” His students—if they were any mark of his tutelage—were imposing enough, and different as they were they shared a certain coolness, a cruel, mannered charm which was not modern in the least but had a strange cold breath of the ancient world: they were magnificent creatures, such eyes...
Oftentimes, I make students do a five-block radius of where they live and pretend I'm from outer space, and I don't know what Astoria is or I don't know, and so you need to show me what makes that part of your world interesting. Guy Kawasaki: Great. Karen Mullarkey: Who are ...
the really great, sweet teacher who I write about in the book who basically covered for me when I was supposed to be in her classroom as a teacher's aide helping with the kindergarten students when she knew that I was actually not going to be there. I was going to be at my third ...
Judges Horton and Kennedy do an excellent job of pointing out cross-references to other chapters throughout the book. This allows the reader to pick and choose which topic is most relevant to that person. Those who want to read the book cover to cover will not be disappointed. The appendice...
The whole story of which the narrative alternates between present day Libby and the fateful day on which her family was murdered, hinges on the muddled details of the murder, as well as the whereabouts of everyone who figured in the case. As Libby starts examining the massacre from an adult...
’s only congressional representative. The investigation shows that she had been sexually abused and it appears that the fall was not an accident. It soon becomes clear that the murdered woman was a high-end prostitute working for an exclusive escort service name Discretion. This agency caters ...
But that was the issue that I didn't realize that we have all these laws about students faces not being able to be shown if they're under a certain age, and it was a freshman class in a college. Guy Kawasaki: For the listener who's wondering what the hell video are they talking ...
And again, we could talk about James Cameron and not even concern ourselves with what high school or college he went to. Guy Kawasaki: Or his GPA. Neil deGrasse Tyson: Or his GPA. So if I were on the admissions committee, I would admit people who maximized their environment, whatever ...
s dictated by the nursery rhyme. Christie really captures that psyche so evidently in the dialogue that becomes more and more sparse and less coherent. Would the consciousness of one’s guilt, the state of nervous tension consequent on having just murdered someone, be sufficient, together with ...
I always re-read my favorites—The Great Gatsby,The Master and Margarita,East of Eden, andThe Remains of the Day, to name a few. I’m appalled by readers and book bloggers who think re-reading is a waste of time because there is “so many books but so little time.” Let’s face...