![]() With prom and college on the horizon, tensions are running high. So Leah really doesn’t know what to do when her rock-solid friend group starts to fracture in unexpected ways. And even though her mom knows she’s bisexual, she hasn’t mustered the courage to tell her friends-not even her openly gay BFF, Simon. She loves to draw but is too self-conscious to show it. An anomaly in her friend group, she’s the only child of a young, single mom, and her life is decidedly less privileged. When it comes to drumming, Leah Burke is usually on beat-but real life isn’t always so rhythmic. ![]() the Homo Sapiens Agenda-takes center stage in this novel of first love and senior-year angst. Leah Burke-girl-band drummer, master of deadpan, and Simon Spier’s best friend from the award-winning Simon vs. ![]() Leah on the Offbeat (Creekwood #2) by Becky Albertalli ![]()
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![]() ![]() So don’t feel bad if your thoughts go from “Can someone write my paper?” to “Write me a paper asap!” within the first few weeks of the college term. If you try to stay on top of all your responsibilities, you’ll likely burn out or suffer an anxiety attack sooner rather than later. You will soon forget about your plans to discover the party scene, visit your parents every other weekend, or find your soulmate on campus. Not only is it your first attempt at independent life free from parents’ oversight, but it’s also a completely new level of academic requirements and independent study many aren’t ready for.Īnd if you’re an overachiever or a perfectionist, keeping up with all the classes, assignments, extracurriculars, and side gigs will keep you up most nights. After all, college is an eye-opening experience for most students. If you’re suddenly wondering, “Can someone do my paper for me?”, there’s likely a very good reason for that. ![]() ![]() ![]() Except, of course, for the life-changing one, he's stubbornly ignored for the past nine months. What Desta never expected was to catch a glimpse of his future as he reconnects with the beautiful country and his family's past.Įlias Fikru has never met an opportunity he hasn't seized. When an unavoidable work obligation lands him there for twelve weeks, he may finally have a chance for the closure he so desperately needs. For Desta, the East African capital encompasses some of the happiest and saddest parts of his life-his first home and the place where his father died. ![]() The place that held his past would give him his future.Īs his twenty-sixth birthday approaches, Desta Joy Walker finds himself in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the one place he's been actively avoiding most of his life. ![]() St Joseph's University (Brooklyn Voices Series)Ī 2021 Lambda Literary Award Finalist for Gay Romance. ![]() ![]() Kenneth Branagh’s second stab at the Christie canon, “ Death on the Nile,” is out this week. But nearly a century on from detective stories’ “Golden Age,” a big-budget, big-screen adaptation needs to add meaningful value to keep from flogging a dead body. its Acorn streaming platform is a haven for Christie-inspired content. Today, AMC owns a majority stake in Agatha Christie Ltd. ![]() The British author’s polished puzzles made her the world’s bestselling novelist, and adaptations of her work mirror the evolution of popular media: theater, radio, silent film, international TV, video games. ![]() This month: Kenneth Branagh’s latest stab at the Agatha Christie universe, “Death on the Nile.”Ī Bollywood thriller with dancing suspects, a giallo with huge-haired corpses in deep freeze, a porno with booby-trapped sex toys: Adaptations of Agatha Christie have gone just about everywhere. Roughly every month, Bonnie Johnson will be taking a critical look at the latest screen adaptations of books - from beloved classics to novels you’d otherwise never have known. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Liu, 1962 On the empty mountains no one can be seen, Chen & Michael Bullock, 1960 On the lone mountainĦ James J.Y. No glimpse of man in this lonely mountain,ĥ C.J. Walmsley, 1958 Through the deep woods, the slanting sunlightĬasts motley patterns on the jade-green mosses. The slanting sun at evening penetrates the deep woodsĪnd shines reflected on the blue lichens.Ĥ Chang Yin-nan & Lewis C. The rays of the sunset pierce slanting the forest,Īnd in their reflection green mosses appear.Ģ Witter Bynner & Kiang Kang-hu, 1929 There seems to be no one on the empty mountain.ģ Soame Jenyns, 1944 An empty hill, and no one in sight Fletcher, 1919 So Lone seem the hills there is no one in sight there. Maybe you can tell us what you have got from this poem after reading all 13 translations?ġ W.J.B. We all know it is hard to translate poems but why not give it a try? We collected some of the English translations for you to better understand the in-depth meaning of this poem. Lu Zhai is one of his most known poems and also most translated into English and other languages. Many of his poems are preserved, and twenty-nine were included in the highly influential 18th-century anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems. ![]() He was one of the most famous men of arts and letters of his time. Wang Wei ( Chinese: 王維 699–759) was a Chinese poet, musician, painter, and politician during the Tang dynasty. Thirteen Translations of Lu Zhai, a poem by Wang Wei ![]() ![]() ![]() Superb high-gloss finish.