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Wolf Hustle by Cin Fabré5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() Pulling back the curtain on the inequities she and so many others faced, Wolf Hustle reveals how Cin worked grueling hours, ascending from cold caller to stockbroker, becoming the only Black woman to do so at her firm. ![]() But she felt the pull of profit and knew she would do whatever she had to do to be successful. She was shocked to find an army of young workers, mostly Black and Brown, with no real prospects for promotion sitting at phones doing the drudge work of finding investment leads for white male brokers. Through a tip from a friend, Cin pushed her way into brokerage firm VTR Capital-an offshoot of Stratton Oakmont, the company where the Wolf of Wall Street, Jordan Belfort, had reigned. ![]() But she learned how to hustle from her immigrant parents, saving money so that one day she could escape her abusive father and poverty in the Bronx. Growing up, Cin Fabré didn't know anything about the stock market. From the South Bronx projects to the boardroom-at only nineteen years old, Cin Fabré ran with the wolves of Wall Street. ![]()
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Charles yu interior chinatown5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() On the crime procedural drama Black and White, in which two police officers-a black man and white woman-fight increasingly ludicrous crimes, Wu has worked his way up to the role of Generic Asian Man Number Three/Delivery Guy, but his ultimate goal of playing Kung Fu Guy, the pinnacle of Asian cinema, is just out of reach. This is the predicament that narrator Willis Wu, a restaurant worker living in a dingy Chinatown SRO, finds himself in. ![]() Limited to one-dimensional roles like Egg Roll Cook, Young Dragon Lady, and Striving Immigrant, there’s no way to advance beyond the exoticism or “perpetual foreigner” status that comes with existing in the margins of America. ![]() In the world of Interior Chinatown, Asian Americans don’t get to play the dashing leads in TV shows. ![]()
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Christie by catherine marshall5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() person-years 95% confidence interval, 48.7 to 65.3) and in 11 participants in the mRNA-1273 group (3. Symptomatic Covid-19 illness was confirmed in 185 participants in the placebo group (56. More than 96% of participants received both injections, and 2.2% had evidence (serologic, virologic, or both) of SARS-CoV-2 infection at baseline. The trial enrolled 30,420 volunteers who were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive either vaccine or placebo (15,210 participants in each group). The primary end point was prevention of Covid-19 illness with onset at least 14 days after the second injection in participants who had not previously been infected with SARS-CoV-2. ![]() Persons at high risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection or its complications were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive two intramuscular injections of mRNA-1273 (100 μg) or placebo 28 days apart. ![]() This phase 3 randomized, observer-blinded, placebo-controlled trial was conducted at 99 centers across the United States. ![]() The mRNA-1273 vaccine is a lipid nanoparticle-encapsulated mRNA-based vaccine that encodes the prefusion stabilized full-length spike protein of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes Covid-19. Vaccines are needed to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and to protect persons who are at high risk for complications. ![]()
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Smashed by junji ito5/28/2023 ![]() This guy seriously lives for his work, it’s no surprise he has risen to become one of the most revered horror creators to this day. Nothing is rushed, even the most obscure entries are passionately drawn to deeply disturb his legions of horror fanatics (I’m one of them). So how can a faithful adaptation of a good manga be bad?Įach panel of Junji Ito’s mangas is drawn with expert detail. I’m not saying I dislike the mangas, of what I read they’re incredibly frightening and layered with social commentary. What’s interesting about the Junji Ito: Collection is how faithful it is to the source mangas, but simultaneously awful. of the Marionettes, and many more, it still turned out being a pile of garbage. Even with some of his most beloved stories like Long Dreams, Tomie, House Any fan of his works would be just as hyped as I was… but as we now know, these adaptations aren’t even half as good as the originals. ![]() ![]() It was inevitable that at least one of his mangas would be adapted, and they chose to adapt dozens of his best stories. It pains me to say this, but Studio Deen fucked up this adaptation big time. As he is one of the most talented horror creators, I was eagerly anticipating when his work would finally be animated. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() As the summer nears an end and Ursa gets closer to her fifth miracle, her dangerous past closes in. Though the three have formed an incredible bond, they know difficult choices must be made. How does a young girl not only read but understand Shakespeare? Why do good things keep happening in her presence? And why aren’t Jo and Gabe checking the missing children’s website anymore? But the more time they spend together, the more questions they have. ![]() Jo enlists the help of her reclusive neighbor, Gabriel Nash, to solve the mystery of the charming child. ![]() With concerns about the child’s home situation, Jo reluctantly agrees to let her stay-just until she learns more about Ursa’s past. The girl calls herself Ursa, and she claims to have been sent from the stars to witness five miracles. She throws herself into her work from dusk to dawn, until her solitary routine is disrupted by the appearance of a mysterious child who shows up at her cabin barefoot and covered in bruises. A mysterious child teaches two strangers how to love and trust again.Īfter the loss of her mother and her own battle with breast cancer, Joanna Teale returns to her graduate research on nesting birds in rural Illinois, determined to prove that her recent hardships have not broken her. ![]()
