A number of unique exhibitions to be held in Tashkent within the framework of the V Congress of the World Society
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The anniversary V Congress of the World Society for the Study, Preservation and Promotion of the Cultural Heritage of Uzbekistan will be held on 13-17 September this year.
Within the framework of this grandiose event, a number of exhibitions will be held, which will become a bright, colorful and authentic frame of the scientific part of the event, its visual embodiment.
Each of the exhibitions is organized within the framework of the presentation of 40 new books-albums from the series "Cultural heritage of Uzbekistan in the collections of the world."
The first is an exhibition of paintings and a multimedia project by J. Usmanov “Metaphysics of Contemplation. Based on the poetry of A. Navoi”. It consists of a series of paintings - parables "The Language of Birds" (2020-2021) and 4 video art inspired by the philosophical and poetic ideas of the poems of A. Navoi and O. Khayyam. The exhibition is timed to coincide with the completion of work on a book dedicated to the collection of the Alisher Navoi Library in Tashkent.
The second event is the photo exhibition “K. Behzad’s Miniatures” and the presentation of the gift edition “Kamall Ad-Din Behzad Shamed Mani”. The main part of the exhibition will be occupied by lithographs of the works of Behzad and his students, kept in various museums and libraries of the world, as well as copies of miniatures of Herat and Bukhara of the 15th – 16th centuries. Also, the viewer will get acquainted with miniatures of contemporary artists and calligraphers from the museum collection.
The third event is a photo exhibition of the archeologist, researcher of the culture of Central Asia Leon Semyonovich Barshchevsky. The idea of the exhibition arose because in the near future a book-album from the series "The cultural heritage of Uzbekistan in the world’s collections" about the heritage of Uzbekistan in the museums of Poland will be published. This volume contains a section dedicated to the photographs of Leon Barshchevsky, which were taken by him in Uzbekistan. It is these unique photographs that will make up the exposition of the exhibition.
No less interesting will be the photo exhibition "History of Uzbekistan in photographs", which will show rare archival photographs of Uzbekistan from the period when the art of photography was born on our territory and up to the end of the 19th century. The exposition includes color photographs of the remarkable photographer S.M. Prokudin-Gorsky, historical photographs from the collections of the leading museums of Uzbekistan are also presented.
The exhibition "100 Outstanding Manuscripts of Uzbekistan" and the presentation of the pilot issue of the facsimile will acquaint viewers with the unique manuscripts of Uzbekistan and Central Asia. The exhibition will demonstrate the achievements of the project "Cultural heritage of Uzbekistan in the collections of the world." The exposition of the exhibition will include unique and rare manuscripts of outstanding scientists, poets and writers of Uzbekistan. The manuscript heritage will be represented by facsimile copies of the originals kept in the collections of world museums and private collections.
Project "3D technologies in modern science", a virtual tour of the monuments of Shakhrisabz and Samarkand, will present models of architectural monuments - Bibi-Khanym, Registan, Gur-i Amir, Shahi-Zinda, Mir-i Arab madrasah and others, made on a 3D printer. Also, visitors will be able to make a virtual trip to the architectural monuments of the two ancient cities of Uzbekistan.
The exhibition of Rishtan ceramics will be colorful and spectacular. At the beginning of the year, the International Ceramics Center was built in Rishtan district by the decree of the President of Uzbekistan, which united artisans and opened up new opportunities for them. Amazing samples of craftsmen’s products will be presented at the exhibition. Within the framework of the exhibition, it is also planned to present an exclusive book-album from the series "Cultural Heritage of Uzbekistan in the Collections of the World" dedicated to Rishtan ceramics.
It is worth noting that in addition to exhibitions, the program of the Week of Cultural Heritage of Uzbekistan includes dozens of bright events designed to preserve and enhance the unique cultural heritage of our country and tell the world about it.


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Ronald Heiferman notes that the Cairo conference was the origin of the Yalta conference, as Roosevelt was interested in complying with the Cairo Declaration. Roosevelt secured Stalin`s pledge to support the Chiang government and discussed Korea, which led to an informal agreement on the imposition of a multinational guardianship authority to prevent the Sovietization of post-war Korea. Chiang Kai-shek, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill at the Cairo Conference, 1943. HISTORIC REUNION: Chiang Kai-shek, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Chiang Soong May-ling (v.l.n.r., first series) sit at the Cairo Conference in Cairo, the capital of Egypt, in November 1943 (CFP) On December 1, 1943, in Cairo, Mena House, a restaurant complex near the famous pyramids of Giza , the political landscape of the Asia-Pacific War. After several roundtable discussions, Chinese, British and American diplomats drafted the famous Cairo Declaration. The Cairo Conference (codenamed Sextant) took place from 22 to 26 November 1943 in Cairo, Egypt, outlined the Allied position against Japan during World War II and made decisions on post-war Asia. The Cairo Declaration (and the Potsdam Declaration on this matter) was never close to a binding agreement. It was just an outline of post-war intentions, intentions that changed when Chiang Kai-shek and the KMT had to flee to Taiwan and took the Republic of China. The irony of beijing clinging to Cairo is that Taiwan should never be under Communist control of China.
Near the pyramids of Giza, near the U.S. ambassador to Egypt, the heads of state and government of the United States, the United Kingdom and China met for the first time in 1943 to discuss peace and plans for the post-war world order. It is a rare event that has seen the union of forces between the West and China, as well as the draft of a Cairo declaration that has changed the history and political landscape of the world. In the Cairo Declaration, issued jointly by the United States, the Republic of China and Great Britain on December 1, 1943, the allies pledged to continue the war against Japan and to drive the Japanese armed forces out of all the territories it has conquered, including the Chinese, Korean and Pacific territories. The Cairo Declaration was the result of the Cairo Conference on November 27, 1943 in Cairo. British President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek of the Republic of China were present. The declaration developed ideas from the 1941 Atlantic Charter, published by the Allies of world war II to set goals for the post-war order. The Cairo communiqué was broadcast on 1 December 1943 by La Radio. The meeting brought together U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek of the Republic of China. The Soviet head of state, Josef Stalin, did not attend the conference, as his meeting with Chiang could have created tensions between the Soviet Union and Japan.


American Witch: Beliefs and Rituals
Who Are the Witches?
Witches are difficult to study because many keep their religious beliefs and practices secret. Fear of misunderstanding, ridicule, and overt discrimination are common. As a result, most research on Neo-Paganism has been ethnographic and focused on participants in festivals or organized covens.
They are predominantly female, overwhelmingly Caucasian, generally middle-class, and educationally accomplished and there are some differences among them. Some belong to organized groups that meet for ritual celebrations, others "work" magic with a single spiritual partner, and about half of them are solitaries who practice witchcraft alone. They also describe six different "spiritual paths" within the three largest groups, the Wiccans, Pagans and Goddess Worshippers.
Although Wicca was imported from the United Kingdom to the United States during the 1960ís, its main themes have remained constant, they include: feminism, environmentalism, self-development, alternative spirituality, and general mistrust of authority. They have a holistic view of the universe, a focus on the self and a blending of personal and political objectives and concerns.
What Do They Believe and Why?
With the memory of the Salem Witch trials in mind, witches believe the main challenge to their rights to freedom of religion is the periodic false rumors, misperceptions and a lack of knowledge by the lay public as to their religious beliefs. There is no mutilation of infants or children and they do not believe in the Devil or evil behavior, nor do they practice it. Although some have believed that witches believe in Satan, he does not even exist in their belief system. They are feminists with women being of the highest order of things.
Their beliefs are rooted in a positive, life-affirming group of ideas with rituals that reinforce these. Magic is utilized as a tool to protect themselves and others. Natural foods and the love of animals and nature guide their daily lives. They are followers of nature, use herbs medicinally and worship the great Mother Goddess. They value freedom and harmlessness.
Rituals and Circles
During the initiation rite, the transformation of person from student or dedicant to Witch or priest/ess is intimately and dramatically keyed to the creation of the magic Circle and its powers as transformed space. Spatial and personal transformation are thus dynamically interrelated and interdependent. It is therefore particularly appropriate that we examine the contours of Wiccan religious space within the context of initiation, one of the most fundamentally transformative experiences for a practitioner of the Craft.
Witches may cast the magic circle indoors or--more ideally for a "nature religion"--outdoors, in any space large enough to accommodate all attendees and one that affords a certain degree of privacy, transforming that particular and bounded space into "sacred territory. When the ritual is over, Witches "unmake" the Circle.
When a Witch crosses the boundary and steps into the Circle, she leaves behind her worries, anxieties, the everyday cares of life, and the hassles of that day. Turning her attention instead to the work that must be done in the Circle, the Witch transforms herself into her Craft personality, a persona that reflects her sacred identity and is indicated by the usage of her Craft name within the Circle.
In some respects, the process of donning a Craft personality is similar to an actor "getting into character" before a performance. But unlike actors, who often wear roles that are not attractive or desirable to them, the magical personality reflected in the Craft name articulates what the Witch feels to be the most sacred, authentic, and desirable parts of her being. The Witch's personal transformation--from the mundane self to the sacred self and back again--is performed every time the Circle is cast.
