, patriarchal, and flat out backwards in the viewpoint of one of its most famous ladies - Countess Vorkosigan - Captain Cordelia Naismith of the Beta Colony system.Ĭaptain Cordelia Naismith is a competent and respected captain, in charge of a scientific exploration mission (the highest honor for a Betan commander), when she runs into Barrayar in Shards of Honor (1986). Smack dab in the middle of the speculative fiction universe, lies a parochial planetary empire, somewhere to the right of the Cyteen System in firm Space Opera territories, lies Barrayar.
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This holiday with her parents should be a dream trip for the budding art historian. It’s August in Paris and 17-year-old Khayyam Maquet-American, French, Indian, Muslim-is at a crossroads. RSVP HERE (Please note that your RSVP is requested but not required.)Ībout the book: Told in alternating narratives that bridge centuries, the latest novel from New York Times bestselling author Samira Ahmed traces the lives of two young women fighting to write their own stories and escape the pressure of cultural expectations in worlds too long defined by men. A Q&A and signing will follow the discussion. Samira Ahmed discusses her book, Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know. “Sharp, insightful and full of complex history and connections, Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know weaves a tapestry between today and the past, creating a story unlike any we’ve seen in modern YA fiction and cementing Samira Ahmed’s place as a must-read author.” - Sona Charaipotra, author of Symptoms of a Heartbreak We hope to reschedule in the coming months.** Fogg Behavior ModelĪccording to the Fogg Behaviour model, behavior occurs when three factors come together, namely: We set huge goals that are intimidating from the startĪccording to the author, the solution is to take the behavior you want, make it tiny, find where it fits naturally in your life, and nurture its growth.We rely too heavily on motivation to accomplish things.The author contends that we fail to achieve consistent results with habit formation because of 3 main factors: It is just an introduction to some of its central ideas and our POV on some of those ideas.Īll that said, let's get into it. Given BJ Fogg's status as the founder and director of the Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab, later renamed as Behavior Design Lab, it is no surprise that the insights in the book go beyond mere academic validations.īefore starting this post, understand that this is not an alternative to reading the book. Written by Brian Jeffrey Fogg, an American social scientist who is a research associate and adjunct professor at Stanford University, the book is possibly amongst the very best in the productivity space. If there is one sentence to describe the book Tiny Habits, it would be "To make lasting improvements, you need to start with tiny habits." If Andromeda wants to earn a living, she has no choice. and that almost a dozen debtera had quit before her. Never mind that he's rude and demanding and eccentric, that the contract comes with a number of outlandish rules. When a handsome young heir named Magnus Rochester reaches out to hire her, she takes the job without question. Now her only hope of steady work is to find a Patron-a rich, well-connected individual who will vouch for her abilities. She would be hired, that is, if her mentor hadn't thrown her out before she could earn her license. Andromeda is a debtera-an exorcist hired to cleanse households of the Evil Eye. " - Harper's Bazaar What the heart desires, the house destroys. "Lauren Blackwood's can't-miss debut is a magical, Ethiopian-inspired remix of Jane Eyre. “Fuckin’g Sexy,” (Tamae Garateguy, Argentina) An expose of real life human trafficking backed by Argentina’s Cruz del Sur Cine (“Limbo”) and Far Away Cine (“Yésica”) and Uruguay’s Sueko Films (“Reus”). Teen Malena plunges into a forest to rescue her sister, captured by a creature: The Solapa. “Caw,” (“La Solapa,” Laura Sanchez Acosta, Argentina)Ĭaught at August’s Sanfic-Mórbido, a feature expansion on Sánchez Acosta’s fest fave short. A sci-fi thriller – a relative rarity in Latin America – from Giménez Gili, director of “Camila’s Awakening,” seen at the Montreal World Fest’s first fiction films competition. She finally encounters a scientific explanation. An iris scan reveals an identity unknown to her. Anna shows up in shock and amnesia on a jungle mountain. Cover papaya julienne with a wet paper towel and reserve.