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Nicholas taleb fooled by randomness5/29/2023 Just like that, I stopped feeling bad for reaching positions I originally didn’t believe I deserve to reach. Randomness can positively impact your life as much as it can negatively impact it. Things in life aren’t as optimized as we think. Sometimes, randomness enables you to enjoy perks you think you don’t deserve to enjoy. I learned that we are not as responsible for where we are in life as we think we are. This book had an unexpected impact on me. Taleb analyzes several situations where randomness intervenes without our noticing. The main thesis of the book is that we often underestimate the role of chance and randomness in life. This one is the first installment of The Incerto, Taleb’s series discussing randomness and asymmetry in life. Taleb used to work as a trader in New York. The book explores many situations where randomness should be taken into account more often and explains different principles related to that topic. It explains that randomness, because it is unseen, plays a much bigger role in life than we are ready to accept. Silent evidence prevents us from having an accurate vision of history.įooled by Randomness is a book written by Nassim Taleb.We cannot predict the future based on the past because the future is different.Randomness plays a much bigger role in life than we’d like to admit.
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I would recommend this book to anybody who has a thirst for adventure and mystery. My favourite character is probably Sophie for her bravery and determination. I have read so many incredible books however I think that this one has to be the best book I have ever read! I love the thrill of the plot in this book, the three other books in the Sinclair’s series and the continuation in the two books in the Taylor & Rose series. Is the plot bigger and more extreme than they ever imagined? My Thoughts Soon, Sophie, Lil and their friends Billy and Joe find themselves thrust into a mindboggling mystery. The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow was shortlisted for the Waterstones Childrens Book Prize in 2016. On the evening that Sinclair’s opens, the clockwork sparrow goes missing. 1, 2016 An Edwardian shopgirl, accused of a theft she didn't commit, solves the dastardly deed with the help of her new friends. Mr Sinclair is launching an exhibition advertising treasures from all around the world including the priceless clockwork sparrow. THE MYSTERY OF THE CLOCKWORK SPARROW From the Sinclair's Mysteries series by Katherine Woodfine illustrated by Jlia Sard RELEASE DATE: Sept. Sophie gets a job at Sinclair’s in the millinery department and meets Lil, a super model with ambitions to become an actress. Sophie is deserted in London without a job until she stumbles across the incredible Sinclair’s Department Store – a store of wonder in the heart of the capital owned by Mr Edward Sinclair. There is an issue with his will which leaves Sophie without any money. Sophie’s father recently died whilst on a military trip to South Africa.
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Give me a story that will revel in a nuanced understanding of what is home a story that gives us permission to search for it even when the proverbial They tell us we should already know our place and that's it, you only get the one. Give me a story that tells us it's okay to be more than one thing, that two different places don't exist in competition that you can love them both and it isn't a betrayal of one. No, if I were the questing type and I had my chance to demand things from the sky, I might say: Give me a story about the ways in which people are kind to one another the ways in which a community leans into kindness even while some people within it are sharp and cruel and fearful. Nor would I expect that book to be a deceptively easy-to-read middle grade novel, where reading just one more - maybe two more - okay, three, four, five - I guess I'm just reading now - sections is all too tempting. I wouldn't expect that book to be a verse novel of remarkable sensitivity. If I were the questing type, the type who might travel to the peak of a very high mountain and demand things of the sky, I might demand a certain kind of book. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Other Words for Home Author Jasmine Warga
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Mr darcy vampyre by amanda grange5/28/2023 Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.
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Lyddie full book5/28/2023 The father has left the family to go out west and has not returned for a long time. This scares Lyddie's Mom, Mattie Worthen, into thinking it is a sign that the world is going to end. The bear steals the kettle of food off the fire. A bear comes into the Vermont cabin home of Lyddie's family. BEAR- SYMBOLIZES OBSTACLES IN LYDDIE'S LIFE TURNING POINT- WHEN THE KIDS HAVE TO LEAVE THE CABIN The year is 1843. After the winter they learn that their mother has rented the farm tCo someone and has arranged for them to have jobs. Lyddie's younger brother, Charlie, returns and the two try to keep the family farm. She leaves Lyddie and takes the younger children to live with relatives. Her mother (who is overly religious) sees the bear as a message from God that the world is coming to an end. When a bear breaks into their house Lyddie stares him down and saves the family. The family is struggling with work and debts. Lyddie's father leaves the family in search of wealth.
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Killers of a certain age characters5/28/2023 They do escape but then they are faced with a dilemma: their organization, for some reason, wants to kill them, and they no longer have the back up and resources they enjoyed as assassins working for their “firm”, referred to as “The Museum.” They realize there’s a hit on them and they then go to elaborate lengths to escape while not harming anyone else on the ship (one of the rules of their operation: no collateral damage). The retirement cruise goes badly wrong, however, when one of the women notices a fellow assassin on board, working undercover as crew. Their collective bad-assery is a far remove from Jane Marple’s. They are a little puzzled by the cruise but are determined to enjoy each other’s company, the food, and the booze. Raybourn’s “Killers” are 60 something female assassins who are on a retirement cruise. As I have read a few books lately with detectives who are on the older side, I thought I knew what to expect, but I was so, so wrong. Hilarious, well plotted, exciting, packed with interesting characters, it is definitely the most fun I’ve had reading a book all year.
