Delightfully thought-provoking, this novel-in-verse approached some difficult topics through an engaging and unique multimedia format. There were so many weird instances, I’m not gonna even try to discuss them all here. Although, again, there were meaningful ideas buried under all the unnecessary, weird stuff. Teddy Youngblood is admitted into intensive care after a football accident...or was it an accident?

English–Arabic English–Bengali English–Catalan English–Czech English–Danish English–Hindi English–Korean English–Malay English–Marathi English–Russian English–Tamil English–Telugu English–Thai English–Turkish English–Ukrainian English–Vietnamese This book is the true story of a game-changing relationship that changed not only Franklin and Celeste’s lives, but the face of the modern polyamory movement. Ist man einmal in der Geschichte drinnen, ist diese durchaus fesselnd, sie übt einen gewissen Sog auf den Leser aus, da man unbedingt wissen will, wie es ausgeht. Die Geschichte regt einen zweifellos zum Nachdenken an. Können Kleinigkeiten die Welt verändern? Sind wir wirklich alle so tolerant, wie wir uns einschätzen oder sollten wir uns manchmal selbst an der Nase nehmen? Vermutlich wollte der Autor erreichen, dass sich seine Leser mit ihrer eigenen Weltanschauung auseinandersetzen. Das ist ihm meiner Meinung nach im Prinzip auch ganz gut gelungen. Es werden viele wichtige Themen angesprochen. Welche das sind, müsst ihr selbst lesen. Ich möchte niemanden spoilern. Throughout his book he admired Imran Khan and legendary Wasim Akram (to whom he regard as his MENTOR).I am proud to be part of this happening life as the daughter and her family’s contribution to the movie makers’ efforts Damon, Anjeanette; Demirjian, Karoun (November 2, 2010). "Sen. Harry Reid wins fifth term against anti-incumbent fervor". Las Vegas Sun . Retrieved March 11, 2012. He is truly a great captain , because he admitted his mistakes whenever he had done it and tried to rectify it . The explosive book has everything in it, be it disagreements, relations with players and administration, things related and unconnected to his career and finally the roles he played in wins for his country.

Then the guy has blamed every little thing on the PCB, and doesn't even owe up for his own antics. He thinks every little wrong thing that he did was PCB's fault and not his. Afridi once actually bit a ball during a match in Australia and admits in the book that it was a stupid thing to do. Told through mixed-media (texts, dialog, newpaper articles, etc), Game Changer is ultimately about the dangers of toxic masculinity. There is a value to reading the story laid out chronologically rather than piecemeal. I get a much deeper sense of how the nature of Veaux's primary relationship shaped interactions with other partners, and how this led to Veaux's opinion that ranking relationships tends to have a corrosive effect. Game Changer is the story of Harold Hamm and his fifty-year journey battling conventional wisdom and, in the process, helping restore America as an energy superpower. How did he do it? With horizontal drilling. What Hamm did was game changing—for his country and the world.All of that said, this is still an important part of poly history and culture. Polyamory is not always easy or simple or beautiful or free of jealousy or bitterness for everyone. For a lot of people it will take them years to express their polyamory in healthy and fulfilling ways. This memoir is a wonderful reminder for me that these tragic and painful experiences do exist in the larger poly community. And if someone can read about it and have it be a game changer in their life then it's done it's job. Though he not ever played under or was ever coached by Imran Khan, he was all praise for the man. He called him a true leader and smooth named him in the ‘many’ of his best XI sides as a skipper. No wonder, if one day ‘Lala’ ends up joining his party of forming one for himself.

Erstmal weiß Ash gar nicht, was da genau passiert ist. Erst als er kleine Veränderungen feststellt, die einfach nicht sein können, zweifelt er erst an sich selbst und seiner Wahrnehmung, bis er schließlich erkennt, dass er in derselben aber völligen anderen Version unserer Welt gelandet ist. They can do whatever they want,” Amber said, “except love you the way they want to. Isn’t that what’s most important?”

