鳳雙飛 (Feng shuangfei) ( A Pair of Male Phoenixes Flying Together), Cheng Huiying (程蕙英) (1899) įiction and drama (20th century).Mademoiselle Giraud, My Wife, Adolphe Belot (1891).Nana, Émile Zola (1880), – an extended description of Chez Laure, a Parisian restaurant that caters to a lesbian clientele the relationship of Nana and the unfaithful Satin, "with her blue eyes and schoolgirlish look", "bitten and beaten and torn this way and that by the two women".Der Liebe Lust und Leid der Frau zur Frau (1895) – the only known exemplar is in the Berlin State Library ( RVKO number Yx 27911).Mademoiselle Maupin, Théophile Gautier (1835).La Religieuse, Denis Diderot (1796) – a Reverend Mother wants to seduce a nunįiction and drama (19th century).Fanny Hill, John Cleland (1748) – Fanny has an encounter with Phoebe, a prostitute.Dialogues of the Courtesans, Lucian of Samosataįiction and drama (18th century).You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
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Wright explores the possibility that meditation can induce powerful mystical states, including the supreme state known as enlightenment. During a mystical experience, you feel as though you are encountering absolute reality, whatever the hell that is. Mysticism has been on my mind again lately, in part because of the success of Why Buddhism Is True by my friend Robert Wright. Her previous books include the Chook Chook series and Shaozhen, part of the Through My Eyes: Natural Disaster Zone series. She spent some time living in Japan before making Sydney, Australia, her permanent home. She grew up speaking Cantonese at home and absorbing Western culture through books, TV and school. Wai Chim is a first-generation Chinese-American from New York City. A nourishing tale about the crevices of culture, mental wellness and family. And as Mum's condition worsens, Anna and her family question everything they understand about themselves and each other. 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Scott McCloud tore down the wall between high and low culture in 1993 with Understanding Comics, a massive comic book about comics, linking the medium to such diverse fields as media theory, movie criticism, and web design. "Magnificent! The best how-to manual ever published." - Kevin Kelly, Cool Tools I also noticed the genres that agents seemed to request the most, and the least. I noted common approaches in the entries that got the most requests, and the ones that didn’t get any. I spent days carefully reading through the writing samples and query letters of past finalists. Many aspiring writers, just like me, who had been deep in the query trenches and racked up many rejections, had become PBParty finalists, had their work featured in the showcase, and then signed with agents and got book deals! I immediately wanted to know more. Reading through the success stories was thrilling. What an amazing opportunity! Flocks of top picture book agents and editors visit a public online showcase of writing samples and queries to request submissions. In the fall of 2021, learned about PBParty through Twitter. My story begins in the exact same place that you are in right now: reading past PBParty success stories. For those seeking familiar themes in an ever-popular genre, this movie is weakly entertaining enough to fill the space, but those seeking something new under the sun should peek down another wormhole. In fact the one distinguishing feature about Timeline is a generally hurried feel as if all those involved wanted to wrap up the flick and head home. His novels include The Andromeda Strain, The Great Train Robbery, Congo, Jurassic Park, Rising Sun, Disclosure, The Lost World, and Airframe. Despite much scurrying about the ramparts, the battle scenes are a pale repetition of any movie where a castle is stormed. Michael Crichton was born in Chicago, in 1942. 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National Register of Historic Places & Landmarksĭid the Reconstruction Era following the Civil War result in freedom, equality and civil rights for African Americans?.Iowa Cultural & Entertainment DistrictsĪ A State Historical Society of Iowa - Secondary Navigation. 1920 The Mysterious Affair at StylesĬhristie’s first novel was written during World War One. Here’s a breakdown of Agatha Christie’s books in order, highlighting her novels and short stories. By the time she died in 1976, Christie’s reputation as one of Britain’s – if not the world’s – most famous authors was cemented forever, and her legacy is reflected in the many film and television adaptations of her novels that are still produced today. Known for her eccentric characters such as the Belgian super-detective Inspector Poirot and elderly amateur sleuth Miss Marple, Christie’s novels are also famed for their broad range of dramatic locations and often shocking narrative twists. Similarly, her famous mystery play, The Mousetrap, opened in London’s West End in 1952 and is still running today. Over the course of her illustrious life, Christie wrote 66 detective novels and 15 short story collections that have sold over a staggering two billion copies. Agatha Christie (1890-1976) is one of the world’s most popular and enduring novelists, her works outsold by only the Bible and the works of William Shakespeare. The Darkness leader Justin Hawkins also posted a YouTube video commenting on what’s going on with Bon Jovi’s voice. There’s all kinds of things that can creep up and cause problems, many of which we have no control over.” Edwards notes that Jon Bon Jovi had to stop singing for two weeks last October because of a COVID-19 infection and says that his vocal issues could have something to do with prolonged COVID effects. The Asbury Park Press quotes voice and voice pedagogy associate professor Matt Edwards, who says, “Bon Jovi should check in with a laryngologist and get his vocal folds looked at. In the past few weeks, videos of Bon Jovi shanking notes have gotten heavy traffic on TikTok and YouTube, to the point where the Asbury Park Press, Jon Bon Jovi’s local paper, has run a story speculating on why Jon Bon Jovi’s vocal performances have been, as one review termed it, “shockingly poor.” These days, though, Jon Bon Jovi is going viral for all the wrong reasons, and people seem to be both horrified and concerned at the state of his voice.īon Jovi returned to the road at the beginning of April, spending a month on a North American arena tour. Instead, Bon Jovi was always notable for how he was able to make the most of a limited range, making the most of charisma and smoke and mirrors when belting out his band’s massive choruses. Jon Bon Jovi has never been known as the most technically gifted singer in the rock ‘n’ roll canon. |