![]() ![]() The descent was an act of trust the attack, disorganized. Paratroopers dropping through the sky above Normandy. Filled with anticipation and perhaps a bit of terror, their young bodies pumping adrenaline, the warriors fell into what would end in either oblivion or glory. On that fateful day, hours before landing craft delivered huge divisions of Allied forces to the beaches, over 20,000 American, British, and Canadian paratroopers launched themselves from aircraft in the dark of night. But June 6, 1944, was not a normal day, and the coastal waters were not dappled by bright sunshine – they were splashed with red and dotted with the bodies of fallen soldiers. On a normal day, the cliffs of Normandy drop to a beautiful shoreline full of crystal blue water and soft, white sand. But who were they, and how did they do it? The paratroopers played an integral part in the eventual success of D-Day. ![]() To commemorate this anniversary, we take a look back on that fateful day and the brave paratroopers who risked – and in all too many cases lost – their lives supporting the main thrust of the attack on Normandy’s beaches. June 6th marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day and the Allied forces’ historic invasion of Normandy, France. ![]()
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![]() This is excellent work by one of comics' best new voices!" which as it turns out, will be the project after this one! But one of the great things about exciting new talent is that the creative process often takes on a life of its own and It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth was a project that had to happen, very much to everyone's delight. ![]() "This book has served as a creative sanctuary for me from the day it was conceived-an experimental playground that I hope will inspire, disturb, and comfort in equal measure," said Thorogood.Įric Stephenson, Publisher at Image Comics, added: "Zoe's debut graphic novel, The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott, was one of the highlights of 2020, and we were thrilled when she approached us about publishing her next project. ![]() This fresh and thought provoking auto-bio-graphic is an intimate and metanarrative look into the life of a selfish artist who must create for her own survival. ![]() ![]() In It’s Lonely At The Centre Of The Earth cartoonist Zoe Thorogood records six months of her own life as it falls apart in a desperate attempt to put it back together again in the only way she knows how. It’s Lonely At The Centre Of The Earth, an original graphic novel by up-and-comer Zoe Thorogood ( The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott, Joe Hill’s Rain), will hit shelves from Image Comics this November. ![]() ![]() ![]() She put so much on hold for Hardin – University, friends, her relationship with her mother, a loving boyfriend, even her fledgling career. After a tumultuous beginning to their relationship, Tessa and Hardin were on the path to making. Not with the memory of passionate nights wrapped in his arms…his electric touch…his hungry kisses…Still, Tessa’s not sure she can endure one more broken promise. AFTER WE COLLIDEDLife will never be the same. But is he really the deep, thoughtful guy Tessa fell madly in love with, despite his angry exterior, or has he been a stranger all along? She wishes she could just walk away, but it just isn’t that easy. Tessa knew Hardin could be cruel, but when a bombshell revelation is dropped about the origins of their relationship – and Hardin’s mysterious past – Tessa is beside herself. ![]() ![]() A startling and painful betrayal was revealed, and Tessa is devastated Hardin is determined to prove to Tessa that he really loves her, he's sorry, and has changed. ![]() The story begins right where book one ended. After a tumultuous beginning to their relationship, Tessa and Hardin were on the path to making things work. After We Collided is the second installment in the After Series by Anna Todd. AFTER WE COLLIDED Life will never be the same. ![]() ![]() ![]() – Marjan Kamali, The Stationery Shop of Tehranīut there were people who didn’t want this to happen for political and personal reasons. “She could spend an entire afternoon just looking at fountain pens and ink bottles or flipping through books that spoke of poetry and love and loss.” It was there that their love blossomed and bloomed. And Bahmain, the handsome young man with a rebellious streak, a passion for Rumi’s poetry, and a love for justice, was a regular customer at the stationary shop. ![]() Roya, the dreamy teenager found comfort in the literary oasis that was Mr. ![]() For young Roya and Bahman who shared similar political ideologies, marriage was the imminent plan. As is the case with every politician, he too had both – staunch supporters and enemies. There was education, dance, art, and freedom. Their new Prime Minister brought in numerous reforms. The earth was round, day turned into night, he was in front of her and she loved him.” – Marjan Kamali, The Stationery Shop of TehranĪs the 1950s began, Iran was welcoming a revolution. The truth of that was like a wave that washed over and submerged her in salty torrents, knotting her hair and stinging her nose, pulling the life out from under her. ![]() ![]() ![]() So this one started off a bit rough for me. Felix may be out of his element, but one thing he is sure about is that he doesn’t want to leave, even if it costs him his life. Being chased by cops, kidnapping a man, and breaking into a drug operation seems to be his normal since arriving in Lane’s life. Together, Felix and Lane will be forced to see just how far they will go to protect each other. ![]() ![]() But when someone begins stalking Felix, he is left to question who Lane is and what actually happened to him. There’s something about Lane