A degree of secrecy or confidentiality about the Craft, particular rituals, and ritual participants is expected and even demanded by oath. When the Witch unmakes the sacred space or leaves the Circle, she also leaves behind the details of the rite and keeps confidential the identities of her fellow practitioners. "What happens in the Circle stays in the Circle" is a common saying among those Witches who view their practice as a private and esoteric path. This expectation of confidentiality naturally constrains scholars who, like myself, are also practitioners to the Craft.
When Are Rituals Performed?
Rituals are usually performed within a circle, which includes an altar. It is usually done outdoors during a full moon and follows certain seasons. Many are organized into covens which meet during the full and new moons. The eight solar festivals begin with Halloween or Samhain on October 31st. Yule is celebrated December 21st with Candlemas celebrated February 2nd. Next is the Spring Equinox on March 21st followed by Beltane, April 30th. The Summer Solstice is June 21st and Lammas on August 1st. Finally, the Fall Equinox falls on September 21st.


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Pania Press is very pleased to announce the publication of the poetry chapbook Pop Riveter by Jen Crawford.
When Jack first published this sequence (in a slightly different form) in Poetry NZ 38, this is what he had to say about Jen and her work:
Jen Crawford was born in Patea, Taranaki in 1975 and spent her early years in New Zealand and the Philippines. In 1994 she moved to Australia to study and later completed a PhD in Creative Arts through the University of Wollongong, for which she wrote on images of the child in New Zealand literature.
Her first short collection of poetry, ‘tigerbutter’, appeared in the collaboration Fathoms (scarp productions, 1996) alongside work by Australian writers Lucy Alexander and Porsche Herbert-Funk. In 2000 Five Islands Press published her narrative poetry sequence Admissions, which was highly commended in the Anne Elder award and shortlisted for the Dame Mary Gilmore award. Jennifer Harrison said of it in Australian Book Review: “The structure is brilliant.... the poems disintegrate into blocks of raw, pressured thought; time and identity distort.” Her most recent poetry book, Bad Appendix (Titus Books, 2008), has been described in similar terms as “a series of lightning strikes – strobe-like and disconcerting, drawing on the deepest aquifers of human need.”
She has taught English and writing subjects at the University of Auckland, Massey University and the University of Wollongong. Between semesters she works at a range of temporary occupations, including as a factory hand; a couple of recent factory stints gave rise to the “Pop Riveter” sequence. About “Pop Riveter” Jen writes:
These poems are my attempt to acquire a poetics apt in shape and diction to a particular industrial environment. I wanted to respond to certain factory conditions: sensory saturation, procedural monotony, proprietal language, the deceptive temporalities created by the movement loops of manual production and the alternately overlapped and repelling identity orientations created by working collectively as part of a physical function. The poems also record my pleasure and frustration both in this setting and in the people I shared it with.
“Pop Riveter” might perhaps be better seen as a series of pageworks or concrete poems than an attempt at conventional lyricism. One interesting aspect of the poems is the way in which this attempt to evoke directly and literally the pressures of an industrial environment has resulted in work which looks (superficially) very similar to L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poetry. It’s as if theory and praxis have brought her, by very different paths, to precisely the same destination.
If you give them time I’m sure her poems will end up speaking to you, too.
Since the above was written, Jen has accepted a position as an Assistant Professor in Creative Writing at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. She's also published another chapbook: Napoleon Swings (Auckland: Soapbox Press, 2009).
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This morning, I want to share some VERY important advice.
I request most of the books I read from our local library.
I will see a suggestion on a blog that interests me.
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To Heal a Nation: The Vietnam Wall Memorial, by Joel L. Swerdow and Jan C. Scruggs. HaperCollins, 1985.
Hunger of the Heart: Communion at the Wall, by Larry Powell. Islewest Publishing, 1995.
America and Vietnam: The Elephant and the Tiger, by Albert Marrin. Viking, 1992.
Vietnam: Images from Combat Photographers, by Owen Andrews. Starwood Publishing, 1991.
The Lessons of the Vietnam War, by Jerold Starr. Center for Social Studies Education, 1996.
Fallen Angels (a novel), by Walter Dan Meyers. Scholastic, 1998.
The Vietnam War: Opposing Viewpoints, edited by William Dudley and David Bender. Greenhaven Press, 1990.
Vietnam: A History, by Stanley Karnow. Penguin USA, 1997.
Born on the Fourth of July, by Ron Kovic
Home Before Morning: The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam, by Lynda van Devanter with Christopher Morgan
Hamburger Hill, by Samuel Zaffiri. Presidio Press, 2000.
The Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brien. Houghton Mifflin, 1990.
Shrapnel in the Heart: Letters and Remembrances from the Vietnam Veterans
Memorial, by Laura Palmer. Random House Inc, 1987.
Dear America:Letters Home From Vietnam, (84 minutes), 1987. Social Studies Schools Services, (800) 421-4246, #SV753V-18
Vietnam: A Television History (7 cassettes, 13 hours), 1983. Socieal Studies Schools Services, (800) 421-4246, #SV110V-18
To Heal A Nation (99 minutes), 1993. Check local libraries and video retailers.
Good Morning Vietnam (120 minutes), 1987. Buena Vista Home Video. Rated R.
Platoon (120 minutes), 1986. HBO Video. Rated R.
Coming Home (205 minutes), 1978. Acorn Media Publishing Inc. Rated R.
Deer Hunter (183 minutes), 1978. Universal Studioes. Rated R.
Full Metal Jacket (116 minutes), 1987. Warner Studios. Rated R.
We Were Soldiers (138 minutes), 2002. Paramount Home Video. Rated
American Experience: Vietnam Online
Re: Vietnam -- Stories Since the War
Military Nurses in Vietnam
Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.
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BXA Recommended Reading
What follows is a list of books and essays which I have found extremely helpful in clarifying who I am, what I do, and how I get it done. It's tailored for students in Carnegie Mellon's BXA program, who are just beginning their journey between disciplines.
The Basics & Beginnings
You'll be following the thread of your interest for the next eighty years. You ought to build good habits of work and public life now, so that they are second nature by the time you need them. Additionally, you'll need to find methods of work that scale in both physical scope and durational scope. You'll want to find ways of working that can be delegated and which you can sustain for decades.
To that end, three books, all available in audio, digital, and print:
How To Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie
Getting Things Done - David Allen
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People - Steven Covey
A fourth, if you really like process thinking:
Work Clean - Dan Charnas
The New Economy
The world is changing, and the pace of change is greater than it has ever been. The cohort before mine (I'm an old Millennial, so just before me are the youngest and final Gen Xers) was really the last that could potentially work in the same field their entire life. I worked at one place for nearly five years - a rarity in my peer group. The 40 hour work week is functionally dead. I expect that I will outlast most institutions that employ me. It'll be weirder for yinz, and let me tell you, it's pretty damn weird for me.
Two avenues, related:
Make yourself indispensable to those who employ you. Do work that matters, do it frequently, and do it generously. Seth Godin give you a gameplan for this in Linchpin - Are You Indispensable?.
Find 1000 people who care deeply about the work you make, and who, collectively, underwrite your time on the planet. This is a notion posited by Kevin Kelly, editor of WIRED magazine - 1000 True Fans.
Craft (and by EXTENSION art)
Making things is important. Ideas are cheap and frequent. Implementations, GOOD implementations, are rare and beautiful. Most people talk. You need to DO.
And that's hard. Devastating. Emotionally exhausting. It's real work. Hard work.
Amanda Palmer is in your corner with The Art of Asking.
Elizabeth Gilbert is signing permission slips like there is no tomorrow in Big Magic.
Anne Lamott will sit with you as you do the work, Bird By Bird.
He's Famous, but He's Right
Integrating new knowledge will occupy at least the next thirty years of your life. Longer, if you choose it.
Timothy Ferriss has spent the last decade contemplating this meta-learning, interviewing thousands of people who are "world class" in one discipline or another, and finding the unifying themes. The Four Hour Workweek, The Four Hour Body, and The Four Hour Chef are, respectively, a business book, a fitness book, and this monstrosity that looks like 800 pages of recipes but is actually 200 pages of learning-about-learning + 600 pages of the individual tools and techniques that make up masterful cooking.
His podcast is where things really shine - hundreds of hours of fascinating interviews with everyone from hospice workers to ex-generals.
Logistics & Systems
These books have shaped the last five years of my life. They may not appeal to you at all, and that is totally fine.
Out of the Crisis by W. Edwards Deming is the classic and evergreen masterclass for process control & production of quality.
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction covers the design of the built environment, from how one ought to structure society down to lighting of hallways and the construction of work-spaces. It is also a deeply weird example of early 1970s Utopian thinking.
How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built is the best book about urban design and civic theory that I have ever read.


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“If you don’t like somebody’s book, then write your own,” the most quotable Chinua Achebe once said. But that was not his original name. Albert Chinualumogu Achebe was. First, he discarded Albert into the dustbin, probably because it was European and stood awkward with his Africanist stance. Next, he dissected Chinualumogu and retained the first two syllables; Chinua. He fused that with Achebe and so came up with the name known and revered in the circles and oblongs of the literary world…“When I read Chinua Achebe in Robben Island, the prison walls fell down.” One Nelson Mandela said.
