![]() Now, Japan is seen as a has-been with a sluggish economy, an aging population, dysfunctional politics, and a business landscape dominated by yesterday's champions. A quarter-century ago, Tokyo's stock exchange was even bigger than New York's, and the Japanese industrial juggernaut was thought to be unsurpassable. Yet it has not been an easy path military catastrophe, political atrophy, and economic dysfunction have made regular appearances from the feudal era to the present. ![]() "Japan is one of the world's wealthiest and most technologically advanced nations, and its rapid ascent to global power status after 1853 remains one of the most remarkable stories in modern world history. ![]()
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The light ages seb falk5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() On our way, we encounter a remarkable cast of characters: the clock-building English abbot with leprosy, the French craftsman-turned-spy, and the Persian polymath who founded the world’s most advanced observatory. From multiplying Roman numerals to navigating by the stars, curing disease, and telling time with an ancient astrolabe, we learn emerging science alongside Westwyk and travel with him through the length and breadth of England and beyond its shores. Born in a rural manor, educated in England’s grandest monastery, and then exiled to a clifftop priory, Westwyk was an intrepid crusader, inventor, and astrologer. In The Light Ages, Cambridge science historian Seb Falk takes us on a tour of medieval science through the eyes of one fourteenth-century monk, John of Westwyk. As medieval thinkers sought to understand the world around them, from the passing of the seasons to the stars in the sky, they came to develop a vibrant scientific culture. ![]() ![]() But the so-called Dark Ages also gave us the first universities, eyeglasses, and mechanical clocks. Soaring Gothic cathedrals, violent crusades, the Black Death: these are the dramatic forces that shaped the medieval era. Named a Best Book of 2020 by The Telegraph, The Times, and BBC History MagazineĪn illuminating guide to the scientific and technological achievements of the Middle Ages through the life of a crusading astronomer-monk. ![]() Disappearing earth characters5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() We are transported to vistas of rugged beauty – densely wooded forests, open expanses of tundra, soaring volcanoes and the glassy seas that border Japan and Alaska – and into a region as complex as it is alluring, where social and ethnic tensions have long simmered, and where outsiders are often the first to be accused. Set on the remote Siberian peninsula of Kamchatka, Disappearing Earth draws us into the world of an astonishing cast of characters, all connected by an unfathomable crime. Echoes of the disappearance reverberate across a tightly woven community, with the fear and loss felt most deeply among its women. In the ensuing weeks, then months, the police investigation turns up nothing. One August afternoon, on the shoreline of the north-eastern edge of Russia, two sisters are abducted. Beautifully written, thought-provoking, intense and cleverly wrought, this is the most extraordinary first novel from a mesmerising new talent. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Throughout the novel, Dona Flor is divided between the much-felt physical absence of her first, dead husband, Vadinho, a drunkard, a drug addict, a rascal - yet a good lover in the bedroom, and the failed presence of Teodoro Madureira, her second, living husband, a tranquil, rather bland pharmacist - yet sincerely in love with Dona Flor. She ultimately asks the writer, ‘why one always needs two loves, why one alone does not satisfy the heart?’ This cake is of course symbolical of Dona Flor herself, as the only thing the two husbands have in common, apart from Dona Flor herself clearly, is love of this special Brazilian corn or manioc cake. ![]() The novel opens with Dona Flor responding to the writer’s request of getting her recipe for corn cake by discussing her private life, torn between two husbands - one dead, one living. I already know what is swirling around in your heads: is this week’s blog post going to talk about infidelity and carnal pleasures, and are Amy and Nico recommending a rather dubious-sounding book? Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands is not for the abstinent: detailed recipes of luxurious Brazilian food, interspersed with carnivalesque descriptions of love scenes and frequent complaints about an excessive absence of sex with the beloved one, spice up the life of Dona Flor dos Guimarães (or Florípedes Paiva Madureira, after her second husband). ![]() ![]() ![]() Even before she was old enough to write, she would dictate stories to her mother to write down for her. ![]() Sometimes Ann names her characters after people she knows, and other times she simply chooses names that she likes.