![]() ![]() ![]() Front board with one small scratch along spine Corners sharp if a little worn at the foot. Minor rubbing besides, not affecting text or luster of the illustration. ![]() Dust jacket, now in protective covering, chipped along upper edge at spine and corner - part of "Watson" obscured at crown of spine but still legible. 400-550) in a tomb in Chi-an Prefecture, Kirin Province, China. The binding of this true first printing of the first edition differs from subsequent printings: it is half-cloth and features a printed design matching the image printed on the dustjacket - a phoenix (ca. This translation was accepted as part of the Chinese series of the UNESCO collection of representative works. Being a landmark translation by eminent sinologist Burton Watson of the complete works of 4th century BCE Chinese philosopher Chuang Tzu. True first edition hardcover in half-cloth boards with printed illustration to front board, gilt titling to spine, housed in dustjacket. ![]()
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![]() These sites also sell training, supposedly to help ace an interview with USPS human resources.įederalJobsCenter’s website is full of content that makes it appear the site is affiliated with the USPS, although its “terms and conditions” state that it is not. Sites like FederalJobsCentercom also show up prominently in Google search results for USPS employment, and steer applicants toward making credit card “registration deposits” to ensure that one’s application for employment is reviewed. ![]() KrebsOnSecurity was recently contacted by a security researcher who said he found a huge tranche of full credit card records exposed online, and that at first glance the domain names involved appeared to be affiliated with the USPS.įurther investigation revealed a long-running international operation that has been emailing and text messaging people for years to sign up at a slew of websites that all promise they can help visitors secure employment at the USPS. The website FederalJobsCenter promises to get you a job at the USPS in 30 days or your money back. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Why three new movies are testing out reopened movie theatersĪs theater chains reopen across the country, “Unhinged,” “Words on Bathroom Walls” and “Cut Throat City” lead the first wave of new movies to open in theaters amid the pandemic. Naveda’s script and director Freudenthal make some bold choices, most of which work but have a cumulative effect that weakens the overall impact of the narrative. That the film comes as close to succeeding as it does is in large part due to a top flight cast doing impressive work zipping between multiple tones - in some ways reflecting the disease at its center, schizophrenia. ![]() Written by Nick Naveda and directed by Thor Freudenthal, it takes some big swings at a big subject and almost - not quite - pulls it off. It’s hard to categorize the big screen adaptation of “Words on Bathroom Walls,” Julia Walton’s novel about a teenager’s struggle with mental illness, as the film itself can’t decide if it’s a serious drama about an ill adolescent, a dark, edgy psychological romp, or an off-kilter rom-com. We will continue to note the various ways readers can see each new film, including drive-in theaters in the Southland and VOD/streaming options when available. Because moviegoing carries inherent risks during this time, we remind readers to follow health and safety guidelines as outlined by the CDC and local health officials. The Los Angeles Times is committed to reviewing new theatrical film releases during the COVID-19 pandemic. ![]() ![]() As Marjane gets older and is self-exiled to Vienna, she faces the events of her adolescence and the effect those trials have on her young adult life. We also see the stark contrasts between private and public life, the effects of the war with Iraq, the anguish of exile, and the fall-out of the Revolution that began with such hope and ended in tyranny. Her mother - rebellious, brave - forced to dye her hair and wear dark glasses after being photographed without a veil. ![]() The loving grandmother who tried to guide Marjane without scaring her. The simple act of leaving the house became fraught.Īs Marjane’s story unfolds, we meet the other remarkable people in her life: The uncle who was a political prisoner and exile. She was separated from her male classmates. And the next, veils were required at school. One day, life was the ‘normal’ that she knew. ![]() Intelligent and outspoken, Marjane is both the author and our heroine - a fierce 10-year-old when the story opens, grappling with figuring out herself while the world outside her door explodes with violence. Her story strikes complex emotional chords, both terrible and sweet. This autobiographical graphic novel recounts the author’s experiences growing up in Iran during the 1978 revolution - by any measure, a challenging time to be coming of age. ![]() ![]() ![]() Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year. She wouldnt have wanted to kiss him back.