![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This is an example of how cats like to be in control.Ĭat behaviorists explain that depression occurs when a pet experiences events beyond their control. Cats choose who they love and receiving their affection is a great honor. One of the many things we love about cats is their independent spirit. Have a think about your cat’s circumstances and the chances of them developing depression. ![]() If your cat gets the all clear on a health check, you may well have a depressed cat. Many common conditions cause a lack of energy, so always check out their health first. Always rule out medical causes before assuming a problem is psychological. So if your cat no longer strolls over to greet you or stops grooming, this might be a sign that something is wrong. An Absence of Joyīehavioral experts explain cat depression as “an absence of joy”.Ī sad cat alters their normal behavior. This 101 guide helps you spot low mood in cats, understand the causes, and then support your fur-friend. The problem is cat depression can be tricky to spot. Fact: Depression in cats is a real and recognized condition. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Tolkienįrom Danielle Vega, YA's answer to Stephen King, comes a new paranormal novel about dark family secrets, deep-seated vengeance, and the horrifying truth that evil often lurks in the unlikeliest of places.Ĭlean slate. ![]() Lewis George Orwell Mary Pope Osborne LeUyen Pham Dav Pilkey Roger Priddy Rick Riordan J. By AUTHOR Jane Austen Eric Carle Lewis Carroll Roald Dahl Charles Dickens Sydney Hanson C.Indestructubles Little Golden Books Magic School Bus Magic Tree House Pete the Cat Step Into Reading Book The Hunger Games By POPULAR SERIES Chronicles of Narnia Curious Geoge Diary of a Wimpy Kid Fancy Nancy Harry Potter I Survived If You Give.By TOPIC Award Winning Books African American Children's Books Biography & Autobiography Diversity & Inclusion Foreign Language & Bilingual Books Hispanic & Latino Children's Books Holidays & Celebrations Holocaust Books Juvenile Nonfiction New York Times Bestsellers Professional Development Reference Books Test Prep.By GRADE Elementary School Middle School High Schoolīy AGE Board Books (newborn to age 3) Early Childhood Readers (ages 4-8) Children's Picture Books (ages 3-8) Juvenile Fiction (ages 8-12) Young Adult Fiction (ages 12+).BESTSELLERS in EDUCATION Shop All Education Books. ![]() ![]() ![]() And he is about to unleash a destructive power that will change everything and everyone - starting with Alif himself.
![]() ![]() After an utterly engrossing journey that takes us to the frontiers of thinking about the human condition and the future of intelligent life, we find in Nick Bostrom's work nothing less than a reconceptualization of the essential task of our time. Will it be possible to construct a seed Artificial Intelligence, to engineer initial conditions so as to make an intelligence explosion survivable? How could one achieve a controlled detonation? This profoundly ambitious and original book breaks down a vast track of difficult intellectual terrain. But we have one advantage: we get to make the first move. As the fate of the gorillas now depends more on humans than on the species itself, so would the fate of humankind depend on the actions of the machine superintelligence. If machine brains surpassed human brains in general intelligence, then this new superintelligence could become extremely powerful - possibly beyond our control. ![]() It is to these distinctive capabilities that our species owes its dominant position. ![]() The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack. A New York Times bestseller Superintelligence asks the questions: What happens when machines surpass humans in general intelligence? Will artificial agents save or destroy us? Nick Bostrom lays the foundation for understanding the future of humanity and intelligent life. ![]() ![]() Every so often in this historical text, you catch a glimmer of something, like heat lightning in the distance, that makes you realize this isn’t just some boring old history book about ancient history. Even with the blanket, the mug of coffee, and the purring cat, cold shivers keep running through up your spine and the hairs stand up on your arms. The problem is that your comfortable reading keeps getting interrupted. A book you will learn from, absorb, and then put on the shelf. A very good book, that is certain, but one that affects you in the same way as reading about King Tut or learning about Leif Erickson. You think this is another history book, nothing more. ![]() You become engrossed in the book, reading about politics and power struggles, learning names you didn’t know before, reading about wars you’ve never heard of, really no different than you read about Oliver Cromwell in England or the Ming Dynasty in Asia or Alexander the Great’s conquests. But however you do it, you settle in for an education in history, to learn about a mysterious culture and religion. Maybe you’re at the library, students cramming for exams in the carrels next to you. Maybe the cat is curled at your feet, a cup of coffee by your arm, a blanket thrown across your legs. ![]() You settle in for a long historical read. ![]() ![]() ![]() I read most of the book in one afternoon, flipping the pages anxiously and shivering as a storm raged outside my own house. It's more plot-driven and faster paced with the storm acting like a character in itself, a merciless antagonist threatening Mira and her