5/30/2023 0 Comments The complete persepolis sparknotes![]() ![]() Everything they own had been destroyed by the Iraqi bombers. ![]() They find Mali and her family at the door. Marjane imagines a glut of cars attempting to leave the border towns, all engulfed in flames. Marjane notes that after Abadan, Iranian border towns had been targeted by bombers. Marjane’s mother attempts to call Mali but they get no answer. Abadan is an Iranian border city where Mali, a good friend of the family’s, lives with her husband and children. A gas station attendant tells the family that the oil refineries at Abadan had been bombed by the Iraqis. Her father comforts her and they attempt to find a restaurant, but the roads are so jammed that they cannot get home until 2 am. Marjane’s mother yells at the women, “If everyone took only what they needed there would be enough to go around!” She then tells Marjane that they should go to the convenience store to get as much rice as they can because “you never know!” At the convenience store, Marjane’s mother and father get into a fight over the rationing of gasoline. Marjane’s mother breaks up a fight between two women tussling over a box of food. Marjane and her mother have a hard time finding food at the supermarket because of war rationing. ![]()
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![]() After the Liberation returned to Rome joined the Socialist Party, 1945. Political secretary and involved with the Resistence movements in Germany, Austria, France and the Balkans broadcast an appeal for civil resistence in Italy and was imprisoned by the Swiss, 1942. Returned to Rome and worked for underground papers, 1921-29 broke with the Communist Party. ![]() Became a communist and helped establish the Italian Communist Party which sent him to Russia in 1921 and to Spain in 1923 twice imprisoned in Spain for political reasons. Career: Secretary of the Federation of Land Workers of the Abruzzi, 1917 member of the Italian Socialist Youth Movement, 1917-21 editor of Avanguardia, a leftist paper, Rome, 1921-22. Education: Attended Jesuit and other Catholic schools in the Abruzzi and in Rome. ![]() Born: Secundo Tranquilli in Pescina, Italy. ![]() ![]() ![]() Communication among the scattered settlements was virtually impossible until the discovery that, thanks to light gravity and a dense atmosphere, humans were able to fly with the aid of metal wings made of bits of the cannibalized spaceship. It is a world of small islands, harsh weather, and monster-infested seas. The planet of Windhaven was not originally a home to humans, but it became one following the crash of a colony starship. Now together they gift readers with this classic tale of a brilliantly rendered world of ironbound tradition, where a rebellious soul seeks to prove the power of a dream. Lisa Tuttle has won acclaim from fans of science fiction, horror, and fantasy alike - most recently for her haunting novel The Pillow Friend. ![]() Martin has thrilled a generation of readers with his epic works of the imagination, most recently the critically acclaimed "New York Times" bestselling saga told in the novels A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, and A Storm of Swords. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Stuka pilot by hans ulrich rudel![]() ![]() ![]() This guy was so hardcore that even to this day he remains the most decorated combat pilot of any nation in the history of warfare. So, in an effort to bring a little balance to the page (something I have to take into consideration when realizing that roughly a quarter of the people on my list are there because of their exploits killing Nazis), this week I bring to you the story of one of the most ridiculously tough human beings ever produced by our species – the notorious Hans-Ulrich Rudel.Ī product of Silesia, German, Rudel was an utterly unstoppable Stuka bomber pilot who received more medals for bravery than any other German soldier of World War II. ![]() Having said that, I'll also mention that despite all of the horrible bullshit associated with German ultranationalist Fascism, military historians generally also have to concede the fact that one country can't possibly fight a war against every civilized nation on Earth at the same time without producing a couple of stone-cold badasses in the process. It's a fact that makes them one of the greatest villains from history - nobody likes these fuckers. Very few people can argue that, especially at the higher ranks, these guys weren't a bunch of seriously evil bastards who possessed very little in the way of redeemable qualities, and they're basically not universally reviled by all people on the planet. I would hope that over the past six and a half years I have made it abundantly clear that I have no particular love for the Nazi regime of mid-20th century Germany. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Unfortunately the milk![]() ![]() The new storyteller should pick up the story immediately and continue where it was left off. ![]() This game can be played in pairs or with a large group. Our past campaign and experiential project Unfortunately, Ready to Wear with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Luka Sabbat created a. ![]() The story continues until it reaches what you feel is a good stopping point, ideally ending with a fortunately.Ĥ. The next person continues, “Unfortunately, the bell began to annoy the giant's wife so much that she started throwing things!”