Ĭolourtrend Weather Exterior Masonry Paint is a pure acrylic, premium quality paint that has been specially formulated to meet the demands of Irish weather, both good and bad, to give your home’s exterior longevity. Exceptionally hard wearing and easy to clean. Water based alkyd for wood and metal, with virtually no odour. ![]() A lower sheen finish than gloss.įor interior & exterior use. 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All of our colours are available in every finish ![]() ![]() “Most of the time when the ball beats you, you’re going to get called out whether his feet got in there or he’s tagged or whatever. More books from this illustrator: Jack E. “The only thing with that is the ball beat him there,” said Gaston. Davis LIST PRICE 16.99 PRICE MAY VARY BY RETAILER Get a FREE ebook by joining our mailing list today Plus, receive recommendations and exclusive offers on all of your favorite books and authors from Simon & Schuster. Gaston had already crossed swords with Carlson earlier in the night when the umpire ruled New York’s Brett Gardner slid under Buck’s tag. But there are a lot of them that could be changed.” “Baseball has a lot of crazy rules there which need to be changed but no one wants to change them because it’s all about tradition or whatever. In addition to questioning Carlson’s call, Gaston called the whole rule into question. ![]() “I don’t think he was any farther out then when Granderson was running out, it wasn’t any difference for me,” Gaston said after the game. Activate your Online Access Now Article contentīaseball’s rules dictate runners should be in a three-foot wide running lane outside the baseline, which Gaston did not think Granderson was when he reached second previously on a dropped third strike that preceded a throwing error by Toronto catcher John Buck. ![]() If you are a Home delivery print subscriber, unlimited online access is included in your subscription. ![]() ![]() The goal, the gem, the one kind of book all children’s librarians seek but know are so difficult to find. More elusive than good picture books for older readers. The rare dual review! I hardly ever do them, but today is special. Review of the Day: Anna Hibiscus by Atinuke and Hooray for Anna Hibiscus! by Atinuke I agree with this absolutely glowing review from school library journal, which is worth a read in addition to common sense media’s review here: … I found better less expensive copies directly from the publisher compared to amazon for some reason: The books only get better really as they go along. But most of all, Anna is a determined, adventurous, respectful, caring, delightful little girl! ![]() Great cross cultural education for an American family, and it doesn’t skirt difficult matters of poverty either. ![]() We’ve almost read them twice through now. The whole series is our favorite books for the last six months. ![]() ![]() With Simon, one senses constantly that the best days are already behind him. Simon, once a medical student, is a financially inept man whose blunders plunge the Dedalus family deeper and deeper into poverty. He finally comes to realize that Ireland is a trap for him, and that he must escape the bonds of family, religion, and country if he is to be able to create. ![]() Although he keeps the core traits of imaginativeness and sensitivity throughout his life, Stephen evolves from a shy, almost awkward boy to a brave and brilliant young man. Stephen is an extremely dynamic character. Because of his intellectual gifts and his position as the oldest child, the family scrapes together enough money to pay for his education. He is the oldest son of Simon and Mary Dedalus, Irish Catholics with ten other children. ![]() He is extremely sensitive and imaginative, and we watch as he develops into a fiercely independent young man. ![]() Stephen is the hero of Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and all events of the book are filtered through his consciousness. ![]() ![]() ![]() Under the same pseudonym, he had also edited his own Wikipedia page, lavishly flattering his profile to, as he puts it, “big myself up”. Using a false identity, Hari had maliciously amended the Wikipedia pages of journalists he disliked – among them the Telegraph columnist Cristina Odone and the Observer’s Nick Cohen – accusing them of antisemitism, homophobia and other toxic falsehoods. ![]() ![]() Worse, he was exposed as a “sockpuppet”, or someone who anonymously furthers his own interests online. The author used to be the Independent’s star columnist, a prolific polemicist and darling of the left, until his career imploded in disgrace when it emerged in 2011 that many of his articles contained quotes apparently said to him but in fact lifted from his interviewees’ books, or from previous interviews by other journalists. The first was whether anyone would trust a word he wrote. When I heard that Johann Hari had written a book about the war on drugs, two immediate concerns sprang to mind. ![]() |