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![]() ![]() Dreyer began the project as a revision of an internal memo to advise copy editors and proofreaders at Random House. ĭreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style was published in the US on January 29, 2019, with a UK edition to follow on May 30, 2019. Supervising the publication of hundreds of titles a year- The New York Times describes Dreyer's role as "style-arbiter-of-last-resort"-he works only with novelist Elizabeth Strout as the sole author he continues to copy-edit himself. He was promoted from group manager to senior managing editor and copy chief in 2008 and now serves as vice-president, executive managing editor and copy chief, at the Random House division of Penguin Random House. In 1993 he joined Random House full time as a production editor. ![]() He worked in bars and restaurants before turning to freelance proofreading, then copy editing. Career Įarly in his career, Dreyer pursued writing and acting. He grew up in Queens, New York and Albertson, Long Island. ![]() ![]() Early life ĭreyer was born in a Jewish family. He is copy chief at Random House and the author of Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style (2019). Benjamin Dreyer (born May 11, 1958) is an American writer and copy editor. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Indeed, from 1929 through 1942, he would produce, against formidable odds-physical, spiritual, and financial-some of the greatest fictional works of the twentieth century, including As I Lay Dying, Sanctuary, Light in August, Absalom, Absalom! and Go Down, Moses. But the heart of the book illuminates the formal leap in Faulkner's creative vision beginning with The Sound and the Fury in 1929, which sold poorly but signaled the arrival of a major new literary talent. ![]() Porter ranges from Faulkner's childhood in Mississippi to his abortive career as a poet, his sojourn in New Orleans (where he met a sympathetic Sherwood Anderson and wrote his first novel Soldier's Pay ), his short but strategically important stay in Paris, his "rescue" by Malcolm Crowley in the late 1940s, and his winning of the Nobel Prize. In this newest volume in Oxford's Lives and Legacies series, Carolyn Porter, a leading authority on William Faulkner, offers an insightful account of Faulkner's life and work, with special focus on the breathtaking twelve-year period when he wrote some of the finest novels in American literature. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Dangerous visions book![]() ![]() I think I suddenly realized how many valuable novels and stories and how much interesting history and perspective I missed out on throughout my twenties. I was an avid reader during my teens, but I read very little during my twenties for whatever reason. Something clicked in my head when I turned thirty I started devouring older science fiction stories. If All Men Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister?. ![]() The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World.shortstory by Frederik Pohl (variant of The Day the Martians Came).The Day After the Day the Martians Came.essay by Harlan Ellison (variant of Thirty-Two Soothsayers).Introduction: Year 2002 (Dangerous Visions 35th Anniversary Edition.Foreword: Year 2002 (Dangerous Visions 35th Anniversary Edition).Ballard, John Brunner, Frederik Pohl, Roger Zelazny and Samuel Delany. Dick, Larry Niven, Fritz Leiber, Poul Anderson, Damon Knight, J.G. The most honored anthology of fantastic fiction ever published, featuring the works of such luminaries as Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg, Philip Jose Farmer, Robert Bloch, Philip K. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Books like a voice in the wind![]() ![]() Of all of the members of her family, her faith was weakest, her spirit the most doubting and the least bold. And so, when she lost them all…when out of them all she lived, she did not understand. She saw so much more that she needed to learn. ![]() Hers was a family of devout Christians, her father, Hananiah, having constantly risked his life to preach the gospel, and her mother and siblings just as zealous in their faith. ![]() Hadassah loses her entire family, and is sold into slavery. The story starts with cruel action – Jerusalem’s fall. And it is one of the many things that have stuck with me from this series. How Rivers introduced this Character, Hadassah, to us in the first book, is significant. God prepares you and supplies you with the courage you need to face difficulties when you need it. ![]() Also, you don’t need courage ahead of time. Through the character of Hadassah, the answer came: it’s not what you say it’s how you live that has the impact. So I decided to begin the story in AD 69-70 with the chaos and destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple. With “A Voice in the Wind,” that question was “How do you live out your faith among family members and friends who are not at all interested in the gospel?” I became fascinated by the early martyrs and how they had the courage to die for their faith. When Francine Rivers was asked what inspired her to write this Trilogy, her answer was this:Īlmost every story I’ve written since becoming Christian has come from a question relating to a struggle in my own faith walk. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments The double helix by james d watson![]() ![]() Watson, who co-discovered the double helix structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) at age 25, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1962, along with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins. His book The Double Helix, which was published in 1968, became a bestse In 1928, James D. Watson became a member of the Harvard Biology Department in 1956, then a full professor in 1961. He worked with Wilkins and Francis Crick at Cavendish Laboratory in England in 1951-1953, when they discovered the structure of DNA. from Indiana University in Bloomington in 1950. degree in zoology from the University of Chicago in 1947, and his Ph.D. His bird-watching hobby prompted his interest in genetics. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments Seduction and Snacks by Tara Sivec![]() ![]() ![]() Warning: Contains explicit sex, profanity, and enough sarcasm to choke a horse. With Carter's undisguised shock at suddenly finding out he has a four-year-old son and Claire's panic that her stretch marks and slim-to-none bedroom experience will send the man of her dreams heading for the hills, the pair will do whatever they can to get their happily ever after. When Carter, the one-night-stand from her past that changed her life forever, shows up in her hometown bar without any recollection of her besides her unique chocolate scent, Claire will make it a point that he remembers her this time. Seduction and Snacks by Tara Sivec on Audible:Ĭlaire is a 20-something, single mom who grudgingly helps her best friend sell sex toys while she attempts to make enough money to start her own business to give her foul-mouthed, but extremely loveable (when he's asleep) toddler a better life. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments Tool of war paolo bacigalupi![]() But he is hunted relentlessly by someone determined to destroy him, who knows an alarming secret: Tool has found the way to resist his genetically ingrained impulses of submission and loyalty toward his masters. He has gone rogue from his pack of bioengineered "augments" and emerged a victorious leader of a pack of human soldier boys. In this gripping, eerily prescient sci-fi thriller that Kirkus described as "masterful," Tool-a half-man/half-beast designed for combat-proves himself capable of so much more than his creators had ever dreamed. ![]() Set in a dark future devastated by climate change, Tool of War is the third book in a major adventure series by a bestselling and award-winning science fiction author and starring the most provocative character from the acclaimed novels Ship Breaker and The Drowned Cities. ![]() 5/28/2023 0 Comments Chris ware building stories puzzle![]() ![]() Chris Ware has received numerous awards, including 28 Harvey Awards and 22 Eisner Awards. In the early 1990s, he began a large-scale work with the “ Acme Novelty” series, a true-false magazine with changing form and pagination which installed the author’s soon-to-be-famous characters: “ Quimby the Mouse“, “ Rusty Brown” and especially “ Jimmy Corrigan”. Rusty Brown by Chris Ward, copyright Delcourt He received numerous awardsĬhris Ware was born in 1967 in Omaha in the United States. As for objects, there will be many original plates presented to the public as well as rare prints and objects designed by the artist. Developed in close collaboration with the American, the major retrospective devoted to him “ seeks to guide visitors through the author’s work and, in this way, to bring them to the heart of the mysteries of the 9th art“. He is an author of exceptional inventiveness who has methodically explored all the potential of the comic medium for almost thirty years. Grand Prix 2021 of the festival, Chris Ware is an essential comic book artist. An essential Comic book artistĪmong the exhibitions, the “Building Chris Ware” retrospective is not to be missed. ![]() ![]() The Angoulême comic book festival, which will be held from March 17 to 20, offers a major retrospective on the work of Chris Ware. ![]() ![]() ![]() "This is a perfect book for women of all ages who have found that, despite their best efforts, dating men rarely works out in their favor." - Publishers Weekly ![]() ![]() "With biting wit, Roberson explores the dynamics of heterosexual dating in the age of #MeToo." - The New York Times "With biting wit, Roberson explores the dynamics of heterosexual dating in the age of #MeToo" With sections like Real Interviews With Men About Whether Or Not It Was A Date Good Flirts That Work Bad Flirts That Do Not Work and Definitive Proof That Tom Hanks Is The Villain Of You’ve Got Mail, How to Date Men When You Hate Men is a one stop shop for dating advice when you love men but don't like them. And really, was that date even a date in the first place? She collects her crushes like ill cared-for pets, skewers her own suspect decisions, and assures readers that any date you can mess up, she can top tenfold. From New Yorker and Onion writer and comedian Blythe Roberson, How to Date Men When You Hate Men is a comedy philosophy book aimed at interrogating what it means to date men within the trappings of modern society.īlythe Roberson’s sharp observational humor is met by her open-hearted willingness to revel in the ugliest warts and shimmering highs of choosing to live our lives amongst other humans. ![]() |