Harold Hamm has been featured on:

Game Changer - Es gibt unendlich viele Möglichkeiten, alles falsch zu machen" ist mein erstes Buch von Neal Shusterman. But the thing is – though we were told he was ignorant, we never actually got to see it properly. I wish Shusterman showed us at least one example of what exactly Ash was ignorant about and how he should have done it differently in his original world, apart from being more aware. There was not one specific thing that he could have done better in his original universe, that he got to learn about while traveling through all these other AUs. I didn’t think that part was covered well at all. The book begins with a hospital report detailing the injury and comatose status of Edward "Teddy" Youngblood, age 13. From there we start to hear Teddy's inner thoughts, in a sort jumbled nonsensical format. Through his family members' dialogue, we learn that Teddy sustained a traumatic brain injury and collapsed on the football field after the "Rookie Rumble" scrimmage. At first, no one really knows what caused him to collapse. However, throughout the book, we slowly learn his injury is more than just a "typical" football injury. The truth unravels in a multimedia format, through text messages, online forum posts, transcripts from school therapists and dialogue of who talks to Teddy in the hospital. This book unravels some of the deep truths of the rising news stories on head injuries in young football players, as well as hazing rituals in team sports. Harold Hamm’s contribution to society is arguably one of the most significant of our lifetimes. One would be hard pressed to find someone who has had a greater impact on mankind’s quality of life anywhere else in the world. Through tenacity, perseverance, passion, hard work, and raw talent, Harold envisioned and commercialized horizontal drilling in previously inaccessible tight oil reservoirs. Experts educated in petroleum engineering and energy executives like me were taught that what he was trying to accomplish was impossible. Fortunately, Harold didn’t read those books. Der Schluss ... ich weiß nicht so wirklich, was er mir sagen soll. Irgendwas dringt da schon zu mir durch, aber ich kann es nicht greifen. Wie vieles, was hier passiert, das find ich wirklich etwas schade.

Neal Shusterman takes on many important topics, and through Ash, he covers these as he moves into each alternate universe. He faces a world where segregation is normal. A world where his sexual orientation changes, and even a world where he wakes up one day as a woman. Alongside these changes, there are other changes as well, like drug dealing, trying to help a person that might be in an abusive relationship, even eliminating people along the way with no consequences. None of the characters were particularly interesting. The main character thought he could fix every problem the other characters had, and he became so philosophical during the story, 17 year-olds don't think that way. The other characters were straigth-up tropes. As a screen and TV writer, Neal has written for the "Goosebumps" and “Animorphs” TV series, and wrote the Disney Channel Original Movie “Pixel Perfect”. Currently Neal is adapting his novel Everlost as a feature film for Universal Studios. Apple unveils the new MacBook Pro featuring the M3 family of chips, making the world’s best pro laptop even better

Initial Thoughts

Woah. I absolutely need this book for my classroom. And engaging story with an interesting narrative style. A book for everyone but specifically reluctant and struggling readers that'll make those students say "I can read this!!" And "Look at all that white space!" It's VERY easy to read but feels like a book for teens which is SUCH an important trait. The teen issues are talked about with sophistication and complexity, but the actual reading isn't difficult. Oh! Also good for older ELLs!! Of Scorpion Shards, Publisher's Weekly wrote: "Shusterman takes an outlandish comic-book concept, and, through the sheer audacity and breadth of his imagination makes it stunningly believable. A spellbinder." The book ends with Obama being elected President of the United States and reporting on how he offered Clinton the job of United States Secretary of State in his administration. After initially turning Obama down in part out of fear that Bill Clinton would become a distraction for them both, she accepts the job after a late night phone conversation with Obama, who convinces her that she would be the best person for the position. A day doesn’t go by without energy in the headlines. From banning gas stoves to prices at the pump to threats to the world’s energy supplies, energy is front and center. Though it's very well-written and Franklin Veaux is a fantastic and quirky individual, I didn't gain much of anything from reading this book. I felt it was a bit of a let down. The game changing relationship only featured for a moment and it didn't strike me as particularly life-changing. Perhaps this is because I'm one of those natural game changers so it's harder for me to understand how others take years to figure these lessons out.