Boyah J. Farah’s writing has been featured in The Guardian, Harvard Transition, Scheer Intelligence at KCRW, Grub Daily and Truthdig. He is the winner of Salon‘s best essay of 2017. His essays have also appeared in Harvard’s Kennedy School Review, Pangyrus magazine, and The Huffington Post. A Judy Layzer Fellow, he took the Memoir Incubator at GrubStreet Creative Writing. He has appeared on NPR, KCRW, WGBH and at Boston College, Belmont Hill school, the Museum of Fine Arts, the Boston Book Festival, the Boston Poetry Festival, Umass Boston, Facing History and Ourselves and many other institutions and organizations. Boyah has a master degree and he, in fact, is a publicist’s dream.
Recently, he founded the Abaadi School in Garowe, Somalia, which offers instruction in English, Math and Science to boys and girls ages 13-24. The school is expanding rapidly and has attracted some interest locally.
A searing memoir of American racism from a Somalian-American who survived hardships in his birth country only to experience firsthand the dehumanization of Blacks in his adopted land, the United States.
“No one told me about America.”
Born in Somalia and raised in a valley among nomads, Boyah Farah grew up with a code of male bravado that helped him survive deprivation, disease, and civil war. Arriving in America, he believed that the code that had saved him would help him succeed in this new country. But instead of safety and freedom, Boyah found systemic racism, police brutality, and intense prejudice in all areas of life, including the workplace. He learned firsthand not only what it meant to be an African in America, but what it means to be African American. The code of masculinity that shaped generations of men in his family could not prepare Farah for the painful realities of life in the United States.
Lyrical yet unsparing, America Made Me a Black Man is the first book-length examination of American racism from an African outsider’s perspective. With a singular poetic voice brimming with imagery, Boyah Farah challenges us to face difficult truths about the destructive forces that threaten Black lives. By affirming that there is a “melancholy redemption in possessing a Black body in America,” he also attempts to heal a fracture in Black men’s identity in this unforgettable book.


Photo credit: Tonatiuh Ambrosetti
**Currently longlisted for the 2021 Booker International Prize
Elisabeth Jaquette is a translator from Arabic and Executive Director of the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA).
Her work has been shortlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature, Warwick Prize for Women in Translation and TA First Translation Prize, longlisted for the Best Translated Book Award, and supported by the Jan Michalski Foundation, PEN/Heim Translation Fund, and several English PEN Translates Awards.
Her latest translations are Minor Detail by Adania Shibli (Fitzcarraldo/New Directions) and The Frightened Ones by Dima Wannous (Harvill Secker/Knopf). Other book-length translations include The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz (Melville House), Thirteen Months of Sunrise by Rania Mamoun (Comma Press), and The Apartment in Bab el-Louk by Donia Maher (Darf Publishers).
Elisabeth has taught translation at Bread Loaf Translators' Conference, among other places, and was a judge for the 2019 National Book Award in Translated Literature.
She has a MA from Columbia University, a BA from Swarthmore College, and was a CASA Fellow at the American University in Cairo. She is also a member of the translators' collective Cedilla & Co.


In 1936, the Chinese Mathematical Society started publication of two periodicals: an academic Journal of Chinese Mathematical Society and a popular Journal of Mathematics. They have been renamed Acta Mathematica Sinica in 1952 and Bulletin of Mathematics in 1953, respectively.
At present, the Chinese Mathematical Society presides over the publication of Acta Mathematicae Sinica (both Chinese series and English series), Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica (both Chinese series and English series), Advances in Mathematics, Mathematics in Theory and Practice, Applied Probability and Statistics, Bulletin of Mathematics and a popular journal High School Mathematics.
The newsletter of Chinese Mathematical Society was first published in 1983. Since then it has carried out the task of recording the history of Chinese mathematical Society, providing information of mathematics and furthering communications among members of the society.


The Ministry of Information and Communications and the Party Central Committee's Commission for Communication and Education launched a stamp collection on January 22 to celebrate the 13th National Party Congress.
A stamp in the collection to celebrate the 13th National Party Congress.
The 43x32 mm stamp was designed by artist To Minh Trang of the Vietnam Post Corporation. The item features a portrait of President Ho Chi Minh and a red flag with a crossed gold hammer and sickle in the background.
The stamp also features the number thirteen in Roman numerals to signify the upcoming 13th National Party Congress which is scheduled to take place between January 25 and February 2.
The collection is set to be available on public postal network from January 22 until December 31, 2022.
Since the 3rd National Party Congress in 1960, Vietnam Post has issued a stamp collection every time a Party National Congress is held. The stamps have shown the vibrant emulation spirit, upheld the cause of defending the Fatherland, building socialism and highlighted the great achievements of the Vietnamese Revolution.
A corner showcasing publications on the 13th National Party Congress was also opened at the International Convention Center.
Covering 300 square meters, the corner display 2,000 publications from major media organizations and 30 publishing houses. A highlight of the exhibition is an area zoned off for e-books, with a total of 152 titles.
A book store is arranged besides the exhibition, in which the 406 books on President Ho Chi Minh are arranged in the shape of a Vietnam map, with the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos.
The followings are photos of delegates visiting book display corner:
Mr. Tran Quoc Vuong, a Politburo member and the Standing Secretariat of the Party Central Committee (second from left) and delegates visit the book display corner.
|Books are in the S-shape of Vietnam.|


The head of the beast is the Head Quarters of the empire of the Dragon (the Tolus) with seven heads and ten horns. The woman Babylon ruled the earth as seven consecutive World Powers since the Time of the Old Testament. The seven consecutive World Powers appeared on earth as the Seven Hills of Rome. The seven consecutive world powers are:
2. Persia and Media
3. Greek Empire
4. Roman Empire
6. British Empire
“The beast had seven heads and ten horns.” (Revelation 17:3)
These seven empires are called the seven heads of the beast (or the Seven Hills of Rome), and the woman Libertas was carried by these seven empires from the time of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia from the beginning to the end. She was known by different names in different places. The French called her Marianne, the Romans called her Libertas, the British called her Britannia, the Americans called her Columbia, and the Word of God called her Babylon.
Beast means an animal, especially a large wild animal. This means that the seven empires are the seven heads of a large wild animal. Large is used to describe the sweeping power of the Empire founded by the man Nebuchadnezzar; extending from the time of the Babylonian Empire to the end of the earth.
Nebuchadnezzar’s Empire was such a huge success on earth. Nations after nations adopted it, and it never failed to lift them to the status of World Power. The next World Power after the Seven Heads practically took home the image of the empire, and as a result, the people of that empire were rewarded as the most powerful nation that ever existed on the surface of the earth.
Never in the history of World Powers on Earth has the image of Babylon been so idolized than when it was crafted in France, shipped to the USA, and erected as a giant statue of Libertas (Liberty) in New York. The shipping from France to the USA was the ceremonial transfer of the headquarters of Nebuchadnezzar from Europe to the USA.
The headquarters of Nebuchadnezzar was in the Middle East before it was transferred to Europe. This means that in the Middle East Iraq and Iran (Persia) were most notorious in the worship of the Idol Libertas (Babylon). The transfer of the headquarters of Nebuchadnezzar from the Middle East to Europe was the beginning of the rise of the nations of Europe to the status of World Power.
The Statue of Libertas (Liberty) is the final expression of Babylon. After the completion of the cycle of Time, the statue had no other destination than to return to the beginning. The beginning was the Time of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia. This means that the end is a replication of the beginning. And the time of Nebuchadnezzar was the summary of the entire length of the empire that crushed the whole world under its rule.
The replica of the empire at the end of Time was the USA. The true identity of the final expression of the ruler of the Earth was to remain latent until the completion of the entire lifespan of the USA. Like Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylon, the USA would naturally fall without being conquered in war by any nation on earth.
The USA is the 8th World Power after the Seven Heads. The USA, the 8th World Power, is the same as Babylonia (the first World Power). The height of the 8th World Power is really a return to the first world Power. This means that the USA is the beginning and the end of Babylonia. As the beginning and the end, it has all the characteristics of Nebuchadnezzar and Babylon described in the Holy Bible.
Such characteristic of Babylon includes that Nebuchadnezzar’s Kingdom will fall and give way to the powerful Kingdom of God which will last forever. All the World Powers that ruled the Earth, including the USA and the nations of Europe, were scheduled to expire before the coming of the everlasting Kingdom of God.
“The God of heaven will establish a kingdom that will never end. It will never be conquered, but will completely destroy all those empires, and then last forever.” (Daniel 2:44)
The everlasting kingdom of God was already established on earth by Jesus Christ in the beginning. Like America (the world Power) was to transform back to as Babylon was in the beginning, so the people of God were to transform to as Jesus was in the Beginning. That unchangeable nature of Jesus Christ will last forever; and all who are transformed with Christ to that unchangeable nature of Jesus in the beginning are in the kingdom of God that will never be conquered.
Apart from economic, political and military supremacy, the World Power was the moral standard for the whole world. All nations on the earth practically looked up to the USA and the nations of Europe for leadership in justice, liberty, the defense of human rights, dignity of people of all races and languages, the protection of the environment, etc. The USA and the nations of Europe have practically abandoned these roles for protecting and promoting their own national interests.
They have fallen from global leadership, and they will never rise again to lead the world. Christ has stepped forward to lead the world into the future and no one or nation or people will ever be able to stop this new heavenly government.


