5/11/2023 0 Comments The rational male book![]() ![]() These are buffers meant to reduce the potential for this rejection of intimacy. imagination).ĩ0% of the dilemmas AFCs(Average Frustrated Chump) find themselves in, and a majority of men’s concerns, with the opposite sex find, their roots in the methods and means they use to reduce their exposure to female rejection. Nothing is more self-satisfying for a woman that to think she’s figured a Man out based solely on her mythical feminine intuition (i.e. Whether in a monogamous marriage, LTR or a one night stand(ONS), strive for genuine desire in your relationships. ![]() Real Power is the degree to which we actually control the directions of our lives. Real Power is the degree to which a person has control over their own circumstances. In any relationship, the person with the most power is the one who needs the other the least. There are some good Ones and there are some bad Ones, but there is no ONE. Usually accompanied by unreciprocated affection and completely unrealistic idealization of the said person. ONEitis: An unhealthy romantic obsession with a single person. ![]()
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5/11/2023 0 Comments The personal mba book![]() “Wait,” you might think, “surely not all business schools are that pricey!” True, however, any student who holds an MBA has an average debt of $41,687 (again, without accounting for additional expenses). What if we factor those into the equation, plus the opportunity cost of lost wages too? Turns out there are eight different US business schools where the cost of an MBA exceeds $300,000. That’s not even including fees, loan interest or living expenses! ![]() It has to be, right? Otherwise why else would people pay so much for their MBA? Business school is expensive, that’s for sure – the top 15 MBA programs charge up to $53,208 per year for tuition. Want to go into business, but have no idea where to start? Business school seems like a tempting prospect, a place where all the knowledge and contacts you need are simply handed to you – but is it really your ticket to success? ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments The inferno by dante alighieri![]() All of a sudden, the great Roman poet Virgil, who represents Human Reason, appears to Dante and offers to bring him away from the beasts to the Mount of Joy. Desperate, frightened, and alone, Dante feels like there is no hope to get past the beasts. He sees the Mount of Joy, where he knows his happiness lies, but his path is blocked by three terrifying creatures: The Leopard of Malice and Fraud, The Lion of Violence and Ambition, and The She-Wolf of Incontinence. ![]() He realizes that he has strayed from the True Way into the Dark Wood of Error. It is Good Friday, and Dante is 35 years old. Inferno comprises the first 34 of these cantos. Note: The Divine Comedy is a long poem divided into 100 sections, called “cantos”. How does allegory function to deliver a powerful message in a literary work?. ![]() What is a more important value: faith or reason?.Is justice delivered by punishment only?.Should there be a relationship between sin and punishment?.What is sin? Are there different levels of sin?. ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments Goodreads lincoln in the bardo![]() The ghost characters, because of their metaphysical nature, tend to finish each other sentences, which was witty and came off like an Aaron Sorkin show.Įach of Saunders’ hundreds of voices in “Lincoln in the Bardo” are like broken poems, each voice repeating its stanzas and lines to create a song of the graveyard. Rereading the main characters introductory stories was helpful through the first half of the book (page and chapter information listed below.) ![]() Eventually, about 80 pages in, I found the rhythm and began to learn the different characters’ voices. ![]() The format is similar to a play, except the speaker’s identity is only revealed after they have spoken, which can lead to some page flipping. The novel is comprised of many dead voices in the graveyard and (fictional) contemporary third-person accounts of the country and the Lincoln family’s travails. The “bardo” is Buddhist concept of a transitional state between death and rebirth. ![]() George Saunders’ first novel, “Lincoln in the Bardo,” follows a trio (then duo) of ghosts through a long night in a graveyard as they “meet,” welcome and are transformed by Abraham Lincoln and his recently dead son, Willie. ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments Hunting shadows by charles todd![]() ![]() In going over the details of the case, Rutledge is reminded of a dark episode he witnessed in the war. But for Rutledge, the facts still don't add up, leaving him to question his own judgment. As the investigation widens, a clear suspect emerges. Nothing logically seems to connect them-except the killer. ![]() The victims are so different that there is no rhyme or reason to their deaths. Though the second crime had a witness, her description of the killer is so strange its unbelievable.ĭespite his experience, Inspector Ian Rutledge has few answers of his own. After another body is found, the baffled local constabulary turns to Scotland Yard. A dangerous case with ties leading back to the battlefields of World War I dredges up dark memories for Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge in Hunting Shadows, a gripping and atmospheric historical mystery set in 1920s England, from acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd.Ī society wedding at Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire becomes a crime scene when a man is murdered. ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments Oliver's story by erich segal![]() ![]() and suddenly the future holds a golden new promise.The poignant and unforgettable sequel to the beloved classic Love Story is a beautiful tale of one man's journey out of the lonely darkness of grief and back into love's warm embrace- a story that will capture your heart as only Erich Segal can. ![]() Then one day, Marcie-beautiful and mysterious-enters his world. ![]() This is the sequel to Love Story, Segals emotionally compelling novel of love and loss. Or so Oliver told himself.Two years have passed since Jenny was taken from him, and Oliver truly believes he will never love again. This is the story of Oliver eighteen months after his wife dies. ![]() and though heartbreakingly brief, it was enough to last a lifetime. Oliver Barrett IV found his true soulmate when he met and fell in love with Jenny Cavilleri. This is the begining steps to his life without Jenny. Its partly due to the fact this is Oliver merely getting on with his life. Some of Jennys more outgoing qualities seemed to have rubbed off on him. All pages are intact and binding is strong. Oliver is more mature and less whiney than in the first story. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments Diamond guns germs and steel![]() ![]() In Part Two, Diamond talks about the dawn of agriculture and explains why it arose in certain parts of the world, but not others. Why did the Europeans colonize the New World, and not the other way around? For example, when Francisco Pizarro led a Spanish expedition to the Inca Empire in the early 16th century, he was able to defeat the Incan Emperor, Atahuallpa, easily. By the 15th century A.D., enormous differences had arisen between civilizations. About 11,000 years ago, certain human beings developed agriculture-a major milestone in human history. Beginning about half a million years ago, the first human beings emerged in Africa, and eventually migrated around the rest of the world in search of game and other sources of food. ![]() ![]() In Part One of the book, Diamond sketches out the course of recent human history, emphasizing the differences between civilizations. Yali wanted to know, “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo … but we black people had little cargo of our own?”-in other words, why have European societies been so militarily, economically, and technologically successful in the last 500 years, while other societies have not approached such a level of achievement? The book is framed as a response to a question that Diamond heard from Yali, a charismatic New Guinean politician. In Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond outlines the theory of geographic determinism, the idea that the differences between societies and societal development arise primarily from geographical causes. ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments No cats allowed by miranda james![]() ![]() As if the murder wasn’t already purr-plexing enough. But every last one of Charlie’s friends and co-workers had a score to settle with the nasty novelist. ![]() Now it’s up to Charlie, with some help from Diesel, to paw through the town’s grudges and find the killer before an impatient deputy throws the book at the wrong person. Godfrey’s homecoming as a distinguished alumnus couldn’t possibly go worse: by lunch, he’s put a man in the hospital. He’s returned to his hometown to immerse himself in books, but soon enough he’s entangled in a real-life thriller.Ī famous author of gory bestsellers and a former classmate of Charlie’s, Godfrey Priest may be the pride of Athena, but Charlie remembers him as an arrogant, manipulative jerk-and he’s not the only one. ![]() FIRST IN THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING CAT IN THE STACKS MYSTERY SERIES!Įveryone in Athena, Mississippi, knows Charlie Harris, the good-natured librarian with a rescued Maine coon cat named Diesel that he walks on a leash. ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments A Stylistic Study of the Language of Selected Greeting Cards ... by Vivian Sitamai Adigwe![]() ![]() Functions of the thematic lexicon connected with the war topic are more obvious in the literary texts with macro- and meso-inclusions of military themes. Our aim is to establish the main lexical-semantic and stylistic peculiarities of the dominant lexical combinations in contemporary British fiction with macro-, meso- and micro-inclusions of military themes. In order to account for all the lingual and extralingual factors influencing the process of fictional text composition, this article takes a philological approach and conducts an integrated analysis – combining linguistic and literary-theoretical perspectives – of the lexical patterning of contemporary military fiction. ![]() Despite the sustained philological attention to fictional texts of different genres, the relative disregard of the lexical patterning in fiction on military themes stands in need of scrutiny. This article focuses on the lexical-semantic features of the language means of contemporary British military fiction. ![]() ![]() ![]() As the line between friendship and flirtation begins to blur, Hannah can't deny she loves everything about Fox, but she refuses to be another notch on his bedpost. yet the more time she spends with Fox, the more she wants him instead. ![]() Armed with a few tips from Westport's resident Casanova, Hannah sets out to catch her coworker's eye. In fact, she's nursing a hopeless crush on a colleague and Fox is just the person to help with her lackluster love life. She knows he's a notorious ladies' man, but they're definitely just friends. Now, Hannah's in town for work, crashing in Fox's spare bedroom. But he likes her too much to risk a fling, so platonic pals it is. personality? And wants to be friends? Bizarre. She's immune to his charm and looks, but she seems to enjoy his. ![]() Everyone knows he's a guaranteed good time-in bed and out-and that's exactly how he prefers it. King crab fisherman Fox Thornton has a reputation as a sexy, carefree flirt. Hook, Line, and Sinker ( Bellinger Sisters #2) ![]() |