Famous Short Story

A first edition copy of beloved children's classic Winnie-the-Pooh will be among the literary treasures on sale at The University of Queensland's UQ Alumni Book Fair and Rare Book Auction . Rare Book Auction co-convenor Anne Mullins says the A.A. Milne work features the original green cloth cover with gilt illustrations and Christopher Robin's map of the 'Hundred Aker Wood' on the inside. "We were thrilled to receive Winnie-the-Pooh in good condition, especially considering it was printed in 1926," Ms Mullins said. "E.H Shepard's illustrations are delightful and the map on the inside cover is full of nostalgic places like 'Eeyore's Gloomy Place' and the 'Nice for Piknicks' spot." Just weeks after taking delivery of Winnie-the-Pooh, organisers received a first edition of another A.A Milne work, the songbook, Teddy Bear and other Songs from When We Were Very Young . "The songbook was released the year...

Travel photos are often a collection of technicolor sunsets, stunning locales and festive dinners out. But some of the pictures Lee-Anne James treasures most from her trips around the world are a little different. A senior clinical research manager at the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson's Global Clinical Operations Australia and New Zealand, Lee-Anne has spent much of the last two decades volunteering aboard Mercy Ships—a nonprofit organization that brings desperately needed surgical care and surgical education to under-resourced countries. Johnson & Johnson is a longtime partner of Mercy Ships, donating medical supplies and offering volunteers like Lee-Anne the opportunity to help deliver healthcare to those who need it most. Wherever a Mercy Ship has taken her—from African nations to Honduras to the Dominican Republic—Lee-Anne has helped babies, children and adults prepare for complicated procedures like cleft lip and palate repair and the re...

Recently, I asked an old friend about his favorite book. He said he loved mysteries and had grown up reading Nancy Drew novels; he enjoyed figuring out the plots. It was the Hardy Boys that kept me junior-sleuthing while the Army moved us across continents. Though my friend and I may not have a lot in common, we share a history with those iconic mystery series for kids. A good library, like a good book, can connect us when some of us may appear at odds. And if you're looking for a good book, come to Manhattan Library Association's (MLA) Book Sale this weekend in the Wefald Pavilion at City Park to find your old "friends" or discover new ones. At Manhattan Public Library, we love to help you find your next favorite novel, information you need and a community that is welcoming. We are able to accomplish this, in part, because of MLA's annual book sale, which provide...

THE human race evolved to become the Homo sapiens (from Latin "wise man") some 315,000 years ago in Africa. But unsatisfied with how its supremacy rules the universe, evolution continues for humankind. From Homo sapiens, a classification applied in 1758 by Carolus Linnaeus, human evolution is gearing towards what humans want to be in the future — Homo Deus — playing "god" with itself and the tools it creates and uses. Author and historian Yubal Noah Harari coined the term "Homo Deus" to refer to the species which creates and uses tools not only to live in its environment but to tap on its being and becoming — extending its life expectancy, altering biological compositions in the pursuit of well-being and happiness, navigating even the outer space, and other infinite explorations and creations that the emerging "god-like" human intelligence can reach. Paleoanthropologists examine fossils to trace the past of the hominins and concluded that h...

Journalist Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan will assume role in September, launch new summer workshop Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, BSJ97, will serve as the inaugural holder of the George R.R. Martin Chair in Storytelling at the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University. EVANSTON, ILL. -- Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, BSJ97, will serve as the inaugural holder of the George R.R. Martin Chair in Storytelling at the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University. Tan, a journalist, author and teacher, will lead the George R.R. Martin Summer Intensive Writing Workshop, as well as teach courses across a breadth of genres to both undergraduate and graduate students. The George R.R. Martin Summer Intensive Writing Workshop will provide support for journalism professionals seeking careers in creative writing. Launching in 2024, the workshop will enroll six to eight writers and authors each summer and afford b...

[unable to retrieve full-text content] The Maze Runner Cast: Where They Are Today    MovieWeb

By one estimate, something like thirty thousand books have been written about we call "the Vietnam War." It's a term I generally try to avoid, because it distorts our understanding of what the conflict was about, where it was fought, and by whom. My own preference is to talk about the American War in Vietnam, which is what the Vietnamese themselves call it, as opposed to the earlier French War, from which it grew organically. It's more accurate still to talk about the First and Second Indochina Wars, and the themes I explore in my own book on the war and its aftermath, The Long Reckoning , make no sense without embracing the critical role of the famous Ho Chi Minh Trail through neighboring Laos. Any list of books on the war, whatever we choose to call it, has to include some of the early classics, even if time, hindsight, and new generations of scholarship can sometimes be harsh judges of their shortcomings. Agreed, the earliest of these classics, Graham Greene...

Learning English is often an essential skill for young learners. Keeping your English language students engaged is essential in ensuring that they walk away from classes with practical knowledge to use in everyday life. We have found 22 amazing English language activities to improve your students' speaking skills and confidence therein! Read on to learn more.  Whole-Class Games 1. Clap, Clap, Name Warm-Up Game [embedded content] These fun rhymes and songs are the perfect classroom icebreakers to warm your English students up for their English lessons and practice simple phrases and vocabulary. Learn More: Kids English Theatre 2. Two Truths and A Life [embedded content] Two truths and a lie is a fun game that your students will love. They tell the class two true facts and one lie about themselves. The class must then detect the lie. Learn More: Guys With Games ESL 3. Play The 'Level Up' ...

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Brockway boy writes book with help of Mengle Library staff    The Courier-Express

Apr. 24—The Marie Joseph Spiritual Center, a popular destination for religious retreats and one of Biddeford Pool's most recognizable landmarks, will close in June. The Sisters of the Presentation of Mary can no longer afford to keep up the 130-year-old property and have decided to sell it, said Sister Annette Laliberte, the group's treasurer. Perched on the shore overlooking a cove, the center is eight miles from the city's downtown and is currently home to 13 nuns. Built in the 1880s, the building was originally a stately seaside summer hotel and was a popular tourist destination for decades. It has been owned and operated by the sisters since 1948 when they opened Marie Joseph Academy, a Catholic school for girls. After 30 years, it became a spiritual center used for retreats and a variety of other programs. The sisters have 100 nuns among their ranks in New England, where they have operated since 1886, and have worked with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland for more...

Illustration by Adriana Georgopulos. (Saul Willams photo by Walter McBride / Getty Images / Ntozake Shange photo by Daniel Zuchnik / WireImage) the greatest Americans have not been born yet they are waiting patiently for the past to die. —Saul Williams H arold Bloom once stated in an interview with The Paris Review that poetry slam is "the death of art." I like that. The gravity of the statement feels like its own commendation. But I would like to offer here that poetry slam is more accurately described as the art of death —the art of dying to oneself. You can hear the resonances of this approach in some of the descriptive terms of the slam, nowhere more vividly than in the role of the sacrificial poet : the first writer to touch stage during a slam. The work of the sacrificial poet is to perform just before the first competing poet of the first round to "calibrate" the slam's five judges. These judges are chosen at random and have no prior ...