For me, books are one of life's little indulgences. My reading habit was likely passed down from my late father, who would spend most evenings with a book in his hands.
Growing up, I was fortunate enough to be surrounded by books. At the time, I wasn't exposed to a variety of cars and nor did I have access to the immediacy of online media like we have today. So, books and magazines were the only way to learn and absorb as much as I could about cars.
It's a practice that has continued through the years. I've built up a small collection of around 85 motoring books, from popular softcover books to more collectable hardcover items, as well as books that are ideal for research on specific models or ranges. These titles still provide me with endless hours of joy and assist in nailing down the facts when I'm writing about certain vehicles.
Below are my top seven picks as well as where to buy them...
1. Porsche 911 Carrera RS – Thomas Gruber
First, I must admit I didn’t buy this book; it was sent to me to be featured on a media platform. It's the most thorough and in-depth book ever written on Porsche’s very first RS model and covers the full history on the car, racing details, trim details and everything in between. It's the type of book you want to sit with, page through at your leisure and not be disturbed by anyone. Click here or here to buy it.
2. How to build a car – Adrian Newey, OBE
One of the best-ritten and most enjoyable books I’ve read to date. The title might be a little misleading, though. Aerodynamicist and overall car engineering and design guru Adrian Newey goes into great detail about his countless successes in building racing cars, but his anecdotes about life in general and working for the variety of companies he has will have you laughing out loud at times. Click here to buy it.
3. Numerous titles – Jeremy Clarkson
One of the best-known motoring personalities of our time. Whether you like him or not, the man has stories to tell and he writes rather well. Having lived in the United Kingdom for five years in the early 2000s, I read a few of his books and never missed an episode of the BBC's Top Gear. Even if you don’t like him and completely disagree with his views, it's interesting to read his columns and analyse his opinions. Click here to buy eBooks.
4. Luxury toys – Paolo Tumminelli
The only real "coffee table book" on this list, publishers teNeues are known for delivering high-end, quality books for the enthusiast. This 220-page example focuses on some of the most collectable cars in history, complete with beautiful photography. Each car is covered over four to six pages, featuring only a few words (in four languages) with full-page photographs. Some are from the modern era and some are historical. Readers who have an interest in these cars’ specifications will savour the details listed at the back of the book. Apart from listing the engine details and which company was responsible for the design and construction of each vehicle, the number manufactured also makes for interesting reading. Click here to buy it.
5. Strange but true tales of car collecting – Keith Martin and Linda Clark
A truly fascinating read. From tales of an owner who doused his highly valuable Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa in petrol and set it alight to collectors who just can’t stop buying cars, this book has some of the most remarkable stories from the world of cars I’ve ever read. It also includes a massive barnfind, the Schlumpf collection, Steve McQueen’s sunglasses and “The Veyron in the Lake”, a story from a more recent incident. Even if one reads just a single story a day or week, it never fails to impress. Click here to buy it.
6. The Porsche Book – Barth & Büsing
Simply one of the best reference books on Porsche. Divided into three volumes, the collection's first book looks at rear-engined Porsches and their racing variants (from 356, 911 and GT1). Book two is on mid- and front-engined Porsches while book three delves into Porsche’s other race cars. Apart from pictures, there are technical details, production numbers and every little historical detail, including chassis numbers and engine and gearbox codes. Click here to buy it.
7. Dino: The little Ferrari – Doug Nye
Written by a highly respected automotive journalist, this book digs deep into the history of a legendary Ferrari. Dino (Enzo’s late son) doesn’t refer just to the engines used in various cars, but also the road and race cars in Formula 1, Formula 2, Tasman, sports racing and hillclimbs. All of these cars are covered, including in the form of road tests of the road cars. There are numerous black and white pictures as well as colour photographs, too. Click here to buy it.
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Clear to the Last, an equestrian novel set in the UK, is a long-held dream of Shropshire- based author, Jenny Roman. “As a pony-mad and ponyless child, I read hundreds of pony books,” says Jenny, “but as a grown-up, I struggled to find equestrian fiction written for someone like me – a happy hacker who just enjoys time with horses, and who wants a good read, with some interesting characters – human and equine alike.”
In 2020, during lockdown, Jenny wrote At the Paddock Gate, a collection of horse stories for grown-ups, followed by Mine for a Month, a similar collection for a younger readership. “But I still had this idea for a novel in the back of my mind,’ says Jenny, ‘something I’d started working on in 2018.”
Using the power of #200wordsaday, Jenny began to chip away at her novel, discovering lots about herself and the writing process along the way. “I’ve had to admit to myself I’m simply not a plotter – attempting to create a detailed plot in advance was paralysing my writing. As soon as I gave up trying, it all started to come together.”
So, what’s the book about? Well, when we meet the heroine, Livy, she isn’t in a great place. Her childhood equestrian dreams have long been forgotten and she has plenty of reasons not to trust the men in her life. But a nightmare commute by bus is an unexpected catalyst for an offer of a lift and the discovery of a beautiful Arabian horse in a field near her flat – both of which will change her life.
“The book is designed to be a grown-up version of all those pony stories we devoured as kids,’ says Jenny, “except, as a grown-up, Livy’s life includes a tedious day job, bills and responsibilities, as well as the gut-wrenching longing for a beautiful horse, and the magical joy which comes from being immersed in all things equine.”
Clear to the Last is available in paperback or as an ebook from Amazon. It’s the first book in a planned trilogy. Look out for the sequel, Against the Clock, in 2024.
For further information, sign up for her mailing list:http://bit.ly/JennyRomanNewsletter, and get an exclusive, subscribers-only prequel ebook, Angel in Disguise, absolutely free.


George Eliades, DDS, Dr.Dent, DO Biomaterials, SO Dentistry, UO Athens, Greece
David Watts, PhD, DSc, FADM, Biomaterials Research Group, SO Dentistry, The University of Manchester, UK
Theodore Eliades, DDS, MS, Dr.Med., PhD, FADM, DO Orthodontics, SO Dentistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
This book comprehensively reviews bonding to enamel, dentin and cementum and analyses relevant adhesion mechanisms. It is addressed to both the dental researcher and the clinician. Emphasis is placed on the characterization of material interfaces with dental tissues in situ. The volume also stresses the importance of appropriate experimental protocol design in facilitating clinically-relevant research methods, clarifies the mechanisms of adhesion of polymeric materials to hard dental tissues and furnishes a handy reference for routine clinical procedures in restorative and prosthetic dentistry as well as orthodontics. The book introduces important aspects of the chemistry of dental materials and their adaptation to dental hard tissues. It also analyses interfacial phenomena occurring during application of materials, including mechanical properties, and structural-compositional alterations. The text presents the current instrumental approaches in studying related issues and a summary of the current status of theories concerning bonding to dental tissues. This work, in its scope and scientific content, provides an in-depth view of the way in which aesthetic dentistry is currently being practiced.
From the reviews:
“This book reviews bonding to enamel, dentine or cementum and the related adhesion mechanisms. … This well referenced and beautifully illustrated concise text contains a wealth of information for anyone interested in researching the subject. As such it should be a welcome addition to any dental library.” (A. C. Shortall, Dental Update, January/February, 2006)


