![]() ![]() ![]() "What's really interesting is that the gender ratios are more lopsided in rural states like Montana (52 percent more college-educated women than men, ages 22 to 29) and West Virginia (61 percent more college-educated women than men) than in urban states like California and New York," he says. In the book, Birger points out that there are four young college-educated women for every three young college-educated men in our country. Aside from revealing a statistical "man shortage" (more on that below), Birger explains how college-educated men and woman often limit their own dating options, and (perhaps most surprisingly) says that the key to expanding your dating pool could be as simple as a trip to your local suburbs. Census Bureau and other social surveys in order to shed some light on dating challenges in America. In his new book, Date-onomics: How Dating Became a Lopsided Numbers Game, author and former Fortune and Money columnist Jon Birger crunches some numbers from the U.S. ![]()
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![]() It’s a club whose members daydream about dyeing all their clothes green, as the penniless Mortmain family does when they can’t afford to buy anything new, and drinking cherry brandy outside an English country village inn, the way 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain does with her sister and her sister’s two suitors. Once you read it, you fall in love with it, and from then on you’re part of a secret club, self-selecting and wildly enthusiastic. It’s not quite famous, even among Smith’s works (her most famous title would be 101 Dalmati a ns), but for a certain kind of reader - mostly women, mostly bookish - it is perfect. I Capture the Castle is that kind of book. ![]() ![]() “Every time I meet someone who also loves I Capture the Castle,” writes Jenny Han in her foreword to the new edition of Dodie Smith’s 1948 classic, “I know we must be kindred spirits.” ![]() ![]() ![]() Addie, Ian and Rowan help each other out with their emotional problems while bonding over the less-than-ideal situations, like Rowan's car leaking and Addie missing her flight. While on the road trip, she and Ian's online buddy, Rowan, follow the book's instructions to help their hearts mend. ![]() Addie uses a guidebook to Ireland that's written for people who are heartbroken. Love & Luck is a coming-of-age story full of lively characters, heartbreak and zany situations across the breathtaking Irish countryside. Addie is having none of it and sticks with them, which turns out to be a blessing in disguise. When Ian and Addie are supposed to go to Italy, Ian tries to ditch her for his pre-arranged road trip across Ireland with an online buddy of his. To stop their fighting, their mother gives them an ultimatum: Since both Ian and Addie are to go to Italy to see a friend, they cannot fight, otherwise, Addie is off of her soccer team and Ian is off of his football team. Addie, Ian and their family go to Ireland later that summer for Aunt Mel's wedding, but the siblings can't stop fighting because Ian wants Addie to tell their mother about Addie's mistake. ![]() She doesn't, which leads to her making a big mistake that affects Ian. Ian finds out and warns her to stay away from the guy. In the beginning of the summer, Addie secretly dates a football teammate of her brother, Ian. ![]() ![]() ![]() The first half of “Concrete Rose” feels more like a slice of life than a book with a driving plot as Maverick cares for Seven, the newborn he thought was his friend’s son, but is actually his. His character had something of a redemption arc from his gang-associated, drug-dealing days, so I was interested to see 17 year-old Maverick in the thick of it. ![]() Throughout the events of “The Hate U Give,” Maverick was an encouraging and supportive father, making him my favorite character. “Concrete Rose” is set 17 years prior to “The Hate U Give” and features Starr’s dad, Maverick, as a teenager. ![]() It was told through the perspective of the victim’s friend, 17 year-old Starr Carter. Thomas’ 2017 debut novel, “The Hate U Give,” focused on an incident of police brutality in Garden Heights, a fictional, inner-city neighborhood in California. The prequel to Angie Thomas’ “The Hate U Give,” “Concrete Rose” was released Jan. “The Hate You Give” series by Angie Thomas ![]() ![]() ![]() I think we did a Spencer Tunick shoot that year but they blend. They left in Sunday afternoon though so couldn't come to the wedding. (Still married.) Had some alpacas (the animal) visit our camp by invitation. Along with a woman named Elaheh (Freida Pinto) who helps them refine their skills, Afshin and his company use what little Internet they can access to learn moves from banned videos starring legends like Michael Jackson, Gene Kelly and Rudolf Nureyev. Got married in the Sun Brothers' solar blown glass hammered copper rose garden, married by a sock puppet. ![]() In the volatile political and social climate of 2009 Tehran, Afshin Ghaffarian (Reece Ritchie) and a group of dancers start a secret dance company in the Iranian desert, far from the prying eyes of the government police. Drama in the Desert (2002, 74 min., Book & DVD) Producer: Holly Kreuter Available on line from: Drama in the Desert or Burning Man Marketplace or : 1998, 1999 BurningMan: Journey to the Flames (2003, 55 min.) Director: Doug Jacobson Available on line from: Back to One Productions. ![]() ![]() ![]() I would not have believed I could miss a fog bank, but that’s exactly what it’s like: its disappearance is making me uneasy. I cannot see the sails or swells in its heights, nor the golden cathedrals or teetering towers. The fog banks have