friends. Of the eight books I've read by Beth Kephart, This Is the Story of You is the most accessible to a general audience. If that weren't scary enough, a mysterious intruder is lurking outside, and without power or cellular service, Mira can't call for help. As the storm rages and the sea floods their beachside cottage, Mira must decide what to save and how to stay alive. Earlier that day, her single mom had driven her disabled brother to the mainland hospital for emergency treatment. When a storm cuts off an island from the Jersey Shore, 17-year-old Mira must fight for survival with only a stray cat for company. This is a Story of You is a modern parable of the horrors of climate change. Her evocative settings transport the reader to another world. Well-developed adult characters make her books cross over easily to grown ups too. ![]() In literary prose Kephart explores real world issues through complex characters and surreal imagery. Beth Kephart is one of my favorite young adult authors because her sophisticated writing challenges teens to think for themselves. ![]() ![]() Hungry and cold, Candide makes his way to a neighboring town, where he is aided by two soldiers. When the baron catches them, Candide is kicked out of the castle. The baron's beautiful daughter, Cunégonde, witnesses the affair and decides to try something similar with Candide. In the first chapter, Doctor Pangloss is having an illicit affair with Paquette, a chambermaid. Thus, philosophical optimism is the focus of Votaire's satire anti-war and anti-church refrains also run throughout the novel. ![]() in this best of all worlds." Candide, a simple man, first accepts this philosophy, but as he experiences the horrors of war, poverty, the maliciousness of man, and the hypocrisy of the church, he begins to doubt the voracity of Pangloss's theory. ![]() A noted philosopher, Doctor Pangloss, tutors the baron on philosophical optimism, the idea that "all is for the best. ![]() Candide begins in the German town of Westphalia, where Candide, a young man, lives in the castle of Baron of Thunder-ten-tronckh. ![]() ![]() ![]() I also would give a quite general idea about what *bull fights are (not going into detail) and the people involved, making mention of the fact that their names (Benderilleros, Picadores, and Matador) are Spanish words. ![]() The student should know that Spain is another county, or a place far away (depending on the age of the student), where people have different ways of having fun than we do. The student should know what a cart is and that it can be used to take things from one place to another. Make sure and share, when reading the book, that Ferdinand’s mom wears a cow bell. They should also know that cows sometimes wear cow bells, and that a cow bell is a metal thing that makes a sound and goes around a cow’s neck. This can be compared to the way kids play, or sisters and brothers. The student should know bulls are male (boy) cows and that they like to play with each other by bumping heads and playing rough. Background knowledge that may be needed is information about bulls. ![]() ![]() Shapland made a beeline there and devoured every jotting. The transcripts surfaced in 2014 and wound up at Columbus State University. Mary Mercer, who preserved her records with the caveat that they not be released until after her death. For psychological therapy, McCullers had consulted with Dr. Shapland’s enthrallment came at a fortuitous time. Above all, McCullers wrote with marked sensitivity, humanity and originality. She suffered several strokes she drank too much. Auden and Paul Bowles in the fabled “February House” commune in New York. ![]() She went on to write seven other books, including “Reflections in a Golden Eye” (dedicated to Clarac-Schwarzenbach), “The Member of the Wedding,” and the novella “The Ballad of the Sad Café.” She made the bohemian rounds, retreating to Yaddo, hanging out with Tennessee Williams and shacking up with luminaries such as W.H. Her debut novel, “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter,” published when she was 23, was a literary sensation. ![]() ![]() She married and divorced the same man twice, and friends characterized her stints with Reeves McCullers as “tortured.”īorn in Columbus, Lula Carson Smith was a frail, wide-eyed waif who looks poignant and pensive in just about every extant photograph. For decades, the sexual orientation of McCullers, who died in 1967, has been a question mark, with scant evidence to prove anything definitively, one way or the other. ![]() ![]() Songs: “I Look and What Do I See,” “I’m No Girl’s Toy,” “Rag Dolly,” “Poor Babette,” “A Miracle,” “Ho-Yo,” “Candy Hearts,” “Blue,” “I Never Get Enough,” “I Love You,” “It’s Not Easy Being King,” “Hooray for Me,” “You’re My Friend,” “Home” by Joe Raposo. Irving (Captain Contagious) Arnold Stang (Queasy) Mason Adams (Grandpa) Marty Brill (King Koo-Koo) Paul Dooley (Gazooks) Allen Swift (Maxie Fit-It) Joe Silver (The Greedy) Hetty Galen (Susie Pincushion) Sheldon Harnick (Barney Beanbag, Socko) Ardyth Kaiser (Topsy) Margery Gray and Lynne Stuart (Twin Penny Dolls). ![]() Voices: Didi Conn (Raggedy Ann) Mark Baker (Raggedy Andy) Fred Stuthman (Camel with the Wrinkled Knees) Alan Sues (Loony Knight) George S. Soundtrack Produced Februat Media Sound, New York. A peek at the soundtrack album to animation’s most expensive-yet-experimental, corporate-yet-independent and mainstream-yet-eccentric theatrical feature – ever!Ĭolumbia Records S-34686 (Stereo) (12” 33 1/3 RPM LP / 1977) ![]() |