The article focuses on the book "The In-Between World of Vikram Lall," by M.G. Vassanji. M.G. Vassanji's expansive family saga centres on the figure of Vikram Lali, born in Kenya of Indian parents and destined to be reviled as "one of Africa's most corrupt men." In his ...
World Book and Copyright Day is a celebration to promote the enjoyment of books and reading. Each year, on 23 April, celebrations take place all over the world to recognize the scope of books - a link between the past and the future,...
But if you’re curious about the books you see in your local bookstore, then 11.5% is a useful data point. “In the industry overall,” notes from the AAP say, “print formats accounted for 55 percent of all revenue for 2023, a decrease of 2 percent on a year-over-year basis. ...
2029 星期一 4月23日 (一) World Book and Copyright Day United Nations Observance 2030 星期二 4月23日 (二) World Book and Copyright Day United Nations Observance While we diligently research and update our holiday dates, some of the information in the table above may be preliminary. If you ...
The log indicated a mean speed of between eight and nine miles. The 'Tankadere' still carried all sail, and was accomplishing her greatest capacity of speed. If the wind held as it was, the chances would be in her favour. During the day she kept along the coast, where the currents we...
84, Charing Cross Road was the address of a London second-hand bookshop, Marks and Company. The book of the same name is a collection of correspondence between the shop and Helene Hanff, a writer who lived in New York. The letters begin prosaically enough in 1949, with a note from Hanff...
However, astronomers tend to set 0° at the south with increasing angles moving westward; at least that’s how Jean Meeus sums it up in his classic book, “Astronomical Algorithms” (Willmann-Bell, 1998). Horizontal coordinates are analogous to geographic coordinates, except...
【题目】In her new book, "T he Smartest Kids in the World," Amanda Ripley, an investigative journalist, tells the story of T om, a high-school student from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, who decides to spend his senior year in Warsaw, Poland. Poland is a surprising educational success story: ...
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In July and August 2022, Twitter and Meta -- the parent company of Facebook and Instagram -- removed two overlapping sets of accounts for violating their platforms' terms of service. Further analysis by the SIO and Graphika revealed an interconnected web of accounts on Twitter, Facebook, Insta...