5/29/2023 0 Comments Palaces for the people klinenbergDrawing from data, real-world examples, and the latest figures from urban development, Eric takes a deeper look at the nuanced factors shaping social space-and how communal, educational spaces are more vital than ever.Įric Klinenberg is Helen Gould Shepard Professor of Social Science and Director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University. How can we ensure that social infrastructure exists for those who need it most? In this talk, Eric explores how public institutions and shared educational spaces are designed to reflect what we value as a society and enhancing the ways we engage with these spaces will lead to a more successful, happier population overall. A sociologist and author of several acclaimed books, his latest work is Palaces for the People: in it, he explores how communities’ social infrastructure spaces-like libraries, childcare centers, churches, and so on-are where crucial, sometimes life-saving connections, are formed.īut, these spaces are often difficult to access-especially in poorer or underserved areas. A comprehensive, entertaining, and compelling argument for how rebuilding social infrastructure can help heal divisions in our society and move us forward.” - Jon Stewart, former host of The Daily Show on Palaces for the Peopleįew people understand the intricacies and importance of social spaces like Eric Klinenberg.
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5/29/2023 0 Comments Lines & Lenses by Alex MorrittThey have been designed to have a minimal radar signature, allowing them to perform stealth operations. Since Kargil, India has procured numerous Israeli military unmanned aircraft to loiter over military targets such as surveillance bases and radar stations. India first used military drones for photo reconnaissance along the Line of Control, during the 1999 Kargil war with Pakistan. India’s history of drones’ dates back to the 1990s, when the Indian Army acquired unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs from Israel, and the Indian Air Force and Navy followed suit. The word ‘drone’ refers primarily to unmanned aircrafts or ships guided by remote control or onboard computers. But until robust safeguards have been introduced to protect personal privacy from prying eyes in the skies, the true benefits to society of unmanned aerial vehicles will remain unrealised.” – Alex Morritt, Impromptu Scribe. As with all new inventions, there are upsides and downsides. “ If paparazzi armed with telephoto lenses have long been the scourge of the rich and famous civilian drones are fast becoming the new menace to the ordinary man on the street. 5/29/2023 0 Comments Iain banks the player of games“Pyrotechnic, action-filled, satiric, outlandish, deep and frivolous all at once, these bravura space operas… juggle galactic scale… with a revelatory energy rarely matched in speculative fiction.” “An exquisitely riotous tour de force of the imagination which writes its own rules simply for the pleasure of breaking them.” They’re about faith in the future, about the belief that societies can make sense of themselves, can have fun doing so, can live by Good Works, and can do so in circumstances far removed from our own little circle of western civilization.” “The Culture Books are not technological just-so stories. “Banks writes with a sophistication that will surprise anyone unfamiliar with modern science fiction.” “Poetic, humorous, baffling, terrifying, sexy-the books of Iain M. “There is now no British SF writer to whose work I look forward with greater keenness.” “Banks is a phenomenon… writing pure science fiction of a peculiarly gnarly energy and elegance.” 5/29/2023 0 Comments The hotel nantucket reviewAnd while the Hotel Nantucket appears to be a blissful paradise, complete with a celebrity chef-run restaurant and an idyllic wellness center, there's a lot of drama behind closed doors. When she's named the new general manager of the Hotel Nantucket, a once Gilded Age gem turned abandoned eyesore, she hopes that her local expertise and charismatic staff can win the favor of their new London billionaire owner, Xavier Darling, as well as that of Shelly Carpenter, the wildly popular Instagram tastemaker who can help put them back on the map. "The queen of beach reads" ( New York Magazine) and #1 New York Times bestselling author delivers an immensely satisfying page-turner in this tale about a summer of scandal at a storied Nantucket hotel.įresh off a bad breakup with a longtime boyfriend, Nantucket sweetheart Lizbet Keaton is desperately seeking a second act. 5/29/2023 0 Comments What i believe by bertrand russellFor a short work it really forces the reader to think. " Very tightly written examination of the authors first principles. " Hard truth laid down simply and clearly. " Some of it is a bit dated now but the general ideas remain relevant. Overall Performance: Narration Rating: Story Rating:.Perhaps a deeper understanding will bump up my rating. I'll have to buy this book so I can go through it more thoroughly. “A Free Man’s Worship,” perhaps the most famous single essay written by Russell, considers whether humans operate from free will. “Why I Am Not a Christian” concludes that churches throughout history have retarded progress and states that we should instead “look to our own efforts here below to make this world a fit place to live in.” “What I Believe” was used prominently in the 1940 New York court proceedings in which Russell was judicially declared unfit to teach philosophy at City College of New York. Remarkably relevant, beautifully written, and filled with wit and wisdom, these three essays by Bertrand Russell allow the listener to test the concepts of the good life, morality, the existence of God, Christianity, and human nature. 