![]() ![]() Loving a larger woman is an act of courage in our world, Bruce has written. But the day she opens up a national women’s magazine to find out that her ex boyfriend has been chronicling their ex sex life is the day her life changes forever. The smart, sharp, plus sized pop culture reporter was perfectly content writing about other people’s lives on the pages of the Philadelphia Examiner. ![]() Cannie Shapiro never wanted to be famous. And the larger woman, I could only assume, was me. ![]() Bruce Guberman had been my boyfriend for just over three years, until we’d decided to take a break three months ago. Loving a Larger Woman, said the headline, by Bruce Guberman. At first my eyes wouldn’t make sense of the letters. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() But a legacy still remains in the form of a clash between the scope and the expected benefits of NZTA’s work. The NZTA’s descriptions and performance measures for its activity classes have improved. Under the current government, there’s been steady progress towards a more people-focused narrative. ![]() In a future post we will also discuss the safety benefits. As we’ve discussed in earlier posts, we believe establishing a national public transport network is required to reduce our transport carbon emissions, and for many other environmental and access reasons. Investment in nationally-coordinated inter-regional public transport has, in recent history, been neglected in favour of roading and aviation. Therefore having data that is easy to find, share and use is important. Robust business cases that are supported by evidence and good data gathering systems are vital to support this process. The NZ Transport Agency and regional authorities need to provide high quality analysis to input into a rigorous, fit-for-purpose investment analysis system. What is required to start developing a co-ordinated passenger rail and bus network for the whole country? One important step, outlined in the Government Policy Statement, is ensuring we’re gathering the right, quality data: This is a post by Paul Callister and Heidi O’Callahan. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Peterson is a Canadian clinical psychologist, self-help writer, cultural critic and professor of psychology at the University of Toronto. Beyond Order provides a call to balance these two fundamental principles of reality itself, and guides us along the straight and narrow path that divides them. ![]() While chaos, in excess, threatens us with instability and anxiety, unchecked order can petrify us into submission. What’s more, he offers strategies for overcoming the cultural, scientific, and psychological forces causing us to tend toward tyranny, and teaches us how to rely instead on our instinct to find meaning and purpose, even-and especially-when we find ourselves powerless. In a time when the human will increasingly imposes itself over every sphere of life-from our social structures to our emotional states-Peterson warns that too much security is dangerous. ![]() Now, in this bold sequel, Peterson delivers twelve more lifesaving principles for resisting the exhausting toll that our desire to order the world inevitably takes. Peterson helped millions of readers impose order on the chaos of their lives. In 12 Rules for Life, clinical psychologist and celebrated professor at Harvard and the University of Toronto Dr. The sequel to 12 Rules for Life offers further guidance on the periolus path of modern life. ![]() ![]() Diversity is having a seat at the table, inclusion is having a voice, and belonging is having that voice be heard.In a study of married couples, those who remain calm during arguments are the happiest and longest lasting.Don't rely on emotions (when making decisions).Ask what not why: Why questions stir up negative emotions what questions keep us curious. ![]() (On asking for a raise) "I don't want my salary to be a distraction to me while I am in this role".The opportunity to level up is largely driven by you, by what you choose to absorb, by who you choose to learn from.Ask open-ended questions "How might we.".Ordinary, incremental progress makes us happier and more engaged.Ask your manager to define outcome rather than processes.Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.You can also try a technique called reappraisal reframing their stress as excitement. ![]() By confronting our envy, we learn what drives us. Success depends on learning how to let emotion into the workplace without letting it run wild.But the downside to more collaboration is more conflict. "In modern business, collaboration is next to godliness". ![]() Not only the content is engaging but the illustrations are so spot-on that makes the chapters fly like a conversation. Pedro Ribeiro Book Notes #2 - No Hard FeelingsĪ mixture of self-help and workplace guide, No Hard Feelings: Emotions at Work and How They Help Us Succeed, by Liz Fosslien & Mollie West Duffy, is a must have for anyone trying to understand and deal with a typical office workplace. ![]() ![]() ![]() As the New England Patriots Summer Reading Ambassador, he encourages summer reading. Malcolm’s Share the Magic Foundation promotes the benefits of reading to kids in underserved communities. When hes supposed to be reading, he would rather do anything. He’s also the founder of an initiative called Read with Malcolm, which introduces book ownership to students, and works to improve literacy in schools. Whats a kid to do How can Henley find a story that speaks to everything inside of him Malcolm Mitchell, bestselling author of The Magicians Hat, pulls from. From Super Bowl champion and literacy crusader Malcolm Mitchell comes an exciting new story that shows even reluctant readers that there is a book out there for everyoneMeet Henley, an all-around good kid, who hates to read. MALCOLM MITCHELL is the rookie who helped the New England Patriots win Super Bowl LI. ![]() Through his advocacy and his books, Malcolm imparts the important message that every story has the potential to become a favorite. His work has appeared on many children’s products, greeting cards, books, toys, and magazines, and has received multiple recognitions from the Society of