![]() At the heart of the novel are five very different women who find themselves hurtling towards a new way of living without knowing quite how they got there.Ī fresh take on women’s lives, Love in Case of Emergency is a punchy yet sensitive novel that takes the notion of aspiring to find happiness and connection to new and exhilarating heights. Love in Case of Emergency : Krien, Daniela, Bulloch, Jamie: Amazon. ![]() Krien explores the hopes, ambitions, challenges, and disappointments that shape modern women’s lives, offering intimate insights on motherhood and childlessness, bereavement, infidelity, and divorce. What happens when women fulfill their roles as wives, mothers, friends, lovers, sisters, and daughters? What comes next? Award-winning author Daniela Krien explores these questions in this powerful novel of friendship, love, loss, and everything in between. Writing with the wry realism of Sally Rooney, one of Germany’ most promising literary talents demonstrates her incisive understanding of the complexities of relationships and the depths of the human heart in this witty and compulsively readable novel about five very different women whose lives intersect. "Fans of Sarah Dunn, Elisabeth Egan, and Isabel Gillies will relate to the multifaceted lives of Krien’s characters, brilliantly rendered in her vivid voice." - Booklist ![]()
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![]() ![]() Zoey feels he is her "soulmate", which is I believe a stupid claim to make. Although, I must admit I really liked James Stark, the instant connection him and Zoey had after talking on two seperate occasions. Shaunee commenting on how annoying it is, EVERY time.Ĥ) Zoey can not go a few chapters without being wrapped in more then one love interest. "Ditto Twin", ).Ģ) The way the authors portray both gay characters as the stereotypical sensitive type.ģ) The vocabulary lessons from Damien. Somewhere throughout the plot it became clear that it had a different vibe then the past three books.ġ) The repetitive annoying babbling of the 'Twins' (ex. ![]() Things I usually ignored and let pass by somehow became a problem. Certain stuff that was said such as the 'Twins' commenting on how girls like Aphrodite makes them understand why mothers murder their children. I will admit that for once the first few chapters had me on edge. Finished the fourth book in the House Of Night series around midnight tonight. ![]() ![]() simple Simple organizational structures often exhibit low levels of formalization and specialization. ![]() Vanessa should probably adopt a(n) _ structure for the firm. She understands that one of the main drawbacks of working in a firm with such high levels ofįormalization can often result in which of the following? a slower decision-making process Vanessa just graduated from law school and wants to open her own law firm. This firm is probably experiencing organizational inertia Susan works for a firm that has high degrees of formalization in their organizational structure. Level executives to reorganize the firm's structure and formal reporting relationships. ![]() ![]() The external environment in which they have operated has changed significantly in the past decade, but this firm is still operating under a "business as usual" mantra. True The four key elements of a firm's organizational structure are specialization, centralization, formalization, and generalization False Jerry is one of the SBU managers for a firm that has been in business for over 50 years. Managerial decisions about a firm's strategy and their organizational structure should always be interrelated. ![]() ![]() ![]() Burton has made some great films, but Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ranks among his worst with Planet of the Apes. ![]() ![]() I guess you can say that this is a remake, and in that regards, it's a horrible one, and it joining countless other movies that have been butchered by remakes. The end result is a train wreck of a film, one that just doesn't offer anything new or exciting. I found this be a dull, boring film, one that tried too hard at putting new life into a classic story. In the lead role of Willy Wonka is Johnny Depp, who is always great in very off the wall eccentric characters, but here he is out of place, and just doesn't cut. In fact, I found this to be among the worst of Tim Burton's films. ![]() Tim Burton's version of Roald Dahl's classic work is pretty a copy of the 1971 film starring Gene Wilder, and it just doesn't deliver. Rating: PG (Mild Language|Action|Quirky Situations) Aided by his diminutive Oompa Loompa workers (Deep Roy), Wonka has a hidden motivation for the tour, one that he will reveal only after the children in the group show their true colors. Based on the beloved Roald Dahl tale, this comedic and fantastical film follows young Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore) and his Grandpa Joe (David Kelly) as they join a small group of contest winners who get to tour the magical and mysterious factory of eccentric candy maker Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Panicked, David is told to sit still while his father darts to pick up a gun. Stopping his killing spree for a moment, Deathpoint takes the time to give a speech about why he was robbing the bank, before turning and pointing his finger at the mortgage man behind David. Deathpoint continues to kill people while David watches in shock. There is a silence depicted before havoc starts. ![]() No one thinks anything of him before he kills a random woman. While this is going on, an Epic with the power to disintegrate anyone he points at, Deathpoint, walks in. He proceeds to give an argument about how Epics were here to save humankind. Charleston was debating with the mortgage man about the amount of money on the table before the conversation turned. He waited for a bit until his father was sufficiently distracted, before turning around and continuing to do so. He was shown watching the people walk in and interact until his father rebuked him. When David was eight, his father took him to a bank to talk to a mortgage man. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We’re taking a slight detour today from fun DIY home decor tutorials, affordable cottage home decor roundups, cottage-cool styling tips, tricks and ideas, casual, comfy, cottage-approved outfit ideas, charming neighborhood tours and unique, cottage-focused travel stories and snaps for a fresh new topic that I just couldn’t be more excited to talk about! And let me say that if you’re a regular around here and so kindly and graciously decide to read on and indulge this brief departure, thank you, from the bottom of my heart. I think it’s important to preface this post by saying that I know that this is a little bit of a departure from the cottage lifestyle-focused content you’re used to seeing from us here on Love & Specs. Wearing: Pink Sweatshirt (Sold Out, similar Here, Here & Here ), Jeans, Shoes, Glasses ![]() ![]() ![]() Greene said his decision to go to Liberia was "foolhardy" and the journey itself "absurd and reckless," "a kind of Russian Roulette." He did not travel lightly, hiring 25 porters in Sierra Leone to accompany him. Rider Haggard, an English author of adventure fiction set in Africa and other exotic locales. In the first volume of his autobiography, A Sort of Life, Greene wrote that he was unsure if he would have traveled to Liberia if he had not read H. The interior of Liberia was at the time poorly mapped (an American government map had the interior as a large white space marked "cannibals"), and so he relied on local guides and porters. He hoped to leave civilization and find the "heart of darkness" in Africa. ![]() It was Greene's first trip outside of Europe. Journey Without Maps (1936) is a travel account by Graham Greene, about a 350-mile, 4-week walk through the interior of Liberia in 1935. ![]() ![]() ![]() What exactly Brown is up to Milgrim can't say, but it seems to be military in nature. Milgrim figures he wouldn't survive twenty-four hours if Brown, the mystery man who saved him from a misunderstanding with his dealer, ever stopped supplying those little bubble packs. A high-end junkie, hooked on prescription antianxiety drugs. It's odd, even a little scary, if Hollis lets herself think about it much. But it seems to be actively blocking the kind of buzz that magazines normally cultivate before they start up. ![]() Node doesn't exist yet, which is fine she's used to that. ![]() Hollis Henry is an investigative journalist, on assignment from a magazine called Node. Born in Cuba, he speaks fluent Russian, lives in one room in a NoLita warehouse, and does delicate jobs involving information transfer. ![]() ![]() Atkins ranges from the fascinating theory of entropy (revealing how its unstoppable rise constitutes the engine of the universe), through the concept of free energy, and to the brink, and then beyond the brink, of absolute zero. Guiding the listener a step at a time, Atkins begins with Zeroth (so named because the first two laws were well established before scientists realized that a third law, relating to temperature, should precede them - hence the jocular name zeroth), and proceeds through the First, Second, and Third Laws, offering a clear account of concepts such as the availability of work and the conservation of energy. ![]() Written by Peter Atkins, one of the world's leading authorities on thermodynamics, this powerful and compact introduction explains what these four laws are and how they work, using accessible language and virtually no mathematics. From the sudden expansion of a cloud of gas to the cooling of hot metal - everything is moved or restrained by four simple laws. ![]() The laws of thermodynamics drive everything that happens in the universe. 9780198817895 Our cheapest price for Atkins Physical Chemistry 11e Volume 1: Thermodynamics and Kinetics is 29.02. ![]() ![]() Easy Company continued its parachute jumping training exercises. The men were physically fit by the end of basic training because they had worked hard to accomplish that goal. The soldiers respected Winters, who was fair and likable, unlike their previous commanding officer Sergeant Sobel. The men of Easy Company became closer under the leadership of 2nd Lieutenant Richard “Dick” Winters. However, he was also arrogant and unlikable. ![]() ![]() Captain Herbert Sobel was in charge, but he trained them harder than any other company in the regiment. The men were from different parts of the U.S., and they had varying levels of education and socioeconomic backgrounds. The company participated in the Normandy D-Day invasion and was one of the first groups to reach Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest retreat during Germany’s surrender.Įasy Company was formed of volunteers. They were part of the 101st Airborne Division, which was considered an elite division because they were trained to be dropped behind enemy lines and conduct guerrilla warfare tactics. 1-Page Summary of Band Of Brothers Overviewīand of Brothers is a book that chronicles the history of Easy Company in World War II. ![]() |