Our brains aren’t designed to remember every name we hear, plan we make, or day we experience. Why? Because while memory is amazing, it is far from perfect. In reality, for the vast majority of us, these examples of forgetting are completely normal. You might even be worried that these lapses in memory could be an early sign of Alzheimer’s or dementia. Have you ever felt a crushing wave of panic when you can’t for the life of you remember the name of that actor in the movie you saw last week, or you walk into a room only to forget why you went there in the first place? If you’re over forty, you’re probably not laughing. A fascinating exploration of the intricacies of how we remember, why we forget, and what we can do to protect our memories, from the Harvard-trained neuroscientist and bestselling author of Still Alice.
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This is writing at its finest, resulting in a good story that is well told.”-New York Review of Books* There is a beautiful flow to the narrative, and the plot is expertly crafted. “Sugar Land is a well written book and its writing style reminds one at times of Doris Lessing. “The love child of Fannie Flagg and Rita Mae Brown, Stoner is sure to win her own devoted following with this ravishing debut.” –STARRED Kirkus Review SUGAR LAND, a Southern-fried novel, is getting RAVE reviews (see just a few below)-please check out her site to find out more about the little-known true story of the musician Lead Belly who became the inspiration for this incredibly poignant work. Tammy Lynne discusses her debut novel, SUGAR LAND and will discuss race and class, sexuality & identity, with her signature wit and style. LISTEN to today's show with Tammy Lynne Stoner! Covey emphasizes the value of empathy, listening, and collaboration in building trust and creating win-win situations that benefit all parties involved. Covey argues that we have the power to choose our own responses to the challenges and opportunities we face in life, and that by taking ownership of our choices and actions, we can create positive change in ourselves and in the world around us.Īnother important theme of the book is the importance of building strong relationships with others. One of the key strengths of “The 7 Habits” is its emphasis on personal responsibility and accountability. Each habit is designed to help readers develop a different aspect of their character and behavior, from taking initiative to prioritizing their time to building strong relationships with others. The book is based on the premise that success is not just about achieving specific goals, but about developing a mindset and a set of habits that lead to long-term fulfillment and happiness.Ĭovey’s seven habits are as follows: Be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think win-win, seek first to understand, then to be understood, synergize, and sharpen the saw. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen Covey is a classic self-help book that has helped millions of people around the world achieve personal and professional success. Proposed by economist Thomas Robert Malthus in 1798, a Malthusian catastrophe is what would happen if the world’s population increased too fast for food production to keep up, and there wasn’t enough food to support the people on Earth. While it’s worth noting that the novel’s protagonist, Luke, never figures out the truth about exactly why his government instituted a two-child policy, his friend Jen shares that they instituted the policy to avoid what’s known as a Malthusian catastrophe. Known as heihaizi or “black children,” those children can’t access public services and don’t legally exist. While some parents of illegal second children placed their children for adoption, had their children taken from them, or paid the government’s fines, others simply didn’t register to get their children government ID documents. The government also forcibly sterilized people, mostly women, and mandated contraceptive use once couples had the maximum number of children allowed. The policy was enforced sporadically, though, and some people were able to apply for exceptions to have a second child. While the policy was in place from 1980 to 2015, the Chinese government levied huge fines on families who had more than one child. China’s one-child policy is perhaps the best-known attempt to curb population growth in the name of improving a country’s economy, and it inspired Haddix to write Among the Hidden. Montgomery's mother was a native of Kentucky and her father was a native of New York. Montgomery was born on April 15, 1933, in Los Angeles, California, to Broadway actress Elizabeth Daniel Bryan Allen and film star Robert Montgomery. Throughout her career, Montgomery was involved in various forms of political activism and charitable work. Both roles earned her additional Emmy Award nominations. After Bewitched ended its run in 1972, Montgomery continued her career with roles in numerous television films, including A Case of Rape (1974), as Ellen Harrod, and The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975), as Lizzie Borden. Her work on the series earned her five Primetime Emmy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Award nominations. In the 1960s, she was celebrated for her role as Samantha Stephens on the ABC sitcom Bewitched. The daughter of actor, director and producer Robert Montgomery, she began her career in the 1950s with a role on her father's television series Robert Montgomery Presents, and she won a Theater World Award for her 1956 Broadway debut in the production Late Love. She portrayed the good witch Samantha Stephens on the popular television series Bewitched. Elizabeth Victoria Montgomery (Ap– May 18, 1995) was an American actress whose career spanned five decades in film, stage, and television. As we are liberated from our own fear our presence automatically liberates others." Keep your lights on! In his inauguration speech, Nelson Mandela said it best: "Our worst fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. Therefore, do not believe in the smallness of things, believe in the light within. Some say it's myth, others call it legend - but I have seen these people moving in mysterious ways. Not so, because there are so many young warriors out there whose names we have yet to learn, and so many old guardians still keeping the lantern lit. one could easily buy into "the illusion" that all is lost. On the surface it may appear that the battle is a hopeless cause, and that there are no young, strong replacements. These elders teach, impart quiet wisdom, and ready another generation to take the baton as they pass it. All of us know the elders who have that unshakable belief that there's a spiritual plane, and without those individuals holding the line, who knows what shape this world would be in? And yet while predators come in all forms, and have besieged our communities on many levels, there still seems to be a force that keeps a total eclipse of the light at bay. This book is dedicated to those people who believe in things unseen and have walked by faith for so long that it's second nature. I could do without my warhorse I could drag about in a skirt I could let the banners and the trumpets and the knights and soldiers pass me and leave me behind as they leave the other women, if only I could still hear the wind in the trees, the larks in the sunshine, the young lambs crying through the healthy frost, and the blessed church bells that send my angel voices floating to me on the wind. But to shut me from the light of the sky and the sight of the fields and flowers to chain my feet so that I can never again ride with the soldiers nor climb the hills to make me breathe foul damp darkness and keep from me everything that brings me back to the love of god when your wickedness and foolishness tempt me to hate Him:all this is worse than the furnace in the bible that was heated seven times. Bread has no sorrow for me, and water no affliction. It is not the bread and water I fear: I can live on bread:when have I asked for more? It is no hardship to drink water if the water be clean. You think that life is nothing but not being stone dead. You promised me my life but you lied (indignant exclamations). Yes:they told me you were fools (the word gives great offence), and that I was not to listen to your fine words nor trust your charity. (She rushes to the table snatches up the paper and tears it into fragments) Light your fire:do you think I dread it as much as the life of a rat in a hole? My voices were right. JOAN: (rising in consternation and terrible anger) Perpetual imprisonment! Am I not then to be set free? Give me that writing. |