5/28/2023 0 Comments The total money makeover amazonHowever, if you know how to manage your own finances, or a seasoned investor looking to expand your financial knowledge, you may find this book a little bit too fundamental. With that said, if you are someone who is just starting to learn the ropes of your personal finances, you will like this book. It’s aimed at the common folks who want to start managing their finances, instead of savvy investors who want to learn more about the intricacies of investments.įor one, this book is more similar to other motivational self-help books like Steven Covey’s the “7 Habits of Highly Effective People”, than to technical financial books such as Benjamin Graham’s “The Intelligent Investor”. The Total Money Makeover is basically a distillation of his philosophies into the form of a self-help book. If you have heard of the weekly Dave Ramsey shows, you should be quite familiar with the ideas behind this book. The Total Money Makeover is one of Dave Ramsey’s New York Times best selling books. My Rating: 9.0 out of 10.0 Dave Ramsey The Total Money Makeover Overview His Dave Ramsey show is heard by over 6 million listeners each week on more than 500 radio stations. Dave Ramsey is a renowned American writer and adviser on money and business. They were made to study inclined planes, electrostatics, and so forth, and after two years it was quite stultifying. By the end of two years of our previous course, many would be very discouraged because there were really very few grand, new, modern ideas presented to them. They have heard a lot about how interesting and exciting physics is-the theory of relativity, quantum mechanics, and other modern ideas. The special problem we tried to get at with these lectures was to maintain the interest of the very enthusiastic and rather smart students coming out of the high schools and into Caltech. In addition, there was a laboratory session once a week. The whole group of 180 students gathered in a big lecture room twice a week to hear these lectures and then they broke up into small groups of 15 to 20 students in recitation sections under the guidance of a teaching assistant. The lectures form only part of the complete course. The lectures are, of course, not verbatim-they have been edited, sometimes extensively and sometimes less so. These are the lectures in physics that I gave last year and the year before to the freshman and sophomore classes at Caltech. 5/28/2023 0 Comments Winspear jacquelineWinspear’s first novel was Maisie Dobbs, which became a bestseller and won several awards. If you would like to learn more, check out our dedicated Maisie Dobbs books in order article. She is most well-known for her Maisie Dobbs series. However, she still regularly returns to England for visits. Winspear emigrated to the US in 1990 where she still lives. Before becoming an author, she worked in academic publishing, higher education, and marketing communications. She was born and raised in Kent, England and also attended the University of London. Jacqueline Winspear is a New York Times bestselling author. Keep reading to find out more about the titles to this bestselling mystery author’s name. In this article we’ve compiled all the books Winspear has published throughout her writing career. You’ve likely seen her name attached to a Maisie Dobbs book and now are curious to learn more about all of the Jacqueline Winspear books in order. Last updated on March 17th, 2023 at 02:48 pm 5/28/2023 0 Comments Fire and Ice by Erin HunterThe noise of the monsters battered their sensitive ear fur, and the acrid stench stung their nostrils. He held his long tail straight up, sending a message of courage to his Clan.īut the other cats crouched low against the grass, trembling. As he padded forward the flames lit up the black-and-white fur on his powerful shoulders. What if the Twolegs see us? hissed one of the cats.Ī large tom answered, his eyes like amber disks reflecting the firelight. They carried their tails low and sniffed the bitter air with their lips curled. More cats followed one by one, onto the filthy grass. Pointed ears twitched, then flattened against the noise. It roared past on a Thunderpath that rose high into the sky, filling the air with sour fumes.Īt the edge of the wasteland, a cat moved, its eyes glinting in the shadows. The firelight flickered across a wasteland of ragged grass, making silhouettes of the Twolegs huddled there.Ī pair of white lights appeared in the distance, heralding the approach of a monster. Orange flames lapped at the cold air, throwing sparks up into the night sky. 5/28/2023 0 Comments Walpole the castle of otrantoWidely considered to be the first, and most influential Gothic novel, this is the story that. 56-63) ESTC t131070 Republisher_date 20190827172348 Republisher_operator Scandate 20190827141855 Scanner . 126K subscribers Professor Nick Groom introduces Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto. The Library knows of no copyright restrictions on this item. OL20111612W Page-progression lr Pages 302 Possible copyright status Not in copyright. 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