![]() ![]() ![]() Providing comprehensive coverage of the 1989 protests that ended in bloodshed and drew global scrutiny, Zhang includes context for these explosive events, sympathetically depicting a world of discontented, idealistic, activist Chinese youth rarely portrayed in Western media. Now, in this powerful graphic novel, Zhang pairs with French journalist and Asia specialist Adrien Gombeaud, and artist Ameziane, to share his unvarnished memory of this crucial moment in world history for the first time. Lun Zhang was just a young sociology teacher then, in charge of management and safety service for the protests. When reports of soldiers marching into Beijing to suppress the protests reverberated across Western airwaves, the world didn't know what to expect. As tens of thousands of students and concerned Chinese citizens took to the streets demanding political reforms, the fate of China's communist system was unknown. Over 30 years ago, on April 15th 1989, the occupation of Tiananmen Square began. Follow the story of China's infamous June Fourth Incident - otherwise known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre - from the first-hand account of a young sociology teacher who witnessed it all. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Veronica and Stoker are forced to go on the run, wary partners in search of the villainous truth. But before the baron can reveal his secrets, he is found murdered. The baron offers her sanctuary in the care of his friend Stoker-a reclusive natural historian as intriguing as he is bad-tempered. ![]() As familiar with hunting butterflies as she is fending off admirers, Veronica wields her butterfly net and a sharpened hatpin with equal aplomb.But fate has other plans, as Veronica discovers when she thwarts her own abduction with the help of an enigmatic German baron with ties to her mysterious past. Īfter burying her spinster aunt, the orphaned Veronica Speedwell intends to resume her world travels in pursuit of scientific inquiry-and the occasional romantic dalliance. Her journeys will see her foiling kidnapping attempts, becoming involved with a cranky natural historianand solving the murder of a German baron who helped her find sanctuary. The baron offers her sanctuary in the care of his. A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn After her aunt’s death, Veronica Speedwell takes off on a scientific voyage. After burying her spinster aunt, the orphaned Veronica Speedwell intends to resume her world travels in pursuit of scientific inquiry-and the occasional romantic dalliance. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her younger half-sister, Sarah Burney (1772 – 1844), also became a novelist. The younger Charles Burney was a scholar. He sailed with Captain James Cook on his second and third trips. Susanna Elizabeth became Frances Burney's close friend. ![]() Her younger brothers and sisters were Susanna Elizabeth (1755-1800), Charles (1757-1817) and Charlotte Ann (1761 – 1838). ![]() Her older brothers and sisters were Ester (Hetty) (1749 – 1832) and James (1750 – 1821). On 13 June 1752, Frances Burney was born in King's Lynn. She was buried in Bath near her husband and son. Her last published work was the Memoirs of Doctor Burney (1832). It was a novel about the French Revolution. While living in France from 1802 to 1812, Burney wrote The Wanderer. In 1793, she married a French exile, General Alexandre D'Arblay. Her journals and letters have interested historians. In 1786, she became Second Keeper of the Robes to Queen Charlotte. The girl goes out into the world and grows in character. The girls are clever and beautiful, but does not have a lot of experience. Her major novels, Evelina, Cecilia, and Camilla are about a young girl. Her first novel, Evelina, was published in 1778. She began writing what she called her "scribblings" when she was ten. She was born to musician Dr Charles Burney (1726 – 1814) and Mrs Esther Sleepe Burney (1725 – 62). After her marriage, she was known as Madame d’Arblay. Frances Burney (13 June 1752 – 6 January 1840) was an English novelist, diarist and playwright. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We just have to accept that there is more than one of us in the universe. Putting his professional reputation on the line with this audacious yet entirely reasonable book, Carroll says that the crisis can now come to an end. Academics discourage students from working on the "dead end" of quantum foundations. Science popularizers keep telling us how weird it is, how impossible it is to understand. Quantum mechanics has always had obvious gaps-which have come to be simply ignored. Most physicists haven’t even recognized the uncomfortable truth: physics has been in crisis since 1927. His reconciling of quantum mechanics with Einstein’s theory of relativity changes, well, everything. Already hailed as a masterpiece, Something Deeply Hidden shows for the first time that facing up to the essential puzzle of quantum mechanics utterly transforms how we think about space and time. Sean Carroll, theoretical physicist and one of this world’s most celebrated writers on science, rewrites the history of 20th century physics. ![]() Editorial : Dutton Illustrated edición (10 Septiembre 2019)Ī Science News favorite science book of 2019Īs you read these words, copies of you are being created. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sheridan awakens in Westmoreland’s mansion with no memory of who she is the only hint of her past is the puzzling fact that everyone calls her Miss Lancaster. ![]() And just as Sheridan is about to speak, she steps into the path of a cargo net loaded with crates! ![]() Standing on the pier, Stephen Westmoreland, the Earl of Langford, assumes the young woman coming toward him is Charise Lancaster - and informs her of his inadvertent role in a fatal accident involving Lord Burleton the night before. When her charge elopes with a stranger, Sheridan wonders how she will ever explain it to Charise’s intended, Lord Burleton. ![]() Until You by Judith McNaughtĪ teacher in a school for wealthy young ladies, Sheridan, Bromleigh is hired to accompany one of her students, heiress Charise Lancaster, to England to meet her fiancé. It’s the Christmas season but not quite yet, so instead of getting festive holiday feels, there is an unexplainable sentimentality in us. I feel November exudes the same sentimental feeling as the book. Once in a while, it’s okay to indulge in fantasies and Until You is the perfect selection for that. Like all historical romance novels, it’s of course, romantic, dreamy, and idealistic but nevertheless makes you want to believe in such a powerful love. There is something quite