I contain multitudes by ed yong7/8/2023 ![]() ![]() Even today, many people think of microbes as germs to be eradicated, but those that live with us-the microbiome-are invaluable parts of our lives. ![]() Only recently have they immigrated from the neglected fringes of biology to its center. When they finally surfaced in biological studies, they were cast as rogues. A groundbreaking, marvelously informative “microbe’s-eye view” of the world that reveals a radically reconceived picture of life on earth.įor most of human existence, microbes were hidden, visible only through the illnesses they caused. ![]()
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Parm sandhu black and blue7/8/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() In this enthralling memoir, Parm chronicles her journey from life on the outskirts of Birmingham as the fourth child of immigrants from the Punjab to the upper echelons of the Met. She was also the only non-white female to have been promoted through the ranks from constable to chief superintendent in the Met's entire history. 'A page-turner which everyone who cares about policing and justice in Britain should read.' Meera SyalĪt the point of her retirement from the Metropolitan Police Service in 2019, Parm Sandhu was the most senior BAME woman in the capital's police force. Aircraft & Spacecraft: General Interest.Ships, Boats & Waterways: General Interest. ![]() Road & Motor Vehicles: General Interest.Fishing, Field Sports & Outdoor Activities.Sports Studies & PE: Textbooks & Study Guides.Literary Studies: Textbooks & Study Guides.Anthologies, Essays, Letters & Miscellaneous.Inventions & Technology: General Interest.Environment & Ecology: General Interest.Popular Culture & Media: General Interest. ![]() ![]() Luckily the autopilot was on and even more extremely luckily one of the sleeping passengers is a pilot. ![]() An aeroplane goes through "something" and everybody, except for the ten passengers who where asleep, disappears. I like to make my own mental pictures of what the characters etc. ![]() I saw the miniseries not so long ago, which puts me in a strange situation – normally I'll go to any lengths not to see a movie if I know that there's a chance that I may be reading the story behind it some day. Oh, yeah and the baseball bit, didn't really mean anything to me, but that's not King fault. Normally I love introductions in books, but this one was kind of disappointing, it seemed so naive and apologetic, almost as if Stephen King didn't believe in the worth of the stories in the book. Before I get to the stories, I'll just make a comment on the seven page introduction. ![]() I guess that four stories in just under a thousand pages, means that each of the stories deserves their own review and that's just what you are going to get. Four Past Midnight is a collection of four short stories by the master of horror, Stephen King. ![]() ![]() ![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. This volume includes the following stories:Ī Father Knows His Child's Heart, as Only a Child Can Know His Father's Dark Horse Comics is proud to present one of the authentic landmarks in graphic fiction, Lone Wolf and Cub. Don't miss this monumental monthly release, twenty-eight volumes, with each collection approximately 300 pages! Buy a cheap copy of 1 book by Kazuo Koike. An epic samurai adventure of staggering proportions - over 7000 pages - Lone Wolf and Cub ( Kozure Okami in Japan) is acknowledged worldwide for the brilliant writing of series creator Kazuo Koike and the groundbreaking cinematic visuals of the late Goseki Kojima, creating unforgettable imagery of stark beauty, kinetic fury, and visceral thematic power that influenced a generation of visual storytellers both in Japan and in the West. ![]() Dark Horse Comics is proud to present one of the authentic landmarks in graphic fiction, Lone Wolf and Cub, to be published in its entirety for the first time in America. ![]() Ever After by Jude Deveraux7/8/2023 ![]() ![]() The compelling historical accounts of life in the Midwest soon inspire vivid dreams of Kansas City in the 1870s, dreams in which she's a mail-order bride, married to a handsome but guarded rancher named Maxwell Lawton. As Etta and Henry settle into a companionable living arrangement, Etta indulges in Henry's library. His invitation for Etta to stay with him seems to be the solution to both their problems-and maybe the spontaneous adventure Etta's life has been missing. oof over her head, Etta crosses paths with Henry Logan, a lonely older man in need of a caretaker. ![]() When the world is brought to a standstill in the early days of a global pandemic, Etta Wilmont finds herself suddenly stranded in Kansas City. My Heart Will Find You (Hardback, Original ed.)