A place for everything judith flanders5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() A Place for Everything fascinatingly lays out the gradual triumph of alphabetical order, from its possible earliest days as a sorting tool in the Great Library of Alexandria in the third century BCE, to its current decline in prominence in our digital age To many of our forebears, the idea of organising things by the random chance of the alphabet rather than by established systems of hierarchy or typology lay somewhere between unthinkable and disrespectful. ![]() For, while the order of the alphabet itself became fixed very soon after letters were first invented, their ability to sort and store and organise proved far less obvious. In A Place for Everything, acclaimed historian Judith Flanders draws our attention to both the neglected ubiquity of the alphabet and the long, complex history of its rise to prominence. From the school register to the telephone book, from dictionaries and encyclopaedias to library shelves, our lives are ordered from A to Z. Summary The order of the alphabet, that simple knowledge that we take for granted once learned as children, plays a major role in our adult lives. ![]()
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Stalin by Simon Sebag Montefiore5/24/2023 ![]() This was very impressive to people, and it’s easy when we know about the colossal disasters, which he cared little about, to forget this. ![]() I mean even in the Battle of Moscow, which was the key battle of the war, his grasp of the material of war was astonishing, the fact that he had the number of tanks of the entire Soviet Army in a little notebook on his desk. When he started to run the war, particularly after the early period when the whole thing was in free-fall and he really was out of his depth, he really did become a superb organiser of war materials. I mean, you only have to look at Roosevelt’s relationship with him to see how charming he could be, how fascinating, and that was his hold on the Russian leadership, it wasn’t just terror. Though a Georgian he came across as the sort of Russian candidate and he cultivated a sort of gentleness and a sort of quietness, a lack of showiness which people trust, but also he was very charismatic in a sort of feline way. He’d come to power as the anti-charismatic charismatic ruler, in the sense that there were always people like Trotsky who were these brilliant speakers and flamboyant, but no one trusted them and they were very un-Russian. SIMON SEBAG-MONTEFIORE: No, he’s not conventional. ![]() ![]() LAURENCE REES: And what’s interesting from your own work on Stalin’s personality is that Stalin seems to lack conventional charisma. ![]() Alcatraz vs the evil librarians book 65/24/2023 ![]() ![]() I know Alcatraz is wrong when he swears he’s no hero. Being burned up from the inside is not how I plan to die, so I’d better figure out some way to stop him or we’re toast! Now he’s going to use the dark powers he gained from that sacrifice against everyone not under Evil Librarian control. Now Alcatraz is a blubbering mess, so it’s up to me lead the charge against his father’s killer: Biblioden, founder of the Evil Librarians―I was sure he died centuries ago!―who’s back to complete his goal of world domination. ( And believe me, screwups like them constantly need protecting.) But when Alcatraz Smedry got strapped to an altar of outdated encyclopedias to be sacrificed to the dark gods, I arrived too late―and instead his father took his place. ![]() the Evil Librarians saga.Īs a Knight of Crystallia, I, Bastille, swore to protect the Smedry clan from the Evil Librarians. ![]() ![]() the Evil Librarians, the thrilling conclusion to the Alcatraz vs. From #1 New York Times bestselling authors Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson comes Bastille vs. ![]() One by one ruth ware amazon5/24/2023 ![]() The storm brewing inside the chalet is no match for the one outside, however, and a devastating avalanche leaves the group cut off from all access to the outside world. But as soon as one shareholder upends the agenda by pushing a lucrative but contentious buyout offer, tensions simmer and loyalties are tested. ![]() When the cofounder of Snoop, a trendy London-based tech start-up, organizes a weeklong trip for the team in the French Alps, it starts out as a corporate retreat like any other: PowerPoint presentations and strategy sessions broken up by mandatory bonding on the slopes. Unless that company happens to be eight coworkers…each with something to gain, something to lose, and something to hide. Especially when there’s a breathtaking vista, a full-service chef