![]() ![]() Lush with organic details, Wilson's keen eye for the natural world and his acumen for environmental science is on brilliant display in this multifaceted story about human life and its connection to nature. Nearing 30, Raff's desire to preserve the Nokobee reserve from greedy real estate developers galvanizes an effort to protect the sacred land and a surprise violent ending brings everything full circle. A remarkable center section meticulously details the life and death of an ant colony. Raff's aversion to game hunting, ant fascination, Boy Scout achievements, and Harvard education all support his core need to remain a naturalist explorer. In one adventure, sneaking onto the property of a reputed multiple murderer to peek at his rumored 1,000-pound pet alligator, 15-year-old Raff faces down the barrel of a rifle. The winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, Wilson is a professor emeritus at Harvard University and lives with his wife, Irene, in Lexington, Massachusetts. The novel explores a concurrent civil war. 1 Anthill, set in the US state of Alabama, follows protagonist Raff Semmes, who sets out to save the Nokobee wilderness from developers. His first extended work of fiction, it won the Chicago Tribune ' s Heartland Prize for fiction. Split into three parallel worlds ants, humans, and the biosphere the story follows young Raff Cody, who escapes the humid summers in Clayville, Ala., by exploring the remote Nokobee wilderness with his cousin, Junior. Wilson is the author of more than thirty books, including Anthill, a novel, and The Meaning of Human Existence, a finalist for the National Book Award. Anthill: A Novel is a 2010 novel by the biologist Edward O. ![]() A Pulitzer Prize winning nonfiction author and Harvard entomology professor, Wilson (The Ants) channels Huck Finn in his creative coming-of-age debut novel. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() An ethnographic, exploratory study was conducted, including 27 semistructured interviews with food insecure students and five focus groups with food secure students. This article discusses the meaning and experience of food insecurity among students, its impact on motivation and academic success, and participant suggestions for local solutions. Prevalence studies report a range of 14–59 percent of students being food insecure at some point during their college career. Proceedings of the African Futures Conferenceįood insecurity among college students is higher than the national average of 12.7 percent.PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review.Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe.The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology.Journal for the Anthropology of North America.General Anthropology Bulletin of the General Anthropology Division.Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference Proceedings.Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment.Bulletin of the National Association of Student Anthropologists. ![]() ![]() But stepping onto The Yellow Brick Road I saw a million other possibilities stretching out in front of me, some darker and twistier than the Oz we are used to, and I couldn’t resist. As a fan of the books, Oz felt like sacred ground. It was a thrill for me to write Dorothy Must Die. And-Dorothy must die.ĭanielle Paige, author of Dorothy Must Die, shares her favorite Oz versions. And I have a mission: Remove the Tin Woodman's heart. I've been recruited by the Revolutionary Order of the Wicked. My name is Amy Gumm-and I'm the other girl from Kansas. They say she seized power and the power went to her head. They say she found a way to come back to Oz. There's still a road of yellow brick-but even that's crumbling. ![]() To be a place where Good Witches can't be trusted, Wicked Witches may just be the good guys, and winged monkeys can be executed for acts of rebellion. But I never expected Oz to look like this. ![]() ![]() I know the song about the rainbow and the happy little blue birds. ![]() But when your whole life gets swept up by a tornado-taking you with it-you have no choice but to go along, you know? The New York Times bestselling first book in a dark new series that reimagines the Oz saga, from debut author Danielle Paige. ![]() ![]() ![]() He looked forward again, his iron grip tightening. His head shifted in her direction, and Celaena flashed him a grin. ![]() The black clothes were probably a part of it, too. Another tactic meant to confuse and intimidate her. Though the man grasping her arm was tall and fit, she could see nothing of the features concealed beneath his hood. They entered a particularly long hallway, silent save for their footsteps. She might have been insulted if he wasn’t trying so hard. As if she’d lose her bearings that easily. Nor had she missed when they zigzagged between levels, even though the building was a standard grid of hallways and stairwells. They strode down corridors, up flights of stairs, and around and around until she hadn’t the slightest chance of finding her way out again.Īt least, that was her escort’s intention, because she hadn’t failed to notice when they went up and down the same staircase within a matter of minutes. He gripped her arm as he led her through the shining building in which most of Endovier’s officials and overseers were housed. What she did not usually expect, however, was a hooded man in black at her side-as there was now. ![]() That was expected by Adarlan’s most notorious assassin. Most of the thousands of slaves in Endovier received similar treatment-though an extra half-dozen guards always walked Celaena to and from the mines. After a year of slavery in the Salt Mines of Endovier, Celaena Sardothien was accustomed to being escorted everywhere in shackles and at sword-point. ![]() ![]() Warnings: torture (including electrocution), gun violence, physical assault, death of family member, self-harm, bloodletting for use in magic Walking the line between villainy and heroism, each will have to choose what’s most important: saving those you love at the expense of the many, or making impossible sacrifices for the sake of a better world. ![]() No matter where the Prometheus goes–Prague, Austria, India–nowhere is safe, and every second ticks closer toward the eleventh hour. But Zavier, leader of the terrorists, has a bigger plan–to bring back the lost god of time.