He was not the first novelist to come out of Africa and even Nigeria. Before him came Camara Laye, Cyprian Ekwensi and Amos Tutuola. But their works were like the Russian cosmonauts that just orbited earth. Achebe’s work was like the American astronauts who skyrocketed into the unchartered stratosphere on Appollo 11 and landed on the moon first. One small book about a yam farmer and a giant leap for African Literature. How then did he have global appeal when his predecessors had failed? Simple. His technique was simple, language was simple, language was English. A new breed of English in which he altered the syntax by incorporating proverbs into it, Igbo words into it, African culture into it, African concepts into it, African identity into it, African everything into it.
Tapping into the poetic lines of William Butler Yeats, he churned out the perfect tale that turned up the heat; an ancient Africa that had a rich history, a systematic Africa that had laws, that had nature, that had medicine and that had peace, before the colonizers loosed anarchy upon it and caused all its sanity to cease, and wittily put a knife on the things that held us together and so we fell apart. They brought Christianity and labeled our religion paganism, they brought their education and through it convinced us to abandon our traditions. Some converted but Okonkwo never surrendered like a Spartan soldier and died with his head held high. Okonkwo’s demise follows Obi and the priest Ezeudu as the trilogy ends. There were two novels after that but no Nobel prize for the noble man. But he was worth much more than the award. He called it a European prize. Rest in peace our sage, you paved the way for the African writers of this age. And yes, this proverb describes you best, “You did not point at your father’s village with your left hand!”


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Robert Mueller, a rock-ribbed G-man out of a 1950s comic book, has shown us just how prosaic these weapons of mass psychology really are, and what suckers we all were. BTW, I'm not convinced Mueller has gotten into the most subversive of it. As he has demonstrated no deconstruction of the Great Seal, nor anywhere near the level of insight as Howard Bloom's August 2000 book about the Mass Mind. The Mueller Report does not reflect having a team member and voice in the skillset of Surkov. And i sure have not seen any shutdown of the level of anti-truth anti-science taking place. And the theories of (see sidebar of subreddit) Rick Roderick being understood. Rick Roderick in his 7-hour siege concept: Habermas locates a second fundamental human interest – and this one is… quite different for him – in communication. In other words, in the interest that human beings have – and its a deeply seated interest – in communicating with one another. If you think about this, it would be required for everything from any kind of social bonding without which even human life in the anthropological sense wouldnt be possible and so on. Its a fundamental interest not just in communication – this is important – but in undistorted and clear communication. Thats our fundamental human interest. Because we have a fundamental human interest in undistorted communication we need to understand what Habermas calls “systematically distorted communication”, and I will be onto that in just a minute.
Non fiction true. True look construction camera. True crime non fiction. #1 New York Times, Publishers Weekly and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Lee Goldberg hits the ground running in a breakneck thriller where truth and fiction collide for the unluckiest writer alive. When a passenger jet crashes onto the beaches of Waikiki, bestselling thriller writer Ian Ludlow knows the horrific tragedy wasnt an accident. Years before, the CIA enlisted Ian to dream up terrorism scenarios to prepare the government for nightmares they couldnt imagine. Now one of those schemes has come true, and Ian is the only person alive who knows how it was done… and who is behind the plot. That makes him too dangerous to live. Ian goes on the run, sweeping up an innocent bystander in his plight—Margo French, a dog walker and aspiring singer. They are pursued by assassins and an all-seeing global-intelligence network that wont stop until Ian and Margo are dead. Ian has written thrillers like this before, but this time he doesnt know how its going to end—or if he will be alive to find out. Praise for TRUE FICTION “Thriller fiction at its absolute finest—and it could happen for real. But not to me, I hope. ” —Lee Child, 1 New York Times bestselling author “Goldberg has crafted a clever, silly and exciting thriller that showcases a love for the genre and the world of writing. ”— Washington Post “A crackerjack thriller! Goldbergs urge to tease is irresistible [and] is the right touch for a story of life imitating art. ” —Booklist “This is my life…. in a thriller! True Fiction is great fun. ” —Brad Meltzer, 1 New York Times bestselling author “This may be the most fun youll ever have reading a thriller. Its a breathtaking rush of suspense, intrigue and laughter that only Lee Goldberg could pull off. I loved it. ” —Janet Evanovich, 1 New York Times bestselling author “Fans of parodic thrillers will enjoy the exhilarating ride… [in] this Elmore Leonard mashed with Get Smart romp. ”— Publishers Weekly “ True Fiction is a conspiracy thriller of the first order, a magical blend of fact and it-could-happen scary fiction. Nail-biting, page-turning, and laced with Goldbergs wry humor, True Fiction is a true delight, reminiscent of Three Days of the Condor and the best of Hitchcocks innocent-man-in-peril films. ” —Paul Levine, 1 Amazon bestselling author of Bum Rap “Imagine Three Days of the Condor on meth. Thats True Fiction. Nonstop action and a great main character, a thriller writer being chased by a super secret intelligence agency. Easy to see why this is a bestseller. ” —Harry Hunsicker, author of The Devils Country “Truly an enjoyable read. The chapters from the Straker novels are the Mona Lisa of parodies. ” —Christopher Reich, New York Times bestselling author “I enjoyed the heck out of this, ” Ian Rankin, New York Times bestselling author “ New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldbergs new thriller, True Fiction, is a fast-moving adventure filled with his signature witty wordplay, twisty plots and mesmerizing characters. ” – National Examiner “I loved every word of this book. Ian Ludlow is an action hero I can relate to. If great pacing with awesome characters are what keep you up at night, then make a pot of coffee and open this book. ” —Crimespree Magazine “Great fun that moves as fast as a jet. Goldberg walks a tightrope between suspense and humor and never slips. ” —Linwood Barclay, New York Times bestselling author of The Twenty Three “I havent read anything this much fun since Donald E. Westlakes comic-caper novels. Immensely entertaining, clever, and timely. ”—David Morrell, New York Times bestselling author of Murder As a Fine Art and First Blood, the book that introduced Rambo “Ian Ludlow is one of the coolest heroes to emerge in post-9/11 thrillers. A wonderful, classic yet modern, breakneck suspense novel. Lee Goldberg delivers a great story with a literary meta-fiction wink that makes its thrills resonate. ” —James Grady, author of Six Days of the Condor “The story of an innocent man caught in a deadly conspiracy has been told before—think Hitchcocks ‘North by Northwest or ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much — but Lee Goldberg takes it a step further in this rollicking, sometimes humorous, always deadly True Fiction. In this novel, thriller writer Ian Ludlow fights to stay alive when he realizes his make-believe world of plots and assassins has suddenly become all too real. Highly recommended. ” —Brendan DuBois, Shamus Award-winning author of the Lewis Cole mysteries “ True Fiction jumps into Elmore Leonard territory as a witty send-up of spy novels and the book industry. Goldberg delivers a character who seems, well, very much like himself. This one promises to be the first in what should be a most amusing series to follow. ” Mystery Scene Magazine ““Humorous, thrilling, and scary, True Fiction is a great caper story of the little guys taking on the all-encompassing secret state in a knock-down, drag-out fight to the finish. ” Authorlink “I had more fun reading your True Fiction than any book in months. Outstanding job. Wish Id written it, ” Reavis Z. Wortham, author of Hawkes Prey and Gold Dust.
