![]() ![]() Ciphers’ daily lives are precisely organized around a carefully controlled scheduled called the Table of Hours. The government rips them of their individuality, forcing them to wear identical uniforms (“unifs”) and harshly condemning all acts of personal expression. Ciphers live in transparent, glass houses. The One State is cut off from the wild, free world by a massive barrier called the Green Wall. ![]() As such, citizens (called “ciphers”) live under the oppressive, hyper-watchful eye of government-appointed police offers called Guardians. The Benefactor believes that the freedom of individuals is secondary to the welfare of the State. ![]() D-503 writes his records to be read by the conquered alien civilizations so that they might have a better understanding of the values and history of their new authoritarian overlords.Ī God-like, cruel dictator known as the Benefactor rules over the One State. D-503 works as a mathematician and engineer, and is the lead designer of the Integral, a rocket ship the One State will use to travel to alien planets to spread the doctrine of complete subservience to the government and an absolute reliance on logic, mathematics, and rationality to govern public life. The action takes place in the distant future in the One State, a civilization ruled over by an authoritarian government. We unfolds over the course of 40 “Records” written by the novella’s narrator, D-503. ![]()
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The Million Dollar Baby and Crash screenwriter “has devoted his time, skill and money to worthy causes without fanfare for decades,” Remini and Rinder wrote, calling attention to his championing of women, LGBTQ and human rights. ![]() Remini and Rinder opened their letter by acknowledging that in the current climate, “there is plenty of reason to worry about defending anyone accused of sexual assault.” They then added, “But the fear of consequences for speaking our truth has not held us back in the past and isn’t about to start now.”Ĭiting their work with sexual assault victims on and off the show, the pair stated, “We have avoided trial by media.” ![]() ![]() Destitute after decades of striving and stunned by the racist presidential candidate upending America's ideals, the couple feels bewildered by the future facing them. They hope the house they have inherited in Vineland will help rebuild their finances, but%E2%80%94riddled with structural problems too costly to repair%E2%80%94it slowly collapses around them. They find themselves responsible for Iano's ailing father and their single son's new baby. In the first storyline, set in the present, the magazine Willa Knox edited and the college at which her husband, Iano Tavoularis, taught both fold at the same time. ![]() ![]() Its two intertwined narratives are set in Vineland, a real New Jersey town built as a utopian community in the 1860s. Kingsolver's meticulously observed, elegantly structured novel unites social commentary with gripping storytelling. ![]() ![]() ![]() Going on staff at Marvel as editor Bob Budiansky’s assistant on special projects, McDuffie helped develop the company’s first superhero trading cards. Posthumously, comedian Keegan-Michael Key discovered he was biologically half-brother to Dwayne McDuffie, by their father. While McDuffie was working as a copy editor at the business magazine Investment Dealers’ Digest, a friend got him an interview for an assistant editor position at Marvel Comics. He then moved to New York to attend film school at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Graduating with a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Michigan in 1983, then earning a master’s degree in physics. Early life and careerĭwayne Glenn McDuffie was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Leroy McDuffie and Edna McDuffie Gardner. McDuffie earned three Eisner Award nominations for his work in comics. ![]() ![]() ![]() Dwayne Glenn McDuffie (February 20, 1962 – February 21, 2011) was an American writer of comic books and television, known for creating the animated television series Static Shock, writing and producing the animated series Justice League Unlimited and Ben 10, and co-founding the pioneering minority-owned-and-operated comic-book company Milestone Media. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her books have been translated into over forty languages worldwide. Her many prizes and awards include the Premi Internacional Catalunya in 2003, the Council of Europe North–South Prize in 2004, the Women of the Year Award (UK) in 2011, the Sean MacBride Peace Prize (Ireland) in 2012, and the French National Order of Merit in 2013. She holds honorary doctorates from, among others, the universities of York, Illinois at Chicago, St Andrews and Tromso as well as Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Library JournalNawal El Saadawi is an internationally renowned writer, novelist and fighter for women’s rights both within Egypt and abroad. San Francisco Chronicle'Her honesty, strength, courage, and accomplishments are admirable and inspiring' Washington Post Book World'El Saadawi's poetic prose and searing details keep the pages alive with stories of triumph, dissent, death and disappointment' ![]() Rebecca Walker'A moving repudiation of those who have made Egypt's history in the last century' Without her brave work an entire country would not be fully known.' We come away from this book as we do from all her others, amazed at her cool courage, profound insight, and deep passion. ![]() With words, Saadawi peels away the artifice to reveal the beating heart beneath the surface. Margaret Atwood, BBC Imagine'This is what great art does. At a time when nobody else was talking, she spoke the unspeakable.' 'I think her life has been one long death threat. ![]() ![]() ![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Then one call, from one very special caller, changes everything.