![]() In the 1960s, however, Rich began a dramatic shift away from her earlier mode as she took up political and feminist themes and stylistic experimentation in such works as Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law (1963), The Necessities of Life (1966), Leaflets (1969), and The Will to Change (1971). Auden for the Yale Series of Younger Poets Award, and her next, The Diamond Cutters and Other Poems (1955), earned her a reputation as an elegant, controlled stylist. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Radcliffe college in 1951, the same year of her first book of poems, A Change of World. ![]() ![]() Works, notably Diving into the Wreck (1973), of American poet and essayist Adrienne Rich champion such causes as pacifism, feminism, and civil rights for gays and lesbians.Ī mother bore Adrienne Cecile Rich, a feminist, to a middle-class family with parents, who educated her until she entered public school in the fourth grade. ![]()
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When Justin and Mae are assigned to work together to solve a string of ritualistic murders, they soon realize that their discoveries have exposed them to terrible danger. Raised in an aristocratic caste, Mae is now a member of the military's most elite and terrifying tier, a soldier with enhanced reflexes and skills. But Justin is given a second chance when Mae Koskinen comes to bring him back to the Republic of United North America (RUNA). In a futuristic world nearly destroyed by religious extremists, Justin March lives in exile after failing in his job as an investigator of religious groups and supernatural claims. The first installment of Richelle Mead's Age of X series has all the elements that have made her bestselling Vampire Academy and Bloodlines series such megasuccesses: sexy, irresistible characters romantic and mythological intrigue and relentless action and suspense. ![]() ![]() ![]() Richelle Mead, the #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Vampire Academy and Bloodlines YA series-whose books have sold more than one million copies in hardcover-delivers the first novel in her new series, Gameboard of the Gods. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The incessant charm and unabashed joy should make this an easy sell. 'Undersea adventures have never been so darn cute …. The perfect first book for young readers, just moving on from picture books, discovering the joys of friendship, working together and the power of imagination. In the third story, Jelly is feeling blue and Narwhal comes to the rescue.Ī wonderfully silly early graphic novel series featuring three short stories and super fun ocean facts and jokes! Next, Narwhal uses his superpower to help a friend find his way back home. In the first story, Narwhal reveals his superhero alter-ego and enlists Jelly to help him figure out what his superpower is. Happy-go-lucky Narwhal and no-nonsense Jelly find their inner superheroes in three new under-the-sea adventures. Narwhal and Jelly are back in action for a SUPER adventure – join Super Narwhal and sidekick Jelly Jolt in three awesome underwater adventures! The most loveable duo since Frog and Toad' – Dav Pilkey, bestselling author of Dogman and Captain Underpants ![]() ![]() ![]() While Sal and Gabi work together to keep both Papi and Rogue Gabi under control, they also have to solve the mystery of Yasmany, who has gone missing from school. All of Papi's efforts are in vain, however, because a Gabi from another universe has gone rogue and is popping up all over the place, seeking revenge for the fact that her world has been destroyed. But Sal's father, a calamity physicist, is trying to shut down all the wormholes Sal creates, because Papi thinks they are eroding the very fabric of our world. Pulling different versions of his mother from other universes is how he copes with missing his own, who died years ago. ![]() ![]() Sal Vidon doesn't want to live a Mami-free life. ![]() *A place for readers to live in, a haven they can always escape to for comfort and hope.-Booklist (starred review) Among many other challenges, Sal and Gabi have to try to make everything right with our world when there is a rogue Gabi from another universe running loose. Now in paperback from Rick Riordan Presents, the sequel to the critically acclaimed and award-winning Sal and Gabi Break the Universe. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jack London himself took part in the Yukon Gold Rush in 1903, aged just 21, and three years later The Call of the Wild was published to immediate acclaim. But when their bond is broken, Buck escapes the world of humans and fulfils his destiny to become a leader of wolves. Buck repays him with absolute loyalty and devotion and goes on to become the most famous pack dog in Alaska. After one particularly brutal attack leaves Buck close to death, he is rescued by prospector John Thornton. ![]() A large cross-breed, he lives a pampered life in California until he is kidnapped and sold to workers in the Yukon, where he is frequently beaten and forced to drag backbreaking loads. While humans did the prospecting, dogs were needed to pull sleighs, and Buck is perfectly suited to the work and conditions. During the Yukon Gold Rush, an estimated 100,000 people migrated to the region in the hope of striking it rich. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If you’re comfortable with the amount of freedom you’ve given your employees, you haven’t gone far enough.ĭrawing on the latest research in behavioral economics and a profound grasp of human psychology, WORK RULES! also provides teaching examples from a range of industries-including lauded companies that happen to be hideous places to work and little-known companies that achieve spectacular results by valuing and listening to their employees. ![]() Hire only people who are smarter than you are, no matter how long it takes to find themĭon’t trust your gut: Use data to predict and shape the futureĭefault to open-be transparent and welcome feedback Learn from your best employees-and your worst This insight is the heart of WORK RULES!, a compelling and surprisingly playful manifesto that offers lessons including: It’s not right that the experience of work should be so demotivating and dehumanizing.” So says Laszlo Bock, head of People Operations at the company that transformed how the world interacts with knowledge. “We spend more time working than doing anything else in life. From the visionary head of Google’s innovative People Operations comes a groundbreaking inquiry into the philosophy of work-and a blueprint for attracting the most spectacular talent to your business and ensuring that they succeed. ![]() ![]() ![]() A hashtag on Twitter, #speakloudly, became one of the most popular topics on the micro-blogging site last weekend, and vehement anti-censorship campaigner and author Judy Blume described the situation as "outrageous" and brought it to the attention of the National Coalition Against Censorship, which is now investigating. ![]() ![]() It gets worse, if that's possible, when he goes on to completely mischaracterise the book," wrote Anderson on her blog, which she said has now been viewed by tens of thousands of people. 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"How can Christian men and women expose children to such immorality?" he wrote. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The present contribution, after giving a survey of the translators’ work – beginning with Ibn al-Biṭrīq, working in the age of al-Maʾmūn and in the circle of al-Kindī – concentrates on the translation, annotation and commentary of the Baghdad physician and philosopher Abū l-Faraǧ ʿAbdallāh ibn al-Ṭayyib (d. ![]() The identity and ascription of the extant versions poses a number of problems which only recently, in the light of manuscript findings and the discovery of some early testimonies, can be solved with certainty. Aristotle’s cosmological treatise De Caelo, appropriately named “Book on the Heaven and the World” in the Arabic tradition, was one of the most influential, and – apart from the Organon of logic – the best represented among Aristotle’s authentic works in Mediaeval Arabic translations and commentaries. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “A man is as likely as a woman to be intelligent, innovative, creative. While the country makes progress in all fields, there isn’t much significant evolution in the idea of gender. According to the Gender Gap Index in 2020, India has slipped into the 112th position from the previous 108th in 2018. Till today, despite a higher educational level, women earn lesser than men. Be it at homes, or in offices the gender gap is growing wider. Irrespective of how much ever a woman earns, she is expected to be ‘lesser’ than the man! Being ignored, or treated as invisible or lesser beings is the story of countless women across the world. Society treats the woman as the weaker link. In Nigeria, it is assumed even if the woman is paying it is ultimately the man’s money. When she tips the parking attendant, he turns to her friend and thanks him. Ngozi Adichie narrates an incident wherein she visits a restaurant with her male friend. ![]() |