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Non fiction true crime. Girl and her mother check into hotel, they're not in the system. Someone canceled and they get their room. Girl's mother is sick. Girl goes to get medicine. Important part: Girl comes back with medicine. She puts it on desk and gets change from the clerk. Seconds later, the bag is gone and no one recognizes her. They say the room is unoccupied. They go to the room, it's empty and the furniture is different. She never saw her mother again. True tbb 4g ld. Some of the best new films and books live between genres S taff Sergeant Will James fiddles with the bomb like an IT tech on methamphetamine. He works quickly despite his seventy-pound bomb suit and, as he labors on one IED, discovers five more hidden nearby in the sandy dirt of an Iraqi road. Later, on another mission, he and his explosives team fail to find a way to separate a repentant suicide bomber from his timed explosives. James apologizes and leaves the anguished man alone in a town square. When the bombs do blow, they do not make the fiery tangerine typical of Hollywood explosions, but rather dusty, ugly clouds. As James struggles to make sense of and then disarm Iraqs many bombs, he regularly breaks protocol. He takes off his protective suit while working on one particularly puzzling IED because, he reasons, if he must die he “wants to die comfortable. ” He is a kind of cowboy artist of explosives, and has channeled all his gifts not into making a home rocket or getting a law degree but into defusing the bombs that would kill him. Instead of collecting old Macintosh computers, James keeps parts from bombs that he has disarmed in a box under his bed. Each of these scenes is tense and startlingly precise. They feel real. The Hurt Locker s forensic, formalist style aligns it with documentaries or biopics. But it is defined as a fictional action movie by its screenwriter, director, and studio. Yet The Hurt Locker is rooted in an original piece of nonfiction published in Playboy in 2005, by Mark Boal, titled “The Man in the Bomb Suit. ” It wasnt a piece that I had heard of, but when I got a copy of it, finally, it was a pretty terrific article, full of deep reporting. (As of this writing, Boals original isnt even archived on the Playboy Web site. Boal wrote the screenplay for the movie, too, and the correspondence is striking. Many of the details in the film—the predilections of the central bomb tech, for instance—are based on the bomb-squad guy with whom Boal had embedded. This seems to be part of a broader trend: an increase in the blurring of neat and certain categories of “fiction” and “nonfiction” into something that we might call “true fiction. ” Wherever I look, some of the best films and books are bending the categories in this way. There is Josh Neufelds A. D. New Orleans After the Deluge, a heavily reported graphic novel, out in August, with multiple stories of loss and recovery in that city. There is a new nonfiction book, Zeitoun, by Dave Eggers, which was heralded for its use of fictional techniques. In The New York Times, Timothy Egan described the middle third of the book as “an odyssey with the quality of an unpleasant dream” that “reminded me of Cormac McCarthys postapocalyptic fiction, with the added bonus of proper punctuation. ” Eggers defined his previous book, What Is the What, about the life of a real Sudanese “Lost Boy” named Valentino Achak Deng, “fiction, ” because he altered some of the facts. But it is equally grounded in reporting. All of these books and films—2008s Waltz With Bashir, about a soldier/directors memories of the invasion of Lebanon, is another—bring fictional techniques to nonfiction and nonfictions techniques to fiction, and are not clearly aligned with one genre or the other. There is even a new anthology just out, The Lost Origins of the Essay, that attempts to argue that some works long considered fiction are actually closer to this hybrid form. In his own contribution to the book, its anthologist, John DAgata, asks, “Do we read nonfiction in order to receive information, or do we read it to experience art? ” Such works belong to a category thatl iterary critics might call hybrid or even “liminal”—between things. The genre seems to thrive at transitional historical moments like ours. It is worth noting, too, that these hybrid works are arising outside of an avant-garde or “high” literature. I am talking about writers like blockbuster memoirist Jeannette Walls, who terms her new book, Half Broke Horses —the story of her grandmothers hard-luck life in a dirt dugout in west Texas—a “true life novel. ” Thinking about these distinctions brought me to the past of the nonfiction/fiction form, though not quite as far back as Daniel Defoe. I revisited Norman Mailers magisterial Armies of the Night and, even better, his The Executioners Song, a “true life novel” that is a thousand pages long and “takes for its incident and characters real events in the lives of real people, ” as Joan Didion put it. The book is based on heavy reporting on the crimes and 1977 execution of Gary Gilmore in Utah. We all know that Orwell or Capote or Mailer would create composites, compress time, put themselves in the action as a character—like the character “Mailer” in Armies of the Night —and yet imagined their work to be a certain kind of journalism. But in the last few years, writers seem to be backing away some from categorizing things as “true, ” even as they are also rethinking what nonfiction is and can be. Contemporary conditions may have something to do with this, including a reaction to exaggerated and falsified memoirs, like James Freys A Million Little Pieces. The wariness of the nonfiction label surely has something to do with Frey being unmasked by Oprah, and maybe all the subsequent memoirists whose veracity was questioned down to the smallest details have made writers more circumspect about the “nonfiction” appellation. (And then there was also Freys later abject and culturally demented half-redemption as a novelist. ) The rise in works of true fiction may also have something to do with the sense that the category “nonfiction” no longer has the frisson it once did or the assurance that a book or film will sell. “The newshole for narrative nonfiction is shrinking, ” says Andrew Pitzer, editor of Nieman Foundations Narrative Digest. “You have to have a lot of dazzle to get it published at all. Letting the work go over a little to fiction lets it be more salable. ” Now that almost anyone can write or film or blog or photograph their own life and reflect their own experience, journalists may feel the need to up the ante with fictional techniques, stirring up storylines and sharpening their works emotional truth with a light dose of creative license. (What good is reality, they might ask, now that “reality television” has made the word itself into a kind of fiction? One result, to me, is that the reportorial richness of nonfiction is turning up in places where it hasnt tended to thrive before—like The Wire and other television and film works, including The Hurt Locker, written in part by journalists who jumped the platform. They use composites and half-fabricated back stories; they give their subjects other names or refer to them by only their first names. The Hurt Locker s Boal wrote the script for another strong Iraq war film, too— In the Valley of Elah —based even more directly on another of his articles. For Hurt Locker, he told me in a phone conversation, “The milieu and the specifics of the job of being a bomb tech came out of my firsthand observation. There is no way I could have written that screenplay without having been to Baghdad and had a nuts-and-bolts view of how bomb techs do their job. This was not public information. There was no other source material to draw on in terms of research, and there really were guys in 2004 who behaved like the men in the movie. ” In fact, Boal shot amateur video in Iraq when he was writing his article for Playboy, and it got him thinking that the story would make a compelling film. When the time came to write the screenplay, Boals conception of character was shaped by detailed reporting. Its the same with A. D., the graphic novel, which portrays seven people from New Orleans who either stayed in the city during the flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 or fanned out to other cities around the country, eventually returning to the city in dribs and drabs. A. emerged from another hybrid form, reported comic strips, and first appeared on the Web site Smith. Its not the first book that has combined reportage with the graphic form. Joe Sacco helped pioneer the genre in the 1990s with his award-winning Palestine and Safe Area Gorade. And there is a host of excellent graphic memoirists, like Alison Bechdel and my friend Laurie Sandell, who wrote and illustrated The Impostors Daughter, about her con-man father. And dont forget Waltz with Bashir, the animated film which was adapted into a graphic novel this year. But A. is certainly one of the most rigorous in its storytelling and the most journalistic. Like Boal and Eggers, Neufeld is not “really” a journalist or “just” a journalist but something else: a nonfiction artist? A story architect? A. is “reality based, ” formed from Neufelds interviews with the people of New Orleans, like Abbas, a small-store owner who wound up on the roof during the deluge; Denise, who was in the Convention Center where people were dying; and a comic-book collector named Leo, who left in the nick of time, abandoning his 15, 000 books to drown at home. s panels are brightly colored, from yellow to green to red, seeming to emulate the mental states of the characters as they intensify their struggle to survive. According to a positive New York Times review, A. “is a novel, not a documentary: Mr. Neufeld edited parts of the survivors stories and combined some characters. ” Larry Smith, publisher of Smith, who originally commissioned the strips for his online magazine that ultimately became A. D., argues against the Times s reading, saying that the “categorization or description of A. as a ‘novel or somehow novelized is incorrect. ” In Smiths telling, A. is actually journalism in a new guise. “We worked really diligently and methodically to make sure we got everything right, ” Smith says. “I did the first interviews, in person, with Josh on our first trip to New Orleans. We recorded everything, and Josh double- and triple-checked his notes with the characters themselves before we put up a new chapter. A handful of times, a character would read the comic and say, ‘You know, I wouldnt have worn that type of sweatshirt; its not my style, so Josh made the adjustment when it came time to make the book. Neufeld has said that he used whatever method necessary to make “the emotional truth of the stories much clearer” and was going for a novelish feel. Of course, the survivors tales were edited, with additional characters removed from certain scenes when the scenes became too confusing. That alone could trouble its position as simply nonfiction. Still, in films like The Hurt Locker and books like A. and other reported graphic novels, we are seeing nonfiction freed from its rigid constraints. “I think its a journalistic sensibility, with a fictional aspect, ” Boal says. He cites Eggerss fictionalized nonfiction and journalistic fiction both as prime models. These may not always be purely “true, ” but they are some of the most emotionally accurate stuff out there. Its the mashup genre not just of the present, but also the future. Has America ever needed a media watchdog more than now? Help us by joining CJR today. Alissa Quart is a CJR columnist and contributing editor. She is the author of two books, Branded and Hothouse Kids. Her third, about American outsiders, comes out in 2013. She is also senior editor of The Atavist and an adjunct professor at Columbia Journalism School. Featured a Monday, Jan 14th, 2019 By James Harkin In the age of the relentless media fact-check, reading the news often feels like hearing a punch-line deflated before you catch the body of the joke. Free-floating fact-checking initiatives have lately become big (non-profit) business. In an industry—the written media—whose...