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The last kingdom series in order5/28/2023 Mel Gibson once told me he consulted “Chimes” in choreographing and shot-blocking his take on the Battle of Stirling in “Braveheart,” which rivals Welles in its murderous, murky, writhing bodies struggling to the death detail.īut director Edward Bazalgette gives them both a run for their blood money with his reenactment of of the Battle of Brunanburh, the climax of “The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die.” The sweep of the sea of soldiers of many “uniforms” and their wooden shields, steel swords and lines of men pushing and stabbing and dying trampled under foot is a wonder to behold, filmed from many angles, “shield wall” to “swine wedge” driving into it.Īnd amidst the carnage, as is the way of motion picture storytelling, a young King Aethelstan will meet his nemesis, and the Northumbrian pagan Uhtred, whose story we followed through the reigns of King Alfred the Great and King Edward over five seasons of TV’s “The Last Kingdom,” will reach a human lifespan-of-the-day defying climax.īased on the historical novels Bernard Cornwell conjured out of the historical “Anglo Saxon Chronicle,” this saga has his real-life hero - albeit from a hundredsl years later - present at the Battle of Edington at the end of the first season of the show, and a key figure at Brunanburh, 59 years later. Orson Welles’ depiction of the confusing, intimate, bloody muddy mire of the Battle of Shrewsbury in “Chimes at Midnight” is the gold standard for Medieval combat recreated on film.
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Book tiny habits5/28/2023 Your previous experiences with cauliflower have been negative. Let’s say your brain doesn’t expect the cauliflower-crust pizza to taste good. Based on previous experiences, your brain has formed predictions about what you will experience in any given situation. You can hack into this reward system by creating an event in your brain that neuroscientists call a “reward prediction error.” Here’s how it works: Your brain is constantly assessing and reassessing the experiences, sights, sounds, smells, and movements in the world around you. With the help of dopamine, the brain encodes the cause-and-effect relationship, and this creates expectations for the future. Good feelings spur the production of a neurotransmitter (a chemical messenger in the brain) called dopamine that controls the brain’s “reward system” and helps us remember what behavior led to feeling good so we will do it again. What happens in your brain when you experience positive reinforcement isn’t magic - it’s neuro-chemical. When you are designing for habit formation - for yourself or for someone else - you are really designing for emotions. When I teach people about human behavior, I boil it down to three words to make the point crystal clear: Emotions create habits.
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Risk by Fleur Ferris5/28/2023 This isn’t a modern fable that ends with a happily ever after for everyone but the ‘bad guy’. While the drama surrounding Sierra has readers hoping for the best in a bleak situation, it is the fallout of the situation amongst Taylor and her group of friends where the real emotional impact of the story is felt. I read the book in one sitting, as did my 14-year-old daughter. This modern tale of cyber safety grips readers from the first pages. Something has gone terribly wrong and Taylor and her friends are about to discover that Sierra’s recklessness will cause more problems than getting grounded and losing screen time. It’s not the first time that Sierra’s been so caught up having fun that she’s forgotten to touch base.Įxcept this time, Sierra hasn’t forgotten. When Sierra doesn’t return home as planned, Taylor doesn’t even care. She refuses to take any interest in Sierra’s plans to meet up with the guy in real life. It’s typical Sierra and Taylor’s had enough. When Taylor and Sierra start chatting to the same guy online, it doesn’t surprise Taylor that Sierra is the one he chooses. Sierra is often reckless and thoughtless, assuming that Taylor will cover for her and lie to their parents if the opportunity arises for Sierra to have some fun. Taylor and Sierra have been friends their whole lives, but Taylor is getting tired of Sierra’s endless need to be in the spotlight.
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De La Rosa expands the typical purview of a historical romance to explore the impact of global politics without ever losing sight of the love story at the center of the chaos. When a member of the aristocracy threatens the Luna sisters’ safety, Gideon risks his political future to protect them-and love blossoms between him and Ana María. The pair are bonded by mutual attraction and a shared understanding of what it is to be an outsider. In 1863, seeking refuge from the French occupation of Mexico, heiresses Ana María Luna Valdés and her two younger sisters head to London as “goodwill ambassadors.” There, Ana María meets Gideon Fox, the son of a Scotsman and a biracial English woman, who has worked hard to gain a position in Parliament and hopes to use his political influence to end the international slave trade. De La Rosa ( On a Midsummer Night) turns the world of Victorian London’s high society upside down with this impressive series launch. |