dissipated the sky is empty. ![]() ‘Kuin astuisitte aurinkoon’ (‘As if stepping into the sun’) is a chapter from the novel Hotel Sapiens ja muita irrationaalisia kertomuksia (‘Hotel Sapiens and other irrational tales’, Teos, 2012), where several narrators tell their stories A rapid synthetic evolution has taken humankind by surprise, and the world is now governed by inhuman entities called the Guardians. Hotel Sapiens is a place where people are made to take refuge from the world that no longer is habitable to them the world economy has fallen – like the House of Usher, in Edgar Allan Poe’s story – and with it, most of what is called a civilised society. ![]() ![]() Never heard of Doctor Who or not sure what the series is about.this isn't a good starting point. This question needs makes no sense sense the Doctor Who series has countless audio and paper books, comic books, it's own magazine and the longest running sci-fi series ever.ĭie hard Whovian's, this audiobook is for you. It would have made more sense with better narration.ĭo you think Doctor Who needs a follow-up book? Why or why not? Slick and polished.immersive productions of much-loved. What aspect of William Hartnell and full cast ?s performance would you have changed? A collection of five classic TV novelisations featuring the Doctors hectic adventures on Earth. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed it, but I am glad I didn't spend a lot on it. A few more details would have made this story more complete. This audiobook is taken from the audio track of the TV series with a narrator filling in a few details that are lost without video. I would only recommend this to a die hard fans of the entire series. Those who are, are from the newest revival of the series. ![]() ![]() ![]() Most of my friends are not Doctor Who fans. Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not? Some Details Missing, But Overall- Average ![]() ![]() ![]() He has co-founded several conservation organizations and spends considerable time seeking wilderness, solitude, and grizzlies. In light of planetary catastrophes like global warming and a global pandemic, Peacock asks not only Where do we go from here? but Was It Worth It? This book is a wild romp through history and memory and features beautiful photographs alongside crisp, empathetic prose.Īn American naturalist, outdoorsman and best-selling author, Doug Peacock is best known for his book Grizzly Years: In Search of the American Wilderness(Henry Holt & Co.), a memoir of his time observing grizzly bears in the western U.S. ![]() Was It Worth It? is a retrospective glimpse into the spaces and faces, both human and more-than-human, that he has called home-the wilds of Montana, Wyoming, the Sonoran Desert grizzlies, tigers, spirit bears, birds of the Galápagos Islands his wife, his daughter, his closest friends. The inspiration for the character George Washington Hayduke in Edward Abbey’s The Monkeywrench Gang, Peacock has spent his life championing grizzly bears and hyping the importance of wilderness conservation. ![]() This week, Lauren speaks with American naturalist, outdoorsman, and best-selling author Doug Peacock about his new book of essays, Was It Worth It?: A Wilderness Warrior’s Long Trail Home(Patagonia Books). ![]() ![]() ![]() Everything brushes against the raw wound of our grief…” She ends the day’s meditation: “May I honor - and trust - the process of grief and healing, knowing that, in time, a new day will come.” The opening quote is from Edward Hirsch: “I put down these memorandums of my affections/ In honor of tenderness,/ In honor of all those who have been/ Conscripted into the brotherhood/ Of loss…” And Hickman follows with the insight that, “When we are drawn into the brotherhood or sisterhood of loss, tenderness seems to be our natural state. The book follows a daily calendar, and so January 1 allows you to acknowledge that you are a part of a large and intimate group of people who, ironically, have never met. If tears come after reading a single quote, simply put the book down. It is perfectly measured and balanced to invite a grieving person to begin the process of healing slowly, at a personal pace. In its very structure - daily meditations - the book gently allows the reader to face a range of emotions in kind and manageable doses, subtly communicating that healing, after all, need not be intimidating or overwhelming.Įach day’s meditation is structured in three parts: a quote, an insight, and a personal hope for the day. That is why Martha Whitmore Hickman’s beautiful book, Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations for Working Through Grief, is so valuable. Dealing with grief - healing - can be equally daunting. ![]() ![]() Grief itself can be and usually is overwhelming. ![]() ![]() Of course, I do know a lot of random facts about Britain in the early twentieth century, and so it may be rather too easy for a blatant factual error to throw me right out of the story and leave me wondering whether I can trust the author on any other stated facts and plot points either.Īnd that was exactly the problem I had with this book. While I like the Victorian heyday of gothic, I’m even happier with Edwardian of inter-war settings, so something set in 1921 with echoes harking back to the First World War is bound to appeal. I’m a great fan of gothic novels, and while I prefer the air of menace to have a human element at the back of it, or result from the lead character’s overactive imagination, I’m not totally opposed to some supernatural elements being thrown into the mix. Historical Gothic Horror published by NAL 05 Apr 16 Stevie‘s review of Lost Among the Living by Simone St. ![]() |