Why you should read The ExpanseFeb 07, 2020
Or why you should read (and watch) The Expanse.
The Expanse is a series that spans the solar system, 8 books, 5 novellas and four seasons of TV. While this may sound overwhelming, the books are all easy reads of manageable size, and if you give the series the chance it deserves, you’ll find a gripping, character-driven story that rivals any science-fiction series of recent memory.
Written by Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck under the pen name James S. A. Corey, the series is told through POV chapters – similar to George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire – which follow different characters in each book. Interestingly, Franck used to work as Martin’s personal assistant, while Abraham has collaborated with the famous author as well, and it appears that Martin could learn a thing or two from his former prodigies. Since the first book Leviathan Wakes was released in 2011 – the same year as A Dance of Dragons – they have released a book every year and the series is due to conclude with the release of the 9th and final book in 2020.
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The books are currently being adapted into TV, and unlike the last time I raved about a book series here, the adaptation is actually good. The first three seasons were developed by Syfy, who cancelled the show in May 2018. A huge fan outcry and campaign followed, which led to Amazon Prime – whose CEO Jeff Bezos is apparently a big fan – reviving the show later that month. The fourth season dropped in December to critical acclaim and proved that moving to Amazon has helped the series reach new heights. The fifth season is currently filming with the release date yet to be announced.
The Universe of The Expanse
The setting of The Expanse is a fascinating glimpse into a believable future. Set around 300 years in a future where Mars and the rest of the Solar System has been colonised, thanks to the invention of the Epstein Drive. Tension has been building for decades between Earth, its militarily superior neighbour, and the OPA (Outer Planets Alliance). The Martians have drive and purpose, working towards the common goal of terraforming the planet. The Earthers struggle to get by on world basic income; an idea that’s been floated recently by contemporary politicians. While the Belters, who live on the outer planets or the Asteroid belt, resent the power and oppression of the Inners and attempt to push back. This state of play is far from static however, and the status quo is rocked in almost every book, usually in shocking, unexpected and strange ways.
The Characters of The Expanse
As fascinating as the setting is, the true strength of The Expanse lies in the characters who are tossed around the fragile ecosystem of Sol. The series follows the survivors of the Canterbury; an ice hauler whose destruction sets the events of the series in motion, along with many other memorable characters that bob in and out of the story. The Expanse was originally developed as a pen-and-paper role-playing game, which I think is reflected in its fully realised characters. There’s Amos Burton (played perfectly in the show by Wes Chatham), the sociopathic mechanic and most people’s favourite character, who at one point is described as a “good-hearted unrepentant killer”. The crew also includes the Martian pilot Alex Kamal (Cas Anvar), the brilliant Belter engineer Naomi Nagata (Dominique Tipper), and James Holden (Steven Strait), the naively humanistic captain who believes that people will make the right decisions if you give them all the information. Readers of the novels will instinctively know how they will react to most scenarios and their comradery and family dynamics make it a joy to spend time with them. And although the crew have more teething problems in the show, it overall does a great job of casting, adapting, and in some cases improving the characters.
Why you should read and watch The Expanse…
With a brilliant story, compelling characters, and a fascinating political backdrop, what’s not to love? The Expanse has been a tour de force so far and if they can stick the landing later this year, it will surely be regarded as one of the best science fiction series of all time. So it’s time to jump on-board, read the books, watch the show, and join the rest of us. Beltalowda!
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Both The Adventures of Piratess Tilly books follow Tilly aboard the ship Foster, with her crew of sailors and a rescued koala named Yuki, on adventures across the globe. Tilly patches her own clothes, reads books for inspiration, and examines and sketches natural history specimens. Yuki navigates while the crew handles the ship. In the first of this series, their destination is the Galapagos Islands, but they come across pirates kidnapping baby tortoises and must intervene. In the second, they head to the remote Easter Island so Tilly can study tropical fish, but again must intervene when they find pirates smuggling the eggs of sooty terns.
The text of each story is given as descriptive and action-filled haiku from Elizabeth Lorayne, one per page, while Karen Watson’s watercolor illustrations are fun, visually appealing, and charming. Tilly admires the work of naturalists and explorers before her: Charles Darwin, Beatrix Potter, and Katherine Routledge (biographies of each are included in the books). But most importantly, the series shows the role that girls can take in creating positive change for the environment and that science is indeed for girls, too.
Enjoy these images of pages from both books (click to enlarge):
Title: The Adventures of Piratess Tilly & The Adventures of Piratess Tilly: Easter Island
Author & Illustrator: Elizabeth Lorayne & Karen Watson
Published by: White Wave Press, 2017
Pages: both 38
Suggested Age: Preschool, Elementary (Lower), Elementary (Upper)
Recognition: 2017 Moonbeam Children’s Book Award Winner – Bronze for Best Children’s Picture Book Series; 2015 Gelett Burgess Children’s Book Awards – Gold for the “Heroes'” category
Publisher’s Weekly: The Adventures of Piratess Tilly
Kirkus Reviews: The Adventures of Piratess Tilly & The Adventures of Piratess Tilly: Easter Island
Facebook: Piratess Tilly’s Page for Exploration and Science
Also by Elizabeth Lorayne: The Historical Heroines Coloring Book: Pioneering Women in Science from the 18th and 19th Centuries (illustrated by Kendra Shedenhelm)
Disclosure: the author of the Piratess Tilly books is a friend of mine, and I contributed to the Charles Darwin biography at the end of each book. For her coloring book I mention above, I worked for her as a researcher and editor.


When comic book writer Alan Grant, who died at the age of 73, was at school in Scotland in the 1950s, he was regularly beaten by his teachers for being left-handed and frequently expelled for rebellious behavior. Perhaps surprisingly, then, he went on to write the famous adventure series of two of comics’ most authoritative characters – Judge Dredd and Batman.
Or maybe not. Judge Dredd, who debuted in 1977 in the British sci-fi weekly 2000AD, is a poignant satire of an all-powerful future police state, while Batman is the brooding vigilante tasked with bringing justice when corrupt authorities fail in their job. Perhaps in a way Grant’s writing was a revenge for the injustices he suffered as a child.
Grant’s disrepute continued after school – in 1969 he spent three months in prison for possessing half a tablet of LSD, a circumstance that would later form the basis of a story for his 2000 AD film Mazeworld, starring the artist Arthur Ranson emerged, which debuted in 1996.
In fact, Grant permeated all of his comic book writing with his experiences and political beliefs, though the latter were often as whimsical as the strips he wrote. He said in a 2021 interview that he was kicked out of the Young Conservatives for being too left-wing and was shown the door by the Socialist Party for being too conservative-leaning, adding: “Basically both parties said that I am righteous, too contentious for both”.
In a Judge Dredd story he wrote, John Cassavetes Is Dead, the eponymous lawman even questioned the totalitarianism of the regime he has sworn to defend when he is forced to imprison an elderly man for possessing banned literature to 10 years Convict prison 20th century, including newspapers, novels and comics. The story appeared in 1989 after the UK government enacted its controversial Section 28 ordinance, which bans schools from promoting homosexuality.
Grant often wrote in collaboration with John Wagner, who along with his editor Pat Mills was a co-founder of 2000AD, and together they wrote some of the stories that are considered representative of Judge Dredd’s golden age, including the long-running Apocalypse War saga, which feeds directly into the nuclear angst of the ’80s.
They also worked on the Strontium Dog flick about a group of feared and hated mutants suffering from prejudice, as well as crazier series like the futuristic detective story Robo-Hunter and the space comedy Ace Trucking Co.
Their writing partnership ended in typically contentious fashion when Grant wanted to kill a popular character, the skysurfer Chopper, by having Dredd shoot him in the back during the Judge Dredd series Oz. Wagner was vehemently opposed, and when they realized the partnership was no longer working, they agreed to dissolve it. It was by no means a bitter goodbye, however, and they continued to collaborate less regularly on certain projects.
That wasn’t the only time Grant clashed with his creative partners. After being jaded with then-2000AD publisher IPC about their policies on royalties and creative ownership, he wrote a final Strontium Dog story in which the protagonist, Johnny Alpha, was killed just to prevent the comic used him again. However, his longtime artistic collaborator Carlos Ezquerra refused to draw it, and the story, titled The Final Solution, was drawn by Simon Harrison and Colin MacNeil instead.
Grant was born in Bristol but his family moved to Scotland when he was a baby and he was raised in Newtongrange, Midlothian. After leaving school he worked briefly in a bank until he saw an advert for a position as an apprentice editor at DC Thomson in Dundee, the home of the Beano.
One of his jobs there was writing a horoscope column for a local newspaper, which he took to increasingly outlandish levels (“Sagittarius, the stars are against you today — it might be safer to stay inside. Don’t be surprised if a close family member suffers an accident”). At DC Thomson he met Mills and Wagner and through them, after working on romance magazines for IPC in London, he was later offered an editorial position at 2000AD when it launched in 1977.
Originally tasked with finding new talent for 2000AD and his other comics, Grant helped discover writer Alan Moore, who wrote Watchmen and V for Vendetta, by pulling one of his very first comic book scripts out of the mud pile.
Grant quit the job in 1980, but was then offered to co-write screenplays by Wagner, who was overloaded with projects at the time. This forged their writing career together, and even after they stopped writing together in 2000 AD, they reunited in the late ’80s to work for American publisher DC on some of its top characters, including The Outcasts, Lobo and Batman.
With his wife Susan, a graphic designer, Grant lived in the village of Moniaive in Dumfries and Galloway, where the couple organized a regular comics festival to revitalize the community after its economy was devastated by foot-and-mouth disease in 2001. He is believed to be supportive and encouraging figure in the comics scene and also worked with Moniaive residents to produce a comic book in 2020 chronicling their experiences with Covid.
Despite suffering from poor health for a number of years, he continued to write. His most recent work was a 2018 story about Judge Anderson, Judge Dredd’s psychic compatriot, from 2000 and a 2020 story for a special issue celebrating the vintage of War Comic Battle.
He is survived by Susan and her daughter Shalla.
• Alan Grant, comic book writer, born 9 February 1949; died on July 20, 2022