and housekeeper, a cozy fire to keep you warm, and others to keep you company. Getting snowed in at a luxurious, rustic ski chalet high in the French Alps doesn’t sound like the worst problem in the world. ![]() ![]() INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “ A claustrophobic spine-tingler.” -People “ Not only do Ware’s novels wink at Christie in a saucy way, but Ware herself is turning out to be as ingenious and indefatigable as the Queen of Crime.” -The Washington Post The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Turn of the Key and In a Dark, Dark Wood returns with another suspenseful thriller set on a snow-covered mountain. ![]() A curious beginning series5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Mystery is not exactly a brain bender, but thats forgivable when so much ground needs to be. A curious beginning: a Veronica Speedwell mystery (Volume 1.) A perilous undertaking: a Veronica Speedwell mystery (Volume 2.) A treacherous curse: a Veronica Speedwell mystery (Volume 3.) A dangerous collaboration (Volume 4.) A murderous relation (Volume 5.) An unexpected peril (Volume 6.) An impossible impostor (Volume 7. But before the baron can reveal what he knows of the plot against her, he is found murdered-leaving Veronica and Stoker on the run from an elusive assailant as wary partners in search of the villainous truth. Solid inaugural book in a series with compelling characterization. ![]() ![]() As familiar with hunting butterflies as with fending off admirers, Veronica intends to embark upon the journey of a lifetime.īut fate has other plans when Veronica thwarts her own attempted abduction with the help of an enigmatic German baron, who offers her sanctuary in the care of his friend Stoker, a reclusive and bad-tempered natural historian. A Curious Beginning Hardcover 1 September 2015 by Deanna Raybourn (Author) 2,243 ratings Book 1 of 8: A Veronica Speedwell Mystery Kindle 8.42 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 173.26 1 Used from 58.52 4 New from 135.83 Paperback 30.15 2 Used from 19.04 10 New from 28.80 Audio CD 52.30 2 New from 52. After burying her spinster aunt, orphaned Veronica Speedwell is free to resume her world travels in pursuit of scientific inquiry-and the occasional romantic dalliance. ![]() Lily and the Great Quake by Veeda Bybee5/24/2023 ![]() Separated from her parents, Lily must help her younger brother and neighbor escape San Francisco. Book Synopsis Lily is a twelve-year-old Chinese American girl living in San Franciscos Chinatown when an earthquake destroys her home and sets her neighborhood on fire. Includes nonfiction backmatter, a glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts. ![]() About the Book Just turned twelve, Lily is the oldest of the three children in her Chinese American family living in San Francisco when the 1906 earthquake hits her family has survived the quake, but as the city starts to burn Lily and her younger brother are separated from the others and must get to the safety of Oakland across the bay and hope that the rest of their family and friends are there waiting for them-but between the fire and the anti-Chinese violence it is not certain that any of them will survive. ![]() Spillover animal infections5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() The term spillover evokes images of a container of liquid overflowing, and this image is a great metaphor for how the process works. ![]() The pathogen can be something never before seen in people, such as a new Ebola virus carried by bats, or it could be something well known and recurring, like Salmonella from farm animals. Spillover involves any type of disease-causing pathogen, be it a virus, parasite or bacteria, jumping into humans. Treana Mayer/BioRender, CC BY-ND How spillover works Viral spillover occurs when a virus spills out from an animal population into people. Given that the next potential pandemic will likely originate from animals, it’s important to understand how and why spillover occurs – and what can be done to stop it. As this year’s outbreak of bird flu grows, people are understandably worried about spillover. I was on the Colorado State University veterinary diagnostic team that helped detect some of the earliest cases of H5N1 avian influenza in U.S. I’m a veterinarian and a researcher who studies how diseases spread between animals and people. Following on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, large outbreaks of viruses like bird flu raise the specter of another disease jumping from animals into humans. The current epidemic of avian influenza has killed over 58 million birds in the U.S. Klebher