![]() ![]() 'I would recommend Sapiens to anyone who's interested in the history and future of our species.' Bill Gates ![]() The origins of modern farming are told through Elizabethan tragedy, the changing fortunes of domesticated plants and animals are tracked in the columns of the Daily Business News, and the history of inequality is revealed in a superhero detective story.Ī radical, witty and colourful retelling of the story of humankind, adapted from Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Volume 2 can be read as a standalone or as a follow-up to Volume 1, The Birth of Humankind. Discover how wheat took over the world, how war, famine, disease and inequality became a part of the human condition, and why we might only have ourselves to blame. Fiction travel the length and breadth of human history to investigate how the Agricultural Revolution changed society forever. In The Pillars of Civilization, Yuval Noah Harari and his companions including Prof. But why didn't they get a better life in return? When nomadic Homo sapiens settled to live in one place, they started working harder and harder. Discover the second volume of an epic, beautifully illustrated graphic history of humankind, based on Yuval Noah Harari's multi-million copy bestselling phenomenon. ![]()
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![]() But the answers they seek are far more dangerous than they realize, and soon they find themselves fighting for more than just each other. Side by side, Tobias and Sullivan spend their days searching for the truth and their nights fulfilling their respective fantasies. Mixing sex and work could kill Sullivan’s career, but Tobias’s acceptance of Sullivan’s darkest urges is nearly impossible to resist. Their uneasy alliance only gets more complicated when Sullivan learns that Tobias shares his interest in kink. Private investigator Sullivan Tate isn’t above a little breaking and entering to solve a case, but when Tobias catches him in the act, it’s almost game over. The last thing he’s looking for is romance. But when his close friend Ghost goes missing, Tobias will do whatever it takes to get answers-including using blackmail to enlist some help. He keeps his head down, mouth shut and colors within the lines. Premed student Tobias Benton is making amends for his past. RT Book Reviews on Loose Cannon (Woodbury Boys #1) “Bell writes a meaty romance that you can’t put down, and it’s a worthy addition to the M/M contemporary romance genre.” ![]() ![]() ![]() From Ferris wheel rides with prolonged eye contact to skinny dipping at the beach late at night, the two embrace every romantic clich, but feelings inevitably grow between them, and Saoirse struggles to let down the walls that keep her heart safe. She doesn't expect her electric attraction to Ruby, who is visiting her cousin's family for the season, but when Ruby proposes a summer together modeled after a rom-com all fun, and no hard feelings when it ends Saoirse decides to bend her rules. ![]() ![]() When 17-year-old Saoirse is dumped by her girlfriend and former best friend, she decides that dating isn't worth the heartache, especially since she's already dealing with her mother's moving into a home due to dementia, and the revelation of her father's affair. ![]() ![]() ![]() First published in 1916, Democracy and Education is regarded as the seminal work on public education by one of the most important scholars of the century. John Deweys Democracy and Education addresses the challenge of providing quality public education in a democratic society. In this classic work Dewey calls for the complete renewal of public education, arguing for the fusion of vocational and contemplative studies in education and for the necessity of universal education for the advancement of self and society. John Dewey’s Democracy and Education addresses the challenge of providing quality public education in a democratic society. ![]() ![]() ![]() The causes of Cptsd range from severe neglect to monstrous abuse. I can see now that I am not bad, defective or crazy…or alone! An often echoed comment sounded like this: At last someone gets it. I felt encouraged to write this book because of thousands of e-mail responses to the articles on my website that repeatedly expressed gratitude for the helpfulness of my work. I also wrote it from the viewpoint of someone who has discovered many silver linings in the long, windy, bumpy road of recovering from Cptsd. I have Complex PTSD and wrote this book from the perspective of someone who has experienced a great reduction of symptoms over the years. The author has done a good job of creating something that you can read at your own pace and focus on the areas that are most impactful to you. While it is not written specifically about sexual abuse, many of the family dynamics, thinking about yourself, and consequences can be similar. ![]() This book by Pete Walker is helpful for understanding the effects of childhood abuse on your adult life and suggesting things you can do to live a more full life. ![]() ![]() He offers technical analysis of the complexity of what Warne did, against a background of the whole history of spin bowling. Gideon gives a detailed description of the mechanics of Warne's leg-spin and the variations he employed. ![]() The chapter on Warne's art - just how he bowled - is a tour de force. It's a portrait in depth, navigating between the image or images of Warne, the reality, and what grew into a popular sporting myth it moves back and forward between these to check them against one another, the whole being informed by an immensely detailed knowledge of Warne himself and the game of cricket, both past and present, as well as by a perception of human affairs that is consistently thoughtful, wide-ranging and nuanced. It is, rather, a portrait of the man in five chapters, each of which explores an aspect of his career and personality. ![]() On Warne doesn't have the form of a conventional cricketer biography. ![]() It's a stunning achievement - not only the best book I've read on an individual cricketer, but one I would place among the finest books about cricket ever written, and period. I've just read Gideon Haigh's book on Shane Warne. ![]() ![]() ![]() Is ‘A Man Called Otto’ Based on a True Story? 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Gwyneth Paltrow Recalls "British Press Being So Horrible" After Her 'Shakespeare in Love' Oscar Win: "Totally Overwhelming" ![]() ![]() ![]() Called Negatives, it presents selected images in negative form (you can view them as positives through an iPhone or iPad by a simple adjustment of settings). ![]() That same year, he took another important historical series that was published in Hong Kong in 2014 for the first time. It records the poetic charms of the traditional Beijing courtyard houses separated by narrow lanes (hutongs), neighbourhoods that were on the verge of extinction, indiscriminately demolished in China’s rush to modernise. A photographer of note with more than 20 books to his credit, one of his most acclaimed photographic series is the enchanting 101 Portraits of Hutong, first published in 1989. Here, he talks about his work One of the pioneers of 798 Art District in Beijing, Xu Yong (b1954, Shanghai) is a longtime resident of that city. Twenty-five years after Tiananmen Square, the Beijing-based photographer took the brave decision to publish his images of the event in negative form. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “It’s about what we’re capable of when we’re desperate and what we believe when all the lights go out and we’re alone in the dark.” ![]() “Written in 1961, against the backdrop of the Eichmann Trial, the escalation of the Cold War and Vietnam, The Pale Horse is a shivery, paranoid story about superstition, love gone wrong, guilt and grief,” said Phelps. banner Mammoth Screen, ( Ordeal by Innocence, Poldark, Victoria), together with the BAFTA-nominated writer Sarah Phelps ( Ordeal by Innocence, The ABC Murders, Witness for the Prosecution) who will adapt. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Friends groups raise money for improvements to their library through memberships, used book sales and other activities. There is a “Friends of the Library” group for most branch libraries and departments of the Central Library. You can support the Los Angeles Public Library in several ways: With more people than ever before using the library-a record 17 million last year alone-your support helps the Library provide people with the resources they need to succeed and thrive. Through its Central Library and 72 branches, the Los Angeles Public Library provides free and easy access to information, ideas, books and technology that enrich, educate and empower every individual in our city's diverse communities. The Los Angeles Public Library serves the largest most diverse population of any library in the United States. ![]() |