This article was written by Kelly.
Born in 1729 as Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, the young woman in question was destined for a mediocre life. Daughter of an insignificant Prussian prince, Sophie has very few prospects that would bring her and her family contentment in Prussia. With little money and no impressive dowry to match her title, Princess Sophie was destined to a quiet life with little hope for advancement. Whether by a miracle or through the consistent scheming of her family members, Sophie seized the “ultimate destiny” of any princess at the age of 17 when she moved to Russia.
In Russia, the newly christened Grand Duchess Ekaterina Alekseyevna, Sophie’s Orthodox name, was invited to enter into an engagement with her second cousin. Ekaterina – synonymous with Catherine- was a Russian woman with Russian values. Catherine’s cousin, Peter of Holstein-Gottorp, was the direct descendant of Peter I and heir to the Russian throne. This meant that Catherine would one day hold the weight of Russia on her shoulders as its Empress.
In a country that had been marred by coup d’etats, a stable monarchy was a far cry from what Russia was used to. After the death of her ever-vigilant predecessor, Empress Elizabeth, Catherine became the Empress consort alongside her cousin Peter.
The Russian people were hopeful – for Catherine had shown throughout her time there that she was dedicated to becoming a mother to its people. Much to the ire of her parents, Catherine had identified herself as devout – stripping away the strong Lutheran beliefs of her father – early on in her Russian debut. Not only had she cried for her “orthodox father” during a bout of illness, but Catherine had spent every waking hour at the launch of her stay in Petersburg learning Russian. A willing student, Catherine picked up on it quick. And fortunately, so – for her cousin, Peter III, showed little interest in the inherent values of his new statesmen, nor did he find value in his new kingdom.
To the ire of many, Peter idolised and inappropriately obsessed over Frederick II of Prussia -Russia’s natural enemy. At the time of Peter’s ascension, Russia was heavily bogged down by the Seven Years War. The war was immediately called off by Peter in late January of 1762, in lieu of a peace treaty which arguably favoured Prussia. Peter squandered the previously won territories in his makeshift treaty and even had the audacity to offer 80 companies to Frederick, nearly 12,000 troops. The Russian people would not stand for it – and neither would Catherine.
Catherine, relying on her wits and enlisting her faithful following, cajoled the palace guards to revolt against Peter in favour of her. Catherine’s coaxing fell on anxious ears, as many Russian patriots wept at the plight Peter had put their country in. With the guards on her side, Catherine quelled Peter’s personal guard and forced his abdication in July of that year. Catherine, who often prayed to God so that he would guide her hand, decided that Peter was to removed from the palace. Unfortunately for him, Peter did not survive the transport and was murdered.
Now the sole monarch of Russia, Catherine had to keep her wits about her. Russia was ravaged from the Seven Years War and lacked clarity in their foreign and domestic policies. Peter had left the nation in a state of chaos, and Catherine was hard-pressed to ensure her people would survive the economic outcome of the war. Knowing that European countries around her were steadily progressing, Catherine took a bold step in ensuring that Russia did not fall behind. She organised for a complete overhaul of personnel, paid them well to stifle potential rebellions or possible corruption, and began the process of delving out the responsibilities for provincial economic growth to those that ruled them.
Catherine instilled many other changes in Russia that would create a dynamic state – one blossoming in education, arts, and architecture. While many of Catherine’s changes were revolutionary and viewed as a Godsend, others were despised by the lower class. A good example of this comes from Catherine’s reform on the aristocracy. In her later years as Empress, Catherine gave aristocrats higher authority over the peasants and workers in their lands, ultimately creating a vicious cycle of serfdom. Catherine understood the needs of her people but fell out of touch with the common man. Even though the end of her reign was plagued with disgruntled working-class serfs, she was still the mother of Russia.
Beloved by all, the country collectively wept when Catherine passed away on 17 November 1796, from a suspected stroke. Her body lay in state for days as many came to visit the Empress beholden as “Catherine the Great”.
Madariaga, Isabel de. Catherine the Great: A Short History. Yale University Press, 2002


Confronting the Second Deep Transition through the Historical Imagination
Author: Johan Schot
I have traveled many disciplines: from history of technology, science and technology studies, transport history, Dutch history, history of Europe, a bit of global history, sustainable development studies, to mobility studies. I also worked with policymakers and other stakeholders in fields such as innovation policy, technology assessment, and greening of industry. Yet my home is history, in particular history of technology, and the Society for the History of Technology provides the space where I can meet friends driven by a similar love for the history of technology. I feel therefore privileged and honored to be awarded the Leonardo da Vinci Medal. It feels like a recognition from my soul mates, which is important precisely because I so often travel far away from my roots, and then wonder whether historians of technology will still accept me when I come back.
Why is history of technology my home? The short answer is that I value the historical imagination beyond anything else. As I will argue below, it is this imagination that is crucially important for many actors in the world confronting the next Deep Transition. Here I am building on the notion of the Great Transformation, a phrase made famous by Karl Polanyi to describe the social and political changes that occurred with the rise of a market economy.1 History allows me to travel through time and space to new worlds and the enjoyment of often amazing experiences. There is no greater pleasure than sitting in an archive and opening up boxes which have not been touched for a long time, reading minutes, letters, and other documents, and then using these sources to construct an interpretation and narrative. However, for me, history is never only about recovering the past; it is a looking glass which makes us understand the present and the future. This is not the case only because the questions we ask are fueled by contemporary concerns, but also because through history we get a better understanding of these concerns and ultimately of ourselves. This is the first feature of the historical


XX年1月入选中国国家篮球队(National Basketball Team)
Yi Jianlian ,a famous basketball player, is from Guangdong, China. He was born on October 27th.1987. He is 2.12 meters tall. This handsome boy became a college student in XX.He was chosen to play for the National Basketball Team in January, XX. This young man is the second Chinese player in NBA after Yao Ming. In his spare time, he likes listening to pop music and playing computer games. Now he is trying his best to learn English well.
Mo Yan, is a famous contemporary Chinese writer. In 20xx, He became the country’s first Nobel Literature Prize laureate。
Born Guan Moye, the author writes under the pen name Mo Yan, which means don’t speak in Chinese。
Mo Yan was granted an honorary PhD of Arts by OUHK and was appointed guest professor at the Qingdao University of Technology. Relying on a series of countryliterary works, Mo’s claim to fame came in the 1980s when he established a reputation for being a so-called root-seeking writer. His works were strongly influenced by magical realism and told the tales of numerous legends which took place in Gaomi, Shandong Province. Mo isrenowned for his unique perceptions of reality, imaginative descriptions, de-familiarizationprocessing, mysticism and a pioneering style。
Mandela, the South African black political leader and former
president, was awarded 1993 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to antiracism and antiapartheid. Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. Since his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela has been at the centre of the most compelling and inspiring political drama in the world. As president of the African National Congress and head of South Africa‘s antiapartheid movement, he was instrumental in moving the nation toward multiracial government and majority rule. He is revered everywhere as a vital force in the fight for human rights and racial equality.
The Hero in My Heart
When people say the word "hero", what will you think? Do you have a hero in your heart? Maybe your hero is a famous singer, a movie star or a great-man. But my hero is around me, who gives me more love than others. She is my mother, the hero in my heart. My mother isn't great in the way of a famous singer or a movie star. She does nothing big, but what she does make others inferior. From her, I learn a lot.
When I was a baby, she taught me how to walk and how to speak. When I go to school, she helps me solve many problems. She also tells me be kind to others. When I do badly in study, she encourages me and tries to cheer me up. My mother is a teacher, and she is always busy with her work. When she corrects students' homework, she is always very serious. My mother is responsible to all of her students. She cares much about students study and life, and she tries her best to help students in need.
My mother is a loving mother, a qualified teacher, and a real hero in my heart.
Born in 1935, Mr. Smith spent his childhood in a mining village in a state. When he was a child, he hated school but had a talent for writing and he wrote his first poems. After his leaving school, he did his first job in a village shop for six years. During this period, he wrote a large number of poems in accordance with his own experiences and mental activities. Later, he left for S city in 1957 and published poems and his first novel. Delightfully, his works were popular when they published and he became a famous writer at once. However, he found that his life was meaningless though he led a luxurious life and started becoming depressed. Consequently, he first committed suicide unsuccessfully in 1960.
Later, Mr. Smith got married when he was 30, but his family life was not so happy because the couple did not have a common goal in marriage. Thus, he divorced his wife quickly and moved to another state to start a new life. But his works lost earlier popularity as time elapsed. Hence, he had to find another way to make a living. When he was fighting for his new life at the age of 32, Cupid fired another arrow at him—he fell in love with a girl at first sight. He ran after her fanatically. At last, they had a love child and moved back to his home state in 1972.
However, there is a crook in the lot of every one. With the growth of his son, Mr. Smith found that his life was so empty and boring in that he could not write any poems any longer, let alone published them. As the result, he committed suicide in 1975, at the age of 40.
Li Yan, an engineer, was born on February 9, 1965 in Beijing, China. After he graduated from Qinghua University in 1987, he made an important decision in his life. He decided to go to the United States for his further study. After four years hard work, he mastered new management ideas an advanced technologies in computer field. In 1992, he got his doctors degree. In 20xx, he made another decision that to return to his motherland and started a company. However, his wife and daughter had got used to the American way of life, so they still stay in the United States. But they still can meet frequently, because of the convenient transportation, and his wife and daughter often visit him in holidays.
A man of small stature, he was only five feet, six inches at the most, and he was somewhat overweight even in his prime. His Italian heritage was evidenced by his dark hair, olive complexion, and strong nose. A neatly trimmed moustache adorned his upper lip. In young years, a cigar frequently protruded from under the dark moustache. Clear blue eyes contrasted nicely with his olive tone.
There was a kindnein those eyes, and they always showed his every emotion. 能。Making him so easy to read.。An easygoing manner acted like a magnet for him, attracting the love and respect of everyone he cameJn contact with, 。 During World War II, his compassionate nature was utilized as a nurse in the Navy and in the Marines. Scars on his back were proof of his heroism.》。 He never really spoke much about the war, but he only would tell his favorite story of how he delivered a baby in all that turmoil He married during his stint in the service, and soon a son and a daughter would also share his love. Both of them having dark hair, olive skin, and blue eyes. everyone said how they were "the spitting image" of him, Oh, how he beamed at that statement. He worked very hard at being a good husband and father. Years passed, and he became a grandfather who was affectionately called "papa." His grandchildren adored him and were his constant companions.
Going to McDonalds became a weekly outing for them. Bout, alas, the heart that had always given too much Jove grew weaker and weaker. After two heart attacks and a triple by-pass, his loving heart stopped, and he breathed forth his soul into the arms of God. At his funeral mass, the priest spoke of how his succewas not stored in banks but in that hearts of those who loved him. From this perspective, he was a most-successfu man and truly died a millionaire. This profile of Bob La Coy is very accurate. I know because he was my Joying father.