Ĭhetan Bhagat’s delicious romantic comedy takes us inside the world of the international call center, where cultural cross-wires come together with perfect pathos, hilarity, and spice. Tonight is Thanksgiving in America: Appliances are going haywire, and the phones are ringing off their hooks. They all try to make it through their shifts–and maintain their sanity–under the eagle eye of a boss whose ego rivals his incompetence. And Military Uncle (nobody knows his real name) sits alone working the online chat. Traditional Radhika has just found out that her husband is sleeping with his secretary. Lost, dissatisfied Vroom has high ideals, but compromises them by talking on the phone to idiots each night. Esha longs to be a model but discovers it’s a horizontal romp to the runway. Priyanka’s domineering mother has arranged for her daughter’s upscale marriage to an Indian man in Seattle. ![]() Shyam (Sam to his callers) has lost his self-confidence after being dumped by the girl who just so happens to be sitting next to him. ![]() Yet behind the headsets, everybody’s heart is on the line. Skilled in patience–and accent management–they help American consumers keep their lives running. Six friends work nights at a call center in India, providing technical support for a major U.S. ![]() Press 3 if your life has totally crashed. ![]() ![]() ![]() On his flights he is credited for destroying 519 tanks, 70 amphibious warfare ships, more than 800 motorized vehicles, Battleship Marat, a cruiser, a destroyer, four armored trains, bridges, and over 150 artillery locations. His flying career turned out to be exceptional. During the war, He flew 2,530 ground-attack missions exclusively on the Eastern Front. After graduating with Abitur in 1936, he participated in the compulsory Reich Labour Service (RAD).įollowing the labor service, Rudel joined the Luftwaffe in the same year, 1936, and began his military career as an air reconnaissance pilot. ![]() Rudel was born as a son of a priest in Konradswaldau, Prussia, Germany (modern day Kondratów in Poland). Post-war, he was a neo-Nazi activist in Latin America and West Germany. Hans-Ulrich Rudel was the most famous Stuka pilot in Luftwaffe, and is considered to be one of the most prominent fighter pilots of WW II, during which he flew a world record number of flights, 2,530. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He has written or co-written over 800 peer-reviewed scientific articles on these topics, including in journals such as JAMA, New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Genetics, Nature Neuroscience, The Lancet, American Journal of Psychiatry, Biological Psychiatry, and JAMA Psychiatry. Stein’s research interests include the epidemiology, neurobiology, and treatment of anxiety and trauma-related disorders especially social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder. ![]() ![]() He subsequently completed a Master of Public Health degree at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, MD. Stein graduated from the University of Manitoba and completed his residency and post-residency fellowship at the University of Toronto and at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. He is also a Staff Psychiatrist at the VA San Diego Healthcare System. Biography Murray B Stein MD, MPH, FRCPC is Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Public Health, and Vice Chair for Clinical Research in Psychiatry at the University of California San Diego (UCSD). ![]() ![]() The plot is a little too full of British and thriller clichés-"last man who said that got a bullet for his troubles"-and some of the slang is a bit self-consciously Irish lower class, but the story has atmosphere and a solid human touch at the core. ![]() The solid black, white and grays of the art give a sense of an unyielding world of people who are hard rather than trustworthy, but some of the characters are difficult to tell apart (in particular, Finnegan's moll, Naimh, looks too much like Lauren). Lauren is full of yuppie cunning, and Poole, the renegade cop out to save her, is the kind of daring rogue who's clueless at the core, as many true rogues are. He's the sort of psychotic who thrives on war peace is too uncertain for him. Liam Finnegan, who betrayed and killed Lauren's father, looks upon her as unfinished business he'd like to deal with personally. Kindle & Comixology 5.99 Read on any device Kindle & Comixology SERIES PREMIERE TRIM SIZE: 8.375' x 10.875' In the 11th Millennium of the rule of the Eternal Empress, a squad of planet-smashing super soldiers find their routine mission to be anything but. ![]() Lauren Mullen, whose father was killed in front of her by IRA soldiers when she was six, shows up to run for office on a platform of peace and Irish prosperity. This noir thriller, part of a series created by novelist Greg Rucka, is set in Armagh, Ireland, and it's all mood and gloom. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() His mental evaluation of Holly, of fat people in general, made my lip curl. He starts out as a dickbag, and I wasn’t convinced that he wasn’t still a dickbag at the end. He was a little afraid to inhale, recalling a fat woman he sat next to some years ago who smelled of hard-boiled eggs and cheese” (Evanovich 7).Īnd that pretty much sets the tone for Logan for the rest of the book. “At least she doesn’t need the seat belt extension, Logan mused. Logan, for his part, has some fairly unkind thoughts about sitting next to Holly: Holly is mortified to realize she has to sit next to drop-dead gorgeous man. Holly is flying first class because she’s significantly overweight and has trouble fitting into coach seats. Logan flies first class because he’s a rich and sought-after personal trainer to professional athletes. Both had booked first class seats and both were bumped to coach. The book left me feeling conflicted-it was an enjoyable reading experience, emotional, often funny, but my distaste for the hero left me unsatisfied.īig Girl Panties opens with Holly Brennan and Logan Montgomery meeting on an airplane. I stopped short of actually hating him, but if I met him in real life I’d probably want to punch him for good measure. I had kind of a weird reading experience with Big Girl Panties I enjoyed the book overall, but I didn’t like the hero. Publication Info: HarperCollins July 2013 ![]() |