![]() ![]() In this post, we’ll get up close with emotional intelligence to find out what it is, why it’s valuable, and how you can cultivate more of it.īefore you continue, we thought you might like to download our three Emotional Intelligence Exercises for free. They motivate us to act, are essential to social interactions, and form the bedrock of our felt sense of morality.Įmotional intelligence can provide a significant advantage for mastering our emotions. Passion can cloud our judgment, fear can tyrannize our decisions, and resentment can lead us to do things we regret.īut although emotionality has historically been portrayed as the fiery and foolish nemesis of reason and rationality, emotions are fundamental to our ability to function. We all have days when emotions get the better of us. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Have you ever wondered what could happen if you accidentally slipped into someone else’s shoes, quite literally? Imagine how drastically your life could change in an instant. The moment I caught wind of its release, I knew I couldn’t wait to get my hands on a copy and that’s exactly what I did. The latest book by Jojo Moyes – Someone Else’s Shoes boasts a title that immediately piqued my interest and has a plot that proved to be even more enthralling. As a fan of her previous works, I was ecstatic to hear about her latest book, which boasts an intriguing title and a captivating plot. Her unique ability to craft stories that touch the hearts of her readers has made her a household name in the literary world. Jojo Moyes has solidified herself as a beloved author amongst avid readers with her widely popular Me Before You series. Imagine having nothing to worry about except whether your pedicure matches your expensive shoes.” – Jojo Moyes, Someone Else’s Shoes ![]() Imagine living the kind of life where you only ever walk short distances across marble floors. “Imagine being the kind of woman who wears these shoes every day, she thinks. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() On his very first play, a violent helmet-to-helmet collision knocked him off the field forever, and left him with an improbable side effect–he can forget nothing. But his career ended before it had a chance to begin. A big, towering athlete, he was the only person from his hometown of Burlington ever to play in the NFL. Memory Man. Amos Decker’s life changed forever–twice. The first time was on the gridiron. What follows is the order of the books in the memory man series: In this guide, we will provide you with a comprehensive overview of the character and order of the books in the series and along with summary of the books in the series. As the first in a series, memory man and Amos Decker have become very popular among avid mystery lovers. This is the first novel to feature the character Amos Decker. ![]() Memory Man is a crime novel by David Baldacci about a man (Amos Decker) whose wife, daughter and brother in law were murdered. ![]() ![]() “Brilliant…It’s a cllché to describe a true-life spy story as being as gripping as any thriller, but it really is the case… superb biography.” This is the epic tale of an heiress from Maryland who determined that a hunting accident would not define her existence a young woman who gambled her life to fight alongside the British for the freedoms she believed in an espionage novice who helped to light the flame of French Resistance, and who would lead a guerrilla campaign to help liberate great swathes of France from the Nazis after D-Day.īased on new and extensive research, Sonia Purnell has for the first time uncovered the full secret life of Virginia Hall, an astounding and inspiring story of heroism, spycraft, resistance and personal triumph over shocking adversity In so doing she helped turn the course of the intelligence war. The Gestapo's target was Virginia Hall, a glamorous American with a wooden leg who broke through the barriers against her gender and disability to be the first woman to infiltrate Vichy France for the SOE. Consumed with rage at her daring, Nazi chiefs issued a simple but urgent command: 'She is the most dangerous of all Allied spies. In 1942, the Gestapo would stop at nothing to track down a mysterious 'limping lady' who had eluded its clutches to fight for the freedom of France. ![]() ![]() We looked at all the books authored by Mark Billingham and bring a list of Mark Billingham’s books in order for you to minimize your hassle at the time of choosing the best reading order. ![]() His thriller Sleepyhead was chosen by the Sunday Times as one of the 100 books that had shaped the decade. Mark Billingham is the winner of the Crime Novel of The Year Award as well as the Sherlock Award for Best British Detective and been nominated for seven CWA Daggers. He also worked as a actor, television writer and stand-up comedian. ![]() Each of his novels has been a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller. Mark Billingham is an award-winning and bestselling UK’s most acclaimed and popular crime author, best known for his Tom Thorne Books. ![]() Books Worth Buying! #booktuber #bookish #readingvlog ![]() ![]() During the 1990’s, after developing his iconic technique, Mignola moved to Dark Horse Comics, where he created his signature Hellboy series, a