It Had Wings
An accomplished visual artist, Allan himself illustrated this special edition. He also wrote an afterword explaining his return to a twenty-year-old novella and condensing it into the fablesque, short story that has since been widely anthologized.
Edition of 335. The first 26 copies are presented in a handmade clamshell box, and accompanied by a CD containing a reading of the story by Allan, and the story set to music by composer Bruce Saylor and sung by his mezzo soprano wife. (Bruce’s feedback to Allan’s orginalla novella is what prompted Allan’s rewrite and paring down). The handmade paper covers were each individually dyed in an indigo vat after applying a resist to mimic the clouds and blue sky our angel falls from. 1997
An Elizabethan Bestiary: Retold
An interdisiplinary adventure and creative re-interpretation of the original fifteenth century Elizabethan bestiaries. This title was recognized as one of the 50 best designed books of 1998 by the American Institute of Graphic Arts, as well as one of the ten best books of the year published by an independent press. The poet and illustrator are next door neighbors in Hillsborough, North Carolina, and M.J. lives down the street from Dave.
Edition of 1000. Offset interiors with lettepress covers. 31 poems and illustrations are accompanied by a comprehensive essay detailing the history of bestiaries. 1998
In the Light from Stained Glass
**BACK IN PRINT!*. We just found five copies. They are for sale at $125 each.
These 33 poems cover a wide range of events and emotions over a rich life; from experiences during The Great Depression to Frank’s adventures and evolving roles as a growing child, student, father, and teacher; and his inner struggles and observations with Catholicism along the way—all the while reveling in the beauty and details of the natural world and surroundings. Six short biographical excerpts provide additional context to the poems.
Edition of 118. Entirely lettepress printed by hand with handmade paper covers and hand-sewn. Two different papers were used for the covers and paired with varying color schemes on the five color title page. 1998.
The Dead Father Poems
Both artists lost their fathers to suicide, and by working together they were able to explore the artistic edges of grief, memory, and healing. John’s fourteen poems, were written over a ten-year period; then shared with Doug, who created thirteen etchings the following year to accompany them.
Offset interiors with hand-printed covers. Four different handmade papers were used throughout the edition of 500 books. Hand-sewn. The first 26 copies of the edition were case bound with hand-painted paste paper covers. 2000
Oscar Comes to North Carolina
Originally published in a scholarly journal, this essay was written by the Ackland Art Museum director emeritus Charles Millard. The handmade paper covers were letterpress printed and hand-printed. Interior pages offset in three colors. Hand-sewn. Overbeaten flax fibers were used to create a tranluscent, golden endsheet. 1999.
The first H&B book featured three different cover designs incorporating color xerox transfers from three different photographs originally made with a Diana camera. Several of these poems were republished in the H&B title City of Midnight Skies. 1997.
Eat Your Vegetables
Recipes from members of this now defunct Raleigh co-op were accompanied by pen and ink drawings by Dave Wofford as well as an extensive food glossary. Half of the edition was hand-bound and featured hand-printed covers on handmade paper. An excellent time capsule of a Raleigh past. 1996.
Most H&B titles go out of print within a couple years. Occasionally you can find these titles if you hunt around on the internets. I don’t publish second editions, but I do work with authors to try and convince larger publishing houses to keep titles in print to bring forth a larger reading audience.


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You often visit the library to seek new knowledge, discover a good story or learn about a particular topic. CoboStories offers a linkage between physical knowledge and storytelling. Now, children have the possibility to connect their newly found knowledge into a story through the CoboStories book and film workshop.
The child becomes extra aware of the story’s construction and drives through the process of physically moving his/her characters around, to create the planned narrative process. Thus, the child is encouraged to “mediate” its idea and story into a new media, where their narrative gets a new meaning. This makes the child aware of his/her own learning, which creates an ideal form of learning, seeing that learning is persistent.
Once you open CoboStories story box containing a book and film app, you open up to a creative and magical world, in which your child can play and make his/her own narrative. The CoboStories universe is entirely open and your child sets the limits of the stories. CoboStories have no fixed answers, no specific route to follow and there is no course to finish as in many other games. Instead, your child may immerse itself in his/her own creative process and develop narratives that support your child’s knowledge about itself and the world about it. Working and playing with the narratives in open universes expands your child’s ability to tell a story, it opens your child’s empathy, linguistic, creativity and abilities of abstraction – it allows for the child to create its own cultural footsteps in the world.
It’s fun to play with your child in CoboStories narrative universe, and later it’s fun to watch the child unfold his/her own stories independently.
CoboStorries is a narrative universe, where children can create their own stories on their own terms. From a professionally view CoboStories is interesting to work with therapeutically because both the narrative process and the creative universe allow for the child use his/her own story as a starting point whilst hiding both for itself and for the outside world that it’s the child’s own story. By animating and narrating the “girl” per se into a narrative universe and telling the “girl’s” story, the child has the opportunity to have an arm’s length on his/her own story. Thus leaving the child the opportunity to tell about the ”girl’s” illness, about the “girl’s” loneliness, about the “girl’s” anxiety etc. Based on the child’s story it is possible to continue working therapeutically and the possibility of maintaining a dialogue based on the child’s narrative, rather than on the child itself.
CoboStories is in the process of developing biblical narratives in creative universes for children and youth to play within Danish congregations. The idea is that the biblical narratives can be used in the different contexts of the school services.
CoboStories’ Film workshop: Make your own small animated films with CoboStories’ Film workshop. The method is simple. Find a story you would like to tell in a stop-motion film. It’s okay to seek inspiration in the stories or fairy-tales you already know. When you’re ready to tell your story, you can make a background, then choose the figures or things you wish to animate. Begin moving your objects a bit at a time, taking a picture after each move, and voilà – suddenly you have a moving picture. Furthermore, you can make pixelation, where you use your own body to make your stop-motion film.
The Film workshop is a production tool that can be used by children of all ages, though it is especially aimed at 3- to 12-year-olds. The film workshop is easy to use, which means kids can use the app intuitively, with a very brief introduction. The film universe offers children a platform on which they can create their own aesthetic film stories, and where they can record their narration and apply a soundtrack of evocative music. The film universe can also be utilized in natural science and mathematics to build professional skills.
CoboStories’ Book workshop: Make your own picture- and sound books with CoboStories’ Book workshop. You can tell your own story in pictures and sound about anything thing that interests you. Creating your own stories and books also improves your reading and writing skills. You can take pictures, draw and write your story, and then record your story in your own voice.
The Book workshop is a play- and learning app that suits the individual child’s level and interest in playing and learning. Its universe is intended for children between the ages of 2 and 10. The app can be used in kindergartens and nursery schools, where the teachers can help the kids set a framework for their playing and learning with the book workshop.


All book clubs at Perth East Public Library run from September to June. If you're interested in joining, please call the library at 519-595-8395 to reserve your copy!
Caught Read-Handed Book Club meets every third Thursday of the month at 1:00pm, unless otherwise stated
Next Meeting: Thursday April 18 at 1:00pm
Currently Reading: Wildflower Hill by Kimberley Freeman
Hailed by bestselling author Kate Morton as "a gorgeous story of family and secrets and the redemptive power of love," Wildflower Hill is s compelling and romantic novel spanning three generations and half the world, from modern day London to Australia in the 1930s.
Emma is a prima ballerina in London and at a crossroads after an injured knee ruins her career. When she learns of her grandmother Beattie's death, and her own strange inheritance--an isolated sheep station in rural Australia--Emma is certain she has been saddled with an irritating burden. But when she returns to Australia, forced to rest her body and confront her life, she realizes that she had been using fame as a substitute for love and fulfillment.
Beattie also found herself at a crossroads as a young woman, but she was pregnant and unwed. She eventually found success--but only after following an unconventional path that was often dangerous and heartbreaking. Beattie knew the lessons she learned in life would be important to Emma one day, and she wanted to make sure Emma's heart remained open to love, no matter what life brought. She knew the magic of the Australian wilderness would show Emma the way.
Wildflower Hill is a compelling, atmospheric, and romantic novel about taking risks, starting again, and believing in yourself. It's about finding out what you really want and discovering that the answer might be not at all what you'd expect.
PEPL Book Club
PEPL Book Club meets every fourth Tuesday of the month at 7:00pm, unless otherwise stated
Next Meeting: Tuesday March 26 at 7:00pm
Currently Reading: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
"Meet Eleanor Oliphant: she struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she's thinking. That, combined with her unusual appearance (scarred cheek, tendency to wear the same clothes year in, year out), means that Eleanor has become a creature of habit (to say the least) and a bit of a loner. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy. But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office. When she and Raymond together save Sammy, an elderly gentleman who has fallen on the sidewalk, the three become the kind of friends who rescue each other from the lives of isolation they have each been living. And it is Raymond's big heart that will ultimately help Eleanor find the way to repair her own profoundly damaged one"--Provided by publisher.