Vasquez/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Wild birds like pelicans and ducks are getting infected with – and dying from – a new strain of avian influenza and have spread it to farm animals around the world. ![]() Peeps by scott westerfeld5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() At one of his first nights in a New York bar, while his judgment is severely impaired, he is hit on by Morgan, who says she wants to help him lose his virginity. The novel begins two days after nineteen-year-old Thompson moves from Texas to New York City to start college. The novel blends the phenomenon of the sexually transmitted infection, a common anxiety for young adults, with the literary archetypes of the zombie and vampire, to create a modern horror plot. He is recruited by the Night Watch to trawl New York City, preventing the vampiric epidemic from spreading. When Thompson’s infection fails to affect him with all of its usual symptoms, he realizes he is immune. People in the diseased state are called “peeps,” short for “parasite positives,” and are hunted by an ancient society called the Night Watch. Taking place in New York, it follows a would-be college freshman Cal Thompson, who contracts a supernatural STI that normally alters human behavior, endowing the infected with strange abilities. ![]() Peeps is a 2005 young adult science fiction novel by Scott Westerfeld. ![]() Cam rohan lisa kleypas5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() Kleypas's effortless style makes for another sexy exploration of 19th-century passion and peccadilloes, riveting from start to finish. The author's sensitivity to the prejudice endured by the Roma (Gypsies) adds a measure of grim reality that is creatively offset by Rohan's discussion of Roma beliefs and superstitions. As the standoffish relationship between Rohan and Amelia evolves into romance, the reappearance of Amelia's former suitor throws an intriguing wrench in the works. After graduating from Wellesley College she. In 1985, she was named Miss Massachusetts and competed in the Miss America pageant. Who do you think should do the damned account books' And, with a nonchalant wave, St. The other is a confirmed lecher in an amorous mood, with a willing and nubile young wife waiting at home. ![]() Rohan, weary of his usual diet of beautiful-but-boring lovers, is bemused by and attracted to Amelia, a staid and proper spinster, and so he sets about making a presence of himself at the ramshackle Hathaway estate, sowing sexual tension as he does. Lisa Kleypas is the author of numerous historical romance novels. Rohan, one of us is an unmarried man with superior mathematical abilities and no prospects for the evening. ![]() One should never look a rich husband in the mouth.' - St. Rohan, manager of a London gentleman's club, decides to do a favor for the distraught Amelia Hathaway, who is scouring brothels in search of her wastrel brother, Leo. '-Cam Rohan Lisa Kleypas, quote from Mine Till Midnight Although most advice should be distrusted, particularly when it comes from myself. Historical romance master Kleypas reintroduces Cam Rohan, the wealthy half-Gypsy first seen in 2006's Devil in Winter, in her latest page-turning Victorian. ![]() Bared to5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() The operation was jointly conducted by teams from the PNP-ACG, Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC), Bureau of Immigration (BI), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT), and PNP Special Action Force (SAF). F1 fans think Fernando Alonso was watching the Miami Grand Prix on the big screens - despite driving at speeds of up to 200mph. “All the victims will remain here while waiting for their embassy to process their papers back to their country,” she added. Michelle Sabino, spokesperson of PNP-ACG, said. ![]() “This is a case of human trafficking and we are still processing everything,” Police Lt. The workers who are composed of various nationalities including Chinese, Vietnamese, Indonesians, and Filipinos among others were saved in an establishment in Clark Free Port Zone, Clark, Pampanga. DESCRIPTION : Bared to You will take you to the very limits of obsession - and introduce you to a hero youll never forget. The Philippine National Police - Anti Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG) bared Friday, May 5, that it has rescued around 1,000 workers, including foreigners, who were allegedly forced to work for a cyber fraudulent industry in Pampanga. From 1 New York Times bestselling author Sylvia Day comes the provocative masterstroke of abandon and obsession that redefined the meaning of desire. ![]() |