Climate Change Petition #ActOnClimate

Dear class,
During my speech class we are doing a persuasive speech  and my topic is Trump legislation on climate change. While I was researching, I found a great petition on against Trump ideas of not taking action in climate change. I want us to be part of this petition and taking action because we all know that without not doing anything, our earth will be worse than before.  We need Trump to believe in climate change!!!

Here is the petition. I will appreciate it if you sign up. It need more supporters.

https://www.change.org/p/tell-trump-to-actonclimate

My thoughts on climate change

To me climate change is a very serious issue and I think it should be addressed and taken very serious by our government. Even tho climate change will have a bigger impact in the future, it is starting to occur right now, so it's a serious issue because it's effecting our world today and I think people should start to notice it and take action and stop talking about it, like the video we watched in class. People should stop arguing who's right and what's facts because it's not going to change the fact that it is happening and people like trump who keep ignoring it and putting it to the side are the people who are causing it and who are effected if we do take action because of the company's he owns.

Projected Climate Impact

An interesting thing that I learned in the chapter 3 about Climate Change is that a study in 2015 have discovered that global sea level rise has been on continuous acceleration since the 1990s only getting faster and faster as we go ahead further in the years. Without proceeding into any actions made by humans for example the reduction of green house gasses, causing an increase in sea level rise over coastal areas later affecting the coastal population.

chapter three

In chapter three I learn about that the Antarctic and the crucial thing that the ocean is facing right now; as a result of the global warming  the ice Sheet in the Antarctic is unstable and is melting faster that the researchers expect, the carbon dioxide is causing extreme changes in the world as we can see everyday are more catastrophes in the world another thing that I learn in this chapter is that climate change is making the storms more destructive because the water vapor in the atmosphere is increasing more.the more that scares me is that people is not taking this serious.

Something that I learned about Climate Change

One thing that I learned about climate change is that its different from weather. Climate change is more of something that we would expect to happen over the centuries. Its also something that we can predict will happen as years past, based on what's already happened in recent years and the years before.

Chapter 3

In chapter 3 I have learned much more extreme weather happened this century. This chapter discuss severe impacts in the coming decades if the world stays near our current greenhouse gas emissions path. The author talked about what the impacts of sea-level rise will be, I think it is an important thing that we need to know.

Chapter 3

In chapter 3 of Climate Change, Romm talks about many projected climate impacts that we will or may face if climate change continues. He describes and shows the possibilities of climate change and what will or may cause it. What alarms me is what he states seems to be facts and its not only getting better within time but worse. It's really frightening to know nothing is being done about it...

Climate Impact

While reading chapter three I learned that sea level constantly rises about 12 inches every decade. The sea level will be high in the year 2050, rising up to 1 foot, and again in the year 2050 by 4 to 6 feet. This is astonishing news that I would've never learned about. I find this to be extremely important because not many are aware that this is currently happening, and why it is.

Chapter.3

At the beginning of the chapter.3,  I learned that "sea level rise of up to 1 foot by 2050, and 4 to 6 feet by 2100, rising as much as 12 inches or more each decade thereafter." I didn't realize the change until I saw this data. This is a quite big problem because there are a lot of people don't know this change. If humans can't stop the climate change, animals would extinct because of habitat loss. And finally, it would turns to humans. This is just a little part of effect from climate change. Can't imagine what happen in the future.

Projected Climate Change

One thing I learned about climate change in Ch. 3 were the impacts of climate change and how one of them is the upcoming of the Dust Bowl. We had a Dust Bowl in the 1930s and it lead to severe injuries and destruction to numerous areas. The fact that it may occur again is scary and it can harm a lot of people today. Not only that, but it can also cause a loss in food supply and our health supply is at risk at a high state. I knew that climate change will affect the weather as well as people in their health, getting sick, dying, etc. But I did not really take it that far as to it limiting our basic needs and barely having the things we need to keep us alive everyday. It worries me that the continuation of climate change can lead to a drastic decrease in the human population and it can seriously kill many people. This can happen to any of us from not having a lot of food to little health supply/service to making us sick. We need to stop climate change from continuing and put it to an end so that we all can be safe.

in chapter three I have learned that the carbon dioxide affects the atmosphere and the water as well.   when carbon dioxide and seawater  are combined produce carbonic   acid .  This reaction affects the sea life because the places in the ocean are becoming under-saturated decline of calcification, and reducing  marine biodiversity.

