![]() ![]() You almost root for these guys, until you realize they profited (big time) by betting against America. To present his case, he tells the stories of the handful of hedge fund managers and traders who saw the train wreck coming. ![]() Lewis, author of The Blind Side, has the proof. Although we’ve been a little foggy on the details, we know we got screwed. It’s a page-turner.Įverybody knows the country went crazy a few years back when we lost $1.75 trillion for letting Vegas strippers buy five homes (it’s in the book). Michael Lewis is outing Hubler and his kind in The Big Short, a book that may be the first of a new genre - the financial adventure story. Funny story: He lost his firm $9 billion when he bet big on subprime mortgages - the biggest individual loss in the history of Wall Street. ![]() Ever hear the one about Howie Hubler? He was one of those masters of the universe with an Armani suit for every day of the month. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() With that out of the way, I can say that although I thought Ruth and Idgie were the heart of the book, they aren’t really the main characters. They raise a child together, whom people often refer to as their child, with Ruth and Idgie as a unit. Ruth notes the moment she began to love Idgie, and they share their famous “bee charmer” moment. Idigie’s mother addresses her siblings with “Your sister has a crush, and I don’t want anyone to laugh at her.” Idgie is blatantly described as being “in love,” so I don’t know how that counts as subtext, except that they don’t have sex on page. There is even a fade-to-black sex scene with Idgie and another woman. To try to untangle my thoughts, I’ll go through these one by one.įirst, the queer “subtext.” When Ruth and Idgie first meet, Idgie is 15/16 and Ruth is 21(!) Idgie is immediately smitten with her, and everyone knows it. On the other hand, I was troubled by its depiction of race. ![]() I am also surprised that I heard about this as having lesbian subtext, when it’s really quite blatant. It has a lot of interesting things going on. On an immediate, personal level, I enjoyed reading it. It’s one I’ve been meaning to read for a long time, and now that I have… I’m divided. Fried Green Tomatoesis a classic lesbian book. ![]() ![]() ![]() Genius programmer Angela Hoot has always been at the top of her class, but now she's at the bottom of the FBI food chain-until her first case threatens everyone around her. The four women develop intense bonds as they pursue a killer whose crimes have stunned an entire city. So these women form a Women's Murder Club to collaborate outside the box and pursue the case by sidestepping their bosses and giving each other a hand. But the usual procedures aren't bringing them any closer to stopping the killings. Each one holds a piece of the puzzle: Lindsay Boxer is a homicide inspector in the San Francisco Police Department, Claire Washburn is a medical examiner, Jill Bernhardt is an assistant D.A., and Cindy Thomas just started working the crime desk of the San Francisco Chronicle. Four crime-solving friends face off against a killer in San Francisco in the Women's Murder Club novel that started James Patterson's thrilling series. Not x-library, unclipped, few ink notations. Spine straight w/faint creases, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. ![]() ![]() ![]() And if this is your first time at Dresden Club, you could do worse than jumping in here, enjoying a ripping yarn, and then if you like it go back to some earlier ones maybe (I'd start with book 3 if you're listening on Audible - Marsters' narration is a bit hinky in the first couple of books). ![]() Well, if you're on the fence because you don't wanna hear about more emo sex vampires, then rest assured this one isn't about them. Wait, who am I writing this for? Like if you're thinking about buying this one then you're probably already several Harry Dresden adventures deep by now and you've enjoyed them enough to make it this far. Equally author Jim Butcher has found a great rhythm with these stories, and the depth of the world building shows too. ![]() Narrator James Marsters has well and truly hit his stride by this point in the series, with great characterisations and excellent pacing. I just listened to this for probably about the 6th time, and it's always a pleasure. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Tracking delivery Saver Delivery: Australia postĪustralia Post deliveries can be tracked on route with eParcel. NB All our estimates are based on business days and assume that shipping and delivery don't occur on holidays and weekends. Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.ġ-2 days after each item has arrived in the warehouseġ The expected delivery period after the order has been dispatched via your chosen delivery method.