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Lost in the Shadows
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| All plants take in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and transform it into leaves, roots, and branches through the magic of photosynthesis. But some landscapes are more proficient at sequestering carbon than others. Peatlands are the largest natural ...more | |
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| A story set in old Hollywood in the 1930s, as the Depression is getting worse. Frankie works for one of the studios as a "fixer," someone who protects the image of the studio and its actors by keeping anything unsavory or scandalous out of the news. ...more | |
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The farm hands looked at him and laughed. Henry Strader, an old man who had been on the farm since Jesse came into possession and who before David’s time had never been known to make a joke, made the same joke every morning.
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| There was nothing particularly striking about them except that they were artists of the kind that talk. Everyone knows of the talking artists. Throughout all of the known history of the world they have gathered in rooms and talked. They talk of art a ...more | |
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| A very interesting story of how mammals came to reign after the fall of the dinosaurs. Brusatte takes us back to the earliest ancestors of the mammals, which goes back to before the dinosaurs. For most of the time they stayed small and were able to f ...more | |
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Oof! I think I'm still reeling from that ending. Beautiful writing, compelling story, tense situations, relatable characters. But that ending. ...more |
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Difficult to say if it's 3 stars or 4 stars. 3.5 maybe? But should I round up or down? Hmmm... Interesting concept. I don't want to say much about the plot but there are a LOT of characters here! There's Conway's book with a ton of characters. Then it ...more |
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“disturbed that something had been stolen from it. He held his hand out and let the small bone drop back into the pool. ”
― Lost in the Shadows
― Lost in the Shadows
“She stared at him with those hard black eyes. But it wasn’t her eyes this time that caught his attention.
It was the sharp point of her spear, only inches away from his chest.
It was the last thing he would ever see.”
― Lost in the Shadows
It was the sharp point of her spear, only inches away from his chest.
It was the last thing he would ever see.”
― Lost in the Shadows
“A few kids were trying to surf without much luck, but this wasn’t a good surfing spot. Jack watched as the wanna-be surfers struggled to stay on their boards. He guessed they were kids from out of town with rented surfboards staying at a beach house. The water looked cold, and they weren’t even wearing wetsuits. Maybe they were from someplace that had been buried in snow all winter and they thought this was warm.”
― Lost in the Shadows
― Lost in the Shadows
“I am skeptical about the idea that we can learn much from history, at least in the sense that knowledge of past follies will prevent us from making similar blunders in the future... And yet it is important to know what happened before, and to try and make sense of it. For if we don't, we cannot understand our own times.”
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“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.”
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“In classical physics, science started from the belief – or should one say, from the illusion? – that we could describe the world, or least parts of the world, without any reference to ourselves.”
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“People make mistakes in life through believing too much, but they have a damned dull time if they believe too little.”
― Lost Horizon
― Lost Horizon
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