![]() ![]() But was she calling for help? Or begging for her life? All he has is a faint impression of his mother calling his name. He can't remember much about the night before having suffered from seizures for most of his life, Yu-jin often has trouble with his memory. ![]() Yu-jin soon discovers her murdered body, lying in a pool of blood at the bottom of the stairs of their stylish Seoul duplex. Who can you trust if you can't trust yourself?Įarly one morning, twenty-six-year-old Yu-jin wakes up to a strange metallic smell, and a phone call from his brother asking if everything's all right at home – he missed a call from their mother in the middle of the night. Ripley meets The Bad Seed in this breathless, chilling psychological thriller by the #1 bestselling novelist known as “Korea's Stephen King” " maintains suspense about her inhuman-seeming protagonist's fate until the bitter end.” - The Wall Street Journalįinalist for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’s “Summer Reads” Book Club “Will leave even the most seasoned crime fiction readers guessing.” - CrimeReads Synopsis: “Ingeniously twisted.” - Entertainment Weekly, “Must List” ![]()
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![]() ![]() "The tremendous toll brought to an end forever the period of Victorian optimism," Hochschild said. It destroyed empires – the czar's, the Ottoman, the German, and the Austro-Hungarian. ![]() It left destruction never before seen on the continent as retreating armies poisoned wells, cut down fruit trees and destroyed forests, intent on causing lasting damage. Military and civilian deaths, direct and indirect, totaled 20 million – six times the death toll of any previous war in Europe. The scale of the war and its effects were of a different degree of magnitude to any other. "There was conflict between people on both sides who thought it was a noble and necessary crusade and those who thought it was complete madness to fight," Hochschild said. 26 at an event hosted by the Rectorate and the Department of International Relations. The First World War, a tragedy that "remade the world we live in for the worse in every conceivable way," was more than a battle between rival alliances – there were dissenters and families divided by conflicting loyalties, according to Adam Hochschild, who tells their stories in his most recent book, "To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918." Hochschild, who is also a lecturer at the Graduate School of Journalism, University of California, Berkeley, spoke at CEU Nov. ![]() ![]() It made me wish my future hypothetical daughter were real and present - so that we could bond over reading this book, loving its every page. ![]() ![]() Go figure.-Īnd so NyQuil says: This book is like a breath of fresh air, the gulp of fresh water from a mountain stream, a birdsong in the sunshine (damn birds, stop chirping, there are sick and grumpy people over here!!!). I could not recall writing a single word of it. I wrote a final paper back in college with high fever and in the similar NyQuil daze, shaken by raspy cough, breathless with congestion. Yes, this review is written in that febrile, NyQuil-fueled fog of hazy clarity where the world becomes muted at its edges and yet everything comes into a strangely sharp focus, and brain-mouth dissociation may reach dangerous levels. ![]() DISCLAIMER: There is an actual risk that one of the patient's charts in my local ER will say by tomorrow, '28yo female presents with symptoms of NyQuil poisoning, incoherently rambling about underground cities and glass faces. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s her 21st birthday, which will probably be her last. Our heroine is Zinnia Gray, and she’s not likely to get a happy ending. ![]() There are few things I like more in this universe (or the next) than multiple realities and twisted tales.Ī Spindle Splintered gave me both in the same book. And it’s that concept that made me instantly add this book to my to-be-read list. It’s that concept-a fairy tale Spider-Verse-that started author Alix E. And, of course, we can’t forget Into the Spider-Verse. The multiverse is all the rage these days, with Loki and What If…? season 1 coming to their respective conclusions and Doctor Strange 2 on the horizon. Harrow pits the modern against the classic as we see the tale of Sleeping Beauty in a completely different light. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jennifer Wu, an OB/GYN at Lenox Hill Hospital. ![]() “Traditionally hormone replacement therapy used for hot flashes but the risks were worrisome to patients and doctors,” added Dr. The most common side effects of Veozah include abdominal pain, diarrhea, insomnia, back pain, hot flush, and elevated hepatic transaminases, which affects the liver. Rutenberg added that this medication is not for those with liver damage, like cirrhosis, or those with end stage renal disease. “The biggest risk appears to be elevation of liver function tests and so it is recommended to monitor baseline and quarterly liver tests for the first year.” “The results are very promising, both in terms of efficacy and safety,” said Rutenberg. Studies were then extended a year to verify safety. Randomized controlled clinical trials demonstrated effectiveness compared to a placebo after 12 weeks of once-daily therapy with Veozah. The clinical trials took measures to ensure the safety of the medication. If a dose is missed, or not taken at the regular time, patients should take it as soon as possible and return to their regular schedule the following day. Veozah is an oral medication that includes one 45 milligram pill per day, taken at the same time each