![]() ![]() ![]() He was 80.īouton first signed with the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1959 after pitching at Western Michigan University, and he went on to play for them in the majors from 1962-1968. The Newark, N.J., native was in the Massachusetts home he shared with his wife Paula Kurman after weeks of hospice care. The author of the groundbreaking hardball tell-all “Ball Four” died Wednesday following a battle with a brain disease linked to dementia, according to friends of the family. As per Brian Niemietz and Larry McShane of The New York Daily News, the 80-year-old Bouton passed away Wednesday: Bouton made a huge impact on the sports world for decades, first as a MLB pitcher, then as an author of the tell-all book Ball Four, then in further stints as a TV sportscaster in New York, and then with a short MLB comeback. Famed author, pitcher and sportscaster Jim Bouton has passed away. ![]()
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I honestly sit here at my key board feeling the power of this story and trying to find the words to express my thoughts. ![]() ![]() ![]() The only way her father can be freed is if she travels with Rasmus into the mythical underworld to rescue him. A mysterious man, Rasmus, tells Hanna the truth: her father was a powerful shaman who went into Tuonela, the Realm of the Dead, in order to barter for more life, and has been held captive by Tuoni, the God of Death. ![]() ![]() Being in the enchanting land of ice and snow feels miles away from Hanna’s busy life back in Los Angeles, especially under the complicated circumstances.īut when Hanna discovers that her father’s body is missing, that’s when things really get weird. 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It’s about grief and loss, the awkwardness of your twenties, and several different types of monsters, some who are friendly, some who are girls, some who are both. ![]() It’s about being Filipino, so faith, food, and family are significant themes. It collects stories written between 20, which span the genres of contemporary fantasy, near-future science fiction, horror, epic fantasy, and fabulism. Isabel: Never Have I Ever is my debut short story collection. I like fanfic, manga, museums, places with lots of trees, and sweets of almost any kind. ![]() I write fiction and poetry, I’m trying to learn how to write novels, and I work in the tech industry as a product manager. I started going by Isabel when I moved to the US, which is a decade ago now–mostly because when I introduced myself I would sometimes get, “Oh, Lisa?” as a response. ![]() My name is Isa I’m a writer from the Philippines. ◊ ◊ ◊ DJ: Hi Isabel! Thanks for stopping by to do this interview! For readers who aren’t familiar with you, could you tell us a little about yourself? Today I am interviewing Isabel Yap, author of the new short-fiction collection, Never Have I Ever. ![]() ![]() ![]() Finally, the desire to know why his friend is always afraid of the sea makes Kino ask his father why Jiya is always on the lookout while they play in the ocean.īefore the storm washes Jiya’s family, his father sends him uphill to the old gentleman’s castle. On one of the hot sunny afternoons, when the two friends were playing on the beach, Kino asked Jiya, “What are you looking for?” and Jiya responded by saying, “Only to see that the ocean is not angry” (Buck 2). That is the reason every time the two friends played on the beach, Jiya was always on the lookout, observing the sea, for he understood how the sea obliterated his fishing village. To Jiya, Kino’s response to why the village people never seemed to be glad about the ocean is, “The sea is our enemy” (Buck 1). 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Jin sees life passing her by from the window of her family's bodega. ![]() FUGITIVE.Harlem is home to all kinds of kids. Fans of Chasing Vermeer will love this clever mystery about art, artifice, and the power of community. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Aryan Model, which is current today, claims that Greek culture arose as the result of the conquest from the north by Indo-European speakers, or "Aryans," of the native "pre-Hellenes." The Ancient Model, which was maintained in Classical Greece, held that the native population of Greece had initially been civilized by Egyptian and Phoenician colonists and that additional Near Eastern culture had been introduced to Greece by Greeks studying in Egypt and Southwest Asia. In Black Athena, an audacious three-volume series that strikes at the heart of today's most heated culture wars, Martin Bernal challenges Eurocentric attitudes by calling into question two of the longest-established explanations for the origins of classical civilization. "Could Greek philosophy be rooted in Egyptian thought? Is it possible that the Pythagorean theory was conceived on the shores of the Nile and the Euphrates rather than in ancient Greece? Could it be that Western civilization was born on the so-called Dark Continent? For almost two centuries, Western scholars have given little credence to the possibility of such scenarios. ![]() This book is new, never read, no wear to covers, no markings on inner pages, spine intact no creases. ![]() |