True fiction trailer. Fiction true or not. What is true fiction. True 1 door freezer. True fiction reynard seidel. Fiction books based on true events. True fiction night baby. True cooler gaskets. True fiction 2018. True t23. True fiction novel. True fiction pilot. True sandwich refrigerator. This thread is archived New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast r/AskReddit is the place to ask and answer thought-provoking questions. Reddit Inc 2020. All rights reserved. True fiction book. Not titled yet, I'm thinking about some, you tell me if you have a preference (after reading the story obviously) for one of them, or one of your own; Quantum Push, Quantump Leap, Iris got eyes to see, Iris got three eyes to see. Iris was laughing inside at how to start his story. After all, who would believe it? Might aswell write a fiction. He put down his pen on the wooden desk, and started to slowly turn around on his chair, remembering his past as the mural's tapestry was spinning around him, while listening to the same playlist, the one who comes first on "Youtube" when you type "jazz future. As he cannot tell his story, it will be me, the narrator, who will share it to you. Let's start one day prior the event. I - Soul. Iris feelings were low these days, around march 2014 he had jumped from a rooftop for inexplicated reasons (to himself mostly. No intention to die, it was the first step of a personnal quest. Something big, a giant step which put back in front of the imperatives of life. His body suffering, he took places in several hospitals and instituts. But it's his soul who was damaged on this day. Nobody listened to him about his knowledge of quantum physics to explain love and attraction. Here, few were concerned about mind to mind relationships. He was rapidely taxed of "schizophrenic disorder. One year after, he tried hallucinogenic mushrooms and had an experiment of decorporation, an out of body experiment which he was not prepared too. We tried to attract his attention on this day but he seemed to not listen. He had the effects and all the caracteristics of an astral projection, but not mastered obviously, and didn't pay attention to his own body, not even glanced at while his energetic body was "levitating" in the room. This day was december the 7th 2015. No snow at this period of time, a clean sky where you could perfectly see the quasi full-moon, glowing orange. Iris had ingurgited a few grams (less than 5) of psylocibine truffles, in an attempt sometimes useless sometimes not, to connect with the divine and the spirit realm. Seeking for spiritual stuff, you see, don't you? You may understand why then, he tried again on the next evening. A monday. After having assisted to a lesson about tarology on the XVIII card, the Moon. Thus, it is motivated that, on the edges of madness, believing he could speak with dead people (some) that he tried with a lighter dosage. II - The corpse (of the text. Here is the corpse of the text as Iris would have depicted himself if he'd been able to pick his words. As if he'd been able to put into words, abstracts sonors manmade pretenting to describe reality and its meaning. He fell on Us. We were monitoring him since the precedent night. A few days or a lifetime. Two aliens. Two joint entities and yet distinct, here's how we appeared in his mind. We didn't come physically, no need with the "magic" mushroom ingurgited he could perceive us telepathically. At the bend in the conversation (which lasted around two hours) we told him that he was delusionnal and that none of his dead "friends" were real. We spoke about many concepts. Few were remembered by Iris. As for the ARCHITECTURE concept, the word and his deep meaning in a world where everything is depicted by words. The architecture of the world and the universe, deep inside molecules you find sound, and thoughts. Well too bad he didn't remembered that. We asked him, before leaving, the traditionnal "Answer of the Universe. Protocole set to test men for years, to test their knowledge and find whoever would be able to answer it. The question was asked, in a condescendant manner (as he thinks so. Whereas it's a question it's also an answer. It's the deep layer of life. We ask this is in a multi-language carrying all meaning of a same sentence. He had in his hand his orb/sphere of quartz that he rarelly put down at the time. Some madness was already present, while he had not lived, or so few, traumatic events. He offered an answer to the question, when we told him that he couldn't "handle" the answer. "Just create a button and press it. was his answer as he was thinking like a hacker would do. A pressure button of pure will. At the time of the concept was formulated he took corpse instantly, and wherever Iris wanted to or not, the experience was triggered. III - We got some bass too. The world started to vibrate inside, and around him. In an instant, a few seconds (detail probably too important to be remembered) walls started to move and bubble, becoming aqueous under the powerfull vibration, like his black lava-lamp was doing on his wooden desk. We could've noticed seven or eight different tapestries (all based on the same murals pattern, of chinese symbole in blue and gold) which decorated alternately the moving walls. Depicting the shiftings realities in direct live. The murals were shifting as reality started to tremble. While the vibration was going up, one stair every second, one second one tapestry. Iris was still objectively sitting on his desk chair, eyes lost in the abyss of the walls, frightened as if he'd seen death in embodied. His body feeling a perpetual fall, as if one would go through a blackhole. Whereas is crane felt like a mind trepanation, which permitted to all our knowledge to be downloaded in his human mind. In his mind he travelled all around the cosmos, seeing pictures of the universe and galaxies at a rapid path. His physical sight was bugging on a blue square that kept moving and shifting and morphing inside out the mural, depicting different symbols he never saw. As a picture of a brain and of a dolphin. We knew he'd studied alchemy so we thought he'd get the meaning. Objectively for anyone else, nothing had happened, he knew it. That's the saddest part of this story. IV - Twilight, Stay see for dawn. Iris was sitting, in a trans like state, half possessed by one of Us. We tried to unentangled Us from our fusionned minds, but with no success in the first place. Until Iris found a solution and took a dominant place in his own mind/consciousness. Our spirits being entangled he was thinking that we were making him dumber, while looking at his pieces of furniture. Our mind being fusionned we were only seeing pieces of wood and basic stuff while he used to see memories and stories attached to it. Confusion noted for the next candidate. At this point, he couldn't stand much more. Not recognizing this room with changed murals and tapestry. The walls had changed dimensions, here a bit smaller. In fact for him, the whole Earth had changed. Same but different, as a handmade mural would be different if the wall were a bit tinier. He went to bed like a sulky child, hidding under his blanket hopping for the world to still go round. V - Consequences. When he woke up, we were not here anymore. Iris didn't recognize his bedroom as, well, his own. All the event of the last night came back at once. Of the pictures and symboles he was shown, many were forgotten. The Earth had shifted during the night. Had anyone felt it? Probably no one. The door was shut, which made him the only observator of those quantum events. Values and dimensions of space had been changed. For him only, obviously. One second was no more one second. One metter no more a metter. Even the moon and stars seemed different to him, displaced. He, wasn't the same anymore. His consciousness had indeed taken place in the body of the parallel "him. No paradoxe here while modifying reality, good note for Us. But for Iris, it was the whole world and its inhabitants who seemed different. On the next day he found out that despite being only a bit smaller, it was not an hallucination and moreover, found a pillar in a subway station that wasn't there the night prior. VI. We abandonned him to his own fate, to see how he would be doing with our answer. Sounds like an old joke to us, we give the "Answer of the Universe" to people who don't ask question. And then we observe. Iris was left with new knowledge of the quantum realm and reality itself. But who would believe him? As in the myth of Cassandre, he was thinking that no one would trust him. What was he going to do with that knowledge? How would one be able to prove that he's from a parallel universe? Does it matter? We don't care. Do you? What would you do to prove that you had that kind of experiment? Would you even try? VII - Today, a few years after the event. Today we're still watching Iris. He's trying to write an interesting story about some "paranormal" events he lived earlier in its life. He seems now pretty interested in quantum physics. Maybe we'll come visit.
YouTube. Edit Storyline Avery Malone, a wannabe writer and lonely librarian, gets her big break when she's hand-selected to assist her hero, reclusive author, Caleb Conrad. Whisked away to Caleb's remote estate, Avery is given her one and only task; to participate in a controlled psychological experiment in fear that will serve as the basis for Caleb's next novel. Plot Summary, Add Synopsis Details Release Date: 24 April 2019 (Brazil) See more » Company Credits Technical Specs See full technical specs ».
True t 23 2. True led tv. True fiction 2017. True fiction korean movie. True fiction lee gold. True fiction anchor charts. True Fiction (Ian Ludlow Thrillers #1) by Lee Goldberg Open Preview See a Problem? Wed love your help. Let us know whats wrong with this preview of True Fiction by Lee Goldberg. Thanks for telling us about the problem. To ask other readers questions about True Fiction, please sign up. Popular Answered Questions This question contains spoilers… (view spoiler) I was a bit confused at the end with Victoria's "reveal. He waited until the end to share both her last name and the fact that she was Asian. The way it was presented made it feel significant, but I felt like I missed something. It was almost like this was a character I should already know based on those facts, but this is the first book in the series. I miss something? hide spoiler) Paul Cereste Victorias last name, which sounds Asian to me, was given on page 19 when her character was introduced. 11, 998 ratings 1, 047 reviews Start your review of True Fiction (Ian Ludlow Thrillers #1) Apr 02, 2018 Larry H rated it really liked it 4. 