day. ![]() ![]() As he prepares to depart, P makes several alarming mistakes and the neurologist resolves to see him again. ![]() A series of routine neurological tests is carried out, revealing little. arrive at the neurologist's clinic, having been referred by an ophthalmologist. Prologue: The Examiner delivers an address concerning his approach to neurology, and introduces the case of Doctor P. In the case of Dr P, a gifted performer, his exceptional musical ability allows him, in large measure, to return sense to the world by putting it and his actions into music. If a world cannot be organised visually, other organizing principles may be found and used. They cannot recognise people or places or common objects their visual world is no longer meaningful or familiar, but strange, abstract, chaotic, mystifying. ![]() They see colours, lines, boundaries, simple shapes, patterns, movement – but they are unable to recognise, or find sense in, what they see. ![]() An investigation into the world of a man (Dr P) with visual agnosia (or ‘mental blindness’ due to damage of the visual parts of the brain). ![]() ![]() Inspired by the silence surrounding his great-grandfather’s wartime experiences, Diop’s second novel (his first to be translated into English) interweaves the history of World War I with the history of colonialism, charting the decent into madness and brutality of a young soldier who witnesses his childhood friend die on the frontline.įirst published in France in 2018, At Night All Blood Is Black has already won the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens and the Los Angeles Times Fiction Book Prize. ![]() David Diop today became the first French writer, and the first writer of African heritage, to win the prestigious International Booker Prize for translated fiction for his harrowing novel about a Senegalese soldier fighting for France in the first world war, At Night All Blood Is Black. ![]() ![]() When nightmares and weird dreams start to plague everyone who has visited the carnival, the worlds of magic and reality are both endangered. Without their favorite enchanted treats, how can they salvage their sixth-grade year, rescue their families, and save their town? The Blue Falcons think they know who is responsible and are ready to fight, but the carnival forbids outside magic. And the Big Top is said to bewitch audience members. Some who enter the labyrinthine Funhouse disappear for days. ![]() Those who visit feel compelled to return. Rumors are spreading about the new carnival. Now, the Blue Falcons must battle the third sibling-Camilla, who has brought the Dreams and Screams International Carnival to their town of Colson, California. Using an impressive arsenal of magical candy-including Moon Rocks, which allows someone to jump super high, and Ironhides that make someone nearly invulnerable-Nate, Summer, Trevor, and Pigeon defeated Belinda White, a sinister candy shop owner who almost seized control of their town, and her brother, Jonas White, a maniacal arcade operator who tried to turn the planet into his personal puppet. ![]() The Blue Falcons is a secret kid’s club that fights against a family of villainous magicians. ![]() The long-awaited finale to Brandon Mull’s best-selling series where magical candies give kids superpowers to fight evil magicians. ![]() ![]() The family struggled financially, and her mother made a bad investment in an isolated property and area of rice farmland in Prey Nob, a story which was fictionalized in Un barrage contre le Pacifique ( The Sea Wall). They then moved back to French Indochina when she was posted to Phnom Penh followed by Vĩnh Long and Sa Đéc. Between 19, the family lived in France while her mother was on administrative leave. Marguerite had two older brothers: Pierre, the elder, and Paul.ĭuras' father fell ill and he returned to France, where he died in 1921. Her parents, Marie (née Legrand, 1877–1956) and Henri Donnadieu (1872–1921), were teachers from France who likely had met at Gia Định High School. Her script for the film Hiroshima mon amour (1959) earned her a nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards.ĭuras was born Marguerite Donnadieu on 4 April 1914, in Gia Định, Cochinchina, French Indochina (now Vietnam). Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu ( French pronunciation: , 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras ( French: ), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. ![]() ![]() ![]() My favourite was "No Wool, No Vikings" which delves into both the historic uses of wool and the ways in which traditions are taught and carried on in contemporary Norway. There are so many good articles in this issue, from interviews with designers to a detailed history of Shetland knitting. It makes me remember how nice it can be to browse through a thoughtfully put-together print publication. However, when I was offered a copy of the most recent Vogue Knitting Magazine for review, I jumped at the chance.Īnd I'm so glad I did! Their new format includes wide pages, beautiful photos, and tons of articles and patterns. Here was a whole magazine full of fresh, contemporary patterns, for garments that I would actually wear! In the years since then I've picked up knitting magazines here and there, but have become increasingly focused on the internet for sources of inspiration, rather than print media. It was an eye-opener for me, since I had spent most of my teenage years knitting from pattern booklets inherited from my grandmother, leftovers from the 1970s and 80s. I still have a copy of the very first knitting magazine I ever bought: Interweave Knits Spring 2004. News Reviews Review: Vogue Knitting Magazine ![]() |