Ī mail-order bride A lonely rancher A portal to the past Their love refused to stay quiet, echoing across time. ![]() Marlowe granados happy hour a novel7/7/2023 ![]() ![]() They are more like Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, or the women in Walt Stillman’s Last Days of Disco. “I think the novel is very glamorous! To me, Isa and Gala come from a storied lineage. How did you conceive of this more authentic excursion through a metropolis that is painted with unbridled potential? The novel, much like the television show Girls, paints a rather dingey and unglamorous portrait of New York City living. S/ recently spoke with Granados about Happy Hour, revealing her spiritual relationship with Isa and Gala, the formative influences inspiring her literary explorations, and the power of audacious hedonism. Their world is borderless their penchant for instant gratification, seemingly infinite. An honest insight into previous experiences with grief, self-acceptance, and uncertainty nuance the presence of reckless abandon throughout the text, while also expanding on themes of escapism as self-discovery. ![]() However, beyond an aptitude for wily resourcefulness, Granados digs deep into the psychological impulses informing Isa and Gala’s actions. ![]() ![]() I think the book offers some valuable lessons for all technologists, whether or not the products we build impact low-income or marginalized communities directly. She concludes that these digital tools, whether deterministic or stochastic in nature, have only served to further income inequality despite the best of intentions. In the book, Eubanks discusses how software implemented by our government has recreated a digital version of the poorhouse, entrapping low-income Americans in a system of digital surveillance and decisioning. ![]() ![]() ![]() I recently read Virginia Eubanks’ wonderful book, “Automating Inequality,” and came away compelled to share some of my key takeaways on principles to design more inclusive and just technology. ![]() Into The Dark by Emma H. Frost7/7/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Her team is also the rival of a second New Mutants team, echoing the rivalry between the two original groups of the similar names. In New X-Men: Academy X (2004), she becomes the leader of a new Hellions Squad, this time associated with the Xavier Institute. She's also one of the main characters in New X-Men where her infamous Mental Affair with Cyclops happened, endangering Cyclops' marriage to Jean Grey. The clones refer to Emma as their "mother", a title she later accepts. In the miniseries X-Men: Phoenix - Warsong, it's revealed that during her coma, her egg cells were used as genetic templates to clone several identical telepath mutant girls, five of which would later known as the Stepford Cuckoos. Banshee, becomes the mentor for the team. ![]() Her first role as The Atoner is in Generation X (1994) where she, along with Sean Cassidy a.k.a. She first appeared in the storyline The Dark Phoenix Saga, and later becomes the primary villain in the original run of New Mutants with her own team from Massachussets Academy, the Hellions.Īfter she's recovered from a coma and learns that her Hellions has been slaughtered by the Sentinels led by the supervillain Trevor Fitzroy during The Phalanx Covenant crossover, her guilt over her students' deaths led to her eventual reform. Emma began her role in the Marvel Universe as an X-Men supervillainess under the title of the White Queen of the Hellfire Club. ![]() ![]() ![]() Tocqueville’s sojourn in America did lead to the writing of a book on the American penal system, but its much more important result was the reflection on equality and freedom known as Democracy in America. Throughout, he spoke to Americans of every rank and profession, including two presidents and Charles Carroll, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence. He visited the bustling Eastern cities, explored the wilderness on the northwestern frontier, and had several adventures on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. He spent nine months criss-crossing the young country, traveling mostly by steamboat, but also sometimes on horseback and by foot. Alexis de Tocqueville’s official purpose was to study the American penal system, but his real interest was America herself. In 1831 an ambitious and unusually perceptive twenty-five-year-old French aristocrat visited the United States. ![]() Drums of autumn paperback7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() But as Brianna plunges into an uncharted wilderness, a heartbreaking encounter may strand her forever in the past - or root her in the place she should be, where her heart and soul belong. Seller Rating: Contact seller Book First Edition Used - Hardcover Condition: Very Good US 12.00 Convert currency US 3. In search of her mother and the father she has never met, she risks her own future to try to change history - and to save their lives. Skip to main search results Drums of Autumn (Outlander) Gabaldon, Diana Published by Delacorte Press, 1996 ISBN 10: 0385311400 ISBN 13: 9780385311403 Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, U.S.A. Now Brianna has made a disturbing discovery that sends her to the stone circle and a terrifying leap into the unknown. But Claire had left someone behind in her own time - their daughter Brianna. In her long awaited new novel, Drums of Autumn, Diana Gabaldon continues the. Two decades later, Claire travelled back again to reunite with Jamie, this time in frontier America. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The fourth book in Diana Gabaldons acclaimed. ![]() Claire Randall was swept through time into the arms of James Fraser whose love for her became legend - a tale of tragic passion that ended with her return to the present to bear his child. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The fourth book in Diana Gabaldons acclaimed Outlander saga, the basis for the Starz original series. It began in Scotland, at an ancient stone circle. ![]() How far will a woman travel to find a father, a lover a destiny? Across seas, across time - across the grave itself. THE FOURTH NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING OUTLANDER SERIES. ![]() |