![]() ![]() Its large display, easy to use controls, light weight, battery and mains power options and carry handle make it a good portable radio. ![]() Nobody has mentioned (perhaps for good reason) "no pain, no gain." This is a phrase generally used by people who work out to improve their physique to encourage themselves to work harder, so it would be a bit of a joke. The Roberts Play 10 is an affordable DAB/DAB+ digital radio from a well known brand. It has more of the flavor of something known and worthwhile having a bit of pain associated with it. To my mind, "every rose has a thorn" probably comes closest to the meaning that you are looking for. However, these generally are used when someone is unhappy over a present situation, and one wishes to give a reminder that "something good is just around the corner." This is close to the idea of putting up with morning sickness for the reward of a child, but there's the sense in all of them that the good result is an unknown one, that one takes it on faith that something good comes out of something bad. There are many more phrases like the ones already given for example "When God closes a door He opens a window" and "After the darkness comes the dawn." ![]()
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![]() ![]() His Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days! won kid-voted awards in five states and is a curriculum staple in American and French schools. He is also the author of more than thirty books for children and young adults. He was a creator and co-host of the weekly public television series "Digital Duo" and co-wrote the bestselling and much-praised biography Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry-and Made Himself the Richest Man in America. He went on to write long-running columns on personal technology for The New York Times, Forbes, PC World, PC Magazine, and many other publications. ![]() Stephen Manes wrote Video War back in 1983, right after he bought an early IBM PC with 64 kilobytes of RAM, two 320-kilobyte floppy disk drives, the word-processing program known as WordStar, and a dot-matrix printer that sounded like a machine gun. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And for the most part, you kept the dream a secret. You spent 20 years nurturing your dream of becoming an astronaut. She recently spoke with Air & Space Quarterly senior editor Diane Tedeschi. In her book Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars, Collins weaves her tale of being a trailblazer with descriptions of what it’s like to live and work in space. ![]() Before joining NASA, Collins was in the first class of women to earn pilot’s wings at Vance Air Force Base in Oklahoma, and she would become Vance’s first female instructor pilot. And two years after the loss of Columbia in 2003, Collins was entrusted to command Discovery for NASA’s return-to-flight mission. In July 1999, she became the first woman to command a shuttle mission. Air Force colonel, was the first woman to be the pilot on a NASA space shuttle flight. In her book “ Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars,” Collins weaves her tale of being a trailblazer with descriptions of what it’s like to live and work in space.Įileen M. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She currently lives in Los Angeles, California with her husband and their daughter. Briggs would work at an international law firm, she also was a teen writing mentor, and volunteered for her local dog rescue groups. After college, she would go to work in a variety of different areas before becoming a writer. She keeps things open and writes all kinds of different romance stories for all kinds of different people.īriggs attended UCLA for college where she earned her degree in Sociology. The Seraphim Academy series is in the fantasy genre, the Chasing the Dream series is a contemporary romance series, the Future Shock series delves into time travel, and the Claimed by Lucifer series features the devil himself. Elizabeth Briggs is an author who writes hard to put own romance novels in a wide variety of genres. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In particular, he holds the king personally responsible for murder and mass bloodshed: “The king’s decision to renew the war in the Netherlands caused the death of tens of thousands of men, women and children.” In his final chapter, Parker dedicates a three-page discussion to the theories of Sigmund Freud, enabling him to arrive at his conclusion, about Philip II, that “people with obsessional personalities are poorly equipped as leaders.” Some readers may find the hostility to the king a bit excessive, if only because most other historians do not read the evidence in the same way, but if readers can overlook it they will find in these pages a very readable and for the most part reliable account of Philip II’s politics. Parker considers Philip to have been directly responsible for everything that went wrong during his reign. Readers will find in it not only a superbly informed narrative of Philip II’s long career as Europe’s most powerful king but also a highly negative interpretation of the king’s personality and policies. The study by Parker, a leading expert on the king’s military policies, is backed up by over fifty pages of learned references and is essentially a shortened version of a massive volume he published in Spanish in 2010. By some coincidence, these two substantial books on Spain’s best-known sixteenth-century king were published in the same