                One thing that I learned in Chapter 3 about Climate Change is that the most anticipated thought of Climate Change is the potential of global warming, and how warm it will be in the future. Joseph Romm analyzes that this by giving readers 4 factors of what could potentially cause a rise in global warming, whilst also basing those factors off of the things that humans do to cause them to happen. Since Climate Change is such a hot topic, I think that our government will also take the necessary precautions to ensure that their projected Climate Impacts will not come true.

projected climate impacts response

One of several things that i learned about climate change in chapter 3 was that the climate will continue to keep changing erratically,and effect many aspects of our life and nature. One thing that alarms me is that even after all the changes in the climate happening right now , there is still not enough support from our government to alter whats occurring,and what is going to occur in the future.

projected climate impacts response

One thing that I have learned about climate change is that if unchecked that it can cause many devastating things that will harm our ecosystem and change the way we live forever. A slight climate change wont show immediate effects but over time and giving the right amount would be devastating to the earth and it's inhabitants. One thing that alarms me is that climate change will basically make entire species go extinct, in land and underwater. and that it would make humans find different way's to survive.

what frightens me the most ...

What worries me the most how climate change will cause more dangerous storms like sandy. During the hurricane Sandy , many people died and lost their home. For that mean, if ocean levels rise then there will be worse hurricanes.

Maps and Graphs

Do you find the maps and graphs in Romm helpful? Why or why not? If not, what could make them more so?

Projected Climate Impacts

In Ch. 3, Romm goes through many projected climate impacts that we will/may face if climate change continues unchecked ("business-as-usual"). What is one thing that you learned about climate change in Ch. 3? What is one thing that alarms you?

I found my article on NY times I'd say here is a good site to find one

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/18/opinion/shed-a-tear-for-the-reefs.html

Blizzards

I believe that blizzards are caused by the temperature outside and of the earth. It could also depend on the atmosphere.

The planet is getting warmer but that doesn't means that we can not have blizzards. Clime change or Global Warming can cause any kind of storms, in this case blizzards. Heat waves rise the sea level and this cause a lot of water vapor in the atmosphere. Vapor cause a lot precipitation and during winter time, temperatures are pretty cold and this is how blizzards are form. 

blizzards!!

Global warming is happening faster than I expected, and is causing so many disasters all over the world. To be honest I don't have so much knowledge about climate change. Since we start reading the book I was in shock because this is so important and can affect us badly.  I found in the book that some of the causes of  the heavy snows storms is the excessive water vapor in the atmosphere (pg 52-53) I feel really bad because I don't have an answer to shared in this blog about blizzards, and it made me realize that i need to inform myself more about climate change. This is an important topic that everybody should know, you never know when can affect you!!!

 The climate change affect the planet in different ways, but  the oceans and the atmosphere are the most affected. It is because water vapor increase temperature  which brings consequences as strong storms and increase the sea level. these have devastating consequences for animals. human and the natural ecosystem.

The planet is getting warmer is caused having extra energy in the atmosphere and that resulted to creating more moist temperature Like temperature are changing in different time, like in summer, the weather gets extra warmer than usually. Then in winter time, it gets very cold than normal temperature.

if the planet is getting warmer, why do we have blizzards?

the reason why we still have blizzards while the planet is getting warmer because as the planet is getting warmer, the amount of water evaporation increases because of the increase in temp. and this leads to more moisture in the air. To make a snowstorm it needs to be cold and a lot of moisture in the air, so because the planet is getting warmer, winters will get shorter but snowstorms will be more severe.

Response

                                                                                                                                                                         If the planet is getting warmer, why do we have blizzards?


       We continue to have blizzards because of the amount of  extra water vapor in the atmosphere, so when a certain area gets cold enough to snow, the snow is carried along with the extra water vapor making these specific snow storms more intense than the usual. Although this occurs, there are a few amount of snow storms that happen every year but the outcome of it remains serious.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

If the planet is getting warmer then why do we have blizzards?