īut Naomi picked heads. She never would have met James, the boy with the questionable past and the even fuzzier future, who tells her he once wanted to kiss her. She wouldnt have to spend her junior year relearning all the French she supposedly knew already. She would understand why her best friend, Will, keeps calling her “Chief.” Shed get all his inside jokes, and maybe he wouldnt be so frustrated with her for forgetting things she cant possibly remember. She might even have remembered why she fell in love with him in the first place. She certainly would have remembered her boyfriend, Ace. ![]() She wouldnt have woken up in an ambulance with amnesia. She wouldnt have had to go back for the yearbook camera, and she wouldnt have hit her head on the steps. If Naomi had picked tails, she would have won the coin toss. ![]() ![]() If he succeeds, it is because of the great lows and pains he suffered taught him how to fly (20). Using the metaphor of “imping,” a term from falconry that means adding feathers to an existing wing, the speaker asks to rise with Christ to the Kingdom of Heaven (19). He asks to feel the victory of the resurrection and join God (16-18). As in the first stanza, half-way through, the speaker begins to address God directly. The speaker’s life became increasingly diminished and his health began to suffer (14-15). This was a punishment given by God, just like the punishment given to Adam and Eve (13). Even at a young age, he suffered (11-12). The second stanza tells a similar story from the perspective of the individual speaker. If they can succeed in this, then even the “Fall,” the expulsion from Paradise due to sin, will have been worth it because it allowed believers to rise with Christ (10) The speaker then calls for humanity to join Christ and celebrate the “victory” of resurrection over death (9). ![]() ![]() As an Easter poem, the image of birds and wings symbolizes Christ’s resurrection. Then the speaker addresses God directly and asks to rise up to the sky like a lark (6-8). Their situation became worse and worse (2-5). However, humans lost this initial Paradise due to sin. The speaker begins by stating that God created human beings to enjoy peace and abundance (line 1). ![]() ![]() ![]() In this new line of research I try to shed more light on the role played by the ideological sections (mainly Agitprop Section, Literature Section, Education and Health Section) of the RCP Central Committee in imposing the official line within cultural-artistic institutions such as folklore groups, choruses, Historical Monuments Department, museums, theaters, universities. Many Romanian intellectuals and artists enthusiastically accepted this continuation of the previous Gheorghiu-Dej regime, and moreover welcomed Ceauşescu’s relinquishing of Socialist Realism. ![]() Using newly available archival documents, this book traces the process of how the Ceauşescu regime instrumentalized national feelings and symbols. These strategies included both a détente with and an attempt of co-opting of the old intellectual elite who was marginalized and even persecuted after 1945. This book’s aim is to follow the dynamics of cultural life with regard to Romanian Communist Party’s strategies on the ideological front. ![]() ![]() ![]() In 2003 the movie Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World was released. ![]() ![]() The twenty-book series can nevertheless be regarded as complete - the two official Admiralty orders that Jack Aubrey receives shortly after the beginning of "Master and Commander"Īnd on the second but last page of "Blue at the Mizzen" perfectly bracket the whole story. ( The Final, Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey). The 21st novel on which Patrick O'Brian was working at the time of his death has appeared as a fragment This chronological order also is the best reading order. The years given for the story draw on the Aubrey/Maturin chronology by Don Seltzer. The years given for the story draw on the Aubrey/Maturin chronology by Don Seltzer (Site The Gunroom). The Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian (1914-2000) Aubrey/Maturin series of novels by Patrick O'Brian, in reading order ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Howard's Splintered, Frank Beddor's Looking Glass Wars, and TV shows such as Once Upon a Time and Grimm." - School Library Journal "Paige delivers a solid, intense, and strange narrative that draws deeply on its source material." - Publishers Weekly "L. Give this cinematic upper-YA novel to fans of A. For those willing to go on a quest with a heroine more attuned to our times than the Dust Bowl era, there's no place like it." - USA Today "Paige doesn't hold back in this fast-paced action novel. ![]() Here, women and girls are allowed to be anything." - "Gone are the days of rainbows, Lollipop Guilds and pretty much anything to sing about in a major key. Praise for the DOROTHY MUST DIE series: "Readers of Baum's books will take special delight in seeing new twists on the old characters, and they will greet the surprise climactic turnabout with the smugness of insiders." - Kirkus Reviews "Dorothy Must Die is kind of the ultimate in girl-powered literature. ![]() ![]() ![]() At this, Zach worries he will be forcibly removed from the program. Ernest Cline Armada: A novel by the author of Ready Player One Paperback Apby Ernest Cline (Author) 19,494 ratings Editors' pick Best Science Fiction & Fantasy See all formats and editions Kindle 4.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. During the battle, Zach disobeys explicit orders, causing the destruction of numerous precious drones. Suddenly, the base is attacked without warning and the new recruits must immediately take to battle stations to defend the base. He is the author of the novels Ready Player One and Armada and co-screenwriter of the film adaptation of Ready Player One, directed by Steven Spielberg. Apparently, the government has known about an upcoming three-tiered attack from the aliens for forty years. ERNEST CLINE is an internationally best-selling novelist, screenwriter, father, and full-time geek. There, Zach learns that Armada is, in fact, a simulation created by the government to train drone pilots against an imminent attack from aliens hailing from Europa, one of the moons orbiting Jupiter.Īt the base in Nebraska, Zach is escorted into a briefing room where he sits next to a woman with tattoos named Lex. ![]() ![]() And who steps out but Ray himself, who recruits Zach to fly with him to a top-secret base in Nebraska. Still curious about the UFO he sees and uncertain about whether he’s losing his mind, Zach learns that it isn’t a hallucination when a huge spaceship resembling the ones piloted by the Earth government in Armada lands on the lawn of his school. ![]() |