ģ. You can do this with a mandoline, or–harder!–completely by hand. Cut the remaining half-papaya into very long and very thin julienne. Reserve one half of the papaya for future use.Ģ. Split in half (reserving the white papaya seeds inside for a future use if you like the taste of nasturtium). Peel the green papaya with a vegetable peeler. Inspired by a recipe in Natacha du Pont de Bie’s book, ANT EGG SOUP: The Adventures of a Food Tourist in Laosġ medium green papaya, about 16 to 24 oz.ģ-4 Thai bird chiles (or 1 tablespoon slivers of any hot chile)ġ-2 tablespoons Thai or Vietnamese fish sauceġ. Serves 4 as dinner side dish (fish sauce intensity up to you!) If you search, all of the following ingredients can be found in U.S. In Lao…the difference is that they pound whole pieces of lime in the mortar and pestle, adding a slightly bitter but wildly lime-y dimension to the dish. I was blown away by one thing in particular: their take on Green Papaya Salad, a southeast Asian staple. But one of the least known is Lao (we usually call it Laos), which features a kind of mountain-top rusticity in its food. I had an exquisite time a few months back in southeast Asia, comparing the cuisines of the well-known countries there. Rosengarten Classic. Originally Published: ROSENGARTEN REPORT, August 2010. The problem with that is as much as John loves a good mystery, he loves messing with people's heads even more. So who better to set him straight than.John Constantine? Problem is, Batman can't remember.and the more he digs into this labyrinthine case, the more he starts to doubt everything he's uncovering. But whether Batman finally snapped his scrawny neck or some other sinister force in Gotham City did the deed is still a mystery. But what happens when the person he is searching for is the man staring back at him in the mirror? Batman is the World's Greatest Detective. New York Times bestselling graphic novel! All those things can be true of someone suffering from a psychotic episode, but the idea that it is a permanent state that routinely requires a strait jacket and a padded cell is as outdated as it is offensive.Ĭurrent academic discourse on psychosis (and all mental disorders) is divided. If anything, it’s an idea that has been almost romanticised by fiction and the film industry – but if you’re reading this, then the chances are you know that it’s bollocks. How do you view the psychiatric phenomenon of psychosis? Is psychosis the quintessential stereotype of madness – people so badly affected by a mental illness that they live only in the world of apparent make-believe, where they talk to imaginary friends, view ‘real’ people with morbid suspicion, and worry that the pair of curtains that adorn the window are symbolic of communication from alien races? “It’s always been my dream to see the worlds of my two biggest series united under a single roof so that filmmakers could explore the expansive and interconnected universe of my vampires and witches,” says Anne Rice, who will serve as executive producer on all series along with her son Christopher Rice. This will mark the first time either book series, which have sold 150 million copies worldwide, will be adapted for television but not film. AMC Networks will develop TV movies and TV series based on The Vampire Chronicles and The Lives of the Mayfair Witches. AMC Networks has acquired the rights to the author's two bestselling book series, encompassing 18 titles, including Interview with the Vampire, Queen of the Damned, The Vampire Lestat and The Witching Hour. This new translation is at once faithful to the meaning of the Latin, whilst reproducing all the exuberant gaiety of the original.ĪBOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. After suffering a series of trials and humiliations, he is ultimately transformed back into human shape by the kindness of the Goddess Isis.īlending romantic adventure, fable, and religious testament, The Golden Ass is one of the truly seminal books of European literature, of intrinsic interest as a novel in its own right, and one of the earliest examples of the picaresque. It tells the story of Lucius, whose curiosity and fascination for sex and magic result in his transformation into an ass. The Golden Ass is a unique, entertaining, and thoroughly readable Latin novel - the only work of fiction in Latin to have survived in its entirety. Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Global Public Health.The European Society of Cardiology Series.Oxford Commentaries on International Law. |