5 stars for this one. Hollywood, instead of "rebooting" a franchise for the umpteenth time, adapting another television or Broadway show into a movie, or launching another comic book character, I have your next property right here. Lee Goldberg's newest novel, True Fiction already reads like a movie, combining a little bit of television shows like Castle with movies like the Jack Reacher series. It's a quick read, with appealing characters and a frenetic pace. Ian Ludlow is an author of a 4. Lee Goldberg's newest novel, True Fiction already reads like a movie, combining a little bit of television shows like Castle with movies like the Jack Reacher series. Ian Ludlow is an author of a best-selling series of thrillers featuring Clint Straker, a James Bond-esque action hero who always knows how to save the day—and perhaps the world—and, as you might imagine, is quite popular with women all over the globe. But as much as he'd like to think there are lots of similarities with his character, no one would mistake Ludlow for Clint Straker. "What they saw was a guy on the dark side of thirty with the soft body of someone whose idea of exercise was walking into McDonald's rather than using the drive-through. When a passenger plane crashes into a busy Waikiki hotel, Ludlow is horrified, because he knows this wasn't just some tragic accident, and he knows who is behind it. He knows because several years ago, he was part of a group of thriller writers tasked by the CIA to dream up the unlikeliest of terror scenarios, ostensibly to help the agency prepare for any potential disaster. During that group meeting, Ludlow was the one who dreamed up how something like this could happen. After he puts together some facts about recent occurrences in his life, he realizes his life is in danger. With Margo, the woman hired to escort him to a few local book signings, as his only companion, Ludlow must figure out how to stay one step ahead of the shadowy political conspiracy that needs him to disappear. It's not too long before the pair realizes that to survive, Ludlow needs to think like his famous character—which shouldn't be too hard, since he created him, right? But the enemy they face has more resources at their disposal, and they'll stop at nothing to get rid of these dangerous nuisances. This is a crazy book—even though so much of the action at first glance seems far-fetched, given what's been going on in our world lately, it's scary to think that at least some of this—especially the use of technology to track Ludlow and Margo's escape attempts—might actually be possible. Sure, you probably know how things will resolve themselves, but Goldberg does a great job getting you hooked on the plot from the get-go, and you can't wait to see where the story will go. I didn't realize how prolific a writer Goldberg is—he's written more than 30 books, including 15 Monk mysteries. This was a terrific introduction to his storytelling talent, and I practically devoured this book. It was great to read a book that felt like a movie, and didn't let up on the action and suspense until the end. Hope to see this on the big screen someday, and I hope there's another Ludlow book on the horizon! See all of my reviews at, or check out my list of the best books I read in 2017 at... Apr 19, 2018 James Thane Lee Goldberg is a very funny guy. He's also a prolific writer with something on the order of five dozen books to his credit, along with a host of television shows for which he has written scripts, and he's brought all of that experience to bear on his newest book, True Fiction, which is a terrific read. The protagonist, Ian Ludlow, is, like Goldberg, a very successful writer. Ludlow has build a career around a series of novels featuring Clint Straker, an action hero in the mold of Jack Reacher or Lee Goldberg is a very funny guy. Ludlow has build a career around a series of novels featuring Clint Straker, an action hero in the mold of Jack Reacher or James Bond. Clint is an incredibly handsome, tough guy who thinks quickly on his feet and who has multiple ways of disposing of the villains who challenge him, no matter how great their numbers. And as scores of women can attest, he's also fantastic in bed. Ludlow is nothing like his hero at all. He's an insecure schlub who exists largely on junk food and who hasn't had a meaningful relationship with a woman in ages. He's terribly out of shape and couldn't fight his way out of the proverbial wet paper bag. (He's obviously unlike his creator in this respect in that, as anyone can tell from his author photo, Mr. Goldberg is something of an international sex symbol. As the book opens, Ludlow is having trouble getting traction on his new book when someone remotely takes control of a passenger plane and crashes it into a hotel on Waikiki Beach. Watching the news, Ludlow is horrified because several years earlier, in an effort to stay a step ahead of the terrorist threat to America, the CIA had gathered together a group of thriller writers and asked them to dream up scenarios that bad guys might use to attack the U. S. Ludlow recognizes this plan as his very own and then discovers that all of the other writers who were at the meeting have had fatal "accidents" within the last few months. A few weeks ago, Ludlow himself narrowly escaped death when his house blew up. Investigators determined that the explosion was an accident, but Ludlow suddenly realizes that it was no accident at all. Out of nowhere, he's been catapulted into a scenario straight out of one of his own novels. When the realization hits him, Ludlow is in Seattle on a book tour, accompanied by a feisty young dog sitter named Margo who doubles as a book tour escort. Ludlow and Margo must go on the run in a desperate effort to stay one step ahead of the villains who are in hot pursuit and who are using every modern technological tool to track them down and kill them. Defeating these guys would all be in a day's work for Clint Straker, but sadly, Ian Ludlow is no Clint Straker- or is he? If he and Margo are going to survive, Ludlow will have to dig deep and plot a new scenario in which a thriller writer, rather than his superhero, can rise and save the day. This is a hugely entertaining romp and a fairly quick read. The book is laugh-out-loud funny and is a great sendup of the thriller genre. Given his experience in television, Goldberg knows how to strip a scene down to its essence and how to keep the action moving at a breakneck pace. Ludlow and Margo are very appealing characters and I loved spending an evening in their company. I'm already looking forward to the second installment in this series... Jun 21, 2018 Matt liked it Needing a quick read, I turned to this series debut by Lee Goldberg, about which I have heard many good things. When an airplane crashes in Hawaii not long after take-off, the news outlets begin streaming coverage and countless people gasp in horror. However, thriller writer Ian Ludlow is not one of them. Hiding in his Seattle hotel while on a book tour, Ludlow knows that with this event, his life is in imminent danger. Coaxed out of hiding by his author escort, Margo French, Ludlow tells of how Needing a quick read, I turned to this series debut by Lee Goldberg, about which I have heard many good things. Coaxed out of hiding by his author escort, Margo French, Ludlow tells of how the CIA is trying to kill him after an authors retreat a few years before. At this event, Ludlow shared a potential plot idea that seems to have been replicated down to the smallest detail. Little does Ludlow know, it is not the CIA, per se, but Blackthorn Securities that has their eye on him and is responsible for the crash. Now it is up to Ludlow, with Margo by his side, to dodge Blackthorn as they zero-in on his location. What started as a fearful writer running for his life has become a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, with only one possible outcome. Fast-paced and with little time to synthesise the info, the reader is taken on this adventure as Goldberg tosses twists at every possible instance. Those who need a good beach read need look no further than Lee Goldbergs new series. This is my first time reading anything by Lee Goldberg, though it would seem he is well-established. He has a great ability to portray the ‘author writing about an author theme and not make it come across as corny, though does utilise the ‘cat and mouse thriller recipe well, injecting a little cheesiness when needed. Ian Ludlow (apparently Goldbergs nom de plume. is an interesting character, established in his writing capabilities yet always looking to stay relevant. His slightly geeky side mixes well with the fear of being caught by the giant bully and the story turns into his using some of the resources he has been able to cobble together as a writer over the years. The story progresses as he gains some courage, but the reader must also remember that some of the stereotypical ‘bad ass geek is on display here. Hokey at times, Ludlow does come across as somewhat enjoyable and I did find myself laughing while shaking my head on more than a single occasion. Margo French proves to be a nice counterbalance for Ludlow, as she has somehow been pulled into the middle of this adventure without wanting to be there. A dog-walker and amateur singer, French brings the sass and sarcasm to this party without becoming the helpless femme fatale. A handful of secondary characters flesh-out the wonders of this thriller novel, keeping the story edgy and propelling it towards what is sure to be a bloody conclusion. The story was by no means stellar, but it proved entertaining, which seems to be Goldbergs goal, as he has written much for television and knows how to keep the audience enthralled. Ill surely keep my eyes open for more of his work, though cannot rave about how wonderful I found the book or how it is likely some of the best reading I have done all year. Still, if you need something for a trip or lounging by the pool, Goldberg has just what you might want. Kudos, Mr. Goldberg, for an interesting introduction to the series. I admit, I am intrigued and will see what else you have to offer. Love/hate the review? An ever-growing collection of others appears at: A Book for All Seasons, a different sort of Book Challenge. Mar 10, 2018 Tulay Fun to read. If you're looking for real true fiction book, this isn't the one. Silly, somewhat eccentric story. Dog walker is his driver, successful writer is being driven around for book signing events. His terrorist scenario he wrote during the CIA event becomes real, and he's being hunted. Couldn't stop laughing in some parts. May 05, 2018 Kevin Ian Ludlow is hoping to work on his next thriller while on his book promotion tour. He sees an airliner crash down on the beaches of Hawaii and realizes he may have caused the event. Years before he wrote scenarios for the CIA showing creative methods terrorists could attack the US. Suddenly he realizes the two near death accidents he had are the CIA trying to kill him. I enjoyed the first half but I felt this one lost its way. Jun 24, 2018 Dee Arr it was amazing “True Fiction” was my introduction to author Lee Goldberg. I had never read any of his previous books (nor seen any of the television shows he had written) so I had no idea what to expect. My first reaction was that this book was an over-the-top, totally unbelievable story written by a new author (hadnt yet seen Mr. Goldbergs extensive bio) who had spent way too much time searching the Internet for conspiracy stories. As I continued to read, it dawned on me that the author had penned an “True Fiction” was my introduction to author Lee Goldberg. As I continued to read, it dawned on me that the author had penned an incredible story, a believable tale that sometime bordered on farce with a plot woven so tightly that I could do nothing but sit back and admire Mr. Goldbergs balancing act. The result is an adventure/thriller mix with twists and thrills that propel you from one chapter to the next. While the plot is a five-star element, the characters are just as interesting. Successful author Ian Ludlow is likeable (and Mr. Goldbergs excerpts of Ludlows writing – which demonstrate that Ludlow is a bit of a hack writer – are some of the most hilarious pieces of the book. Sidekicks Margo and Ronnie are active members of the story, providing much more than simple window dressing. While all the indications of a multi-book series are present, the book comes to a distinct and satisfying end. Bottom line: “True Fiction” is a conglomeration of spy thriller conspiracy and tongue-in-cheek imagination blended into a tightly written story that races from page to page. Mr. Goldberg pokes fun at both the publishing and movie/television industries and pulls it off with a “Who? Me? ” innocence that only adds to the books charm. Highly recommended. Five stars... Mar 04, 2018 Ed In a uniquely original plot premise Will Cross, the head of a major