This information about ' - BookBrowses membership magazine, and in our weekly ' ' newsletter. Fans of literary nature narratives will be thrilled by his lyrical account, and eager to see where Meiburg goes next. A Most Remarkable Creature is a hybrid of science writing, travelogue, and biography, as generous and accessible as it is sophisticated, and absolutely riveting. Meiburg’s evocative prose (“on the sandstone heights, clusters of wild guanacos turned red and gold in the sun, snorting and whinnying to let us know we were seen”) will bring armchair naturalists into the wild with him. A family of birds, caracaras can be found in South America and resemble a “cross between a hawk and a raven.” Meiburg notes how the caracara, with its reputation for stealing people’s hats and other valuables, fascinated Charles Darwin, but he never pursued the questions they’d raised for him, including why they chose the Falkland Islands “for their metropolis.” Meiburg follows a Falklands Conservation biologist to find a dead caracara that “looked like he collapsed from exhaustion” and investigates the rare chimango caracara as its killer, and learns from a falconer (with a devotion to a caracara named Tina) that the birds’ intelligence and sociability are remarkable. Meiburg elevates himself to the top ranks of science writers with this enthralling debut on the obscure caracara.
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"In her stunning debut middle grade novel, Allen, who was also born with Turner syndrome, explores themes of family loyalty and personal resilience and resolve, wrapping them up in a clever story of science, how the universe works and how stars can truly guide the way. Does she have what it takes to care for the sister that has always cared for her? And what will it take for the universe to notice? If she wins the grand prize and gives all that money to Nonny's family, then the baby will be perfect. So she strikes a deal with the universe: She'll enter a contest with a project about Cecelia Payne, the first person to discover what stars are made of. Nonny and her husband are in a financial black hole, and Libby knows that babies aren't always born healthy. When her big sister Nonny tells her she's pregnant, Libby is thrilled-but worried. But she has lots of people who love her, and that makes her pretty lucky. Libby was born with Turner Syndrome, and that makes some things hard. She's not great at playing piano, sitting still, or figuring out how to say the right thing at the right time in real life. Twelve-year-old Libby Monroe is great at science, being optimistic, and talking to her famous, accomplished friends (okay, maybe that last one is only in her head). From debut author Sarah Allen comes What Stars Are Made Of, a pitch-perfect, heartwarming middle grade novel about growing up, finding yourself, and loving people with everything you're made of. LisH McBride, author of Hold Me Closer, Necromancer “Darrows’ deft hand at creating healthy, positive friendships and family, as well as snarky, delightful dialogue, really shine in Belly Up. Darrows’ writing-and her main character-sparkle with witty authenticity. “An incandescent novel of humor and heart. It seems I’ve got a lot more firsts to go. I should probably mention that to him at some point. Too bad I’m knocked up with a stranger’s baby. He’s cute, an amazing cook and he’s flirting me up, hard-core. There is one upside, though-a boy named Leaf Leon. Know what’s more fun than being the new girl for your senior year? Being the pregnant new girl. Instead, Mom and I are moving in with my battle-ax of a grandmother and I’m about to start a new school and a whole new life. I’d planned to spend senior year with my bestie-slash-wifey, Devi Abrams, graduating at the top of my class and getting into an Ivy League college. First totally hot consensual truck hookup with a superhot boy whose digits I forgot to get. The overall length has been increased to 230m from the 213m for the previous Spirit Class ferries. The main deck and upper freight deck have a combined capacity of some 2,800 freight lane metres, while about 200 cars can be parked on the separate upper vehicle deck which will have sufficient deck height to stow vans. To achieve the typical fast port turnarounds that apply for Dover-Calais ferries, the separate freight and car intake of the Spirit Class has been retained. The ships are capable of additional changes to become carbon neutral provided extra battery capacity will be installed and plug-in electricity loading facilities are available in both Dover and Calais. Another reduction in fuel consumption and carbon footprint will come from a heat recovery system, so the total fuel consumption is expected to be reduced by 40%. It is understood that the ships will not be scrubber-equipped and the otherwise empty spaces below the main vehicle deck will be filled with large battery packs. Using the double-ender concept and the diesel-electric propulsion plant means that fuel consumption will be reduced by about one tonne per channel transit. The ferries will be among the largest ever to sail between Dover and Calais, and will be of the double-ended type. The first two ferries will be delivered in 2023 and the optioned vessels in 2024. Typical for Brandon was his depicting of contemporary Jewish, religious life, something Pissarro, also born a Jew, neglected. Still he never uses juxta-posed brushstrokes. His brushstroke is more loose, not rendering small details. The influence of light is mostly clair-obscure wise. But in many of his paintings Brandon uses a lot of browns, blacks and greys. In these works he also depicted every day life. In several Italian pictures (1856-63ca) his palet is more bright, he renders the influence of light and even sometimes uses blueish shadows, this is before Monet did so in 1869 (R22,CR133). This makes Brandon more a side-figure within the ‘impressionist’ art-movement.īrandon depicted many works on Saint-Brigit of Sweden (1303-73), which betrays a neo-classical influence. For the rest there doesn’t seem to be close contacts with other Impressionists. He was the teacher of Rouart, was befriended with Degas, de Nittis and probably had some contacts with Legros, Morisot and Félix Bracquemond. Impressionism, the partakers of the expositions: Édouard Brandon (1831-1897)ĭepicting Saint-Brigit, contemporary Italians, Jewish believers and moreīrandon only exhibited at the 1st ‘impressionist’ exposition.