There will be chocolate of course.
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and it will be sent to you in early November.
Two vicars, their marriage in tatters with wounds reaching far back into the past, set out on a journey to find healing and restoration. Their route will take them from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, but will it help them find their way home? Along the 320-mile route across rural France, burdened by backpacks and blisters, Kim and Penelope stumble across fresh truths, some ordinary, others extraordinary. But will they be defeated by the road ahead or triumph over the pain of the past? Is there a chance they'll find themselves in France and walk back to happiness? In this simple but enchanting book, part travelogue and part pilgrimage, Penelope invites you to walk with her and her husband on their epic journey as they encounter new faces and new experiences, and reconnect with each other and with God. Every step of the way, you'll discover more about yourself and what's really important to you.
Walking Back to Happiness puts one in mind of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Frye. With the use of vivid details, humour, and vulnerability, Penelope takes us on a heart-warming journey that will not only provoke you to book a walking holiday, but think more deeply about love and commitment.
- Shelly Miller, Author of Rhythms of Rest: Finding the Spirit of Sabbath in a Busy World


The holy ground pilgrimage for the inheritance of heavenly fortune included a special photo exhibition at the Sunhak Institute of History under the theme, “Cheon Il Guk: Historical Development moving toward Actualization.” Through this and other pilgrimage programs many members experienced True Parents’ shimjeong with their own hearts and bodies. It was a precious time for them to understand the path of the Cheon Il Guk providence and the course of its development.
Here are some of the testimonies of grace that have been received.
* The testimony of Great Works: Holy Ground Pilgrimage for the Inheritance of Heavenly Fortune: I felt the spiritual energy of True Parents
* The testimony of Great Works: Holy Ground Pilgrimage for the Inheritance of Heavenly Fortune: The stairs and rocks answered me, "It is great! I want to spend more time with True Parents!"
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The landscape of publishing has undergone a profound transformation with the advent of digital technologies. Traditional print-based methods have progressively given way to digital publishing, allowing for greater accessibility and reach. This article aims to provide an informative guide on digital publishing in the context of the broader publishing industry.
To illustrate the significance of this topic, let us consider the case study of a small independent book publisher that specializes in niche genres such as science fiction and fantasy. Prior to embracing digital publishing, their books were limited by physical distribution channels and struggled to find a wider audience. However, through adopting digital formats and utilizing various online platforms, this publisher was able to expand its readership exponentially, reaching individuals across different geographical locations who may not have had access to traditional printed copies.
Digital publishing encompasses a wide range of processes and techniques that enable content creators, publishers, and consumers alike to engage with literature through electronic means. By eliminating barriers associated with physical production and distribution constraints, digital publishing offers numerous advantages such as cost-effectiveness, flexibility in format options, ease of dissemination, interactivity features, and potential for personalized reading experiences. Furthermore, it opens up new possibilities for self-publishing authors seeking creative autonomy or marginalized voices looking to bypass traditional gatekeepers in order to share their stories with the world.
One of the key advantages of digital publishing is its cost-effectiveness. Unlike traditional print-based methods, which require significant upfront investments in printing and distribution, digital publishing eliminates these expenses. Content creators can simply convert their work into electronic formats, such as eBooks or audiobooks, and distribute them online. This significantly reduces production costs and allows publishers to offer their books at more affordable prices to consumers.
Additionally, digital publishing provides flexibility in format options. Content can be made available in various electronic formats, catering to different reading preferences and devices such as e-readers, tablets, smartphones, or computers. This versatility ensures that readers can access content wherever they are and on the device of their choice.
The ease of dissemination is another notable advantage of digital publishing. With just a few clicks, publishers can make their books available to a global audience through online platforms like Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Barnes & Noble Press, or Apple Books. This accessibility opens up new markets and opportunities for publishers to expand their reach beyond traditional distribution channels.
Interactivity features offered by digital publishing enhance reader engagement and immersion. Publishers can incorporate multimedia elements such as videos, audio clips, or interactive graphics into their books, enhancing the reading experience. Additionally, features like hyperlinks enable readers to easily navigate between chapters or access additional resources related to the content.
Moreover, digital publishing allows for personalized reading experiences. Readers can customize font sizes, adjust screen brightness settings, highlight passages digitally, or even take notes without damaging physical copies of books. These features cater to individual preferences and enhance the overall reading experience.
Lastly, digital publishing empowers self-publishing authors seeking creative autonomy. By bypassing traditional gatekeepers like literary agents or publishing houses that may reject manuscripts based on subjective criteria or commercial viability alone, authors have greater control over their work’s publication process. Digital platforms provide an avenue for independent authors to share their stories directly with readers worldwide.
In conclusion, digital publishing has revolutionized the landscape of the publishing industry. Its advantages, such as cost-effectiveness, flexibility in format options, ease of dissemination, interactivity features, and potential for personalized reading experiences, have made it an attractive option for both content creators and consumers. As technology continues to evolve, digital publishing will likely continue to shape the future of literature and democratize access to diverse voices and stories.
Understanding the Digital Publishing Landscape
Digital publishing has revolutionized the way information is disseminated and consumed in today’s digital age. From e-books to online magazines, this medium offers a host of opportunities for publishers to reach their target audience more effectively. To illustrate this point, let us consider a hypothetical case study of an independent author who self-publishes an e-book on a popular platform. Through digital publishing, this author can bypass traditional gatekeepers such as literary agents and publishing houses, allowing for direct access to readers worldwide.
In exploring the landscape of digital publishing, it is important to recognize its key features and advantages. Firstly, one notable aspect is the ease of accessibility that digital publications offer. Unlike physical books or printed materials which require shipping and distribution processes, digital content can be instantly downloaded or accessed online with just a few clicks. This convenience caters to the fast-paced lifestyle of modern consumers who seek immediate gratification.
Moreover, digital publishing allows for greater interactivity and multimedia integration compared to traditional print formats. With hyperlinks, embedded videos, audio clips, and interactive graphics, publishers can create engaging experiences for readers that go beyond mere text on paper. This enhanced level of interaction not only captivates audiences but also enhances understanding and retention of information.
To highlight some benefits further:
- Global Reach: Digital publishing enables authors and publishers to reach a diverse global audience effortlessly.
- Cost-Efficiency: Compared to printing costs associated with physical copies, digital publications eliminate expenses like production, storage space requirements, and transportation fees.
- Real-Time Updates: In contrast to static print media where revisions are challenging after publication, digital platforms allow effortless updates without having to reprint copies.
- Data Analytics: By leveraging analytics tools provided by digital platforms, publishers gain valuable insights into reader preferences and behaviors.
Let us now delve into the evolution of publishing in the digital age wherein we explore how technological advancements have shaped this industry and transformed its practices.
The Evolution of Publishing in the Digital Age
Having gained insights into the digital publishing landscape, it is evident that traditional methods are no longer sufficient to keep pace with evolving reader preferences and technological advancements. In this section, we will explore how the publishing industry has adapted to the digital age, embracing new opportunities to cater to a diverse and digitally-savvy audience.
To illustrate the impact of digital publishing, let us consider a hypothetical scenario involving a small independent publisher specializing in print books. With their limited distribution network and resources, they struggled to reach readers beyond their local market. However, by embracing digital publishing strategies like e-books and online platforms, they were able to expand their reach globally and connect with an international readership eager for their unique content.
- Increased accessibility: Readers can access digital publications anytime, anywhere using various devices.
- Enhanced interactivity: Multimedia elements such as videos and interactive graphics enrich the reading experience.
- Cost-effectiveness: Digital production eliminates printing and distribution costs associated with physical copies.
- Eco-friendly approach: Reduced paper consumption contributes positively towards environmental sustainability.
Furthermore, digital publishers have leveraged technology’s potential by employing innovative marketing techniques. A table demonstrating successful promotional strategies used by leading digital publishers could include:
|Social Media Campaigns||Engaging readers through targeted social media campaigns aimed at building communities around specific genres||#ReadWithMe Twitter campaign|
|Personalization||Tailoring recommendations based on user behavior patterns to provide personalized reading suggestions||Amazon’s “Customers who bought this also bought…”|
|Data Analytics||Utilizing data analytics to gain insights into reader preferences and trends for informed decision-making||Tracking e-book sales by genre and geographical region|
|Collaborative Marketing||Partnering with influencers, bloggers, and book clubs to generate buzz around new releases||Exclusive book launch event in collaboration with XYZ|
In embracing digital publishing, the industry has witnessed a transformative shift. Publishers have recognized the need to adapt their strategies to cater to changing consumer demands while leveraging technology’s potential. This evolution sets the stage for exploring the key benefits of digital publishing in our subsequent section.
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Understanding how digital publishing has reshaped the industry allows us to delve deeper into its advantages. By leveraging technological advancements, publishers can unlock opportunities that were previously unimaginable using traditional methods alone. Let us now explore the key benefits of digital publishing and how they contribute to an exciting future for both publishers and readers alike.
Key Benefits of Digital Publishing
As we delve deeper into the realm of digital publishing, it becomes evident that its impact on traditional forms of publishing has been profound. With advancements in technology and changing consumer preferences, publishers have had to adapt their strategies to meet evolving demands. In this section, we will explore some key benefits that digital publishing brings to the table.
To illustrate the transformative power of digital publishing, let’s consider a hypothetical scenario involving a small independent author named Emma. Previously, Emma struggled with securing a publisher for her book due to limited resources and access to traditional distribution channels. However, through digital publishing platforms like Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), she was able to self-publish her work effortlessly and reach readers across the globe. This example highlights just one aspect of how digital publishing can empower content creators and democratize the industry.
Digital publishing offers numerous advantages over traditional methods. Here are some key benefits worth considering:
- Global Reach: Through online platforms, content can reach audiences worldwide instantaneously, eliminating geographical boundaries and allowing authors to connect with diverse readership.
- Cost-Effectiveness: Compared to printing physical copies, digital publication significantly reduces production costs such as paper, ink, storage, and shipping expenses.
- Interactivity and Multimedia Integration: Unlike printed materials, digital publications offer interactive features like hyperlinks, embedded videos or audio clips that enhance reader engagement.
- Real-Time Analytics: Various analytics tools provide valuable insights into audience behavior patterns such as reading habits and preferred genres – equipping publishers with data-driven decision-making abilities.
Table – Emotional Response Evoking Factors:
|Excitement||Digital publishing opens up endless possibilities for authors, enabling them to unleash creativity.|
|Convenience||Readers can access a wide range of publications conveniently from their electronic devices.|
|Accessibility||Digital platforms enable individuals with disabilities to enjoy reading through assistive technologies.|
|Empowerment||Authors have greater control over the publishing process and can directly connect with their audience.|
As demonstrated by Emma’s story and the benefits outlined above, digital publishing has revolutionized the industry in several ways. Its global reach, cost-effectiveness, interactivity, multimedia integration, and real-time analytics make it an attractive option for both content creators and readers alike. In the subsequent section, we will explore different digital publishing platforms that cater to various needs and preferences.
With an understanding of the advantages offered by digital publishing, it is now crucial to examine diverse platforms available today that facilitate this exciting transformation in the world of publishing. Let us delve into exploring different digital publishing platforms further.
Exploring Different Digital Publishing Platforms
Transitioning from the previous section, let us now delve into the various digital publishing platforms that exist today. These platforms have revolutionized the way content is created, distributed, and consumed in the publishing industry. To illustrate their impact, consider a hypothetical scenario where an independent author named Sarah decides to self-publish her debut novel.
One of the most popular digital publishing platforms available to Sarah is Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). By utilizing KDP, Sarah can easily upload her manuscript and cover design, set pricing options, and publish her book as an e-book on the Kindle store. This not only allows for global distribution but also provides access to millions of potential readers who prefer electronic formats over traditional print books.
Now let us explore some key factors to consider when evaluating different digital publishing platforms:
- Reach: Digital platforms offer extensive reach beyond geographical boundaries, enabling authors like Sarah to connect with readers worldwide.
- Flexibility: Unlike traditional publishing methods that require significant time and investment, digital platforms allow for quick updates and revisions without incurring substantial costs.
- Analytics: Many digital publishing platforms provide detailed analytics about reader engagement and sales metrics. Such data enables authors to make informed decisions based on audience preferences and market trends.
- Revenue Potential: While royalty rates vary across platforms, some offer higher percentages per sale compared to traditional publishers. Additionally, self-published authors often have more control over pricing strategies.
|Platform||Key Features||Supported Formats|
|Amazon||Global reach; robust marketing tools||E-books|
|Apple||Seamless integration with iOS devices||E-books|
|Smashwords||Wide distribution network||E-books|
|Lulu||Print-on-demand services||E-books; Print books|
Considering these benefits and platform features can help independent authors like Sarah navigate through a sea of choices when selecting a suitable digital publishing platform.
In the subsequent section, we will delve into effective strategies for successful digital publishing, exploring techniques that can enhance an author’s visibility and maximize their potential readership. By implementing these strategies, authors can increase their chances of success in the highly competitive digital publishing landscape.
Effective Strategies for Successful Digital Publishing
In the rapidly evolving landscape of digital publishing, it is essential for publishers to familiarize themselves with a range of platforms that can effectively showcase their content. By utilizing various digital publishing platforms, publishers can cater to diverse audiences and optimize the reach and impact of their publications. This section will delve into some popular options available in the market.
One such platform worth exploring is Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). KDP offers authors and publishers an opportunity to self-publish e-books and make them available on Kindle devices and applications worldwide. With features like easy-to-use tools for formatting and cover design, as well as access to marketing resources, KDP empowers creators to bring their work directly to readers.
Another notable platform is Apple Books, which provides a seamless reading experience across Apple devices. It allows publishers to distribute e-books globally while maintaining control over pricing and availability. Additionally, its interactive features enhance engagement by enabling multimedia elements within publications.
Publishers seeking a more visually immersive experience may consider platforms like Adobe Digital Publishing Suite (DPS) or Mag+ Designd Production Tool. These platforms allow for dynamic layouts, rich media integration, and interactivity options that can captivate readers’ attention. They offer flexibility in designing content tailored specifically for tablets and mobile devices.
When selecting a digital publishing platform, there are several factors that deserve careful consideration:
- Compatibility: Ensure the chosen platform supports the desired file formats and device compatibility.
- Customization: Look for platforms that provide ample customization options to align with your publication’s branding and style.
- Analytics: Accessing detailed analytics can help measure performance, understand reader behavior, and inform future strategies.
- Monetization Opportunities: Consider platforms offering monetization models such as subscriptions or ad placements to generate revenue from your content.
By carefully evaluating these aspects alongside individual requirements, publishers can choose a platform best suited for their goals and target audience.
Now let us proceed to the next section, where we will delve into effective strategies that can maximize the success of digital publishing initiatives.
Emerging Trends in Digital Publishing
As digital publishing continues to evolve, it is crucial for publishers to stay updated on the emerging trends that shape the industry. One notable trend is the increasing integration of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies into digital publications. For instance, imagine a travel guide app that allows users to virtually explore destinations through immersive 360-degree videos or interactive AR overlays. This convergence of technology and content provides readers with an engaging and dynamic reading experience.
To effectively navigate this changing landscape, publishers must adopt strategies that embrace these emerging trends:
Emphasize mobile optimization: With the widespread use of smartphones and tablets, optimizing digital publications for mobile devices has become essential. Publishers should ensure their content is responsive to different screen sizes and functionalities, allowing readers to access and enjoy publications seamlessly across platforms.
Harness the power of data analytics: The availability of user data presents valuable opportunities for publishers to understand reader preferences and behavior patterns better. By leveraging analytics tools, publishers can gather insights on audience engagement, identify popular content topics, personalize recommendations, and refine their overall publishing strategies.
Explore new revenue models: Traditional advertising-based revenue models are evolving with the rise of ad-blockers and changing consumer behaviors. Publishers need to diversify their income streams by exploring alternative monetization methods such as subscription services, sponsored content partnerships, or crowdfunding campaigns.
Foster community engagement: Building a strong online community around digital publications enhances reader loyalty and facilitates meaningful interactions among readers themselves. Publishers can incorporate features like comment sections, discussion forums, or social media integrations to foster dialogue between authors, contributors, and readers.
Table: Comparison of Emerging Trends in Digital Publishing
|Augmented Reality (AR)||Integrating virtual elements into real-world environments||Enhanced interactivity; Immersive experiences|
|Virtual Reality (VR)||Creating simulated environments that mimic the real world||Immersive storytelling; Engaging visual experiences|
|Mobile Optimization||Adapting digital publications for optimal display and functionality on mobile devices||Seamless cross-platform accessibility; Improved user experience|
|Data Analytics||Utilizing insights from user data to inform publishing decisions||Personalized content recommendations; Enhanced audience understanding|
In conclusion, staying abreast of emerging trends in digital publishing is crucial for publishers seeking long-term success. The integration of AR and VR technologies, along with strategies like mobile optimization, data analytics utilization, exploring new revenue models, and fostering community engagement can help publishers adapt to the changing landscape and provide readers with exceptional digital reading experiences. By embracing these trends, publishers can remain at the forefront of innovation while meeting the evolving needs and expectations of their audiences.


