![]() ![]() In September 1828, the greatest mathematician in the country left his hometown for the first time in years, to attend the German Scientific Congress in Berlin. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Gauss has hardly climbed out of his carriage before both men are embroiled in the political turmoil sweeping through Germany after Napoleon’s fall.Īlready a huge best seller in Germany, Measuring the World marks the debut of a glorious new talent on the international scene. Terrifyingly famous and more than eccentric in their old age, the two meet in Berlin in 1828. Gauss is recognized as the greatest mathematical brain since Newton. Von Humboldt is known to history as the Second Columbus. He cannot imagine a life without women, yet he jumps out of bed on his wedding night to jot down a mathematical formula. The other, the barely socialized mathematician and astronomer Carl Friedrich Gauss, does not even need to leave his home in Göttingen to prove that space is curved. One of them, the Prussian aristocrat Alexander von Hum-boldt, negotiates savanna and jungle, travels down the Orinoco, tastes poisons, climbs the highest mountain known to man, counts head lice, and explores every hole in the ground. Toward the end of the eighteenth century, two young Germans set out to measure the world. The young Austrian writer Daniel Kehlmann conjures a brilliant and gently comic novel from the lives of two geniuses of the Enlightenment. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() It is Eli, with Solly Two Kings (James A. With a powerful, seasoned cast, “Gem” is must-see theatre. History works here on so many fascinating levels. Comparisons will no doubt be made, but having never seen this show myself, I will simply state that I am particularly privileged to experience it for the first time at the Goodman, whose rich history is inexorably linked to the playwright himself. With an eye-popping, highly-stylized Linda Buchanan set enhanced by Mike Tutaj projections, this artful production must look markedly different than its predecessors. “Gem” premiered at Goodman Theatre in 2003 and debuted on Broadway a year later. Set in the Hill District of Pittsburgh in 1904, chronologically the first in Wilson’s Century Cycle series although written and produced two years before his death at 60 in 2005. There is both dazzling beauty and gritty realism in the Chuck Smith directed production of August Wilson’s “Gem of the Ocean” that opened on Monday at Goodman. ![]() ![]() Everyone warns you about it when you become a parent, but you are never really fully prepared for the first couple of months of parenthood when your world is so much fuller because of the new baby in your life, but also so insanely overwhelming because you are so sleep-deprived. (We're working on it.) Out of everything, I think the single most-mystifying thing about having your own baby is sleep. My husband and I are new parents of a 10-month old who STILL does not sleep through the night. Everyone has there takeaways! I also so appreciate that this generation is the generation that will disarm the dreaded Word that shouldn't be Heard. While I didn't use the Worse Word Know to the American Language, the sentiment was surely there! I adore this book so much I am sharing it with my adult friends, even those without children of there own. I am at the point in my life that I'm hoping for grandchildren (no rush kidlings), however I can still remember those nights where the feeling was deep love yoked with ultimate frustration with this bundle that only mostly cares about itself. If you can't abide the F-bomb used this book, let alone a book that comes across as a children's book, check out "Seriously, Just Go to Sleep." ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() *Alert* this may be a controversial book! Don't allow it to fall into the wrong hands!! In fact, the author seemed to know that there would be controversy, there are two versions of this book. ![]() ![]() I loved how he encouraged Piper to see that she was worthy of being loved. Unable to resist her for long, he decides to take a leap of faith to explore this new, sizzling chemistry between them. And he finds himself being drawn to her “Piper sparkle” that slowly reignites a flame in him that he thought he lost long ago. But his efforts to avoid her are futile, especially in such a small town. ![]() So it’s not surprising when he gets defensive after Piper throws a wrench into his daily habits by coming to Westport. The grumpy sea captain is a stickler for rules and routines. LA is calling her name, but Brendan-and this town full of memories-may have already caught her heart. Yet as she reconnects with her past and begins to feel at home in Westport, Piper starts to wonder if the cold, glamorous life she knew is what she truly wants. Piper doesn’t want any distractions, especially feelings for a man who sails off into the sunset for weeks at a time. The fun-loving socialite and the gruff fisherman are polar opposites, but there’s an undeniable attraction simmering between them. How bad could it really be? She’s determined to show her stepfather-and the hot, grumpy local-that she’s more than a pretty face.Įxcept it’s a small town and everywhere she turns, she bumps into Brendan. ![]() ![]() So what if Piper can’t do math, and the idea of sleeping in a shabby apartment with bunk beds gives her hives. ![]() Piper hasn’t even been in Westport for five minutes when she meets big, bearded sea captain Brendan, who thinks she won’t last a week outside of Beverly Hills. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() is helplessly in love with and Miu, the women Sumire has fallen for. There is K., your typical easy-going and pensive Murakami narrator Sumire, a bohemian and obsessive writer who dresses in an oversized coat and heavy boots, dreams of emulating Jack Kerouac, and whom K. Their fatal flaws are not violent jealousy though, but a sort of insidious loneliness destined to prevent them ever really finding what they most crave. The plot revolves around a love triangle between three people who, like Othello, love not wisely but too well. Perhaps because it is about anticipation of, and longing for, love rather than love itself, it is also one of the most romantic books I have ever read. It is beautifully evocative yet difficult to define, a tale of unrequited love, unrealised ambition, and yearning, always yearning, for more. Sputnik Sweetheart is a novel of almosts, where liminal spaces overlap and longing can never quite be divorced from true love. This was where it all began, and where it all ended. The person she fell in love with happened to be 17 years older than Sumire. ![]() An intense love, a veritable tornado sweeping across the plains – flattening everything in its path, tossing things up in the air, ripping them to shreds, crushing them to bits…In short, a love of truly monumental proportions. “In the spring of her twenty-second year, Sumire fell in love for the first time in her life. ![]() ![]() Something Rowena failed to mention to Victoria and Prudence. Banished to the countryside so their uncle can secretly sell their London house, Prudence was only allowed to accompany the sisters by posing as their lady's maid. But now their lives are in the hands of their Uncle and things are going to be different proper. The two girls were raised in a rather unorthodox manner growing up with their nanny's daughter, Prudence, as their closest friend and confidant. Rowena and Victoria Buxton are reeling from the death of their beloved father. 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Military historian John Keegan called it "the most stunning and decisive blow in the history of naval warfare", while naval historian Craig Symonds called it "one of the most consequential naval engagements in world history, ranking alongside Salamis, Trafalgar, and Tsushima Strait, as both tactically decisive and strategically influential". Spruance defeated an attacking fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy under Admirals Isoroku Yamamoto, Chūichi Nagumo, and Nobutake Kondō near Midway Atoll, inflicting devastating damage on the Japanese fleet that rendered their aircraft carriers irreparable. This book has lessons for officers in every grade and rank. ![]() ![]() The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place on 4–7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. Professor Symonds has given us another marvelous history in The Battle of Midway as well as an inspirational story excitingly told. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() To get away from the chaos and just enjoy having his hands in the dough. Tilly has gathered all of the Marian and Wilde clans in Aster Valley at Rockley Lodge for Christmas, Miller included.ĭarius Grant gave up his very successful chain of bakeries and moved to Aster Valley to open a small Greek bakery to remind himself of his love of baking. It’s been seven months since he lost her. At the same time, he’s lost his mother to cancer. Miller grew up an only child and now has more relatives than he could ever even keep track of. Through DNA testing, he realized he was Tilly’s biological grandson. ![]() Miller Hobbs has received both the greatest gift and the hardest loss in a very short period of time. And I had no problem loving this one with all of my heart. Big reveal here, I’ve read a few of the Marian books, none of the Wilde books (yet) and ALL of the Aster Valley books. It is not required to have read all of the books in any of these series. Forever Wilde in Aster Valley by Lucy Lennox is a Marian, Wilde, Aster Valley crossover holiday romance that is going to melt your heart. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The now-tenuous/now-tenacious quality of the book’s middle-grade friendships will ring true to its audience, and Amanda’s voice is likable and humorous.” Publishers Weekly also states, “Like a Groundhog Day for middle grade readers, Mass' winning story features a girl seemingly trapped in her 11th birthday. ![]() The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books published a review by Jeannette Hulick, which states that 11 Birthdays “is imaginatively developed and kid-pleasing. ![]() Reception ġ1 Birthdays, was positively received by both the general public and critics. Chosen as a 2009 Library Guild Selection, this novel has been the recipient of various nominations and awards across the country. With her 11th birthday fast approaching, a falling out between the two friends has caused a shift in this birthday tradition leading to consequences both of them never could have imagined. The novel follows the life of a young girl named Amanda Ellerby who has spent each of her first ten birthdays with the same boy, her best friend Leonard "Leo" Fitzpatrick. It is the first novel in the Willow Falls series. 2009 children's time loop novel by Wendy Massġ1 Birthdays is a children's time loop novel written by Wendy Mass and published in 2009 by Scholastic Press. ![]() ![]() ![]() Whenever we start a new client engagement, there is always a lot of energy and hope to find insights and recommendations with enormous impacts. In Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die, Chip Heath and Dan Heath write about six principles to make your ideas stick and help you get your point across. ![]() Malcolm Gladwell in his book Tipping Point used the phrase The Stickiness factor to explain why some ideas and product innovations are more likely to spread and thrive. However, people with important ideas, consultants included, struggle to make their ideas stick. The merits in lies reside in the fact that they are sticky. As Mark Twain noted:Ī lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on As a consultant, how do you make an idea stick? How can you ensure that your clients follow up on your recommendations after you’ve closed out the engagement? The idea is to make message stick with the audience. ![]() |