5/24/2023 0 Comments Shakey neil young's biography![]() ![]() ![]() Why would Young change his mind? Perhaps in part just because he’s Neil Young, the most mercurial rock star ever, whose ability to change his mind and change direction in the blink of an eye is at once his greatest asset and his most vexing fault. Then, as the book neared completion, he tried to pull the plug, forcing McDonough to sue in order to publish. Young agreed to participate in the biography, and gave author Jimmy McDonough hours of interviews and access to family members, friends, and acquaintances. It’s somehow appropriate that Shakey: Neil Young’s Biography would see the light of day only after the same sort of high-wire act undertaken by any number of projects released over the years by Young himself. ![]()
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5/24/2023 0 Comments Just one more thing book![]() ![]() ![]() What's the one thing you can do today such that by doing it everything else will be easier or unnecessary? What's the one thing you can do, such that by doing it, everything else will be easier or unnecessary? - The Focusing Questionīy asking yourself this question every day (at the start of the day) you will empower yourself to do extraordinary things. This is the Focusing Question from The One Thing: ![]() But how are we to find that thing? Do we go with our gut? or ask a magic 8 ball? Nah. The philosophy of The One Thing encourages readers to find the true 'One Thing' that you should do every day, focus 100% on that thing (for about 3 hours), and move on to the rest of the busy work associated with life. How much time in your life is spent doing things that are truly helpful for your own personal goals at work and home? If you're anything like me, you likely spend much more time on 'busy' work than things that are significantly helping your life. Want to see a full list of all of the takeaways from The One Thing? Here's a full breakdown of the list. The One Thing Book Summary | 27 Takeaways ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Garnethill trilogy![]() ![]() There are other contrasts: her books are far more outspoken, often using vernacular Scottish expressions. But, while hers is also a brilliantly choreographed fiction of police pursuing criminals, the focus is much more on victims (usually vulnerable women) and their wretched lives. The obvious comparison is with Ian Rankin’s Edinburgh, whose use of specific locations in his ‘Rebus’ crime series surely inspired Mina’s. ![]() Her envisioning of working-class Glasgow can seem unremittingly grim, with its low-life pubs, derelict housing estates, ‘heroin plague’ and endemic domestic violence. ![]() Indeed, the prospect of violence appears ever-present, whether from alcoholism or the activities of gangsters. In Sanctum (2002), for example, ‘The city glowered, every dark corner and deep shadow became a moist and needy mouth waiting to swallow the careless’. In Denise Mina’s Glasgow-based crime thrillers, the city is far more than a backdrop to the characters and action rather, it’s a menacing, almost Gothic realm of threat. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() At one point he laments to a colleague, "we've sat in this dusty, unknown building that nobody normal ever comes to for a great many years." More telling is his comment "when we do retire we'll have. 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General Charles Kirk is the head of the British Foreign Office Intelligence, Europe. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Eloquent rage author![]() As if white populations would not be interested in Black books. As if all a Black populace would be interested in is Black books. ![]() Quelle surprise. As if Black books were not able to take up space in a predominantly white space. Every time I would search a book that I wanted ( The New Jim Crow, Audre Lorde’s Collected Poems, Nnedi Okorafor’s Binti, Eloquent Rage, etc.), my heart would leap with excitement upon noting that the library had the book, and do a mild decrescendo upon realizing the availability was at the library downtown.Īs I left the library fuming about the inconvenience of having to drive all the way across town to the other library, it struck me that all the books that I wanted were Black books and they were all housed in the library smack in the middle of the Black neighborhood. After spending about five minutes in the search engine, I began to notice a trend. When nothing did, I took to the computers to see if they had any of the books that I needed for comps. I didn’t have any books in mind– I thought I’d just go have a look around and see if anything caught my eye. I drove up to the north part of my city to the public library that I prefer– brand new, new books, and a general sparkle that always inflates my mood. ![]() So, I decided do what I always do when I’m feeling in a funk: I get books. Weird things were happening with my mood, I couldn’t sit still and I was feeling generally out of sorts. ![]() This week and I got off on the wrong foot. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Do Hard Things by Alex Harris![]() ![]() And even if you care, they don't expect you to do anything about it. And even if you understand, they don't expect you to care. "Most people don't expect you to understand what we're going to tell you in this book. 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As an amateur, he represented his country and finished sixth in the World Championships. He knew it wouldn't come easy, but he was prepared to put in the work-he spent his teenage years cycling an average of 400 miles per week. Paul Kimmage's boyhood dreams were of cycling glory-wearing the yellow jersey, cycling the Tour de France, and becoming a national hero. Seller Inventory # AAZ9780224080170 About this title: A must read for any cyclist CyclistWINNER OF WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR. ![]() Kimmage ultimately left the sport to write this book profoundly honest and ground-breaking, Rough Ride broke the silence surrounding the issue of drugs in sport, and documents one man s love for, and struggle with, the complex world of professional cycling. It was about gruelling defeats, total exhaustion, and drugs - drugs that would allow you to finish the race and start another day. The dedication paid off he finished sixth in the World Championships as an amateur and in 1986, he turned professional.He soon discovered it wasn't about courage, training hours or how much you wanted to win. ![]() He knew it wouldn't come easy, but he was prepared to put in the graft. An eye-opening expose of and a heart-breaking lament for professional cyclingPaul Kimmage's boyhood dreams were of cycling glory: wearing the yellow jersey, cycling the Tour de France, becoming a national hero. We're sorry this specific copy is no longer available. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments One of us is next full book![]() So what’s the problem with the gossipy drama? While it touches on worthy issues, it rarely sees them through.īelow are major spoilers for One of Us is Lying. One of Us is Lying is a fun read that touches on many social issues facing teens today. ![]() And it’s likely to make its way back to that list once its sequel, One of Us is Next, is published in January 2020. Combine secret romances, shoddy police work, and juicy gossip with the fast-paced plot rife with surprises, and it’s no wonder the book spent 79 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. What follows is an addictive read a murder mystery where everyone has motive and you can’t rule out anyone. Before they’ve had a chance to settle in for the afternoon, one student winds up dead. ![]() ![]() Described as The Breakfast Club meets Pretty Little Liars, One of Us is Lying is the story of five teens from different social groups who wind up in detention under mysterious circumstances. It’s easy to see why Karen McManus’s debut novel, One of Us is Lying, has been popular since its debut in 2017. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Ringworld throne![]() ![]() Speaker-to-Animals, kzin-large, orange-furred, and carnivorous. This particular puppeteer, however, is insane. Nessus, puppeteer-a trembling coward from a species with an inbuilt survival pattern of nonviolence. Louis Wu, human-old and bored with having lived too fully for too many years, seeking an adventure, and all too capable of handling it. Curious about the immense structure, but frightened by the prospect of meeting the builders, they set about assembling a team to explore it: Pierson’s puppeteers-strange, three-legged, two-headed aliens-discovered this “Ringworld” in a hitherto unexplored part of the galaxy. ![]() The artifact is a vast circular ribbon of matter, some 180 million miles across, with a sun at its center. Winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Novel, Ringworld remains a favorite among science fiction readers. ![]() ![]() ![]() As Finnikin and Evanjalin seek to reunite Lumatere’s far-flung people and restore their land, they face betrayals, horrors, and ethical crises. Then he and his mentor are called to safeguard Evanjalin, an enigmatic young woman who claims to know the location of Lumatere’s long-missing heir, who can break the curse and bring the exiles home. Finnikin has spent the decade after Lumatere’s fall traveling, collecting stories of his scattered people and trying to ease their plight. ![]() Years ago, Lumatere’s royal family was brutally murdered, an imposter king placed on the throne, and a curse levied on the land, forever locking it away from the rest of the land of Skuldenore, with many of its inhabitants cast out to the winds. ) spins a sprawling yet intimate tale about a doomed kingdom and its struggle for reclamation. In her first fantasy work, Printz Award–winner Marchetta ( Jellicoe Road ![]() |