5/21/2023 0 Comments Agassi memoir![]() ![]() Open comes with with an astonishingly honest revelation: Andre Agassi hated tennis and he never wanted to play it in the first place. 'Hit harder' - Mike Agassi would yell, as the seven year old Andre hit his daily quota of 2,500 balls.Īs he was forced to practice tennis during all his childhood, Andre Agassi saw it taking away all his time for friends, school and all the typical youth endeavors. 'The dragon', as they named the machine, would shoot up the tennis balls against Andre, on a court with a net raised 6 inches above regulation, for a tougher practice. He recalls how he spent all his afternoons on the Agassi's family backyard court, hitting balls against a machine built by his father, Mike Agassi. ![]() 1 (and hating it)Īgassi grew up in Las Vegas and was from early on coached by his father to become a professional tennis player. Open takes a very personal trip through Agassi's life from early childhood to his final professional game in the US Open of 2006. What kind of leadership lesson can you take from a book about a tennis player who spent most of his career playing by himself on the court? ![]()
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![]() If you enjoy reading lovable rogue or duke romances with a pinch of mystery, a dash of humor, and soul-searing emotion, then you’ll adore Collette Cameron’s enthralling SEDUCTIVE SCOUNDRELS SERIES. This historical holiday romance by a USA Today bestselling author will have you rooting Baxter and Justina on to their much-deserved merry Christmas and happily-ever-after. Secrets, scandals, and scorching romance. But it’ll take more than mistletoe and the magic of the holiday season to guide these polar opposites to their happily ever after… If only she was who she pretended to be… Baxter is determined to make Justina his Christmas bride. All her best-laid plans go up in flames after one passionate night with the devilishly handsome Highlander. ![]() So, she meticulously adheres to social strictures and avoids drawing any unwanted censure. If anyone were to discover her secret, she’d be ruined. Now all he has to do is convince her not to turn him away when she learns who he really is. Stranded at his hotel during a snowstorm, the green-eyed enchantress is spirited, wickedly smart, and everything he never knew he wanted in a wife. He’d much rather manage his businesses than spend time with the marriage-minded misses of the ton. ![]() He’s not who he says he is…but then again, neither is she… Duke Baxter Bathhurst has little use for his title. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Booker t washington biography book![]() ![]() ![]() But Washington and his notion of self-help were diminished - especially after the protest-oriented ’60s - to make the face of black protest more singular. Washington’s emphasis on self-help was not fundamentally incompatible with Du Bois’s emphasis on protest, and both were necessary. ![]() One man emerged the leader of his race the other became a symbol of Uncle Tomism.Īnd yet both men had good ideas for black uplift. So the battle between Washington and Du Bois was winner-take-all. One mask had to die so that the other might live. Can’t be humble and outraged at the same time. Du Bois at the dawn of the 20th century was also a battle over masks: should we seem humble and modest or prideful and outraged? This “mask war” was vicious because group masks are mutually exclusive each nullifies the other. The legendary battle of ideas between Booker T. The real fights within the black community - our internal culture wars - have been over which face we show white America. And the four centuries of oppression we black Americans endured gave us masking as a cultural habit. For the oppressed, the mask was power itself. So you inevitably wore a mask that helped you navigate the oppressor’s bigotries, ignorances and self-absorptions. You first had to account for the oppressor who had so much power over you. To belong to an oppressed group always meant that you could not pursue your self-interest by acting directly on the world. ![]() ![]() ![]() They then describe what it is they have experienced. It is dated to around c. 500 BCE, during the lifetime of the Buddha, although the parable is likely older than the Buddhist text.Īn alternate version of the parable describes sighted men, experiencing a large statue on a dark night, or feeling a large object while being blindfolded. The Buddhist text Udana 6.4, contains one of the earliest versions of the story. The moral of the parable is that humans have a tendency to claim absolute truth based on their limited, subjective experience as they ignore other people's limited, subjective experiences which may be equally true.īlind Men Appraising an Elephant by Ohara Donshu, Edo Period (early 19th century), Brooklyn Museum In some versions, they come to suspect that the other person is dishonest and they come to blows. They then describe the elephant based on their limited experience and their descriptions of the elephant are different from each other. ![]() ![]() Each blind man feels a different part of the elephant's body, but only one part, such as the side or the tusk. It is a story of a group of blind men who have never come across an elephant before and who learn and conceptualize what the elephant is like by touching it. The parable of the blind men and an elephant originated in the ancient Indian subcontinent, from where it has been widely diffused. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The sessions continued into 2016 and mostly wrapped up by the end of the year. U2 began work on the album in earnest during the 2015 Innocence + Experience Tour, with the band members individually collaborating with the producers while on the road. Songs of Experience was first conceived during the Songs of Innocence sessions and initially started with Bono writing songs while recuperating from a serious November 2014 bicycle accident. The album features guest appearances from several musical acts, including Haim, Kendrick Lamar, and Lady Gaga. Whereas its predecessor explored the group members' adolescence in Ireland in the 1970s, Songs of Experience thematically is a collection of letters written by lead vocalist Bono to people and places closest to his heart. The album is intended to be a companion piece to U2's previous record, Songs of Innocence (2014). Released on 1 December 2017, it was produced by Jacknife Lee and Ryan Tedder with Steve Lillywhite, Andy Barlow, Jolyon Thomas, Brent Kutzle, Paul Epworth, Danger Mouse, and Declan Gaffney. Songs of Experience is the fourteenth studio album by Irish rock band U2. " Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way". ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Nicky drayden escaping exodus![]() ![]() ![]() I have trouble with books with multiple perspectives some times because the voices end up blending together and sounding similar however, in the case of this book I must admit that Drayden did a fabulous job fleshing out these two characters and their journeys and experiences. Seska and Adalla were fascinating characters that were so distinctively different (this book has a sapphic romance as well as representation of polyamourous relationships). ![]() Two of my favorite aspects of this book were the plot development and the writing. Each travels on this journey of self-discovery/identity all in hopes of providing the best for their community. It's written in dual perspective and the reader gets the perspective of Seska (the heir to the throne) as well as Adalla (beast worker). ![]() Trigger Warnings: body horror, violence, death, slavery.Įscaping Exodus focuses on this matriarchal alien (this is the best way I know how to describe them without really giving away too much) society that inhabits a beast/huge creature that travels through space. I wasn't sure what to expect, but I definitely thought that this was a great read. I don't even truly know where to begin with my review because honestly this was my first dive into this intense of a sci-fi book. ![]() 5/20/2023 0 Comments Under the mistletoe jill shalvis![]() ![]() But when they’re the only people who show up, James and Hannah are stuck together on the high seas for days. Years after their secret fling ended, Hannah isn’t eager to see James during their families’ annual joint holiday-themed yacht adventure. As the weekend continues, Sean realizes he wants to leave his hook-up life behind, but can he convince Lotti to open her heart to him again? When Sean O’Riley shows up for his older brother’s bachelor weekend, the last person he expects to see is Lotti Hartford, the woman he lost his virginity to a decade ago. A long road trip in a massive blizzard might be just what they need to face their past…and one steamy, snowy night is all it takes to bring Max and Rory together at last. ![]() Problem is, her only ride to Lake Tahoe comes in the form of the annoyingly handsome Max Stranton, her long-time crush, and his big, goofy, lovable dog. ![]() It’s Christmas Eve and Rory Andrews is desperate to get home to her family. Three fan-favorite Jill Shalvis novellas are together for the first time in this holiday anthology! ![]() 5/20/2023 0 Comments In deeper waters book![]() "A frothy confection of sea foam, young love, and derring-do." Tal must escape if he hopes to save his family and the kingdom. But before they can pursue anything further, Tal is kidnapped by pirates and held ransom in a plot to reveal his rumoured powers and instigate a war. That is, until Tal runs into Athlen days later on dry land, very much alive, and as charming-and secretive-as ever. So when Athlen leaps overboard and disappears, Tal feels responsible and heartbroken, knowing Athlen could not have survived in the open ocean. ![]() Tasked with watching over the prisoner, Tal is surprised to feel an intense connection with the roguish Athlen. His first taste of adventure comes just two days into the journey, when their crew discovers a mysterious prisoner on a burning derelict vessel. After spending most of his life cloistered behind palace walls as he learns to keep his forbidden magic secret, he can finally see his family’s kingdom for the first time. ![]() Prince Tal has long awaited his coming-of-age tour. A young prince must rely on a mysterious stranger to save him when he is kidnapped during his coming-of-age tour in this swoony adventure that is The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue meets Pirates of the Caribbean. ![]() 5/20/2023 0 Comments Snow country novel![]() ![]() ![]() In this place of healing, on the banks of a silvery lake, where the depths of human suffering and the chances of redemption are explored, two people will see each other as if for the first time. Still struggling to come terms with the loss of so many friends on the Eastern Front, Anton, now an established writer, is commissioned by a magazine to visit the mysterious Schloss Seeblick. Lena leaves her metropolitan dream behind to take a menial job at the snow-bound sanatorium, the Schloss Seeblick. She is convinced she can amount to nothing until a young lawyer, Rudolf Plischke, spirits her away to Vienna. Until his country declares war on hers.įor Lena, life with a drunken mother in a small town has been impoverished and cold. Entranced by the light of first love, Anton feels himself blessed. While working part-time as a private tutor, he encounters Delphine, a woman who mixes startling candour with deep reserve. Young Anton Heideck has arrived in Vienna, eager to make his name as a journalist. ![]() ![]() It also didn’t make sense that they would just fall in love so quickly with one another without really knowing each other. She spent to much at having moments between Asher and November that it got a little redundant. She has had a rough childhood, believing htat she wasn’t beautiful and not worthy and Asher breaks down those walls and makes her feel those things for the first time in her life.įor the story, the idea was there, but Reynolds didn’t develop it enough. ![]() ![]() Her happy ever after gets challenged as ghosts from her past follow her and threaten everything that she’s building.Īsher knows that she is the girl for him and he is determined to do anything in his power to make her see that. ![]() She quickly meets Asher and they hit it off immediately. The book follows November as she moves down to Tennessee to move in with her father after she gets attacked in New York. ![]() |