security company poses as a CIA chief looking for imaginative potential 9/11-type terrorist attacks from a small group of thriller writers in the interest of being proactive in defense of the homeland. Ian Ludlow, a successful screenwriter and thriller author suggests a "what if" scenario; terrorists hack the automatic pilot of a jetliner and crash it. Ian quickly forgets the meeting until three years later when a jetliner In a uniquely original plot premise Will Cross, the head of a major security company poses as a CIA chief looking for imaginative potential 9/11-type terrorist attacks from a small group of thriller writers in the interest of being proactive in defense of the homeland. Ian quickly forgets the meeting until three years later when a jetliner crashes on takeoff from the Honolulu airport and the other participants in the meeting all recently died of suspicious natural causes. On a book tour, Ian and his publishers escort Margo, run for their lives leading to Ian's realization that in order to survive, he must start thinking about what the Jason Bourne-like character he created for his current thriller series would do in his shoes! Not only an enjoyably smart thriller from the standpoint of plot development but the characters are engagingly witty while running for their lives from what they think is the real CIA with electronic surveillance, black helicopters, drones with hellfire missiles, assassination teams, and a fully functional war room all aimed squarely at Ian and Margo. The good news is it's book #1 in a new series... Mar 20, 2018 HJ A pleasant surprise. Nothing ground breaking, but very entertaining and with enough of a fast pace to keep the reader engaged, but not so fast that the reader struggles to keep up with the action. I enjoyed it and look forward to the next book. The idea of this novel is fantastic and what I thought would be a different, but similar, book for #CJSReads. What I got was something completely different than I had anticipated. I am sincerely baffled on how I feel about this book. Is it satirical? Author Ian Ludlow's writing terrorism scenarios for the CIA start coming true. At least, he thought they were CIA. Ok, let me back pedal a little bit. I know authors do a lot of research for their writing, but this doesn't make them an expert, The idea of this novel is fantastic and what I thought would be a different, but similar, book for #CJSReads. I know authors do a lot of research for their writing, but this doesn't make them an expert, right? But I was intrigued that the CIA would find an author's point of view one they would take heed with for any potential terrorism that may happen. AHEM. (CIA or not, uh, what. But, putting plausibility aside, I was highly entertained and very amused. The read is fast, the plot is paced decently (though it does slow down towards the end a bit. What made me scratch my head a bit was the excerpts from his book thrown in and some gratuitous sex scenes that just kinda came out of nowhere. It may very well have to do with the fact that I just was reading a book that went even further with unnecessary sexual innuendos and scenes that made no sense that the scenes in this book just made that more of an impact. I really don't know. At least all the women had big boobs - even the blow up doll! HA! As something satirical, I can honestly say that this is entertaining - really just put aside what you might have actually been expecting and go with it. If you do that, this book is a lot of fun. I don't think it quite worked for me. Thank you to Thomas & Mercer and Amazon Publishing for this copy in return for my honest review... Jun 11, 2019 gasus Recommended to gasus by: the positive review of Goodreads friend James Thane There's something beguiling about a novelist as the protagonist. It's the kind of character that conjures a balance of innocent gullibility and wry observation. Author Lee Goldberg delivers with his character Ian Ludlow, formerly the successful screenwriter of an embarrassingly ridiculous buddy cop TV series featuring Vine who is part plant and his human partner Hollywood (Hollywood and Vine, get it. Ludlow has gone on to forge a successful series of action novels featuring an undercover agent There's something beguiling about a novelist as the protagonist. Author Lee Goldberg delivers with his character Ian Ludlow, formerly the successful screenwriter of an embarrassingly ridiculous buddy cop TV series featuring Vine who is part plant and his human partner Hollywood (Hollywood and Vine, get it. Ludlow has gone on to forge a successful series of action novels featuring an undercover agent named Clint Striker, an undercover agent whose sexual prowess would put James Bond to shame. Who needs suave manners when you can put an enemy agent out of commission for three days due to the orgasm you can deliver? True Fiction opens with a horrific plane crash caused with disturbing enjoyment by a hired assassin lounging on Waikiki beach. He gains control of the plane's autopilot through his laptop and crashes it into one of the nearby luxury highrise hotels. At the same moment, Ludlow is being chaperoned around Seattle by a college dropout named Margo French, whom his publisher has hired for this leg of his speaking itinerary. This gig supplements French's main income source as a dog walker. Goldberg has the sense to resist the cliché or an Ian/Margo romantic entanglement, which heightens the much more interesting relationship of annoyance and dependency that connects them. Coincidentally, Ludlow has had two recent narrow brushes with death. Only after he learns of the plane crash is he beginning to connect the dots. Three years previously he participated in a private CIA-hosted brain storming session on imaginative terrorist scenarios. The plane crash scenario was his original contribution. This book was a lot of fun to read. Did particular scenes call to mind films like Enemy of the State, or the clandestine missions of Jason Bourne or Jack Ryan? Of course they did. That only added to my enjoyment of this book. The familiar territory stimulates a sense of both anticipation and surprise. At the same time, the wildly over-the-top villains and improbable twists kept up the fast-paced action. This was another worthwhile summer read... J. D. "He was a man on the run, though careful not to exceed the fifty-five-miles-per-hour speed limit. This has all the classic thriller elements: dark conspiracies by shadowy and terrifyingly powerful figures, implacable and inexorable assassins, a beautiful damsel drawn into danger- but instead of the hero being some variant on the archetypal thriller hero I call Bolt Studly (the former Navy Seal/Army Ranger/whatever whose only flaw is that he rushes headlong into danger) we have nerdy "He was a man on the run, though careful not to exceed the fifty-five-miles-per-hour speed limit. This has all the classic thriller elements: dark conspiracies by shadowy and terrifyingly powerful figures, implacable and inexorable assassins, a beautiful damsel drawn into danger- but instead of the hero being some variant on the archetypal thriller hero I call Bolt Studly (the former Navy Seal/Army Ranger/whatever whose only flaw is that he rushes headlong into danger) we have nerdy TV-hack-turned-bestselling-thriller-writer Ian Ludlow stumbling from one crisis to the other while trying to evade the machinations of the Cabal of Doom. It's a fun, affectionate take-off on the tropes of the genre that kept me chuckling, but also kept me turning pages. Recommended... Mar 03, 2018 Paula Highly credible fiction Given the state of affairs in the world currently, there's not one concept in this book that I found unbelievable. It hurts to say that, frankly, because good fiction should be at least partially incredible. This IS good fiction, but all too credible. Well, except for the half man, half plant cop. Fast pace, likeable and detestable characters, an all-too-believable plot and viola! A great story. Mar 11, 2018 Jim A A pleasant mixture of action/adventure and tongue in cheek humor. This novel will bring many conspiracy theory followers to orgasm. It will also cause those who believe in the New World Order to nod their collective heads in agreement. Something for everybody in this one. Even a TV character who made his fame and fortune as a plant (vine) who was a cop. Some laugh out loud humor situations and scenarios. I recommend this one to any who like a good laugh while they read. Feb 04, 2018 Angela Neary Action packed and hilarious. This line says it all, “The books were about Michael Sang, an ex-priest turned assassin and restaurateur, who was an expert in all the martial, erotic, and culinary arts. ” Dont miss this witty, tongue in cheek page-turner. Mar 19, 2018 Jay Williams Another Great Story Goldberg is imaginative and a gifted story teller. The characters in this story are unique and wild. The entire story could be true because it is so realistic. Once you start reading you can't stop. The suspense is palpable, with occasional bursts of dark humor. Ian Ludlow is an everyman not a super hero, but his imagination and creativity make him a success. I want to read more about him. Mark Baker When terrorists take control of a plane leaving Hawaii and crash it into the island, the entire country is horrified. But none more so than thriller writer Ian Ludlow. You see, he had suggested just the twist on 9/11 that happened here to the CIA a few years back during a brainstorming session to help them come up with worst case scenarios. Within a few hours, Ian is certain that the CIA is out to kill him to silence him. Using every trick in the book – tricks he knows thanks to the books hes When terrorists take control of a plane leaving Hawaii and crash it into the island, the entire country is horrified. Using every trick in the book – tricks he knows thanks to the books hes written, Ian flees from his book tour in Seattle with his author escort, Margo French. Will the two be able to survive? This book doesnt waste a minute throwing us into this thrill ride and never lets up until we reach the climax. I couldnt turn the pages fast enough to find out what was going to happen next, and the book manages to wink at a few clinches of the genre along the way. Ian and Margo were good characters, and another we meet along the way walks the fine line of being a caricature without being unbelievable. Since this is a thriller, there is a bit more language, violence, and sex than in the books I normally read. There is plenty of humor here to help ease the tension. I already cant wait for the sequel. Read my full review at Carstairs Considers... This is an enjoyable parody of spy thrillers with silly humor (Publicity Hound. a TV show about publicist who becomes a dog) lightening an actual spy thriller with a typical evil conspiracy. I got this because the author writes the Mr. Monk books; those are funnier. Mar 02, 2018 Jack Webb Chuckle-worthy Almost self-aggrandizing, this story of an author bailing himself out of trouble by acting like one of his characters is a lot of fun to read. Nasty plots, curious characters, and improbable but inspired methods to deal with it all made for an enjoyable time. May 21, 2019 Bob Mayer I thought my life before becoming an author was exciting. But in this book, the author becomes caught up in a real thriller. A fun, fast-paced thriller that hits on all points. Apr 14, 2018 Mary Shotliff did not like it Very boring A story inside a story of which neither one were interesting. I will not read another book from this author Dorothy Stone Outstanding I hardly ever give a 5 Star rating. but this book deserves it. Well written and well thought out with believable characters and plots. Many twists and turns until the end keep you guessing until the end. Would recommend this book for anyone who loves