such as the well-known tale of Devadatta’s past life (Ding 2004, pp. 70–71). In one section of the *Abhidharma-mahāvibhāṣā-śāstra, a well-known Sarvāstivāda treatise translated by Xuanzang 玄奘, it recounts the feats of the Buddha during the lifetimes of his past incarnati...
Released back in 2018, Red Dead Redemption 2 has you step into the dusty boots of Arthur Morgan, a well-meaning outlaw trying to make his way in the increasingly shrinking American frontier. Alongside this romantic premise, Arthur's journey plumbs dark emotional depths, telling a tale wrought ...
Toads, also known as the Mushroom People or simply Mushrooms, are a peaceful race of mushroom-like, humanoid characters and the dominant species of the Mushroom Kingdom. Toads reside in many towns and cities throughout the entire kingdom and have a...
Book Review: The Ghost Bride – A Romantic Chinese Paranormal Tale Interview With Author Yangsze Choo Of ‘The Ghost Bride’ #3: Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Book Summary: In 1920s southern Mexico, Casiopea Tun accidentally releases a Mayan god from a magical box. To ...
This is a project to document the works of video game designers and programmers for early, primarily 8-bit, systems. It focuses on platforms where most games were created by individuals or small teams, including home computers (like the Atari 800 and Apple II), consoles (like the Atari 2600...
1997 Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer Steven Millhauser 1998 American Pastoral Philip Roth 1999 The Hours Michael Cunningham 2000 Interpreter of Maladies: Stories Jhumpa Lahiri 2001 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Michael Chabon 2002 Empire Falls Richard Russo 2003...
As Beyoncé adds nine more nominations to her GRAMMY resumé, she now has 88 in total — tying her husband, Jay-Z, as the most-nominated artists of all time. Check out all the ways Beyoncé has made history at the GRAMMYs.
So, I suppose, I’ll have to settle for the story that started it all:Legend, the tale of the once-mighty Druss the Legend, now grown old but still summoning the courage to stand and fight against the hordes of the invading Drenai. ...
THE UNITED STATES OF HORROR: CHAPTER 1 THE VILLAGE IN THE WOODS THE VISITOR FROM THE FUTURE THE WEE MAN THE WEIRD KIDZ THE WELL THE WIND THE WITCH IN THE WINDOW The Woman In Black (1989) Therica Wilson-Read Third Window Films Thomas Walton ...
Waits' signature early career piano-plinking and tall-tale-storytelling weaves through a dream world of hair grease and used car lots, even sneaking in a Little Anthony And The Imperials reference. In the end, our narrator comes clean with the sobering lyric, "I don't ...