year and cover all the important aspects of Philip II’s international policies. ![]() ![]() ![]() For the ultimate battle will be for revenge. This is Gamble's toughest fight yet, and one he knows he cannot afford to fail. ![]() A hero and a soldier to some, but certainly no gentleman, Gamble battle-scarred and haunted by the horrific bloodshed at the Siege of Acre prior to this mission, must fight a new guileful enemy, even if the price means death or dishonour. Success means freedom for the Gozitans from their French oppressors failure means the marines face an unmarked grave on foreign soil. ![]() Gamble must lead his lightly-armed men against the prime veteran soldiers of France, in a daring and brutal fight where there can only be one winner. It is December, 1799, and Captain of Marines Simon Gamble has been sent behind enemy lines to capture an impregnable fortress called Dominance on the Maltese island of Gozo. ![]() ![]() ![]() I just wanted to smack the women for their idiocy in staying where it was so dangerous. It was mostly a very bad grade B horror movie. Most B-horror movies feature bad special effects, far-fetched storylines, and lackluster performances from their stars.")Well, that's all I thought about with this book. But that's not all that sets this type of movie apart, particularly when it comes to the horror genre. Have you ever seen a grade B horror movie? ->("A B movie is any film that isn't created for an art house scene, but has a low budget. 3.5 stars rounded up.I know that this is a horror novel and logic doesn't usually come into play with these types of books, but I can't help feeling like through most of this book I just wanted to scream at Carly and especially Viv to get the heck out of the Sun Down Motel. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Dan McKee, the state Department of Health, the Division of Public Utilities and Carriers, the Coastal Resources Management Council and the U.S. In recent weeks, the state’s top law enforcement official has used social media to take aim at Gov. He’s headed for retirement when his term is up - or so he insists. Neronha has higher political ambitions on his mind, based on the recent uptick in posts to his Twitter feed, think again. PROVIDENCE - If you’re thinking Attorney General Peter F. Neronha will be out of the office for six weeks as he recovers from spinal cord surgery, but says his unusual ailment isn't the reason he's become more vocal.Dan McKee is "nonexistent" - but McKee says otherwise. He says his working relationship with Gov.AG Peter Neronha is using Twitter to weigh in on the governor, the Division of Public Utilities and Carriers, the Coastal Resources Management Council and the U.S. ![]() ![]() ![]() My 2-star review of The Zebra Striped Shirt was unnecessary. I specifically apologize to Cameron Vale. I would not now be so very careless of the feelings of the people who crafted the words I smashed and shredded with a tiny jeweled mallet of rightousness certainty. I also wrote a lot of pretty insufferable reviews, and looking back, it’s hard to understand how I was so sure in my opinions, so convinced my ideas mattered. For my 2013 reading challenge I read an impressive 505 books. I spent so much time on Goodreads I was in the top 100 reviewers globally, was the top reviewer in New Zealand, and in the top 100 librarians globally: donating my free labor to wrangle book data for the site. I was finishing my PhD at the time, and it was my procrastination poison of choice. Which is exactly what Otis Chandler, the developer, was going for. Over 10 years ago Goodreads was like walking into your friend’s living room and checking out their bookshelves, and listening to why they loved their latest read. I joined Goodreads in June 2011, and fell in love with the community. And my first thought was, “Not The Condor!” I got an email this week, advising me to save any creative writing from my Goodreads account by September, as they are removing the original writing feature. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() While this is absolutely one of the book’s strengths, there’s a potential downfall to it. Vera regrets this and resents James for it, all while he lives in the shed behind the house and appears to be a favorite of her mother. The current resident is James Duvall, son of Hammett Duvall who made his fame interviewing teen Vera for a book about her father. Vera’s mother Daphne makes money on the side by running the house as an artist’s residence so people can experience the house of Francis Crowder. J ust Like Home also deals with what happens to people after the podcasters and authors go home. I could practically hear the Francis Crowder: Serial Killer podcast in my head as I was reading. Gailey hooks you with the story of a woman facing her past and the crimes of her father, and slowly ratchets up the supernatural over the course of the book. One of the strengths of the book is the way it harnesses the cultural (and my personal) obsession with true crime. The pacing of the story is perfect, we learn things every chapter but the answers to questions often lead to more answers as the story gets darker and spookier. It makes for an incredibly effective narrative device, leading to a mid book reveal that actually had me gasping out loud. We see the entire story through Vera’s eyes, and it is immediately obvious that even though we are in her head there are secrets she isn’t telling us. Gailey is a master of the third person limited point of view. ![]() |