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The tyranny of choice barry schwartz5/12/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ethnic groups, the results suggest that emerging adults utilize agentic capacities to varying degrees, and that the degree of agency utilized is directly related to.read more read lessĪbstract: Expanding upon Simon's (1955) seminal theory, this investigation compared the choice-making strategies of maximizers and satisficers, finding that maximizing tendencies, although positively correlated with objectively better decision outcomes, are also associated with more negative subjective evaluations of these decision outcomes. Cluster analysis was used to examine and support a theorized polarity between developmental and default forms of individualization. ![]() Structural equation modeling analyses suggest that higher levels of agency are positively related to exploration and flexible commitment, unrelated to conformity, and negatively related to avoidance. This study examines three psychological aspects of identity formation (style, status, and process) in relation to personal agency associated with the individualization process. Although identity issues are prominent during this period, the role of personal agency and individualization in the identity formation process during these years is not well understood. Abstract: The study of emerging adulthood-the prolonged transition to adulthood extending into the 20s-is a rapidly growing area of research. ![]() The student prince by fayjay5/12/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Without doubt,one of the most enjoyable books I've read this year that I'm sure I'll read over and over. magic and mayhem and a sarcastic,no nonsense Dragon who developed a thing for Justin Bieber's music and demanded an ipod.priceless!! some fantastic supporting characters that fit into the story perfectly, the sexual tension was off the charts.and once Merlin and Arthur got going it was super HOT, ![]() the banter was just delicious and I adored Merlin's inner ramblings and turmoil as he battled his attraction to Arthur, the setting was perfect.St Andrews,a quaint town in Scotland that I've visited so many times and absolutely love, just brilliant.Ī modern twist on the legendary story of King Author and Merlin.yes,I was sceptical because this wouldn't normally be my go to thing but it was brilliantly done with truly engaging characters. I'm more than giddy after reading this.I just loved every word from beginning to end and this little gem is why I absolutely LOVE reading and LOVE getting swept away in a book that you simply can't put down and don't want it to end. ![]() George iii book andrew roberts5/12/2023 ![]() ![]() It portrays George as intelligent, benevolent, scrupulously devoted to the constitution of his country and (as head of government as well as head of state) navigating the turbulence of eighteenth-century politics with a strong sense of honour and duty. Plumb, twentieth century) and as the pompous monarch of the musical Hamilton (twenty-first century).Īndrew Roberts's magnificent new biography takes entirely the opposite view. Lecky, nineteenth century), 'one of England's most disastrous kings' (J.H. George III, Britain's longest-reigning king, has gone down in history as 'the cruellest tyrant of this age' (Thomas Paine, eighteenth century), 'a sovereign who inflicted more profound and enduring injuries upon this country than any other modern English king' (W.E.H. *Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize, 2021*Īndrew Roberts, one of Britain's premier historians, overturns the received wisdom on George III *Winner of the History Reclaimed Book of the Year, 2022* *Winner of the General Society of Colonial Wars' Distinguished Book Award, 2021* ![]() ![]() *Winner of the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, 2022* ![]() ![]() And yet somehow Silverman found her way, a “gefilte fish swimming upstream,” and found her voice, which in this searching, bracing, hilarious, and moving book tries to make sense of that most troubling American condition: belonging, but to what? ![]() Now a Tea Party darling, Boone once shone as a squeaky-clean pop music icon of normality, an antidote for Silverman’s own confusing and dangerous home, where being a Jew in a Christian school wasn’t easy, and being the daughter of the Anti-Boone was unspeakable. Follow Sue William Silverman, a one-woman cultural mash-up, on her exploration of identity among the mishmash of American idols and ideals that confuse most of us, or should. ![]() Perfect chemistry online book5/12/2023 ![]() But Carlos and Kiara soon discover that in matters of the heart, the rules of attraction might overpower the dangers and differences keeping them apart. Download Book 'Perfect Chemistry (Perfect Chemistry, 1)' by Author 'Simone Elkeles' in PDF EPUB. She's nothing like the wild girls he's usually drawn to. ![]() He's even more thrown by his sudden feelings for the professor's daughter, Kiara. Living with one of Alex's college professors in the Colorado suburbs, Carlos feels completely out of place. Welcome to Perfect Chemistry Wiki This wiki is about the series od books Perfect Chemistry, Rules of Attraction, and Chain Reaction by Simone Elkeles These books makes you want to have a life sortof like this. And ties to his gang in Mexico aren't easy to break, even when Carlos is hundreds of miles away. Trouble is, Carlos just wants to live on the edge. ![]() ![]() Even worse, Alex forces Carlos to join him on the straight and narrow path in the United States. YA novelist Simone Elkeles published the first of her three-part trilogy, Perfect Chemistry, in 2008. ![]() but in the game of love, there are no rules.