This is a used book in good condition, meaning that it shows signs of wear but has no major defects. And he draws a striking parallel between China’s quest for hegemony in the South China Sea and the United States’ imperial adventure in the Caribbean more than a century ago. He explains how the region’s unique geography fosters the growth of navies but also impedes aggression. One of the world’s most perceptive foreign policy experts, Kaplan interprets America’s interests in Asia in the context of an increasingly assertive China. Kaplan offers up a vivid snapshot of the nations surrounding the South China Sea, the conflicts brewing in the region at the dawn of the twenty-first century, and their implications for global peace and stability. Print Asia's Cauldron : South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific
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In December 2014, it was licensed by VIZ Media to be released in English in June 2015, under the "Fragments of Horror" title.īorn in Gifu Prefecture in 1963, he was inspired from a young age by his older sister's drawing and Kazuo Umezu's comics and thus took an interest in drawing horror comics himself. It was subsequently published as a collection in Japan in June 2014, with the final story, "Whispering Woman", having been previously published in Shinkan (シンカン) rather than Nemuki+. It began serialization in the first issue of the revived Nemuki+ (ネムキプラス) magazine on April 13, 2013. Ma no Kakera (魔の断片, also titled Shard of Evil or Fragments of Horror), is a series of short stories by Junji Ito. Ranging from the terrifying to the comedic, from the erotic to the loathsome, these stories showcase Junji Ito's long-awaited return to the world of horror. A funeral where the dead are definitely not laid to rest. A dissection class with a most unusual subject. An old wooden mansion that turns on its inhabitants. A new collection of delightfully macabre tales from a master of horror manga. Each time you do so, you will find another application of a natural mathematical concept that you had not noticed before. The reader is subtly led to see and understand the real meaning of numbers. But the seemingly simple plan of the book is deceptive: look more carefully and you will see one-to-one correspondences groups and sets scales and tabulations changes over time periods and many other mathematical relationships as they occur in natural, everyday living. Gentle watercolor pictures show a landscape changing through the various times of day and the turning seasons, months and years, and the activities of the people and animals who come to live there. With Anno's Counting Book, the creator of the brilliantly inventive Anno's Alphabet invites young readers on another stimulating adventure of the imagination-this time into the world of numbers and counting. As they try to bring sense and order into what they observe, they are actually performing basic mathematical feats. Children are constantly comparing and classifying things and events they observe around them. ALA Notable Children’s Book About the BookĪ simple, beautiful introduction to math for the youngest readersĮvery child is a natural mathematician, according to Mitsumasa Anno. In Doreen’s latest book, Diary of a Worm, she explores the daily life of a lovable worm. She then teamed up once again with illustrator Betsy Lewin to write another hilarious barnyard tale, Giggle, Giggle, Quack, that continues the escapades of these lovable animals on a farm. The busy life of a writer left no room for courtroom litigation and arbitration so Doreen made the leap to being a full-time children’s book author. Five years after submitting the original manuscript she got a call from a publisher who wanted to turn her story into a book and the rest is history! In fact, she had written this barnyard tale even before attending law school but only received rejection letters from publishers. But her book was not published overnight. Doreen Cronin was a practicing attorney in Manhattan when her first book Click, Clack Moo: Cows That Type became a publishing success. The brisk, often violent action drama is about a global spy network, also called Citadel, charged with keeping the world’s peace, often through unpeaceful means. The result, or at least the first step, is the six-part first season of “Citadel,” debuting Friday. And they soon came up with the right vehicle: a fast-paced spy thriller that jets around the world, as such stories already tend to do. As linchpins of the Marvel empire, having directed two Avengers movies and two Captain America movies, they knew all about international reach Marvel, after all, reaps much of its enormous profit abroad. It would start with an American-made show then eventually expand into multiple other series, set and produced in other countries and filmed in other languages, all connected within the same storytelling universe on Prime Video. About five years ago, the head of Amazon Studios, Jennifer Salke, called Anthony and Joe Russo with an idea for a different kind of franchise. “A man has three seconds after spotting a woman to speak to her, he said. For humans, he told us, the equivalent of the fanned peacock tail is a shiny shirt, a garish hat, and jewelry that lights up in the dark-basically, everything I’d dismissed my whole life as cheesy.” “Peacock theory is the idea that in order to attract the most desirable female of the species, it’s necessary to stand out in a flashy and colorful way. You’ll feel better and seem like a person that people might want to talk to. Outside of picking people up, smiling more is a good practice. And by smiling, you look like you’re together, you’re fun, and you’re somebody.” As soon as you walk in a club, the game is on. □ If you enjoy this summary and want to get access to a growing and searchable digital collection of 100+ book summaries like this, check out Foundations. If you’re struggling romantically, there are many practical takeaways that will help you, but the book is a good story more than anything else.