![]() Over the course of his career, McCurry has documented daily life alongside conflicts in Cambodia, the Philippines, the former Yugoslavia, Beirut, Iraq, Afghanistan and Tibet. The photographs he took there were among the first in the world to document the conflict, and his work was awarded the Robert Capa Gold Medal for “photographic reporting from abroad.” Just prior to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, in 1979, he crossed the border from Pakistan into Afghan rebel–controlled territory, wearing native garb to disguise himself, with rolls of film sewn into his clothing. After several years working at a newspaper in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, he left to work as a freelancer in India, where he honed his skill for capturing unguarded moments in daily life. McCurry was born in Philadelphia and attended Penn State University, graduating cum laude with a degree in theater arts in 1974. Rather than focusing on the violence of the battlefield, McCurry seeks to capture the human face of conflict, distilling what is universal and recognizable in each portrait. ![]() The image is emblematic of McCurry’s work, which has brought him to war zones across the globe. ![]() Originally published on the cover of National Geographic in 1985, the photograph shows a young Pashtun orphan, later identified as Sharbat Gula, who was living in a refugee camp near Peshawar, Pakistan, during the Soviet Union’s occupation of Afghanistan. ![]() Steve McCurry is an American photographer who gained international acclaim for his arresting portrait of a young refugee known simply as Afghan Girl. ![]()
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![]() ![]() America, Russia, Israel, Brazil, and Germany are all represented. The young characters in Embassy Row come from different countries and live in Adria because their parents work at the embassies. Obviously, Ally Carter’s readers didn’t have this problem, so that encourages me. They say the reader will get them confused. I have been warned by “experts” that Team Seven, the group of friends in my series, is too big. It’s difficult to find books with multiple characters or large groups of friends like my books. The three Embassy Row books involve a group of friends who live on Embassy Row in a fictional country called Adria. ![]() I like the Embassy Row series because it has the same feel and excitement as my (not yet published) Divine Destiny series. We even prefer particular authors and writing techniques. We prefer specific genres, certain types of characters and plots. No one will like a book that’s poorly written, but we all have our own tastes and preferences. Why do I like this particular book? Why does it interest me? As a writer, when I find a book or series I really enjoy I ask myself why. ![]() The series consists of three books: All Fall Down, See How They Run, and Take the Key and Lock Her Up. I’ve just finished reading the Embassy Row young adult series by Ally Carter. ![]() ![]() ![]() Fans of Didion, lovers of California, and fellow writers alike will all find something to dig into, in this rich exploration of the inner and outer landscapes Joan Didion traveled, shaping our own journeys in the process. Slouching Towards Los Angeles is a love letter and thank you note personal memoir and social commentary cultural history and literary critique. This collection of original essays covers the turf that made Didion a sensation-Hollywood and Patty Hearst Malibu, Manson and the Mojave the Summer of Love and the Central Park Five-while bringing together some of the finest voices of today’s Los Angeles and beyond. Slouching Towards Los Angeles is a multi-faceted portrait of the literary icon who, in turn, belongs to us. ![]() Item 2201038 A fine first edition First Printing, 1968, stated on copyright. In The White Album, Joan Didion famously wrote that “a place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively…loves it so radically that he remakes it in his image.” Cruising in her Daytona yellow Corvette Stingray, taking it all in behind dark glasses, Joan Didion claimed California for all time. New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1968. ![]() ![]() In religious terms, this is a fatwa rejecting the claim that, under Muslim teachings, women are required to wear the veil, or that it is desirable to do so. It includes scientific and biological arguments, which are valid for all human beings, traversing all human cultures, and have implications for the practices of other religions as well as Islam. If you are not a Muslim, its grounds are human common sense and compassion. ![]() If you are a Muslim, it is set out as a valid religious opinion. It is designed to be explanatory, for Muslims, and non-Muslims alike, on the status of the veil, and its more oppressive forms. This article is a fatwa to unveil the veil and liberate the world from violent and lethal punishments for adultery. Sister sites: Sakina Ka’aba Islam, Jihad and Sakina 1. Parallels and Differences: Islamic, Christian and other forms of Patriarchal Oppression Sexual Biology, Human Culture and Religious OppressionĨ. Abrogating Violent Punishments for Adulteryħ. Nine Reasons why Muslim Women Might Adopt the Veilĥ. ![]() ![]() A History of the Prophet’s Statements on the VeilĤ. Does the Qur’an Require Women to be Veiled?