Īs new threats emerge, loyalties must shift. ![]() Now captives, Colton, Daphne, and the others have a stark choice: join the Prometheus’s cause or fight back in any small way they can and face the consequences. The crew of the Prometheus is intent on taking down the world’s clock towers so that time can run freely. ![]() ![]() ![]() MaryKate Boylan, Senior Fashion Editor: I love to give something useful but special, like a beautifully painted candle.Įmily Burack, News Writer: My family loves skiing on December 25, when the slopes are empty. It’s a fun tradition that I’ve come to cherish. Roxanne Adamiyatt, Deputy Digital Lifestyle Director: A movie series binge watch. Everyone! As the cover line says: Celebrate now. We hope you all have a wonderful, fun, and healthy holiday. Here, our T&C family shares their own traditions and favorite gifts. ![]() Pete’s Greek olive oil, a Lalaounis New Year’s charm, and that red lacquer Elsa Peretti pen. And under the tree will be some of my favorite gifts, to give and receive: Mr. For me that means Christmas Eve at my brother’s with multitudes of relatives and mountains of lalagithes (a kind of fried breadstick typical of the part of Greece my father is from). This is a year when I hope we can, for the first time in a long while, honor our traditions and respect and celebrate those of everyone around us. We are, as I write, anticipating the return of one of my favorites, our holiday dinner at Shun Lee Café, complete with T&C family and friends, Grand Marnier prawns, and paper crowns. T&C has a lot of traditions: Souvlaki GR team lunches, Myzel’s licorice runs, Central Park picnics, Sant Ambroeus’s princess cake. ![]() ![]() Reed to the Clash and the Sex Pistols (the first time around), McNeil and McCain document a. ![]() From Iggy Pop and Lou Reed to the Clash and the Sex Pistols (the first time around), McNeil and McCain document a time of glorious self-destruction and perverse innocence - possibly the last time so many will so much fun in the pursuit of excess. Legs McNeil & Gillian McCain Please Kill Me: The Uncensored. PLEASE KILL ME goes backstage and behind apartment doors to chronicle the sex, drugs and power struggles that were the very fabric of the American punk community, to the time before piercing and tattoos became commonplace and when every concert, new band and fashion statement marked an absolute first. ![]() ![]() Assembled by two key figures at the heart of the movement and told through the voices o musicians, artists, iconoclastic reporters and entrepreneurial groupies, PLEASE KILL ME is the full decadent story of the American punk scene, through the early years of Andy Warhol's Factory to the New York underground of Max's Kansas City and later, its heyday at CBGB's, spiritual home to the Ramones, Talking Heads, Television and Blondie. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Gathering together twenty-five of our most cherished fairy tales, including enduring classics like " Beauty and the Beast," " Jack and the Beanstalk," "," and " Bluebead," Tatar expertly guides readers through the stories, exploring their historical origins, their cultural complexities, and their psychological effects. Into the woods with Little Red Riding Hood, up the beanstalk with Jack, and down through the depths of the ocean with the Little Mermaid, this volume takes us through many of the familiar paths of our folkloric heritage. The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales is a remarkable treasure trove, a work that celebrates the best-loved tales of childhood and presents them through the vision of Maria Tatar, a leading authority in the field of folklore and children's literature. Over 300 illustrations by artists including Walter Crane, Edmund Dulac, Arthur Rackham and more. Containing 26 stories along with annotations and sumptuous images, among them Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid, Emperor's New Clothes and many more. A magnificent book celebrating the powerful cultural legacy of fairy tales and providing an invaluable archive for children and adults alike. ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() ![]() Subtitled notes from the poverty line, she tells her stories of family estrangement, mental illness and domestic violence in unsparring detail and in beautiful style. 'Cash's brutal honesty will leave you wanting to make a change, stand up and be heard. Skint Estate by Cash Carraway Cash Carraways story shines a light into areas of life in modern Britain that its rich and ruling classes prefer not to look or choose to ignore. ![]() The darkly funny debut memoir from the creator of HBO and BBC's Rain Dogs, Skint Estate is a scream against austerity that rises full of rage in a landscape of sink estates, police cells, refuges and peepshows. After all, what else do you call a working-class single mum in temporary accommodation? I'm a scrounger, a liar, a hypocrite, a stain on society with no basic morals - or so they say. 'Give powerful voice to the often silent story that explains so much of Britain's current fracturing' OBSERVER Having cast aside her smartphone, the playwright and Skint Estate author loves to dip in and out of books on the go. NPR's Miles Parks speaks to Cash Carraway, the creator and Executive Producer of 'Rain Dogs' - a new HBO series set in London, following the life and challenges of a single mom. 'Brilliant, horrifying and really f***ing funny' KATHY BURKE ![]() |