I think that the reason why we have blizzards if the planet is getting warmer is because there is still very cold weather in the winter, cold enough to reach below freezing point. The Earth's seasons cause the axis to tilt as it revolves around the sun and points sunlight to one direction of the earth. During the winter it is tilted away from the sun, and only one part of the earth receives the sunlight.

Even though the earth is getting warmer, we are still having snow storms in some areas. Climate change can make blizzards more intense. When you mix extra moisture with a cold Arctic outbreak, you get huge amounts of energy and moisture, and monster snowfalls.

response

i think the reason that blizzards appear,even when the climate is supposed to be getting warmer is because of the cold air being mixed with the warm air, Also because of the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere.

What scares me?

Climate change brings many different effects. The first things is the weird temperature. For example, in the last weekend, the days were extremely warm but only two days later a severe blizzard came. After the blizzard, the snow was frozen, and my car was stacked in the ice. I spent two hours to try to dig out my car but I can't. My hands were injured and my shovel was broken. This is the most terrible experience in my life.

If the planet is getting warmer. Why do we have Blizzards?

I think the reason for us having these blizzards is because the ice caps are melting. Since there melting theirs not a way for us not to have a blizzard. I feel that since were damaging our own planet no one sees the damage until the damage has already taken place. I say this to explain that we sit here not recycling, smoking, cutting down trees, etc,etc. And no one is seeing the damage being done to the atmosphere, so the weather is showing us that we need to take an effect now. So we can at least slow down the process off or summers becoming hotter then excepted, Making it hit a new record.

If the planet is getting warmer why do we have blizzards?

I believe that although the planet is getting warm, we have blizzards because of the season that we're currently in. I feel like it could also depend on how the weather has been, which links back to the season, it may be snow in the forecast.

If the planet is getting warmer, then we are having blizzards because of the interchangeable meaning of global warming and climate change. Climate change is the change in our atmosphere observed long termed, while global warming is increasing heat caused by the emission of gases in the environment. Both of these terms have same outcomes such as, heatwaves, polar ice melting, droughts, storms, etc.

If the Planet is Getting Warmer, Why Do We Have Blizzards?

The fact that the weather may be getting warmer is probably the cause of the blizzards. The cold air from the winter transforming into warm air is a difficult process. The cold air is not used to the warm air, therefore, all that cold and hot air combined mixes the temperature in the atmosphere making it become a bad weather condition. It probably goes to one side of either hot and cold weather and cause the weather to go to an extreme level because it is not normal and it is having a hard time deciding on weather to be warm or cold since both weathers are mixed together.

If the planet is getting warmer, why do we have blizzards?

For what I read due to climate change winter is going to become shorter but the snow storms are going to become worst because weather warming causes more or less precipitation varies by region, this means that when is cold we would get more moisture in the air and this is going to create bigger snowstorms.

If the planet is getting warmer, why do we have blizzards?

I think the reason for the planet getting warmer but still having blizzards is all due to the cause of climate change and global warming...

If the planet is getting warmer we get blizzards because of the change in the weather. Since we are going from the cold weather to the warm weather the air is changing.  I think that this may be a reason for blizzards to occur.

The reason why we have a random occurrence of blizzards, although the planet can be warm, is because of  chemicals resulting in Climate Change. The direct cause of this are humans contributing to the change in the atmosphere of the Earth through the use of chemicals. I think that chemicals can be a direct result of this, because fossil fuels in the past have caused major heat waves in particular days where it was supposed to be a moderate temperature.

If the climate is getting warmer why do we have blizzards?

I'm not too sure what causes blizzards when it gets warmer. During the winter its supposed to be cold not warm. Maybe as it gets warmer a way for the planet to attempt to keep the temperature that it needs in the specific season it ex. in the winter we get a blizzard to maintain the cold temperature when it gets warm.

If the planet is getting warmer; Why do we have blizzards?

Im not % sure the reason why but I think because it's the winter and that it's what comes with the season. Also it may be that with the earth getting warmer it creates a sort of an imbalance on the earth and thus speratic events and weather conditions occur.

What Scares You?

Climatologist Dr. Kevin Trenberth has said that warmer and moister conditions lead to "unstable air" (69) which can lead to increased tornadoes (Romm writes of a day w/ 316). We've known for years that warming water temperatures lead to more severe hurricanes and longer hurricane seasons. Also, there have been a spate of horrific heatwaves. What frightens you the most about climate change?

