![]() ![]() Instead, the experts show that it should be seen as an inflection point in a violent, anti-democratic movement that has deep roots in America’s own history of racist violence and far-right extremism and fits within global patterns of political violence and lurches toward authoritarianism. Nevertheless, their statements coalesce in a single, frightening call to alarm, which warns us that former President Donald Trump’s attack on the rule of law and the ensuing insurrection was not an isolated event. The individuals and organizations who submitted these statements came from a broad range of disciplines and backgrounds, and therefore approached the events of Janufrom vastly different angles. ![]() Although only some of these expert statements were ultimately cited in the Select Committee’s hearings and final report, many others helped to contextualize our work as we sought to uncover the full truth behind the attack on our democracy. ![]() During the course of the January 6th House Select Committee’s work, investigative staff received dozens of statements from leading experts in law, academia, and other research. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Because he loves driving cross-country, it is, too, a poetry of motels, small towns, remote outposts and roadside attractions. It encompasses sprawling vistas, urban conflagrations and tiny, tender dioramas. ![]() (There are few poets today who seem to have inherited such a healthy measure of the Whitmanic spirit.) Like Whitman, like America, McGrath ranges in his work from the beautiful to the brash, from the expansive to the intimate. “Nouns & Verbs: New and Selected Poems” is a rich and invigorating sampling of the poetic results of these explorations.Īmerica is McGrath’s primary subject, as it was Walt Whitman’s. But McGrath knows the ins and outs of appetite as deeply, and as thoroughly, as he knows the highways and byways of America. “America’s epic,” the poet Campbell McGrath writes, “is the odyssey of appetite.” It’s a good line, both clever and seductive, though in the wrong hands it’s the sort of thing that could be merely reductive. NOUNS & VERBS New and Selected Poems By Campbell McGrath ![]() ![]() He doesn’t put much faith in signs but even he starts to believe Elena is his absolution. There’s something about Elena that pulls him in. Lucas knows better than to make plans with a woman who will soon be leaving, yet can’t help himself. He spends his days working in the Financial District and his evenings volunteering and it’s almost enough to help him forget what he did. For her, it means only one thing - even beyond the grave, her mother can never forgive Elena for breaking her heart.įor Lucas, New York is hallowed ground that he can never leave. ![]() When Elena discovers Lucas is the boy who gave her that crystal snowflake all those years ago, she can’t accept it as the sign Lucas believes it to be. But those plans go awry when she meets Lucas Adair, a man whose own grief and guilt just might rival her own. ![]() Agreeing to help her sister prepare for her baby’s birth seems like a good way to spend Christmas and Elena vows not to let the monstrous guilt that weighs on her heart ruin everything. ![]() Since losing her mom, Elena Larsen hasn’t set foot in New York City - until now. The boy pressed a crystal snowflake ornament into the girl’s hand and disappeared into the crowd, unaware that his simple act of kindness saved her from the guilt that threatened to consume her. Thirteen years ago, two teens met on the ramp to Ground Zero, on a cold and snowy day, strangers bonding in a moment of grief. ![]() This book was formerly entitled Goodness and Light ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I'm not saying there's no place for these types of books, and this one is smart because it's a quick read and it sticks pretty well to the motivational side of things as opposed to the nuts and bolts. A how-to book about painting is probably of less use than a book of paintings you enjoy. In other words, a book ABOUT writing is probably less helpful to a writer than a book that's just plain good. The inherent problem in any book that's a how-to for something artistic, whether it be writing or painting or making music or the artistry in tailoring a custom Voltron costume, the problem with the how-to book is that when you're reading the how-to book you're not doing the actual thing you're being taught to do. They make me feel better in the moment, but ultimately don't do much towards building a full picture of happiness. ![]() ![]() Wait… what do all the things in the last paragraph remind us of? You got it: Twilight. Plus we get a glimpse of a love triangle starting to form, which is always a good time. ![]() So what's the draw? We get some romance, some adventure, a bunch of magic and mystery, and plenty of teenage angst-there's even a school dance with fancy outfits and glitter-and there are also a couple of murder attempts and some science sleuthing (complete with microscope and tissue samples) to spice things up, too. ![]() Not too shabby for a debut novel, now is it? And when it does, you'll join the swarm of people who loved Wings so much when it was released in 2009 that it not only became a New York Times bestseller, but author Aprilynne Pike turned it into a series, writing three books to follow it ( source). ![]() Luckily her bud David is a biology nerd, and they begin to unravel the mystery together-only to discover that the thing on her back is part of her heritage as a faerie.Īnd that's just the beginning-we won't spoil it, but trust us when we say this book will suck you in. In Wings, Laurel's just another homeschool kid raised by hippies, struggling to get through her first weeks at public high school, when she finds a plant growing out of her back. Navigating high school is hard enough… how would you manage if you suddenly discovered that you weren't human? ![]() ![]() ![]() Sometimes it’s not about changing yourself. Or that she’d make him want to be a hero again. He just didn’t realise there would be a princess in the ranks. Now this broken knight has promised to spend two weeks walking the Rose Sky Hills, helping his friends keep their business afloat, helping a bunch of civilians haul ass round a bunch of hills. He remembers what it felt like to be whole. He remembers what it felt like, the day his life changed forever. He remembers what it felt like to be a hero. US Marine Lukas Starr knows what feelings are like. But now she’s walking with her head held high, moving on from Rehab, stepping towards a brighter future. Anna Anderson, the British actress formerly known as the Grand Duchess, has paid the price with friendship, with her self-respect… and almost with her own life. “Change everything you need to, to survive.”įame costs, someone once said. Starred (American Princes 2) by Josie Johnston available now! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() From the offbeat creator of Pearls Before Swine comes an endearingly bumbling hero in a caper whose peerless hilarity is accompanied by a whodunit twist. And it doesn’t include Rollo Tookus, who is so obsessed with getting into "Stanfurd" that he can’t carry out a no-brainer spy mission. ![]() Of course, Timmy’s plan does not include the four-foot-tall female whose name shall not be uttered. Throw in the Failuremobile - Timmy’s mom’s Segway - and what you have is Total Failure, Inc., a global enterprise destined to make Timmy so rich his mother won’t have to stress out about the bills anymore. Add his impressively lazy business partner, a very large polar bear named Total. Take Timmy Failure - the clueless, comically self-confident CEO of the best detective agency in town, perhaps even the nation. Created by New York Times best-selling cartoonist Stephan Pastis. Meet "detective" Timmy Failure, star of the kids’ comedy of the year. ![]() ![]() ![]() I didn't sense any sign that she missed him while he was on his trip, meanwhile he is ready to propose marriage she tells him to relax but does not answer his question he was calling her repeatedly with no answer at the end, just like when his friends dumped him he has trouble performing in bed with her (not the end of the world, but probably not good) ![]() midway through the book she says he's got issues Is that not a disaster? He's coming off jealous and desperate in the same night. Then he calls her at 4 am and tells her he loves her - she thinks he's drunk. He calls up and tells her he thinks she's got another guy. By the end it was almost funny in a sad way. ![]() There's close to zero chance that Tsukuru got with Sarah. It's pretty clear to me what happens next. ![]() |