īuy this book on Amazon (Highly recommend) A fascinating story about Neil Strauss’s journey from AFC (average frustrated chump) to a pick-up artist charging people thousands of dollars for advice on picking up women. Scott (played by Martin Shaw ) and his Norwegian rival in polar exploration, Roald Amundsen (played by Sverre Anker Ousdal. The book is an exploration of the expeditions of Captain Robert F. 1985: Martin Shaw, star of The Professionals, plays Captain Scott in Trevor Griffiths’s TV adaptation of Huntford’s biography, The Last Place on Earth. OL15855837W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 84.05 Pages 598 Ppi 514 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0340381019 The Last Place on Earth is a 1985 Central Television seven-part serial, written by Trevor Griffiths based on the book Scott and Amundsen by Roland Huntford. 1979: Roland Huntford’s classic debunking biography, Scott and Amundsen, is published by Hodder and Stoughton. Urn:lcp:lastplaceonearth00hunt:epub:8f2e1049-2b78-405a-8387-5a6fd97870ac Extramarc The Indiana University Catalog Foldoutcount 0 Identifier lastplaceonearth00hunt Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t5m913q6s Isbn 0689707010ĩ780689707018 Lccn 85011219 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.11 Ocr_module_version 0.0.14 Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 22:37:09 Boxid IA134121 Boxid_2 CH120121031-BL1 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donorįriendsofthesanfranciscopubliclibrary Edition 1st Atheneum pbk. Jessica and her family reside in Sherman Oaks, California.īrittany Jackson (Bea for short) is a New York Times bestselling illustrator who attended the College for Creative Studies and is the grand prize winner and returned alumni of L. Jessica’s blog, Happy Mama Happy Babies, is an authentic motherhood and lifestyle platform that shares her family’s adventures, growth chronicles, and everything in between. The mother-daughter duo has since penned four additional children’s books in hopes of inspiring others to dream big dreams. Jessica’s debut children’s picture book, written with her oldest daughter, Parker, was nominated for a 2020 NAACP Image Award. Jessica Curry is a New York Times bestselling author, blogger, and work-at-home mama to three children Parker, Ava, and Cash. Precocious Parker lives with her mother, father, younger sister, and baby brother. Currently, Parker is in first grade, where she loves to explore art and new books. Parker Curry, six years old, is a New York Times bestselling author and dynamic young mind with a love for ballet and reading. Love me some Alpha Man punishment!!! Narration was not the greatest.but a far far step up from the Liaison books by Zaires on Audible. I loved the ending, serious little girl butterflies. She totally broke the ultimate rule!!! Anyway. I felt like the h didn't deserve my perfectly badass villain. Yes, by now you will totally love the H, even though you only know a pinky nail much about him,but STILL. I didn't want to miss anything! The action toward the end was that good.but then. I was literally pressing my ear bobs into my eardrums to make sure I heard this and that. nah, more like 35mph to 60 in the blink of an eye. (by golly! I think I just figured that out!) So after the hospital, the book goes from 0. there was really nothing to do, but what she was, no action required. the middle really makes sense.because where the h was being held. It got a bit boring during the middle, but actually now that the book is over. I was totally wrapped in the story the entire book. Anyway, THIS WAS AWESOMENESS!!! A great DARK romance!!! Our H is a totally mysterious but likeable A-hole for the things he do to the h. If you fall in-love with the H/h who is supposed to be the bad guy, in like chapter 2, well that just defeats the purpose of having a villain right. There needs to be a level of violence with a dark romance. Most "DARK' romances, are not usually all that dark. I think this actually lives up to the dark part. a constant companion of the carer of someone with Lewy Body Dementia, unfortunately, Michael. “The question is in part, was I tough enough with him?” Morris said at a news conference at the festival where the film by the maker of “The Fog of War”, an Oscar-winning portrait of Vietnam War-era Defense Secretary Robert S. But he is still here and it makes me smile when he smiles. The film got a tepid response at a press screening, with some in the audience saying Morris had failed to get Rumsfeld to face up to the consequences of what is generally viewed as a colossal failure of intelligence in Iraq under his watch. Rumsfeld, famous for his statement that “stuff happens” in response to the looting of Baghdad after the American-led invasion, is shown smiling almost obsessively throughout the film which had its premiere at the Venice Film Festival.Ī prodigious producer of memos, Rumsfeld also reflects on the meanings of words in juxtaposition, including his dictum that there are “known knowns” and “unknown unknowns”. Mortgage delinquencies that have returned to historical averages: mortgage delinquencies have fallen to 5.88 percent nearly half of their peak rate but still higher than the national average of about 2. Director Errol Morris arrives for a photocall for the movie "The Unknown Known" during the 70th Venice Film Festival in Venice September 4, 2013. A healthy job market with low stable unemployment: the unemployment rate while inching down still remains high at 6.7 percent. |