that draws Felix to him and makes him question if this place could finally become a home for him. Anything has to be better than the place he’s leaving. When Felix lands a job taking care of a man recovering from severe injuries, he thinks his life may have just turned around. ![]() ![]() But is it true? Since 1960, the income gap between the North and South has roughly tripled in size. It's a comforting tale, and one that is endorsed by the world's most powerful governments and corporations. We have been told that development is working- that the global South is catching up to the North, that poverty has been cut in half over the past thirty years, and will be eradicated by 2030. ![]() In The Divide, Jason Hickel brilliantly lays it out, layer upon layer, until you are left reeling with the outrage of it all.' - Kate Raworth, author of Doughnut Economics For decades we have been told a story about the divide between rich countries and poor countries. ![]() **As seen on Sky News All Out Politics** 'There's no understanding global inequality without understanding its history. ![]() ![]() ![]() The novel is narrated by nine-year-old Cassie Logan, who along with her siblings grapples with the racism and violence directed at African-Americans in their rural community. ![]() In 1976, Dial published Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, the second book about the Logan family. In fact, Taylor is currently at work on the final book of the series, to be released in 2017. Taylor was nowhere near to finishing telling the story of that Mississippi family, which was closely based upon her own. Regina Hayes was to be Taylor’s editor – it’s a relationship that has lasted for 40 years and counting. Taylor made the rounds to interested publishers, selecting Dial Books for Young Readers to publish the novella that would become Song of the Trees, the first in a stirring saga of a land-owning African-American family living in segregated Mississippi during the Great Depression. It was 1974 and Mildred Taylor – an African-American writer born in Jackson, Miss., – had just won a contest sponsored by the Council on Interracial Books, an organization that encouraged the publication of diverse books. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rippon is now professor emeritus of cognitive neuroimaging at Aston University. Shocked by the misuse of sex and gender reporting in neuroscience, she became set on changing the rhetoric. ![]() At the time, she was working at the Aston Brain Centre, part of Aston University in Birmingham, UK. Rippon first encountered it in the 2000s. The Gendered Brain: The New Neuroscience that Shatters the Myth of the Female Brain was written in part, she says, to address dubious research, or what is sometimes called neurotrash. Rippon argues that our brains are not fixed as male or female at birth, but are instead highly plastic, changing constantly throughout our lives and influenced by the gendered world in which we live. By examining examples taken from brain–behaviour research during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, right up to contemporary studies, the book, published in 2019, investigates the desire to find biological explanations for gendered societal norms. Credit: GettyĮarly research into schizophrenia alerted neuroscientist Gina Rippon to what she now calls the myth of the gendered brain, a term she used in the title of her first book. The way our brains develop is thought to be influenced by the gendered world in which we live. ![]() ![]() ![]() Published on page 8 of The House at Pooh Corner from chapter one of Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Shepard Ernest Shepard, “So they got down off the gate”, original signed illustration. ![]() Hope you will enjoy reading this post as much as I had compiling it. In this post, I pay tribute to the genius of Milne and Shepard with a photo gallery of Shepard’s original illustrations in the 1920s revealing how the story of “the bear” and his coterie of friends came to be. The book debuted in 1926 in London and New York, and was an instant hit. Happy with the results, Milne then roped in Shepard to illustrate Winnie-the-Pooh. Milne initially thought Shepard’s style was not what he wanted, but used him to illustrate the book of poems When We Were Very Young. Shepard was recommended to Milne in 1923 by a staff of Punch magazine, E. Shepard (1879-1976), a gifted illustrator, they created a timeless world of stories and images that have charmed generations of children as well as adults, and which still resonate today. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The translation is fresh and immediate, but with all the elegance and power of the original." - Amy Mandelker, CUNY In particular, her translations of the descriptive passages are miniature masterpieces. "Rosamund Bartlett's achievement is magnificent. Rosamund Bartlett's introduction, a tour d'horizon of Tolstoy's life and work, is also excellent." - Sam Sacks, Wall Street Journal Wilson, Books of the Year, Times Literary Supplement It is also a very beautifully produced book." - A. Bartlett also offers a superb introduction - best thing ever written about the novel - and helpful notes. "Rosamund Bartlett's translation is much the best English translation which has ever appeared. "Any excuse to reread Anna Karenina, and I enjoyed Rosamund Bartlett's new translation, published in a handsome hardcover edition by Oxford University Press." - Sara Wheeler, Book of the Year 2014, Observer " much the best English translation which has ever appeared. ![]() "Rosamund Bartlett's version draws on her acclaimed work as a prolific writer, translator and scholar of modern Russian literature and culture." - Carol Apollonio, The Times Literary Supplement ![]() |
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