TSUNEKO NAKAZATO EXHIBITION Award Winning Japanese Woman Author PHOTOS, MANUSCRIPTS, MEMORABILIA
TSUNEKO NAKAZATO EXHIBITION CATALOG Award Winning Japanese Female Writer - PHOTOS, MANUSCRIPTS, MEMORABILIA Kanagawa Museum 1989
TSUNEKO NAKAZATO EXHIBITION CATALOG including Manuscripts, Books, Photos, and Personal Memorabilia. The exhibition, THE HEART OF THE STORY, was held at the Kanagawa Modern Literature Museum in 1989. The catalog was published by the Kanagawa Literature Promotion Foundation in conjunction with the exhibition. First Edition. TEXT IN JAPANESE.
Softcovers, 7x10 inches, 32 pages. FULLY ILLUSTRATED.
NEAR FINE condition, tight, bright, clean and unmarked.
About TSUNEKO NAKAZATO (from Wikipedia):
******Tsuneko Nakazato, b.1909 d.1987, was the pen name of a novelist in Showa period Japan. Her real name was Nakazato Tsune.
Nakazato was born in Fujisawa city, Kanagawa prefecture and graduated from the Kanagawa Girls' Higher School. When she was 17 years old she met Tatsuo Nagai and started writing, publishing multiple novellas before her marriage at age 19.
In 1938, Nakazato became the first woman to win the prestigious Akutagawa Prize, with her short story Noriai bashi. After World War II, she came to be known for a number of works addressing the issue of international marriage, including Mariannu monogatari (Maryann's Story, 1946) and Kusari (Chain, 1959), which were drawn from her own daughter's marriage to an American. Her novel Utamakura (Song Pillow, 1973) was awarded the Yomiuri Prize. In 1974, she received the Japan Art Academy Prize, and became a member of that institution in 1983.
Nakazato was a resident of Zushi, Kanagawa from 1932 until her death due to colon cancer in 1987. Her grave is at the temple of Engaku-ji in Kamakura.******


I don't give very many reviews, but every once in a while a story demands you share your journey with people. This is just the book.
Once in a great while a book comes your way that grabs you by the throat and won’t let go. The story of Tumor, a man of violence, irredeemable and unapologetic, and Luz. Luz is opposite of Tumor, she is compelled to save those lost souls whom society looks down on. The interaction between these two is volcanic, and slowly you start to see that yes, even the most brutal of souls can be redeemed.
Gritty, violent and raw, this is a look at the underbelly of our society. The author pulls no punches as she tells a gripping drama, which has you turning pages and forgetting everything around you. This book is as real as it gets and should be put on everyone’s must read list.
Thank you Ms. Bronsen for your vision and talent.


Notes on the Episodes
CASTLE IN THE WOODS
A very young Victor Power
Filmmaker Karl Jacob and author Aaron Brown take a road-trip-movie style journey through time to unlock the mystery of their hometown of Hibbing, Minnesota. They find a dynamic mayor named Victor Power who left few traces after his mysterious death almost a century ago. His political ghost still haunts an opulent, castle-like high school in the middle of the wilderness and reveals a story of America that has never been told before.
Karl and Aaron share the story of how they each found the cold trail of Victor Power, and then how they found each other and decided to team up.
A first generation Irish-American, Victor Power began his career in Hibbing as a blacksmith’s assistant. He developed a knack for understanding people. When his older brother got into a scrape with the local hand of the world’s largest corporation, Vic took notes. In 1903 he went to law school in Chicago and came home ready to fight U.S. Steel.
But first Vic Power makes a name for himself defending the winner of Minnesota’s last known pistol duel.
The actual pistols from the duel of Sam and Pete
The Hibbing High
During a Recent Show
The Androy Hotel Facade,
as it looks today.
An aerial photograph taken shortly after construction was completed.
EL PULPO PENDEJO
Seriously, look at this fucking guy. I can't look him in the eye. He just stole my soul through 100-year-old
What will Victor Power do next? He already dusted off his blacksmith’s work clothes to become a lawyer who successfully defends an immigrant miner against a murder charge after a pistol duel. Now “Fightin’ Vic” confronts the massive corporation that rules the small village of Hibbing, Minnesota at the dawn of the 20th Century.
We begin this episode in an unexpected place: Mexico. We end with explosions, animals attacking humans, and the rise of Victor Power.
First, we join a thrilling 1910 car chase in which Vic, his brother Walter, and a business partner evade a posse of gun-toting horsemen in a 40-horsepower Mitchell automobile along the border of Arizona and Mexico. Ambition drives them, almost to ruin, but in the process they learn something that other people from Hibbing don’t know yet. You can’t run away from El Pulpo -- the Octopus -- of U.S. Steel.
Victor returns to law practice in Hibbing while settling down with his new wife in a middle class home on Mahoning Street. He begins to make friends and forge new business partnerships with the immigrant communities of the rapidly growing village. But the town grows weary under the control of U.S. Steel’s Oliver Iron Mining Company. We meet Dr. H.R. Weirick, the town’s mayor, who is also a firm believer in U.S. Steel’s philosophy of corporate power and paternalism. He consolidates power and makes it harder for opponents to oust him by cancelling the village caucuses.
Meantime, rocks rain down on Hibbing from above. Mine blasts draw closer and closer to the village, and nearly kills a woman who runs a boarding house near an ever-expanding mine pit. Lizzie Hukari-Liend marches into Vic Power’s office with a jaw-dropping request. She wants to sue the Oliver Iron Mining Company and other mining interests who destroyed her boarding house. Victor Power takes the case and fights the biggest political and legal battle of this young town’s history.