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At night all blood is black book5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() He and his companion are forced to adopt a veneer of savagery, a vestige Alfa begins to embrace after Mademba is mortally wounded. Unfortunately, he and his best friend, Mademba, are recruited for the French war effort against Germany. ![]() His early illustrations of violence in the novel are abrasive even when compared to most notorious contributions to realistic wartime fiction, but Diop skirts dwelling in such memory in favor of understanding the fractured life that inevitably follows.Īlfa is a young Senegalese man with academic aspirations outside of Africa. A recollection of late childhood and carnage, Diop’s prose is less of the fever dream sometimes associated with similarly grotesque subjects and more an organic, direct recount of destruction years at a remove à la Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence. Though David Diop anchors At Night All Blood Is Black in the plight of Senegal, the historical context of the novel is hushed by an examination of the psychological duality of conflict. IN THE BLOOD-MIRED trenches of World War I, an unwilling soldier ascends to an agent of death. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The Summer of Broken Things How It Begins for Avery ![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. ![]() Margaret Peterson Haddix weaves together two completely separate lives in this engaging novel that explores what it really means to be a family-and what to do when it’s all falling apart. Or maybe the lies and betrayal will only push them-and their families-farther apart. Maybe the girls can put aside their differences and work through it together. Kayla struggles just to imagine leaving the confines of her small town.īut in Spain, the two uncover a secret their families had hidden from both of them their entire lives. Avery is horrified that her father thinks he can choose her friends-and make her miss soccer camp. ![]() So it’s a huge surprise when Avery’s father offers to bring Kayla along on a summer trip to Spain. The two girls were friends as little kids, but that’s ancient history now. Sixteen-year-old Kayla Butts is known as “butt-girl” at school. From New York Times bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix comes a haunting novel about friendship and what it really means to be a family in the face of lies and betrayal.įourteen-year-old Avery Armisted is athletic, rich, and pretty. ![]()
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![]() ![]() There are mobile apps if you want to listen from your phone. For example, maybe you're only interested in space-themed English books set in the late 1900s that have a female main character. ![]() There are several ways to filter the results to show only the books you're interested in listening to. ![]() All audiobooks automatically come with the eBook at no cost. Just make sure to grab them quickly because as books get more popular, Scribl's CrowdPricing model puts a price on them.īecause Scribl has other things, too, like eBooks and podcasts, you want to make sure to filter the results to only show audiobooks. However, we've included it here because you might find unique books that aren't free anywhere else. The sleuthing team investigates the murder of Emily Inglethorp, a caring woman who opened her home to. It's really a hit-or-miss type of situation when you look for free audio eBooks here. The Mysterious Affair At Styles is Agatha Christie's first ever published novel, and is the first to feature the famously eccentric detective Hercule Poirot, as well as other classic characters including Inspector Japp and Arthur Hastings. Scribl is a very different audiobook website because while there are some free audiobooks, most of them come at a cost. shivam audiobook audiobookaudiobook in englishaudiobook full lengthThe Mysterious Affair at Styles part 1/5 by agatha christie audiobook agatha christi. Difficult to find just the free audiobooks. ![]()
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Good grief book lolly winston5/27/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Still, Sophie proves that with enough humor and chutzpah, it is possible to have life after loss. But instead of the way it's depicted in the movies, with a rugged Sam Shepherd kind of guy finding her, Sophie finds herself in the middle of Lucy-and-Ethel madcap adventures with a darkly comic edge. In a desperate attempt to reinvent her life, Sophie moves to Ashland, Oregon. Fast delivery, full service customer support. Description: LIKE NEW - GOOD GRIEF A NOVEL BY LOLLY WINSTON - HARDCOVER WITH DUST JACKET BUNDLE 5 BOOKS FOR 20 AND ONE SHIPPING CHARGE. Downing cartons of ice-cream for breakfast, breaking down in the produce section of supermarkets, showing up to work in her bathrobe and bunny slippers'soon she's not only lost her husband, but her job and her waistline as well. Shop Women's Size OS Other at a discounted price at Poshmark. Alas, Sophie is more of a Jack Daniels kind. In an age where women are expected to be high-achievers, Sophie desperately wants to be a good widow'a graceful, composed Jackie Kennedy kind of widow. 36-year-old Sophie Stanton loses her young husband to cancer. The brilliantly funny and heartwarming New York Times bestseller about a young woman who stumbles, then fights to build a new life after the death of her husband. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Why? Because cuneiform was not deciphered until the 1930s!!! ![]() cavalry officers found in his medicine bag a small clay tablet with cuneiform writing The cuneiform is of a style that identifies it from 3000 years ago in what is now Baghdad, Iraq!! It cannot be a modern forgery. When Chief Joseph of the Nez Pearce Indians said, “ From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever”. ![]()
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