nightclubs, and restaurants, but definitely not any liquor because that was illegal at the time and was for sure a law everyone followed, ahem...Anyway, the 20s is largely considered the golden age for Atlantic City, while now it's anything but that. ...
Along with her novels, poetry, short fiction, criticism and books for children, Le Guin’s website lists four translations in her bibliography. Kalpa Imperial: The Greatest Empire that Never Was is one of these. As its subtitle suggests, the book charts the history of an imaginary empire....
A new generation of Hoovervilles are popping up on the landfills constructed to keep the Atlantic from swamping the streets of Manhattan, populated by climate and economic refugees, while the rich find ever more expensive ways to distract themselves. Perry’s treatment of race and identity and t...
Along with her novels, poetry, short fiction, criticism and books for children, Le Guin’s website lists four translations in her bibliography. Kalpa Imperial: The Greatest Empire that Never Was is one of these. As its subtitle suggests, the book charts the history of an imaginary empire....
Qian Xuesen was one of the greatest Chinese scientists of modern times. People call him the “father of China’s space program” for the work he did in helping develop the country’s first rockets(火箭), missiles(导弹) and satellites(人造卫星). He helped China become a 1 for technology ...
The way Gauz’ plays with structure is one of the novel’s greatest triumphs. Reflecting the fact that this is a book about people who stay still for hours on end, he dispenses with the sort of chronology often seen in Anglo-European novels and instead presents a narrative stitched together...
Along with her novels, poetry, short fiction, criticism and books for children, Le Guin’s website lists four translations in her bibliography. Kalpa Imperial: The Greatest Empire that Never Was is one of these. As its subtitle suggests, the book charts the history of an imaginary empire....
international credibility, Trump is helping Russia and China achieve their explicit mission of replacing the United States as the world’s preeminent superpower. Moscow’s goal has long been to break up the North Atlantic alliance. Who would have thought that an American president would do its ...
Jack Patrick Dorsey is an American entrepreneur who was the co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, with a net worth of over $5 billion. He’s also the founder and CEO of Square, a financial payments company that’s used by millions of people to start, run, and grow their businesses. ...
Bastos’s greatest achievement, however, is that, while revealing the monstrous actions and self-deception of the tyrant, he brings out his humanity too. This comes through in the lonely, sober tone of many of the entries in El Supremo’s private notebook, as well as through glimpses of ...