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Blackbird Head of Zeus, 2017
This is an account of the design, production, active service and demise of Lockheed’s ‘Blackbird’ family of aircraft: the A-12, M-21, YF-12 and SR-71.
I point out in the book’s first chapter that ‘Haynes Manual’-type books about this aircraft already abound, full of the ‘wow’ factor stressing its technical complexity and record-breaking performance. However, the aircraft’s political context is often too briefly summarised, which in my view misses much of the story’s abiding interest. Intense paranoia reigned on all sides in the Cold War between 1945 and 1980, and it is in that ‘Dr Strangelove’ atmosphere that the ‘Blackbird’ was conceived, when there were at least 16 different US intelligence agencies, each competing for its unique niche, as well as the three main armed services equally competing for their own preferential funding. It needs to be understood why the ‘Blackbird’ (as the A-12) was a project of the CIA and not of the USAF, how it grew out of Lockheed’s earlier U-2 reconnaissance aircraft, and what made it vitally necessary at the time.
Also part of the story of the ‘Blackbird”s astounding technical success and humiliating end were the frustrations of the Air Force with successive Presidential vetoes on overflights of the USSR, the project’s massive expense, and behind it all the rapidly improving space technology that enabled satellites to do the aircraft’s job more efficiently, cheaper, and with no danger of being shot down. It was this, plus a combination of internal politics and external technology, that finally grounded the SR-71. In short, it became obsolete.
In memory, film footage, and museums, the ‘Blackbird’ remains arguably the most charismatic aircraft ever built: a machine of awesome beauty and performance whose design, construction and testing were achieved in pre-computer days in conditions of absolute secrecy at Lockheed’s Skunk Works and at Area 51 in Nevada. Its story tells us a great deal about American attitudes during the Cold War, and how those attitudes were changed into something more cynical by the failure of the war in Vietnam.
There is plenty of technical detail in the book, together with cockpit accounts of near-disaster, actual disaster, ejections, air-to-air refuelling, aircrew selection and the rest.
Eroica Head of Zeus, 2016
This is a non-fiction account of Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’ symphony, placing it into the context not only of the composer’s life but also of the genre’s development as well as that of Nineteenth-century Romanticism generally. Although written with the non-musician in mind, the book begins with a brief explanatory overview of how Western music progressed from Plainsong via counterpoint to J.S. Bach and thus to the Viennese Classical period whose style Beethoven inherited, transformed (some would say deformed), and then subsumed into his own almost aggressively personal style.
I describe how the ‘Eroica’s origins were interwoven with Beethoven’s own apprentice years as a teenager, not only via the exciting radicalism of the French Revolution but even in some very early compositions whose tune appears to prefigure the famous ‘Eroica’ theme of his future symphony’s last movement. I give an account of the symphony’s antecedents as well as its actual composition and its reception as a work so avant-garde it was deemed unplayable as well as something of an ordeal to sit through. I also speculate about the nature of its ‘real’ hero, who may very well not have been Napoleon.
Marked for Death Head of Zeus, 2015
This is decidedly non-fiction: a historical account of the First War in the Air. The centennial interest in WW1 seemed to concentrate almost exclusively on trench warfare and the indiscriminate slaughter of the ground war. This is understandable in ‘humanitarian’ terms. But few indeed seem to know about the air war, other than vague images of the Red Baron and possibly Biggles. But that sort of air combat between aces was in a way the least interesting and certainly the least significant aspect, and it certainly had zero impact on the war’s outcome. Far more intriguing was the way in which aircraft went in four years from being little more than slow, frail observation machines only grudgingly tolerated by the military on all sides to being bombers and fighters capable of 140 mph and altitudes of up to 24,000 feet, with the ability to dominate the airspace over the battlefield now being universally recognised as essential.
There has probably never been such swift development of any technology, and it was all down to the pressures of war. I deal with the aspects that particularly interested me, including technical ones such as Why biplanes? and Why rotary engines? and the crucial significance of inventing interrupter gear that would allow a machine gun mounted in front of the pilot to fire without shooting the propeller off. But I also deal with training (which in the RFC was appalling until quite late on); Mess life and morale; why no parachutes were issued; the medical aspects of disorientation, lack of oxygen and intense cold – all of which were virtually new subjects at the time. In addition I deal with the lamentably inadequate defence of London against the attacks of German Zeppelins and bombers (and the political fallout), and also British air activity further afield in Mesopotamia and the Balkans.
Empire of the Clouds, Illustrated edition Faber, 2011
This is a large-format ‘coffee table’ version of the book designed originally for the Christmas market. The book’s original text has been considerably shortened, and the rest is frankly eye candy for aero buffs interested in post-war British aircraft.
Under the Radar Faber, 2013
This novel grew out of my fascination with the Cold War and with the UK’s V-bomber force that existed to deliver our nuclear bomb in the event of an all-out war. Of our three V-bomber types, I was particularly interested in the Avro Vulcan, so I set the book on a fictitious East Anglian airfield with a squadron of Vulcans involved in the gruelling daily routines of Quick Reaction Alerts, bombing practice (both ‘live’ and by radar), top secret briefings, inspections and all the rest of it, interspersed only occasionally with trips abroad. It was a very intensely-lived life, and among other things I wondered how it impinged on the crews’ private and married lives.
While writing the book I talked to a number of ex-Vulcan aircrew and went to some pains to get the details of squadron life and the technicalities of the aircraft as correct as possible.
Amongst other things I researched the famous ‘Skyshield II’ exercise of 1961 when all commercial aircraft on the Eastern seaboard of the US were grounded for a day while USAF and RAF bombers, simulating a surprise attack by the Soviet Union on major cities like Washington DC, New York, Boston etc, tried to get past NORAD’s radar defences without being ‘shot down’ by hordes of fighters scrambled to intercept them. The intense aerial activity that lasted for hours led many citizens on the ground to suspect that war really had broken out. The upshot was that at least one Vulcan avoided detection and effectively wiped out New York. The exercise showed up many crucial gaps in radar coverage and technology and caused a considerable political scandal. I discovered from the USAF’s Historical section that the final report on Skyshield II is still officially classified as secret, which seems odd well over half a century after the event. Some foraging in the National Archives at Kew revealed some intriguing cables dating from 1969 between London and the British Defence Secretariat in Washington on the subject. This is all written up in an appendix at the end of the novel.
Empire of the Clouds Faber & Faber, 2010
What started as a former schoolboy plane-spotter’s essay in nostalgia ended on the edge of a rant about the way Britain’s economy has been so badly mishandled ever since 1945. My fascination with aircraft and flying dates from my earliest memories and has never diminished. It was abundantly nurtured in the 1950s by the sheer number of different British aircraft in the skies and performing at airshows. There was enormous public interest in aviation at the time, springing from the almost religious respect in which the RAF was held by the end of the war as Britain’s ‘saviour.’ The aircraft industry was Britain’s largest – bigger even than coal mining or shipbuilding – and we were well placed to take the world lead in the new jet technology and even to be the first nation to break the sound barrier. But for various reasons it was not long before we were overtaken and only broke the sound barrier after the Americans had done so.
Nevertheless, aviation stories were immensely popular in the British press and in those days test pilots became folk heroes much as sports figures are today. My own hero was Bill Waterton, the Chief Test Pilot of Gloster Aircraft. He was a Canadian who was awarded the George Medal for bringing back his crippled Gloster Javelin prototype rather than ejecting. After that he became the Air Correspondent of the Daily Express and used his column with devastating frankness. He was highly critical of the way the British aircraft industry was run, and no less critical of the political floundering and indecision that killed off so many promising aircraft while wasting copious amounts of public money. Eventually his criticisms earned him the sack as doing nothing for morale in the Cold War and Waterton essentially disappeared for the next fifty years, vilified as the black sheep of British aviation.
But he had been right; and the progressive chaos and decline of the industry only confirmed his every point. It was doubly tragic in that against all odds, individual aircraft companies continued to design and built some wonderful aircraft. Yet in nearly every case they were too delayed to achieve their sales promise, or else the government or an airline changed its mind. There was no real national plan, no co-ordination of effort; and this lack was combined with poor management and outdated manufacturing skills. The steady run-down of the industry – together with that of nearly all Britain’s industrial base – seems with hindsight to have been deliberate.
In 2009 I traced Bill Waterton’s family in Canada, he having died in 2006, and was privileged to be able to work from his archive of log books, newspaper cuttings and photographs. Most of all, this book is a tribute to him and to the other test pilots of his era whose skill and courage made airline travel today as outstandingly safe as it is.
Vom Meer Mare, 2010
This is a collection of some of my essays on the sea and maritime subjects which I have written primarily for German and Swiss magazines, in two of which I had a regular column for some years. Most of the essays have not yet been published in English; mainly, I suspect, because the English-speaking market is generally hostile – or at best indifferent – to science in a way that Continental Europe tends not to be.
Rancid Pansies Faber & Faber, 2008
The third book in the trilogy finds Gerald Samper determined to write the libretto to a grand opera. A stay at the Suffolk home of Max Christ, the conductor, ends in a dining disaster when Gerald’s fieldmouse vol-au-vents produce unexpected symptoms. Back in Italy, he discovers that the privacy of his Tuscan eyrie had been invaded by religious pilgrims, drawn by the alleged apparition of Princess Diana (an anagram of whose name supplies the book’s title). An earth tremor changes Gerry’s fortunes and he finds himself collaborating with his neighbour Marta on an opera about the Princess. This is eventually staged at Max Christ’s concert hall in front of a Glyndebourne-type audience: as Gerald imagines, the high point of his literary and artistic career. The Fates, however, have other plans.
Caused me to creep out of bed and seek medication lest I wake the entire household with snorts of mirth.
Independent on Sunday
I read every word James Hamilton-Paterason writes, and he never lets me down.
Barry Humphries, Sunday Telegraph
Farcical fun and lethal wit.
Hamilton-Paterson is a national treasure.
Ian Thomson, Spectator
Amazing Disgrace Faber & Faber, 2006
The Samper saga continues with Gerald turning his contempt for contemporary public heroes on the admittedly dreadful Millie Cleat – the celebrated one-armed around-the-world yachtswoman. His musical pretensions are such that what he really yearns to ghost-write are the memoirs of Max Christ, the famous conductor. This connection soon brings him into contact with some vengeful oceanographers whose survey Millie Cleat once unwittingly ruined. Together they plot her come-uppance, though not in the spectacular way it actually occurred.
Hamilton-Paterson has created one of the great comic characters of English fiction, ranking alongside Bertie Wooster or E.F. Benson’s Georgie.
I love his elegant and intensely evocative style: strangeness lifts off his pages like a rare perfume.
A formidable literary writer.
Cooking with Fernet-Branca Faber & Faber, 2004
This was the first of what turned out to be a trio of books featuring the dreadful but engaging Gerald Samper, an expat ghost-writer of sports personalities’ ‘autobiographies’. He lives in splendid isolation up a mountain in Tuscany, as befits the lofty disdain he feels for his subjects. He is ribald about all forms of sport but he does take cooking seriously – so seriously, in fact, that it enabled me in turn to be ribald about gastro-fashion and TV cheffies. His relations with Marta, a close neighbour, are a farrago of misunderstandings, as is revealed by the technique whereby each tells the tale alternately.
Cooking with Fernet-Branca was longlisted for the MAN Booker Prize in 2004 and won the BBC’s alternative Booker Prize, Bookered Out.
A work of comic genius
Independent on Sunday
Larded with bitter satire and piquant wit, at the expense, often, of its readers and their dreams of Italy.
Loving Monsters Granta, 2001
At first sight this seems as though it might be be a precursor to the Samper romps in that it begins with a British writer living in Italy being propositioned to write the biography of a strange near-neighbour, a man named Jebb. This is not a comic novel, however. As Jebb unfolds the story of his apparently monstrous life in Twenties London, wartime Egypt and modern Tuscany the narrator finds his own life oddly compromised by it. I suppose the book is a reflection on the nature of biography; but it is also about how love can appear to make a life monstrous while explaining and even redeeming it.
Loving Monsters is very, very good … new readers will stumble across him in a bookshop and go on turning the pages with the same sense of joyful bewilderment: “How does he do that? How can something be this good?”
Bella Bathurst, Sunday Herald
There is a rare touch of authenticity about Loving Monsters, and few readers will care whether this thoughtful, provocative and extremely well written book is fact or fiction or somewhere in between.
The book is fresh with the imaginative vigour and moral urgency that make Hamilton-Paterson an important writer.
