![]() ![]() The dialogue was very well done using older English but always accessible. The author did a wonderful job of filling out this world and balancing the modern characters with the 13th century ones. Their journey through time lands them in 13th century England where they meet young Robin Hood and his band of characters. Without giving away too much of the plot, the children and two adults are chosen to become the Last Timekeepers tasked with saving history and the world from the dark forces of evil. ![]() The kids get to know one another while cleaning up an overgrown garden as their punishment, in the process uncovering an ancient arch which sets the wheels in motion for their adventurous quest. In The Last Timekeepers and The Arch of Atlantis, an unlikely group of kids is thrown together by choosing a working punishment rather than school suspension after an epic food fight. I've been reading this book whilst home recuperating, and it's been just the perfect thing - entertaining and fun. ![]()
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![]() Jon learns from him how to ferret out these high-flying psychopaths and, armed with his new psychopath-spotting abilities, heads into the corridors of power.Combining Jon’s trademark humour, charm and investigative incision, The Psychopath Test is a deeply honest book unearthing dangerous truths and asking serious questions about how we define normality in a world where we are increasingly judged by our maddest edges. ![]() ![]() He meets the influential psychologist who developed the industry standard Psychopath Test and who is convinced that many important CEOs and politicians are in fact psychopaths. He meets some of the people who catalogue mental illness, and those who vehemently oppose them. Jon meets a Broadmoor inmate who swears he faked a mental disorder to get a lighter sentence but is now stuck there, with nobody believing he’s sane. The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry is a 2011 book written by British author Jon Ronson in which he explores the concept of psychopathy, along with the broader mental health 'industry' including mental health professionals and the mass media. ![]() As he searches for the answer, Jon soon finds himself, unexpectedly, on an utterly compelling and often unbelievable adventure into the world of madness. She and several colleagues have recently received a cryptically puzzling book in the mail, and Jon is challenged to solve the mystery behind it. It all starts when journalist Jon Ronson is contacted by a leading neurologist. ![]() ![]() and Miami – and a Coda on the later months of 1964 – featuring 275 of Paul McCartney’s photographs and his candid reflections on them
![]() ![]() ![]() In search of the drastic changes that will lend meaning to their lives, they've mired themselves in the detritus of American cultural memory. ![]() Generation X is Douglas Coupland's acclaimed salute to the generation born in the late 1950s and 1960s-a generation known vaguely up to then as "twentysomething."Īndy, Claire, and Dag, each in their twenties, have quit "pointless jobs done grudgingly to little applause" in their respective hometowns and cut themselves adrift on the California desert. ![]() |