Partisan is originally a French word referring to a party member or comrade, which was adopted by the Russian language to become the word Партизан, whose pronunciation was adopted in turn by Koreans, who utilized the term in a different manner that reflects the history of the people: In South Korea, partisans commonly refer to members of North Korean People’s Guerilla Fighters. It is difficult to comprehensively discuss the history of partisans, but to summarize they are guerrilla fighters sympathetic to the South Korean Workers’ Party, who were chased into the mountains of the Taebaeksanmaek Mountain Range after the Korean War ended in the armistice. Most of these communist fighters were captured or killed by the South Korean police and armed forces. Partisans are the cause of one of the largest pains in the Korean history, but rarely depicted by the cinematic art form. In response, this special feature was planned to face the tragedies of modern and contemporary Korean history through the lens of partisans.
This special feature introduces five films archived by the KMDb VOD service. In fact, these are practically the only cinematic works from South Korea that deal with the topic of partisans. As such, it is fortunate that KMDb VOD is in possession of all of the above films that will be discussed in this article. The films are presented not in chronological or alphabetic order, but in internal progression of events in and among them.
To elaborate, the below films begin their journey with PIAGOL, the original partisan movie, then move onto NORTH KOREAN PARTISAN IN SOUTH KOREA and THE TAE-BAEKS, which focus on recreating the history on the silver screen, culminating in THE LAST WITNESS and JAGKO, which deal with the times after the era of partisans. NORTH KOREAN PARTISAN IN SOUTH KOREA and THE TAE-BAEKS can be presented in alternating orders, which is the same for THE LAST WITNESS and JAGKO as well. The intent of this producer was to have the viewers follow the films in the order of PIAGOL-(NORTH KOREAN PARTISAN IN SOUTH KOREA, THE TAE-BAEKS)-(THE LAST WITNESS, JAGKO), and have them develop a chronology of history of partisans, who were a relative mystery to South Koreans (the order of the works in the parentheses can be changed, but the order of the groups demarcated by parentheses should not be changed).
Heo Jin-Hyeok, a Winner of the Gold Prize


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"Ukrainian in Pictures. Learn Ukrainian, make your baba proud!"
"Ukrainian in Pictures" is a social project meant to draw attention to Ukrainian language and culture. With this book I hope to help those unfamiliar with Ukrainian to be introduced to it through the visual language of illustration as well as assist those who want to get a better grasp of it.
"Ukrainian in Pictures" is constructed in a simple "picture book" manner to be approachable, entertaining yet informative.
The limited palette and minimal design are here to help the readers focus on what matters, Ukrainian words.
Baba is the main character and the lead in this book. She presents every section and guards the learning process.


Restrict Detailed Pages Access with Access Code
This guide will help you to restrict access to specific detailed pages on the websites.
- 1.Goto 'Detailed Pages' sheet and add a new column at the end as 'Extra Config' (Do this only if you don't see 'Extra Config' column in the sheet. Make sure this is Column H. See this 'Detailed Pages' sheet for reference to make sure you have all required columns.
- 2.For the pages you want to lock with Access Code, update the 'Extra Config' column as below.
In this examples, "12345ABc" is the Access Code for the specific detailed page in 'DetailedPages' sheet.
See sample below.
Note: By default all the pages will be open for everyone unless you add AccessCode in the 'Extra Config' section.
- Once all the above steps are done, use 'live test' link to pull latest changes
- Goto your website and test the detailed pages.
- If the DetailedPage has 'AccessCode' in the Google sheet, the link will ask for AccessCode to unlock the page.
- If the DetailedPage has no settings for 'AccessCode' in the Google sheet, the link will be open for everyone.


The Rutgers Institute for High School Teachers is pleased to offer the seminars listed below for the 2016-2017 academic year. All seminars will run from 9am--2:30pm, with the exception of the one on March 1, which will be 10am-3:30pm.
Fall Semester 2016
New Jersey’s Native American History
In the past, it has often seemed that we know everything and nothing about the Lenni Lenape people. Few indigenous groups have been as much written about in fiction and non-fiction, yet many of these writings are somewhat irresponsible. The truth is that the peoples who once lived in what is today New Jersey left behind few traces of their culture before they were pressured to travel west, eventually landing in Oklahoma and other places. This seminar will treat three main topics: 1) What does a careful sifting of existing evidence tell us about Lenape history, religion and way of life before the arrival of Europeans? 2) How and why did the Lenape lose power to the Swedes, Dutch and English who settled in the area, and how did they envision their situation? What did they think, for instance, when they saw the enslaved Indians who lived in New York City? 3) In later years, in the nineteenth century, after most of the surviving Lenape had migrated west, what did New Jersey residents think about Native Americans? New Jersey Senator Theodore Frelinghuysen was one of the nation’s strongest opponents of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. How did he and others respond to the last of the Lenape? In brief, what should we teach our young people about New Jersey’s heritage in regards to Native Americans?
What was “the Cold War”? (WAIT LIST ONLY)
More than twenty-five years after it was declared over, “the Cold War” continues to captivate the political imaginations of Americans. Journalists proclaim that “a new Cold War” is developing against Russia, China, or another nation. Politicians draw lessons from events during the Cold War and try to apply them to contemporary situations. Filmmakers dramatize events from the Cold War in movies like Steven Spielberg’s “Bridge of Spies.” But what was “the Cold War”? A bipolar geopolitical confrontation between two nuclear-armed superpowers that began after the Second World War and ended with the release of Eastern Europe from the grasp of the Soviet Union? A global ideological rivalry between capitalism and socialism that originated in 1917, with the conflicting visions of Woodrow Wilson and Vladimir Lenin, and ended when Mikhail Gorbachev gave up the pretension that communism offered a superior model of modernization? An objective condition of international relations or a subjective state of mind? In this seminar teachers will consider different approaches to understanding three fundamental questions: (1) What was “the Cold War”? (2) When did “the Cold War” begin? (3) How did “the Cold War end? They will hear lectures on these topics from David Foglesong, a specialist on American-Soviet relations who has written two books: America’s Secret War Against Bolshevism (1995) and The American Mission and “the Evil Empire” (2007). Teachers will read stimulating essays on the Cold War by leading scholars and they will examine important documents they can ask their students to analyze.
What is Africa to Me?
The experience of being a part of the “New Diaspora” of African Immigrants in the United States has enabled me to recognize the extent to which certain, sometimes very subtle, aspects of American culture from collard greens and grass baskets to ring shouts and quilts are familiar to me because they seem to shadow familiar forms from “home”. This seminar will focus on sharing my journey of learning to recognize the different ways in which Africa is “remembered”, as legacy and metaphor, as well as in the practice of daily living in unexpected ways, in the United States. Through reading essays such as Sheila Walker’s ‘Everyday Africa in New Jersey: Wonderings and Wanderings in the African Diaspora,’ which discusses West and Central African linguistic roots of such expressions as “hip”, “dig” and “jive”; thinking about the recipes in Jessica Harris’ cookbooks; listening to the music suggested by Paule Marshall’s novel Praisesong for the Widow; and watching the documentary film The Language You Cry In, we will start to appreciate the multiple ways in which the arrival of Africans in America has shaped the everyday lives of people in the New World, and continues to do so.
The Culture of the 1960s (WAIT LIST ONLY)
The Culture of the Sixties traces the political and cultural movements that shaped the decade: the civil rights movement and Black Power, the rise of youth culture and campus rebellion, hippies and the counterculture, mounting opposition to American military involvement in Vietnam, the women’s liberation movement, and the rise of rock music and its presence in festivals like Monterey Pop, Woodstock, and Altamont, examining their origins in previous eras and their subsequent influence on American culture. The approach will be an interdisciplinary one employing primary source documents, art, music, photography, and film. Readings will feature The Port Huron Statement of Students for a Democratic Society, a New Left student group; writings by Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and the Black Panthers; statements from the women’s liberation movement; and excerpts from the Winter Soldiers Investigation, testimony given in Detroit, Michigan on January 31, February 1, and February 2, 1971 sponsored by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War. Our discussions will focus on what was “new” about the New Left, on the complex relationship between the civil rights movement and Black Power, on the varieties of feminism represented in the women’s liberation movement, and on the degree to which radicals opposed the Vietnam War as an example of American imperialism abroad and/or as a threat to American democracy and social justice at home.