Here is the author's "Think Process Blog" and he gave 10 blogs in climate change and some description based on it. I think it can be helpful in this essay.

https://thinkprogress.org/top-ten-climate-change-blogs-7a3dc53ceb80#.cix4pax59

Check this website!!

I found this website is very interesting, you can find videos pictures, news and many more things about global warming and climate Change. It could be very helpful for your essay!!

https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2564/february-2017-was-second-warmest-february-on-record/

Climate Change Chapter 2

A few points that caught my attention in chapter 2 is how climate change affects droughts. Due to the effects of of drying, warming and melting of snow and ice it'll cause areas of the world would experience longer and deeper droughts. Global warming makes wildfires more likely to happen and causes more damage. It as well increases the intensity of rainfall from biggest from biggest storms, this adds to flooding. As well as their is found proof that global warming provides fuel for the biggest storms. These are only some of changes that happen due to Global Warming.

Climate Change

When it comes to "Climate Change" the majority of people around the world would care less and it wouldn't concern to them as a major issue, and it indeed is a serious matter for us humans including all animals, nature, and the Earth itself. With a lot of things happening around the world not many pay no mind to an issue that can gravely impact our society and environment in the next 20 years or less. From reading the preface in the book "Climate Change" by Joseph Romm. He has explained with a numerous amount of information that contains climate change in general and the major effects that cause these certain issues and what can most likely happen with the outcome to these major problems. Hopefully as everyone continues reading this book, everyone can maintain a small but important glimpse of our Earth being in danger.

Climate Change

For chapter1, the book shows us what caused the climate change. The author give us a lot of research conclusions. When I was reading those data, I felt the climate change is really happening and changing our life gradually. I am interested in this book, because is really help me to understand what is happening on earth. And also, the author said climate change is now an existential issue for humanity and everyone's family will be affected by climate change. I think everyone should take seriously, and we have responsibility to protect earth.

climate change and global warming!

Global warming is becoming a serious issue for humanity. Just to mention this winter, which the temperature was above average, is something to worry about. Global warming and climate change is not a topic of my full knowledge; however, it is something that I am concerned about.To be honest I do not talk much about the weather when socially sharing with my loved ones. Other than a “wow, this weather is crazy” or “finally the winter is coming to an end” never crossed my mind. In this essay, I am going to have the opportunity to investigate, research and inform myself about one of the most important problem earth is suffering. As a result of this changes in temperature, I really get worried about the future of the world.

Climate Change

Honestly, I truly believe people need to be awoke when it comes to things happening around us. Things such as "Climate Change" may not be such a big deal to people when in reality its a major deal. In the book Climate Change by Joseph Romm he shows in the preface how climate change has a a very big impact on our lives. Its a big issue for all of hummanity. He's basically going to acknowledge readers all about what they need to know about climate change.

https://climate.nasa.gov/news/
I found this link and I think it is useful, there is some information about the climate in different aspects. I hope it is useful.

Climate Change

In the preface Joseph Romm wants to give us knowledge about climate change. He want us to know why it is important. Also how climate change affects us everyday. It is important to know about climate change because it can change our lives and if that happens we need to be prepared.

Climate Change

In Climate Change Romm show us, why is important to know about Climate Change or Global warming and what are the causes. It is scary because we are the primary cause. Global warming is getting worse, you can see it because climate is always changing. The heat is increasing and it create a big impact in the ocean.

Do the right thing

        It is an attractive film, the directer used a funny way to reflect the racial problems of the reality. I was impressed by the close-up of the actors, everyone vent their anger like the actors spoke directly to the audiences. The beginning of the time I thought the exaggerated expression was very interesting, but later I was identify with the character. Seeing this old movie today, I realized the problem in this movie still exist today. Racial discrimination and police force still happened, especially in New York City which has a variety of races.

