![]() You'll be witness to the development of human language, learning how a single tongue spoken 150,000 years ago evolved into the estimated 6,000 languages used around the world today and gaining an appreciation of the remarkable ways in which one language sheds light on another. Now you can explore all of these questions and more in an in-depth series of 36 lectures from one of America's leading linguists. But it also beguiles us with its endless mysteries, allowing us to ponder why different languages emerged, why there isn't simply a single language, how languages change over time and whether that's good or bad, and how languages die out and become extinct. ![]() Language defines us as a species, placing humans head and shoulders above even the most proficient animal communicators. ![]()
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5/23/2023 0 Comments The bone clocks goodreads![]() I’ve read elsewhere that this book takes place in the same universe as The Bone Clocks so I’m going to push for that to be my group’s creepy read next year. I didn’t realize Mitchell wove his books together so having elements of Cloud Atlas (Spyglass magazine in particular) were weird to me at first. There were parts of this book I wasn’t ready for. Spanning five decades, from the last days of the 1970s to the present, leaping genres, and barreling toward an astonishing conclusion, this intricately woven novel will pull you into a reality-warping new vision of the haunted house story-as only David Mitchell could imagine it. But what really goes on inside Slade House? For those who find out, it’s already too late. ![]() Every nine years, the house’s residents-an odd brother and sister-extend a unique invitation to someone who’s different or lonely: a precocious teenager, a recently divorced policeman, a shy college student. A stranger will greet you by name and invite you inside. ![]() ![]() Down the road from a working-class British pub, along the brick wall of a narrow alley, if the conditions are exactly right, you’ll find the entrance to Slade House. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Urban Birdsong by Dave Lewis![]() ![]() If there are any books / writers you think we should add to this list please let us know. How Green Was My Valley – Richard Llewellyn.Off To Philadelphia In The Morning – Jack Jones.Land’s End – John o’ Groats – Dave Lewis.Rape Of The Fair Country – Alexander Cordell Pontypridd novelist, poet and photographer Dave Lewis, who has set up many projects to try to promote writers and poets from Wales. ![]() Portrait Of An Artist As A Young Dog – Dylan Thomas.Enjoying The Brecon Beacons National Park.Charlie And The Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl. ![]()
![]() ![]() Letty lets us in on her back history, including her horrible childhood ( Naked Prey, 14) and the life and interactions she had with Lucas and Weather. ![]() ![]() Now there’s a switch for ya, a “rough-and-tumble” girl who likes to dress. Lucas’ love of fashion has infected Letty. And not only in investigating and a love for guns. She makes for a fun protagonist, taking after her daddy, Lucas Davenport. She is one self-sufficient young lady with a liking for guns. Her childhood certainly did contribute to this. Yep, Letty’s finished college and is bored with her job. Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Rules of Prey, Shadow Prey, Eyes of Prey, Winter Prey, Silent Prey, Mind Prey, Night Prey, Sudden Prey, Easy Prey, Chosen Prey, Mortal Prey, Naked Prey, Hidden Prey, Broken Prey, Invisible Prey, Phantom Prey, Wicked Prey, Storm Prey, Buried Prey, Silken Prey, Stolen Prey, Field of Prey, Gathering Prey, Dark of the Moon, Heat Lightning, Rough Country, Bad Blood, Shock Wave, Mad River, Deadline, Storm Front, Extreme Prey, Escape Clause, The Fool's Run, Deep Freeze, The Empress File, Twisted Prey, Holy Ghost, Neon Prey, Bloody Genius, Masked Prey, Ocean Prey, Dark Angelįirst in the Letty Davenport thriller series and revolving around Lucas Davenport’s daughter - all grown up. Thriller in a Kindle edition that was published by G.P. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If even we don’t pay attention to the explicit fantasy components, then it still remains a mystery to me how two people, using “strange and foreign” bas-reliefs, during the day were able to describe in detail the entire path of the Elder Things from their arrival on Earth thousands of years ago to the moment they began to disappear: as well as with what organs they used to move in space, in water, how they multiplied, how they lost their abilities and specific technologies over time, the detailed geography of their settlement in different timespans, etc. ![]() Marvelous design in a gigantic A3 format still perfectly conveys the chilling atmosphere of the novella.