Snitch the Fraccoon
This delightful children's book is written completely in rhyme. It is as fun to read as it is to hear. Join Snitch on his adventure as he tries to find the five magic crystals that will power the carnival. Help him solve the clues to know where to go. Learn about the value of selflessness. Hardcover book can be personalized with your child's name. Make it a family treasure.
(Turn Your Sound On)
Snich The Fraccoon Book One
The history of Snitch the Fraccoon:
After the initial release of my card game, Bag-O-Loot, my wife had this crazy idea of writing a book about Snitch, the character on the back of the cards.
Snitch is a Fraccoon: half fox, half raccoon. In the game you need to be crafty like a fox and you steal cards like a raccoon so a 'fraccoon' seemed to be an appropriate character for the game. With the help of another friend, Larry Frates, my wift and I made a full size costume of Snitch the Fraccoon who would march in parades. Kids absolutely loved him, so writing a book about him seemed like the perfect thing to do.


This story of a dedicated woman and the extraordinary animal sanctuary she created “will touch all readers”—Includes photos! (Booklist)
What do a toothless pony, an aging steer, a tattletale sheep, a bed-sharing rooster, and a blind horse have in common? The Catskills Animal Sanctuary, founded by Kathy Stevens in 2001. Leaving behind eleven years as an educator, and drawing on her childhood on a horse farm, Stevens took a broken-down farm cluttered with junk and created a refuge for abused and displaced livestock of all kinds.
With limited funds but an army of enthusiastic volunteers motivated by compassion, the neglected acres of land soon featured a newly built home, a repaired barn, and the fences and shelters to house the more than thousand creatures that eventually find their way to the rescue. Where the Blind Horse Sings is an “affecting and thought-provoking” story of inspiration, dedication, and above all, love (Publishers Weekly).