   

In Climate Change Romm want us to beware of circumstances of what is going to happen in future. To be honest, us, people don't usually talk about climate changes or global warming. I think is good that we are reading this, so we can gain some knowledge and being aware of this huge issue.

climate change

What is climate change?

http://www.ecy.wa.gov/climatechange/whatis.htm

Global Warming: News, Facts, Causes & Effects

http://www.livescience.com/topics/global-warming

Beginning What Everyone Needs to Know: Climate Change

This may be a challenging book for some of you, so one way to start is to discuss how the book is challenging for you. Other questions that I'm interested in:

• What are amplifying feedbacks and why should we be concerned about them?
• What is "business as usual" and what are the problems w/ this approach?
• 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) is considered the "tipping point" for a point of no return as far as global warming is concerned. Why would just a few degrees make such a difference?
• According to Romm, the debate about whether global warming is real or not is "unproductive" (xix). Why is that?
• Why should we care that ice is melting in Greenland, Antarctica, and the Arctic? What does that have to do w/ us in NYC?
• If global warming exists, why are we having a snow storm tonight? 

You will have to write about your own attitudes about climate change in Assignment #3. Feel free to use the blog to practice articulating those views. One thing to consider: Where do your beliefs about global warming come from? What has helped create them?

Importance Of Family

After finishing the memoir, what Rosie Perez concludes about the importance of family is that even though there was always conflict she was always caring with all of them because she knew they weren't always bad people like her mother or brothers and sisters, just went through rough situations that effected them. Although me and Rosie don't have anything in common with different experiences, it did give me another perspective of what truly means in the importance of family. You only have a family once and maybe it's not the best of what someone may want but you learn to appreciate it through the hardest of moments even though there can be problems in my opinion.

Finishing Up Handbook

I define success as an accomplish, it can be of many things not just receiving rewards or diplomas. It can be from someone's experiences and problems that one had over came. And in a more modest point it's a success from someone's well being as well. Perseverance tags along with success, you have to struggle in order to succeed, people must fail in order to get back up and do better. Rosie showed all these signs but never determined herself as a complete failure she had the help of her family in believing in her and that gave her the strength to keep on going.

Although Perez's beginning started off with so much confusion and pain, in my opinion her faith became her fulfilling her dreams. She was always a nice girl but the people around her would try to abolish that in anyway. Even though she was always mistreated by the nuns and her mother, and her  brothers and sister she still respected all of them and she showed love towards them even though she received hate in return. Most of them back stabbed her for money even robbed her but she was always the bigger person and ignored it although it hurt her. Her pain was returned back with opportunities in success for what she loved doing and she was always appreciative for her blessings. 

My thinking of the theme Perseverance  has changed while reading through the memoir. It gave another perspective in determination. Most of us are always seen in trying to succeed with getting good grades or passing any exam but forget the little things that still count. Rosie showed and explained with detail how every little thing had affected her in so many ways but always came back in pushing all that aside in order to move on and over come those problems.     

Do the Right Thing

I want to apologize for the poor quality of the film screening today. If I had known it would be like that, I would have just shown it in the classroom. In any case, I'd like to hear your views on what we saw in class. Some questions I have:

• What does the film say about relations between the community and police force? The film was made in 1989. How much have things changed? (The choke hold that kills Radio Raheem is similar to the one that killed Eric Gardner in 2014: http://video.nydailynews.com/Staten-Island-man-dies-after-NYPD-cop-puts-him-in-chokehold--26426042)
• After reading Rosie Perez's memoir, how did you react to her performance on screen? Here's the opening credits which were cut in today's screening:

• What does the film say about race relations in NYC, Brooklyn, or anywhere? Are things different 25 years later? 

I really enjoyed reading about Rosie Perez life. After reading her memoir I felt that we shouldn't take life for granted. We should appreciate everything we have, because there are other people who have it much worse than most of us do. Also we can all be successful but only if went want to and put in the hard work because nothing in life coms easy.  

The Fly Girls!

In case you wanted to watch that compilation of Fly Girls dances, here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGB2Vm_Msyk

How did perseverance help Perez weather her experience in the orphanage?

This book is a big example of perseverance it not only means to achieve your dreams it also requires more than that. You need to become strong like Rosie that a early age she had to face many bad things; she work hard and she learn how to be patient even when sister Renata was so strict and cruel. however, Rosie is thankful with her because even that she suffered a lot that made her more strong.