Our findings provide a well-characterized new source of resistance for breeding early and resistant-to-P. The resistance did not show significant correlation with vegetation period length. Rpi-phu1 was highly effective in detached leaflet, tuber slice and whole tuber tests during 5 years of quantitative phenotypic assessment. phureja and conferring broad-spectrum resistance to late blight, was mapped to potato chromosome IX, 6.4 cM proximal to the marker GP94. A novel major resistance locus, Rpi-phu1, derived most likely from S. Solanum phureja was identified as a source of effective late blight resistance, which was transferred to the cultivated gene pool by interspecific crosses with dihaploids of Solanum tuberosum. The correlation of high levels of resistance to late blight with a long vegetation period is one of the bottlenecks for progress in breeding resistant cultivars of various maturity types. Despite the long history of breeding potatoes resistant to Phytophthora infestans, this oomycete is still economically the most important pathogen of potato worldwide. This widely acclaimed bestseller, in which Malcolm Gladwell explores and brilliantly illuminates the tipping point phenomenon, is already changing the way people throughout the world think about selling products and disseminating ideas.Ī wonderful page-turner about a fascinating idea that should affect the way every thinking person looks at the world. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend, the popularity of a new product, or a drop in the crime rate. The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Sign up for our free newsletter with audiobook love from AudioFile editors. From the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia: discover Malcolm Gladwell’s breakthrough debut and explore the science behind viral trends in business, marketing, and human behavior. No algorithms here We pick great audiobooks for you. What kept me rivetted was Heath’s weaving of a tale about the need to be recognized, acknowledged, loved, and validated, a journey both hero and heroine take in their unique ways, about what family means, and where we can meet on a plane of forgiveness and reconciliation. The similarities to Kleypas saw me through the premise’s set-up. Beyond Scandal and Desire‘s cross-class promise, its ingenue heroine who’s too smart to stay that way and guttersnipe-made-good hero kept me reading through a slow, though evident of a sure writing hand, first third. Ostensibly, Lorraine Heath’s Beyond Scandal and Desire has echoes of Kleypas’s romance classic, but in many other ways, it is an entirely different beast, unique to Heath’s vision. I adored Sarah and Derek, the casino setting, the pesky, bespectacled heroine and hardened with a secret heart of gold hero. One of the first romance novels I read when I returned to the genre and combed through best-of lists for titles to throw money at was Lisa Kleypas’s Dreaming Of You. Kit Brightling is a foundling with a magical connect to the power of the sea. Oh my, oh my, oh my did I love Kit Brightling!! Chloe Neill is the author of the Chicagoland Vampire series and has now branched out to a new fantastical series! The Bright and Breaking Sea is full of magic, intrigue and connection! Kit can lead her ship and clever crew on her own, but with the fate of queen and country at stake, Kit and Rian must learn to trust each other, or else the Isles will fall. But Kit has her orders, and the queen has commanded they journey to a dangerous pirate quay and rescue a spy who's been gathering intelligence on the exiled emperor of Gallia. Rian Grant, Viscount Queenscliffe, may be a veteran of the Continental war, but Kit doesn't know him or his motives-and she's dealt with one too many members of the Beau Monde. But the waters become perilous when the queen sends Kit on a special mission with a partner she never asked for. Her ship is small, but she's fast-in part because of Kit's magical affinity to the sea. Kit Brightling, rescued as a foundling and raised in a home for talented girls, has worked hard to rise through the ranks of the Isles' Crown Command and become one of the few female captains in Queen Charlotte's fleet. Chloe Neill brings her trademark wit and wild sense of adventure to a stunning seafaring fantasy starring a dauntless heroine in a world of magic and treachery. Sounds like a blatant suppression of free speech/expression, in violation of the First Amendment to the U.S. Anything to "promote belief in the supernatural" was banned, which made stations reluctant to have any kind of "mystic" on their shows.ĭiego, since you refer to the "FCC" (Federal Communications Commission), I assume you're talking about what transpired in the United States. Diego wrote.But by the mid 1930's the newly created FCC was working, (with the postal inspection service) to drive them ALL of the air. |