Sohrab SEPEHRI : La demeure de l'Ami , chant par D.O.Tron
Le chant :
Accords de guitare : 1C/1C7/1F/1G7 . Rythme : 6 de type TaDINngénatom , ou 6 fois 5 de type TAkaTAkita et autres combinaisons. Les temps forts indiqués sont ceux du bibir intérieur du musiciens , l' exécution du rythme dans le style catalytique de D.O.Tron fait une place tres importante aux syncopes
Le poème de Sohrab SEPEHRI traduit par Dariush Shayegan
La demeure de l'Ami
de Sohrab SEPEHRI traduit par Dariush Shayegan
"Où est la demeure de l'Ami ?"
C'est à l'aurore que retentit la voix du cavalier.
Le ciel s'arrêta à l'instant, un passant offrit
Aux ténèbres du sable
Un rameau de lumière qu'il tenait dans ses lèvres
Puis montrant du doigt un peuplier blanc, il dit:
"Pas loin de cet arbre se trouve une ruelle boisée
Plus verte que le songe de Dieu,
Où l'amour est tout aussi bleu que
Le plumage de la sincérité.
Tu iras jusqu'au fond de cette allée
Qui émergera par-delà l'adolescence,
Puis tu tourneras vers la fleur de la solitude.
A deux pas de la fleur, tu t'arrêteras
Au pied de la fontaine d'où jaillissent les mythes de la terre.
Là tu seras transi d'une frayeur transparente;
Dans l'intimité ondulante de cet espace sacré,
Tu entendras un certain bruissement:
Tu verras un enfant perché au-dessus d'un pin effilé,
Désireux de ravir la couvée du nid de la lumière.
Et tu lui demanderas:
"Où est la demeure de l'Ami?"
BIOGRAPHIE Wikipedia de Sohrab SEPEHRI :
Born October 7, 1928
Died April 21, 1980 (aged 51)
Resting place Mashhad-eh Ardahal, Kashan
Persian Poet and Painter.
Sohrab Sepehri (Persian: سهراب سپهری) (October 7, 1928 - April 21, 1980) was a notable modern Persian poet and a painter.
He was born in Kashan in Isfahan province. He is considered to be one of the five most famous modern Persian (Iranian) poets who have practised "New Poetry" (a kind of poetry that often has neither meter nor rhyme). Other practitioners of this form were Nima Youshij, Ahmad Shamlou, Mehdi Akhavan-Sales, and Forough Farrokhzad.
Sohrab Sepehri was also one of Iran's foremost modernist painters.
Sepehri died in Pars hospital in Tehran of leukemia. His poetry is full of humanity and concern for human values. He loved nature and refers to it frequently. The poetry of Sohrab Sepehri bears great resemblance to that of E.E. Cummings.
Well-versed in Buddhism, mysticism and Western traditions, he mingled the Western concepts with Eastern ones, thereby creating a kind of poetry unsurpassed in the history of Persian literature. To him, new forms were new means to express his thoughts and feelings.
His poetry has been translated into many languages including English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Swedish, Arabic, Turkish and Russian.
Translated by Ismail Salami
Past the border of my dream
The shadow of a morning glory
Had darkened all these ruins
What intrepid wind
Transported the morning glory seed to the land of my Nod?
Beyond glass gates of dream
In the bottomless marsh of mirrors
Wherever I had taken a piece of myself
A morning glory had sprouted
Forever pouring into the void of my soul
And in the sound of its blossoming
I was forever dying in myself
The veranda roof caves in
And the morning glory twines about all columns
What intrepid wind
Transports this morning glory seed to the land of my Nod?
The morning glory germinates
Its stem rising out of my transparent sleep
I was in a dream
Flood of wakefulness overflowed.
To the view of my dream ruins I opened eyes:
The morning glory had twined all about my life.
I was flowing in its veins
It rooted in me
It was all of me
What intrepid wind
Transported this morning glory seed to the land of my Nod?
NEAR A DISTANT REALM
There was a woman at the door
Standing with a body as ever
I approached her:
Her image flooded my eyes.
Speech turned into wings of passion and knowledge.
Shadow turned into sun.
I walk out in the sun
I was carried away by pleasing signs:
I went as far as childhood and sands
As far as delightful mistakes
As far as abstract objects
I neared picturesque waters
And trees laden with pears
With an ever-present trunk
I breathed with the wet truth.
My feeling of wonder mingled with the tree.
I perceived I abutted on the throne of God
I felt a bit distraught.
Man goes to seek solace
When he feels crestfallen.
I did too.
I went as far as the table
The yogurt’s taste, the fresh green plants
There was bread to eat with a cup and saucer:
My throat pined for a goblet of vodka.
The woman was there at the door
Standing with a body of deadly wounds.
An empty can
Kept paring away
The water's throat.
THE FLOW OF WATER
Still nestled by springs,
Indulged himself in his azure philosophy
In the delicate indolence of a meadow.
His thoughts flew with the bird.
He breathed with trees.
He was submissive to the poppy's conditions.
Intrepid meanings of the waters
Roared in the depths of his speech.
In the context of the elements
And woke up
In dawning fear.
The strange music of growth
In the frail joints of his joys
And dust settled
On his struggling knees.
His creative fingers,
Idled and got lost
In precisely geometrical grief.
THE OLD TALE OF NIGHT
O you lost in the stellar green wonders!
The fig of ignorance
Epitomizes the virgin rocks
The heart of water is pining
For the reflection of a garden
The everyday apple tastes of illusion in the mouth.
O old fear!
My fingers went numb when you came to me.
My hands know no fear:
Tonight they pluck fruits
From the branches of myths.
Each tree bears
As many leaves as my fears.
Audacious speech thawed in the burning meeting of eyes
O colorful beginnings!
Protect my eyes from the evil magic:
I am still
Unknown nocturnal blessings.
I am still
Look like ancient magic words.
On the meadows
We had our last carnal feast before words began.
In this feast, the music of stars
Fell upon my ears from inside the potteries.
And my eyes reflected the swarms of migrating magicians.
O ancient mirror of narcissus in sorrow!
Ecstasy carried me away.
- To the realm of growth?
Let us drink water of wisdom when we thirst for speech.
The pure modesty of speech
Flows under the strewn legacy of night:
Before syllables came into being,
The living had their resurrection.
From among the rivals
Arrogant speech cracked my jaws.
Then I, wading knee-high
In pure vegetable silence,
Bathed my hands and face in the sight of objects.
Then, in another season,
My shoes got wet
With the word of dew
Then, I sat down on a rock
And listened to the pebbles migrating past my feet.
Then I perceived
That each branch Escaped the season of my hands.
O counterfeit night!
My kerchief filled with unripe clusters of prudence.
From behind the wall of a deep sleep,
A bird flew out of intimate darkness
And took my kerchief away.
The first pebble of inspiration echoed under my feet.
My blood tenderly hosted the space.
My pulse swam over the elements.
No, what am I saying?
The illumination of window warmed up the listener's cold body,
My fingers traveled in the direction of love.
A boat I will shape
Translation: Morteza Heydari Araghi
A boat I will shape,
and will let free into sea,
will go farther away from this bizarre land,
where nobody, in this land of love,
pulls the heroes out of sleep.
A boat, free of sail,
and will shape away heart from the dream of pearl.
Neither I lie with blues,
Nor seas- water fairies, whose heads on surface,
who enchant from the spring of their hairs
on fisherman's sunlight of lonely dares.
will run so
will sing so:
shall go far, farther away.
Men? no tales.
Women? not as cheerful as a cluster of grapes.
No chamber of mirrors doubled the drinking spree.
Even water didn't let a torch fire-free.
shall go far, farther away.
night sang its song, it's the windows' day.
will run so.
will sing so.
Beyond the sea, there is a city,
where the windows are open to expressions.
and the roofs are places for pigeons who watch the fountain of the human mind.
In the hands of each 1o year old child, is a flower of knowledge.
People of the city see a bait, like a flame, a soft dream.
The earth hears the music of your feeling,
and calls in wind, story-telling birds' wing.
Beyond the sea, there is a city,
where sun extents to the size of daybreakers' eyes.
Poets heir water, wisdom and light.
Beyond the sea, there is a city,
A boat I must shape.
The Address Translation: Maryam Dilmaghani
At the first light of the dawn
Asked the pilgrim:
"Do you happen to know
the abode of The Beloved?"
The skies went silent
save their mourning clouds,
save their falling stars.
The passer gave up his glowing twig
to the gloom of the sands
“Don’t you see that poplar tree?
Well, right before the tree,
There is lane that you’ll reckon, I deem.
For it is greener than a heavenly dream.
For it is generously shaded with the deep blues of love.
Well, If you See.
So walk down that lane
You’ll arrive to the garden of sense
Turn to the direction of the loner lake
Listen to the genuine hymn of leaves
Watch the eternal fountain
that flows from the spring of ancient myths
till you faint away in a plain fear.
And when a rigid noise clatter into the fluid intimacy of space
you'll find a child
on the top of a tree,
next to the nest of awls
in hope of a golden egg.
Well, if you See.
You may be sure; the child'll show you the way.
Well, If you just ask about
the abode of The Beloved.”
Another poem By Sohrab Sepehri
Translated by Neima Jahromi
I’ve never seen two rival pines.
I’ve never seen a willow
Sell its shadow to the earth.
An oak happily offers
Its branch to the raven.
And wherever there is a leaf,
and in me, passion blossoms.
Another poem By Sohrab Sepehri
Translated by Persica Australis
I saw not two trees become foe.
I saw not a willow,
Sell its shade to the earth.
Benevolently it shares,
The elm its branch to the raven.
Wherever there is a leaf,
My Passion blossoms.
The Lover Is Always Alone
Translated by Farid Moslehi
The lover is always alone,
and the lover's hand is held by the delicate hand of the seconds,
and he and the seconds travel to the other side of the day,
and he and the seconds sleep on a bed of light,
and he and the seconds bestow upon water the greatest book in the world,
and they know all too well that no fish ever untied the thousand and one knots of the river ....
The Lover Is Always Alone
The translations have been retrieved from the book The Lover is Always Alone by Karim Emami.
A self-selected anthology of his poems, Hasht Ketab (Eight Books) has been a perennial bestseller ever since it was published in 1976. Karim Emami, the translator of Sepehri’s poems, “The lover is always alone”, states that,
“In the land of poetry, the immortals - Hafez, Saadi, Rumi, Ferdowsi, and Khayyam - always top the list of most frequently reprinted titles, but the modernists are not in this league, except perhaps for Sepehri (1).”
The most avid readers of Sepehri's poems are the younger generation-high school and university students of both sexes. Both men and women graduates look up to Sepehri almost as a spiritual mentor and guide. The number of articles written regularly about him in the popular press is simply staggering. Unlike so many other contemporary Iranian poets, Sepehri does not have a political agenda. Emami states that, “He [Sepehri] is not sloganeer preaching, overtly or covertly, the downfall of the autocratic regime (1)”. He is apolitical. His poetry is a reflection of his deepest personal feelings and reflections on the smallest incidents of his daily life. Sepehri does not use the formal language of Persian literature or formal metrics. His poetic medium is free verse. The vocabulary offers everyday speech! Sepehri’s poems are very simple and understandable. His style of poetry amazes its readers because within the simplicity of his words, he offers so much beauty, and pays so much attention to simple and almost forgotten events that happen around him. Emami states his view on Sepehri’s poetry, “He praises life and God's myriad creations - everything, animate or inanimate, that he encounters under the sun. He is communion with nature, and wants us all to love it and respect its laws. His poems are full of aphorisms that he passes to us as pieces of advice, or as recommendations or even commandments (2)”.
Here are a couple of Sepehri’s poems that people often use as pieces of advice:
Let's not muddy the water!
Eyes should be washed to see things in a different way...
Let's be simple everywhere.
Sepehri demonstrates his skills in his powers of observation, his imagery, and his expression of feeling. A part of his appeal must be that he is not like any other poet. In his own ways, he is unique. Sepehri was born in Kashan in 1928, in the first decade of Reza Shah Pahlavi’s reign and of the rapid modernization of the country. Kashan is located some 250 kilometers (160 mi) south of Tehran, built on the edge of the Kavir, the great salt desert. It is an old city, imbued with age-old traditions of Persian life. When Sohrab had finished 9th grade, he moved on to Tehran to attend a two-year teacher training course. He intended to become a primary school teacher, move back to his town and help support the family. He did so for a while; however, it did not last for more than two years as he then moved back to Tehran, to attend Tehran University's school of fine arts. Emami, translator of “The lover is always alone” states that, “He simply could not suppress his love for painting, which has become an all-consuming passion (3)”. To help support himself while attending the university, he found a job in an oil company, and later on in the public health organization. Emami says, “He was a restless soul and could not stay in one job for long (3).” At the University, he was attracted to the modern art movement, both in his painting and his poetry. The pioneering efforts of Nima Yushij, the father of modern Persian poetry in forging a new and liberated style of poetry appealed to him, and he soon gave up the old style of formal metrics which he had been practicing in Kashan. He went on to publish all the collection of his poems, "Eight Books" in 1976, which took thirty years of his life.
