Nature lowers blood pressure, reduces stress, and bolsters our immune system. Scientific research now confirms what we already know: We become more relaxed, more open and friendly, and more creative, with better memory and concentration, after being in nature. This is a story of the power of nature to transform every child. When Rodney finally gets a chance to go to a real park, with plenty of room to run and climb and shout, and to just be, he will never be the same. Besides, his momma said to stay away from that park. It's that triangle-shaped place with the yellow grass and two benches where grown-ups sit around all day. Between school and home, there is a park. Outside is where Rodney always wants to be. Rodney is that kid who just can't sit still.
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"His action, the action of Ash Carter, saved American lives on the battlefield, to include my own." At the time, it was Secretary of Defense Robert Gates who conceived of the idea, but it was Carter - then the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics - who pushed it over the finish line. One example, he said, was with the mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicle - a vehicle that was put to use in Afghanistan and Iraq. "He was incredibly talented at cutting red tape and speeding up the bureaucracy in order to improve the lives of our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines." "Ash Carter's decision-making was always motivated by the care and safety of the men and women in uniform," Milley said. More so, Austin said, Carter had been a committed public servant. He was positive, he was upbeat, and he communicated especially well." He was approachable and affable and got along with everyone. He was, of course, a physicist, a scientist - but more than that, he was just a great human being. "The first thing I think of when I think of Ash Carter was his human touch. "I had the great privilege of working very closely with Secretary Carter on many, many occasions over the years, and I can attest to you that he was a great patriot, a real patriot, and a great American," Milley said. Milley, who offered his insight into Carter's influence on national security and the Defense Department. Closing out the day-long event was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. When Olivia arrives at Gallant, she is determined to learn its secrets and make it her home, despite everyone’s objections. Olivia has always wanted to belong somewhere, but will she take her place as a Prior, protecting our world against the Master of the House? Or will she take her place beside him? Now Olivia sees what has unraveled generations of her family, and where her father may have come from. The manor is crumbling, the ghouls are solid, and a mysterious figure rules over all. When she crosses a ruined wall at just the right moment, Olivia finds herself in a place that is Gallant - but not. Olivia knows that Gallant is hiding secrets, and she is determined to uncover them. But Olivia is not about to leave the first place that feels like home, it doesn’t matter if her cousin Matthew is hostile or if she sees half-formed ghouls haunting the hallways. Yet when Olivia arrives, no one is expecting her. Then, a letter invites Olivia to come home - to Gallant. Olivia Prior has grown up in Merilance School for girls, and all she has of her past is her mother’s journal - which seems to unravel into madness. A seam, where the shadow meets its source. And as with every shadow, there is a place where it must touch. Schwab, Olivia Prior has always longed for the home she finds in Gallant but she is unprepared for its dark history.Įverything casts a shadow. 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The book continues to top the bestseller lists, again ranking as number one this week on both the PW children’s and the New York Times YA lists. On August 2, Disney Press released its latest young adult take on a classic Disney entertainment property, Long Live the Pumpkin Queen by Shea Ernshaw, based on Tim Burton’s 1993 film, The Nightmare Before Christmas. "The secret language of statistics, so appealing in a fact-minded culture, is employed to sensationalize, inflate, confuse, and oversimplify," warns Huff.Īlthough many of the examples used in the book are charmingly dated, the cautions are timeless. The book remains relevant as a wake-up call for people unaccustomed to examining the endless flow of numbers pouring from Wall Street, Madison Avenue, and everywhere else someone has an axe to grind, a point to prove, or a product to sell. Huff sought to break through "the daze that follows the collision of statistics with the human mind" with this slim volume, first published in 1954. And nowhere does this terror translate to blind acceptance of authority more than in the slippery world of averages, correlations, graphs, and trends. "There is terror in numbers," writes Darrell Huff in How to Lie with Statistics. The worldwide group was formed following News Corp's 1990 acquisition of William Collins & Sons. In 1987, Harper & Row, as it had then become, was acquired by News Corporation. The original Harper Brothers Company was established in New York City in 1817 and over the years published the works of Mark Twain, the Bronte Sisters, Thackeray, Dickens, John F Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. In the UK, the Glasgow-based William Collins & Sons was founded in 1819 and published a range of bibles, atlases and dictionaries, later including classic authors HG Wells, Agatha Christie, JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis. With a heritage stretching back nearly 200 years, HarperCollins is one of the world's foremost English-language publishers, offering the best quality content right across the spectrum, from cutting-edge contemporary fiction to digital hymnbooks and pretty much everything in between. It will inform and entertain anyone, especially those who find medicine an intriguing and mysterious art. This book ranks with the very best of its genre. She relishes "Cupid's disease's" strange excitation of her cerebral cortex too much. Does she want to be totally cured and lose this new found ebullience? Not really. However, the reason for this is a recurrence of an old syphilis infection. Take the 80-year-old ex-prostitute who discovers a new liveliness and euphoria, which she enjoys immensely. Yet in the midst of all this tragedy, there is an eerie comic quality. The history of these strange cases and the state of the art of medicine are deftly probed. Their tragedies and their courage are joined with the author's astute professionalism and humanity to make for a riveting foray into the unknown. Sacks is no ordinary practitioner his patients suffer from rare complaints like Korshakov's syndrome, Tourette's and other afflictions, some of which make the patient unsure of the reality of his own body. Nietschze asked whether we could do without disease in our lives and the author explores this interesting concept with a rare and invigorating philosophic sense. If you enjoy medical case histories that are sensitive yet lively, weird but informative, then Sacks' book is your ticket.Ī neurologist who writes with wit and zest, he will fascinate you with stories of patients like the man in the title-a professor who couldn't recognize faces and who patted the tops of fire hydrants believing them to be children. In the mid-1990s, he began self-publishing his own comics, all of which were well-received. Though Yang worked as a computer engineer for several years, he ultimately decided that teaching was his calling and began teaching computer science to high school students. He received a degree in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley. His parents encouraged him to get a college degree in something practical, despite Yang’s intense love of comics and his desire to be an animator for Disney. Yang’s parents, like Jin’s in the novel, emigrated to the United States as college students and met in the San Jose State University library during their time in graduate school (though Yang draws on details like this from his own family history, American Born Chinese isn’t autobiographical). Both men must face their fears, without walls, if they want a life together.Ī story from the Dreamspinner Press 2014 Daily Dose package "Mended". As Dylan helps Owen heal, both physically and emotionally, his attraction to Owen increases, and his own scars become more visible. He accepts Owen Moore, a man with an abusive past who is even more leery of human interaction than Dylan, into his home. The solitude of the mountains is the perfect environment for him to write-and the perfect excuse to hide away from everything and everyone is a bonus.īut when Dylan's brother needs a favor, he can't say no, even if it means sharing his precious solitude. After a difficult year, Dylan Atwood decides to chase his dream and create an epic fantasy novel, and he leaves Phoenix to move into an isolated house in the Prescott National Forest. |