He is also director of Iranian Studies Initiative at NYU. By following the intellectual journey of the Iranian philosopher Ahmad Fardid, Ali Mirsepassi offers in this book an account of the rise of political Islam in modern Iran. The documentary film, “The Fabulous Life and Thought of Ahmad Fardid,” is based on Mirsepassi’s book about Ahmad Fardid and it is made by Ali Mirsepassi and Hamed Yousefi.Īli Mirsepassi is Albert Gallatin Research Excellence Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University. Many espoused a vision of Iran freed from the influences of 'Westoxification', inspired by Heideggerian concepts of anti-Western nativism. March 12: Professor Ali Mirsepassi discusses his book Iran’s Troubled Modernity: Debating Ahmad Fardid’s Legacy, on which the film was based.ĭuring the Iranian Revolution of 1978-79, the influence of public intellectuals was widespread. March 11: Film screening of “The Fabulous Life and Thought of Ahmad Fardid,” directed by Ali Mirsepassi and Hamed Yousefi.
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They have to go through trials, tribulations, betrayals, dangers and some FALLING OUT in order to unite the two sides of the world. Without giving too much away, Marianne, Bronn and co have to overcome so much in order to save the world they love. You see the fall out from this at the start of Vulture and we start the story seeing how things have changed, not just for Marianne, but for the people around her, the people who love her most. Marianne has been THROUGH IT ALL and STUFF GOES DOWN at the end of Venom. (I’m going to be really careful not to be too spoiler-y because some people might not have read Venom yet). Vulture takes off from where Venom leaves off. Will Marianne be able to fulfil her promise to bring peace to the islands when she can’t even bring peace to herself?Ĭonquer the darkness. Everything she’s fought for has come down to this. 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Coming to us from general editors Gary Taylor, John Jowett, Terri Bourus, and Gabriel Egan, Oxford University Press’s fourth iteration of the complete works is actually not one book, but four: The Complete Works: Modern Critical Edition (under review here), The Critical Reference Edition (containing the folio and quarto texts in their original spelling), the Authorship Companion (explaining the editors’ choices in detail), and an online resource gathering all of the above. With any new publication, especially concerning the “universal” bard, it’s worth asking, ‘Who is this for?’ The New Oxford Shakespeare is no different. Along with the stunning visuals, the book also presents interviews and comments with the production staff, including key points directly from the director.There's more than one way to book passage on the moving castle. A generous collection of concept sketches, fully rendered character and background drawings, paintings and cell images, The Art of Howl's Moving Castle brings the movie into your library. To coincide with its Stateside release, VIZ is proud to present The Art of Howl's Moving Castle, a hardbound, prestige format book which acts as an essential companion to the film. Already a smash success in Japan, Howl's Moving Castle finally comes to U.S. And, of course, there's the moving castle…a towering, omnipresent structure that dominates the landscape. There's a foppish wizard named Howl, a vain witch from the wastelands, an anthropomorphic chimney fire and a young girl who carries a most unusual curse. Shortly after reaping the rewards from his movie Spirited Away, a project that earned him an Academy Award in 2003, director Hayao Miyazaki set his sites on his next film, Howl's Moving Castle.Based on the novel by British author Diana Wynne Jones, Howl's Moving Castle gave the internationally renown director an opportunity to bring to life a fantastical time in 19th century Europe when science and magic defined the popular zeitgeist.Veering slightly from its source material, the new Miyazaki movie nonetheless retains all the novel's principal characters. During the Franciscans’ stay at the monastery, more murders occur, and with each passing day the threat of turning the case over to the Inquisition grows. The men’s visit is no coincidence, for there has been a mysterious and horrifying crime against a young monk in the abbey, and Brother William, famous for his detective sense, is to help solve the mystery. The events depicted in “The Name of the Rose” take place in a 14th century Benedictine monastery, where two Franciscans arrive: William of Baskerville and his young disciple Adso of Melk. “The Name of the Rose” – a crime in a Benedictine monastery Namely, it appears as a space of encrypted signs, such as a monastery, a cathedral or a library, which are significant symbols that build