![]() ![]() And seasonal allergies seem to be hitting Americans particularly hard this year. Pollen, which carries the sperm cells that allow plant fertilization to take place, is among the most common triggers of seasonal allergies, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. “This is what is ruining me,” one commenter wrote. But it seems to also have touched a nerve among those who suffer from runny noses, watery eyes and itchy throats each spring. The pollen cloud in Henderson’s video are certainly eye catching. “When my husband said the pollen’s bad, I probably should’ve taken his word for it,” she captioned the video. And his wife, Jennifer Henderson, posted a video of the mind-boggling pollen plume on Facebook, where it has since garnered nearly 5 million views. ![]() Suddenly, billowing puffs of pollen furl out from the pine’s branches and float through the air like a fluffy, yellow cloud.Īs Briana Montalvo of ABC News reports, Eric Henderson of Cumberland County, New Jersey, drove the backhoe that sparked the pollen explosion. A backhoe approaches the tree and gives it a little tap. At first, there seems to be nothing out of the ordinary about the pine tree featured the viral Facebook video. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Not only does it mirror (I still want to know how closely) Cutler's time as Hill staffer, it also incorporates the many details of the capital that make working on the Hill so unique. One reason I found this book so enjoyable was because it's real. The book does a great job of revealing how hypocritical our nation's capital really is. It was pure genius that smashed the New York City party life with the superficial-prudishness and egotism of Washington DC. This book is rampant with unprotected casual sex, drug use, and general backstabbing between friends. Cutler's writing is sassy and smart, and it makes you wonder how a girl who is clearly intelligent could live (or write about) such a lazy and shallow existence. I don't know what intrigues me more: the book itself, or the wondering how close to life it really is. ![]() ![]() And when I got to the end, I started all over again. And then I realised that I was behind on my podcasts because I wanted to carry on listening to Gaudy Night rather than listening to them. And I was enjoying it so much that I got the book off the shelf too. But then I treated myself to the audiobook in August and listened to it. But until the summer it had been years since I had Gaudy Night – in full at least and not as a radio play. And over the years since then I have reread and relistened to the series over and over. One of my very earliest posts on this site was about my love of Peter Wimsey. So why am I finally posting it now? Well, I was writing my end of 2021 post and it was starting to touch on some similar ground, so I thought I ought to get this out there first. It’s taken me a while to get this down in writing in a way that I’m anywhere near happy with and I’m still not sure I’m quite there. ![]() ![]() Amid the flurry of end of year posts, here is something completely different and that has been months in the making. ![]() ![]() ![]() Signed Books are shipped in our specially made book mailing cartons, with the books themselves wrapped in paper to protect them. Orders for delivery in the UK are despatched by Courier and Signed For delivery services and will normally be delivered to you within a few days of placing your order. Aircraft & Spacecraft: General Interest.Ships, Boats & Waterways: General Interest.Road & Motor Vehicles: General Interest.Fishing, Field Sports & Outdoor Activities.Sports Studies & PE: Textbooks & Study Guides.Literary Studies: Textbooks & Study Guides. ![]() Anthologies, Essays, Letters & Miscellaneous.Inventions & Technology: General Interest.Environment & Ecology: General Interest.Popular Culture & Media: General Interest.Politics & Government: Textbooks & Study Guides. ![]() ![]() Secondly, such repetition supplies Dickens’s well-known method of characterization, one that tends to associate characters with idiosyncratic actions and particular speech patterns. First, such repetition is part of Dickens’s endeavour to bring all characters before the reader’s eyes at regular intervals during the 19-month-long run. Mrs Bagnet’s two family dinners - pork and greens followed by beef and greens - occur two monthly numbers apart (November 1852 and January 1853). ![]() The narrative uses repetition as a structural element and as a trope in itself. Charles Dickens, however, is unusual in his elaboration of banal everydayness, and Bleak House (1852–3) is a novel with a peculiar stake in narrating what is normally invisible. Dinner, for instance, must be prepared every day yet novels, for obvious reasons, do not tend to give details of every single meal. ![]() ![]() If domestic time has a basic structure, that structure is repetition its backbone is formed out of routines. ![]() ![]() The Knight’s Ransom started out interestingly enough. Wow! What a hot mess of a book this turned out to be. Less than positive review coming your way. Securing his place will not be easy, nor will winning the affection of Lady Claire de Murrow, a fiery young heiress from an unpredictably mad kingdom. ![]() Opportunities open and shut before him as he journeys along