an outstanding thriller. In case you don't believe in The New World Order/ The Illuminati I suggest you research them. worth every minute of my time absolutely enjoyed this story. The characters were fun and believable. good plot. the author balanced the pace and length of this book just right for me. I read it from start to finish while only briefly sitting my kindle down to refill my glass of wine. highly recommend! Mar 08, 2018 Rbucci This was one of those books that was so intense I had to go to the back and start reading backwards. If you like intense thrillers, this is the book for you. May 31, 2018 Jen True Fiction lands on the light side of the crime/mystery/suspense scale. From the blurb: When a passenger jet crashes onto the beaches of Waikiki, bestselling thriller writer Ian Ludlow knows the horrific tragedy wasn't an accident. Years before, the CIA enlisted Ian to dream up terrorism scenarios to prepare the government for nightmares they couldn't imagine. Now one of those schemes has come true, and Ian is the only person alive who knows how it was who is behind the plot. That True Fiction lands on the light side of the crime/mystery/suspense scale. That makes him too dangerous to live. Comical and yet. I've often wondered, as I'm sure some of you have, if some fictional scenarios have not actually been translated to real life. The idea that the CIA or terrorists have taken ideas from fiction doesn't sound that far-fetched to me. Sometimes truth really is stranger than fiction. True Fiction offers adventure, suspense, and comedy as Ian Ludlow, nerdy author, must think like his fictional protagonist if he wants to survive. Kindle Unlimited Suspense/Humor. April 1, 2018. Print length: 248 pages... This was a fun, fast, engaging read. Harold Total Entertainment! I really expected to not like this book and put it aside after a few pages and then into my craparootie shelf. Instead I totally enjoyed it. It's a satire, a spoof, it's funny and actually had me laughing out loud at a few parts. I see this book was released April 1st of this year. Very apt. Ok- It's a spy story, a conspiracy story and a comedy wrapped into one. It's nice to read heavy stuff but it's also nice to just be entertained and have fun. BTW - A look at the our Total Entertainment! I really expected to not like this book and put it aside after a few pages and then into my craparootie shelf. BTW - A look at the our hero's name should give you a good idea of where the author is coming from and what he's spoofing... Apr 18, 2019 Glen A good parody from Goldberg, as a writer of spy fiction finds himself in the sight of the usual Blackwater type contractor outfit that wrecked a plane using his idea. The outfit fails to kill him over and over and begins to think he is an ace secret agent, although he is really just lucky. Humorous. Excellent theatrical spy espionage novel I loved this book. It kept me guessing, had a bit of conspiracy theories (which I love) intertwined, a bit of spy chase scenes and CIA assassins, and a bit of sarcastic character dialogue. All was well done by the author. Enjoyed reading this on vacation. Lee Goldberg's biggest strength for me is the ease in which he creates characters that the reader is immediately drawn to. This book is another great example, as Ian Ludlow is likable but with quite a few faults the reader will shake their head at. I can't wait to dive into the second book and anything else from Mr. Goldberg I haven't read yet. #1 New York Times Bestselling author Lee Goldberg is a two-time Edgar Award and two-time Shamus Award nominee whose many TV writing and/or producing credits include "Martial Law. SeaQuest. Diagnosis Murder. Hunter. Spenser: For Hire. Nero Wolfe. Missing. Monk" and "The Glades. He's also the co-author of the Fox & O'Hare series with Janet Evanovich (The Heist, The Chase, The Job, 1 New York Times Bestselling author Lee Goldberg is a two-time Edgar Award and two-time Shamus Award nominee whose many TV writing and/or producing credits include "Martial Law. SeaQuest. Diagnosis Murder. Hunter. Spenser: For Hire. Nero Wolfe. Missing. He's also the co-author of the Fox & O'Hare series with Janet Evanovich (The Heist, The Chase, The Job, The Scam, The Pursuit etc. The Walk. Watch Me Die. 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The basic question is: why should we use this type of library and why not use the float type instead? The problem is that computers are not able (and have never been) to handle floating point values with real accuracy. While for some insignificant data this should not be a problem, in the case of recalculating the amounts of money-related transactions, it is already a serious concern. This library frees us from issues related to currency operations, storing them (or just preparing for it), adding or converting. All this without fear about lack of precision.
The explanation of the problem with floating point numbers and their accuracy is described in IEEE 754 standard. In short: types such as float are not suitable for performing floating point operations (such as adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing). As a consequence, they are also not suitable for operations on financial values – because in such cases the problems with inaccuracies can lead to erroneous and unexpected results! For Java, we have the BigDecimal type, and for PHP we should use additional libraries created to solve this problem. Money is one of them.
Of course, the purpose of the entry is not to describe all available Money library functions. Let us focus only on the most important aspects. First of all, thanks to Money we can store your financial values as strings. This library is also able to handle very large numbers with no problem, so even transactions in billions of dollars are not a problem here. This is also convenient currency handling and their optional conversion if you need to use such operations. An example of basic using Money from official documentation:
use Money\Currency; use Money\Money; $fiver = new Money(500, new Currency('USD')); // or shorter: $fiver = Money::USD(500);
There is no problem with the most important operation:
$value1 = Money::EUR(800); // €8.00 $value2 = Money::EUR(500); // €5.00 $value3 = Money::USD(800); // $8.00 // Additions $result = $value1->add($value2); // €13.00 // Subtractions $result = $value1->subtract($value2); // €3.00 // Multiplication $result = $value1->multiply(2); // €16.00 // Divisions $result = $value1->divide(2); // €4.00 // Comparsions $result = $value1->isSameCurrency($value3); // false $result = $value1->equals($value2); // false $result = $value1->greaterThan($value2); // true $result = $value1->lessThan($value2); // false
Other options are: formatting (using Intl extension), aggregations amounts (based on ratios or by targets), BitCoin parser, exchange and much more.
With Money we can not use float to store and operate on financial data, we can do this in safe way. With this small library, all data is clear, reliable but there are also some very useful tools for formatting and converting amounts.


Anup Sohanta is a master of words and poetry about love, loss and the universe. His words are a beautifully crafted elixir for the mind and soul that he’s released to the world on various platforms via the pen name @noopface. He gained popularity on social media, especially Instagram and has been sharing himself with his followers and fans ever since.
Working as a writer and author for years on books, blogs, websites and social media. Noopface discusses the universal energy that surrounds all of us. He’s an old romantic with a modern twist that discusses the relationship between males and females and the age of the “modern man” that has stepped up to treat women with the love and respect they deserve. To treat their female counterparts as equals.
In 2017 noopface released his first book, “From the Universe’s Lips to My Ears” a compilation of his quotes and poetry in a book that speaks to hearts and expands minds. Noopface’s goal was to spread love, light and laughter and bringing minds together in unification.


The Apostolos Missions HQ is working on building various resources to support the future growth of chapters around the world. The first project is teacher's Bible study guides for future Bible teachers to be raised in the fall semester.
The goal for this project is to complete 30 developed and fully designed guides by the end of July. Each guide will have message notes and they will help new teachers to teach the material with the right focus and key points. The HQ will focus first on materials for Romans chapters 1-8 and John chapters 1-21, organized by chapter. These materials will be extremely helpful for raising leaders and setting them up as AM Bible teachers.
The AM intern worked with the HQ to create a template for the guides. The template includes a summary of the message, key points, a lesson overview, purpose, context, and then the actual text exposition. After the text, there will also be various discussion, application, and warm up questions.
Please pray for this first project to be completed and used graciously for the advancement of mission around the world.


SPRING (2) Term 2024
Our Topic is 'Beyond Britain'
We are looking in depth at the Ancient Maya, Mayan Myths, the human life cycle and Islam. The books we are studying are: The Hero Twins and The Rainplayer. We are also looking at lots of non-fiction History books about The Ancient Maya.
SPRING (1) Term 2024
Our Topic is Globetrotters!
We are looking in depth at Space, Travel around the world, Time zones and Islam.
The books we are studying are: The boy who biked the world (part one) and Around the world in 80 days: We are also looking at lots of non-fiction Science books about Space and the different planets in our Solar System.


I think that this book was a great way to get information on, as they say, the six most important decisions you’ll ever make. It points out many things that you may never think about that may be a large factor in your life. You have to decide how to be and what you want people to see you as.
This book would be a great book for people to read who are starting into their freshman or sophomore year. It is an easy read that really gets you to understand some of the little things, and that you shouldn’t be making your life revolve around what other people say. It is a lot of help and a lot of information that really interested me. I recommend this book to everyone!!


"This eerie, yet beautiful song, showcases the many "faces" of the moon. From its darkness and deadness, to its beauty and luminescence. The Moon highlights a sweet relationship between the Soprano and the Piano, and sometimes a cacophonous reflection of the conflict of these two "faces". This work also highlights the range of the soprano, various colors of the piano, and text painting that reflects the two "faces" of the moon in the two main tonalities, b and e minor.
Great for any developing vocalist who wishes to expand their range"
Winner of the 2017 “New Music on the Bayou” Call for Scores
Advanced Intermediate Difficulty
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Food sustains life. Since the beginning of time, it has underpinned our existence. Every day, in every country around the world, it continues to do so. While once food comprised the humble gatherings of hunters in caves, today it has been elevated to an obsession, loathed and adored, craved and crammed in equal measure. Some people eat to live, others live to eat. [...] Taste will explore the complex, colourful and at times controversial world of food, through a collection of thought-provoking, stimulating and beautifully-crafted infographics. (source
Not directly design related, this book is about food and everything around it, presented in amazing infographics.