ģ Please note this service does not override the status timeframe "Dispatches in", and that the "Usually Dispatches In" timeframe still applies to all orders. ![]() Items in order will be sent via Express post as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But the good stuff is worth reading when you find it. ![]() There a lot of bad stuff out there that you have to slog through to find the good stuff. It’s less likely to be as well-edited as traditionally published work. Thoughts: There’s a certain amount of truth in the stereotypes about self-published fiction. Perhaps nothing, even right and wrong, can survive in the haunted wood. Why was Heden chosen for this mission? Who killed the knight and why? Why won’t anyone talk to him? As the Green Order awaits Heden’s final judgement, he finds his morality, perspective, and sense of self are each challenged and then destroyed. Summary: After years spent in the inn he bought and never opened, Heden is drawn out, and sent into a dark forest to investigate the death of a knight. ![]() ![]() The house is quickly constructed in an "inverted double cross" shape (having eight cubical rooms, arranged as a stack of four cubes with a further four cubes surrounding the second cube up on the stack). During a conversation with friend Homer Bailey he shows models made of toothpicks and clay, representing projections of a four-dimensional tesseract, the equivalent of a cube, and convinces Bailey to build one. Quintus Teal, a "Graduate Architect" in the Los Angeles area, wants architects to be inspired by topology and the Picard–Vessiot theory. ![]() ![]() The title is paraphrased from the nursery rhyme " There Was a Crooked Man". The story is about a mathematically inclined architect named Quintus Teal who has what he thinks is a brilliant idea to save on real estate costs by building a house shaped like the unfolded net of a tesseract. It was reprinted in the anthology Fantasia Mathematica (Clifton Fadiman, ed.) in 1958, and in the Heinlein collections The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag in 1959 and The Best of Robert Heinlein in 1973. Heinlein, first published in Astounding Science Fiction in February 1941. ![]() " '-And He Built a Crooked House-' " is a science fiction short story by American writer Robert A. Quintus Teal's original design resembled this tesseract net. ![]() ![]() ![]() This was a nice reintroduction, especially considering the fact that it’s been a while since I’ve found a YA fantasy that I liked. It’s been a few months since I’ve read anything fantasy, and I missed the genre. ![]() With Dante’s help, Alessa must find a way to save her people, and she may just have to break a few rules along the way. ![]() She has already killed three partners and people start to doubt her abilities, some even go so far as to try to assassinate her in hopes that another Finestra is chosen.įearing for her life and the future of her home, Alessa hires Dante, an outcast she met on the city streets, to be her bodyguard. To do so, she needs to find a Fonte, a partner with magical powers that she can magnify to stop the destruction. Spoiler-free SummaryĪlessa was chosen by the gods to be the Finestra, the one person who can save her island home from prophesied destruction. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is an essay we have become all-too familiar with by reputation rather than by reading. Neither, of course, did Henry David Thoreau, author of the 1849 essay “ Civil Disobedience,” a document that every student of Political Philosophy 101 knows as an ur-text of modern democratic protest movements. But I see no moral reason to condemn people for fighting injustice, provided their cause itself is just. ![]() The question that presents itself to any opposition is what is to be done? Go underground? Sabotage? Take up arms? The likelihood of success in such cases-depending on the belligerence of the opposition and the capabilities of the government-varies widely. The present is rife with examples of oppressive governments. History is rife with examples of oppressive governments. ![]() ![]() ![]() With One Voice is clearly written and God-centered. ![]() ![]() Senior Minister, First Presbyterian Church Publishers have been cranking out books with all sorts of directions to help Christians navigate the treacherous waters between the buoys of singleness and marriage, and I know of none that is more clear, concise and helpful than With One Voice. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary This relatively short book packs a powerful bang for the buck, providing much biblical and practical advice for young men and women seeking to glorify God in relationships.Īlex and Marni Chediak offer sound biblical advice and a clear Christian framework for working through the maze of confusions surrounding modern marriage. We all need to write a personal version of J. Why Write Preparing Your Teens for College? Make Sense of Who You Are, What God Wants You to Know, and What to Do about.Purchase Thriving at College in Chinese!.YouthWorker Journal “Best of Best in 2011”.This is from our sermon collection, 100 Best Sermons of All Time. July 2011 CBA Best-Seller (Young Adult) Dr JI Packer: Knowing God by More of God Please Publication date This week’s spotlight sermon is from Dr JI Packer: Knowing God.Pre-order Freebie: A Parent-Child Discussion Guide.Why Write Beating the College Debt Trap?. ![]() |
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