the path to knighthood, blind to a shadowy conspiracy of jealousy and revenge. When the Argentine family finally rules, Ransom must make his own way in the world. ![]() ![]() The balance of power between the two men hinges on the fate of a young boy ensnared in this courtly intrigue. *I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Ī brutal war of succession has plunged the court of Kingfountain into a power struggle between a charitable king who took the crown unlawfully and his ambitious rival, Devon Argentine. ![]() ![]() Fairman "The Mystery of the Raymond Mortgage" by F. Gordon "The Night the Ghost Got In" by James Thurber "Wally the Watchful Eye" by Paul W. ![]() ![]() Contents include: "The Murder of George Washington" by Richard M. Intelligent anthology of mystery tales and poems, some tales/poems complete, others are selected passages from classic literature. ![]() First Edition hardcover, bound in decorative blue cloth, is in VG condition, having light chipping at top of spine, light bumping of bottom corners and spine, and slight rubbing to closed page edges. ![]() ![]() ![]() The action in this book was brutal and fast-paced (sometimes too fast-paced), and it kept me wanting to turn the page to find out the resolution of the conflict. I also particularly enjoyed the blending of different mythologies and the world the author created, even if the world-building was a bit clunky and obtuse at times. ![]() The author’s love for horses really shone from how she wrote about Anaba and all the horse-related detail included throughout the narrative. ![]() I never knew I needed to read about a killer demon horse until picking up this book. The characters acquired much more depth as the story progressed, and I really did end up loving Anaba. As the book progressed, however, the pacing, writing, and story improved significantly, and I read the last half of the book mostly in one sitting because I was so captivated by it. The characters felt a bit like caricatures, and the story, while interesting, was presented in a way that was confusing and hard to follow. The first 30-40% of this book was an awkwardly paced, disjointed mess. This book is a good example of why I don’t like DNFing books. ***Thank you to NetGalley and Angry Robot for providing a copy of the book! My review contains my honest thoughts about my reading experience.*** ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Carson loves the spaces almost as much as the words: she says in her introduction that ‘brackets imply a free space of imaginal adventure.’ Here, for instance, is Fragment 24D: Anne Carson’s new translations, with facing Greek text, make effective use of blank space and brackets to convey the feeling of a torn or burned scrap of papyrus. Reconstructing Sappho from what remains is like trying to get a sense of a whole Tyrannosaurus rex from one claw.īoth scholars and creative writers have made much of Sappho’s fragmentariness. ![]() But even with these additions, we have only about 3 per cent of what she wrote. ![]() Then, around the turn of the 20th century, some scraps of papyrus from an ancient rubbish tip at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt turned out to contain fragments of poetry – including substantial chunks of Sophocles, Euripides and Sappho. Until the end of the 19th century, these two poems were practically all that was known from the work of the poet Plato called ‘the tenth Muse’. A few longish passages from other poems have been preserved in other authors: the most famous is Fragment 31 (‘He seems to me equal to gods’), quoted at length in On the Sublime. We have some tantalising scraps, single lines and short quotations, but only one complete poem – the ‘Ode to Aphrodite’ (Fragment 1), which is quoted by Dionysius of Halicarnassus. Some time around the ninth century, Sappho’s nine books were irrecoverably lost. ![]() ![]() ![]() Filled with fascinating insider anecdotes and featuring a who's who in the consulting world, including Peter Drucker, Michael Porter and Bruce Henderson, this wry, absorbing book will enlighten executives about the value consultants actually bring to their clients. The Management Myth: Debunking Modern Business Philosophy Kindle Edition by Matthew Stewart (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 201 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Great on Kindle Great Experience. The Management Myth offers an insightful romp through the entire history of thinking about management, a withering critique of pseudoscience in management. Gleefully revealing the magician's tricks, Stewart takes readers on a whirlwind tour of how this industry came to be a powerhouse. Following in the footsteps of "shamans," consultants "envelop their work with an aura of sacred mystery" and "outrageously unjustified" levels of self-confidence to add to their perceived expertise. He offers an insider's perspective on the industry, revealing the astonishingly high routine consultant fees and the absurdity of leading firms depending on consultants fresh out of school to tell them how to run their business. ![]() Stewart (The Courtier and the Heretic) reflects on his unconventional path to becoming a successful management consultant despite a complete lack of business knowledge or experience, let alone an MBA. ![]() |