collection of comic books and graphic novels that chronicles the fate of a half-demon occult detective who may or may not be the Beast of the Apocalypse. ![]() In 1982, hoping to find a way to draw monsters for a living, he moved to New York City and began working for Marvel Comics. ![]() With his easily recognizable style of thin lines, unwieldy shapes, and heavy use of black forms, Mignola has amassed a large following of avid readers of his best-selling graphic novels. In this specialized exhibit, Mignola reveals some of his best pieces, providing viewers a look into his dark, spectral perspective. The Museum of Illustration at The Society of Illustrators presents THE ART OF MIKE MIGNOLA: Hellboy and Other Curious Objects, a selection of works from Mike Mignola, comic artist and writer behind the award-winning Dark Horse Comics series Hellboy, on display March 6 – April 28. ![]() ![]() ![]() * “A timely and ultimately hopeful tale.” - Kirkus Reviews, starred review. It was released from Kokila(Penguin Random House) in June 2021, and links to purchase it are available online here, or through any bookseller of your choice. The Legend of Auntie Po is about who gets to own a myth, and about immigrant families and communities holding on to rituals and traditions while staking out their own place in America. Thirteen-year-old Mei reimagines the myths of Paul Bunyan as starring a Chinese heroine while she works in a Sierra Nevada logging camp in 1885.Īware of the racial tumult in the years after the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act, Mei tries to remain blissfully focused on her job, her close friendship with the camp foreman’s daughter, and telling stories about Paul Bunyan–reinvented as Po Pan Yin (Auntie Po), an elderly Chinese matriarch. The Legend of Auntie Po is my second full-length graphic novel, and my first middle grade(and historical fiction!) book. ![]() ![]() ![]() Armfield strays away from conventional femininity and everything palatable and appealing to the male gaze. She seems to lean towards a gothic tone, perhaps even magic realism. I felt as though Julia Armfield took inspiration from Carol Ann Duffy and perhaps Angela Carter, as many of the stories are based on Greek myths or fairytales. Salt Slow is a collection of haunting short stories that explore womanhood – particularly sexuality, insanity and obsession. My obsession with the app seems to have finally come to some good use. ![]() I was recommended it – horror of all horrors – in a TikTok. Salt Slow by Julia Armfield has blown me away against these odds and is an instant classic in my mind. Not only that, I rarely love a book instantly – the first time around. You know that feeling when you stumble across a book so perfect that you feel like it was written especially for you and you should probably dedicate your life to it? Yeah, that doesn’t happen very often. ![]() ![]() It was kind of fun to 'meet' this Turing, but I'm not sure it served any purpose other than being wish fulfilment. But this technology is probably still 20-50 years away from our 2019, so it seemed implausible that this could have happened in 1982, even if Turing had not died in the 50s and even if he made a number of breakthroughs in science. My own view is that although it made me smile to think of a world where Lennon was not killed, so the Beatles got back together, I'm not sure if there was much point beyond this.Ĭlearly it was crucial to the book for it to be set in a reality where technology is a little ahead of ours - at least the many technology advances required to enable making a convincing artificial human. My point is that the changes in 1982 serve no real purpose in the book, so knowing about them won't spoil your enjoyment of the book. ![]() My point is that the changes in 1982 serve no real …more If you haven't yet read the book the following comments might seem like spoilers, but they aren't. IvanOpinion If you haven't yet read the book the following comments might seem like spoilers, but they aren't. ![]() ![]() On the up side, she gets to work with her longtime secret crush, Abby, who Jess thinks may have a secret of her own. ![]() Despite her heroic lineage, Jess is resigned to a life without superpowers and is merely looking to beef up her college applications when she stumbles upon the perfect (paid!) internship–only it turns out to be for the town’s most heinous supervillain. Just ask high school nobody Jessica Tran. Welcome to Andover, where superpowers are common, but internships are complicated. Lee puts her bisexual, Vietnamese-American heroine in the path of her toothpaste-commercial, sparkling-white superhero idols and lets her discover that things are a little murkier than appearances would suggest. Following Jess’s adventures navigating expectations in her post-apocalyptic hometown, Not Your Sidekick is a warm, hilarious, and inspiring young adult book about falling in love and being extraordinary that shows we’re all a little super! Author C.B. Marvel, Supergirl, or anyone who has ever taken a “what’s your superpower?” quiz. ![]() This is the perfect book for people who love Ms. Get ready to feel super with the supremely fun Not Your Sidekick, the kick-ass story of high-school-student-turned-supervillain-intern Jess Tran and her crush, Abby Jones. ![]() |