Loving Monsters is almost too good to be true … tantalising, erudite and ingenious.
Barry Humphries, Sunday Telegraph
America’s Boy Granta, 1998
I wrote this in reaction to the international media coverage of the 1986 ‘People Power’ revolution in the Philippines that sent the Marcoses into exile and foreign journalists into ecstasy over the new president, Cory Aquino. The book was not in any way intended to exonerate the Marcoses; rather, it was an attempt to explain the political and social roots of their régime. I had already lived for some years in a provincial fishing village in the Philippines and had seen at first hand a feudal system that nurtured oligarchs in a country where the writ of central government often never made it beyond the outskirts of Manila. I was also impatient at the way the knee-jerk denigration of the Marcoses by the international media – few of whom understood such things – spilled over to tarnish the reputation of the country generally.
It was particularly hypocritical that the US press should heap ordure on Ferdinand Marcos’s head after 1986 when the CIA itself had done much to ensure his election back in 1965. At that time the US badly needed a pro-Washington ally who could provide extensive military facilities for the expanding war in Vietnam. Washington equally supported Marcos’s years of martial law and were content to turn a blind eye to his theft of huge sums of money. Indeed, President and Mrs Reagan remained to the end close personal friends and supporters of the Marcoses.
The book cuts between the village life I knew and the corridors of power in Manila to illustrate the cultural continuities which most of the foreign media missed entirely. The Marcoses were undoubtedly monsters in their individual ways; but they were authentically of their own people all the same, and just as authentically S.E. Asian and not American.
America’s Boy was also published in the Philippines, where it won a National Award.
The ultimate book about the national character of the Philippines has been written … both a history and a psychoanalysis of a whole people, a socio-political tour de force.
Carmen Guerrero Nakpil, Malaya
Three Miles Down Cape, 1998
This is the account of a treasure hunt in 1995 which I joined as the expedition’s chronicler. A group of Britons had chartered the Russian oceanographic ship, the Mstislav Keldysh, to look for the wrecks of two vessels sunk in the Atlantic in the Second World War. These were a requisitioned British liner and a Japanese submarine. Both were alleged to be carrying cargoes of gold. The Keldysh was most famous for deploying her twin MIR submersibles, rated to a depth of 6,000 metres, to dive on the wreck of the Titanic. Their brilliant designer, Anatoly Sagalevitch, was also aboard the Keldysh with us.
We did not find any treasure, but from a writer’s point of view the expedition was a huge success. Not only was I at sea again; I was privy to the emotions and practical technicalities of the search phase of marine salvage. The weeks at sea provided high drama, pure farce and much hilarity, not all of which was attributable to the several vodka stills aboard. Best of all, I myself went down 5,000 metres to the Atlantic seabed in MIR 1: a 14-hour journey in a cramped capsule with two Russian pilots that was perhaps the greatest experience of my life. At the time (and this is probably still true) fewer people had dived to 5,000 metres than had been into space. I have never ceased to be grateful for the privilege of being one of them.
Rather surprisingly, the US edition of the book even made it into the New York Times bestseller list.
His controlled, crystal-clear prose is well suited to things maritime. He conveys the torpor of a long ocean voyage, the idle chats, the games of table tennis, the waiting.
His unfolding of the story and his deft sketching of some unusual personalities grips like the skinny hand of the Ancient Mariner.
He proves to be a chronicler of the intrigue among a crew of strangers, a fount of lore about wrecks and deep-sea exploration, and a marvellous witness to the lightless wonders of profound depths.
The Music Cape, 1995
Fifteen short stories, all about music.
Always an important theme in [the author’s] work, music here becomes a starting point for a series of tales, fables and meditations on life, art and creativity. Written in a wide range of voices … they reveal an imagination as wide-ranging as it is dazzling. Astonishingly versatile … extremely funny.
Christina Patterson, Indepentent
Beautiful, eerie, witty, astute, dazzling.
As perfect a collection of short stories as you’re ever likely to come across…
Paul Sussman, Independent on Sunday
Ghosts of Manila Cape, 1994
This was written after I had spent time with a Manila cop who conducted me to parts of his city that tourists take pains not to see, including lively and occasionally menacing slum communities. The book opens in a wasteland near Manila Airport where a small family business is boiling down the cadavers of police death squad victims and re-assembling them as skeletons for sale to medical students: an industry I witnessed before the trade was spoiled by cheap and anatomically-perfect plastic versions. The story involves a somewhat burned-out British TV journalist, a cool American lady archaeologist, a streetwise but often rueful Manila policeman and a family in one of the shantytowns. The novel was also published in the Philippines, where it understandably caused a bit of a stir for being too realistic for the taste of the Bureau of Tourism. Less offended Filipino reviewers were kind enough to admit that it was unfortunately quite truthful. Indeed, I was at pains not to exaggerate and pander to the fashion among certain Western writers for foisting their baroque and prurient imaginings on this historically fascinating city.
Has the intensity of a thriller, the precision of a documentary, and the authority of great fiction.
Tim Manderson, The Bookseller
Hamilton-Paterson’s excoriating book would be unbearably painful were it not so beautifully written. The clarity of his vision and the lucid elegance of his prose – lightened by flashes of gallows humour – make this one of the most extraordinary and powerful novels I have read for years.
Jessica Mann, Literary Review
The memory of the tormented city will live in my mind for a long time. This is a remarkable piece of writing.
Alberto Manguel, Independent
It is the author’s remarkable achievement that the city, in all its ragged splendour, continues to haunt the mind even after the last page of the book is finished.
Simon Prosser, Sunday Telegraph
Griefwork Cape, 1993
This book had its genesis in a vivid dream about a Holland-like landscape of dykes which caused me to catch the next plane to Amsterdam. The story is set in the tropical palm house of a botanical garden – possibly in the Netherlands – just after the Second World War. Its single-minded and distinctly odd curator, Leon, has brought his precious ark of exotic plants safely through the war but is now struggling amind the snows of winter to keep its boilers going in fuel-starved Europe. His conversations with the plants at night reveal much about his own past.
Griefwork is beautifully written. The author explores the tangled roots of his subject with brains and imagination, sustaining a tautness between Leon’s affirmation of nature and the creeping truth that will expose its provisionality.
Hamilton-Paterson’s strange and compelling novel puts down enduring roots in the reader’s mind.
The Bell Boy Hutchinson, 1990
Somewhere on my tropical travels I encountered a rickety hotel on whose roof an ancient servant lived in a converted hen coop. This gave me the idea for a young bell-boy, Laki, who is up from the provinces and lives on top of his hotel in the holy city of Malomba. He moonlights as a shrewd guide for foreign visitors, his latest clients being a hippie English family who are in Malomba for psychic surgery. Their mutual exploitation leads to both farce and minor tragedy.
A brilliant religious satire with elements of E.F. Benson and Evelyn Waugh … Few books since E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India (whose formal perfection this novel shares) have conveyed more intensely the allure (and the revulsion) the East holds for Westerners.
New York Times Book Review
Seven-Tenths Hutchinson, 1992
One of the things I always regretted was not having studied marine biology (as it was then known) at university. A lifelong interest in the sea and oceanography eventually led me aboard the R/V Farnella in 1990. This was a British research vessel under charter to the United States Geological Survey which was using a new British-developed towed sonar to map the seabed contained by the US 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone. The experience of seabed mapping near Hawaii led to ‘Charts and Naming’: the first chapter of this book concerning different aspects of the sea.
The title refers, of course, to that fraction of the planet covered by oceans. It was probably a mistake. Where I had hoped it might intrigue, it clearly confused. I once found the book in Dillons in London filed under Mathematics. Its other seven chapters hint at the book’s scope. They are ‘Islands and Boundaries’, ‘Reefs and Seeing’, ‘Wrecks and Death’, ‘Deeps and the Dark’, ‘Fishing and Loss’ and ‘Pirates and Nomads.’ The current Faber edition also contains ‘Sea Burial’, the account of an odd experience I once had off Palawan when our lobster-fishing expedition encountered a dead man sitting in his little outrigger boat.
Informative, arcane, poetic and always articulate.
Seven-Tenths should be required reading for the decision makers of every maritime nation.
Alexander Frater, New York Times
Not since Rachel Carson have I heard such eloquence, such passion for the sea and everything it means to us.
Michael Kernan, New York Review of Books
Gerontius Macmillan, 1989
When I visited Manaus by river in the late 1960s I had no idea that Sir Edward Elgar had been there before me in 1923 when he took a six week cruise from Liverpool to Manaus and back. Even when I was there the town was virtually unchanged from the place he saw: no road out and no high-rise buildings. The sole modes of access to the town were by river or air. Elgar had made his trip at a low point in his life: his wife had died and he felt acutely the pall that the First World War had cast over Europe and its culture. My novel was an attempt to recreate the composer’s trip and his attempts to rescue his creativity from the silence into which it had fallen.
Gerontius won the Whitbread First Novel Award in 1989. In 1990 I wrote a two-part radio adaptation for the BBC with Sir Michael Hordern (who had recently lost his own wife) most movingly playing Elgar. This gave me the opportunity to write some pastiche Elgarian music for the production. The adaptation won a Gold Medal and the Grand Award at the International Radio Festival of New York in 1990 and a Sony Radio Award in 1991.
Elgar emerges more vividly than any biography could make him – crusty, petulant, self-deprecating, egotistical, boyishly keen on ‘japes’, and grateful for the last secret promptings of a dwindling muse. An original and beautifully written debut.
Anyone acquainted with the composer’s real writing will recognise that [the author] has captured the style with uncanny accuracy.
The portrait is so credible that when the main musical conceit of the story is introduced the reader thrills to the notion of the Muse once again, albeit fleetingly, visiting Elgar after long absence.
Times Literary Supplement
Hamilton-Paterson’s writing has many of the qualities of English music: sweet fluency, clarity and feel for natural beauty, and modesty; it has the same suffocated mystic yearning at its center, a yearning that self-effacement and manly common sense will never allow to flower… It is absolutely convincing.
John Crowley, Washington Post
Enthralling … a major achievement.
Richard Dyer, Boston Globe
Playing with Water Macmillan, 1987
The nearest thing I have so far written to an autobiography, this is an account of how I first went to the Philippines and wound up living for part of the time on an uninhabited islet. This involved fishing at night with a home-made spear gun, a single plywood flipper and a torch waterproofed with inner tubing. During the day I dried my catch and repaired my equipment. These were skills I had painfully learned in a fishing village up the coast, where I lived in a hut on stilts on top of a jungly hill. My intrigued involvement with the local culture laid the foundations for my later book America’s Boy.
Playing with Water was also a reflection on my early dissatisfaction with living in England once I had emerged from the shadow cast by public-school-and-Oxford. In fact, I haven’t lived in my native land for over thirty years and probably never shall again. Such things need explaining.
Rich, original, adventurous and very well-written.
One of the most moving and beautifully written books of interior exploration that I have come across for a long time.
The View from Mount Dog Macmillan, 1986
Twelve short stories without any particular common theme, although they do reflect my extensive travels in South America, the Middle and Far East.
A Very Personal War Hodder & Stoughton, 1971
In 1969 I was writing TV documentary scripts for ATV when my agent called me into his office to meet a mysterious man who wanted his story told. He was Cornelius Hawkridge, who had escaped from Hungary during the 1956 uprising and had gone to America. He had recently returned from Vietnam, where for some years he had been conducting a bull-headed one-man investigation into the wholesale theft in S.E. Asia of US construction materiél, the corrupt practices of major US contractors supplying the military, and an international money-changing scam. Hawkridge had been trying for years to alert the US authorities to this – bombarding among others the Attorney General, Robert Kennedy, with letters. But few wished to know: any negative news about the war in Vietnam qualified as ‘rocking the boat.’ Yet the US Mafia were certainly paying attention to Hawkridge: they were involved in rackets dependent on revenue from officers’ clubs, among other things, and resented his exposures. A year before I met him Hawkridge’s car had been forced off the highway near Vancouver in a hit attempt. His young wife was killed and he himself was seriously injured.
In 1970 I holed up with him on the island of Gozo for some weeks while he told his story. The book never sold as it might have: by 1971 when it was published Europeans had become sated with the Vietnam War and Americans increasingly wished it would go away. But in 2006 there was an interesting postscript for me in the revelations of corruption surrounding the US military presence in Iraq. Some of the same contracting companies that had been involved in the wholesale cheating of the American taxpayer in Vietnam were cited once more as grotesquely overpricing such essentials as cement and fuel in Iraq. Some things never change. I am told this long-out-of-print book has achieved a minor kind of cult status for Cornelius Hawkridge among certain Vietnam Veterans.