Illustrators. Malcolm Mitchell, bestselling author of The Magician's Hat, pulls from his own literary triumph to deliver another hilarious and empowering picture book for readers of all abilities. Malcolm Mitchell at home in Atlanta, June 18. He spent ten years as a toy designer and character developer, before trying his hand at illustration. The former NFL wide receiver draws on his own early struggles with literacy to promote the power of books. Born and raised in northern Ohio, MICHAEL ROBERTSON graduated from Bowling Green State University with a degree in painting. ![]() ![]() ![]() Over the horizon came ships of a technologically advanced, aggressive culture, and BAM! There went the good old days, when humans got killed only by each other. There we were, innocently drifting along the cosmos on our little blue marble, like the Native Americans in 1492. We were fighting on the wrong side of a war we couldn’t win. Nominee, 2018 Audie Awards - Audiobook of the Year Zachary Quinto (STAR TREK, NOS482, HEROES) and Kate Mulgrew (ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, STAR TREK: VOYAGER) starred in the epic Expeditionary Force audio drama HOMEFRONT Armageddon, Book 8, debuted at #1 on all of Audible. The first audiobook in the series, Columbus Day, was one of five finalists for the prestigious Audie Award in 2018 and has been optioned for film and television by Milmar Pictures (AIR FORCE ONE, CASTLE, HOLLOW MAN). Bray) Expeditionary Force is a New York Times best-selling military science-fiction series that will be composed of 14 novels. 13, 2016 Genre: Science Fictionįrom multimillion dollar, best-selling author Craig Alanson (and narrated by fan-favorite R.C. ![]() Bray Length: 16 hours 23 minutes Series: Expeditionary Force, Book 1 Publisher: Podium Publishing Released: Dec. ![]() INDEPENDENT ‘AUDIO-FIRST’ ENTERTAINMENT STUDIO RELEASES FIRST-EVER TRAILER FOR AUDIBLE’S #1 SCI-FI AUDIOBOOK SERIES: EXPEDITIONARY FORCE BY CRAIG ALANSONĪuthor: Craig Alanson Narrator: R.C. ![]() ![]() ![]() I feel sure that books have moulded me and taught me all kinds of things - though these thing are so much a part of me now that it’s difficult to stand back and identify them. It never bothered me whether the main character in the book was female or male, I identifed with them regardless. I was particularly fond of historical novels and spent a lot of my childhood in the medieval period. ![]() Like a lot of bookish children I was always happier inside a story than I was in the real world. What impact have books have had on you as a person and an author? Susanna is the author of two other books, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories. This week, we're hearing from Susanna Clarke, who recently won the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021 with her novel, Piranesi. ![]() Welcome to The books that shaped me - a Good Housekeeping series in which authors talk us through the reads that stand out for them. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Voyage - Alternate spaceflight developments between the 1960s and 1980s, culminating in a ( not easily earned) manned mission to Mars in the mid 1980s.Features several modern-day and near future what-ifs. The NASA Trilogy, a loose trilogy of three thematically similar Alternate History novels that center on spaceflight and space exploration, particularly that of NASA origin.Set in the far future, where humans struggle for supremacy in the universe against the god-like Xeelee. He's most known for his far-future space opera series The Xeelee Sequence, but he also writes a fair amount of Alternate History and more near-future fiction. Stephen Baxter (born 13 November 1957) is a British author known for his hard sci-fi novels. It's about change and present-day concerns." "Sometimes people say that we're living in the future, and time's up for science fiction, but I think that never will be, because science fiction really isn't about the future. ![]() ![]() Garfield’s story of ascendance to the presidency is remarkable. Factual evidence, quotes, and some ideas for this post can be found in Candice Millard’s Destiny of the Republic. His story highlights the highly relevant importance of seeking truth in an increasingly chaotic world. Garfield serves as a fascinating focal point for the examination of human failure through ignorance. But we can discern some important lessons from his story, more so from his time and the failures of his contemporaries than from him. His assassination was a tragedy because he was a truly remarkable man who had the capacity and will to affect tremendous positive change. Considering he only served in the office for six and a half months, this seems to make sense. Garfield doesn’t get much attention in the annals of presidential history. ![]() Print depiction of President Garfield’s assassination. ![]() ![]() ![]() After stowing away on her mum’s boat, she is stranded and discovers the rock is a live creature, home to an abundance of sealife. The story is simply told: Erin, daughter of a fisherwoman (yay!), is determined to visit the sea’s dreaded black mountain, where terrible things are said to happen. The Secret of Black Rock is a hybrid between a classic childrens book and a graphic novel. Arrives by Thu, Feb 9 Buy The Secret of Black Rock (Hardcover) at. The illustrator’s prompt follow-up, The Secret of Black Rock, is pitched younger (three-to five-year-olds) but its drawings are infused with the same mystical charm. UK publisher / ISBN Flying Eye Books- 978-1-91. ![]() Erin loves to lie on the jetty, looking for the weirdest. Channelling Tove Jansson, Tintin and Japanese anime studio Studio Ghibli, the book’s enchanting, richly coloured illustrations had details to savour in every frame: a godsend for parents of reluctant learner-readers. Read 158 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. ![]() Joe Todd-Stanton’s junior graphic novel Arthur and the Golden Rope was a standout debut of 2016: a turbo-charged, 56-page story inspired by Norse mythology that told the story of Arthur, a young, unlikely (is there any other kind?) hero who finds himself on a dangerous quest to help Thor, god of thunder, defeat the wolf monster, Fenrir. ![]() |