Perez's Perseverance

                        Perseverance helped Perez weather her experience in the orphanage by giving many of the orphans determination to face their problems and fight through any struggles opposing them in their lives. Perseverance is the motive of having determination to do something for the benefit of oneself, or for others. The reason why Perez's perseverance is so significant to the theme of the story, is because it helps gives readers more insight on her empathy for others she wishes to help. I think that Perez chose to do this, because she came to a realization that there were others in orphanges that have faced and are going through similar problems not so much different to her's when she was a child, and she wishes to help them, out of good will.

2. How do you define “success”?

After reading the handbook, I have learned something about perseverance and success. In my opinion, success is different in everyone's eyes. In the book, Rosie Perez finally became a actress. In her eyes, she has succeed. That's why she wrote the book and share her experience to us. As we know, she had a miserable childhood with her mother. How could she succeed?  Perseverance helped her a lot. She never give up and keep forward. Her ambition and effort finally give her back.

How do you define “success”? Referencing Handbook, what relation does perseverance have to success?

Success to me is accomplishing what you want to do, to be or to have. Success continues to occur in the process of getting to where you want to be. Everybody sets a long term goal that they eventually want to get, but in between there's little goals that people would need to succeed in, in order to get closer to their big dream. Success can be big or small, whether if it's related to school, relationships, duties, dreams, etc. There is always something a person can achieve in, even if it's not what they had in mind or does not know that they've achieved it. A person who perseveres is willing to do what it takes to get them to where they want to be. They put their hard work and their all to accomplish what they want and stay on their path to reach their goal. No matter what the obstacles are, a person is able to handle the problems that will come forth and go through their successes when in the process of accomplishing something or being successful. No one will give up in trying to get to where they want to be. That is what Rosie Perez did. Although she has gone through so many difficulties and challenges in her life, that did not stop her from doing what she wanted to do and being successful. It took her some time to achieve her goals and to make her life a whole new change, but she did not give up. She persevered, fought, did, accomplished and became successful in her life. She can truly say that she is a successful person and that she overcame all of her troubles and darkness and found the light to her success.

How has your own thinking on the theme of perseverance changed over the course of reading this memoir?

Before I started reading the memoir perseverance to me was just "dedication" but throughout the book I realized it meant much more than that. It was highly accentuated in Rosie Perez's life. Being committed, Her ability to remain strong despite difficulty was one of the qualities I admired the most about Rosie Perez. I believe perseverance is a great theme for this memoir, and really flows throughout it. 

How did perseverance help Perez weather her experience in the orphanage?
It make her become a stronger person at youngest age, even though she didn't have her family to support her when she need them. Thinking that her mom would love her one day gave her some type of hope to be happy. There is perseverance that she had. She had a lot of perseverance growing up in the orphanage, she thought one day she would leave and live happy with tia again like she used when she was a little girl. And it actually happen like she said in the book " how I survive Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother, and Still came out Smiling (with Great Hair)".

Importance of Family

Also, as we finish the memoir, I would like you to reflect on what Rosie concludes about the importance of family. In addition, how has reading about her experience affected the way you think about your own family?

Free New York Times

All CUNY students are eligible for a free subscription to The New York Times digital edition. Just follow the directions:

https://gclibrary.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/04/09/free-nytimes/

Finishing Up Handbook

 I’d like you to spend some time reflecting this week on the Common Read theme of perseverance in Handbook for an Unpredictable Life. Some questions to consider as we finish the book:

• How did perseverance help Perez weather her experience in the orphanage?
• How do you define “success”? Referencing Handbook, what relation does perseverance have to success?
• In the Catholic Church, perseverance is the belief that God’s grace lasts to the end of a person’s life if she maintains her good works and faith. What is your sense of Perez’s faith? What good works has she done?
• How has your own thinking on the theme of perseverance changed over the course of reading this memoir?

amazing book, five starts!! *****

I was not a big fan of Rosie Perez, but this book made me change my mind. This book touched my heart caught my attention immediately, Rosie is so talented i really admire her. I love how Rosie overcome all the bad things that happened in her life. She never give up and I'm so happy how far you she have come. I have to accept that I cry reading this book because Rosie lived a horrific childhood; it made me feel grateful about the live that i have, and made me appreciate my childhood.  Her story is an inspiration for people  specially people who have faced difficult times in their childhood. this story can help them  understand that no matter how bad their past was; there is always an opportunity to change your life. i hope that she writes more books because from now i am a big fan.