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“We know people use the digests as an annual stocking stuffer, and we here at Archie HQ try to come up with the best mix of new stories and much-loved comics from years past to fulfill every wish on the nice list. “There are a few times a year that feel totally Archie to me Christmas is one of them,” said Archie Editor-in-Chief Mike Pellerito. These will be listed in Archie’s November solicitations later this week but you loyal 13th Dimension readers are getting a fancy SNEAK PEEK at what Santa’s got in store. It’s 86 degrees as I write this but let’s pretend it’s, oh, 36 degrees instead - because here’s your FIRST LOOK at Archie Comics’ initial Christmas offerings for the 2022 season. FIRST LOOK at FIVE titles! Grab the sunscreen - and think of the yule log: Christmas will be here before you know it! Why did women do this, use clothing as a tool in their battle against society? Because you took whatever tools you were given, that’s why.ĭespite her anxiety in the kitchen, Ashna’s world is suffused with food and aromas. She had fought the blameless six yards of fabric so hard during her initial years in Sripore, and then wearing them had felt like claiming herself during her time in America with Bram. Unlike Anne, Ashna’s mother is still alive, but has been mostly absent from her life, working as a pro-feminist advocate in India she mixes respect for certain parts of traditional culture with otherwise very progressive views, as embodied in her wearing of saris: In Recipe for Persuasion, Ashna is Anne, still adrift 12 years after her father’s death, and struggling to continue running his restaurant despite paralyzing anxiety that makes it impossible for her to cook anything but his outdated recipes, despite her years of elite training in Paris. Loosely inspired by Jane Austen’s Persuasion, Sonali Dev’s new book is enriched with culinary allusions, replete with the aromas of tea and spice and based in a modern South Asian family (of royal lineage), as was her prior Austen revamp. Mary’s violent refusals to cooperate and her adamant denials that she was spreading disease convinced many that she was carelessly endangering others, or worse, intentionally spreading illness out of malice. Mary Mallon is certainly a controversial figure, and Keane has created a truly layered and vibrant portrait of this woman. Mary continues to resist testing and will not allow the doctors to remove her gall bladder, where they believe the germs are manufactured, so she is ultimately kept in isolation on a remote island in the East River for more than a quarter century. Soper, takes note of this and traces Mary’s movements until he becomes convinced that she is the source of the contagion-a healthy carrier of Typhoid fever.Īfter Soper confronts Mary and she refuses to go with him for testing, he has her arrested and placed into quarantine. But many families she cooks for fall ill with typhoid fever. But who was Typhoid Mary? In her rich, sympathetic, provocative historical novel Fever, Mary Beth Keane explores the woman behind the infamy.Īt the end of the nineteenth century, Mary Mallon emigrates from Ireland to New York City and works hard to climb the domestic service ladder until she becomes a sought-after cook for wealthy New York families. It is a name so well-known it has become an idiom in American English, referring to a transmitter not just of disease, but of anything harmful or catastrophic. Nearly all students will earn more than the teacher who educated them. They do not allow for their retirement to be secure. The praises of the students warms the hearts and souls of teachers but they do not warm houses. When he retired, he retired to an incredibly small teacher’s pension. Yes, there were students who came back and said "You really influenced me.” Or “You made a big difference in my life." But what didn't happen, and what doesn't happen to nearly every single teacher you have ever had, is a secure ending. He taught there for more than 20 years and earned himself nothing. This book is an account of his time as an English teacher in inner-city New York. This is a review from a teacher: Frank McCourt won a Pulitzer Prize with his book Angela's Ashes (I have not read any of his other works and only read this because someone suggested that teachers should read it.). The rescue of Lance Corporal Mathew Ford has been hailed as one of the most remarkable and daring rescues of modern wartime and Ed's bravery on the ground at Jugroom Fort led to him being awarded the Military Cross – one of the first in the Army Air Corps' history. The climactic build-up to the rescue mission at Jugroom Fort is both dramatic and deeply moving. Designed in the mid 1980s to take on the Soviets, these machines have proven themselves as the perfect tool for combat in Afghanistan – the Apache is the helicopter Prince Harry pilots as a captain of the Army Air Corps.