It sat on the hard drive of an e-book publisher who dilly-dallied around with it for four years before I finally withdrew it; it sat in the offices of a small publisher for a year who LOVED it but somehow the file got corrupted there at the last minute, and they ultimately passed on it, without any explanations whatsoever. In the meantime, the book was read (and loved) by friends, other editors, and reviewers.
|The old cover|
They all wished me good luck with it, and expressed hopes that it could eventually find just the right publisher for it. It did -- and that publisher was me. Luckily, I'd had years of experience working in print shops, doing pre-press and publishing my own newsletters and writing and publishing non-fiction books (under the name Bobbi A. McRae). So I wasn't a beginner. But publishing fiction was totally different than non-fiction, as I soon learned. Since the book was a PRINT ON DEMAND product, bookstores had to pass on it because the discount wasn't high enough for them -- many required as high as a 65% discount. That was a blow that pretty much killed off sales of the book.
Now and then, I'd ponder publishing it as an e-book, but the technology just wasn't *quite* there yet.
At that time, there was no way I could foretell the future and see the invention of the Kindle, the Nook or other e-readers that proliferate now. There was only PDF, and as much as I loved that format, people just didn't want to pay for a book on a little diskette.
Print versions of LONE STAR STATE OF DEATH are in libraries all over the country now, and in libraries in my home state of Texas. I hope by publishing the new version of the book in e-book format, at a much lower price than the printed version, many more readers can fall in love with my intrepid heroine, Samantha (Sam) Emmeline Slater and come to know the other characters who call Lowell's Crossing, Texas, their home.
Since then, I've published LONE STAR DEATH in e-book format for the Kindle, the Nook, and in a printed paper version (using Print-on-Demand) through Createspace.
I'm happy to see Samantha and her friends riding again!


