![]() Some were well known, such as the segmented arthropods known as trilobites, others completely novel. Whether or not it happened that way-Gould argued against it-Walcott knew he had found something special, and returned the following year, assembling the nucleus of a collection now numbering some 65,000 specimens representing about 127 species. One tale is that a horse ridden by Walcott’s wife, Helena, slipped, overturning a slab of rock that revealed the first astonishing specimens. It was late August 1909, and an expedition led by the Smithsonian’s longtime Secretary, Charles D. ![]() The discovery of the Burgess Shale fossils, high on a mountainside in the Canadian Rockies, is shrouded in legend. For decades they have fired the passions of researchers, fueling one of the great scientific controversies of the 20th century, a debate about the nature of life itself. ![]() Their very names- Hallucigenia, Anomalocaris-testify to their strangeness. ![]() They are, in the opinion of no less an authority than the paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould, “the world’s most important animal fossils”-not Tyrannosaurus rex, not Lucy, but a collection of marine invertebrates mostly a few inches in size, dating from the very dawn of complex life on earth more than 500 million years ago. ![]()
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![]() I was right in the top 15 on Amazon publishers and agents were calling me, and I ended up signing a six-figure book deal within two weeks of achieving that rank on Amazon. My sales doubled every single day until I was selling 2,000 copies a day. Then the next day I was at 300 sales a day. At that point, I made one change and literally overnight, my book went from 15 sales a day to 100. That slowly grew to 5 to 15 sales a day, and I was like that for a month, maybe almost two months. ![]() When I first self-published my first book in 2012, I had a grand total of three sales on release day. My self-published books are more successful than my traditionally published books, and I'm going to share three of my secrets. You absolutely can find self-publishing success. I've hit the New York Times bestsellers list six times, and every time it was with a self-published book. I started out as a self-publishing author and I am now hybrid: I have two traditional publishers but the majority of my books are self-published. I'm a New York Times bestselling author of 15 novels. To watch the video, click the image above. ![]() This is an edited transcript of the Reedsy Live webinar that Alessandra hosted. An advocate of self-publishing, Alessandra has been featured in Elle Magazine, Huffington Post, and. ![]() Alessandra Torre is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author of 15 novels. ![]() ![]() This was interpreted as Jenner shading Gomez. The same day, about three hours later, Jenner posted a picture of herself in her Instagram Stories with the words “this was an accident ?” positioned over her eyebrows. The singer-actor is taking ‘a break from everything.’ Selena Gomez is giving up social media, again, amid speculation about a feud with Hailey Bieber. I laminated my brows too much.” Then there was another: “My name is Selena Gomez … see, it doesn’t even sound sexy.”Įntertainment & Arts Selena Gomez has had enough of those ‘silly’ Hailey Bieber rumors: ‘Too old for this’ ![]() In the first, she mimicked saying “My name … my name is Bella Hadid.” But words placed on that video read, according to Women’s Health U.K., “I wish I was as pretty as Bella Hadid.” That was followed by another video where Gomez said in her own voice, “Instead, this is me. 21, on TikTok and in her Instagram Stories, Gomez (allegedly) posted a series of videos. Follow along as we re-create that feud/drama/mean-girls fan fantasy. ![]() How true? No guarantees.)Īnyway, there’s been a lot of noise around a vanishingly small amount of drama that (allegedly) moved a lot of people to suddenly hit the “unfollow” button on Instagram, maybe. ![]() (Heads-up: This article may be based on a true story. It involves Selena Gomez, Hailey Bieber and Kylie Jenner, allegedly. ![]() ![]() Selected from previously published works, M Is for Magic is a collection of eleven child-friendly stories by Neil Gaiman. List of Must Read Books By Neil Gaiman 15. Including the aforementioned books, here are other works by Gaiman that we highly recommend you read. For The Graveyard Book, he became the first author to win both the Newbery and Carnegie medals for the same work. Gaiman is the author of novels like Stardust, American Gods, The Graveyard Book, and Coraline which have earned him numerous literary awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Will Eisner awards. The renowned English writer began his career as a journalist before writing comic books and then becoming a New York Times bestselling author of novels. ![]() An excellent and imaginative writer described as one of the most entertaining storytellers of our time, no true fan of literary works in the fantasy, science fiction, horror, dark fantasy, and comedy genres would not have read any book by Neil Gaiman. ![]() ![]() ![]() At the time landowners often referred to their serfs as "souls" for accounting purposes, and the novel's title refers to the protagonist's scheme of purchasing claims to deceased serfs. Writer Nikolai Gogol and literary critic Vissarion Belinsky jointly coined the term upon the publication of Gogol's masterpiece Dead Souls in 1842. The concept of a Russian soul arose in the 1840s chiefly as a literary phenomenon. ![]() The writings of many Russian writers such as Nikolai Gogol, Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoevsky offer descriptions of the Russian soul. The term is also sometimes denoted as "great Russian soul" ( Russian: великая русская душа, velikaya russkaya dusha), "mysterious Russian soul" ( Russian: загадочная русская душа, zagadochnaya russkaya dusha), or "Russian spirit" ( Russian: русский дух, russkiy dukh). The term " Russian soul" ( Russian: русская душа, russkaya dusha) has been used in literature in reference to the uniqueness of the Russian national identity. ![]() Cultural concept describing the collective characteristics and values of the Russian people ![]() ![]() The rest of Kafka's novella deals with Gregor's attempts to adjust to his new condition as he deals with being burdensome to his parents and sister, who are repulsed by the horrible, verminous creature Gregor has become. The cause of Samsa's transformation is never revealed, and Kafka never did give an explanation. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed (metamorphosed) into a large, monstrous insect-like creature. ![]() It has been cited as one of the seminal works of fiction of the 20th century and is studied in colleges and universities across the Western world. ![]() The Metamorphosis is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. This carefully crafted ebook: “The Metamorphosis + In the Penal Colony (2 contemporary translations by Ian Johnston)” contains 2 books in one volume and is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. ![]() ![]() Tans darken and tensions mount as the novel careens toward a twisted, violent finish. He is initially unsure of his host's motivations for inviting him, but as the summer progresses Paul draws John into a dangerous psychosexual game. That summer, John shares his space with Sonya, a stunning model and Paul's current lover, as well as Paul's troubled son, Stanty. He has been married and divorced twice, to two wealthy and notable women who have left him with a considerable fortune, an impressive collection of art, and the luxurious island. Like the protagonist, Paul considers himself somewhat of a hustler himself, though he works in a considerably higher income bracket than the 24-year-old John. After the Blue Hour (tantalizingly subtitled A True Fiction on its cover page) follows a fictional character named John Rechy as he joins his host Paul on a private island. After a brief tour of his home, we settle in front of a fire to discuss what is perhaps his most autobiographical novel to date. ![]() ![]() ![]() Peter Thiel is an entrepreneur and investor. Zero to One presents at once an optimistic view of the future of progress in America and a new way of thinking about innovation: it starts by learning to ask the questions that lead you to find value in unexpected places. They will escape competition altogether, because their businesses will be unique. Tomorrow’s champions will not win by competing ruthlessly in today’s marketplace. ![]() The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin won’t make a search engine. ![]() The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. But when you do something new, you go from 0 to 1. It comes from the most important skill that every leader must master: learning to think for yourself.ĭoing what someone else already knows how to do takes the world from 1 to n, adding more of something familiar. Progress can be achieved in any industry or area of business. Information technology has improved rapidly, but there is no reason why progress should be limited to computers or Silicon Valley. Thiel begins with the contrarian premise that we live in an age of technological stagnation, even if we’re too distracted by shiny mobile devices to notice. In Zero to One, legendary entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel shows how we can find singular ways to create those new things. The great secret of our time is that there are still uncharted frontiers to explore and new inventions to create. If you want to build a better future, you must believe in secrets. Publisher : Currency Illustrated edition (Sept. ![]() ![]() ![]() To support the idea of the minimal state, Nozick presents an argument that illustrates how the minimalist state arises naturally from a Lockean state of nature and how any expansion of state power past this minimalist threshold is unjustified. ![]() In opposition to A Theory of Justice (1971) by John Rawls, and in debate with Michael Walzer, Nozick argues in favor of a minimal state, "limited to the narrow functions of protection against force, theft, fraud, enforcement of contracts, and so on." When a state takes on more responsibilities than these, Nozick argues, rights will be violated. It won the 1975 US National Book Award in category Philosophy and Religion, has been translated into 11 languages, and was named one of the "100 most influential books since the war" (1945–1995) by the UK Times Literary Supplement. Anarchy, State, and Utopia is a 1974 book by the American political philosopher Robert Nozick. ![]() ![]() They build each other up and continue to hide their relationship from their fathers but unknown threats from the outside come in and attempt to take it all away. ![]() With the newfound feelings, wants and desires they now both share, the fight between them doesn't last long. Canyon isn't prepared, and neither is Alis, for the feelings that they both share. Terrified that his father will want to give him away, he fights back. No matter what,he wasn't going to let Canyon break him and ruin everything he had. He is angry about what is going on with his family and what he now feels but he wants it to continue the fight and the wanting.Īlis has always had a thing for Canyon. However, Canyon experiences new feelings and new desires for Alis. He decides that the best way to do that is by breaking his fathers new fiance's son - his soon to be stepbrother. ![]() He wants nothing more than to break his father and his new family just the same. ![]() Canyon feels betrayed by his father for breaking his family apart. ![]() |