special about this book. A teacher in a school for wealthy young ladies, Sheridan, Bromleigh is hired to accompany one of her students, heiress Charise Lancaster, to England to meet her fianc. ![]() ![]() An unsentimental, heartwarming page-turner. ![]() Lansens has created a richly nuanced, totally believable sibling relationship. The novel's power lies in the wonderful narrative voices of Rose and Ruby. "Lansens overcomes the 'ick' factor in this surprisingly moving story. This is a breathtaking novel, one that no reader will soon forget, a heartrending story of love between sisters. As Rose and Ruby's story builds to an unforgettable conclusion, Lansens aims at the heart of human experience - the hardship of loss and struggles for independence, and the fundamental joy of simply living a life. From their awkward first steps - Ruby's arm curled around Rose's neck, her foreshortened legs wrapped around Rose's hips - to the friendships they gradually build for themselves in the small town of Leaford, this is the profoundly affecting chronicle of an incomparable life journey. When Rose, the bookish sister, sets out to write her autobiography, it inevitably becomes the story of her short but extraordinary life with Ruby, the beautiful one. ![]() Now nearing their 30th birthday, they are history's oldest craniopagus twins, joined at the head by as pot the size of a bread plate. They make friends, fall in love, have jobs, love their parents, and follow their dreams. Since their birth, Rose and Ruby Darlen have been known simply as the girls. ![]() ![]() Meet Rose and Ruby: sisters, best friends, confidantes, and conjoined twins. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The book includes essays by Steven Johnson, Nicholas Carr, Don Tapscott, Douglas Rushkoff, Maggie Jackson, Clay Shirky, Todd Gitlin, and many more. Framing the discussion so that leading voices from across the spectrum, supporters and detractors alike, have the opportunity to weigh in on the profound issues raised by the new media-from questions of reading skills and attention span, to cyber-bullying and the digital playground-Bauerlein's new book takes the debate to a higher ground. But The Digital Divide doesn't take sides. With The Dumbest Generation, Mark Bauerlein emerged as the foremost voice against the development of an overwhelming digital social culture. But others are deeply concerned by the eroding of civility online, declining reading habits, withering attention spans, and the treacherous effects of 24/7 peer pressure on our young. ![]() Some see the technological breakthroughs we live with as hopeful and democratic new steps in education, information gathering, and human progress. ![]() Twitter, Facebook, e-publishing, blogs, distance-learning and other social media raise some of the most divisive cultural questions of our time. This definitive work on the perils and promise of the social-media revolution collects writings by today's best thinkers and cultural commentators, with an all-new introduction by The Dumbest Generation author Mark Bauerlein. ![]() ![]() The revelations from Aces even end up threatening their admissions to Juilliard and Yale. Aces sends out texts that seem to be targeting Chiamaka and Devon specifically, revealing their secrets that stand to ruin their social standing at Niveus. However, both are on the road to a good future in Juilliard and Yale, thanks to Niveus Academy.Īll of that is put into jeopardy with the arrival of a mysterious Gossip Girl-esque figure named Aces. Devon is an outcast from the “wrong side of the tracks”. The two of them are as different as can be. ![]() ![]() ![]() Content Warnings: Anti-Blackness, gaslighting, death, murder, blackmail, stalking, public outing, physical violence, drug use, underage alcohol consumption, use of racist slurs, talk of suicideĪce of Spades is the story of two Black students – Chiamaka and Devon – in the exclusive Niveus Academy which is composed entirely of white students and teachers. ![]() ![]() Timmy doesn't do well in school because he is more interested in his agency, his mother's hours are cut and they have to move to an apartment, and his mother's Segway has gone missing. Crocus, his evil old teacher, Crispin Flavius, his mother's boyfriend, and even Total, who cause enough destruction that he is sent to a zoo. Timmy has some helpful people in his life, like the playground aide, Dondi, his mother, and his friends Rollo and Molly, even though he doesn't like them. (His last name is Failure.) He hopes to grow his business so that it makes a lot of money so that his mother can stop stressing about bills, but he is not getting many jobs since the evil Corinna Corinna is undercutting his business, aided by her father's vast wealth. Timmy lives with his mother and his polar bear, Total, and is obsessed with his budding detective agency, Total Failure. ![]() ![]() interesting.Īnd the scissor thing apparently works. Back on with the boots for the walk back home. I waited an hour to come in to work of course we have a two hour delay now. Awesome fun here in Ohio! "Winter Storm Q" is just messing with our heads- a "wintery mix" was supposed to start at 2 am., so the students made plans to flush ice cubes and/or throw them in the street, put spoons under their pillows, tape scissors to the window (this is new to me), and wear their pajamas inside out and backwards. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In addition, the album features Nichols singing the theme from the series. Roddenberry was also the producer of a police drama called The Lieutenant, a 1963 television program that Nichols appeared in three years before Star Trek made its first appearance. He had a personal relationship with the actress/singer, which she wrote about in Beyond Uhura: Star Trek and Other Memories, an autobiography published in 1994. Out of This World includes "Gene," a song Nichols sang in honor of Gene Roddenberry, the man who created Star Trek. Nichols was also featured on Sultry Ladies, a 1996 Sony compilation, as well as on a good number of related Star Trek releases, including Sony's Star Trek: 20th Anniversary Collectors' Edition Soundtrack, issued in 1999. ![]() Included in her discography are the 1967 Epic release Down to Earth, the 1986 R-Way release Uhura Sings, and GNP Crescendo's Out of This World from 1995. She had a number of recordings to her credit, many of them tied in to the sci-fi series. Best-known for her role as Lieutenant Uhura in the '60s television series Star Trek and the resulting string of Star Trek movies, Nichelle Nichols also forged a successful career as a singer when she toured with both Lionel Hampton and Duke Ellington across two continents. ![]() |