![]() The "preserve" is a cover for the construction of Jurassic Park, a theme park that will showcase living dinosaurs to the public. Paleontologist Alan Grant and his paleobotanist graduate student Ellie Sattler are contacted to confirm the animal's identity, but are abruptly whisked away by billionaire John Hammond - founder of bioengineering firm InGen - for a weekend visit to a "biological preserve" he has established on Isla Nublar. One of the species behind the attacks is believed to be Procompsognathus, an extinct species of dinosaur. In 1989, a series of strange animal attacks occur throughout Costa Rica and on the nearby island of Isla Nublar. The film was a critical and commercial success, becoming the highest-grossing film ever at the time and spawning five sequels. Jurassic Park received a 1993 film adaptation of the same name directed by Steven Spielberg. ![]() In 1997, both novels were republished as a single book titled Michael Crichton's Jurassic World. A sequel titled The Lost World, also written by Crichton, was published in 1995. ![]() ![]() A cautionary tale about genetic engineering, it presents the collapse of a zoological park showcasing genetically recreated dinosaurs to illustrate the mathematical concept of chaos theory and its real world implications. ![]() Jurassic Park is a 1990 science fiction action novel written by Michael Crichton. ![]()
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![]() Johanna and Gabriel are two characters who definitely you will remember for their depth and layering, for their interesting dialogues, and for the love that everyone desires. ![]() ![]() Marriage vows exchanged in haste, fear, uncertainty, and love that is yet to begin… A gentle heroine who hides unseen truths, a barbarian hero who has a gentle hand and a hope for a better future …. With an intriguing plot, fantastic characters, and exceptional humor, this book is definitely perfect for all those lovers of historical fiction, spiced with modern elements. ![]() I have just finished this book and I must admit that I have not enjoyed such an easy read for a long time, A book that pushes me into deep thinking while relaxing me at the same time. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It is a book that stands to make a difference. This impassioned book not only dissects the problems, but makes pointed, informed recommendations for change. And unlike mostworks on poverty, this one delves into the calculations of some employers as well-their razor-thin profits, their anxieties about competition from abroad, their frustrations in finding qualified workers. We meet drifting farmworkers in North Carolina, exploited garment workers in New Hampshire, illegal immigrants trapped in the steaming kitchens of Los Angeles restaurants, addicts who struggle into productive work from the cruel streets of the nation's capital-each life another aspect of a confounding, far-reaching urgent national crisis. We encounter them every day, for they do jobs essential to the American economy. Shipler exposes the interlocking problems by taking us into the sorrowful, infuriating, courageous lives of the poor-white and black, Asian and Latino, citizens and immigrants. But their version of the American Dream is a nightmare: low-paying, dead-end jobs the profound failure of government to improve upon decaying housing, health care, and education the failure of families to break the patterns of child abuse and substance abuse. Shipler makes clear in this powerful, humane study, the invisible poor are engaged in the activity most respected in American ideology-hard, honest work. ![]() ![]() ![]() There are several places that leave you wondering whether the villain is a true villain since he claims that his actions are necessary for the good of the country. There is a later scene where someone is cut with a knife. I wanted to know if this kind of violence continued and whether the author would bring justice and not leave a hazy view of right and wrong. That said, my son asked me to look at the book for him because he was not comfortable reading it. Who likes to read that? I am not concerned with the sword fights and there are beatings that are part of the danger of the book, but the murder scene was very heavy and without knowing where the book leads from there, it can be enough to not want to keep reading the book. I personally would not give this to my 10 year old to read on his own. ![]() Orphans are rounded up and one is shot to show the others what happens if they don't obey. ![]() ![]() There is a difference between action and danger for a teenage boy and the cold hearted cruelty of the murder of a child (a sick orphan, at that). That stopped my son from wanting to read it and I took the book to see what it was about. As already mentioned, there is a murder in the beginning of the book. ![]() ![]() She won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize for Journey to the River Sea, and has been a runner up for many of major awards for British children's literature. Ibbotson has written numerous books including The Secret of Platform 13, Journey to the River Sea, Which Witch?, Island of the Aunts, and Dial-a-Ghost. Ten years later, she published her first novel, The Great Ghost Rescue. Ibottson began writing with the television drama Linda Came Today, in 1965. Ibbotson was widowed with three sons and a