In 1979 he became ill with leukemia, and traveled to England to seek cure, but the treatment proved of no avail, and he eventually died after returning to Iran, in Tehran in the spring of 1980. Sepehri was buried according to his will in the village of Mashhad-e Ardahal, in the vicinity of Kashan. Although, he can no longer continue writing poetry, he is seen as the leader and a mentor to the new generation of Iranians. He is still very much alive within his works which have inspired too many people over the last two decades to convert to the new style of poetry, and to begin a new life style. The poem below, from “The Lover is Always Alone” appears on Sepehri’s gravestone, where he is buried in Kashan, Iran.
If you are coming to see me,
pray step gently, softly
Lest the thin shell of my loneliness
Should crack (Sepehri 154)."
The Lover is Always Alone is a collection of Sepehri’s poems translated into English by one of Iran’s finest translators, Karim Emami. The purpose of this book has been to introduce Sepehri’s poems to English speakers. It has also offered a deeper understanding of poems to its bilingual readers. This essay demonstrates the influence of Sepehri as poet, the social signification and it also demonstrates his political life.
Sepehri's poems offer different looks, and yet very simple ones, which separates him from other open-minded poems. He regards the nature phenomena and events which occur everyday and have been considered trivial by all on account of repetition, with a vision full of surprises and wonder. Pirouz Sayar, the author of "paintings and drawings of Sohrab Sepehri", states that, “He gazes at the sun as it rise, at the bird as it sings far away, at a bud which blossoms, at a plant which is growing in the pot, at the life which is going on among the trees in the valley, and the red rose which plunges the onlooker into its enchantment (249)”. Sohrab Sepehri had a significant vision, in both his poetry and painting. Mostafa Valiabdi who has made a movie about the poet’s life states that, “He is one of the few poets in Iran that had looked at West and its culture with open eyes and awareness (5)”. Some poets had rarely traveled outside of Iran and had little idea of the western culture. On the other hand they were some others who converted to the Western culture and changed their entire credos, life style and style of poetry. Sepehri had been inspired by Western countries, India, and Japan, but eventually he would go back to his hometown, Kashan, where his spirits and roots had always been. Sepehri's magnificent vision and poetry had made him more of a world citizen than an Iranian Poet per se. That is the way he introduces himself in the “Water’s footsteps”:
I come from Kashan
But Kashan is no longer my town.
My hometown has been lost.
With feverish effort, I have built myself a house
On the far side of the night (Sepehri 50)."
The "Wayfarer" demonstrates Sepehri’s vast vision in his poetry even more, and as a world citizen, someone who would see, notice, and appreciate beauty and art anywhere on the earth. That is a huge part of Sepehri's character and poetry, a restless soul that just wants to live as close as possible to the nature, where he is able to find God. Here is a part from Sepehri’s “Wayfarer”:
Wherever I am, let me be!
The Sky is mine.
The windows, the mind, the air, love, earth, are all mine.
What does it matter
if mushrooms of nostalgia
grow from time to time? (Sepehri 58)"
Sepehri’s love affair with Kashan and its plains did not keep him from traveling and exploring the world, which inspired his Poetry, painting, and vision toward life. The journey began in 1957, when he departed for France to study lithography, and was enrolled in Paris school of Fine Arts. In the following year, he settled in Rome, Italy for some time and took part in the Bienniel of Venice. He later returned to Iran resumed his work of painting. In the year 1960, he left for Japan to study the technique of wood engraving. During his stay in Japan, he visited several centers of Art, and became familiar with the work of Japanese artists. Thenceforth, Sepehri devoted all his time to creative art, and he held many exhibitions in Iran and abroad. In 1963 he took part in the Biennial of San Paulo in Brazil and a little later a group exhibition of Persian art at the museum of Le Havre, France. In 1964, he traveled to India and paid visits to the art centers of the country. In 1970 he traveled to the United States and during his few months of stay there he participated in a group exhibition in Bridgehampton city, and in 1971 in an individual exhibition in Cyprus Gallery in Paris, he went back to France and Paris at the invitation of the Art International Quarter. In 1976, he participated in the exhibitions of the Persian Contemporary art in the Art Bazaar held in Basel of Switzerland. Pirouz Sayar states that, “Sepehri is an artist who has been profoundly influenced by Oriental intellectual ideas and his particular vision and thought should be evaluated in this context. His deep understanding of the Persian Art and culture, combined with his familiarity with thoughts and art of the Far East and India, resulted in flourishing of his vision in a particular manner (249).”
New generation of Iranians, Sepehri's most avid readers, are more liberal and less prejudice, [old fashion thinkers] than the last generation. They are very eager to explore the world around them, and that leaves no doubt why Sepehri's characteristics in his poetry appeal to them very much. His poetry has become the language of the new generation, a generation that seeks new ideas, the generation that wants a bloodless revolution in many aspects of the old fashioned Persian life. In the last two decades, religion has been ruling Iran in all aspects of social and political life. Iranian youngsters encounter a paradox between their personal life and their social life. With the introduction of computer and internet, a huge wave of western culture has penetrated to Iran; however, the old fashion side of the society seems to remain unchanged. Still people have to fake their religions and beliefs, and there is no tolerance toward people who want to choose a path outside of the religion’s box.
Sepehri’s ideology of religion matches the new generation’s ways of thinking. He believes in faith, dignity, and truthfulness, and yet he is not religious in his poetry. Sepehri's god is not Allah, his god lies by the water, his god is among the trees, his god lives nearby! He creates a free and open environment in his poetry; he gives people the right to doubt anything before believing in it. According to Fahimeh Rastkar, the poet's close friend, “Sohrab was not a religious person, but he would set himself a limit for everything in life based on his own credos and values (8).” This poem, a part of “Water's Footstep”, describes Sepehri's mentality towards religion:
“I am a Moslem.
My Mecca is a rose.
My mosque is a spring, my prayer stone the light.
Fields make my prayer rug.
I make ablution with the heartbeat of the windows.
Moonlight flows through my prayers, the spectrum too.
My Kaaba lies by the water,
My Kaaba lies under the acacias.
My Kaaba travels like the breeze,
From one garden to the next,
From one town to another (Sepehri 28).”
When Sepehri was twenty three years old and had just written his first collection of poems, Iran was a monarchy under Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The highlight of that era would be the Coup of 1953, an operation planned by CIA to remove Mohammad Mossadegh, prime minister of the time who passed the Oil nationalization act that led to British and Americans losing control of Iran’s oil industry. The coup of 1953 left behind some ugly memories from the American government in Iranian’s minds.
With the United States gaining more control in Middle East, they helped the Shah to re-install himself back into power by creating one of the most tortuous secret polices in the world, Savak.
Many artists and poets expressed their feelings toward the unelected Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and his dictatorship by making their works do the talking. Poets reflected the problems of the society in their poems. They criticised Shah for letting the United States dominate in Iran. However, the society had very little capacity and patience toward those criticisms. Khosrow Golsorkhi, a journalist and a poet, became one of the victims of the government’s intolerance behavior. He was mysteriously killed by the secret police in 1974. Many chose to stay silent and stay away from politics, but others did what they could to better the society. With early efforts of Nima Yushij, Sepehri and his contemporary poets began a new era in modern Persian poetry, which was a dramatic revolution to the Persian literature. Sepehri did not have a political agenda, and he was never interested in getting involved in politics. He would keep himself busy by spending his entire time studying different kinds of arts, painting, and writing poems. This is precisely why he was disparaged by his "political conscious" fellow poets that he paid too much attention to his inner life too little to the social-political circumstances around him. Shamlu, one of Sepehri’s contemporary poets and a very successful one too, believed that poets must reflect their era in their works. “An innocent person is dying nearby, and Sepehri is standing by a tree and saying ‘Don’t muddy the water’, his poems reflect beauty, but that is not enough, beauty is not enough for me (Shamlu 108).” Sepehri’s poems do not reflect an era in time, and it is very hard to be able to recognize a specific period of time in his works. However, he offers innocence, beauty, freedom, purity, love, and faith in his poems. Sepehri’s poems reflect the stages of seeking perfection and ascension in the poet’s life. That is why his poems now stand on the peak of the modern Persian poetry, and have become ever lasting. Most of all, Sohrab Sepehri was a poet of the people.
In conclusion, the staggering number of articles that have been written about Sohrab Sepehri is the symbol of new generation’s attempts to find the ideal ideology and view toward life and to become familiar with who they are. Sepehri lived for fifty two years, and in his prolific life he visited many countries and spent all his times toward his passions, poetry and painting. The collection of his poems, “The Eight Books” is now one of the most popular books in Iran. Sepehri’s vision has been a vital key to his success. Although; he is apolitical and does not reflect his time in his works, the concepts that he demonstrates are truly timeless. He talks about being "simple", having a fresh attitude toward life, and living as close as possible to the nature. The English translation of Sepehri’s poems, “The lover is always alone” is a very successful beginning in introducing his poetry to the world. Hopefully Sepehri's poetry, will one day, become the language of our world, as Emami says, “In the age of rapid travel and communication, books still have their own magic means finding their way around the world (22).” The world that Sepehri lived in twenty seven years ago may have changed, but hope still very much exists. Yes, “One must live, as long as the poppies bloom”, as Sepehri had always said.
Hasht Ketab (Eight Books) 1976
The Death of Color 1951
The Life of Dreams 1953
Us nil, us a look Was not published until 1977
Downpour of Sunshine 1958
East of Sorrow 1961
Water's Footfall (1965) translated by Kazim Ali with Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, Omnidawn, 2011.
The Wayfarer 1966
The Green Space 1967
The Lover Is Always Alone. Trans. Karim Emami. Tehran: Sokhan,
Sepehri, Sohrab, and Riccardo Zipoli. While poppies bloom: Poems and Panoramas. Trans. Karim Emami. Tehran: Zarrin-o-Simin Books, 2005.
Bidi, Hamed. "Where Are My Shoes?" While Poppies Bloom. 12 Oct 2006. 24 Oct 2000
Valiabdi, Mostafa. Hichestan.Tehran: Tiam, 2005.
Karimi-Hakkak, Ahmad. Hasht Ketab: Professor Hakkak's view on the Sepehri's esthetic vision and significance.United States: Ketabe Gooya, 2005.
Sepehri, Parvaneh. The Blue Room. Tehran: Gooya, 2003.
Sepehri, Paridokht. Wherever I am, let me be! Tehran: Peykan, 2005.
Sayar, Pirouz. Paintings and Drawings Of Sohrab Sepehri. Tehran: Soroush Press, 2002.
Sepehri, Paridokht. Sohrab, the Migratory Bird. Tehran: Tahouri, 1996.
Hamid Siahpoush. The Lonely Garden: Sohrab Sepehri's Remembrance. Tehran: Negah, 2003.
Sohrab Sepehri's life timeline
Born in 1928 – Kashan – Iran
He hosted a painting exhibition - Tehran 1944
He published his first poetry book that followed by a few other books in the same year - 1951
He graduated from the fine arts university with B.A. degree in painting - Tehran – 1953
He translated some Japanese poetry into Persian and published them in a literary magazine called Sokhan – 1955
He traveled to Paris and attended the Paris Fine Arts School in lithography – 1957
He traveled to Tokyo to further his studies in lithography and wood carving – 1960
On the way back to Iran from Japan, he visited India and became familiar with the ideology of Buddhism – 1961
He published three books in poetry – 1960
He traveled to India again and visited several cities and provinces – 1964
He traveled to Pakistan and Afghanistan 1964
He traveled to Europe and visited several countries such as Germany,England,France,Spain,the Netherlands,Italy and Austria – 1966
He published some long poems after he returned to Iran – 1966
He hosted a painting exhibition in Tehran 1967
He published another book in poetry 1967
He traveled to Greece and Egypt – 1974
He published his final book called ‘Hasht Ketab' (Eight Books), which was the collection of almost all of his published poems in one volume – 1976
He got blood cancer and traveled to England for treatment – 1978
Unfortunately, his attempt to defeat cancer brought him no result. He returned to Iran and died in Pars Hospital in Tehran on Monday April 21, 1980.
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