the collective identity of the people of the Book. Based on a crime pattern, it’s a fascinating story set in the realities of the Middle Ages, which hides a metaphorical message about European culture beneath the plot. At the author’s request, the film was made in English as “the Latin of the modern world”. “The Name of the Rose” by Jean-Jacques Annaud is a great adaptation of Umberto Eco’s literary masterpiece. Cast: Sean Connery, Christian Slater, Michael Lonsdale, F. Rachel Carson’s 1962 book Silent Spring is a terrifying description of environmental degradation, while Ralph Nader’s 1965 book Unsafe at Any Speed is a timely reminder the government doesn’t always look out for the interests of everyday people. Our great thinkers are stepping up to warn us about global destruction. If things keep going as they have been, we will be facing unparalleled destruction by the end of the century. Famine threatens much of the world, even as the world’s arable land decreases due to over-farming. Smog fills the air of our greatest cities, species are dying throughout the world, and the global population continues to increase geometrically, threatening our very existence as human beings on this planet. Half the people in the world live in extreme poverty while most of the other half worry about falling into poverty. While most people agree that barbecue is a result of European influences dovetailing with Native American techniques in Southern kitchens where the cooks were African Americans-that barbecue, in other words, is Black-evidence, by which I mean scholarly evidence, well-researched and reliably sourced, has been vanishingly scant. So faced with a whitewashed and one-sided representation of barbecue, Miller got to work. In The President’s Kitchen Cabinet: The Story of the African Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families, from the Washingtons to the Obamas, Miller researched the contributions of African Americans who worked in the White House kitchen. His James Beard Award-winning Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine, One Plate at a Time expounded upon the social history of key soul dishes-fried chicken, chitlins, yams. Miller’s books could be seen as an extension of that experience. In the 1990s, Miller worked as a special assistant to President Bill Clinton in the One America Initiative, which had the goal of fostering dialogue and helping communities reconcile racial divisions. The book has 22 recipes (bison skewers, banana pudding, alligator ribs), 16 mini-profiles ( such as barbecue king Henry “Poppa” Miller), and a big mission. Despite what The Author and the antagonists have in store for me, whatever it costs.I'll be the one taking charge of my own story. But I know one thing about my fate, for certain. I still don't know if I will be a great protagonist one day. One minute you could be practicing fainting exercises in Damsels in Distress class, sword fighting in a field, or flying on a Pegasus, and the next, BAM! Your book has begun and you're saddled with a prophecy that changes everything. Because here's the thing about living in an enchanted realm of fairytale characters, crazy junk you never planned on happens all the time. I'm talking vicious nightmares about people I've never met, a total stalker prince, and a Fairy Godmother for an enemy.īut I digress. Moreover, for a princess, I had a lot of issues. Unlike most main characters at Lady Agnue's School for Princesses & Other Female Protagonists, I was opinionated, bold, and headstrong. At least that's what my mom, Cinderella, kept telling me. And not just long ago and far away but (sort of) here and now! Enjoy! The next generation - the children of Snow White, Cinderella, and others - have lives and stories of their own. So convincing is its narrator that it feels autobiographical, though I have avoided asking Greenwell whether he lived and taught in Bulgaria, as it could break the thrilling illusion that reading the book is a voyeuristic invasion of a very real narrator’s private thoughts, actions, memories, and emotions. What Belongs to You is a beautiful first book, with a focus on communication, on understanding (or not), often literally, what other people are saying. Additionally, since the book deals so much with the foreignness of attitudes and emotions as well as language, reading it in transit and in guest bedrooms feels incredibly apt. Partly, this is because the plot is set entirely in Bulgaria, where the narrator is a teacher at the prestigious American College in Sofia. Reading Garth Greenwell’s debut novel, What Belongs to You, abroad - for me, that currently means outside of the United States - is a particularly vivid, and strangely enriching, experience. Sign up for our newsletter to get submission announcements and stay on top of our best work. |