5/23/2023 0 Comments Fox in a box dr seuss![]() Geom_text(aes(label = n), hjust = 1, colour = "white", fontface = "bold", size = 3.5) Labs(x = "Word \n", y = "\n Count ", title = "The 25 Most Common Words In \n Fox In Socks \n") Here is the code and output for the top twenty five words in Fox In Socks (after filtering out the stopwords). The word counts results can be displayed as a horizontal bar graph with the use of ggplot2 graphics in R. Head(foxSocks_wordcounts, n = 15) # A tibble: 15 x 2 # Stop words include me, you, for, myself, he, sheĪnti_join(stop_words) # Joining, by = "word"įrom foxSocks_words, word counts can be obtained with the use of the count() function from R’s dplyr package.įoxSocks_wordcounts % count(word, sort = TRUE) # Remove English stop words from Fox In Socks: An anti join can be used to keep words that are not stop words in Fox In Socks. Head(foxSocks_words, n = 10) # A tibble: 10 x 1Įnglish words such as for, the, and, me, myself carry very little meaning on their own. Unnest_tokens(output = word, input = Text) # Remove first three lines that say Fox In Socks by Dr. ![]() ![]() This can be done by selecting only from the fourth line onwards. ![]() The title and dashed lines are not of importance and can be removed in R. Notice that there is the title and a bunch of dashed lines at the top of this text file (website link). There is no need for setting a directory or copying and pasting. Knowing word counts from a book gives an idea of what the book is about and which words are emphasized. With text mining/analysis, it is possible to obtain word counts from books or any piece of text. ![]()
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5/22/2023 0 Comments Corrections ink![]() ![]() ![]() With all the intensity she saved for the ice, she dove into self-destruction. But when her skating partnership ended abruptly, her world shattered. Couple that with Keri’s electrifying writing, and I couldn’t put it down.Īn elite, competitive figure skater growing up, Keri Blakinger poured herself into the sport, even competing at nationals. I first downloaded a digital review copy of Corrections in Ink back in December and between then and getting the physical copy in January, I had forgotten that my initial inspiration for doing so was because Keri was a skater and it’d been awhile since I’d read a journalist’s memoir, my favorite subgroup of memoirs. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Completely beside myself![]() ![]() Order your copy today directly from October Books or buy online through our bookshop store and we’ll get commission on your purchase. It was Rosemary's parents who began all of the trouble - isn't it always? But, dear reader, exactly how they did it is a twist you'll have to discover for yourself. Now at college, Rosemary starts to see she can't go forward without going back to the time when aged five, she was sent away from home to her grandparents and returned to find Fern gone. And it's been ten years since she last saw her beloved older brother Lowell. She had a sister, Fern, her whirlwind other half, who vanished from her life in circumstances she wishes she could forget. Rosemary doesn't talk much, and about certain things she's silent. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler ![]() Wise, provocative and wildly endearing, a fantastically smart and readable novel ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Camera Lucida by Roland Barthes![]() Underlying this approach is the search for the visible. It is to elevate image to the level of a category. To speak of the image is often to speak of an object with a set of specific boundaries. (See pages 120-126 of Cultures of Vision) But, it is my contention and it was also Roland Barthes central concern later in his career, that we don’t read images as we might read words on a page. One of the great difficulties which results is that we tend to approach the interpretation of media images as if they can in a literal sense be read. There are many problems with this conversion of media which use visuals and sound into text. Generally, images are studied as if they are texts. The notes below should be used with additional information from Cultures of Vision Barthes uses many different terms and concepts throughout Camera Lucida ![]() ![]() ![]() The command structure and communication system of NOPD had been destroyed by the storm. ![]() There was no higher command than ourselves. Helen had been worried she would have to give up command of her department to either NOPD or state or federal authorities. Dante couldn't have done better in describing the scene.įor those who do not like to brood upon the possibility of simian ancestry in the human gene pool or who genuinely believe that societal virtue grows from a collective impulse in the human breast, the events of the next few days would offer their sensibilities poor comfort. His tortured and introspective character, police officer Dave Robicheaux, goes into the Big Easy after the hurricane to help the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD). My son-in-law's father walked down the street to his friend Burke's house and asked him to autograph it to me as a Christmas gift.īurke has also written the first truly big American novel that revolves around Hurricane Katrina. One of my most valued possessions is a first edition of Purple Cane Road, one of his Dave Robicheaux novels. James Lee Burke is, in my humble opinion, the best living writer in America. ![]() ![]() The Tin Roof Blowdown, by James Lee Burke ![]() ![]() ![]() Welcome to the Paper & Hearts Society – a space where teenagers can discuss books, graze on chocolate and basically not be afraid to be themselves. The contemporary novel for bookish teenagers which everyone has been waiting for. When Jess starts targeting her new friends, Tabby is left with a choice – own up or keep everything which is going on a secret. Or maybe it’s Henry himself, and the feeling that there’s something real. Maybe it’s the doughnuts, or banter, or the Jane Austen-themed dance parties. Making new friends wasn’t top of Tabby’s agenda, but there’s something about Olivia, Cassie, Henry and Ed which draws Tabby back. Then Tabby sees a poster for a local teenage book club. Not when she’s still sending insults via Instagram and not when the bad memories are replaying in Tabby’s head. ![]() Tabby may have left her hometown, but there’s no escaping Jess. ( The Paper & Hearts Society by Lucy Powrie. I won’t go messing about with Jane Austen.’ And my allegiance lies with the Brontë sisters and only the Brontë sisters. ![]() ‘I’m not dressing up,’ she said, backing away. The two sofas and coffee table had been pushed to one side and laid out in a pile on the floor was a crumpled bonnet, a waistcoat, a long and voluminous dress and a very large top hat.Ĭassie had clocked them at the exact moment Tabby had. Review: The Paper & Hearts Society by Lucy Powrie ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Michael crichton pirates latitude![]() ![]() The stories ?The brazen locked room?, ?Potential?, ?My son the physicist? and ?Eyes do more than see? are actually short stories, and should be in the appropriate folder in stead of in the general Asimov folder. The collection ?Complete stories? in the general Asimov folder (which actually should be called ?The complete stories?) is the same as the collection ?The complete stories? from the ?Short Stories? folder. Once in the general Asimov folder and once in the ?Short Stories? folder. The stories ?Breeds there a man?, ?The feeling of power? and ?All the troubles of the world? are included twice. Once in the ?Short Stories? folder and once in the ?Gold? folder, where it belongs logically. The story ?Hallucination? is included twice. Once with both Asimov and Niven as authors, the second time with only Asimov?s name. The polemic ?On the marching morons is included twice in the general Asimov folder. The story ?The strikebreaker? is actually call just ?Strikebreaker?. ![]() The poem ?Just make then up, see!? is actually called ?I Just make them up, see!?. The story ?Winter fire? is written by Geoffrey A. The story ?Fortune and Misfortune? is written by Lisa Goldstein, not Isaac Asimov. A few small comments on the files about Isaac Asimov: ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Destroy me tahereh mafi paperback![]() ![]() PRAISE FOR THE SHATTER ME SERIES: "Dangerous, sexy, romantic, and intense. ![]() Decisions that might involve choosing between her heartand the life of those she loves. In this heart-racing sequel to the New York Times bestselling Shatter Me, Juliette has to make life-changing decisions between what she wants and what she thinks is right. Or from Warner, who wants Juliette more than she ever thought possible. But Juliette will never be free from her lethal touch. She is free from The Reestablishment, free from their plan to use her as a weapon, and free to love Adam. She has found the headquarters of the rebel resistance - and people like her. Maas, Victoria Aveyard's The Red Queen, Netflix's Stranger Things and Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows. X-Men meets The Handmaid's Tale in the second instalment in an epic and romantic YA fantasy trilogy perfect for fans of Sarah J. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Marisha pessl neverworld![]() ![]() ![]() Amazon Best Book of the Month Apple Best Book of the Month One of Library Journal’s Best Debuts of 2021 One of Kobo’s Best Mysteries & Thrillers of 2021 Told in racing dual timelines, with a dark campus setting and a darker look at friendship, love, obsession, and ambition, In My Dreams I Hold A Knife is an addictive read you won’t be able to put down. ![]() When the six friends are reunited, they will be forced to confront what happened that night-and the years’ worth of secrets each of them would do anything to keep hidden. Someone is determined to trap the real killer, to make the guilty pay. Not everyone left Duquette ten years ago, and not everyone can let Heather’s murder go unsolved. Ten years ago, everything fell apart, including the dreams she worked for her whole life-and her relationship with the one person she wasn’t supposed to love.īut not everyone is ready to move on. Everyone is going to see the girl she wants them to see-confident, beautiful, indifferent-not the girl she was when she left campus, back when Heather’s murder fractured everything, including the tight bond linking the six friends she’d been closest to since freshman year. Ten years after graduation, Jessica Miller has planned her triumphant return to southern, elite Duquette University, down to the envious whispers that are sure to follow in her wake. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments A Marxist Education by Wayne Au![]() ![]() ![]() Like the generations before them, organizers, activists, and educators are once again turning to classic works of socialism to understand and respond to the systematic depravities of imperialism, white supremacy, and settler-colonialism. After a series of setbacks and attacks that seriously degraded its status in both working-class struggles and educational theory, socialism is once again on the rise. Learning with Lenin contributes to the rematerialization of a revolutionary movement in the U.S. To facilitate educators and activists’ engagement with these works, a study and discussion guide accompanies each text. Learning with Lenin brings together, for the first time, Lenin’s classic texts and his speeches and writings on education. Editor(s): Curry Malott, West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Ford, DePauw University Curry Malott, West Chester University of PennsylvaniaĪ volume in the series: Marxist, Socialist, and Communist Studies in Education. Learning with Lenin Selected Works on Education and RevolutionĮdited by: Derek R. ![]() |