ģ. For example: the first person says, “Once upon a time a tiny ant lived in a giant’s castle”, the second person continues the story, “Fortunately, the giant and his wife put a bell on the ant so they wouldn't accidentally step on him”. After the opening sentence, which starts with, “Once Upon a Time,” each following story-teller must alternate their starting sentence with “Fortunately…” or “Unfortunately…”Ģ. You will create a story together one sentence at a time. Have everyone sit in a circle on the floor or around the table. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Blood red road series![]() ![]() ![]() One day four cloaked men on horseback capture Lugh and take him away and the father is killed trying to rescue his son. Their mother died during childbirth and the father has been a shell of a person since then. Emmi is 9 years old, and twins Saba and Lugh are 18 years old. A widower and his three children (and a crow called Nero) live in Silverlake, a wasteland where water sources are drying up and food is scare. What is Blood Red Road by Moira Young About?īlood Red Road by Moira Young is another dystopian novel for young adults, and is the first installment in the Dust Land series. Don’t resent others for events they have no control over.Determination and persistence will get you very far. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments If were villains![]() If We Were Villains contains examples of: Everything changes when the 4th year students perform Macbeth for Halloween (as is customary every year) and the roles are redistributed. They all seemingly play their respective parts as the hero, the villain, the tyrant, the temptress. In his 4th year at the elitist conservatory, Oliver lives with his 6 classmates, the only ones remaining after the regular "purge" of the underperforming students. Oliver agrees, on the condition that the retired police officer does not act on the revelations. ![]() ![]() 10 years after the events, Oliver is approached by the former police officer who investigated his case, asking him to tell him the truth about what really happened. ![]() Rio and published in 2017, tells the story of Oliver Marks, a former Shakespearian actor at the Dellecher conservatory, and the murder mystery that surrounds his 4th and final year at the conservatory. ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, the outcomes of Esty’s audition and pregnancy are mysteries we may just have to live with. Even so, the parting notes of the show are ones of hope, with Esty settling into a new community and an independent life far from the restricted possibilities of her radicalized upbringing. ![]() We leave the world of the show with many loose ends, with the outcome of Esty’s audition and the future of her pregnancy remaining unknown. When Yanky, Esty’s estranged husband, learns about her pregnancy, he and his ne’er-do-well cousin Moishe travel to Berlin in the hope of dragging Esty home.Īt the conclusion of the four-part series, Esty seems to have found a fragile peace in Berlin, befriending a group of student musicians and auditioning to join their prestigious conservatory. Unorthodox follows the life of Esty, a young woman trapped in a loveless marriage who, upon learning that she is pregnant and that her husband intends to divorce her, flees her insular Hasidic Jewish community in Brooklyn to begin a new life in Berlin. ![]() ![]() The True Story Behind Netflix's ‘Unorthodox’. ![]() ![]() ![]() She counted among her friends such literary notables as Egon Erwin Kisch, Hermann Kesten, Stefan Zweig, Ernst Toller, Ernst Weiss, and Heinrich Mann. Keun received great acclaim for her sharp-witted books, most notably from such well-known authors as Alfred Döblin and Kurt Tucholsky, who said about her, "A woman writer with humor, check this out!". She went into exile from 1936-1940, first to Ostend in Belgium and later to Holland. ![]() In 1933/34, her books were confiscated and forbidden by the Nazis. Keun's first novel, Gilgi - One of Us, made her famous, as well as her next book and best-seller, The Artificial Silk Girl. In 1932, she married the writer and director Johannes Tralow. Encouraged by German writer Alfred Döblin, she turned her hand to writing. Although she then landed stage roles in Greifswald and Hamburg, these were only somewhat successful, and she decided to abandon her acting career in 1929. She worked as a stenotypist, but also attended acting school in Cologne from 1925-1927. There Keun attended an evangelical girls' school, from which she graduated in 1921. She and her family, including her brother Gerd, born in 1910, lived in the city until 1913, when they moved to Cologne. ![]() Irmgard Keun was born in Berlin (Charlottenburg) to Eduard and Elsa Charlotte Keun on February 6, 1905. ![]() ![]() ![]() And as a result, they each shape a world that is recognizably their own. Both of them are comfortable creating their own specific and elaborate house blend of fantasy and reality. And yet they do have something in common. Yet over the course of his formidable international career, Murakami has written novels that have been ambiguous to one degree or another, which hasn't stopped readers from lining up at midnight when his books go on sale.Īt first glance, you might think that Murakami has no overlap with that other writer whose work gets people lining up at midnight, J.K. ![]() Usually writers get to be one of those, but not all of them. It's hard to think of another writer who is as popular, as strange, and as lionized as Haruki Murakami is. ![]() Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage Author Haruki Murakami ![]() |