īut the story itself ultimately left me indifferent. The characters penetrate deep into the mysterious frozen city in Antarctica, explore it and find out a frightening clue to the disappearance of the ancient race. Lovecraft – and now the second volume, illustrated by the French artist Francois Baranger, has arrived. Earlier I had to stop in the middle of the story “At the Mountains of Madness” by H.P. ![]() ![]() An earlier meeting of the three leaders in Brijuni to establish the grounds for the Belgrade Conference has been called the “Third World’s Yalta”, establishing a parallel to the Yalta Conference that brought together Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin (Prashad 2007, 95). The 1961 Non-Aligned Conference in Belgrade was the first official summit of the Non-Aligned Movement, orchestrated by three key figures: Josip Broz Tito, the president of Yugoslavia Gamal Abdel Nasser, the president of Egypt and Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India. ![]() ![]() ![]() The song has become pop music’s closest thing to a sacred text. Even Cohen’s original track found a new life, hitting No. Then partisans of Buckley’s version joined the fray and pushed his recording into the No. And a gospel-fired version performed by the winner, 20-year-old Alexandra Burke, became the fastest-selling download in Internet history, rocketing to No. version of American Idol) paid $1.8 million to use the song for their contest finale. And last month, after Cohen had rallied from financial ruin to stage a triumphant world tour, his comeback was heralded with a Hallelujah chorus that went through the roof. It has graced soundtracks ranging from Shrek to The O.C. Since Hallelujah’s first release on his 1984 album Various Positions, it has been recorded by over 100 artists, including Bob Dylan, Bono, Willie Nelson, k.d. ![]() ![]() He once told a British journalist, “I remember being on the floor of the Royalton Hotel, on the carpet in my underwear, banging my head on the floor saying ‘I can’t finish this song.’ ” He did, eventually, but the song wasn’t finished with him. ![]() Leonard Cohen spent almost two years writing Hallelujah, blackening two notebooks with some 80 verses before finally settling on a few that pleased him. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Set on you amy lea summary![]() ![]() How cute would it be if I still had the menu from the very first restaurant we went to?” “hat if I get back together with one of them? I can’t just toss out tokens of our past. She keeps a box of mementos from every relationship – all of which are, let’s review, long defunct – because Her exes describe her as “clingy”, and we learn that she proposed marriage to her ex-fiancé because she “panicked” that he was changing into someone who didn’t seem as interested in her. We have multiple descriptions of multiple breakdowns she has had after relationships ended. Her behavior, however, says need and desperation. Just because I don’t need someone in my life doesn’t mean I don’t want one.” “I’m a sexually liberated independent woman who don’t need no man to be happy…. Tara’s unhealthily obsessed with finding a relationship. Surely one of them could be her romantic reunion? Her roommate, firefighter Trevor Metcalfe, thinks the whole concept is loony, but maybe it’s because he’s falling for her himself? ![]() ![]() When she interviews her grandmother about Grandma’s own trope-style second-chance romance, Tara becomes enamored of the idea of dating her own list of exes. In Amy Lea’s Exes and O’s, Tara Chen is a romance book influencer when she isn’t a NICU nurse. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Nutuk by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk![]() ![]() Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians. ![]() COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more.This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history. ![]()
![]() ![]() But when it quickly becomes impossible to tell friend from foe, and the world is crumbling around them, they may lose everything to ensure the survival of their friends…and mankind. Armentrout releases on August 5 and she spoke with Hypable about finishing the Lux series and what’s ahead for our hybrid alien couple. She cant believe Daemon welcomed his race or stood by as his kind threatened to obliterate every last human and hybrid on Earth. Daemon will do anything to save those he loves, even if it means betrayal. Armentrout 4.35 80,342 ratings7,441 reviews Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2014) Katy knows the world changed the night the Luxen came. But the lines between good and bad have blurred. She can't believe Daemon stood by as his kind threatened to obliterate every last human and hybrid on Earth. Armentrout's bestselling Lux series, now available as a standalone in print for the first time! "An unmissable series!" –Samantha Young, New York Times bestselling author of On Dublin Street “This is the stuff swoons are made of.” -Wendy Higgins, New York Times bestselling author of Sweet Evil Katy knows the world changed the night the Luxen came. ![]() Don't miss Opposition, the fifth and final book in Jennifer L. ![]() |