![]() ![]() It was a complex, intricate mechanism of a book, an ingeniously imagined sprawl set in a world that periodically undergoes violent, life-threatening apocalypses. I found my way to Jemisin’s “Fifth Season” a couple years ago, and pleasurably devoured it. Let me show you what lurks in the empty spaces where nightmares dare not tread.” ![]() New York must go on, it must survive-no matter the cost. ![]() They must save the City before the Enemy sets its jaws upon it. ![]() The primary avatar is a shrinking beacon, a lighthouse viewed too far from port, and they drift toward him, like a magnet drawn to its inevitable polarity. Luckily, the City has scattered itself like breadcrumbs, dusted across its boroughs, and all five of them are stirring from stillness, tugging insistently on some rope drawn tight inside their avatars who must find each other, follow the paths that they see in their minds, a line that runs through New York, zig-zagging, curving, coiling-and it leads to him. He is weak and unsteady as moonlight on water, and the City was a candle that might burn out if he waited too long. New York might be born in the world only to be shown right out of it.Įarly in “The City We Became”, New York’s human avatar, a young queer Black man living in the streets, tries to salvage the City, to hold the breaking jar, keep his fingers over the cracks, but a battle with the Enemy-who sent forth the police as its harbingers-had worn him to little more than edges. ![]()
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![]() We just need to do one thing really, really, really well. Always be willing to make necessary adjustments, physically and mentally, to keep open to new approaches and embrace the concept of change. Human body is more adaptable than you think. The key is to look at how far you’ve come, while maintaining a clear picture of yourself in your mind and how you see yourself in the future. If you focus on how far you still need to go, it’s too easy to become demotivated. When Kyle started out as a motivational speaker, he felt like a fraud because he wasn’t exactly practicing what he was preaching. Lessons from Kyle Maynard: Don’t Make Excuses They’re the ones who’ll stick with you when things don’t work out. Yes, you can go ahead and follow your highest aspirations, but you also need to win conscience among the people who care about you the most. ![]() The conventional wisdom “follow your dreams” is only partially right. Sometimes, a spark in someone’s eyes or even a good gut feeling is all you need to make a connection. ![]() Never be afraid to reach out to people, even if you don’t have a friend in common. ![]() Lessons from Catherine Zeta-Jones: Find Your Fire and Step into the LightĬreate an environment in your workplace and at your home that keeps you relaxed and connected to your values and emotions that you want to share with your colleagues, friends and family.īe open to new ideas, experiences and opportunities that broaden your worldview. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Mantle and Ron Lichty answer that persistent question with a simple observation: You first must make programmers and software teams manageable. In Managing the Unmanageable: Rules, Tools, and Insights for Managing Software People and Teams, Mickey W. How can it be, with so much time and money spent to get software development under control, that it remains so unmanageable? Although adding some formal discipline to the development process has improved the situation, it has by no means solved the problem. The news is filled with stories of projects that have run catastrophically over schedule and budget. Steve Johnson, VP, Custom Solutions, DigitalFishĪll too often, software development is deemed unmanageable. The writing style is right on, and I love the personal anecdotes." I see lots and lots of 'meat' in here that I'll use over and over again as I try to become a better manager. "I wish I'd had this material available years ago. Their rules of thumb and coaching advice are great blueprints for new and experienced software engineering managers alike." ![]() "Mantle and Lichty have assembled a guide that will help you hire, motivate, and mentor a software development team that functions at the highest level. ![]() ![]() ![]() And despite the busybody old women who used to pop up whenever I was having a bad day and tell me I would miss these days when they were over, I don’t miss those days at all. It genuinely never occurred to me when they were little that this would ever end – an eternity of Teletubbies and Duplo and In The Night Bastarding Garden and screaming, never an end in sight. I just wanted them to stop wittering at me, eat vegetables without complaining, let me go to the loo in peace and learn to make a decent gin and tonic. No.1 bestselling author Gill Sims is back with her eagerly awaited fourth and final Why Mummy novel. ![]() ![]() Her story unfolds slowly and, ultimately ends up feeling unpolished, but many teens will be drawn to the subject matter, and Nic herself is an appealing heroine. Ryan also does not shy away from describing the physical relationship between Nic and Battle (though nothing beyond kissing is made explicit). Mostly she grapples with the ordinary drama and traumas of teen romance. Listen Free to Empress of the World audiobook by Sara Ryan with a 30 Day Free Trial Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet and iOS and. Ryan is to be applauded for taking this story beyond an identity struggle at story's end, Nic is unsure if she is a lesbian or bisexual, but she comes to accept her feelings without having to label herself, and learns to tolerate outsiders' judgments. ![]() Nic's driving need to label everything wears at her fledgling relationship with Southern belle Battle (tension comes to a head on their "two-week anniversary"). At a summer school program for the gifted, anthropology student Nicola, or "Nic," pens everything in her "field notes," from over-scripted exchanges with her dimensionless new friends, like outspoken redhead Katrina and spacey music student Kevin ("It's like we're in a chat room and he's got a really slow connection") to painfully detailed descriptions of their clothes. Empress of the world Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. While the characters in this first novel are not fully developed and the dialogue often feels clunky, Ryan nonetheless surpasses many of the trappings of stereotypical gay teen representations. ![]() ![]() I loved many things about this book - the narration, tragic but with a touch of humor the love story, which is definitely one of the best I've ever read. The characters are real, their pain is real, Tessa's journey from depression to anger to resignation to temporary happiness is poignant and her everyday desire to live and not let go of her waning life is heartbreaking. Just like another similarly themed favorite book of mine If I Stay, Before I Die never crosses over into the area of melodrama, and this is very important to me, because I despise being emotionally manipulated by books. But things change when she gets to know her new neighbor - an 18-year old boy Adam, who has a heartbreaking story of his own. The first sexual experience doesn't make Tessa feel any better, in fact, she is crushed more than ever. She wants to experience love, but knowing that there is no way it is possible in her circumstances, she settles for having sex. ![]() Some items on the list are silly - to try drugs, to commit a crime, to become famous - but one desire overwhelmes Tessa. Trying to make the best of the time she has left, Tessa comes up with a list of things she would like to experience before she dies. She knows that she has only a few months to live and struggles to come to terms with her fate. The premise of Before I Die is quite simple - Tessa is 16 and dying of leukemia. ![]() ![]() It's not as if I didn't know how it would end - the title says it all, but I didn't expect to be touched by the story to such a degree. ![]() |