![]() But this set-up does not work on the majority of villagers, a people who refuse to be conquered. ![]() “Pretend we’re not here.” Their thought is to own a foothold in the region, in case the future demanded a stronger position, but in the meantime to just play the friendly-guardian card. “Live your lives like normal,” they tell the people. Set in WWII when a German division invades a European village, the invaders attempt to maintain a presence in the village without fulling taking it over. ![]() This piece of literature is an excellent appraisal of the human sides of war. It’s not even the power of metaphor! I’ve read both great examples and poor of all of these, yet when I pick up a book, I feel like I know whether a piece is truly literature or not. It’s not the amount of internal musings over the level of action. It can’t simply be the name of the author or the echoing effects one massive literary hit has on everything else he writes. ![]() It’s fascinating to me to consider what differentiates an average piece of fiction from true literature. ![]() “The famous novel of a town that fough back against the Nazi conquerors in World War II” ![]()
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![]() ![]() Made of roughly 95 percent water, some jellies are barely perceptible virtuosos of disguise, while others glow with a luminescence that has revolutionized biotechnology. Their sting - microscopic spears that pierce with five million times the acceleration of gravity - is the fastest known motion in the animal kingdom. They make a venom so toxic that it can kill a human in three minutes. Jellyfish have been swimming in our oceans for well over half a billion years, longer than any other animal that lives on the planet. ![]() ![]() Berwald's engaging account of these delicate, often ignored creatures shows how much they matter to our oceans' future." ( New York Times Book Review) The story of jellyfish.is a significant part of the environmental story. "A book full of wonders." (Helen Macdonald, author of H Is for Hawk) ![]() ![]() ![]() Tech finished the half on a 20-9 run to take a 37-19 lead into the intermission. The Blackbirds (0-2) cut the margin to 17-10 two minutes later on a pair of three-pointers from freshman guard Amber Wirth. Isom and senior center Sonja Mallory keyed the run, both netting six points in the span. ![]() The Yellow Jackets (2-1) took early control in the game, sprinting to a 17-4 lead just over six minutes into the contest. Obviously the win is good for us, but now we need to start thinking about this weekend.” “The Kansas State game was a tough loss, but I really thought we were able to build on some of the things that we did there and we worked harder after that loss during the past week. “We’re obviously happy with the win, we did some good things tonight,” said Tech head coach Agnus Berenato. ATLANTA – Behind a career-high 17 points from junior guard Megan Isom and three other players in double-figure scoring, the Georgia Tech women’s basketball team recorded an 82-47 victory over Long Island on Tuesday night at Alexander Memorial Coliseum. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() One of the most stimulating essays ever written on Moby Dick, and for that matter on any piece of literature, and the forces behind it."- San Francisco Chronicle First published in 1947, this acknowledged classic of American literary criticism explores the influences-especially Shakespearean ones-on Melville's writing of Moby-Dick. ![]() |