ģ. Introduction: Not Being a One-eyed WomanĢ. ![]() ![]() He requires money to pay his rent to the landlords of this territory: the descendants of Bruce Banner, the Hulk, who are a product of years of incestuous procreation originating with Banner and his first cousin She-Hulk. Logan lives with his wife Maureen, his son Scotty and daughter Jade on a plot of land in Sacramento, California, now part of land known as "Hulkland". Wolverine then decided to never draw his claws again and became a pacifist. Wolverine left the mansion broken and tried to kill himself but failed. Wolverine killed every one of them only to reveal the enemies were illusions created by Mysterio and Wolverine actually killed the whole X men. ![]() When the villains attacked, Logan was in the mansion until an explosion that killed Jubilee happened showing a full roster of X men villains. Set more than fifty years in the future, it features a similar set up to another Millar book, Wanted, in which the world's super villains ganged together to finally destroy almost all superheroes. ![]() ![]() Old Man Logan is a character in an eight-issue story arc in the Wolverine ongoing series by the writer Mark Millar and artist Steve McNiven that debuted with Wolverine #66 in June 2008. ![]() ![]() ![]() When not writing, Aprilynne can usually be found at the gym she also enjoys singing, acting, reading, and working with pregnant moms as a childbirth educator and doula. At the age of twenty she received her BA in Creative Writing from Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho. In this tale of magic and intrigue, romance and danger, everything you thought you knew about faeries will be chang Aprilynne Pike has been spinning faerie stories since she was a child with a hyper-active imagination. Aprilynne Pike's #1 New York Times best-selling debut, WINGS, is the first of four books about a seemingly ordinary girl with a not-so-ordinary destiny. Aprilynne currently lives with her husband and three kids in Utah, and dreams of warmer climates. ![]() Aprilynne Pike has been spinning faerie stories since she was a child with a hyper-active imagination. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() His black-and-white photos, though occasionally grainy or mundane, capture the uncommon tapestry of Tibet: hatted servants leading the horses of government ministers, the Dalai Lama's formidable but kind mother, two honorees at a New Year's celebration clad in huge fur caps and Russian brocade robes. Though he presents himself humbly, Harrer (author of the 1953 classic Seven Years in Tibet) is clearly remarkable: a celebrated Austrian mountaineer who escaped a British prison camp to enter Tibet in 1944, he learned the language, developed a friendship with the Dalai Lama (then a teenager), worked on the country's reforestation and helped build Lhasa's sewer system. This collection of 200 photos and thematically ordered essays conjures up life in an isolated, innocent Tibet before the Chinese invasion of the 1950s. ![]() ![]() Campbell’s newest book, Braving It: A Father, A Daughter, and an Unforgettable Journey into the Alaskan Wild (Penguin-Random House) was chosen by Amazon as one of May 2016’s top nonfiction books and was a finalist for the Banff Mountain Book Competition.Ĭampbell is also the co-Executive Producer of the hit Discovery Channel series, The Last Alaskans, which was inspired by The Final Frontiersman. The Ghost Mountain Boys won the 2008 RR Donnelley Literary Award, given for the highest literary achievement by a Wisconsin author. His story, “Chasing Ghosts,” (Outside magazine) about that expedition, was chosen for The Best American Travel Writing 2008. ![]() In 2006, he followed their route across New Guinea and shot a documentary film in the process. His fascination with New Guinea and the war in the South Pacific led him to the story of the Ghost Mountain Boys, and his book of the same name. ![]() ![]() His first book, The Final Frontiersman was chosen by Amazon in 2004 as the #1 Outdoor title of the Year and one of the Top 50 books of the Year and by the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association as one of the Top 2 nonfiction titles of the year. In this personal essay, his daughter, Aidan. He has written stories for Outside, National Geographic, and many other magazines and newspapers. Stories of Alaska: An Unforgettable Journey by Aidan Campbell Penguin Random House In Braving It by James Campbell, the author reflects on time spent in the Alaskan wilderness with his daughter. 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If you want to enter to win, tweet or email brian (at) muliversitycomics (dot) com with your favorite DC animated film. Hear Vince and Zach bully Brian for not my a sycophantic Morrison stan, an allusion to Troy McClure, and a tease for what Vince and Brian will do when Zach inevitably quits the show. The boys took a week off, and so we’re sharing the first installment of the ‘Untitled Grant Morrison’ project, currently running at /dc3cast. Plus, they review DC films now and then, and sometimes dig into older runs/events. Each week, hosts Vince, Zach, and Brian dig into the most important weekly releases, specifically focusing on ‘Infinite Frontier’ titles. The DC3cast is Multiversity’s weekly podcast digging into all things DC Comics. ![]() |