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Published by Spiegel & Grau, the book illustrates the "divide" by looking at the relationship between growing income inequality and the criminalization of poverty, as poor people are increasingly harassed, arrested and imprisoned for minor crimes in the U.S., sometimes for no actual crime at all, even as crime rates continue to plummet, resulting in a prison population that "is now the biggest in the history of human civilization." At the same time, Taibbi writes, white-collar criminals who continue to defraud the financial system avoid punishment, allowing them to accumulate even more wealth without fear of future prosecution. The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap is a 2014 non-fiction book by journalist Matt Taibbi about wealth inequality in the United States and its impact on the American conception of justice and the legal system. 2014 non-fiction book by Matt Taibbi about wealth inequality in the United States The action of Sophocles's play concerns Oedipus's search for the murderer of Laius in order to end a plague ravaging Thebes, unaware that the killer he is looking for is none other than himself. Prior to the start of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus has become the king of Thebes while unwittingly fulfilling a prophecy that he would kill his father, Laius (the previous king), and marry his mother, Jocasta (whom Oedipus took as his queen after solving the riddle of the Sphinx). However, in terms of the chronology of events described by the plays, it comes first, followed by Oedipus at Colonus and then Antigone. Of Sophocles' three Theban plays that have survived, and that deal with the story of Oedipus, Oedipus Rex was the second to be written, following Antigone by about a dozen years. In antiquity, the term "tyrant" referred to a ruler with no legitimate claim to rule, but it did not necessarily have a negative connotation. It is thought to have been renamed Oedipus Tyrannus to distinguish it from Oedipus at Colonus, a later play by Sophocles. Originally, to the ancient Greeks, the title was simply Oedipus ( Οἰδίπους), as it is referred to by Aristotle in the Poetics. Oedipus Rex, also known by its Greek title, Oedipus Tyrannus ( Ancient Greek: Οἰδίπους Τύραννος, pronounced ), or Oedipus the King, is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles that was first performed around 429 BC. Daughters of Oedipus ( Antigone and Ismene) Does it feel like your man's friends are against you? What should you know about being a wife, before you say "I Do"? Now, Steve shares even more relationship wisdom. But behind the laughter is his sincere desire to help women understand men. Whether it's why women should enforce a "90-Day Probation Period" before they give their men sexual "benefits"-the way Ford motor company withholds medical and dental benefits until an employee has been on the job for 3 months-or explaining to women why men would rather "fix it" than talk about it, Steve Harvey's advice is always spot-on and laden with warmth and humor. In conjunction with its second movie sequel to be released this summer, Steve Harvey has updated his classic with new advice and insights. With over two million copies sold, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man has become a bestseller around the world. The #1 New York Times smash bestseller Revised and expanded with new material. Meanwhile, Alexia's clueless sister Felicity moves in new werewolf Biffy, once Akeldama's prot%C3%A9g%C3%A9, embarrassingly experiences premature transfluctuation and a ghost sends Alexia to unravel a plot against Queen Victoria. Alexia and Lord Maccon move next door to Akeldama, building a bridge to secretly connect the households. To protect Lady Alexia Maccon%E2%80%94eight months pregnant and feeling like a "stuffed goose with bunions"%E2%80%94from threats to her possibly soul-stealing unborn child, her husband, the Alpha of the Woolsey werewolf pack, suggests that vampire Lord Akeldama, Alexia's dear friend, adopt the baby. Carriger's fourth Parasol Protectorate adventure is filled with steampunk creations such as zombie porcupines and harmonic auditory resonance disruptors, but its primary focus is on character. Once the professionals are brought in, the problems keep getting worse: angry neighbors, terrifying problems in walls, and-most serious-civil permitting issues that put the kibosh on what work’s been done. Before bringing in the construction crew, the Heffleys attempt to do minor maintenance and repairs themselves-during which Greg fails at the work in various slapstick scenes. Greg’s mom calls a family meeting to determine what to do with their share, proposing home improvements and then overruling the family’s cartoonish wish lists and instead pushing for an addition to the kitchen. When Great Aunt Reba dies, she leaves some money to the family. The Heffley family’s house undergoes a disastrous attempt at home improvement. You Know You Will Never Ride a Bike Again has been selected as a finalist in The Troubadour International Poetry Prize 2015 in London by the judges Jean Sprackland & John McAuliffe. The prize-giving ceremony will take place at Oxford Brookes University in February.