Sylvia Schreiber “die Gedankenspaziergängerin” reads books that have already been published as well as texts “in progress”.
We can be excited.
May 3, 2024, 6:00 p.m
Old books become art objects - this is the work of Francois du Plessis, hiding the stories told in them. It's fitting that the author Sylvia Schreiber presents stories from the lives of people who make a difference in the reading on May 3, 2024.
As a conversation partner and advisor to entrepreneurs, she knows how to read the nuances. In this way, she manages to get to the heart of her experiences and the wisdom they contain in dense writing.
In her own life, Sylvia Schreiber, who was born in Hanover in 1957, has acquired a theoretical foundation in German studies, journalism and economics, rounded off by further training as a systemic consultant. Until 2017, she provided advice and hands-on support to medium-sized companies on organization, digitalization and controlling. Since then, she has made her wealth of experience available to entrepreneurs in various conversation formats (die-denkenspaziergaengerin.de).
She mastered language passionately, even as a child, later also as a journalist and now as an author of biographical stories - with real experience as material.
On May 3rd she will read from books that have already been published as well as from texts “in progress”. We can be excited.
ARTCO Gallery Berlin
UDO NÖGER & LAURA SACHS
26 APRIL - 21 JUNE 2024
As part of the exhibition, Laura Sachs and Udo Nöger open a formal dialogue that discusses the antipodes of their painting: surface and depth, simplicity and complexity, shrillness and silence. They enter into a relationship of form and light and invite the viewer to enter the spaces of their work. A dynamic interplay of exploration emerges.
- in the tension between reproducible and unique art-
14. June –31. August 2024
Dana László da Costa, Johanna-Maria Fritz, Ganna Ki


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Some minds will probe, and seek the truth by means of the heart, striving to resolve the problems that invigorate us, minds that penetrate the essence of things and phenomena, thus acceding to their very own core. If a person thinks deeply, no matter what path he may pursue to find a solution to these problems, he will inevitably return to the self and begin to consider the question of his own existence.
George Ivanovich Gurdjieff (1870–1949), an Armenian philosopher, a mystic, a gnostic and author of the famous movements, founder of the Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man, was a source of inspiration for playwrights, musicians, choreographers and philosophers. For some a guru and a genius, for others a charlatan and a boaster.
The music of the composer duo Gurdjieff/de Hartmann came to be in the 1920s in Fontainbleau, France. Their music demonstrated a general tendency to the traditions of Asia, the Near East and the Caucasus, both profane and sacred. For over 60 years, it was an integral part of the tution devised by Gurdjieff, though only in relativly recent times has it been intoduced to a wider public, in particular through various recordings.
The music of Gurdjieff/de Hartmann became the source of inspiration for the duo Magdalena Wojciechowska and Michał Żak, who together present their adaptation of these compositions for piano and wind instruments. The music takes as its basis notes documented in four volumes: I Chants et rythmes d'Asie, II Musique des Sayyids et des Derviches, III Hymnes, prières et rituels, IV Hymnes d'un grand temple et autres oeuvres choisies.
The process of composing tends strongly towards a reconstruction of the melodies committed to memory by Gurdjieff during twenty years of life and travel in Central Asia and the Near East. De Hartmann's role in the process lay in his reading of the rhythm, accentuation and harmonization of the melodies and in the transcription of the notes. The uniqueness of this music lies in the combination of its various component parts – ethnic melodies, ritual music from sacred contexts, liturgical orthodox rhythms and the compositional genius of de Hartmann. The use of drones, tonal scheme, and eastern melodies are married with western form and structure, closer to other composers of de Hartmann's contemporaries, Maurice Ravel or Igor Stravinsky, for instance. The latter, as did de Hartmann, received his education under the tutelage of Rimsky-Korsakov. This music, much as the teachings of Gurdjieff, is a search of truth, a questioning of one's own place in the surrounding world.