Ĭarlos Fuentes feels betrayed when the big brother he idolized, Alex, trades in a life as a gang member for a future with his girlfriend. In the second book in Simone Elkeles' New York Times bestselling YA contemporary romance series, b ad boy Carlos Fuentes and good girl Kiara Westford don't mean to fall for each other. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Gifts poured through the gates for weeks, coming not only from the greatest families living in the land of Yamato, but also from as far away as Silla and Tang. Servants from the palace went down the mountain to offer rice, fish, and sake to the poor in Heijo-kyo. Yet in celebration of Hirotsugu’s birth, his father, Umakai, sent an order to his bailiff to decree half a day off for all workers. These were the days when finishing the paddy field work was paramount, lest next year’s crops be affected. It was late May, close to the final days of planting the rice. The uguisu sang from dusk until dawn, and a crane appeared in the palace garden and didn’t leave for five days. On the day Fujiwara no Hirotsugu was born, Mount Kasuga was covered in golden shimmering kagerō rising from the ground to cloak the mountain in mist. Kagerō: The quivering appearance of the mist rising from the hot surface of the ground” It’s a 40-page short story and is FREE on Smashwords. The story is set during the Nara period of ancient Japan and will expand over a period of 25 years (715-740). While he battles to find his own path in life, Hirotsugu finds solace in a boy who will first become his secret friend, then his salvation, then, as they become adults together, the love of his life. The human world meets the yōkai world in a power struggle for the fate of Fujiwara no Hirotsugu. Genre/s: LGBTQ fantasy, Gay fiction, Historical fiction (it’s NOT MM romance)Ī coming of age love story between the heir of the richest family in the Land of Yamato and an orphan. ![]() The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni5/12/2023 ![]() ![]() The poet's maternal grandfather, Cesare Beccaria, was a well-known author and philosopher, and his mother Giulia had literary talent as well. Pietro, his father, aged about fifty, belonged to an old family of Lecco, originally feudal lords of Barzio, in the Valsassina. ![]() Manzoni was born in Milan, Italy, on 7 March 1785. His work and thinking has often been contrasted with that of his younger contemporary Giacomo Leopardi by critics. He was an influential proponent of Liberal Catholicism in Italy. Manzoni also contributed to the stabilization of the modern Italian language and helped to ensure linguistic unity throughout Italy. The novel is also a symbol of the Italian Risorgimento, both for its patriotic message and because it was a fundamental milestone in the development of the modern, unified Italian language. Italian: I promessi sposi) (1827), generally ranked among the masterpieces of world literature. He is famous for the novel The Betrothed (orig. Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Antonio Manzoni ( UK: / m æ n ˈ z oʊ n i/, US: / m ɑː n( d) ˈ z oʊ n i/, Italian: 7 March 1785 – ) was an Italian poet, novelist and philosopher. ![]() Nicholas eames book 35/11/2023 ![]() ![]() The main plot this time centers on our new main protagonist, Tam Hashford, who has been living a secluded, repetitive and boring life working at her local pub. It’s been six years since the climactic battle in Kings of the Wyld and the melodies of life must continue. ![]() Bloody Rose however was one of the incredibly rare exceptions where I simply had to drop everything in my TBR pile immediately it was completely irresistible. When I started a new series to read and review, I usually finish every book available in the series first before moving to a different series or standalone. ![]() Those who follow my reviews should know by now that I’m a devoted series binge reader. It is with a heart full of joy that I proclaim Bloody Rose’s tour to be another successful tale this is truly an excellent sequel to Kings of the Wyld, which was already amazing on its own. Expectations were high, and a fear of disappointment was certainly there, but as it turns out I needn’t have worried. Since then its sequel, Bloody Rose, has easily become my most anticipated new release of the year. Last year, Kings of the Wyld made it into my small “favorite debuts of all-time” list. ![]() As of now, I’m calling Bloody Rose one of the best sequels of all time. Published: 30th August 2018 by Orbit (UK) & 28th August 2018 by Orbit (US)Īttention avid fantasy readers it’s time for me to ask for your consideration once again. ARC provided by the publisher-Orbit-in exchange for an honest review. ![]() Feathers by Rose Mannering5/11/2023 ![]() He became a baronet of Abbotsford in the County of Roxburgh, Scotland, on 22 April 1820 the title became extinct on his son's death in 1847. His knowledge of history and literary facility equipped him to establish the historical novel genre as an exemplar of European Romanticism. ![]() He was prominent in Edinburgh's Tory establishment, active in the Highland Society, long a president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1820–1832), and a vice president of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1827–1829). He had a major impact on European and American literature.Īs an advocate, judge, and legal administrator by profession, he combined writing and editing with his daily work as Clerk of Session and Sheriff-Depute of Selkirkshire. ![]() ![]() Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels Ivanhoe (1819), Rob Roy (1817), Waverley (1814), Old Mortality (1816), The Heart of Mid-Lothian (1818), and The Bride of Lammermoor (1819), along with the narrative poems Marmion (1808) and The Lady of the Lake (1810). Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet FRSE FSAScot (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish historian, novelist, poet, and playwright. ![]() |