Īnn has always enjoyed writing. But many of her characters are based on real people. All of Ann's characters, even the members of the Baby-sitters Club, are made up. Many are written about contemporary problems or events. ![]() Some are based on personal experiences, while others are based on childhood memories and feelings. She's now a full-time writer.Īnn gets the ideas for her books from many different places. After graduating from Smith College, Ann became a teacher and then an editor of children's books. She grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, with her parents and her younger sister, Jane. Ann Matthews Martin was born on August 12, 1955. ![]() Autobiography of a face by lucy grealy5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Urn:oclc:60793032 Republisher_date 20120503211436 Republisher_operator Scandate 20120503110924 Scanner . In her moving memoir, Autobiography of a Face, award-winning poet Lucy Grealy describes her life as a cancer victim who, at nine years old, has part of her jaw removed. It describes her childhood struggles with jaw cancer and the resulting. Buy with confidence Book is in new, never-used condition. Autobiography of a Face is a 1994 memoir written by award-winning poet Lucy Grealy. ![]() O元477605W Page_number_confidence 89.52 Pages 250 Ppi 514 Related-external-id urn:isbn:1439562261 Autobiography of a Face Lucy Grealy Published by Harper Perennial (2003) ISBN 10: 0060569662 ISBN 13: 9780060569662 New Softcover Quantity: 1 Seller: Books Unplugged (Amherst, NY, U.S.A.) Rating Seller Rating: Book Description Condition: New. In this strikingly candid memoir, Grealy tells her story of great suffering and remarkable strength without sentimentality and with considerable wit. When she returned to school with a third of her jaw removed, she faced the cruel taunts of classmates. 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The book was shelved in the adult section of the library, which is generally restricted to minors unless they have parental permission. Neonomicon, the Bram-Stoker Award winning series from Alan Moore and artist Jacen Burrows, was challenged at a library in Greenville, South Carolina. Graphic Novels: Suggestions for Librarians.Working With Libraries! A Handbook For Comics Creators.Know Your Rights: Student Rights Fact Sheet. ![]() Raising a Reader! 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The complex modification of Virginia Woolf’s draft novel-essay ‘The Pargiters’ into what was to become the 1937 novel The Years has been well documented, and it is evident that the final edited form avoided much of the overt politics and polemic that characterized its earlier version. ![]() Undercover princess by connie glynn5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() Lottie is thrust into the real world of royalty – a world filled with secrets, intrigue and betrayal. Due to a series of lies and coincidences, 14-year-old Lottie finds herself pretending to be the princess so that Ellie can live a more normal teenage life. When fairy tale obsessed Lottie Pumpkin starts at the infamous Rosewood Hall, she is not expecting to share a room with the Crown Princess of Maradova, Ellie Wolf. You can read this before Undercover Princess (The Rosewood Chronicles, #1) PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. ![]() Here is a quick description and cover image of book Undercover Princess (The Rosewood Chronicles, #1) written by Connie Glynn which was published in. ![]() Brief Summary of Book: Undercover Princess (The Rosewood Chronicles, #1) by Connie Glynn ![]() Pinkalicious message in a bottle5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() For more Pinkalicious and Peterrific fun, visit Victoria Kann is the author-artist of the New York Times bestseller Peterrific, and four #1 New York Times bestselling books Aqualicious, Emeraldalicious, Silverlicious, and Goldilicous. Readers can follow Pinkalicious on Facebook and Twitter. She lives with her husband and two daughters. Her award-winning artwork has graced the covers and pages of many magazines, newspapers, and books. Victoria is the co-executive producer of Pinkalicious & Peterrific on PBS Kids. ![]() In addition, Victoria cowrote Pinkalicious: The Musical which premiered in New York City to sold-out audiences and continues to be performed across the country. ![]() She is the artist and coauthor of the New York Times bestsellers Pinkalicious and Purplicious. Victoria Kann is the author-artist of the New York Times bestseller Peterrific, and four #1 New York Times bestselling books Aqualicious, Emeraldalicious, Silverlicious, and Goldilicous. ![]() |