6/26/2023 0 Comments Nick hornby how to be good reviewThis time out, he’s put it all together thanks to a great cast and that script, which is both exactly what you expect, and better than it needs to be. Nick Hornby is practically a genre at this point, and if you were to ask me to tell you who made JULIET, NAKED, an excellent example of this particular quasi-genre, without looking at the credits or the production company’s logo, I would tell you it was made by Working Title in the late ‘90s and was probably directed by someone named Simon.Īs it happens, the film actually was adapted from Hornby’s book by Tamara Jenkins, a damn fine writer, and Jim Taylor, another damn fine writer, and it was directed by Jesse Peretz, whose work so far has felt like a warm-up of sorts.
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6/26/2023 0 Comments Peak k anders ericssonEfficient chunk schemas usually encode domain-specific attributesĮxpert physical performance also depends on sophisticated mental representations (p.It’s all about practice: Good practice encodes more effective chunk recoding schemes for a detailed discussion of chess expertise see Chase and Simon - Perception in chess (because Complex ideas may be hard to learn in part because their components overflow working memory).See detailed notes in Miller - The magical number seven, plus or minus two.Ĭentral claim: Expertise requires building sophisticated chunk recoding schemes This coinage builds on “chunking” ( “Chunks” in human cognition).The titular concept: Mental representations, after Ericsson and Pool Skill development requires challenging homeostasis.Practice relies on plasticity: Practicing cognitive skills can expand associated neurological capacity.Human physical and cognitive capacity can be expanded surprisingly far with practice.Performance plateaus often require a change in approach to surmount.By contrast, Purposeful practice, after Ericsson and Pool can reach further.Naive approaches to practice rapidly plateau.The bar for virtuosity has risen precipitously in many fields.Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.Īuthors: 1. Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise (1 edition). 6/26/2023 0 Comments Nemo comic stripIn the earliest strips, the dream event that woke him up would always be some mishap or disaster that seemed about to lead to serious injury or death, such as being crushed by giant mushrooms, being turned into a monkey, falling from a bridge being held up by “slaves”, or gaining 90 years in age. The last panel in each strip was always one of Nemo in or near his bed waking up, often being scolded by one of his parents or grandparents for crying out in his sleep and waking them. The strip related the dreams of a little boy: Nemo (meaning “nobody” in Latin), the hero. Little Nemo, the main fictional character by Winsor McCay (1871-1934), appeared in the “New York Herald” on October 15, 1905.Īlthough a comic strip, it was far from a simple children’s fantasy it was often dark, surreal, threatening and even violent. Type room: triple room with balcony sea view. 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We're exploring the origins of scientific words with Howard Markel, professor of history of the history of medicine at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, also a director at the center for history of medicine there. That means it's time for our monthly, well, sort of Science Diction, as we call it. While the patched-up ship has seen better days, it offers her a bed, a chance to explore the far-off corners of the galaxy, and most importantly, some distance from her past. Rosemary Harper doesn’t expect much when she joins the crew of the aging Wayfarer. Clarke Award, the Kitschie, and the Bailey's Women's Prize.įollow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space-and one adventurous young explorer who discovers the meaning of family in the far reaches of the universe-in this light-hearted debut space opera from a rising sci-fi star. The acclaimed modern science fiction masterpiece, included on Library Journal's Best SFF of 2016, the Barnes & Nobles Sci-Fi Fantasy Blog Best Books of 2015, the Tor.com Best Books of 2015, Reader’s Choice, as well as nominated for the Arthur C. Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Series! #69 in Bestselling Audiobooks #4 in Bestselling LGBTQIA+ Fiction Audiobooks 6/24/2023 0 Comments Smurf Bendahara by PeyoThe Smurfs were created in 1958 by the Belgian cartoonist Pierre "Peyo" Culliford. Hear what happens when Baker Smurf runs out of eggs for his cake, when Vanity Smurf’s reflection suddenly comes to life, or when Gargamel repeatedly tries to spoil the Smurfs' peaceful life with his evil plans and dangerous elixirs. Get ready for adventures in Smurf Village with all your favourites: Smurfette, Papa Smurf, Harmony, Hefty and all the other little, blue creatures. "The Smurfs - Storytime Collection 2" is perfect for early readers, reluctant readers, and older fans, who just want to indulge in some good old 80's nostalgia. A collection that is sure to delight with tales about friendship, trolls, and evil kings. So put on your shiniest spacesuit and join the Smurf fun with tales filled with magic, potions and shiny crystal balls. In the second collection of Smurf stories, get ready for five new adventures! Travel to space, help fight a dragon, and hear about a magic mirror - but be careful, Gargamel is always lurking, ready to make trouble. 6/24/2023 0 Comments Hannibal novelProbably suspecting that they weren’t going to crack even $50 million in sales during the opening weekend, Delacorte released the novel without any bookstore posters or any interviews by the famously reclusive Harris or any advance review copies, except presumably to Stephen King, who aptly noted that his 21-gun salute in the NYTBR could have been boiled down to three words: “HERE IT IS.”īut these differences mask a deeper similarity, which emerges from every review: the status of monstrous Dr. Of course, Hannibal isn’t in the same galaxy as Star Wars when it comes to publicity. No, all you have to recognize is Hannibal’s position as the literary world’s answer to Star Wars, the summer’s other pre-sold property, the one title that had bookstores across America opening at midnight so that they could feed customer frenzy the moment it was officially published on June 8. You don’t even have to know about the novel’s $10 million movie sale to Dino de Laurentiis. You don’t have to wait for Harris’s made-for-the-movies action sequences, like the abortive opening drug bust that puts FBI agent Clarice Starling on the hot seat, or the grisly set pieces that will keep the special effects people working nights, like the climactic sequence in which the tenth through fourteenth victims die impossibly cinematic deaths. You don’t have to get very far into Hannibal, the novel in which Thomas Harris finally brings back literature’s most distinguished cannibal, to be reminded of Star Wars. 6/24/2023 0 Comments Miles from ugly loveReviews and screenshots of book excerpts must contain the book title/author in the post title.Book request titles must contain details about the kind of book you’re looking for and/or keywords that will inform future searches.Rules Post titles must be clear and informative For updated information regarding ongoing community features includings upcoming AMAs, please visit 'new' Reddit. Resource links will direct you to Wiki pages, which we are maintaining. Please be aware that the sidebar in 'old' Reddit is no longer being updated with informative links about Book Clubs, AMAs, etc. Home of the magic search button and endless book recommendations as well as discussions about tropes and characters, Author AMAs, book clubs, and more. R/RomanceBooks is a discussion sub for readers of romance novels. 6/24/2023 0 Comments Fire and blood bookFire & Blood begins their tale with the legendary Aegon the Conqueror, creator of the Iron Throne, and goes on to recount the generations of Targaryens who fought to hold that iconic seat, all the way up to the civil war that nearly tore their dynasty apart. “The thrill of Fire & Blood is the thrill of all Martin’s fantasy work: familiar myths debunked, the whole trope table flipped.”- Entertainment WeeklyĬenturies before the events of A Game of Thrones, House Targaryen-the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria-took up residence on Dragonstone. The history of the Targaryens comes to life in this masterly work, the inspiration for HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon. |