Feelings can be capricious, strange and unpredictable things. Sometimes you feel anger when you expect sadness, or relief when you expect disappointment, or numbness when you expect grief. Fortunately, however, you don’t have to make sense of your emotions on your own. Below are five stellar reads, each of which …
Read More »Meet Hashim Tariq Bhat the author of two books
Ganderbal: Hashim Tariq Bhat, a resident of Duderhama Ganderbal who is pursuing BA studies at Amar Singh College, .Hashim did his tutoring at Crescent Habak Naseem Bagh Public School, Hazratbal.Hashim is the author of his first book called “Daleel The Story Of My Snaps”. The …
Read More »At the Westerly Library: a first look at some banned books | Guest columns
If you’ve been paying attention to the news lately — and frankly, even if you haven’t — you’ve probably heard stories about books being challenged and outright banned across the country. Unfortunately, this is nothing new. Censorship of reading material dates back to at least the 17th century in America …
Read More »Jan Pieńkowski, illustrator of Meg and Mog books, dies at 85 | Books
Jan Pieńkowski, the beloved illustrator and author of more than 140 children’s books, has died aged 85. Pieńkowski, whose work included the pop-up books Meg and Mog, lived with Alzheimer’s disease. Francesca Dow, managing director of Penguin Random House Children’s Books, confirmed he died on Saturday morning. Pieńkowski’s work is …
Read More »Comics: Conan: People of the Dark Circle | Local News
Marvel Comics has been on a tear from Conan the Barbarian since the start of the year. Marvel launched a new title, “King Conan”, ended the “Savage Avengers” series where Conan was transported to the modern Marvel Universe, released some massive collections of “Conan Chronicles”, and released the adaptation collected …
Read More »Gu skies for gold and history books in women’s halfpipe final
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Pure joy on the halfpipe looked like this on a sunny, windswept day at the Beijing Olympics: -It was multinational freeskiing sensation Eileen Gu who learned her gold medal was safe, then fell to her knees atop that halfpipe, covering her mouth with her mitts and …
Read More »The 10 best comics that have risen in value over the past week include the Illuminati, Star Wars and more
Want to know which comics are trending each week and why? COVRPRICE.COM uses live sales analytics to identify and compile the market’s most robust price guide, highlighting the hottest trending comics each week. No opinion. Just data. Each week they feature a newly updated list of TOP 10 COMICS. These …
Read More »Will Leitch Writes Yet Another Must-Try With ‘How Lucky’ Mystery | Books | Savannah News, Events, Restaurants, Music
Regularly hired by many of the nation’s most widely read publications and websites, Will Leitch is an editor at New York Magazine and an editor for GQ, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and MLB.com, among others. His prowess behind a keyboard was first evident when he burst onto …
Read More »Burn books? Let’s face the real problem.
the preacher burning books of Tennessee. Honestly, I don’t know why people are surprised by this stunt. This scenario isn’t the first time Greg Locke has burned a book that disagrees with his ideology. After all, man is neither unique nor intelligent. It follows a playbook that most bosses use. …
Read More »Religious singer Bracha Jaffe books a women-only room in Jerusalem
It’s a female-only audience for religious singer Bracha Jaffe, a New Yorker who will perform February 23 at the Jerusalem International Convention Center. While gender-separated events sponsored by public entities were recently declared illegal by Israel’s attorney general, private events such as the Jaffe concert can only cater to one …
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