The category that’s under “light, silly, fun and sexy-oh and paranormal”.Īnd that’s why it deserves the good rating. It’s a five star read in that “type of book” category. It’s a five star read, but not a “normal “ five star read. It’s short and light, and yet we get a full story. This book was silly, kinda stupid, fun and hot and it just works. The Welcome to Hell series (is best read in order for full enjoyment of Lucifer and his ongoing matchmaking attempts): Does he dare take a risk and give love a second chance? Niall sold his soul once to win a lady’s heart only to end up betrayed. In retaliation, the much-too-sexy Scot has Aella assigned as his bodyguard for the golfing match from Hell. Willing or not, she delivers her target to the Lord of Sin. Sounds simple, except the skirt-wearing jerk won’t cooperate. Lucifer’s up to his matchmaking mischief again in this fast-paced, humorous jaunt into the bowels of the pit. Alternate cover edition ~ ASIN B00EJWZDYIĪn unlikely duo, the golfing match from Hell, and a devil determined to win, even if he has to cheat.
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While people often blame themselves for their failures when using products, Norman stresses that the problem lies not with the people using products, but with bad design. Norman challenges designers to cooperate with other disciplines to create user-friendly, reliable products that get delivered on time and on budget.Ĭhapter 2, “The Psychology of Everyday Actions,” delves into human psychology to understand how people behave and evaluate their actions. Although technology has the power to simplify life and make it more enjoyable, increasingly complex technology can make products difficult to use and lead to user frustration. Chapter 1, “The Psychopathology of Everyday Things,” describes five foundational concepts for Human Centered Design (HCD), namely, affordances, signifiers, constraints, mappings, and feedback, which operate in tandem with conceptual models to facilitate human and product interaction. The Design of Everyday Things comprises seven chapters, each subdivided into several sections. This guide uses the 2013 revised edition published by Basic Books, an imprint of Perseus Books Group. Reflecting on her grandmother's words, the girl declares that "we are water protectors" who will give the black snake the fight of its life. She resolves to rally her people against it and protect their water supply for the sake of animals, plants, the environment, and the Earth. The girl says that the black snake has already arrived in the form of an oil pipeline. Their people foretell a black snake that will one day destroy their land and poison their water. The narrator, an Ojibwe girl, recalls her grandmother teaching her about the sanctity of water. The book also received the 2021 Jane Addams Children's Book Award winner in the Books for Younger Children category. Critics praised its message of environmental justice, its depiction of diversity, and the watercolor illustrations, for which Goade won the 2021 Caldecott Medal, becoming the first Indigenous recipient of the award. It was published by Roaring Brook Press on March 17, 2020. Written in response to the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, the book tells the story of an Ojibwe girl who fights against an oil pipeline in an effort to protect the water supply of her people. We Are Water Protectors is a 2020 picture book written by Carole Lindstrom and illustrated by Michaela Goade. 7/4/2023 0 Comments Mr. Jingle Bells by Leta BlakeIt’s set in the Home for the Holidays universe, which began with Mr. Jingle Bells is a gay Christmas story by Leta Blake featuring forced proximity, opposites attract, fake dating, office romance, steamy scenes, and a taffy-sweet happy ending. As the jingle bells quiet and the snow settles, will Ashton be able to forgive Walker, or will their relationship be over before it ever truly begins? And if Walker wants Ashton to pretend to be his boyfriend for his sister’s Christmas-themed wedding? Awesome, amazing.Ĭould Walker be the safe haven Ashton missed out on as a child? Could they be falling in love for real?īut when Ashton uncovers a painful mistake in Walker’s past, it hits too close to home. If it turns out Walker’s also a secret softy with a tender side and a hot body beneath his endless parade of golf shirts? Great, good, cool. Walker’s a fuddy-duddy with no sense of fun, but he does have a safe, warm home with four adorable dogs and delicious food on the table. Cue his business partner begrudgingly taking him in. Playing fake boyfriends starts their sleigh ride into love!Īfter an emergency forces Ashton Sellers from his apartment, all he wants for Christmas is new lipgloss, zero contact from his abusive family, and a place to stay for the holidays. Opposites attract as frosty business partners become fake boyfriends in this Christmas gay romance! Conversation is sparkling and opinions forthright in our beloved Modernisms series of intimate interviews. With an eye to the future and an ear to the absolutely now, newness abounds in the 26th edition of The Gentlewoman. These qualities are also at the heart of its website,, a virtual place where real women, real events and real things are enjoyed. Featuring ambitious journalism and photography of the highest quality, it showcases inspirational women through its distinctive combination of glamour, personality and warmth. Its fabulous biannual magazine offers a fresh and intelligent perspective on fashion that’s focused on personal style – the way women actually look, think and dress. It celebrates modern women of style and purpose. The Gentlewoman is where intelligent long-form journalism meets beautiful photography in a fashion magazine with a focus on personal style. All new, all now: it’s Icelandic filmmaker, musician, actress and daughter of Björk Ísadóra Bjarkardóttir Barney, photographed by Alasdair McLellan, with styling by Max Pearmain, wearing the fresh new fashions of the house of Balenciaga. 