daughter. Instead, she married and raised a family, returning to school to become a teacher in the 1960's. ![]() Ibbotson had intended to be a physiologist, but was put off by the amount of animal testing that she would have to do. She attended Bedford College, graduating in 1945 Cambridge University from 1946-47 and the University of Durham, from which she graduated with a diploma in education in 1965. ![]() When Hitler came into power, Ibbotson's family moved to England. Eva Ibbotson was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1925. Eva Ibbotson (born Maria Charlotte Michelle Wiesner, 1925, Vienna, Austria) was a British novelist specializing in romance and children's fantasy. ![]() ![]() Have you had personal experience with mental illness? Have you found solice in nature? Mark used nature and physical activity as his outlets in good and bad times.Did you feel more deeply for Mark or Giulia during the psychotic breaks, and if so, why?.Was it hard for you to read about Giulia’s first experience in the psych ward? What stood out to you most about how the ward was run, especially in terms of family visits?.When did you notice the first “change” in Giulia’s mental health?. ![]() My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward, by Mark Lukach ![]() Whether you’re hosting a book club to talk with friends about, simply commenting on this post below, or using these questions to check in with yourself, here are 14 questions to get the conversation started…pick and choose from them what you will! ![]() ![]() ![]() They show how traditional teachings about women’s inferiority are not supported by the Qur’an but were products of patriarchal societies that used it to justify their existing religious and social structures. The authors focus primarily on the Qur’an’s teachings about women and patriarchy. ![]() She explains why a handful of verses have been interpreted to favor men and shows how these same verses can be read in an egalitarian way that is fully supported by the text itself and compatible with the Qur’an’s message that it is complete and self-consistent.Ī Brief Introduction presents the arguments of Believing Women in a simplified way that will be accessible and inviting to general readers and undergraduate students. Is women’s inequality supported by the Qur’an? Do men have the exclusive right to interpret Islam’s holy scripture? In her best-selling book Believing Women in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur’an, Asma Barlas argues that, far from supporting male privilege, the Qur’an actually encourages the full equality of women and men. ![]() ![]() ![]() Even then he can't resist collapsing into Proustian digression: "To begin with, as my mouth began gradually to approach the cheeks which my eyes had tempted it to kiss, my eyes, in changing position saw a different pair of cheeks the throat, studied at closer range as though through a magnifying glass, showed a coarser grain and a robustness which modified the character of the face."Ī few lines later - during which the irresolute reader will be shouting "Kiss her! Just kiss her, damn you!" - the object of his affection changes again: "Just as at Balbec Albertine had often appeared different to me, so now. ![]() When Marcel kisses Albertine in A la Recherche du Temps Perdu, it takes 15 pages and about an hour's reading before he finally makes his moue. It is a terrible thing to be imaginative. ![]() Jean-Yves Tadié, translated by Euan Cameron ![]() ![]() Now, in this brilliantly researched, fascinating chronicle, Alison Weir shares provocative new interpretations and fresh insights on this enigmatic figure.Īgainst a lavish backdrop of pageantry and passion, intrigue and war, Weir dispels the myths surrounding Elizabeth I and examines the contradictions of her character. Perhaps the most influential sovereign England has ever known, Queen Elizabeth I remained an extremely private person throughout her reign, keeping her own counsel and sharing secrets with no one-not even her closest, most trusted advisers. “An extraordinary piece of historical scholarship.” -The Cleveland Plain Dealer ![]() ![]() ![]() An intimate, captivating portrait of Queen Elizabeth I that brings the enigmatic ruler to vivid life, from acclaimed biographer Alison Weir. ![]() ![]() Much of the action happens in between Sendagaya and Aoyama-Itchome stations. Many of the notable scenes of the novel take place deep underground beneath Tokyo, but we’re at least given descriptions of under which landmarks the characters are traversing. SENDAGAYA WALKING TOUR Aoyama Itchome Station Furthermore, grotesque creatures known as the INKlings have an underground base beneath important Tokyo government buildings, and it’s suspected that they may be in cahoots with the Semiotics. In Tokyo, a secret information war between the Calcutecs (of which the protagonist is a member) and the Semiotics is taking place, as an old scientist with an underground lab is behind a lot more than he first lets on. ![]() It’s perhaps the only one that could be categorized as true ‘science fiction.’ Only half of the book takes place in the ‘real’ world, with each alternating chapter taking us to the walled town located deep within the protagonist’s subconscious. ![]() Hard-Boiled Wonderland and The End of The World is one of Murakami’s most surrealistic and experimental novels. ![]() |