Ī suite of poems appear in Blackmail Press, issue 41: Piercing the White Space, guest edited by Michalia Arathimos in Auckland.įounded in 2001 by editor Doug Poole: ‘Blackmail Press’s impetus is to promote New Zealand poetry and to provide an environment for emerging New Zealand poets to share their work, presenting an eclectic range of voices from Aotearoa and abroad.’ The prize received over 900 entries from across the globe. Poems were submitted in two categories: ESL category (open to all poets over 18 years of age who speak English as Second Language), and Open category (open to all poets over 18 years of age).’ ‘Two top prizes of £1000 were on offer in a competition that sought to celebrate the great diversity of poetry being written in English all over the world. The prize is offered by the Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre at Oxford Brookes University in Oxford, overseen by the director Niall Munro, and co-director, Scottish poet, Kate Clanchy. Glass Eye has been specially commended in the Oxford Brookes International Poetry Competition by the judge Hannah Lowe in the UK. Short stories force me to concentrate on making a single impression. Novels are more intuitive for me, because they are capacious and varied. Do you approach writing novels and short stories differently? Does one format feel more natural for the tales you want to tell? You have nine published novels and dozens of short stories. The idea of necessity entered the story by way of some philosophical reading I’d been doing about free will at the time. You knew they were out there, not particularly scary, but wild animals. I grew up in a small canyon and we would hear the coyotes caroling at night sometimes. The story swam together out of a collection of impressions and memories. With that anthology as motivation for writing a Lovecraft pastiche, what else inspired this story? How did it develop from there? This lurking idea was simply a propitious jumping off point for the story. I wouldn’t say any one feature attracts me significantly more than any other. My favorite Lovecraft stories change with time. In your afterword in that volume, you explained that you “wrote this piece to try out a variation on his theme of a lurking power or divinity.” Are those your favorite types of Lovecraft stories? “Machines of Concrete Light and Dark” originally appeared in Lovecraft Unbound, edited by Ellen Datlow. Lovelace describes finding out the difference between someone loving her, them loving the idea of love and her first experiences with the death of loved ones (her sister and her mother), and her first real experiences at acts of self love. Section two (the damsel) contains more fairy tale analogies-her difficult experiences manifest as dragons and the big bad wolf. The section ends with her locking herself away in a tower waiting for someone to rescue her not realizing she could be her own hero. As I read it, I couldn't help but admire her bravery and courage. The first section (the princess) focuses on her early life where Lovelace takes the reader on a journey including how she fell in love with books, her turbulent relationship with her mother and sister, her battle with an eating disorder and self harm, her first period, and her first kiss and the assault that followed. The book itself is a collection of poetry broken down into four sections: the princess, the damsel, the queen, and you. Five chapters cover core National Geographic themes-wildlife on land and water cultures in the United States and around the world and science, from astronomy to archaeology to the human senses. Author Leah Bendavid-Val writes about the photographers' achievements from technical, journalistic, and artistic perspectives. They share their techniques, as well as personal and colorful anecdotes about individual images and their adventures in the field-sometimes humorous, sometimes terrifying, always vividly compelling. The book showcases the skill and imagination of such notable Geographic photographers as David Doubilet, William Albert Allard, Sam Abell, Jim Stanfield, Jodi Cobb, Jim Brandenburg, David Alan Harvey, and many more. From the famous Afghan girl whose haunting green eyes stare out from the book's cover, and her poignant story that captured the world's interest, to award-winning photography culled from the Society's vast archives, The Photographs offers readers an inside look at National Geographic and a sharp-eyed view of the world. This stunning volume was the gift book of the year when it first published, and the images that grace its pages remain iconic. |