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State Rep. John McCoy will help unveil and launch "We're Still Here: The Survival of Washington Indians" in a special kick-off program Tuesday afternoon, April 24. The program runs from 5 to 7 that day, and it will be held in the Capitol Rotunda/Legislative Building. The Heritage Center is sponsoring the April 2012-April 2013 exhibit in the Office of the Secretary of State, which is located in the northwest corner of the second floor of the Capitol.
McCoy and his family are members of the Tulalip Tribes of Indians in Snohomish County. The Tulalip Tribes has a tribal population of about 4,000 people, with at least 2,500 members residing on the 22,000-acre Tulalip Indian Reservation. The reservation is a few miles north of Everett -- just across Interstate 5 west of Marysville.
"I'm very eager and excited to see the exhibit and displays myself," McCoy said. "It is certainly a great honor to be part of this whole wonderful program. The very worthy dedication of the program is helping folks in every community acquire a better handle and perspective on what's been happening for many millennia in this great place that, today, we call Washington.
"It is so wonderful for more and more people, very much including we Native Americans ourselves, to see and understand what men and women and their families have been doing here for thousands of years."
The "We're still here" website says that the exhibit "acknowledges the early and continuing story of Native Americans in four major themes: the relationship with earth and the struggle over land, assimilation practices and the conflict over Native identity, the century-long battle for treaty fishing rights, and the cultural revival of Indian customs and language in our world today. "
Further, the website points out: "Although the building is not yet constructed, the Heritage Center is alive and active through exhibits in the Legislative Building and elsewhere, the publication of oral histories and biographies by the Legacy Project, author talks with the State Library, family genealogy workshops with the State Archives and State Library, and a vibrant website with many historical resources accessible in one location."
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March 20th, 1955 -- Scholar Harriet Smither dies
On this day in 1955, Harriet Wingfield Smither died. She had been the archivist of the Texas State Library for twenty-eight years. Her scholarly editions included the Papers of Mirabeau Lamar, the Journals of the Fourth Congress, the Journals of the Sixth Congress, and the Diary of Adolphus Sterne. She retired in 1953 and was recognized by a resolution by the Texas State Library and the Texas Historical Commission.


Online Bibles and Commentary
Christianity for Beginners - This 7-part series is designed for those new to Bible study and is a great introduction to God, the Bible, and Jesus. They have many more video series available on their website: Bibletalk.tv
The Bible Project - Beautifully illustrated videos introduce and outline all the books of the Bible. They also have videos covering Bible themes and word study videos.
World Video Bible School on YouTube - Many video series dealing with different areas of Bible study. The video What Must I Do To Be Saved is a great starting point for sharing the Gospel message with others.
Links to YouTube channels featuring acapella hymns:
The links on this page are intended to provide a starting point for exploring the wealth of online information regarding Bible study and Scripture. We encourage you to listen to and read ALL Bible teaching with an eye for discernment. These links are provided as a convenience and for informational purposes only; they do not constitute an endorsement or an approval by the Spokane Church of Christ of any of the teaching or opinions of the organization or individual. Contact the external site for answers to questions regarding its content.


The interactive story follows a crazy day in the life of a college student. From exaggerated skipping class scenarios, to what to eat in the cafeteria, to overdosing on coffee, the reader will make decisions as if they were a college student trying to survive until the end of the semester.
- Language: Spanish
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- Author: Jessica Backes (Music Performance, Spanish ’18)
- Developers: Jessica Backes, Jeremy A. Robinson
- Institution: Gustavus Adolphus College
- Published: Spring 2019 (New Version); Spring 2018 (Old version)


Peugeot joins forces with Taaleem to promote road safety in the UAE
French automotive manufacturer PEUGEOT and local education provider Taaleem, have partnered together to create a children’s book titled Buckle Up! to promote road safety for school children in the UAE. The book highlights five road safety tips in an engaging and fun illustration to help teach children safe behavior on the road in an easy-to-understand manner.
Rakesh Nair, Managing Director for European Brands at Stellantis ME, said: “At PEUGEOT, we believe it’s never too early to learn about safety on the road. We are delighted to unveil the Buckle Up! story in collaboration with our partner Taaleem who enabled us to reach thousands of students and families with the Road Safety message across their schools.”
Created by local talents, author Ayah Halawany and illustrator Aman Darwish, the book follows the story of two children, Sarah and Adam, as they embark on an adventure through mountains, across rivers, and past shimmery lakes. On their journey they provide readers with tips on responsible driving including buckling up, not using phones while driving, and many more, all in a fun and interactive manner for the entire family to enjoy.
The book is available in English, Arabic, and French and can be downloaded through the Peugeot Webstore.


For my third C4T I was assigned to Mrs. Cathy Jo Nelson. Mrs. Nelson is a school library media specialist with twenty eight years of experience. She is also an educator from South Carolina. Mrs. Nelson says her blog, Professional Thoughts, is "Designed to offer helpful hints, tips, and tricks to teachers and library media specialists who are modeling the integration of technology in an authentic and ethical manner in the name of increasing student engagement."
The first post of Mrs. Nelson's that I read and left a comment on was called Connected Educator Month: DEN. She says "Connecting educators is what I think of when I think Discovery Educator Network." I liked how she explained a Discovery Educator Network as "A way for those looking for connections, and worried about online weirdos" to come together and exchange ideas in a safe way. I also liked how she described it as a "Safe place to seriously look at becoming a connected educator." I think a Discovery Educator Network sounds like a very helpful resource that can be provided to teachers, that want to make differences in their classrooms.
Mrs. Nelson said herself that she went from lurker to virtual friend to a full blown PLN member. She said "Reading or listening was enough... initially." However, eventually her true "connected-ness" started. Her blog, born October 1, 2006 over the Google Blogger Platform, then transitioned to Edublogs, and finally came to rest as her own domain and has become a place for her to publicly share her thinking, interact with others, and most importantly extend her learning. As she grew in these online circles, both in friendships and learning's, she began to dabble in other online circles. Through her interactions with her PLN, she began getting asked to make contributions. Mrs. Nelson said she likes to think of Discovery Educator Network as a "GLOBAL group of educators who come together periodically, some more than others, to learn from each other or learn often together about best practice in education." It is often centered on educational technology though not always on Discovery Education resources. One last important thing Mrs. Nelson's says about a Discovery Educator Network is "More often than not it is a virtual group meeting via social networking resources, but there are state levels, national, and even international opportunities to come together as a group."
In the comment I left Mrs. Nelson I told her that we briefly talked about Discovery Education a few weeks ago in class, but that we did not spend a lot of time on it because we have been so busy learning about other resources as well. So after reading her post, I’m glad to have a better understanding of some of the things it has to offer. I also told Mrs. Nelson that I think it is so great that they’re teachers and other people in this world that step out side of their comfort zones, and try all different types of resources to gain benefits for learning and for teaching. I then thanked her for being an inspiration to young students like me who want to become the best teachers they can be. I concluded my comment with a link to my blog and a short sentence saying that I would be summarizing what I have learned from visiting her blog soon.
The second post of Mrs. Nelson's that I read and left a comment on was called SC Voices to Inspire. In this post she began by saying "I can't speak loudly enough the power of connected learning." Mrs. Nelson thought about what inspirational voices come from local flavor (the South Carolina variety). She was asked by one of her connected voices to provide a list of feeds and people she subscribes to in her current reader of choice, "Feedly". When putting together those lists, she realized there were some "Twitter" voices that impacted her daily practices as well. Although there is no blog RRS feed to show them, she did include a link to her Twitter list of SC voices in her post. She then created a few lists of voices from South Carolina who have inspired her. I'm glad to have read this post because sometimes I catch myself wondering who else could I use as a resource and who could I follow that is inspirational when it comes to Education. From there, I don't know where to look, besides my assigned C4T teachers. So I'm glad she provided lists of people and sources that I could gather more information and ideas from.
Her lists of people are separated into categories including: "South Carolina School Librarians," "South Carolina Teachers/Educators Across the Curriculum," "South Carolina School Administrators," and "South Carolina- Other/Interesting." I checked out a few of the blogs listed and they really are a great source to look to for information and ideas. Mrs. Nelson also concluded her post with providing a "How To" video on "Feedly."
In the comment that I left Mrs. Nelson I told her that once again I found her posts very helpful and resourceful. I also said that as a young college student who hopes to become a teacher some day, I’m always looking for resources and other people who have experience in Education. So I thanked her for including lists of people and resources that she found inspirational to your blog.