Įd Macy's account of the incredibly hard Apache selection process, tougher than that of the SAS, combined with his description of the sheer difficulty of flying one of these helicopters, provides a fascinating insight into the relationship between man and machine fighting in the toughest conditions imaginable. ‘Apache’ is the first book to come from the cockpit of the most sophisticated fighting helicopter the world has ever known. An astonishing first book, ‘Apache’ is a story of courage, comradeship, technology and tragedy, during the ongoing war in Afghanistan. Her other notable works include 1977’s How to Save Your Own Life, 1980’s Fanny: Being the True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout-Jones, and 1994’s Fear of Fifty. Jong went on to author more than 20 books that explore all aspects of the female condition, from love and sex to politics and aging. Praised for its frank depiction of female desire as well as its humor and wit, it catapulted Jong to literary fame and made her a spokesperson for a new generation of women. Fear of Flying was her debut, telling the loosely autobiographical story of Isadora Wing, a young writer who embarks on a quest for sexual fulfillment while on a trip to Europe. Raised in a secular Jewish family, Jong was educated at Barnard and Columbia, and worked briefly as a teacher before turning to writing full-time. A major influence in the development of second-wave feminism, it established Jong as a trailblazer for women in literature and has sold more than 20 million copies to date. Novelist, satirist, and poet Erica Jong is best known for her revolutionary 1973 novel Fear of Flying, which caused a sensation for its explicit treatment of women’s sexuality. Share hisvision on the need for teaching and learning in two languages which are chosen for equal but different reasons. He discusses how National Unity can be fostered, how the Language issue can be solved and how rural poverty can be mitigated. Aziz contributes the Afterword which mirrors his sharp thinking and strong belief on three important issues concerning our Malaysian nation. His relentless work on rural poverty has established his reputation as a scholar.Īt his golden age of 88 Royal Professor Ungku A. The term The Renaissance Man is a most befitting and appropriate description of him who has multidimensional and varied interests. Aziz, a reputed world scholar, has had a significant effect, since the decade of the fifties, on the growth and development of the nation in general and the University of Malaya in particular. Aziz: The Renaissance Man is an attempt by essentially former colleagues and subordinates to provide a canvas of a man who has been described as a polymath and a dominant personality in the intellectual and cultural life of our beloved country. I self-imposed a pace of a chapter per week and kept at it, wrapping up two multi- chapter stories in under six months. Hence I began in the welcoming world of fanfiction, where there was no pressure. In all honesty, the plan was always to publish novels, however, I had very little faith in my ability to be disciplined and to write stories that spanned tens of thousands of words. What made now the right time for you to publish your work? Milena, you started out writing fa nfiction. Milena was kind enough to chat with me and I couldn’t be more excited to have her as my first interview! She has quickly become one of my favorite authors. Milena writes books that are thought provoking, romantic and have some of the most memorable characters in recent memory. I was certain that Delicate was my book of the year until I read The Headmistress. This has been Milena McKay’s year with the release of her first book, “The Delicate Things We Make”, a novella “The Perfect Match” and her second novel “The Headmistress”. It’s time to refute the belief that being a woman is a preexisting condition. Putting her own trials into a broader historical, sociocultural, and political context, Norman shows that women’s bodies have long been the battleground of a never-ending war for power, control, medical knowledge, and truth. In Ask Me About My Uterus, Norman describes what it was like to have her pain dismissed, to be told it was all in her head, only to be taken seriously when she was accompanied by a boyfriend who confirmed that her sexual performance was, indeed, compromised. It wasn’t until she took matters into her own hands - securing a job in a hospital and educating herself over lunchtime reading in the medical library - that she found an accurate diagnosis of endometriosis. Unable to get out of bed, much less attend class, Norman dropped out of college and embarked on what would become a years-long journey to discover what was wrong with her. She was repeatedly hospitalized in excruciating pain, but the doctors insisted it was a urinary tract infection and sent her home with antibiotics. In the fall of 2010, Abby Norman’s strong dancer’s body dropped forty pounds and gray hairs began to sprout from her temples. For any woman who has experienced illness, chronic pain, or endometriosis comes an inspiring memoir advocating for recognition of women’s health issues |