7/4/2023 0 Comments Wilding book isabella treeAlso, and importantly, the book provides plenty of enthusiasm which may well carry you through to giving it a go if you are trembling on the brink. This, and much more information on woodland and hedge management and watercourses, will be like gold dust to anyone contemplating a rewilding project of their own, and there is an increasing number of such people and sites. There is masses of very practical information here on stocking rates on different soil types, with different mixtures of herbivores and on different sizes of estate. Knepp is a fantastic wildlife success story with rewilded habitats producing impressive wildlife dividends such as Turtle Doves, Purple Emperors and Nightingales.Īnd so if you want to do ‘a Knepp’ then this book is the manual for doing it on your own land ‘whether it’s thousands of hectares with the potential for free-roaming herbivores, or just a few hectares where you’ll be mimicking natural processes yourself’ as they say. The authors are, of course, the very best people in the UK to write such a book as they have ‘done it’ themselves at their estate of Knepp in Sussex. This is the bible for rewilders, and a solid tome it is too. 7/4/2023 0 Comments Franzen crossroads trilogyJonathan Franzen's novels are celebrated for their unforgettably vivid characters and for their keen-eyed take on contemporary America. Each of the Hildebrandts seeks a freedom that each of the others threatens to complicate. Clem's sister, Becky, long the social queen of her high-school class, has sharply veered into the counterculture, while their brilliant younger brother Perry, who's been selling drugs to seventh graders, has resolved to be a better person. Their eldest child, Clem, is coming home from college on fire with moral absolutism, having taken an action that will shatter his father. Russ Hildebrandt, the associate pastor of a liberal suburban church, is on the brink of breaking free of a marriage he finds joyless-unless his wife, Marion, who has her own secret life, beats him to it. It's December 23, 1971, and heavy weather is forecast for Chicago. Jonathan Franzen's gift for wedding depth and vividness of character with breadth of social vision has never been more dazzlingly evident than in Crossroads. 7/3/2023 0 Comments Kanae minato novelThe beginning tells the story of how a middle school teacher's young daughter is killed by two of the students she teaches in her own science class and also has them in home room. Snyder's amazing, hard work! Confessions takes place in six parts I'd call them chapters, but there is a different character narrating each one. I would never have been able to experience Kanae Minato's incredible novel without Mr. I must've looked insane as my jaw dropped out of shock when no one else could know what was going on in the book! I want to especially give a shout-out to the translator, Snyder, because these folks are sometimes viewed as people who just straight translate someone's work from another language verbatim it does NOT work like that and I've always considered translators to be writers themselves. Both Kanae Minato and Stephen Snyder have given me one crazy thrill ride and I am not kidding about my jaw hurting. 7/3/2023 0 Comments Book review miracle creekAs you read, you start to see how things come undone and how the tragedy in the Miracle Submarine are more than what meets the eye. Each chapter is one character’s personal side to this story while also sharing the proceedings happening during Elizabeth’s trial. From the people inside the submarine to the folks running the show to even people behind the scenes. The story follows every single person involved in the explosion. The rest of the story follows the trial of Elizabeth Ward a mother of one of the victims and main suspect. The explosion wounded several people inside the chamber and killed two people as well. The reason for the explosion? A lit cigarette sitting on top of a pile of twigs right by the oxygen tanks. The story starts off with a bang when a hyperbaric oxygen chamber explodes in Miracle Creek, Virginia. Was I absolutely in love with it the way the Bookstagram community was? Not really, but it was still a good book and definitely worth the read. 7/3/2023 0 Comments Seth speaksFor 21 years until Roberts’ death in 1984 (with a one-year hiatus due to her final illness), Roberts held regular sessions in which she went into a trance and purportedly spoke on behalf of the discarnate entity Seth. She began to dictate the messages instead of utilizing the Ouija board, and the board was eventually abandoned. Soon after, Roberts reported that she was hearing the messages in her head. According to Roberts and Butts, on Decemthey began to receive coherent messages from a male personality who eventually identified himself as Seth. In late 1963, Jane Roberts and her husband, Robert Butts, experimented with a Ouija board as part of Roberts’ research for a book on extra-sensory perception. The following originally copied and pasted from nationmaster encyclopedia. For all Seth related posts on my website click here. |